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Show Starring Hansans, Atchison, Ks., 21. The Daily Champion has published from an advance ad-vance sheet of the official reports made to the Btate board of agriculture Bome statistics showing the destitution existing in general in the frontier counties ofthe state. Seventeen coun ties, in which an aggregate of 158,000 acres of corn had been planted and not a bushel produced. Five counties raise an average amount of cereals, and can easily take care of themselves. them-selves. The others are hopelessly destitute, without food, clothing or fuel for winter. They are frontier and newly settled connties, and have a population of 24,000. The grasshoppers grass-hoppers have swept everything At least 14,000 of these people will need assistance during the whole winter. |