The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-01-05
STATE ITEMS.

the ED inst, after dark. Mr.. Dyer Hay
ford, of this city, was feully murdered.
A colored man named Eli Mackey. has
been arrested, and is in Jail, charged with
the crime. There does not seem to be
m UGH, if any doubt of his guilt. Mr..
Hay ford has been resident OF Fort Scott
for several years, has kept grocery aud
provision store on the corner of Williams
aud Bigler streets. and was very quiet
and inofensive man
Coon PoTATo-Webster, ia his Una
bridged, tells US that Kansas, in the IL
dian vernaculer, means Smoky Water,
and by some Good Potato, In his list of |
non de plumes he fails to get bold of Jay
hawker. We hope, in his new edition, he |
will not overlook this matter, nor forget
that the original Jayhawker is now a
banker of the PharOah sooiety.-Ez.
F1RE.-Ths residence of Hon. H. c. |
Sheldon. Representative elect from Usage
county, was nearly destroyed by fire on
Christmas. The kitchen and a portion of
the furniture only were saved.
wheat IN MARSHALL CoUNTY.-The
Enterprise says: at is estimated that over
500, 900 worth of wheat has been rails
ed in this this county the present season;
aud wheat really comprises only a very
small portion of the product or grain rails
ed. II is an item worthy of mention that
the fonF from this wheat is now supply
ing scope of country at least fifty miles
square, and plenty left besides. A great
deal of wheat has been shipped from this
county to the Missouri river
The YEA her continues extremely cold.
although, the river channel is still open
and regular trips are made by the Hensley
/ in connection with the Platte Country
Railroad. A few inches of sDow at this
time wonld give us excellent sleighing.
the best perhaps yet known in Kansas
LeavenUorth Conservative.
The Conservative o. the 1st, says:
The Lsavenworth coal company will soon
commence the work ofsinking their main
shaft, with view of working the tire e
foot vein through which the drill passed
at a depth of $40 feet. The vein is
thought TO be ample in extent to supply
the present demand.
The Hiawatha Sentinel says that snow
fell in Brown county two feet deep on the
18Th inst, while the Seneca Courier, 40
miles west of Hiawatba puts il at l2 to 10
inches. Ii was not over to inches deep
here aud all disappeared in three or four
days. The weather since then has been
warm, the ground freezing but little
nights.-T0pek1 Record, Dec. 26M
Il CULTURE OF BEEs--The Home Jour
nal says that in May. 1865. Mr.. Bush nell,
of Ottawa, took up swarm of wild bees
During that summer and the season now
past, they have increased as follow: He
has sold one swarm, destroyed two for
their honey, and at least three, and prob
ably moFs hayed swarmed and escaped;
yet he now has ten healthy sWarms. The
bees have been kept In. common box hives,
and have supplied TO their owner goo
pounds of honey. Here are sixteen
: swarms from one 10 two years; and count
ing the increase of those which were sold
or escaped, it would show grand total oil
} twenty swarms from one in two years
Perhaps some people thiuk Kansas poor
State for bees.
UNION PAc1FIc.--We learn from the
Junction Union that the Wicks' survey
ing party have completed a map o.
the line of the Union Pacific Railroad
west of Fort Harker. The party have
ceased operations for the winter. The
line stops at the west end of the seventh
mile of the eighth forty from the State line
being 318 miles in all, or 179 west o.
Junction City. The enc is ten miles west
OF Fort Payds, one mile west of the west
line of range seventeen west, and is located
in township fourteen south. The party
will resume operations early in the spring
as they have something over 100 miles
yet to lay out.
Il AGRICULTURAL STATIsTIcs.-TreL Leg
lAisture, by aw.proVided for gathering sta
tistical infor nation relative to agriault ure
in this State. The act requires that the sew.
eral county assessors shall procure these
statistics. During the past year the
counties of Bourbon, Coffey, Jackson and
piled with the law.-Topeka Record
The PAPER MILL The Stock is all ia
ken for our Paper hill enterprise. The
books are closed, we understand, and no
more subscriptions will be received at
presents. Next week parties will commence
quarrying the rock for the building, which
Is to be TWO stories high, Sc by SO feet in
size. The mill is to be run by a sixty
horse power engine. The engine will be
ordered next week, and one of the compa
ny goes to marlborough, VI. for the ma
chinery for the mill, forthwith. A steam
engi1eis used to run the mill, for the rea
soa that heat and steam are used in the
manufacture of the paper, and the same
generator can furnish motive power
Manhattan Radical
Hon. E. G. Ross.-Representing there
fore two of the most important elements
of our body polite in Kansas-Ike Editor
al and Soldiery-and having proven a tEuS
worker in both capacities, it is eminently
proper that be should represent the State
in the National councils. Other candi>
dates there will be, men OF honor and tai :
ent, but We a, K every intelligent, honest
Rep ublican and soldier if any ofthem are
more worthy than Major Ross? We ask
If any of them strapped their knapsacks
on their backs, shouldered their guns and
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