Thomas County cat., 1890-05-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS

| KANSAS y Ale NEWS
Lyndon, county seat of Usage county,
with two or three railroads, is crying
for "another harness maker"
At Concordia it is stated that the in
debtedness to the banks of the city
alone has been reduced $4,000 since
January 1, 1890.
The Kansas Farmer, after careful
Investigation, announces the farm mort
gage indebtedness of Kansas at $780,
| 0OO, 600. and the value of the farms at
$5OO,OOO,OOO.
At Yates Center, Abner Yates, bro
ther of Governor Dick Yates of Illinois,
and the founder of Yates Center, has
been compelled to assign for the bene-
tit of his creditors. Liabilities 5000.
At White Cloud, in excavating for
the we'll of A. Poulet, paying quartz
was taken out. It has never been dis
puted that there is an abundance of
coal underlying the city of White
Cloud.
Leavenworth Sun: Kansas corn has
taken big jump. It is selling in our
market for % cents per bushel, and
gentleman now in the city reports that
it is selling in Rawlins county, Kan,
for 25 cents per bushel.
A Seneca special: The Seneca high
school building is completed, and is
one of the finest buildings in the state.
The contractor bid too low. He put in
his years work and his bondsmen are
now rustling to the tune of $1,000.
At Eureka the cattIemen of Green
wood county met and developed plan
to prevent the bringing into the county
of any southern cattle that had not
been wintered far enough north to pre-
vent their communicating Texas fever
to native cattle This action was
thought to be necessary because of the
probability of southern cattle being
shipped or driven INTO Kansas.
Atwood Democrat: VIM. Pratt is
building propelling boat, capable of
launched on Lake Beaver the first OF
the week. Fred Ramme is building a
sail boat capable OF holding so persons
which, added to the number already in
use will afford ample accommodations for
a large excursion party. With little
advertising there is no reason why At
wood should not become a noted pleas
ure resort.
A Hiawatha dispatch: Merchants in
several of the small towns in this coun.
ty have discovered number of we'll
executed counterfeit bills in circula-
tion. At Morrill,, few silver dollars
were found to be bad, the edges being
untrue. The bills were noticeable from
not having the red and blue silk thread
which runs across lengthwise of gen.
uine bill. An expert in the bank here
discovered the bills when the country
merchants came in with deposits.
Argonia Clipper: A w. shafer is
preparing to build new house this
spring. Mr.. Shafer paid off his mort
gage with last years crop, and has
something left to build with. We could
mention others that paid off their mort
cages last year and have good start
in the way of stock and improvements
to make SUCCESS of farming in Sumner
county. This is the way the farmers
are ''breaking up in this part of the
country.
Anthony Republican: Several gen.
tlemen of the city took walk out to
Mayor Jennings orchard just west of
the city last Wednesday to look at five
or six towering peach trees. The flow-
ers were closely examined but no indi-
cations OF ftuit were found. One of
the flowers or blossoms wes left at this
Office by DR.. Herring that resembles a
double rose both in size and shape, Its
diameter being about two inches. If
there is state in the Union outside of
Kansas that has peach trees bearing
double roses We would like to hear of
it.
Wellington Monitor: Most Of the
farmers of the county have discarded
the old-fasloned corn-planter in favor
of the lister, and nearly all the corn
planted this spring is being listed in.
1t has been con eded that listed corn
dos better in dry season but last
years phenomenal crop convinced the
farmers that it was equally as good in
wet one. SO that this spring the lister
men have both the facts and the argu-
ment on their side, and our implement
dealers can hardly get in listers fast
enough to meet the demand.
STOCK AND FARM.