The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


Hon. NJ. J. Parrot, of LeavenWorlh, ii
going to the Paris Exposition.
Six miles of the Neosbo Valley & Kan
sas City Railroad have been graded. -sa
The Union Pacific Railway is nov
completed to within twelve miles Of Ellis
worth. .r s-.....fs,T 49,
o Flsur is selling at see s barrel. and
tough bsefsteak twenty Eve cents pound
in Kansas City. So the Journal says.
Farmers in Jackson county, Missouri,
report the crops growing finely. and say
that no dammage is aPprehended from
grasshoppers. sr g-,,
The vote on the location of the county
seat of Doniphan county. resulted as fol
lows: For wathena, s75; Troy, 86a
DOnipbau, 486; consequently there vii
have to be another election. T. r-
We learn from the Fort Scott Press
that the vote on the county seat in NeO-
sho county resulted in no choice. The
Usage Mission received the largest vote
but not majority over the whole; aud so
it stands. .-s s'7'.
A cable has been shipped from 81.
Louis. by the Western Union Telegraph
Company, to sink 10 the Missouri, to con.
meet ST. 10. with Kansas. 81
The subscription books of the Atcbi-
son & Nebrasks City Railroad have besn
opened, and meeting Of the stockhold-
ers will be held on the 81 of June. Col.
Eye informs the Champion that Doni,
phan county will subscribe $500. 900 in
bonds towards its early construction. .
The following is the prices of wool and
hides at Leavepworth, according to the
Bulletin: Unwashed fleece, common,
goo; washed fleece, clean, 35@49c; bur-
~ wool. 8 to sc per ID less. -'s.
Hides in good demand, at full prices.
Dry flint hides. 10000; dry salt hides.
tic; damaged hides, lo@llc; green
sailed hides, s@lOc. ~
KILLED. man by the name of Skin.
Der, residing some six miles southeast of
this place, near Hyatt in this county, was
struck and killed by lightning on Salur
day evening last, about O'Clock. We
bear of two horses being killed on the
same evening during the came storm,
west Of this place Garnet PlaindsaIfr.
FoRF ScoTr q SEDAL1A RArLRoAD
SURvET.-Capt. E. A. Smith. engineer
of this road, viii leave this city next week
to cOmmense the final survey Of this roule
preparatory TO commencing 1sork. This
smacks of business. Capt. Smith is on
of the best civil eBgineers in the State.
and has recently completed a profile map
Of this road, WHICH would do credit 10
any engineer in the eouOtFy.-EOrf Scott
AOnitor. 7sa
We saw ahog yesterday, that is little
ahead of any Of the hog family that We
have seen 10 Kansas He is of the Irish
Grazief breed, a little over two years ole
and weighs nearly six hundred pounds
He belongs 10 Mr.. William Miller. far
mer living on Ceder creek. in Johrson
county, and be says be intends or thinks
be can make BIN weigh nine hundred
pounds by THE time the State Fair is held
Laurence Tribune. =
ManysOf our people were predicting, =
few days age, that We were gong TO have
just such 9 season as ne had is 1860.
The Fains ofthe Past week dou't look
much like Kansas was sabjset 10 druuth.
We venture Ghe assertion that With the
exceptions Of wheat. We shall have 6nsr
crops in Ksusas-tbis year tbaa ever be-
fore fathe NiTroT. z1lE
The last Allen county CouraDt, pub
lished a lola, says San unusual large
number Of immigrants. trading and other
leans. haze passed lhrong6 town this
week. Al the rae the teams go south,
be counties bsloE. are settling up rap,
iuy- - 3 8 siz4u - -t.Bu-ssE
sOLD1zR's CnNETEE7 -UDdsr The
auspices of the &c. A. r.. I" the remains
of soldiers who died at tlis post and were
buried near The guard house. srs being
psnOyed 70 The soldisrsf cemetery, about
ops mils soulheass Of this city, where new /
lsed boards yin Be piscsd. With usnssj