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j LAWS PASSED.
- The following la comnleLe Hat of tho
Weasures enacted into laws at the special
fcestionof the legislature. All but some
alf dozen take effect on their being pub
lished in the official state paper. The. date
at the end of each act shows the time they
era signed by tho governor. No bills were
etoed.
8. B. 1, in relation to railway corporations,
laid iinthortsing and confirming change of gunge
In certain rases and monicipal aid in srch cases.
reomary 3d,
8.11.25, nnthorizing tho board of county com
TnissioDcra of Washington county to provide a
fend and appropriate tho same for the purpose
J bntlding county buildings in said county.
February 3d.
8. B. 41, ceding jurisdiction to the United
States over certain lots in the city of Wichita as
a site for a federal building. February 3d.
8. B. 8, authorizing the establishment and
maintenance of county high schools. February
-4th.
H. B. 110, authorizing and directing the county
commisioners of Shawnee county to levy an as
sessment to build a jail and jailer's residence.
February 4th.
H. B. 113, authorizing and directing the
county commissioners of Shawneo county, to le-vy
special tax to build abutments and bridge at
XUchl.ind. February 4th.
t H. B. No. 112, authorizing and directing the
board of. county commissioners of Shawnee
county to issue bonds to fund certain indebted
ness of that county. February 9.
H. B. No. 77, authorizing and empowering Ot
tawa township, Franklin county, to lease or pur
chase a site and erect a township hall and to pro
Tide for tho payment and management of tho
amc February 9th.
H. B. No. 207, authorizing tho board of county
commissioners of Cherokee county to build n
court house and to build and pay for bridges in
said county and to provide a fund therefor. Feb
ruary 9th.
H.B. No. 115, providing for the building and
repairing of bridges in Sumner and Barber coun
ties and providing a fund therefor. February 9th.
H. B. No. 81, restoring tho county of Kiowa and
efining its boundaries, and tho boundaries of
JSdwnrds and Comancho counties. February lOtlu
8. B. No 38, authorizing the lward of education
ofthecityof MoPhersonto issue bonds for tho
purpose of erectingand furnishing a high school
puilding; and authorizing baid board to donate to
the county of McPherson a certain block in said
city for a coantr hich school site: and to donate
' 4 jto said city said bonds for the purpose of erecting
P school building on said site for n high bchool
p JOUilUing. February lUtli.
i H. B. 240, providing for tho consolidation of
cities. February 11.
B. B. 16, makiug an appropriation as a dona
tion to St. Vincent's Orphan asylum. February
S. B. 138, authorizing the board of county com
missioners of Labette county to levy, certain
taxes for bridge purposes.
8. B. 118, making an appropriation for the ex
penses of tho state reform school for tiio fiscal
year ending Juno 30, 1850 and Juno 30, .1887. Feb
ruary 11.
S. B. SO, to regulate and fix tho terms of court
In tho Twenty-first Judicial district of tho state
of Kansas. February 11.
H. B. 31, relating to, tho jurisdiction nnd pro
ceedpro before justices of tho peace in civil cases
and amendatory of section 84, chapter 81, statutes
of 1808. February 12. A
8. B. 88. Drovidins for the transfer of certain
monies from the state sinking fund to tho state
general revenue fund and to repeal chapter 100 of
session laws of 18S1. February 12.
8. B. 20, to amend section 1 of article 14 of chap
ter 122 of session laves of 1876, entitled "An act
for tho regulation nnd support of common
schools." February 12.
8. B, 23. relating to the support of mjIiooIs in
cities of tho second class and amendatory of
chapter 13 of session laws of 1833, and to repeal
said chapter. February 13.
H. B, 81, to detach tho counties of Thomas and
Sherman from the county Of Sheridan and attach
Sherman to Thomas for judicial purposes. Feb
ruary 12.
H. B. 52, relating to tho codo of civil proceed
nre and amendatory of Bection 103 of chapter 80
general statutes of 1868. February 12,
S. B. 109, to amendan act entitled ''An net to
provide for tho organizat ion, government and
(compensation of the state militia and for tho
public defense." February 12.
8. B. 257, To legalizo the action of the board of
county commissioners of Morris county in defin
ing Alio boundary lino of Council Groo township
H. B. ir0. Localizing certain roads and hich-
v wajs of Mitchell county, and making the record
rtf of such roads and tho plats and survejs thereof
evidence of tho validity of the same. February 13.
H. B. 45, To legtdizo the tax levies mado by the
board of county commissioners of Allen county
for bridge purposes for tho jcars 1832, 1883 and
1884. February 13.
8. B. 80, To further endow tho state normal
school, and to provide for the sale of certain state
Jands. February IB.
i H. B. 217, To legalizo roads and highways in
k the county of Cheutauqua, laid out and ordered
to be opened prior to January 1st, 1886. February
. '
r " H. 3. CO. to cnablo the officers of Stanton fmm.
hip, Miami county, to build bridge abutments
therein named, nnd use road funds of tho jear
1884, February 13.
H. B. 249, supplemental to an act to disorganize
Joint school district No. 2 in Edwards and Paw
nee counties, nnd to attach a jxrtion of said joint
district lying in Pawnee county, to district 8 in
said county. February 16.
H. B. 73, to authorize school district No. 93, in
Smith county, to issue its bonds. February 13.
H. B. 42, to legalizo tho act of tho township offi
persof Elk tqwnbliip in the county of Cloud in
issuing certain bonds for tho purpose of building
x bridgo across Elk creek, and to provide for the
registration of tho same. February 16.
H. B. 61, relating to tho business of joint stock
fire insurance companins organized under the
laws of the state and defining their powers and
duties. February 10.
H. B. 61, to change the names of certain per
sons therein named. February 16.
H. B. 277, authorizing the major and council
men of tho city of Minneapolis, Ottawa county,to
jell certain property. February 16.
H. A. 120, authorizing Lola township, in Chero
kee county, to use its surplus bridge funds to
auild bridges exceeding $200 in cost. February 13.
H. B. 103, to legalize the issuance of bonds by
chool district No. 63, in McPherson county.
i-Febraaryie. "
8. B. 122, authorizing the board of county com--missioncrs
of Republic county to build a jail and
Jailer's residenco in said county, and to levy a tax
iherefor. February 13.
H. B. 100, to extend tho time for building a
bridge in Douglas county. February 13.
8. B. 144, to regulate and fix tho terms of court
In the district court of the fifth judicial district
did to repeal chapter 112 of the laws pf 1SS5. Feb
ruary 17".
8. B. 200, to chango the lines of Coffey and Lyon
counties. February 17.
