The Iola register., 1891-05-15

| TO XIII himself at Fort Scout, 0ut the
pistol ball missed his heart and he still
lives, Cursing the police for their inter-
ference. He says that in this free
country man should be allowed to kill
himself if he wants to.
Some of the illicit liquor sellers in
| Atchison and the Champion are charg-
ing the city marshal with showing par
tiality in keeping closer watch on the
joint keepers who were Cloyes men at
TIE late election than he does on those
who opposed Cloyes for mayor. eEl
We have on our desk peach twig
less than three inches long, bearing
twenty-six peaches about the size of
pea. The branch came from ID. ]. Ca
vcrt's orchard. 1t has the peculiar fea-
turc that each blossom started from
three to five peaches.-Lyons Tribune.
There are 37.O22 Methodists in Kan
sas; 1894 probationists and 474 preach
ers. They worship in 66i churches
valued at S1,69i,04 Three hundred
and six of the preachers live in parson-
ages owned by the churches. The de-
nomination has 920 Sunday schools,
which "A, 45l children attend.
The annual state Sunday school con-
vention of the Christian church will
meet at Mcpherson on the 10Th, 10th
and 2lst Of this month. Delegates from
all parts of the state will be present and
quite a number of speakers from other
states are on the program. All Sun.
day school workers in the county are
asked to attend.
Lawrence Record: While at Hutch.
hi
quiries of farmers in re~ard to the
condition of the wheat crop, and with.
out exception delegates from all parts OF
the state reported unexcelled prospects.
The reports of damage from bugs in
certain localities we are assured are
without foundation.
Assistant Secretary OF State Orne
who is directing the work OF publishing
the new laws, says that the statute book
of 1891 will be out by June ist. The
work is being pushed as rapidly as pos.
sible. Over 100 chapters are already in
print The volume will comprise about
80 chapters and will be about the same
size as the volume of 1889.
Arkansas City Traveller: About two
years ago, venerable Alfred johnson
came here and purchased forty acres OF
land south of the city on the Arkansas
He Immediately set four acres of it in
Strawberries and this season he will
raise about $50 bushels of berries to the
acre. He has ordered 1000 boxes to
put his berries in. He is setting out
four acres more in plants and next
season he will harvest from eight acres.
Mcpherson Freeman: Mcpherson
can rank with the cities first and Sec
ond class over the state in regard to her
religious people. There are at present
in the close neighborhood OF twelve |
hundred Sunday school scholars or at |
tendants. In the last three months |
there has been close to 300 people joined
the various churches in this city. The |
Sunday school collections average $50 a |
Sunday, and the church from $500 to
$500.
The Rev. John S. Brown of Lawrence |
celebrated his S5th birthday by preach |
ingtthe last sermon ever to be delivered |
in the old Unitarian church in Law
renee. Mr.. Brown was a member OF
the celebrated Brook Farm Community.
a son of his, Judge William r. Brown
has been a member of congress from
Kansas, and a daughter, Miss Sara
Brown, is known throughout the edu-
cational and literary population of the
state.
The Junction City Union tells the
story OF Charley MCGEE, an old settler
OF Geary county. He began with $500,
and never did anything but farm, prin-
cipally raising corn. He died couple
of years ago, leaving his wife 2,455
acres of Smoky Hill bottom land, with
out cent of incumbrance. His land
and the corn he carried was worth fully
SlC0, 000. During this time he paid
from SIC, 600 to $4,000 security debts.
He was a crank on the subject Of hold
ing corn, carrying 10000 or 10000
bushels in cribs for years at time. He
raised as high as 10000 bushels Of corn
in year, and this season his widow
will have 400 acres of wheat, 400 acres
of oats and eco acres OF corn.
Ever since Hon. E. II. Shows elec-
ton to the Office of state printer, nu-
merOus printing firms of Topeka have
been pulling the wires for the purpose
Of forming a combination with Mr..
Snow to do the work. 1t would require
't least $4,000 to fully equip an Office
hat could handle this work properly.
Mr.. Snow is man of moderate means
and announced soon after his election
hat he cid not desire to establish a s
lew plant if he could make satisfactory +:
with firms already in bus {
ness. The outcome OF the matter is {
hat Mr.. Snow has completed a deal
With the Hamilton Printing company
)f Topeka by which he becomes part
Ter in the firm and turns his state work
nto the firm. The arrangement is un-
ioubtedly wise one and will be salts
actory to the state.
Harper County Republican: Our
rain merchants have paid sl.O5 per
'ushel for wheat this week. Great
colt! Just think of it; S1.05. And
numbers of our farmers are refusing
ven that. There is yet in Harper
ounty thousands of bushels of wheat in
'ur farmers granaries. There is
nough wheat in this county to-day if
old at the present prices and applied &
o that purpose, to liquidate every dol
ar OF farm mortgages in this county. |
Aansas in its entire history of wonder
ul production of all kinds OF grain and
arm products, never had such a pros Q
ect for big wheat crop as at present,
uch prospectfor good prices. Every c
hing would now indicate that prices
Tlll start off for new wheat at about :
twenty-five cents per bushel, and with c
n average of twenty-five to thirty-fivs
ushels per acre, and every farmer hav- !
no from forty IN I60 acres IL lonks "a :