Destitute Kansas--20,000 People In Need Of Aid

Gov. Osborne íelegraphs f rom Topeka, Kansas, to the Chicago Tribune as follows : I estímate the nuinber of people in tbs western counties of Kansas wüowill need aid the coming winter at 20,000. A largo proportion of these are now in wiint. The people m the eastern part of the State art? doins; all in their power to prevent suffering on the frontier, but t!ie extent of the destitution warrants the conclusión that thoy are nneqnal to the ernergency. Flour, potatoes, homiay, imd beans, for food. and clotbing:, especially for women acd childreu, are most needed. Feed for Bteok is nmch needed, aa also spring ■wheat, eorn, oatB, barley, and flux for spring planting. Tho win! er tbus far has_bten a very favorsiblo one, and the proepeot for a good ovop of wheat is moet excellent ; a large inoreaso of acreage has been sowd, iüd if 120 tmforeseeninisfortnue sliimld occur to tUis people they tvill next year bo ablo not only to fcubsist themselves, bat also to assist tli e unfortunates in other locali tics. Donations sent throngh the Kaasas Central Belief Ooramittee, of which Lieut.-Gov. títover is President, aud W. W. Giles Treasurer, with headquarters at ïopeka, will be sure to reach those for whom they are intended, and will be publicly acknowledged.