The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-06-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

OUtrllH Will nave The QrSG lFFlgdtlD2
ditch in northwestern Kansas.
Oats which were planted by q Leaven-
worth county farmer March II, 10 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 has
turned back large number OF Arkan-
sas cattle that were being driven into
the state.
On his 5Sth birthday a 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 who
recommended Horton for the Spanish
land court. Plumb wanted Almerin
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 it
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 Old Ken
lucky" The public will be surprised
to learn that there is only one colonel
in the cast.
In a short time Topeka will have a
tower 10 feet high. The local water
company has begun its erection. twill
afford the Topeka papers something
new to boast OF.
y POttawattOmie county farmer has
just sold his cattle at a net profit of 81
800, and says he has found 1.-THE way
out" In his expenses he charged his
labor and sold his stubble for 50 per
acre.
Wyandotte Gazette: Congressman
Baker of the Sixth district says he will
move his family to Washington early
in the fall 50 as to avoid the sharks who
lie in wait for unsuspecting new mem
bers
Dodge City is to be the headquarters
for the big irrigation canal company
which was recently organized with a
81 100000 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 6
million bushels of wheat this season.
If all the rest of the of the counties in
the state would do even half that we'll
Kansas would break the record with
3l2 million bushels this year.
There are over twenty patients in the
private asylum for the insane at Atchi-
son. 1t has been discovered by the
keeper that crazy women as a 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. C. 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 a
bright little book by the editor of the
Harper Sentinel 1t is compilation of
articles which appeared IN the Sentinel
in the fall and winter of l390-'91, and
which were received with so much fa-
vor that the author wisely decided to
-epublish them ia book form. The lit
lie volume. is neatly printed and is crisp
md entertaining.
DIR. Thomas Bolton of San Francisco,
hiding himself the vicSim of cOnsump-
ion, came to Russell, Ks, to die under
he roof of Mother Bickerdyke. This
rood old woman had saved the life Of
Dr.. Bolton when he was released from
AndersOnville, after months of careful
lursing, and knowing his end was ap-
preaching he desired to return to the
woman who had proved a mother to
Tim.
Leon Indicator: Corn is the first
rop in Little Walnut township. Flax
ONES second, wheat third and oats
ourth-sOrghum is not the favOrite of
ur farmers that it was two years ago.
But the assessors report shows very
diversity. Our farmers are
lot depending altogether upon one or
wo crops. There are less than 100
ores of tame grasses, exclusive of mill
1T, in the township. There should be
900.
Rev. Ayers, Of the U. B. church, has
indeed shown the kind OF grit that will
AIRY men through difficulties any
there. He is now at work on the U. B.
hurch building at Chautauaua Springs,
nd will soon have neat, cOmmOdiOus
ouse ready for divine services. Mr..
ayers has done a good portion OF the
TOrk himself, and is now just complet-
NC the plastering. The building will
e ready for dedication in a few
Republican.
A Topeka jury on Wednesday brought
n a novel verdict, one that will be en-
orsed by newspaper men generally. A
cal estate agent sued for the recovery
{ his commission on sale he brought
bout. The jury brought in a verdict
gainst him on the grounds that, as he
ad no advertisement in any paper and
ad no printed letter heads or cards, he
-as not a real estate agent. The plain
if was taken aback and struck out for
newspaper Office Immediately.
Chancellor Snow OF the Kansas State
at Lawrence, has issued his
Gather report for May 1891. The re-
ort shows that it was the coolest May
n his twenty-tour years record ex-
ep that of 1882. There were two
armless white frosts, on the 9Th and
18th. The rainfall was more than 80
er cent above the May average and
as been but three times exceeded-iG
S73. 1876 and 1889. The wind velocity
as below the average and the clOudf-
ess was normal. The mean tempera-
Ire was 81 .23o, which is 394o below
lie May average. The rainfall was
% inches, or 2.27 inches above the
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