And now comes “McCurious” to the forefront and makes their debut to the reporter’s staff. When your core reporters choose the monikers of “Num Skull,” “A Star Cus,” “The Idiot,” and now, “McCurious,” you can bet that your town may not be represented in the best possible light in the press. However, when you think about it, that is quite an impressive crew to cover the happenings of a berg that never topped 100 residents. Regardless, the propagation of news issuing from the “Plum Grove Items,” this week is penned by “McCurious.” Why such demands are made on the Press pool?

Simply put, as the “IDIOT” adeptly pointed out in our last issue that “Num Skull” has “gone dead.” and “Star Cuss” fails to give all the items as they occur. Perhaps a further clue can be found in this week’s revelation of Stark Spencer’s latest venture “shipping 1,000 tons of hay to the mountains.” That would be a sufficient enterprise to keep one occupied for quite a while, I would think. Thus “McCurious” has gained conditional access to that esteemed platform.

PLUM GROVE ITEMS.

PLUM GROVE, BUTLER CO., KANSAS, July 25th, 1879

EDITOR: Gazette 

Hot is the general password in this vicinity; both young and old give the word when meeting.

☞Corn will not bring ten cents per bushel this fall, on account of the immensity of the crop, so say the grumblers.

☞Our town had only recovered from the sensation caused by the “Idiot’s” report of James M. Tucker and Ella Stewart trotting in double harness. Now news causes another by saying that the parties have left for Illinois. If the story is true, the couple has our sympathies; if not, ditto.

☞Rumor brings us a bigamy case from the township south of Plum Grove, causing considerable excitement in that vicinity. The case stated to us as follows: Some six years ago, a gentleman from the east married a lady in this county, and they have been together to the 21st inst. When the wife learning that the husband had another wife and family in the east, returned to parents. A case of bigamy will probably be on the calendar at next term of the Butler county court. 

☞Geo. Ogden lost a valuable mare on the 21st. 

☞On Saturday last, the base ballists took possession of about one acre of Mr. Ogden’s land and played nine innings; the up-creek fellows scooped the Plumites by a score of 19 8.

☞Stark M. Spencer will have about 1,000 tons of hay put up this season. Stark intends to purchase a press, bale it, and ship it to the mountains. 

☞We see “Bolivar” had made a trip to Plum Grove and noticed Stark’s countenance brightened when “Bolivar,” asked him to book that nickel’s worth of cheese when he made his next trip. 

☞That Plum Grove gentleman who drove over the sidewalk broke a plank at Peabody last Sunday had better call and settle with the city council. 

“McCurious”