The Globe-republican., 1896-06-11

kanSas mas 1888 reglstc(eO OTu&'
gists.
| There are 900 people in Troy besides
Cy Leland
Five Wellington churches are with
out pastors.
The city assessor of Topeka only
found GAO pianos.
}! Ness county reports an increase OF
population the last year.
The state university has changed
its colors to crimson and blue.
Buffalo grass butter gets the tor
market price in central Kansas
Eastern Kansas is not financially
busted but it is certainly in soak.
The cyclone in Brown county lifted
about evrything but the mortgages
The youngest graduate in Kansas
was a girl in Atchison-sevcnteen.
Since the war in prices has been
raging among the Topeka undertakes
citizens of the capital are buying cof-
fins to use as bath tubs.
The dam of the Logan mills at
GoOdland has gone out four times this
spring and the dam of the Logan mill
Ter has gone out some 1900 times.
A Topeka man contracted diabetes
and died by drinking dozen bottles
of state house soda pop, rather than
walk quarter of mile and get beer.
Ed Howe has taken such good care
of himself that he would pass for a
man of thirty in any crowd; yet he
was one of the big boys of the town
of Bethany, Mo-, when Sam Vandivert
of Kansas was boy in short pants.
Vandivert confesses to A years. Van
divert has crop of boys who are get
ting beyond the ''knee pants" age,
while Howe has one big enough to
take the road fog the Atchison Globe.
1t beats Anything how time flies.
+. c. Heckerman who lives on sec
ton eli shteen in Jackson township, in
Sumner county, has found a new spe-
cies of worm that is playing havoc
with the wheat in that vicinity. The
worm is puzzler to every farmer who
has looked at it. 1t resembles the
army worm, but those who know the
pest well by sad experience say that it
is not the army worm. 1t also resem-
bles the web worm somewhat but has
no web aud is different species. The
worm is long and slender. The spec.
linens arc from an inch to an inch and
a half long. They vary in color: some
are nearly white others are bright
green. 1t crawls up the stalk to the
head and then eats out the soft wheat
grains cleaning out the rows as it
goes up. A Mr. Fair has examined |
the wheat crop on 20 different farms
in his neighborhood and finds them all |
similarly affected.
Auditor Cole has set his face against |
the scheme of an enterprising Topeka
salesman to cover Administer, Mo-
quette and Brussels carpets which |
adorn the new offices of the state |
house with rugs. After the carpets
had been laid rugs were thought of.
and straightway the salesman smear !
ed them over the floors by the wagon
load. lie spread twenty-nine beauties
in the four rooms occupied by the gov
ernOr. and as many in the rooms OF
the secretary of state, and in addition
a little $a5 gem on the polished foo,
of Mr.. Edwards cosy consultation
room. The offices of the attorney gen.
eral and of the treasurer of state were
given their full share, and that Mr..
Cole might not feel bad, his Offices.
which had not been adorned with new !
carpets. were given half dozen or
more When Mr.. Cole found the floors
covered with rugs, he ordered them to
be rolled into bundle and promptly |
the salesman to take them
away.
Secretary Coburn has just issued his !
crop bulletin which has an
outlook. He reports har-
vesting from 10 to Is days earlier than
usual. The severe deer ease in winter |
wheat in counties southwest from
Cheyenne to Sumner is due to high |
winds. unusual heat and lack of time !
ly rainfall which prevailed to great
err or less extent during the first three
weeks in May. The late cool. cloudy
weather has been against large de-
velopment of rust and generally ia
vora BILE to wheat. The only material |
drawback to corn prospersty general
~ as yet is ascribed to too copious |
rains. About the same area of pota-
toes are planted as last year. The
acreage sown in miliet and hungarian
is less than last year. Flax shows a
decrease and barley an increase in