8. B. S9, to create the twenty-second judicial
district and to prot ide for holding terms of court
therein. February 17.
the crossing of railroads, and providing for their
construction nnd maintenance. February 17.
H. B. No. 247, to legalizo tho organization of
the city of Meaile Center, in Meade, ounty. Febru
ary 17. :
H. B. No. 245, making an appropriation for tho
Jegislativo department and general expenses inci--dent
to tho special session of tho legislature of
1886. February 18.
S. B. No. 187, to fix tho time of holding tho
terms of tho district court of tho fourth judicial
listrict, and to repeal all acts inconsistent with
this net. February 13.
H. B. No. 142, declaring the 30th day of Mjra
legal holiday. February 18.
H. B. No. 02, amending sections 1, 2 nnd 3 and
33 of chapter 60 of the laws of 1 171, and amended
by section 3 of chapter of 105 of tho laws of 1872,
and section 2 of chapter 37 of tho laws of 1883,
providing for tho organization and government
of cities of tho third class and the extension of
the corporate limits thereof and to repeal said sec
tions? February 18.
H. B. No. 63, relating to cities of the first class,
And to authorize the mayor and council to issue
" bonds for the purpose of prospecting for coal
twithin the limits of snch cities. February 18.
H. B. No. 172, authorizing the audi tor and treas
urer of state to transfer tho money in the state
treasury known as tho military fund to the militia
Sand, and appropriating the same to other pur
poses. February 18.
H. B. No. 171, entitled "An act making appro
priations for the current expenses of the state
asylum for idiotic and imbecile children, for the
fiscal year ending June SO, 1887." February 18.
H. B. No. 4, to amend section 4 of article 14 of
chapter 122 of the session laws of 1876, being en
titled "An act for the regulation and support of
common schools." approved March 4, 1876, and
to provide punishment for violation of the pro
'' visions of this act. February 18.
8. B. 198, .to authorize Lowell township, in
Cherokee county, to use its surplus funds in
bailding approaches to certain bridges. Febru
ary rz-
of court in the eighteenth judicial district, and
jo. u. no. zt, 'entiuea An act nxmp tne terms
saaenaatory oi sections or cnai
of 1883." February 18.
H. B. No. 108. attaching the counties of Scott.
'Wichita, Greeley nnd Seward to Finney for judi
cial purposes, and legalizing all acts and parts of
acts heretofore ben done or commenced byvir
tae of section 2, chapter 119, session laws of 1835.
February 18. .
H. B. No. 239, to amend section 2, chapter 92,
session laws of 1870, being an act in relation to
railroads. February 18.
8. U. 217, an act supplemental and amendatory
-o an act entitled "All act to consolidate cities."
.Approved February 11, 1883. February 18, 1888.
-B. B. 909, an act authorizing Mission township,
INtwho county, prate of Knnsjis, to aid in thecon
etrootiim or ruilnads. February 18,1896.
'H. It. 39, an art to restore or retreat and do.
.ftnaflm tMintuinrit8 of the conutirs of Seward:
Stevens nnd Morton, in the state of Kansas, mid
t rcpwilinRnlf former Ihws relating to Uie bounda
ifnries thereof. Fel.rnarj-18,16S6. ..
H.H.W.nn act loailienucnajnerioi uiegeuerHi
,tatntes)f Kansiui, 1868, entitled, "An Rpt con
rninr i-tvtj rcinuimtions. February 18. 1880.
j"A - H. B. 289, an act to compel the rccordidg of tax
iUdeed. Febrnary 18, 1S9J.
4& VH. B.240. an act relating to the organization of
j.0-new conntiea, the same being amendatory cif wc--Jg,S:':tkn1of
chapter 63 of the session laws of 1876,
H- -.txiini. an grt-tn ntnnnri 3UB -t nstltled An KCt r6-
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cial district, to provide a judge therefor, and for
holding terms of court therein. February 19,
86.
H. B. 203. an act to legalizo certain ordinances.
of the city of Winfield, Kansas. February 18,
18S6.
S. B. 170, an act authorizing the board of coun
ty commissioners of Clay and Jewell counties to
provide a fund and appropriate the same for the
purposo jof erecting county buildings in said
counties. February 18, 1886.
8. B. 113, an act authorizing tho erection of a
jail in. the county of Mitchell, and providing tho
means therefor. February 18, 18S6.
8. B. 75, an act making appropriations to the
state board of health, and; for the payment of the
salary of tho secretary, and to cany out tho pro
visions of chapter 129, of the session laws of
1885, creating state and local boards of health,
for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1886, and June
30, 1887, and for the fiscal jearendidg Juno 30,
1885. February 18, 1886.
S. B. 132, an act to authorize school district No.
2, in Gove county, to issue its bonds for the pur
pose of erecting a school house. February 18,
1886.
8. B. 180, an act to regulate and fix the terms of
the district court of the 15th judicial district, and
to repeal chapter 99, of the laws of 1883. Febru
ary 18, 1886.
8. B. 43, an act to legalizo the acts of the Wilson
Union Cemetery company and of iU officers in
conveying real estate to the city of Wilson, Kan-,
for cemetery purposes. February 18, 18S6.
S. B. 86, an act to make the general and numer
ical index of certain records of Cherokee county
in the 6tate of Kansas, evidence before courts
and all other tribunals. February 18, 1886.
S. B. 31, on act legalizing the issuance of certain
bonds of school district No. 1, Com.inche oounty,
Kansas. February 18, 1886.
8. B. 195, an act authorizing Center township,
Wilson county, to subscribe to tho capital stock
of theKansaSj Oklahoma &. Texas Had way com
pany, and to issue the bonds of baid township in
payment for such stock. February IS, 1SSG.
S. B. 137, An act to enable certain municipal
townships to subscribe for stock in any railroad
company, and to issue bonds ia paj ment therefor.
Febniarj 18, 1886.
8. B. 2, An act in relation to buildingand main
taining bridges in Cowley county, Kansas, and
providing for levying und collecting taxes for
such purposes. February 18, 1880.
S. B. 29, An act to legalizo the tax levy of 3i4
(three and one-half) mills for county bridgo
fund, and ono mill for county poor fund, in the.
year 1881, and ono mill for county poor fund in
the year 1831, as made by the board of county
commissioners of Atchison, state of Kansas.
February 18, 1580.
S. B. 30, An act legalizing certain roads .nnd
highways in Atchison county, and making tho
record of bucli roads and tho plats and survey of
roads evidence of tho validity of the same. Feb
ruary 19, 1SS.
IL B. 4, an act to amend section 4 of article 14,
chapter 122 of the ss'-ion laws of 1876, being en
titled An act, lor mo regulation una bupport on
common schools. Approved March 4, 1876, and
toprowdofor tho punishment for -violation of
the provision1- of this act. February 18, 1886.
