The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-10-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Inc police court of Atchison is clean
Ing up $1,000 week.
| The Solomon river ia on a tear It
mas not been SO high since 1888.
There was republican rally with
tln plate badges at Girard Tuesday.
State Senator King is said to have
gone clear over TO the people party.
The Kingman county commissioners
keep up standing reward of 500 for
horsethieves.
She apple crop of Nemaha county is
SO large that the fruit is going to waste
on the ground.
The Leavenworth Keeley whisky
cure is handy TO the soldiers home.
Two old veterans are taking the treat
| ment.
The bank of Alton will go out of
business and the proprietor will locate
IN Texas. They are afraid of alliance
legislation.
Two Kansas editors preserve the
name OF one hero: Winfield Scott Til
ton OF Wakeeney and Winfield Scott
Allen of Newton.
N. B. BlantOn. after whom "Blan.
tons bridge" famous in early Kansas
annals, was named, is raising big red
apples In Montgomery county.
The highest form of obituary eulogy
in Kansas now is to say: mo man
ever heard him complain" Growers
are despised and rejected of men.
Fighting Joe Hudson's latest roast OF
ex-senator Ingalls, leaves Ingalls, moth
ing else to do than to return to the
party on probation and begin anew.
Professor Snow has received petitions
from Brazil asking him to take meas-
ures against a particularly vicious and
lcw-down variety OF ant in that country.
In the sandiest part of Kansas this
season, the editor Is invited into the
country to dine on fried chicken,
fruits and all the delicacies of the sea-
son."
Professor Wiley is certain that 200
pounds of sugar can be produced from
ton of Kansas cane. The early
orange is the sweetest thing tested 50
far.
Atchison is also noted fer fat people
In single block in South Atchison
there lives seven persons of both sexes
whose aggregate weight is 1875
pounds.
The Traveller says a man was in Ar
kansas City the other day who was so
large that the forty-fve pound water
melon he was carrying looked like
goose egg.
Every Office holder in Topeka, except
the state house janitor, belongs to the
Hons" They tried to draw the line
at Woody Admire, but he wouldn't
have 1t that way.
A nephew OF the late William Henry
Smith, conservative leader of the house
OF commons, was a short time since
Identified with the steer interests OF
Greenwood county.
Wallace's show got out of Sumner
county by a scratch, but left three hired
men behind to answer for the work of
It's fakirs. Wallace himself was held rs
a hostage for while.
The Rev. John d. Knox, the broken
banker of Topeka, has not been wholly
lost sight Of. He was the officiating
clergyman at a marriage ceremony one
night this week at Topeka.
G. w. Jones, who was recently de-
feated for reelection to the position of
grand secretary Of the Kansas Odd Eel
lows, runs rs much TO whiskers tbs PEI
fer. Possibly that is why he was de-
feated.
Although the corn crop OF Kansas
will be something enormous, farmers of
Wilson county have made contracts to
ship in,corn this fall and winter. Po-
tatoes will also be shipped in. No rain
since July.
The engineer who surveyed the
AtchisOn public building site, received
his money from the government this
week. and it is said that Joe Adv has a
check in his pocket to pay for the
ground.
You are not in the swim in Atchison
unless you have o'clock dinner. Web
Hetherington and Paddy Brown are
the only rich men in the town who
stick to the old fashioned square meal
at noon.
A Bird City bank has steam gang
pillow at work breaking up 1900 acres of
Cheyenne county land. which will be
sown in wheat. On part of the land
red Russian wheat will be expert
mented with.
Upon the Central School grounds 1T
Winfield hos been erected q monument
to Tom Morgan, who lost his life in
saving friend from drowning. The
monument was erected by the citizens
Winfield.
f. B. Dawes has finally found man
of his size. He is having joint debates
with "Retormer" Utley, late candidate
of the peoples party for lieutenant gov
ernor. Utley was badly disfgured at
last accounts.
The collapse of Willie Sells show
causes great excitement in Topeka-the
greatest since Pomeroy fell. The Sells
family belong to Topeka's Four Hundred
and when ever they do anything there
is much talk about it.
The Atchison Globes Hiram Never
sweat" whose real name is A. J. Howe.
is q brother OF Sir Edgar, has gone into
the sheep raising business in New Mex
leo. He writes that he not only has
wealth, but, better than that, health in
sight.
E. o. Man OF Concordia. division
superintendent OF the Central Branch
railroad. saws it is the ha6 roads, not
the Hold Y our Wheat" circular that
has caused the light shipments OF
wheat in this country. This condition
has been caused by the excessive rains
in the last three weeks The wet
weather has also prevented tho farmers
from Moving for their fall wheat ard