The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-11-07

STATE N8WBs
Frankfort II Agilsting . water
works scheme.
A nsw addition 10 the town Of
Edmond IL being laid cut.
The Oberlln -four mill IL receiving
500 bushels Of wheat per day.
Corn IL selling In Northwest Kan
sas for u and IS cents per bushei.
A stalk Of Hutehinson corn IS feet
high and 81 inches In circumference
IL the present report.
Jas. II. LaFeW, one Of the earliest
settlers Of Nemaha county, was
buried at Seneca last week.
The average yield Of corn iu Rice
county this year IL between forty
and fifty bushels per acre.
The total Y. N. c. A. member
ship In Kansas IL 5000, an increase
Of !, $50 during the past year.
Reports from Larped county In
dIcate the largest acreage Of wheat
for next season ever known In the
county.
The county clerks, registers Of
deeds and probate judges will hold
. state convention In Topeka, No
vembeF %.
The Kansas butter and cheese
manufacturer association holds Ii
next quarterly session at Junction
City, January s.
Chsrles George and J. J. Wilson Of
wellington, Kan, have been arrest.
ed, charged with the theft OF nifty
bushels Of wheat.
A full train Of twenty-five cars Of
cotton from Texas, and consigned
for Liverpool, England, passed over
the NJ. X. 4 T. last sunday.
Washington Register: II. G. Can
field has placed In our agricultural
cabinet q beet weighing ten pounds,
measuring Tis inches around and
. inches long.
The Blue Rapids Times has Q corn
stalk on exhibition that II Is feet Q
inches from butt to tassel, and the
ear nearest the ground II s feet 8
inches from ear to butt.
Five men OF Kansas will 20 as
missionaries TO Soudan, Africa.
Out Of the two hundred applicants
HNG NhONOhs
sail December !, from New York.
The late rains In southwestern
Kansas wet the soil to o depth Of
sixteen inches, and the farmers are
busy seeding wheat. Some will
continue TO SOW - late as December
LIST.
The supreme court Of Kansas has
decided that q man cannot be Sian
dered by telling the truth about him
This will probably have the effect OF
ensmalllng the number Of candl-
dates for office In the future.
Jewell Republican: The corn
huskers will earn . good many
thousand dollars In Jewell county
this fall. T,OOO,OOO bushels at 2ls
cents-slT5, 900. The value Of the
entire crop IL $500, 600 In the field.
In Q dog fight at Marshall, Kan,
Wilson Crutchfleld sought TO save
his eur with the aid Of Q shot gun
Both dogs are all right, but bis
brother Harry II In q precariOus
condition from the effect Of wilson's
aim.
At the trades carnival at Colum.
bus, Cherokee county, last week one
young lady's trousseau represented
Q cash value Of 80, 900. 1t was com
pIetely covered with Iank bills from
81 to $500, with gold coin trimmings.
She represented q local bank, and oil
course took the prize.
Wichita EdgIs: The ears OF corr
raised In Kansas this year placed
end 10 end would make q girdle thai
would 20 around the world 772times
It would make gigantic hammock
Of eIghty-one cords that would swing
with Que end In Sedgwick and the
other over the horn Of the moon.
Emporia Republican: Colonel
TomlinsOn has been down to WIchits
to confer with Hallowell and
Bentley a. to the best methods OF
launching q resubmlssiOn campaign
The spectacle to these three worth.
less laying their heads together to
decide the destiny Of this great state
IL one TO draw moisture from the bed
Of the Arkansas river.
One OF Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T. Wilson's
little daughters swallowed q screw
about an inch long Mt school last
Thursday. She had picked 10 az
from the desk just q short time
before school closed In the afternoon
aud placed Il In her mouth, aud q
few minutes later she became chok-
ed and Mr.. Reynolds, her teacher,
attempted TO extricate IL. When she
opened her mouth he saw the screw
fastened crOsswise In her throat, and
aud put his finger In to catch t.
This effort, well intended Of course
gagged the child and caused heI
throat TO open, aud the screw went
down. She has not suffered any
from It, eats we'll, and 10 ell appear.
ances will never sustain any Injury
from IL. Her little sister jokes heI
by asking her IL she thinks she
could swallow Q moving machine OF
something Of that sort, now
Lyndon Graphic.