The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05
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of the Territory. The people of Linn and
Lykins counties are now moving for the re-
striction of the sale Of the liquid poison in
their midst. A large majority of the peo-
pie of Kansas are undoubtedly opposed to
the traffic, though they are much divided as
to the proper method of getting rid Of i'll
which prevents anything like united action
on their part II gsH ei..as4ass sssa 4
"A severe hail storm occurred at Leroy,
Coffey county. on Friday, the Goth instant.
during which. according to the Burlington
Register, fsolid pieces of ice. weighing
from one ounce to one poaRd assdia Init,
came tumbling down like hail p The storm
lasted about fifteen minutes, during which
time everything was shrouded in midnight
darkness. The ground was covered with
ice balls from the size of hens egg to
common-sized table, bowls Several per-
sons were severely injured one man So
much that his life is despaired of. A, strong
wind was prevailing at the time, and houses,
trees and fences were torn down and scat
tered around, while large numbers of horses,
cattle and hogs were killed. This is the
most severe storm of the kind we remem-
Der to have ever heard of, and it is extreme
ly fortunate that it was confined to narrow
limits. f.ssi se IS
Dep. u S. Marshal Arms, who was
shot at Topeka a few days since, was buried
in the. Lawrence cemetery on Tuesday, the.
Gath ult, Rev. Mr.. Reynolds of the Epis-
copal Church. delivered the funeral sermon.
The farmers of Doniphan county are
engaging largely in the cultivation of hemp
the present season, 1t is one of the most
profitable crops that can be raised, and our
Territory is peculiarly adapted to it's culti-
vation Hemp, Tobacco or Flax are all
more profitable crops than corn.
Small particles of gold have been dis
covered in one of the banks of the Neosho,
near Leroy. Cofey county. There is much
excitement amongst the citizens.
"A Deputy U. S. Marshal attempted, a
few days since, to arrest Capt. Montgomery,
on warrant issued since the passage of
the Amnesty Act" when the Captain took
down his revolvers and invited the Marshal
to ''make his disappearance visible imme-
diately, if he did not want to be perforated.
The warrant was returned "resisted."
"A few days after the killing of U. s.
Deputy Marshal Arms BY John Ritchey at
Topeka. Marshal Colby, with numerous
posse,s went to Topeka to arrest Mr.. Ritchey
who, however, seemed to have improved
his opportunity to escape. '',.. .'' =
The Musical Convention recently held
at Lawrence proved decided success, be-
ing we'll attended by singers from all .por-
tons of Kansas. This portion of Kansas
was unrepresented in the Convention, moi
from the lack of good singers, but from
their inability to attend. faa.
"A new paper is soon to be started in
Lawrence on the basis of the Herald o.
FTeedons-7but whether hybrid, Democratic,
Republican or what not we do not know
neither do we know certainly who the edit.
or is to be. ~.-' 4a'1A =. .La 3 $50 =
; The llegal, charge for going into other
people'si houses, drawing pistol on, the
proprietor, land then pounding his head with
it, in the city of Wyandot. is five dollars
payable in city scrip at 80 cents on thu
dollar, So says the Argus, which ably ad
vocates raising the price to $40, as means
of bringing the aforesaid city scrip up tt
par, as well as reducing the number of sucf
occurrences to a number not to exceed ter
per day IL az cas-
Mr. Stewart, living near Wyandot, hal
presented the editor of the Argas with some
, Rhubarb plants, the leaf of one of which
measured 10 feet 2 inches, whilst the stall
) averages inches in circumference. Las
year Mr.. Stewart grew stalk of RhubaFl
the leaf of which measured 81 feet in cir
cumference, and the stalk weighed FIVE
> pounds IS. a.;s,ss.so s. 50. s,z..sar
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