The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-02-13

An ear OF corn grown In hansae
soil was exhibited ut the immIgra-
ton convention which was twenty
three and . half inches long and
twelve and ons-third inches In cir
conference at the base.
A HIawatha man who moved TO
Kirksville, No., some years ago,
and who IL back on q visit, says: 81
would rather raise corn in Brown
county ut Is cents q bushel
than In any Missouri county at 30,
because l can raise more than twice
the amount" And then the air and
society In Kansas are always SO
good.
The quarterly crop report Of the
state agricultural society has just
been issued and makes q handsome
showing for Kansas. Last years
winter wheat crop IL valued at 49,
81, 5T3,T the corn crop at s5l 49,,
sT6, 10 and the Oat crop at s. ,65I, sl2.-
%. The total value Of all agricul-
tural products in 1883 IL estimated to
be go, 572, I9s.
Secretary Mohler, Of the Agricult-
urAl Department, ssys that reports
received from all sections OF the
state show that the winter wheat
crop IL In splendid condition, and
that never before has the outlook
for an enormous crop been more
fatteriDg than at present. He esti-
mates the acreage at about % per
cent, greater than last year. Bar
ring Unforeseen misfortune the sec
rotary says the crop will amount 10
- ,OO0, 900 bushels.
r. n. Gardley, . grocer Of Leaysn-
worth, met with q singular accident.
He was taking some barrels Of salt
into q cellar under his store by roll
ing them down q steep flight Of
stairs, going down backwards In
front Of them. One Of them got the
start OF him, knocked him down and
ran over him, decorating his body
and face terribly. His jaw bone
was almost torn from his face, and
he was hurt Internal, from the
effects Of which he can not recover.
On Kansas day the Harrison
school at Topeka raised a mammoth
flag on n psle erected In the school
yard. The rope had ~ many cords
attached as there were children aud
each helped to float the flag. Rev.
Mr.. McKerihan's little son returned
home all anglo exclaiming: I'VE
raise,I, mamma; we raised her, and
pulled one Of the strings, and she's
got forty-twO stars on her. You
don't know what they mean, do
you: They mean fsrty-tws states
and we've got every one Of them in
Kansas"
The most heroic chapter In the
history Of the colored people Of Kan.
sas was the establishment OF the
NicOdemus colony. In the summer
Oh 1914 tOb iaNN W IihhC n tIbHt Nut
colonIsts gathered OH the bare praI-
ries OF Graham county. They pass
ed the following winter in such rude
shelters A. they could construct,
dug-Outs and the like, their only
fuel, the scattered cOitOnwsOds along
the Solomon. When spring came
there were 800 men, women and
children, with but three horses TO
the party. The cOlsnists dug up the |
sod with hoes and matIocks, and |
when the grain was grown pulled II |
with their hands for want of even |
siekIes. Determined TO hold their
lands, the men wandered near and |
far In search of work, some walking |
to Colorado, while the women held |
down the claims. BY such toll as
this the first families" OF Graham
finally read their titles clear to their
quarter sections and accomplished
the first successful attempt 10y color
ed people 10 establish themselves on
the public lands of the United
states.-NObiC PriHficC.