Hutchinson gazette., 1896-06-11
kansas BIAS 14sa registered drug.

There arc 300 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 top
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-seventeen.
Since the war in prices has been
raging among the Topeka undertakers
citizens of the capital are buying cof-
/ hnS " uSC dS Ddlh AuOo'
The dam of the Logan mills at
Goodland has gone out four times this
spring and the dam of the Logan mil
Ter has gone out some 1000 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
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 for the Atchison Globe.
1t beats Anything how time flies.
+. C. Heckerman who lives on sec
ton eli ,hteen in Jackson township, in
Sumner county, has found new spe-
cies of worm that is playing havoc
with the wheat in that vicinity. The
worm Is a puz2ler 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 She web worm somewhat but has
no web and is different species. The
worm is long and slender. The spec
linens are from an inch to an inch and
half long. They vary in color; some
are nearly white others are a 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 cpterprising 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. He 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 S25 gem on the polished floor
of Mr. Edwards cosy consultation
room. The offices of the attorney gen.
eral und 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 n half dozen OF
more. When Mr.. Cole found the floors
covered with rugs, he ordered them to
be rolled into bundle and promptly
telephoncd the salesman to take them
away.
Secretary Coburn has just issued his
monthly crop bulletin which has an
encouraging outlook. He reports har.
vesting from 10 to Is days earlier than
usual. The severe decrease 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 a great
er 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
ly as vet is ascribed to too copious
rains. About the same area of pOta-
toes are planted as last year. The
acreage sown in millet and hungarian
is less than last year Flax shows Il
decrease and barley an increase in
acreage Reports on conditions of
grasses and clovers mostly represent
them as excellent, giving luXuriant
pasturage and promise of great yields