The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-02-02
STATE ITEMS,

STATE ITEMS.
The peOple of Leroy have subscribed
thirty.6vs hundred dollar5 for bridge
across the NeOpho at tina: place.
Mr.. NJ. @. Foster. of Burlington, killed
q hog nine months old which weighed
$40 lbs, The Patriot wants to know il
anybody can beat it.
Senator Ross left, on yesterday. for
Washington. He expects the session
which commences in March 10 last about
two mOuths.-LaaVreIace Tribune.
Information is wanted of man uamed
John G. Cruee. who came TO Topeka
from New Orleans, last summer. bought
lot aud built on it. all of which he paid
for and then left for Lawrence, since
which time nothing is known of him.
He Was supposed to have large amount
of money with him aud il is feared be has
been FoulIy dealt with. 7A'7. D 80 .'..
The New. York Tribune of the 18th
inst. Gays: .''The uearestio utlet Ct Kansas
| to -sssbcaId is TO Galveston, Texas,
which can be reached ia 600 miles.
Through this channel, ultimately. exports
ofthe young prairie State must fnd their
way to the sea-" 'a $50 ~ asa#
I The junction City Union says:
The train up this morning was the
largest ever passed over the road, coneist.
| ing of thirty nine freight cars loaded with
railroad iron, besides i large number of
passengers. and several cars Of general
freight. a.1
We, learn that the first seventeen miles
| from, Cameron of the Kansas City and
Cameron Railroad is completed ready
for tine iron; the work from this place TO
Liberty is about completed, aud by the
opening of Spring the road will be finished
as fast "a men can drive spikes .--.Journal
| q commerce b, so 20 -a 52I
Itappers that some persons discovered,
DsaF Ellsworth, on The line of the railroad
coal vein cropping out of the bluff which
on examination, proved to be lode eight
feet in depth and extending back inde6nlle
lyU Two loads we're taken out and used
and pronounced 6rst-rate. A compsuy,
Was Immediately formed under the Safe
Law Eor mining. stock taken TO che amount
Of $50, 900, the proper officers elected,
aBd steps taken % commence operations
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City Onion.
lMPoRTANT TREATIES WITH akDIANs.-
About sixty delegates, from some twelve
or tbirfaAn different ,rib,s N Kan,o, Ioovo
Kansas Guy TO day for Washington unde T
the SUPPLEMENTARY, of Col. Thos. Muir
ply. OF AtchlsOn. superintendent OF the
central 1udIan suPerleindency. They go
TO form treaties with the Government 10
relation to their lands 10 This state, and to
make arrangements for lands in the In
dian Territory, preparatory to their remO~
val thereto. This is very important
movement. and viii tell largely upon the
i'm mediate settlement aud development of
the slate, If successful In all respects, a.
there is every reason to believe it will be.
IL Is thought that In the course of twelve
or fifteen months there will be left no tri
bal organization In the state, and that the
1hdians will nearly ali be removed 10 their
new homes at the South - dwrence
JoarnoI.a .. 'a..If -
el Coal IN ALLEN CouKEY The Oour-
ant Gays; Mr.. ". 3. NsWbary left at
our Office two samples of coal, one Of the
OitnmiBOus qualify and the other of the
camel, found nine miles east of lola, on
the lola and Fort Scott state road Both
are Ofa superior quality, and equal, If MT
superior, TO the Sort Scot. coal. We
have the testimony Of the fireman! Of the
lola Touring mills, " hIch mills use il al
most exclusively 10 their 6res, and OF
come of the blaksmiThs, and they al; pro-
nonncs it unsurpassed by any in Kansas
and very free from impure natter Til. |
veins sre only few feet below the sur
face, and q foot or more in thickness.
This is about the FIRST effort at buotiag
coal IN this section, and from the unmfs. |
taxable signs existing In different parts q.
the county. We believe coal will be .tound |
1t other points, ~ s.tj
The junction Union Of the Gath saysE
that on Thursday afternoon some eight or
ten Inches of snow fell. which a terrific
noEih wind all night, and contjnuiuo
through to- day (Fuday )has dr(ted about I
in huge piles, that have causad : .o,sI
suspension of travel. The passenger train
which started from this place east this
morning was compelled 10 rsturp. The
freight train which, went out Tbursdev
evening. and also the Que due from The
east this. mOTGiug, are lodged
IN snow some Whsrs near Map6at.
ian. To add to this perplsxily, thst
telegraph wire gave way somewhers east
OF Manhattan. The S&nta Fe coach form
the West, dLe q ten O'Clock Thursday
evening, has not arrived up to this even
lng, yhils the Wells, Fargo coach did
not start out.