11. B. 49, aaact relating to fugitives from jus
tice, and repealing section 5 of chapter 44 of tho
general statutes of 1868. February 18, 18S6.
II. B. 170, an act to amend section 10 of chapter
131 of the s.'bsion laws of 1885, of an act entitled
"'An act providing for tho organization and con
trol of Mutual Life Insurance associations in
this btate. approved March 7, 18S5, and to repeal
?aid section 10." February 18, 1880.
II. B. 97, an act to authorize tho board of coun
ty commissioners of Jewell county, Kansas, to
levy a tax upon the taxable property of Prairio
township, in said county, for the purpose of
building a bridge in baid townsliip. February 19,
1886.
8. B. 33, an act authorizing Avonia township,
Osage county, Kansas, to vote bonds not exceed
ing SI .200, for a tow n hall. February 18, 1SS6.
II. B. 30, an act authorizing tho board of county
commissioners to build and repair a bridge across
the Arkansas river, near tho city of Kinsley, and
to issue bonds, and to levy a tax to pay for the
same. Became a law under tho constitution,
without the signature of tho governor.
II. B. 103, an act to legalizo tho issuance of
bonds by school district No. 63 of McPherson
county, Kansas. February 16, 1886.
II. B. 29, anactTehiting to certain bridges in
Montgomery county and to?provido for levying
and collecting taxes therefor. Became a law
under tho constitution without tho signature of
tho governor. ,
S. B. 61, an act in relation to billiard tables,
pool tables, and bowling alleys, and to provide
for licensing the same. February 17, 1880.
S. B. 7, an act to authorizo the board of county
commissioners of Butler county to appropriate
money to build a certain bridge in that county.
February 19, 1885.
S. B. 8, an act to rcmovo tho political disabili
ties of certain persons therein named. February
17. 18S6.
a. B. 54, an act amendatory of, and to repeal
section 10 of chapter 49 of session laws of 18S3,
beinc an act entitled "An act relating to ImMceR
in Anuerson county." x'euruary l , isse.
S. B. 115, an act providing for the building and
repairing of bridges in Sumner and Barber coun
tirs, Kan., and providing funds therefor. Febru
ary 9, 1886.
H. B. 36, an act to authorize and empower the
boardo f education of the city of McPherson, in
McPherson county. Kan., to issue the bonds of
its school district, for tho purposo of erectingand
furnishing a school building for a high school,
and to authorize and empower said board of edu
cation to donate and convey to the county of Mc
Pherson, in the state of Kansas, a certain block
in tne city or Marnerson, for a site for acoanty
liigh school, nnd to donate to said county the pro
ceeds of said bonds for tho purpose of erecting a
school building on said block for a county high
school. February 10, 1880.
H. B. 120, an act authorizing Iola township, in
Cherokeo county, to uso its surplus bridge funds
to build bridges, exceeding 200 in cost. Febru
ary 3, 1886.
II. B. 56, an act to authorize tho board of coun
ty commissioners of Decatur county to build
bridges and levy the tax therefor. Became a law
under tho constitution without tho signature of
tho governor.
II. B. 75, an act to authorize school district No.
95, in Smith county, issue its bonds. February
13,1886.
.H. B. , an act legalizing certain roads and
highways o. Mitchell county and making the rec
ord of such road and the plants and surveys there
of, evidence of tho validity of the same.
H. B. 221, an act to authorize the townsliip of
Park, Sedgwick county, to issue bonds for tho
purpose of building a bridgo therein. February
19, 1886.
H. B. No. 27, an act for tho incorporation of
mutual live stock insuranco companies, and de
fining their powers and duties. February 2Q, 1886.
II. B., an act authorizing Shirley township in
Cloud county to vote bonds not to exceed $15,000
Tor building a township house. February 20, 1886.
II. B. No. 2, an act to attach Sherman county to
Thomas county for judicial purposes and to de
tach said Thomas and Sherman counties from
Sheridan county. February 20, 1886.
H. B. No. 152, an act to prevent the selling or
running at largo of domestic animals afflicted
with any infectious or contagious disease. Feb
ruary 20. 1886.
II. B. No. 122, an act to amend an net of article
L3, section 2, of the laws of 1872, chapter 37,
amendatory of chapter 23, of tho laws of 1863, of
an act for the encouragement of agriculture, took
effect March 7, 1872. March 20, 18M3.
H. B. 95. an act nrovidinir for tlm drainncrn nt
swamps, bottom or other low lands. February 19,
1BS0.
H. B. 126, an act making supplementary appro
priations to pay the per diem and mileage of tho
trustees of the state charitable institutions for the
fiscal y ear ending June 30, 1886, nnd the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1887. February-19, 1886.
n. B. 71, an act to amend section 1 of article l,of
ari act entitled "An act relating to stock," ap
proved March 2, 1868, tho same being chapter 105,
general statutes of 1868. February 19, 1SS0.
H. B. 186, an act in relation to garnishments and
attachments for wages in certain cases. February
19.18S6.
H. B. 239, an net for the relief of Milo Carleton.
February 19, 1SS6.
Substitute for H. B. 59. an act to punish ma
cious mischief. February 19, 188").
il. B. 321, an net making an appropriation for
tholegislative departments and general expenses
incident to tho special session of the legislature
of 1886. Februaiy 19, 18S6.
m H. B. 12, an act to prevent hunting and shoot
ing on the first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday. Febrnary 19, 1886.
H. B. 13, an act to amend on act entitled "An
act to create a board of county commissioners of
highways," prescribing their duties, and fixing
their compensation, and amending chapter 110 oi
the general statues of 1898. February 19, 1886.
H. B. 90, an act to amend sections 5, 9 and 8 of
ehapter 6 of the general statutes of 1888, the same
being an act entitled "an act for tbe publication
and distribution of the laws and journals."
February 19, 1886.
H, B. 279, an act to legalize certain levies and
taxes imposed by the board of county commis
sioners of the county of Lyon for the year 1SS5.
jreDrnary iu, lsstJ.
H. B. 302, an act to prevent tho spread of dis-
ease among swine.
ebruary 19, 1886.
, B. 238. an act to punish misrepresentation
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ry
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and deception in the sale of fruit, shade or orpa-
mental trees, vines, shrubs, plants, bulbs and
roots. X eDruary i, issb.
H. B, 312, an act to enable the county commis
sioners of Barber county, Kansas, to issue bonds
to build a school house and jail in 6aid county.
February 19, 1SS6.
IL B. 300, an act entitled "an act increasing the
salary of the attorney general and amendatory of
chapter 183, laws of 1S72. February 19, 1886.
