The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-12-27

u OneIsFS al o. Wnom escaped recsnty
rom the Bates county Jail, where they
we're confined on the charge of murder
Ing George Thomas, in NoVembr last.
Il is proposed. at Topeka, to raise
fund By stock subscriptions, sufficient to |
the Record Office, add the nee
essary materisl aud publish frst class
daily paper at the capital. An enterprise
worthy of patronage by the liberal and
business men of Topeka. and
which We hope viii succeed.
The Kansas City Journal says tina,
''thsre is no stop to emigration into this
State aud Kansas. Several parties pass
ed through town yesterday. They re-
port great many families pr eparing to
settle among US in the epriug. The West
is rapidly settling up"
A strong effort will be n ade at the en-
suing session of the Legislature to secure
the passage Of a Law making a hedge as
soon as. planted lawful FENCE. This
proposition has many strong advocates
prominent among whom is Prof Kelsey,
of Ottawa. As conss quence, Frank
lin county is likely 10 endorse the plan.
What say the farmers and stock grazsrs
ofLyon?
The Olathe Central hoists the name
of Grant for President and Stanton for
Vice President. Which is a great deal
of good thing. Rather too mach, we
think.
A split has taken place among the Wo-
mans Rights Companions. The Execu-
tive Committee of the party whereof Lu-
cy Stone is the head man, have adopted
the following resolution:
Resolved, that this association disclaim s
all responsibility for or indorcement of
the series of meetings held by Geo Fran
els Train, N re. Stanton and Susan B.
Anthony.
The Topeka Leader has just compile ted
its third vOlame, and INDUCES in some
retrospective remarks thereon. The Lead
er is enc of the best appeari ng and most
valuable of our State exchanges, aud we
are grati6ed 10 know that it is on a pay
ing footing.
The lawrence Journal very truly say s
that if Gov. Carney had only lived at
Emporia he would, without doubt, have
been long ago elected q. s Senator
Now that the thing is out, we hope the
Governoc will make no delay, but move
here at once. our railroad and other
material interests would afford the Cover
nor fne field for the display of his abil-
tiles.
The Humboldt Union says:
Moses Neal returned from the Indian
country on Thursday of this week, and
informs US that the Arrapahoes attacked
twenty-five lodges of the Usage tribe. on
the plains, killed four, and captured one
hundred and sixty FIVE horses. The
Osages relreated 10 their main camp,
we're reinforced, then went for the attack
lug party, and returned with FIVE scalps,
which they lifted from their enemies.
A New. RAILROAD SURvEy.-Col. "A.
Vliet, Engineer of the Missouri, Fort
! Scott and Santa Fe r. r. Co., has COM
pleted a survey of the proposed road from
Fort Scott to the mouth of the Little Ar
kansas river one hundred and fifty miles
west. On the line of his survey be touch
ed the towns of Humboldt, Belmont, Eu-
reka, EIdorado, and Towanda. He also
surveyed a line from Fort Scott to lola
Tie Engineer says: 81 think the route
compares most favorably with any other
prop sed railroad 10 the State"
We shall, at no distant day, publish
this report in full. The information it
contains about the valleys of the Verdi
girls, Fall river and Arkansas is interest,"
ing and Burlington Patriot.
A very bold robbery occurred in Leav-
enworth on the 2Ist. Two men went in
to clothing store on Fifth street, only
step from the center of the business por
ton of the city, about FIVE o'clock in the
afternoon, bought each suit of clothes,
and carpet sack n which they packed
their purchases. when one of them drew
q revolver and threatened to shoot the pro-
prietor of the store, and while he was uu-
der the influence of the fear thus eugen-
dered, rushed out with their booty, moun-
ted their horses and were of. AS yet no
clue is had as to their identity; and they
have not be en- caught.
A gent lemsn Who recently returned
from Illinois, having spent several months
of the past summer and fall in travelling
over the State, tells Us that as far as his
experience went, nearly one third of the
farming population is talking of, or intend
ing to remove to Kansas the conf ng
spring. The drouth of the past season,
and consequent light crops, and high pri-
ee5 and hard times, has had a most dis
couraging influence on them. A large
portion of TIE State is held by large land
owners, who rent the farms to tenants,
some of whom have faFmed the same
tract for ten or fifteen consecutive years,
and are still no more able to buy the land
than in the commencement. This tenant
class ars anxious to come 70 this State for
the purpose of procuring farms of their
own. As they are generally hard work
ing industrious class, they would be q
valuable acquisition to our population.
The majority have very indefinite ideas in
regard to Kansas, and are anxious for in
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