The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-08-23
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10 Franklin Connty there are twelve :
hundred and twenty-seven voters. and
eNo HUNDRED and ffty-nine moro males
than females over twsnty-one years of
age.
The LawTspce Journal is responsible
for the following
"Mr W. j Howell brought to our Of
fee yesterday a bean supposed to be fully
developed, which measures twenty four
inches in length. Mr.. Howell says THE
is the best season for beans since 1862
The Wyaudutje Democrat telis.of a cat
fish caught in that vicinity By Thomas
DuggeJt on Tuesday last weighing 238
POUNDS It's width between the eyes was
fifteen inches, its length seven feet, and
thickness through tbs body eighteen
inches.
The Wyasdotte Democrat says: 1.-THE
eminent geologist, Prof. John Sewell, of
Massachusetts, who recently made tour
through this State, prouounces Wyan-
dotle county to be richer ia mineral de- |
posts than any other county through t
which he passed. Hs afirms that coal I
GU " AOnuQ III ilNA uauSttOid y NAu%tA les ]
at g depth of $50 feet. and of a quality /
superior 10 that found at Fort Scott. /
Evidence of the existence Of coal oil be /
found ia abundance, aud he expresses q |
/ belief that At DEPTH OF go feel supply I
can te obtained capable of furnishing the /
whole demsnd Of the western market |
He succeeded 10 obtsining one quart of /.
crude oil from -skimmIug some of our
/ sprags and gathering up the drippings
! from creyices OF rocks and Iavines Upon
| being analyz9d The oil was pronounced TO
be OF the very best; aud the Professor has /
recently returned to MsssacA usetts wi h
the avowed object Of forming company
and procuring all the requisite appara-
fuses for prospecting and working the
mineral deposits Of Wyandotls county"
Wool growing is fast becoming one Of
The most important branches of business
in Kansas. The Lawrence Tribune avs:
The crowds OF farmers wagons arc und
the wooden factories of this city each day.
indicate thriving condition of the wool
business. a great deal of wool is being
brought in fer earding and spinning, and
also considerable quantities for eaie.'
Il has been satisfactorily proven that
The O-ags hedge is the 10 os; durable, eff
fectve, and economical of all fences ever
tried 10 Kansas. In the first place ii
saves timber, where it is as scarce So
5 here. Next, it costs no more, or prob
ably not as much, labor and money to in
close farm wiki Usage as with toe ma
tsrIsl n common use. And 10 addition,
when once completed, the farm is inclos
ed with a ence that cannot be torn down,
, blown down, Jumped over, or destroyed
By any ordinary means, and will last a
E lifetime. Ia view oflts we'll known adapt
+ ability to this STATE, and its utility. We
. wonder il IS not in more general use
e Laurence Tribune.
The Allen County Courant says the
Neo-ho Valley is remarkably free from
sickness at the present time, and all re
. ports 70 the contrary are incorrect.
, We met yesterday MAJ W. +. Downs,
Land Commissioned Of the Central Pacific
RsIl@ay, from whom We gathered the fol-
: lowing important particulars relating to
. The new settlements on the lins CT that
road. The Kickapoo lands vested IN that
company amount in the aggregate to 152,
AIT acres. They are beng disposed Of
WITH uDprecedeu led activity. Daring tie
u last month, three colonies, from Canada,
e Vermont aud Illinois purchased town sites
and ase in process OF settlement. The
colony from Illinois are thrifty Wesh
6 men; that from Canada are Scotchmen;
$ and from Yermontcomes Of Tie old fash
n loued Green Mountain stock-abouttweu
~ families OF slmou-pure Yankees.
They settle 10 AichIson, Brown and
Jackson counties.
10 addition 20 the above. nine families
of coIored persons haze bought and paid
for an excellent iowa site about twelve
s miles vest of Monrovia.
The Leayenworth Commercial says
+ 4 private letter from Junction City, re,
ceiyed yesterday, says The Southern
Branch Road Is looking up. Some east
j ern railroad men have gone down to *
D I anime the route, accom- panied by agent
81 a. IEz@Hii5b bank firm, who wsh 10 in
=. vest in western railroads. They sent
back word when eighteen miles Out, that
they were much pleased With the route
q elected that tar, aud We who know That
the first ten or ffesnsmIas Is the most
diff. .uii portion of The route between here
AID Fort Smith, are satisfied with their
verdict. Il is reported that they will
commence work on The first thirty miles
as soon as possible.