8. B. 164, an act to amend section 22, article 14,
chapter 122, of the session laws of 1876, being
"an act for tho retaliation and support of com
mon schools." February 19th, 1886.
8. B. 128, on act to provide facilities for the
department of pharmacy in the state university
and to provide for salary of flie professor of phar
marcy. February 19th. 1888. .
S. B., an act to repeal chapter 94 of the session
laws of 1834, entitled "an act to authorize cities
of the first class to provide parks and grounds
for the inhabitants there of. February 19th, 1SS6.
H. B. 153. an act to amend an act entitled "on
act to regulate weights and, measures," and to
repeal an act entiled "an act regulating weights
and measures" approved March 3d, 1863. Feb
ruary 19th, 1836.
H. B. 248, an act authorizing and requiring the
building of a bridge across the Chicaskia river
in Harper county. February 20, 1886.
IL B. 86, an act to amend an act entitled "An
act to authorize the sale of certain railroad stock
of the county of Cloud state of Kansas, and to
apply the proceeds thereof. February 19, 1886.
H. B. 133,' an act to create the 21th judicial dis
trict, to provide for a judge therefor, and for
holding terms of coort therein. February 19,
1S88.
H R IL an act providing the selection and
naunoDing of grand andyeltt jams in special
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8. B. 207, an act entitled aa act legalizing the
acta of the mayor and council of the city of
Wellington in curbing and guttering Washing
ton avenue, and ether streets in said city. Feb
ruary 19,1886.
8. B. 208, an act to suppress and prevent the
printing, selling, making, advertising, giving
away or exposing to view, or showing or taking
subscription for, any indecent or obscene lit
erature, prints, etchings, drawings or papers, or
any article or instrument of immoral use, and
prescribing a punishment therefor. February
19.1886.
S. B. 173, an act to authorize the city of Osage
City, Kan., to transfer the sinking fund to the
general improvement fund, oT said city. Feb
ruary 19, 1886.
Substitute for H. B. 233, an act to establish
boards of arbitration, and defining their powers
and duties. February 19, 1886.
H. B. 175, an act making appropriations for
the state penitentiary for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1886. February 19, 1886.
8. B. 98, an act in relation to railroads. Febru
ary 19, 1886.
8. B. 45, an act to authorize cities to establish
and maintain free public libraries ,and reading
rooms. February 19, 1886. . .
8. B. 66, an act making an 'appropriation to
flTrank Bacon, for his services as commissioner of
Kansas at the World's International Cotton ex
position at New Orleans. February20, 1886.
8. fi. 87, an act relating to appointmentond
employment of persons who served and have been
honorably discharged from the army and navy of
the United States. February 19, 1886.
8. B. 17, an act authorizing counties and incor
porated cities to encourage the development of
the coal, natural pas and other resources of their
locality by subscribing to the stock of companies
organized; for such purpose. February 19, 18S6.
S. B. 219, an act to amend section 1 of chapter
119, of the laws of 1885, and fixing terms of court
in the 16th judicial district court. February 19,
1S86. ' . . ,
S. B. 89, an act making an appropriation for
the commissioner of Labor Statistics. February
19, 1886.
8. B. 48, an act to amend sections 83 and S9 of
chapter 34 of the laws of 1876, entitled "An act to
provide for tho assessment and collection of
taxes." February 19, 1886.
S. B. 5, an act to amend sections 2. 3 and 4 of
chapter 115, session laws of 1883, being an act
entitled "An act for protection of birds and to
prohibit hunting on certain lands without con
sent of owner; proviu.ug at what season same
may be shot, and prescribing punishments for
the violation of this actnd to rppeal chapter 110
of laws of 1881." February 19, Tbbb.
S. B. ! 0, in act authorizing Mound Valley town
ship, Labette county, Kansas, to invest or uso
a certain fund as therein provided. February 19,
TS86.
H. B. 225, an act providing for the enforcement
of contracts made by railroad companies in con
sideration of municipal, county and township
aid. February 19, 18Sd.
S. B. 74, an act to legalize certain levies and as
sessments of taxes of the city of Atchison, leb
ruary 19, 1880. , ,.
S. B. 60, an act providing for the disposition of
surplus taxes in tho hands of county treasurers.
February-19, 1SS0. , . , , , .
8. B. 184, an act to legalize an election held in
the citv of Cheney, in Sedgwick county, Kansas.
February 19, 18S6. . , , . .
S. B;220, an act to amend an act entitled "An
act to create the 22d judicial district, to provide a
judgo therefor, and for holding terms of court
therein," approved February 17, 1SS6. February
19, 18S6. . ,
S. B. 183, an act to legalizo a certain levy and
tax imposed by tho board of county commission
ers of tho county of Sedgwick for the year 1885.
February 19, 18S6. ' , ,,
H. B 133, an act to establish the times of hold
ing courts in the several counties of the 17th ju
dicial district of tho state of Kausas. February
19,1880.
II. B, 187, an act to amend section 1 and 3 of an
act entitled "An act to enable cities of the second
clas'j to extend their corporate limits and to re
peal section 133 of chapter 100 of the laws of 1872,
and chapter 73 of the laws of 187."," approved
Marcli 4th, 1885, and to repeal said original sec
tions, 1 and 3. February 19t 1886.
II. B. 305, an net authorizing the board of coun
ty commissioners of the county of Russell, to
levy annually a special tax for bridge purposes.
Febniarj 20, 1880.
II. B. 123, an act to authorize the county com
missioners of Clinsa county, state of Kansas, to
build certain bridges therein named. February
20,1886.
II. B. 303, an act to provide for the erection of
a certain bridgo in Graham county. February
19, 183(3.
II. B. 287, an act to legalizo tax 6ales of lots in
tho town of Altoona, V '--on count), Kansas,
sold for tho taxes of the years 1872, 1873, 1S74,
1875,1876, 1877, 1878, 187t, 1880, 1881, 1882, 18S3,
1881 and 18S5. February 19, 18S6.
Substitute for H. B. 119, an act authorizing the
hoard of county commissioners of the county of
Jefferson to pay Uio expenses of the last sick
ness nnd funeral expenses ml the late Simon Hall.
February 19. 1380.
II. B. 87, an act to amend chapter 91, session
laws of 1SS5, winch is amendatory of an act to
amend article 2, chapter lb, laws oi 1879. iebru
ary 19, 18S6.
II. B. 308, an act authorizing Bala township m
Riley county, Kansas, to oto bonds not to exceed
8,000 for the purpose of aiding in the erection of
a county high school building in or adjacent to
the city of SewardvUle in said county, and stipu
lating tho conditions upon which the proceeds
thereof shall be delivered to said county. Feb
ruary 20, 1880.
