Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Oats which were planted by a I.eaven-
worth county farmer March IL, Is TWO
feet high and is fully headed.
Miss Minnie Woodell OF Hutchinson,
ate some lettuce on which paris green
had been sprinkled and nearly lost her
life.
The sheriff OF Chautauqua county mas
turned back large number OF Arkah-
sas cattle that were being driven INTO
the state.
On his 5Sth birthday q Winfield man
who is the parent OF five sons-all mar
ried-became the father OF an only
daughter.
The report is that it was Brewer VINO
recommended Horton for the spanish
land court. Plumb wanted A4merln
Gillett, of Emporia.
Kansas will this year take rank
among the cotton growing states, not
because of its democracy, but because
of its large crops OF cotton.
The mud is so deep at Topeka that u
became necessary to detail an elephant
to lift one of the circus wagons out OF
the mire at that place the other DAY.
A Topeka school boy has composed
drama entitled Down in Ola Ken,
lucky" The public will be surprised
to learn that there is only one colonel
in the cast.
In short time Topeka will have q
tower 10 feet high. The local water
company has begun its erection. twill
afford the topeka papers something
new to boast OF.
A Pottawattomie county farmer has
lust sold his cattle at a net profit OF 81
200. and saws he has found 1.-THE way
OUT In his expenses he charged his
labor and sold his stubble for % per
acre.
Dodge City is to be the headquarters
for the big irrigation canal company
which was recently organized with
Sl,0O0,OO0 capital. The object OF the
company is to lay out townsites, build
canals, etc.
The merchants in Butler county keep
infected chinch bugs on hand and adj
vertise that every customer who pur-
chases so many dollars worth OF goods
will be presented with package OF in
fected chinch bugs.
Sumner county expects to turn out u
million bushels OF wheat this season.
If all the rest of the Of the counties in
the state would do even half that well
Kansas would break the record with
3l2 million bushels this year.
There are over twenty patients in the
private ASYLUM for the insane at Atchl-
son. 1t has been discovered by the
keeper that crazy women as rule are
much smarter than the male patients
and will bear closer watching. That
proves that dementia does not wholly
change the nature OF its victims.
The Rev. w. G. Snodgrass OF Jersey
City, who was pastor OF the Methodist
church in Emporia in the early SOS, is
to deliver the baccalaureate sermon at
the Kansas state normal this year. He
is one of the ablest preachers who ever
struck Kansas and it is safe to say that
his effort at the normal will be full
worthy OF the occasion.
Uncle Jonas Talks IS the title OF q
bright little book by the editor OF the
Harper Sentinel. 1t is a compilation OF
articles which appeared IN the Sentinel
in the fall and winter OF lS90-'9l, and
which were received with so much ia
vor that the author wisely decided to
republish them iG book form. The lit
tie volume.is neatly printed and is crisp
and entertaining.
Leon Indicator: Corn is the first
crop in Little Walnut township. Flax
comes second, wheat third and oats
fourth-sorghum is not the favorite OF
our farmers that 1t was two years ago.
But the assessors report shows a very
satisfactory diversity. Our farmers are
not depending altogether upon one or
two crops. There are less than 100
acres OF tame grasses, exclusive OF mill
let, in the township. There should be
1000.
Rev. Ayers, OF the U. B. church, has
indeed shown the kind OF grit that will
carry men through difficulties any
where. He is now at work on the q. B.
church building at Chautauaua Springs,
and will soon have neat, commodious
house ready for divine services. Mr..
Ayers has done good portion OF the
work himself, and is now just complet-
ing the plastering. The building will
be ready for dedication in few
weeks.-Sedan Republican.
A Topeka jury on Wednesday brought
in q novel verdict, one that will be en-
dorsed by newspaper men generally. A
real estate agent sued for the recovery
OF his commission on sale he brought
about. The jury brought in a verdict
against him on the grounds that, as he
had no advertisement in any paper and
had no printed letter heads or cards, he
was not q real estate agent. The plain
tiff was taken aback and struck out for |
q newspaper Office Immediately.
Chancellor Snow of the Kansas State
University at Lawrence, has issued his
weather report for May 1891. The re-
port shows that it was the coolest May |
on his twenty-four years record ex-
cept that of 1882. There were two |
rrhifa f,arfc nm the Gfh ard /