The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-12
TERRfgoRLAL NEWS ITEAs.

road, which has It's western terminus at Eli
wood. The biography of this locomotive
is given IS follows By the ST. 10. West:
The story of this engine. as told to as,
shows that it has had an important and in
teresting part to perform in the railroad his
tory of she country, having been donated,
by eastern companies, to The. first railroad
west of Albany, and so on to
another as the chain was extended towards
sunset, until. At last, it stands 6rm and in
good order upon the first section OF the great
central Pacific RailFoad."
Mr.. Parham writes us from Council
Grove that on Tuesday last. the 9th inst,
a young man named Barteis was accidental
~ shot dead in that place. by the discharge
of his own pistol, which fell from its scab-
bard on to the wheel of his wagon as be was
getting out--the ball lodging in his left
lung. He was from Kansas City. and on
his,wa to Pixies Peak. auaese9
w. +. n Amy. President Of theIJ G.
& N.V.R. r.. has returned to bis home in
Anderson county. from Washington, where
he has been spending the winter in The in
terest of the road of which he is President.
1t is reported that Mr.. Beebe, of DON
iphan county, has been appointed Terrific
rial Secretary, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the removal of H. s. Walsh. -
The last Express to Leavenworth from
Pixies Peak brought in over $2o, 600 of
d,1Skg ,sez.es~.s. -. - ,----s--s-s.s -. -sxT
s' Ion Tuesday night we we're visited by
3 heavy frost, from which our gardens suf-
fered severely. Again Thursday night a
heavier frost fell, which has not only cut
down the corn, peas, beans, etc.. but has
injured young fruit trees, and nipped the
foliage of come of the forest trees. The
weather remains dry !; and unless we have
some rain soon the chance for good crops,
or even any, will be small-surely 'sthe
heavens are BRASS aud 'sthe earth is IRON"
-EEoood Press, 28th Ust. saai ylas.as.J
Am Irishman named D. Linnehan, Ev-
ing on Elm. Greek, in Morris county, about
six miles west of Council Grove, was found
dead in@l1is house on Friday morning last.
He had evidently died from the effect of gun
shot wounds found on the body. The house
was locked from the outside and all apertures
in the wall were closed. evidently with the
purpose of concealing the crime until the
body had purified SO that examination as to
the cause of his death could not be made.
It is supposed that he was killed on Tues
day morning; and suspicion was directed
to his nearest ueighbor, also an Irishman,
named Mcdonald, who lives one mile and a
half east of Linnehan's house. Mcdonald
was arrested, examined. and remanded to
the custody of the Sheriff to stand trial at
the next term of the District Court. The
proof against him was slight-being entire
ly circumstantial and very vague
John Ritchey, who shot Leonard Arms
at Topeka. has not yet been arrested since
his discharge at the preliminary examination,
Notwithstanding Secretary Walsh's offering
$500 for his capture, and the active search
Of the U. s. Marshal.
On Monday night man was severely
stabbed by woman, at the Indian payment.
The wound was quite deep. but there is
hope of his recovery The Indian payment
has been the scene of numerous quarrels,
more or less tragical in their termination.-
Wyandot Argus. af o 80 ~
Emigration is now flowing into Kansas
with more rspidity than at any other time
in the history of the Territory. We great
ly mistake if the next census of Kansas
does not show a population of at least one
hundred and thirty tnousand.-Iopeka 1Ti-
6ane.
"A meeting of the citizens of Lawrence
was held few days since at which the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted: 5
RESOLVED, That the citizens of Lawrence
and vicinity do neither approve or condemn
the act of John Ritchey in the shooting Of
q. s. Marshal Arms. at Topeka. but with
hold all opinion in the case until an impair
tail trial is had before jury of his coun.
trymen.
A correspondent of the Leavenwortl
Herald writing from Washington under late
date. has the following:
81 am now entirely satisfied that action
will be taken in regard to a small subdivis.
ionai survey of a portion of the Sac and
Fox lands, and the survey of the Kaw Re
serve during the latter part of this year
but that the Usage treaty will not be made
at present. which has heretofore been talked
| of in connection with the purchase of thu
Usage lands. s7 as-- - sfs
.'It is said that council viii be held a
Fort Bent, and another at a more western
point, during the summer, for the purpost
of making treaties with the Cbeyennes
Arapahoes. Kiowas. and possibly the Ca
manches." a 80 fs .ssf-
We learn from r. o. Blake. of Auburn
that painful case of accidental poisoning
occurred near that town on Thursday week