H. B. 314, an act suplemental to an act
entitled "an act to amend section 2, chapter tG.
session laws of 1870, being an act in relation to
railroads" of the extra session laws of 18S6. Feb
uary 19, 1886.
11. B. 1U5, an act to amend section 1 of chaptei
97, of tho laws of 1872, entitled "an act amenda
tory of and supplemental to an act defining the
boundaries of counties Approved March 3d,
1876, and changing and defining tho boundaries
o Rice county. February 19, 18S6.
H. B. 301, an act to authorize cities of the first
and second class to issue bonds for tho purpose
of aiding railroad companies in securing and pay
ing for lands for right of way, depot grounds and
terminal facilities. February 19, 1886.
II. B. 315, an act concerning terms of court in
certain districts therein named, and amendatory
of section 1, chapter 116, and section 1, chaptei
118, of the session laws of 1885. February 19,
18S6. '
II. B. 311, an act to change and establish a line
between tho townships of Montana and Oswego,
Labette county. February 19. 1886.
H. B. 10, an act concerning irrigation. Feb--ruary
19, 1886.
H. B. 237, an act to amend sections 1, 3 and 7,of
an act entitled an net to enable tne county com
missioners of Ford county to fund the county in-
debtedness," approved March 6, 1835. February
20,1886.
il. B. 263. an act relatinc to tho jurisdiction of
police judges in cities of the third-class, and
amendatory of section 33, ehapter 00, of the laws
of 187L February 20, 1886.
II. B. 83, an act amendatory of section 8, chap
ler 61. general statutes of 1863, being an net enti
tled an act in relation to marriage." February
20v1886.
H. B. 320, on act to attach certain counties to
certain other counties therein named for judicial
purposes. February 20, 1886.
U. A. 222, an act relating to steam threshing
machines, saw mills and steam traction engines
and their passage on tho .public highway. Feb-
ary 20. If
J.B.222,
on act to detach Greelev county from
Ness county and attach said county of Greeley to
Hamilton county, and to detach Wichita county
from Ness county and attach the county of Wich
ita to Finney county, for judicial purposes. Feb
ruary 20, 1886.
S.B. 165, an act in relation to state officers and
agents, and defining certain crimes and providing
punishment therefor. February 20, 1886.
S. B. 11, an act relating to the selection and sum
moning of grand and petit jurors, and amenda
tory and supplemental to chapter 101 of the ses
sion of 1876. February 20, 1886.
H. B. 283, an act to apportion the state for sena
tors and representatives. February 20v1886.
H. B. 316, an act making appropriations for
miscellaneous expenses. February 20; 1886.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
A Thorough Discussion of an Interesting
Matter.
In the course of an article in the Over
land Monthly, discussing the Chinese
question, F. E. Sheldon says:
Admitting, then, that the Chinese
question must be one of economic and
social policy, instead of right, the pro
Chinese advocates have their strongest
position in the argument that the Chi
nese furnish the best cheap labor, and
this labor has rendered possible the in
auguration and successful maintenance
of many great business enterprises,
"which otherwise could not have been at
tempted. These enterprises have fur
nished labor not only to the Chinese, but
also to the whites, especially in the de
partments of skilled labor. The work
thus obtained by white men has been
greater in amount and more profitable in
point of wages than they would have
been able to obtain if these enterprises
had not been inaugurated; and, there
fore, theChinamen should be allowed to
remain. -to render further progress pos
sible, and to further create that demand
for new -white labor, which would not be
created 'if they rere not present in the
country.
It can not be denied that the Chinese
have been of great service in the develop
ment of the state, and under proper con
ditions, the most rabid anti-Chinese man
would probably be glad to have them
stay. The congressional committee of
1876, which inquired into the effect of
Chinese labor on the Pacific coast, elic
ited overwhelming testimony as to their
necessity and ralne in the J past Cheap
peon labor was indispensable to the
fmok 'deTOlopmont of aew California,
tne ubomm nara an' msnw .aqunm-
lent in work for every doJlar paicLthem.
Moreover, they built railroads, cultivated
orchards and vineyards and did the me
nial work in many large enterprises,
which, besides their work, gave work to
white men also. Had the cheap peon
labor not been obtainable, the better sort
of skilled labor.
WOULD XOT HAVE BEEN FOUIfD
in California for the whites. There is
such overwhelming testimony in favor
of these propositions, that no one should
for a moment attempt to deny them as
facts. That they have been denied, is
probably due to that narrowness which
fears to admit any damaging statement
lest it weaken the anti-Chinese side.
It will be noticed that the argument
up to this point has been a series of facts.
The remainder is deductions from these
facts, and it is in these deductions that
the fallacy of their application" to the
Chinese question appears. The deduc
tion is, that as tie sime influences pre
dominate in California to-day as have
predominated in the past, there will be
more work and better wages in Califor
nia by allowing the Chinamen unrestrict
ed immigration, than if they are shut
out and the field left open to the whites
alone. The fallacy consists, first, in the
assumption that the state is in the same
condition now as in the early days when
Chinese labor was necessary; and,
second, that the quality and
amount of Chinese labor is now, and
will remain, the same in the future as in
the past. The state is no longer in the
initial stage of its growth. . There' are
railroads intersecting its entire length,
so that practically the whole range of it
open to the settler. Its orange groves,
vineyards and orchards are so numerous,
that in many parts may be heard the
caution of over production in further
planting. Its territory is sufficiently
settled to afford such home market for
its manufactures, that manufacturers
ctin feel assured of a fair profit after
paying white men's rates for their labor,
and the day has gone by when the indus
trial future of tho state
WAS TJNCERTAIN,
and the industries so feeble that they
must have cheap labor to enable them to
compete successfully with the east.
The main proposition, however, lies in
tho fact that those advancing this argu
ment assume that the Chinese will bo
content to take always the peon's share
of new enterprises, and leave the skilled
labor to their white competitors. Sena
tor Miller as early as 1880, says: "At
first, nearly all who came were mere la
borers of tho lowest order, men who only
sought labor under the direction of su
periors. The American was then the su
perior who directed their labor; but now
there are thousands of Chinese proprie
tors and laborers in California who direct
the labors of their fellows as skillfully
and successfully as ever the Americans
were able to do. These have entered
into competition with American employ
ers, and thus not only furnish labor for
their countrymen, but force the Ameri
can proprietors to employ labor of .the
same grade. Many Americans have ie
fused and do refuse to give employment
to tho Chinese, but it is found that this
practice of self denial for the common
good is at the cost of fortunes, and it has
no appreciable effect orl Chinese immi
gration. It only serves to multiply Chi
nese proprietors, and the Chinese con
tinue to pour in as before."
