The Iola register., 1891-05-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

u1dNOA VI EuhC L.
Decker, democrat, majority Of 2s9.
The Farmers Cooperative Milling
company of ElDorado, Butler county,
has filed its charter with the secretary
Of state.
The post Office at Olathe was entered
the other night by burglars and robbed
OF every letter in the boxes and all let
ters which had been deposited and not
dispatched.
The salary of Prof. Garfield, of the
state university, has been raised, to
forestall his acceptance of an offer Of
1000 a year to take the presidency OF
an eastern college.
There will not be much of an early
crop of potatoes in Kansas this year,
but with seasonable weather there will
be a tremendous late yield, as the
farmers are preparing to plant a large
acreage.
Delegates who expect to attend the
Kansas state Sunday school convention,
to be held at EmpOria, May 12-l4. are
requested by the committee on enter
taiument to send their names as soon as
convenient to d. W. Eastman, En-
poria
A Wichita young lady tells good
story on herself. She remitted in an
swer TO an advertisement reading.
Zone hundred and fifty useful articles
for 30 cents" and received in return a
paper containing $50 pins. Her friends
are having an abundance of fun at her
expense.
The Atchison lawyers, will at the
next meeting OF the state bar associa-
tion, present a proposition to change
the law so that all examinations for ad-
mission to the bar must be before the
supreme court. Too many young fell
lows break into the bar under the pre-
sent law.
Those who imagine that there will
not be a good acreage of corn in Kan
sas this year are mistakiug in their
reckoning. While there will not be as
many acres planted in corn this year as
there were last, the number of acres
throughout the state will by no means
be small.
The Baldwin Ledger calls attention
to the fact that Rev. E. C. Boaz has
been completely indicated from all the
charges preferred against him. A suit
against him for exemplary damages
was recently dismissed at the plaintiff 8
cost. The people at Baldwin are
practically unanimous in their en-
dorsement of the Christian character
of their former and present fellow citi-
zen.
In the district court of WyandOtte
county, the other day the American
live stock commission company began a
suit against the Kansas live stock ex-
change for 500, 900 damages for the in
jury to its business through the eXpul-
sion of the American from the exchange
and an alleged boycott of the American
and its agents by the exchange and its
members.
Mr.. John \. Anderson has the credit
for establishing the position of Secre-
tary of Agriculture: "The act OF ele-
waiting the commissioner of agriculture
to a cabinet position and making his an
independent department, which was
deferred by congress year after year on
various preteXts, proves to have been
one of the wisest in the behalf of the
country's most importent interest, that
has ever obtained"
Superintendent John NJ. Bloss. secre-
tary of the City Superintendent asso-
citation of ofkansas has called meeting
at Topeka MAY II. ID and Is. The
meeting will consider the questions per-
tanning to the management of schools,
course of study and discipline. The
association will also have under con-
sideration the method of preparing and
displaying the work of the Kansas
Snl,rnl- nj hn INnpl1's fair.
General B. f. Stringfellow of Atchi-
son died April 18th. in Chicago, at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. White.
The interment took place at st. Joseph,
Mo, only the family being present.
While General Stringfellow had spent
little of his time in Atchison since the
death of his wife, six years ago, he was
a legal resident of that county. Gener-
al Stringfellow was one of the old time
kansans and man of great learning
and ability.
A man named Walker OF Scandia, has
invented something new in railroad
circles. which is being made at the
Central Branch shops, at Atchison. 1t
is machine to cut the weeds along the
railrood tracks. The machine is opera
ted by a threshing machine engine
placed on a hand car. The engine also
runs the car. The weeds are now cut
by hand. The machine will be run at
the rate of twenty miles an hour and do
its work. Mr.. Walker will do the work
by contract.
a sad tragedy occurred at Norton last
Thursday. The l1-year old son of T.
NJ. Duvail, editor of the Courier, during
the absence of his parents, secured a re-
volver. and having as he thought, ex-
tracted all the cartridges, proceeded to
frighteu the other children by swapping
it at them. Then, to assure them there
was no danger. he placed the muzzle
against his forehead and pulled the trig-
ger, when a bullet went crashing
through his brain. he having failed to
to extract all the charges.
The Topeka Commandery Knights
Templar are already making arrange
ments to attend the triennial conclave at
Denver, in August, 1892. With this
end in view an organization has been
formed known as the Topeka Command
cry, Knights Templar Triennial club.
The officers of the club are: President,
J. S. Collins; vice president, c. c.
Baker: secretary. Frank Brooks; treas
urer. d. W. Nellis. President Collins
has telegraphed the supreme officers at
Denver that Marshalrs Military band
has been engaged and will accompany
the Topeka Commandery.
Charley McGee, an old settler of
Geary county, began farm life with $500
and never did anything.but farm, prin-
cipally raising corn. He died couple
of years ago, leaving his widow 2,455
acres of Smoky Hill bottom land. with
out cent of incumbrance. His land
and the corn he carried was worth fully
100000. During this time he paid
from 500 to $4,000 security debts.
he was q crank on the subject of hold