The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-16
NESS COUNTY NEWS.

Ness CITY, Kan, Sept. 15.-[Special.1- :
| The present incumbent of the Office OF
| county clerk of Ness county is a IRE
| former" Up to the time of his Install
| alton it had been the custom of the clerk
| to give delinquent chance for his life,
| but We ''reformer'' changes the order.
| When piece of school land becomes de-
| linquent he rushes the sheriff out with
| notices to post on the land the very mo-
| ment the land has become subject to can
collation., provided, always, that the clerk
hasn't his bucolic eye fixed thereon. In
the latter event he says nothing to the
sheriff, but sticks up little notice in his
office. in some remote corner. if possible
where it viii not be noticed, unless by a
man who wants that particular piece, and
even then he Stands fellow off " as long
as possible. Frequently he secures as
signments, and the treasurer's books to-
day show assignments made to j. g.
Hopper, the clerk, upon which there has
not been a cent of interest paid since 1890
There is an eighty" of school land ad-
joining Ness City upon the east, which has
been handled in the above mentioned
manner by the peoples friend" but he
got beautifully left. The land was to have
been Cancelled at 1870 O'Clock on the 18th.
Hopper had imported brother to hold
it down" for him, and had been spending
some time in making preparations; but at
midnight on the 18th Z. A. Jarbeau and
J. NJ. Grove were plowing and building
house upon the land, each making settle.
ment upon ''forty." When the morn
ing of the 18th came around Hopper was
on hand, but he didn't wait until 1870
O'Clock by any means. When he discover
ed the boys he was dUmtounded, and
whined about the matter saying that he
had been served an ungentlemanly trick.
He was politely informed by the bona
fide settlers that they did not wear the
cloak of office to fool honest men, but that
they had 'got rustic upon themselves"
and proposed to hold the fort until hades
should become a skating rink, If such be
necessary. Then lie became wolfish, and
proposes to commence litigation.
Thus do the 'reformers" have check
upon the county officers, as they claimed
they would have when their fellows were
installed. The poor, down-rrodden farmer
would have little show for information re-
garding delinquent school land were it not
for the vigilance and courtesy of the
county treasurer, who, by the way, is a
Democrat holding his second term. The
plain by the fact that the officer in ques-
tion is the head of a corporation known as
the Walnut Valley Land company.
There are quite Il number OF steam
threshers in our county today, besides In
Vulnerable horse power machines, rolling
out the grain at splendid gait. Our
wheat crop Is simply immense. and the
proposed acreage to he sown this fall will
exceed that of any previous year.
j. Il. Ellis has returned to {. Il. Clark
son, cashier of the State bank, his pretty
little flyer, Black Raven. Under J. RS
splendid management Raven has shown a
wonderful clip" for an animal of her age,
and Charley is Justly proud Of her show
ing. Mr. Ellis is one of the finest devel-
opers in the west, and has handled quite
Of colts this season. He now has
in hand the 4-year-old stallion belonging
to Thomas Nicholson, and Is getting him
down" very rapidly.
Mrs f. L. Beeler, wife of the eX-county
clerk, is in town, the guest of Mrs. j. b.
The yield of cane and kaffir corn in Ness
county this year is exceeding the hopes of
the most sanGuine, and it is almost I'M
possible to secure sufficient help to harvest
it. Many acres VIII no doubt yield to the
frost. Quite a number have sent for bind
erS.
Postmaster Nicholson has purchased a
fine lot of young Utah horses and placed
them upon mis- ranch adjoining town.
Typho-malaria is taking hold again in
this city. So far no deaths have occurred,
but the scare Is complete.
Real estate dealers are driving out daily
showing and selling land
The political pot is simmering gently
only, on account of the abundant harvest,
but when threshing is over you'll hear
drop. The Republicans are
forcing the fighting, and are in to win. |
There will be but two tickets in the field |
in this scountv-Republican and the All-
ance Fusion will not win, either. 1t is !
disgusting TO honest Democracy, |
and will win more for the Republican !
ticket than the howlers imagine.
r. Hathaway has purchased a part of |
The old Wichita Beacon job Office and will |
set up his shop with Sam q. Sheaffer, the |
avenue real estate dealer.
Prairie chickens are quite plentiful this |
fall, and the Nimrods are happy in conse- |
luence thereof.