This statement gives the keynote to
the situation. It shows at once that the
future use of Chinese labor is not to be
judged by the results of its use in the
past. If the Chinese remained a peon
class only, there would be little danger
in allowing their unrestricted immigra
tion. For Chinese labor, like all other
labor, is governed by the law of supply
and demand. And if their labor were
confined to this class they would solve
the evil themselves by stopping their im
migration when the class became full in
which they could find work, and no more
work was to be obtained.
But the trouble is that they have in
them
THE CAPACITY. FOK KISING
as fast as or faster than a white man in
the line of their employment. As soon
as they get an understanding of the
work they push into the places at first
occupied by white men. A careful analy
sis of thejery raised in California by
white labor will show that much mow of
it comes from the fact that Chinese are
employed in place of skilled white labor
than of unskilled. It is the gradual
monopolization of such places as those
of machine manipulators in mills, of the
overseers and other better grade posi
tions on ranches and of foremen's places
in factories that has excited the working
men's alarm. Just in so far as these
better places are monopolized by the
Chinese, in so far is the proportion of
the work that goes to the white men
from enterprises dependent on Chinese
labor lessened; and this economic argu
of the pro-Chinese people diminished
further in weight.
It is not claimed that, as yet the cheap
labor can be entirely dispensed with.
But the fact remains that, in the boot
and shoe trade, tne-cigar and tobacco
trade, in the manufacture of underwear
and rough clothing, m the proprietorship
and management of small farms' and
vegetablo gardens, and in the higher
work of farms and nulls, tne competition
of Chinese with skilled white labor has
already assumed proportions too glaring
to be hid. There is no reason to believe
that this tendency to absorption of trade
will diminish while the Chinese are un
restrained in their coming. On the con
trary, it is useless to deny that the ra
tio of white labor that will find employ
ment as a complement of the employ
ment of Chinese labor will steadily fall,
until it is practically eliminated, or the
Chinese nature undergoes a change.
The Present Domain of Slavery.
New York Sun.
A few months after the fall of Khar
toum, last year, it was announced that
tho traffic in slaves had been resumed in
that city on an immense scale. Tbe
route followed by slave caravans from
central "Africa, once closed by General
Gordon, which Dr. Felkin says is marked
by an almost unbroken line of skeletons
from the Bahr el Ghazal to Khartoum,
had been reopened.
The parts of the world where slave
hunting raids still enrich a few men and
bring untold misery to thousands, or
where the bondsmen are still driven to
their heavy tasks, are far more extensive
than we are apt to think. In Africa, in
Europe, in Asia, in South America, in
island of nearly every sea, slavery stfll
exists aaa domestic imfcjtwskw, and large
TODulatwns are stau tfee tot of
stealers. IX w
naa mAxamfwammAmBrnm
still flourishes, only Cape Colony, Algeria
and a few spots on the west coast will be
1 ft to show that the continent is not
wholly the domain of slavery. Africa is
not only cursed with every ill begotten
of domestic slavery, but it is also the
source from which more than half the
Mohammedan world derives its supply of
bondsmen.
The fact is gratifying that through the
operations of the leading nations, the area
within which slave merchants prosper is
gradually lessening. The occupation of
the Turcoman man-stealer is gone since
Kussia set his heel upon him and freed
his Persian slaves, of whom 40,000 were
found in the Khanate of the Khiva alone.
The Shan states of Ihdo-China are still
the hunting-ground of slave dealers, who
every year carry many hundreds of cap
tives down the Mokong river into Cam
bodia, down the Monam river into Siam,
and over the mountains'into Annam; but
the influence of England and of France is
becoming paramount in these regions.
English and Siamese schemes for rail
roads through the heart of the slave-producing
countries are being favorably
considered, and it is believed that in the
near future the slave traffic among the
Shan tribes will be effectually discourag
ed. Among the greatest slave stealers
has been the ameer of Afganistan, whose
barberous raids into the beautiful valley
of Kafiristan, just north of India, have
threatened the Kafir nation, numbering
300,000 souls, with destruction. These
raids, incited almost solely by tho high
market value of the nearly white female
slaves, have for tho past few years been
severely discouraged by the Indian gov
ernment, and the Kafirs now enjoy com
parative immunity from the incursions of
their Mohammedan oppressors. Last
year's revelations, also, with regard to
the horrors of the Pacific labor traffic,
where hundreds of natives weretorn from
their homes in New Guinea and other
islands to toil on the Queensland and
Fiji plantations, have resulted in tho im
prisonment of some of the leading kid
nappers and the sudden suspension of
their slave-stealing enterprise.
Still the process of wiping out slavery
wherever it has become a part of tho
social fabric is very slow. It would re
quire such a convulsion as that which
uprooted slavery in our own land sudden
ly to tear out its foundations in any
country where it has become an institu
tion. By the convention which England
mado with Egypt in 1877 the prohibi
tion of tho salo of slaves between
families throughout Egypt went into
in August, 1884. This provision,
however, is said to be as yet almost a
dead letter
THE DEMAND FOR JfEGROES
from Persia, Turkey and Arabia is still
large, and it is this demand which with
in the past two years has helped to re
vive the East African slave trade. It was
the opinion of the late Sir Bartle Frere
that the nations of Europe could never
put an end to tho African slave trade un
til they put an end to slavery; that, in
fact, Turkey, Persia and other slave-holding
countries must be made to under
stand that they would not be admitted
into the brotherhood of civilized nations
until they abjured slavery. However
this may be, it is certain that, in spite of
the opposition of the most powerful na
tions, those countries which desire slaves
from Africa still Ind the means of filling
their markets.
Vithin the past ten years the number
of slaves in Brazil has deoreased about
300,000. There remain in bondage,
however, about 1,200,000 persons, and
Don Pedro H. still rules over the largest
slave population in the world. Seven
teen years will be required under the
provisions of the new emancipation act
before Brazil can be numbered among the
free states, Spain is the only European
nation which still openly permits
the existence of slavery in its colo
nies. Iu Cuba, its largest colony,
a process of gradual emancipation
is slowly reducing tho number of
bondsmen, although there are still over
300,000 of them, thousands of whom
should, under the law, have received
their freedom years ago. Spain's conni
vance at the existence of slavery is bet
ter than Portugal's nominal suppression
of tho evil in her colonies. The law of
1878 is utterly ineffective. The Portu
guese in Africa are just what Cameron
calls them, "the accomplices of slave
traders and kidnappers." All travellers
on the Lower Congo know that slaves
are still shipped from the mainland to
the Portuguese islands, and within the
past twelve months, Portuguese gun
boats and mail steamers
HAVE TAKEN .CHAIN GANGS
of black men to work on the plantations
of St. Thomas and Principe. As late as
Lost November complaint was made of the
slave traffic between the Portuguese pos
sessions on the east coast, Madagascar,
and the Comoro islands. Portugal's dis
graceful record on the slave question is
only one feature of tho unwise and in
efficient policy that has almost stifled ne
velopment in every part of Africa where
her flag is recognized.
