Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Crop Report.


KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Crop Report
The July crop report issued by Sec
rotary Coburn, Of the state agricultural
department, says:
The yield of wheat is estimated to be q S20.
600 bushels The acreage planted last fall.
cording to the assessors returns was Al .7O7
acres The acreage actually harvested was q
6S6.6n acres The report says the rains of the
past month have brought the wheat out won
derfuily, making in many fields five to tea
bushels per acre. where month ago it was not
thought possible to raise anything.
The crop is all in shook or stack, except IN
the determination to stack before threShing is
more general than In any preceding season As
Q rule the harvest has been from q week to
twelve days earlier than usual except in some
of the southwestern counties where either SOW
ing or termination were very backward As to
tbs quality, only g single reporter from each Of
hve OF the los counties the word poor to
describe It, while all the others quote it as
medium" plump" good very good"
extra good" and from seventy-three counties
the description is good or very good"
Very little spring wheat was harvested and
the oats yield viii not exceed half crop The
yield of rye is about the same as OF winter
wheat; the quality is good.
Without exception. reports indicate that
Kansas presents at this time Of grow
ing corn the equal of which for extent. even
ness OF stand. vigorous growth. propitious soil
conditions and freedom from weeds has sell
dom, II ever, been seen before in any state
The acreage appears to have been increased
during the month 10 per cent and perhaps
more by planting ground upon which oats,
spring wheat. etc, made an unpromising start
The weather at this writing continues very
kindly to the corn. In some localities where
there have been more or less chinch bugs In
winter wheat fields the harvest has caused
their migration 70 the borders Of adjacent corn
which If backward and small. they have left
their marks upon, but as yet not to extent
likely to be appreciable in the states aggre-
gate product
The total yield of wheat promises to be large
but the conditions vary widely.
The condition OF barley is 4S per cent; broom
corn. 81; castor beans. 90; fax, s.; miilet, 81;
sorghum, IS; clover. n; timothy. s.; bluegrass,
80; slfalfs.S IS; prairie grassS0
A Fatal Spree.
About dozen young fellows, white
and colored, ranging in age from Ii to
20 years, procured keg OF beer at
Clay Center the other day and went
outside of town to have good time
The blacks and whites got into a row
and a Swede boy got badly hurt and
Bonnie Brett, the son of Mrs. John
Brett, owner of the Cottage house,
was struck on the head and killed. A
young negro said he did the deed and
was glad of it. He was jailed.
Sad Accident.
Miss Lena Breyfogle, aged 90 years,
her sister, aged IL years, and Edith Car
roll, aged 10 years, were recently killed
by a train at a crossing near Lenexa.
The two former were daughters of
Hon. Lewis Breyfogle, chairman of the
county commissioners of johnson coun-
ty. They were driving two horses to a
spring wagon and attempted to cross
&hn - i, ~.
approached through cut.
Their Pictures Taken.
Attorney-General Little has had por-
traits made of the fifteen persons who
have held the position of attorney
general in Kansas, as follows: B. F.
Simpson, Charles Chadwick, Samuel A.
Stinson, Warren w. Guthrie, j. D.
Brumbaugh, George H. Hoyt, Addison
Danford, A. L. Williams. A. NJ. F. Ran
dolph. Willard Davis, w. A. Johnston,
S. B. Bradford, L. B. Kellogg, John n.
Ives and John T. Little.
Queer Freak.
Several days ago farm hand named
Ward, living eight miles from Wichita,
killed two good horses with an ak
while the family was at church, wrote
a note that his body would be found
burned, went to the pigeon house,
killed several pigeons and drank their
blood and then shot himself in the left
breast, after he had set fire to the
pigeon house.
Must Clean Up.
The state board of health has decid-
ed to send a committee to the larger
cities of Kansas, with a view of exam
lining into their sanitary condition. 1t
is understood that complaint of i'm
proper sanitary regulations has come
to the board from various parts of the
state, which is the cause of the pro-
posed investigation.
Unconstitutional.
Paragraph 2543 of the general stat
utes of 1889, so far as it attempts to
confer on county attorneys the power
to commit witnesses for contempt on
account of a refusal to be sworn or
testify in regard to the violation of the
prohibitory law, has been declared I'M
constitutional by the supreme court.
Fire at Larned.
Fire at Larned the other morning
destroyed the Linde1l hotel, occupied
by S. E. Payne, a store room occupied
by A w. Shady and the Eagle-Optic
block Both buildings were among
the first erected in the city. The total
loss was $40, 900; insured for about one
half that sum.
Minor State News.
The body of Rudolph Wolff, the boy
recently drowned at Topeka, was later
found floating in the river at Law
renee.
little son of Charles Peterson was
run over by an ice wagon at Lawrence
the other day and supposed to be ia
tally injured.
Jerre Harrison, an old citizen of
Manhattan, lately committed suicide
by hanging. He was 81 years old. No
cause known for the act.
Special pension examiners were re-
Gently appointed for Kansas as fol-
lows: A. Shipmen, c. Davis. Harry L.
Arnold and Samuel @. Gather.
Gov. Lewellinp has reappointed L