Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-04-11
KANSAS MATTERS.
Condensed News from All Parts of
the Great Sunfiower State-A Gem
eral Summary of Kansas New.

eral Summary of Kansas New.
There have been 1865 deaths in
Wichita in four years.
Ten girls and nary a boy will grad
nate fro m the Chetopa schools this
spring.
j. A. Stoffer of Sinclair, has lost
over 200 hogs by so-called cholera re-
Gently.
Hon. Martin Mohler will conduct
farmers institute at Osborne on
Thursday.
There was reunion of Greely couu-
ty soldiers and their families at Tri-
bune last Friday.
Over $4,000 was paid out in salar
rles and other expenses by the New
ton postoffice last year.
The LeBaron- Mcpherson revival at
lie banon, Smith county, has resulted
IN forty conversions up to date.
The residence of Geo. Cullens at
Cawker City, one of the old landmarks
OF the town, was burned last week.
Pete Phillips, a Selden, Sheridan
county, jointist, got 500 fine and 80
days in Jail last week for selling
whisky.
The GoOdland rainmakers are not
squelched yet, but are going to court
the bounty of the god of showers
again this week.
The department at Washington has
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land Office at Colby A. L. Kich of
Goodland secured the position.
a Phillipsburg man has figured out
that Kansas will raise big crop this
year because the wind did not blow
from the south on March 90, 81 and e.
At an informal convention of Com
anche county citizens at COldwate
last week the proposition to abolish
the herd law was sat upon to the tune
OF 10 votes for to 43 against
And still large amount of the
-, 600 alleged to nave been subscribed
by Wichita citizens for auditorium
building purposes remains uncollected
and still the project languishes.
Il. j. Mefford of Garden City plant
ed patch to onions a year ago last
February, but last spring was so dry
that the seed never sprouted. Now
the onions are coming up and promise
well.
The Russian thistle has gained u
foothold in northern Sheridan county,
Il all reports are correct. This Rus
sian thistle resembles the common
tumble weed and is the pest for the
determination of which Dakota and
Nebraska farmers are asking and of
the general government.
Excavations at Goodland have re-
vealed the remains of numerous and
curious prehistoric animals. Three
complete skeletons resembling hog
skeletons, have been unearthed. be-
sides divers legs and ribs for which no
corresponding bones have been dis
covere d.
Howard Chitty and Clark Holton
will make 4 practical test Of indivldu-
al irrigation this winter. They have
put out two acres of potatoes which
they expect to water from a 97-foot
well with fOurteen-foot wheel and
reservoir. This is deeper than the av-
erage well, and if the experiment
proves successful no further plan of
irrigation need be discussed. ed.-Diphton
Herald.
The cement works gave employ.
ment to twenty-four men last week
and now have three kilns burning. the
first of which was opened Wednesday.
They have orders from St. John for a
large shipment as soon as it can be
ground. The reputation of "Sun-
flower Brand cement is becoming
widely known and this accounts for
the numerous orders being received
Alma Enterprise.
George, II big elephant belonging
to Howe & Cushing's show, got On a
rampage Monday, and his keeper now
lies in the hospital. A new keeper
took charge of him and had the ele-
phant strapped down and beat with
stake pins and bored with red hot
irons. A terrible struggle took place
between the keepers and animal, and
In the fight that ensued the elephant
was badly hurt and died later. He is
said to have the largest set of tusks in
America.
Quite good many of our farmers
are confident that this will be good
year for corn. The Bulletin does not
want to presume to tell the farmers
OF Harper county how or what crons
to raise, but we believe it is a matter
in which all are interested. There is
no question but that corn, if it can be
successfully raised, is a more profita-
crop than wheat at prevailing prices.
The Bulletin is asbeliever in and has
always been an advocate of diversified
crops, and we believe the day is about
passed when Harper county will be re-
terred to as wheat raising county
Corn, cattle and hogs are the coming
products of Harper county.
j. n. Hotchkiss rented his farm IN
Walnut township to man named
Patterson for cash rent Hotchkiss
with the avowed intention of rebat
ing half the rent in case of crop fail
ure, inserted clause in the lease to
the effect that in case of failure of n
crop by drouth or hail. Hotchkiss was
to stand half the loss. In a suit to
collect the rent the jury held that 40
oushels per acre was an average crop
and that Hotchkiss must make good
to the tenant half the difference be-
tween that amount and the quantity
raised, and returned a verdict giving
Patterson the use of the rarm free
and judgement for S75 besides
Mankato Monitor
Diptheria has been little less than
epidemic at Lebo, Coffey county. for
some time. There have been fourteen
cases, four of which proved fatal. The
schools were closed for several days.
Sedan, Chautauqua county, suffered
heavy loss by severe fire Thursday.
which destroyed three buildings and
most OF the contents. The principaI
occupant of the buildings was the 7
K. Tullos Carriage company. They
had several thousand dollars worth
of carriages, buggies and farm imnle-
inents stored in their salesroom and
warehouse, which were all destroyeds
There was no insurance on the build
ing or stock.
There are seventeen divorce cases
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