That form of slavery, the coolie sys
tem, which in the past fifty years has
transported hundreds of thousands of
Chinese and East Indians to Chili, Pern,
tho British West Indies andother regions,
where they have worked for a pittance
toiled under the lash and perished in
multitudes, is an evil that is not yet whol
ly extinct. It is to the credit of our gov
ernment that long ago it discountenan
ced these cruelties by making it a felony
for American ships to carry coolies under
1 bor contracts in any part of the world,
a Stanley recently described the fiend
inhumanity or the Arab kidnappers
on the Upper Congo two years ago. Liv
ingstone estimated "that only one slave
in five from Central Africa lived to reach
his destination. It is said that only one
in three of the young slaves survive who
are tortured for the markets of Egypt
and Turkey. Every agency that is work
ing to destroy this terrible enemy of hu
man life and happiness deserves the
hearty co-operation of all civilized na
tions. May success attend the new Con
go state, within whose territories lie the
chief hunting grounds of Arab slave
stealers, if only that it may fulfil that
provision of the Berlin conference which
says, "these territories shall not serve as
market or means of transit for the trade
in slaves."
Circulation of the Blood.
Yonkers Statesman.
"How does your blood reach the
heart?" was one of the questions written
out on an examination paper at Yasser
College; and one of the flyest of the girls
wrote the answer: "Ice cream, oysters,
and champagne, box of bonbons, San-day-night
calk, no gas, one chair." ,8he
TKlentlThad met tho "VxL.' and he
FABM XOIES.
By plowing early the frost will kfll the
cut worms and pulverize the soil.
A rat-proof corn-bin may be made'by
lining the inside of an ordinary bin 'with
No. 4 wire.
It is stated that 154 bushels of corn
have been hauled and cribbed within
eleven and one-quarter hours.
It has been determined that 8,100
pounds of corn products, including grain,
cobs, and stalks, is equal in nutritive
value to 9,612 pounds of hay.
Strong brine is reported to be taking
the place of alcohol for preserving speci
men fruits. They keep size as well, and
preserve their color better.
The Burlington company that is mak
ing milk sugar from whey finds the de
mand out-growing the supply, and has
sent west for material to make the sugar
of.
At the Union stock yards during the
year 1885 almost ten million animals of
all kinds were received to be exact, 9,
927,507. About two-thirds of the whole
number were hogs.
A farmer of North Belgrade, Me., says
three bushels of plaster on grass land is
as good as six. He would apply it just
after the ground becomes bare in the
spring, and just before a rain, if possible.
The Chinese mix night soil withdry
argue; form it into "blocks or "loaves,
and sell these at fairs. The Chinese pul
verize these before using, and attribute
the exemption of their land from weeds
to their employment.
The Pipestone Star reports a farmer
as saying that he can "keep one stove
going" six months on the sunflower
stalks produced on one acre of land. The
seed produced is feed to the fowls, which
pays for cultivation.
Tho barbed-wire manufacturers have
agreed upon an advance in price of i
cent per pound, tho rate now to be 4
cents per pound free on board at Chicago
and east St. Louis, for fifty-ton lots, and
4J cents for smaller lots.
Tho wages of farm hands in Switzer
land, exclusive of board and lodging,
average for males about $56.25 a year;
for females, $20.50. In the United States
the wages of the farm hands including
board and lodging, average from $300
to $350 a year.
Diversified farming means fields of
grain, meadows and pasture; a kitchen
garden and orchard; a lawn with trees
and flowers; breeding mares and milk
cows; sheep, swino and poultry. Live
stock is the groundwork and will hold
the soil fertile.
The Chicago Tribune says: It is un
questionable that tho present generation
is leaving tho farm in large numbers and
that tho next will leave in still greater,
and that were it not for the accretion of
foreign agricultural labor our farms would
suffer very heavily.
Tho wheat record for last year is as
follows: Minnesota, 34,825,000 bushels;
Michigan, 31,261,000 bushels; Iowa, 30,
332,000 bushels; then Dakota, 27,913,
000 bushels of wheat. Last year Dakota
increased her wheat area by over 600,000
acres beyond that of the year previous.
Mill maize should be planted in a good,
rich soil, and given good cultivation. It
will make" a good growth," and furnish
considerable green food if cut off and fed,
or if allowed to stand longer it can be cut
and cured for fodder. Yet it will not
furnish any more feed than good Kansas
orange cane which will easily ripen seed,
and is that much better.
Mr. Edward M. Teall, in the Breeders'
Gazette, upon feeding ensilage cattler
says : "When fed to bulls it makes them
sluggish and indifferent, and in the ma
jority of cases of service the bull fails to
get the cow in calf. When fed to cows
long in calf, say ono to two months be
fore calving, the calves have the worst
kind of scours,, and in a large majority of
cases the calf dies."
A farmer in Norfolk county hired a
pasture last year for $1.25 an acre. It
seemed very cheap, but he thinks the re
sult does not bear out this appearance.
The pasture is three-quarters of a mile
from his barn. To go and come costs
each cow a mile and a half of travel each
day, and the man who drives them three
miles. A dozen cows make eighteen
miles of distance covered by them all.
This does not pay. The cow gets exer
cise enough in feeding over the pasture,
and the journey, to and fro, is at the ex
pense of the milk and muscle. Of course
the man has exercise enough in regular
farm work, and three miles travel is about
one-tenth of a day's work.
Charles Abbot showed us (Jefferson
county Union) a bucketful of willow
roots taken from tho well of Charles Gar
rison, near the high school, at a depth of
forty-one feet. The pump was so thor
oughly wound about with the fibres as
to require the use of a sharp-edged tool
before it could be drawn out. About
three bushels of the roots, none of them
larger than a wheat straw, were taken out.
A large willow tree stood a few feet from
the well, and the tap root which sent
forth the fibres did not break through
the stone curbing to the well until it
reached a depth of thirty-six feet, which
point was at the usual surface of the
water. This is the most remarkable case
of root-growth we have heard of. The
well was dug twelve years ago. The
couple making daily use of it are one of
the mpst aged pairs in town, Mr. Garri
son being now eighty-eight and his wife
about the same. The water has' appar
ently had no injurious effect on them, as
they are both remarkably healthy and
active, considering their ages.
