Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-10
Miscellaneous.


fatally injured while coasting ut Kan
sas City, Kan, the other day.
The wife of John Brooks, farmer
living near Russell Springs, recently at
tempted, in the absence of her husband,
to reach neighbours, and was found at
ter the blizzard insensible and frost-bit-
ten. The babe she carried in her arms
was frozen to death.
The report Of the State School Super
intendent shows that there were l5.Ooo
less school children in Kansas in 1890
than in 1889, and that 400 less teachers
were employed, The value Of school
property has increased about 100000
and the bonded indebtedness OF the
schools has been decreased from 81 ,OOS,-
s6s to s497,sO4.
T. n. Wheeler, a prominent business
man of Greenleaf, was found dead in
bed the other day. He had died OF apo
plexy. He died alone, evidently some
DAYS before. His wife was out OF town
and he had been alone in the house for
some days. The attention of the neigh
bors was attracted by the continued
neighing of the horses in the stable.
They found them without food or water
and in a starving condition. Breaking
open the house they found Wheeler dead.
Reports have been received by Secre-
tary Mohler, of the Agricultural De-
partment, from correspondents In near
" every county in Kansas showing that
the winter wheat crop is in fine condi-
ton. The heavy snow of the past week
came Just in the right time, and Secre-
tary Mohler believes it has improved the
condition of the crop twenty per cent.
In Western Kansas there was danger OF
damage by the Hessian fly, but the Sec
rotary says that the late excessive pre-
cipitation of moisture saves the crop
from the ravagcs of the fly.
On December 81 Charles, Johnny and
Birdie Bell attended n watch meeting
ut the Wilson school house in Pratt
County, and started for home, about
two and a half miles, when blizzard
struck them, they became lost and
wandered till near morning, when they
took shelter in canyon, and were not
found till next day. Charles, aged
81 wears, was found on top of the drift
frozen to death: Johnny, aged 10, was
buried in the drift, dead, and Birdie, IL
wears old. was alive and able to tell the
story of their wanderings, but it was
feared could not live.
At the late annual meeting OF the
All;onaa rlan nj
organizing Congressional District Al
liances to act as adjuncts of the State
Alliance was decided upon. In order tc
comply with this arrangement President
McGrath, of the Kansas Alliance, has
recommended the calling OF Alliance
conventions in the several Congression-
al districts of Kansas as follows: F1rs'
Congressional district, Valley Falls
January IL; Second district, Ottawa
january 90; Third district, Cherryvale
January II; Fourth district, Emporia
january Il; Fifth district, Clay Center
January 10; Sixth district, Stockton
February Z; Seventh district Hutchin
son, January 81.
State SugarInspector Kellogg has filed
his report with Secretary Mohler OF the
Agricultural Department The product
of the plants are as follows: Medicine
Lodge, 500, sos pounds; Fort Scott, $50,
T81 pounds; Topeka, ga, 74s pounds; AT
tica, 81, 0s7 pounds. At smaller factories
in the State 55.OO7 pounds were pro
duced, making the total product for thu
wear 1871, $50 pounds upon which thu
two cents per pound bounty will b
Maid by the State. This years crop l
1850 pounds in excess OF the crop o
last year. Experiments have been mad
with bects which have proven highl.
satisfactory in every particular, tn
quality Of the product being OF yer.
high grade