The southern argus., 1891-11-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Items of Interest in the Sun
flower State.
Record of Happenings for the Past
Week Gathered from Our Exchan-
ges and Boiled Down for
our Readers.

Harvey COGutJ Las U1c1 SCLfACu OHAy
twenty years.
The Coffeyville Journal is waging a
war on joints.
We read an occasional reference to
joint in Wichita.
An Atchison man smoked S423 worth
of cigars last year.
Near Waterville corn averages 55 to
90 bushels per acre.
J. G. Mohler of Salina, has some gold
mines in California.
Fish culture is a great success in
Washington county.
The Anthony editors are calling each
other Judas Iscariot.
Chautauqua county recently had a
dlsastrO is prairie fire.
]. p. Pomeroy owns 10000 acres of
land in Graham county.
Water is so low in the Neosho that
the catfish have trouble.
The society of Friends have an acade-
my in Washington ~Ounty.
Three Italian peddlers are doing the
people of southern Kansas.
Twenty-three dogs were killed by the
police at Newton last week.
A pair of Elk county sweethearts
quarreled on account of politics.
The Hutchinson News looks better
every day. 1t always read we'll.
A great lot of Texas cattle are NOV
ing into central Kansas for feeding.
An Oklahoma man has been swim
ding the colored people of Fort Scott.
There are gambling dens in Leaven-
worth. One of them run all day Sun
day.
Nineteen persons left Douglas county
Sunday to settle on lands near Abilene,
Tex
A book agent is already out working
tho suckers with history of the alli-
ance.
Rev. r. T.. McNabb and wife Of
Washington, will go to China as mis-
siOnaries.
One grocery store in Arkansas City
sold $50, 900 worth of groceries in six
months for cash.
A 7-year old boy at Wichita died
from the sting of an insect, supposed to
be black spider.
E. NJ. Hewins shipped from Elgin
this season $4,000 head of cattle. He
has left 5000 head.
Hoxie people can see Rocky noun
tains, which are 200 miles west, by
means Of mirage.
The Concorda Blade thinks the peo-
pie of Kansas are now in the clutches
of the money power.
Corn near Waterville is turning out
to average between thirty-fve and sixty
bushels to the acre.
c.. V. Ice of Emporia slipped and
sprained his ankle the other day.
There is everything in a name.
Special train on the Santa Fe be-
tween Newton and Halstead made nine
and half miles in eight minutes.
A Rocks county crank threatens to
sue Melbourne, the rain maker, should
he drown anybody in that region.
J. w. Jones of Hutchinson. wants to
run against Jerry Simpson for congress
in the Seventh district next year.
A Chicago cloak house failed Lass
week. wholly unmindful of the great
demand for cloaks in Sumner county.
BY the will of William P. Spooner,
who died the other day at Boston, the
university of Kansas receives S91 ,618. 03
A Rock Island freight train made the
distance from Goodland to Phillipsburg,
eighty-four miles, in ninety-two minu-
| tes.
When Tom Osborn was boy, back in
| Pennsylvania, he was known as An
dy" His name is Thomas Andrew Os-
! born.
There are 10000 acres of government
land in Cove county, but settlers are
taking it up at the rate of two quarters
day.
Three women have been elected to
the Genda Springs council, and this is
Interpreted to mean that the Joints
must 60.
The Topeka preachers are discussing
the subject: ITO what political party
should the ministers of the present CEN
tury belong?"
Farmer Smith of Kansas, is the first
northern man to hold the position of
ers' congress.
Kansas produced more rye this year
than any other state except Pennsylva-
MIA, and came within / 500, 600 bushels
of making a tie of it.
Out in Finney county a school dis
trict treasurer has been arrested,
charged with embezzling S25lSI. He
probably needed the money.
Near Almena there are 1000 head of
cattle nearly ready for market. The
Plaindealer claims that 800 head of
sheep will be fed in Norton county.
The Liberty Review says that Pap
Gundy has completed picking his
cotton crop and that it turns out as
profitable as his corn crop, which was
good.
A colony of forty-seven Russians, di-
rect from their native country, ar
rived in Russell They were allowed
to camp in the court house the first
night.
1t is announced by those who have
charge of raising the money for the
worlds fair exhibit that some $40, 600
has already been subscribed. This Is
within 81. 900 of the amount the legisla-
ture proposed to give for the exposi-
tion. but which it failed to appropriate
Kansas makes a gain Of a congress
man aRd consequently presidential
elector also By the new appOrtionment.
The extra congressman may be chosen
at large. but there is some doubt about
the elector, and the newspapers are