The Globe-republican., 1897-11-25

There is rnm0r ut Newtea that the
iSant. Fe..will buy the Arcade hotel
there.
Nutting parties along the Walnut
river, m Butler county, are quite
numerous.
It is proposed to have a grand open
ing of the. Topeka wooden mill on
Thanksgiving day.
The water that bubbles up from the
big Andrews gas well at Cberryvale is
said to cure eczema.
A Barton county hunter bagged .
white quail which has been sent to the
State university to be mounted.
John Harvey, of the roundbouse
force, who has charge of the stationary
engine. 1t Newton, has worked for the
Santa Fe company little oEer nine
teen years.
Young people of Pretty Prairie have
passed through matrimonial epidemic
and the supply of manageable folks
is exhausted, but there is . foe new
crop coming on.
Ga q certain vacant lot in Leaven-
worth the school boys are playing In
dian. They have built a village of
tepees ont of q big crop of tall weeds
that grew there.
People who imagine the Salvation
army people are short on wit should
note the fact that the army in Hutch
inson has again been arrested and
thrown iuto Jail for violating an ordi-
nance. They thus secure grub and
lodging and have the infinite pleasure
The fourth annual exhibit of the
Parsons aOd Southwestern Poultry as
ISOLATION will be given in Parsons on
December eth to 18th inclusive. The
officers of the association have issued
a very attractive premium list show
ing the regular and special premiums
offered
The new waterworks commenced
last spring at the Haskell institution
at Lawrence are now completed, but
the supply of water is not all that
could be desired. The wells are down
to solid rock and it is the intention to
pierce the rock later on in the hopes
getting bigger vein.
Henry Eiche, living near Sumner,
has discovered good vein of coal on
land belonging to John j. Ingalls, on
Walnut creek, six miles south of the
city. The vein crops ont of bank in
the Walnut creek bottom and being
only short distance from the railroad
station at Dalbey, Mr.. Eiche thinks it
would pay to work it. The coal has
been tested by several farmers in that
vicinity and it seems to be Of good
quality.
The capacity of the Kansas state
normal is just now being tested. The
entrance of a large number of new
students at the end of the first half
term makes an unprecedented attend
ance at this time of the year. Very
few stopped at the close of the first
half and it is estimated that the net
increase will be at least 1875. The
model school is compelled to refuse
students. SO crowded is it, and the
kindergarten, too, is full. The total
attendance this year will surpass that
of any year since the institution was
founded.
As is we'll known, western Kansas
is not reliable grain producing terri
tory on account of the frequency of
drouths Consequently the people of
this section are much interested in
finding out to what other uses their
farming lands can be profitably put,
in addition to stock raising. Some of
them have been experimenting lately
with bee culture, and have demon
strated that this is an industry which
can be developed in the dry counties
with every assurance of success. Al
falfa is sure and prolific crop through
out western Kansas, and alfalfa is ono
of the hes. bee foods for honey pro-
ducing purposes The honey made
from this growth is of fine grade and
favor, and will sell beside that made
from the choicest clover. Experiments
were made last year in Finney county
with good gratifying results. Any
farmer with a field of alfalfa can start
an apiary, and, in addition to supply
ing his family with all the honey it
wants. can, in a very few years havs .
neat and steady income at q very
expense. The drouth. which units
this section for grain growing two
years out of three, is not harmful to
bee culture, but, on the contrary, is an
advantage to it Bees thrive better
where the winters are drv: wet, cold