The Globe-republican., 1894-07-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Crop Report.

rotary CODurn. OF the Stdtc agricultural
department, says:
The yield OF wheat is estimated to be q. 800
600 bushels. The acreage planted last fall. &C
cCrding to the assessors returns. was 4'26.101
acres The acreage actually harvested was p
666.67I acres. The report says the rains OF the
past month have brought the wheat out Won
derfully, making in many fields i've to ten
bushels per acre. where a month ago 1t was moi
thought possible to raise anything.
The crop is all in shock or stack. except In
the northern and northwestern counties, and
the determination to stack before threshing is
more general than in any preceding season. As
q rule the harvest has been from 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
the quality. only a single reporter from each Of
five Of the l05 counties uses the word poor to
describe It, while all the others quote 1t as
medium" plump" good. very good"
extra good" and from Seventy-thrce counties
the description is good or very good.
Very little spring wheat was harvested and
the oats yield will not exceed half a 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 an area 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. il 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 unpromlSing 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 tn the borders of adjacent corn
which If backward and small, they have left
their marks upon. but as yet not to an extent
likely to be apprcciable 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 IS per cent: broom
corn. 81: castor beans. 80: flax, s.: millet, "a;
sorghum. 81; clover. -: timothy, Is; bluegrass,
10: alfalfa.S6. prairie grass, 50.
Fatal Spree.
About dozen young fellows, white
and colorcd. ranging in age from IA to
20 years, procured a 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 Swcdc 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 Hrcyfogle. aged 90 years,
her sister. aged II years, and Edith Car
roll, aged IL years. were recently killed
by n train at a crossing near Lenexa.
The two former were daughters OF
Hon. Lewis Brcyfogle, chairman of the
county commissioners of johnson coun.
ty. They were driving two horses to a
spring wagon and attempted to cross
the road. not seeing the train which
approached through cut.
Their Pictures Taken.
AttOrncvl;cn Little has had por.
crafts made of the fifteen persons who
have held the position of attorney
general in Kansas. as follows: i. f.
Simpson, Charles Chadwick. Samuel A.
StinSon. Warren w. Guthrie. j. D.
Brumbaugh. George II. Hoyt. Addison
Danfori. a. L. Williams. A. NJ. F. Ran
dolph. Willard Davis. w. A. Johnston,
s. Il. Bradford. L. Il. Kellogg, John n.
Ives and John T. Little.
A Queer Freak.
Several days ago farm hand named
Ward. living eight miles from Wichita.
killed two good horses with an az
while the family was at church. wrote
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.
cd to send Il committee to the larger
cities of Kansas, with a view of exam.
lining into their sanitary condition. It
is understood that complaint of inn
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
utcs of 1889. so far as it attempts to
confer on county attorneys the power
TO commit witnesses for contempt on
uCCOuut pt rcIuSstt I'D Oe Sworn OF
testify in regard to the violation of the
prohibitOry law. has been declared un.
constitutional by the supreme court.
Fire ut Larned.
Fire at Larned the other morning
destroyed the Lindell 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 $4,000; 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.
A 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