The Advocate and news., 1899-01-04

I extension Of the socialistic features o
our government.
w. w. Brown has charge Of the Bur
lingtOn Courier while Editor 0utcalt Il
performing his duties as Representative
at Topeka.
The worst storm Of the season strucl
southwest Kansas on the Sunday before
Christmas. The stock interest suffered
considerably.
In some counties a list Of property val
uations is printed in the newspapers ant
the result is said to be beneficial IN thu
matter Of tax dodging.
Nemaha county claims the 1898 ban
neF in corn raising. It's product Wai
3,74S,28S bushels. Washington led lT
oats, with 1,O19,7s6 bushels.
Stanley has probably heard about the
spectacle Morrill, made of himself at his
inaugural ball and for that reason does
not want one of his own this year.
The Topeka colored minister who took
the ballots for the colored soldiers tt
Cuba is lecturing on Cuba and Porto
Rico as an opening for the American ne
gro"
Oil Inspector Wharton turned s1,13s
into the State treasury for the month Of
November. Hig predecessor turned In
scarcely three times this much In whole
year.
Buffalo Jones takes an occasional rest
from HIS literary work and spends the
time lecturing. No Kansan can relate
incidents which win interest an audience
more.
No man In Kansas has more trouble
than Stanley. He Is already convinced
that holding the offlce Of Governor In
Kansas is what General Sherman said
war was.
Howard A. Scott, first lieutenant OF the
Independence company, has been ap-
pointed captain Of the Topeka company
to succeed J. b. Towers, The company
is at Manila.
Since the Cillett and Cross failures
the owner Of a half dozen head Of milk
cows. who cannot pay up at the bank
promptly, is advertised as another bank
Tupt cattleman,
Henley, the Douglas county candidate
for speaker Of che Republican House, has
withdrawn. He is a pretty, decent fel-
low, and hence got 80 little encourage
ment that he quit
Democrats National Committeeman
j. q. Johnson, of Peabody, responded ia
the toast, "No Trusts, at the Nebraska
Travelling Mems Bimetallic Associations
banquet last Friday night
In addition to his other troubles, stan
ley is the victim of four column open
letters addressed to him. The worst part
of it is that the letters show up Stanley's
weakness and inconsistency.
The Democrats viii have a banquet
Cthey cali IL supper) on Jefferson
birthday, March l5 Speeches by prom
inent members OF the party win be made
Altgeld ought to be invited.
Since 1883 there has only been one
year when Edwards county had more
cattle than in 1897. In those ten years
the number Of bearing fruit trees In.
creased from 4,4O0 to 1880.
There are several cases Of small poS
at HillsbOrO. II is Russian settlement
and difficulty Is encountered In prevent
ing Il from spreading because OF disre.
gard OF quarantine regulations.
According to Republican papers The
election killed the Populist party. Nov
the same papers say that the calling ol
special session will kill 1t. How otter
ia It to be- killed this year, anyway?
A Rice county farmer has built ar
elevator ON his place which has ca.
pacity OF 5000 bushels. II is provided
with AL necessary conveniences, and
Is said to cost little more than ordinary
bins Of the same capacity. IL has q