The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-01-27

Law to the extreme with those parties who
have only presumption fling upon such
numbered sections in those townships.
The Manhattan Independent of the 18th
says: We learn with satisfaction that the
Railroad Company have on hand sufficient
quantity of iron to lay the track to Manhat-
tan. They have now in their employ aud
under pay q sufficient force of track layers
to put down three-feurths of mile day,
and they VIII be kfwofk as soon as the
tsweathsf and ground viii admit.
The olathe Mirror says: At. the meet
ing of the county board of Johnson county.
last week, the license for the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors in that county was increased
from 500 10 $500. The result is that in
stead of three saloons as heretofore there is
but one. Who says that this is not pro,
crossing in the right direction?
The Leayenworth Bulletin says: The
! Lsavenworth Steam Bakery will be in op-
Grafton early next month. Few people are
aware that building one hundred feet long
and two stories high has been erected, anC
Eb now nearly ready to commence work
1t is az enterprise much needed in the city
and will richly repay the proprietor.
I The Marysville Enterprise tells of hor
rid murder committed by a man named
McElroy upon a German named Crisis
Both were with train the former a driver
the latter passenger. McEroy was las
seen in the company of the German and
was arrested for the crime, and committed
by Coroner's Jary to Jail. That night
party came to the jailor, and demanded the
keys, they were refused whereupon tn,
party broke open the Jail took out the pris
Oner aud next morning he was found hang.
ling to tree near where the murder was
! committed.
! The New Mexican says that the Naval
Indians stole about fifteen Thousand head
of sheep near GaIisteo about the middle Of
December, and killed FIVE Eerders The
sheep belonged to Tomas G. de Baca, Juan
Cristobal Armijo and-Sanchez. Also,
about the same time, the Navaioes entered
the Pueblo of Jamez and stole every head
of stock in the place. These are only a
few of the many outrages that are constant
ly being committed by this tribe, falsely
represented to the Government as subdued
The Fort Smith New Era of the 3Oth
ult., says of the weather there: ''On Non
day (Christmas) the thermometer indicates
Sd degrees in the shade at 2 p. m, and SO
in the sun. The following night and nearly
all day on Tuesday it rained heavily, in
consequence of which the river rose con-
siderably, and no doubt will allow some o
the boats below TO come up"
We are informed by gentleman just
from Lawrence, that a man was frozen tc
death at the Little Stranger, on Friday
night. Another had his hands and fee
badly frozen near Nine Mile creek. It is
supposed he cannot recover
The JUNCTION City Union says that the
county of Davis has in the Treasury sur
plus of about SIS. 600, together with $500
of State bonds. There is outstanding seriI
amounting to $1,7oo, leaving the county
81, 900 ahead.
The Atchison Champion publishes full
statement of the amount of freight shipped
across the plains from that city during the
past season. The aggregate sum being
81. 541, $50 pounds. requiring for its trans
pOrtation ALT wagons, 6. 1914 mules. ct.
6s5 oxen. and employing 1855 men. The
Largest. amount of freight was for Denver,