The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-03
SOMETHING ABOUT KANSAS.

| A man from Illinois recently bought
| four farms in Guelp township, Sumner
county.
Pittsburg is going TO have 81, 600 ex
hibit at the worlds fair. Half as much a.
the state.
| The school board at Belle Plaine has
purchased fine flag and hoisted it ovel
| the school house.
The Seminal suggest that the Harper
creamery building be used for a canning
factory the coming season.
George Gould, who lives six miles north
OF Attica. sold 5000 bushels of wheat last
| week at 50 cents per bushel.
Everest in Brown county, has string
band composed of six musicians said 70 Ok
as good as there are in the state.
There is a great demand for corn land
all over Sumner county. The large acre
age sowed to wheat makes corn land
scarce.
The Anthony roller mills on some Sat
urdays exchange a. much as 100 barrels OF
-four with the farmers for wheat. There's
practical reciprocity.
Atchison will have a so, 600 pontoou
bridge as soon as the contractors Can con
struct it and the weather will permit
them to put it in the river.
The Alliance are beginning their pic
nicking campaign early this year. The
Sumner county contingent announce theii
opening seance for Saturday, March {, 81
Argonia.
The Kansas conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church will convene at Wash
ington, Kan, next Wednesday and remain
in session about one week. There viii be
$50 preachers in attendance.
The Kansas City Times. since the cleo
ton, unconsciously stumbles on the truth.
1t says: 1.-The farmers of Kansas seem 70
have gone right along paying up their
mortgages regardless of the fact that there
has been political crisis on hand" The
Times might have gone on and stated.
with equal pertinence, that their actions
give a pretty plump denial 10 much OF
their protestations.
A western Kansas paper protests against
the farmers shipping all the young stock
out of the state, and says: II farmers
continue to ship all kinds of stock out OF
the country as they have been doing
lately, and we raise a CORE crop this sum
mer, what are we going to do with 1t?
There will be no stock in the country TO
feed it to. Would it not pay better TO
keep some of the young stock here for the
purpose of consuming our graini"
SOIle ldTiileIS III Slouu CUullIS TcCtIlly
experimental with dynamite as a sub
soier. Light charges were placed in the
ground at distance of about six feet
apart. The soil was not seriously dis
turbed at the surface but investigation
showed that the subsoil was broken up
and pulveriaed to depth of several feet
and left in condition TO hold all water
that falls on it. The expense for dyna-
mite is trifling. They think they have
made an important discovery.
A Brown county boy named George
Ross, heard the dogs barking the other
night. and got up out of bed, partly dress
ed. and started LOT the barn. As ne en-
tered he barnyard, man led horse out
of the stable. leaped on horse iu waiting
aud galloped off. leading the stolen horse
The young man got on another horse, and,
Coatless and hatless, for twelve miles gave
pursuit The thief shot at him six times
but still he rode on. At last he was close
enough to cut the halter strap by which
the stolen horse was being led which he
did, and then turned back for home with
the animal The thief made his escape
Atchison Patriot.