Gen. Grant's latest Century article,
referring to the time when he was pre
paring for the Wilderness campaign,con
tains this passage: "Gen. W. F. Smith
(Baldy Smith,) who had been promoted
to the rank of major general shortly
after the battle of Chattanooga on my re
commendation,had not yet been confirm
ed. I found a decided prejudice against
his confirmation by a majority of the
senate, but I insisted that his services
had been such that he should be reward
ed. My wishes were now reluctantly
complied with, and I assigned him .to
the command of one of the corps under
Gen. Butler. I was not long in finding
out that the objections to Smith's pro
motion were well founded."
Miss Grace Scsaflord, of Head
ooufcj, is said to be the finest kdy elo-
THK LESISLATTTO APTIONM13rr.
How the BUI Passed by the legislate
leaves the Varieas Counties r the
State.
The following is the apportionment bill
aa passed by the legislature. The following
counties constitute the forty senatorial dis
tricts: Doniphan and Brown.
Atchison.
Leavenworth.
Wyandotte.
Johnson and Miami.
linn and Anderson.
Bourbon. ,
Crawford.
Cherokee.
Labette.
Montgomery.
Chautauqua and Elk.
Wilson and Neosho.
Woodson, Allen and Anderson.
Coffey and Franklin.
- Osage.
Douglas.
Shawnee.
Jefferson and Jackson.
Pottawatomie and Nemaha,
Marshall and Washington.
Clay and Dickinson.
Riley? Davis and Wabaunsee.
Morns, Marion and Chase. I
Lyon and Greenwood.
Butler.
Cowley. -
Sumner.
Sedgwick. f
Harvey and McPherson.
Saline and Ottawa. N '
Cloud and Republic.
Jewell and Mitchell.
Smith, Phillips and Norton.
Osborne, Russell, Lincoln and Ellsworth
Rice, Barton and Stafford.
Reno, Pratt and Kingman.
Harper, Barber. Comanche. Clark and
Lixieaue. -
liord, Edwara37-rawnee7"Nies87--li
man, Jbmney, Hamilton, and the unor
organized counties of Greeloy, Wichita,
Scott, Lane, Kiowa, Seward, Stevens and
Martin.
Rush, Ellis, Rooks, Graham, Trego,
Sheridan, Decatur, Rawlins and Thomas,
nnd the unorganized counties of Gove, St,
Jolm, Wallace, Sherman and Cheyenne.
Our Beef Producers,
Chicago Tribune.
Some contemporaneous journals are
and have been gravely discussing the
question of our future beef supply. It
is predicted that in a comparatively few
years tho people of the United States
will not eat meat from Christmas to Christ
mas. It is also held that pork and mut
ton will constituto the limited supply of
animal food they will uso. At the late
national convention of stockmen, Mr.
Coleman, commissioner of agnculture,
expressed the belief that it would not be
many years before the beef supply of the
United States would merely supply the
demand at home, leaving nono for export.
Through figures taken from the census
reports it was claimed that tho popula
tion was constantly gaining on tho num
bor of beef-producing animals; also that
tho great grazing sections of tho west
were generally stocked to their full ca
pacity from the Bio Grande to tho Cana
dian border.
There was an error in statement in
this" and an error in judgment. The wild
lands of the United States are not fully
stocked as to their grazing capacity. By
the time they are so stocked the sowing
of superior grasses and the sheltering of
animals will allow double tho capacity
of tho present wasteful system. Alfalf c
will do for tho plains, measurably, wha
clover has done for the country east of
the Mississippi. Forage crops and grain
will assist swelling the animal products,
and the surplus animals not capable of
being fattened on their native feeding
grounds wiil be sent eastward to be fat
tened on the corn and other forage pro
ducts of states east of tho dry region.
Again, the area of successful cultiva
tion is constantly being extended west,
and irrigation is yet in its infancy on the
plains and the valley region beyond. As
density of population increases other
food than meat will be more and more
used, and not to human detriment. It
will result in a greater diversity of
food, a greater variety in the preparation
of grains, and especially a fuller supply
of the fruits of the orchard and kitchen
garden. One principal reason why our beef
supply has not kept pace with tho growth
of population is the vast immigration
that has poured into this country year
by year. Tho opening of the new coun
try to settlers precludes the feeding of
stock for a few years, but as the country
grows older, pastures, meadows- and live
stock are introduced. The United States
may contain 200,000,000 of inhabitants
before any thought of a bees-famine
need be feared.
Corporal James M. Tanner, o Maine,
gavo the G. A. B, boys of Fort Scott a
comprehensive talk the other evening in
the form of a lecture, This soldier had
quite an eventful history. In 1861, when
the country called for volunteers, Mr.
James Tanner, or as he is now known,
Corporal Tanner, enlisted in the eighty
seventh New York volunteers as a pri
vate. He was shortly after his regiment
was pushed to the front, made a corporal.
With Phil. Kearney's fighting division
ho passed through the severe campaign
of the Peninsula and on up to tho second
battle of Bull Bun, when his right leg
was completely severed at tho anklo and
tho left so badly injured that amputa
tion was necessary recovering conscious
ness he found both legs off four inches
below the knees. He has since the war
occupied many positions of trust in the
gift of the general government and his
own state. Li 1876 he was elected com
mander of the Grand Army in the depart
ment of New York. To his efforts alone
was erected at Bath, Steuben county, the
magnificent soldiers' home, where six
hundred disabled homeless veterans find
repose and the comforts of a home. To
him is tne needy confederate soldier in
debted for the home they now have ia
Bichmond, Ya. Corporal Tanner not
only suggested the idea but raised $25,
000 towards the enterprise. In 1877 he
was made collector of taxes for the city
of Brooklyn, which office ho has since
held through republican and democratic
administrations alike with universal re
spect. Westmoreland Recorder : A Woman's
Belief Corps, auxiliary at Westmoreland
Post No. 151, G. A. B. was organized by
Mrs. W. B. Wickens, last week by the
installation of the following: President,
Miss Lou J. Wain; senior vice president,
Mrs. Mattie Downing; junior vice presi
dent, Mrs. W. P. Campbell; secretary,
Mrs. Flora Zimmerman ; conductor, Mrs.
Inez Mariarity ; assistant conductor, Mrs.
S. A. Whims ; treasurer, Mrs. G. K.
Whims; guard, Mrs. Mary Hostntler;
Miss NoraBeplogle. The following were
elected delegates to the annual conven
tiontobebeld at Wichita, February 23
1886: Mrs. O. A. Palmer; Mrs. S. A.
Whims, alternate. Mrs. Wickeoe,vthe
instituting offcem is president of the
Women's Belief CorrdeiMilmuMt of
G.A. IL, sad is doiwr good Mr-
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