The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-07-19
STATE NEWs TTEMs.

The city authorities of PaOla having. re-
fused to grant licenses, the saloons Of that
place are clOeed. il
A pew religious PsPSr. devoted TO che
interests Of che Baptist denomination, stO
Be coon started At Ottawa.
Companies a aud B of the Kansas
troops destined for service on the plains,
have been mustered into service at Fort
Harker. A1k--a
! The railroad and telegraph we're en-.
.ireIy completed 70 EllsSorth on the 18th.
and through passenger and freight trains
now go to. and come from. that point.
Governor Crawford has appointed and
commissioned Rev. H. D. FisBsf of Law
renee, Regent of the State University, to
FILL the vacancy. OccasiOned by the resig
nation Of Rev. Mr.. Paddock
One of Judge Bailey's houses. on his
extensive farm near Clinton, was struck
by lightning on the afternoon of the
Fourth. Boards were torn from the
house, two bedsteads aud safe were en-.
4 tirely demolished, windows were broken,
plaetering torn off aud The family Of Mr..
Derby, who lived in the house. had mar
row escape from death. asfa sa4
JND1ANs-TAooPs.-T Indian troub-
les up west continue. Custar has had
ten engagements in the last three weeks
and lost seventy men. He says that be
: was victorious 10 eight encounters and
was whipped 10 two. The State troops
have been going up the road for the last
} three days. From all We hear We should
o Judge that the quote was full A few
went from here, quite a number from
Pottawatomis county. Gov. Green ia
forms us that plenty of men could be OBJ
r tanned, but horses we're hard to be had
5 Manhattan Radical.
: Mr.. WINS. Draper, living on Wilson i
, Greek. tributary of the Smoky Hill
] and right in the midst of the disturbances.
/ says that the colored soldiers on duty il
the Indian country, are doing nobly. r,
says be has seen them in three 6ghts-
> they universally go for Mr.. Indian, and
never fslter particle. They adopt the
Indian style, and follow them without re
: gard to order. ..
The following is from the Oskalooss
Independent, published in one of the To-
calities where the grassboppers are said
to have been so bad: ut is with pleas
ure We record the fact that our farmers
have passed through the CRASH oppel
scare, and are now cheerful aud in good
spirits. The injury done by these insects
is limited; and as general thing crops
never gave better promise at this season
of the year than now. The future wears
T IN encouraging aspect. and there is every
reason to believe We sbaH have . year Of
great abundance. =.
LARGE CRERRTEs.- were shown
the other morning some of the largest
t cherries We ever cav produced anywhere,
r being nearly one ineh in diameter. They
we're grown by Prof Shuck of Lecomp
ton.-Msdina New Era.
RAPID GROWTH One year ago this
last spring We planted some 80 one year
s old Concord grape vines, which made q
: fair average growth last season. This
morning We measured the growth of one
Of these vines for the present season. and
found that ii had grown six feet aud one
inch. The growing season is not more
than half over, and should it grow at the
] same rate until fall, it would make a
, growth Of over twelve feet in one seaou
Can other Stales beat this?-Medina Neu
Era.
> We clip the following from the Atchi
con Free@Press of July 18th: "We had
the pleasure ola call yesterday from Mr.
r, L. Blair of the Kansas Stage CompanY
who has during the last three weeks been
travelling IN Southern Kansas. He visit.
ed Emporia. Council Grove end Other
l points. He informs US that be has never
seen better wheat crops than the present
one in Kansas. The growth is an extra
ordinary one. But little damage has been
done by the grasshoppers to any crop
0 There is large growth of oats, barley
' and spring wheat. Corn looks we'll. The
: wheat harvest win be done up chiefly
: during the present week"
We find the following in our exchanges,
5 and publish 1t as news item: A search
ing Investigation has brought to light a
defaulIer in the person of Rev. G. c.
e Hutchison, late Indian agent of the Oua
was. in Kansas. Hutchison is deficient
to an amount exceeding thirty thousand
5 dollars for moneys received from the lrus,
lands. A portion of this money has
: found its way into the Ottawa University.
A delegation of Ottawa Indians are
> now at Washington claiming their rights
! from the Government. The uti
: mate loss to the Indian Department will
c not be great, ss the University will be
: required to refund the money realized
9 from this eource, aud the suretiss of the
e reverend agent will be required to make
, up the remainder.
THE CENTRAL STATE.-We are glad tbG
people and press of the State are generally
. 10 favor of fixing. at last. on sigrifcsnl
d and appropriate name for our Common
wealth. No one can look at the map oil
!, the country without percsiving The cen
trail geogrs phicAl position which Kansas
9 occupies as respects other States of the
o Union. By universal consent, therefore,
= Lar Ransse hs baDiised ~ 1.-THE CEN