The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-31
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Lead VI z were SHOWN SpeCIthCAS VI
lead ore, on the 4fh inst, by Capt. Lind
sey, taken from shaft sunk by an old
miner on the Potosi town site, that in-
dicates that there is an abundance OF
this ore there. One vein was over an
, inch thick, of nearly pure lead, and In
dicatiOhs were of the most fiatterinGI
character. This lead, from actual tesI,
proves to be 30 per cent. pure lead
Doubtless the mines will pay, when
fully tested and their hidden wealth
fully discOvcred.-NoUssd CITY Sent.
BEANs.-Messrs. Laptad Sc Tower
have planted this season forty acres OF
beans on sod. They are looking finely
and promise an abundant yield. They
have lad no cultivation since planting.
and the crop bids fair to yield from
200 TO 500 bushels.-L0tcrence. Jour
/ CeAL--We were shown piece of BIZ
luminous coal yesterday, taken from q
newly discovered mine, on the line of
the Union Pacific Railroad, not far from
Ellsworth. The vein is from two and
half to eight feet thick, with six to ten
inches stripping.-Kdnsas CITY Jour
.ldl, oath.
The Cemetery Association has Sc
cured ten acres of land, north of town.
The site is a fine one, and when proper
! ornamental trees, will make q beautiful
cemetery OSkGlOOsG Independent.
| We learn from the Olathe Mirror
that Col. Coates has received instruc-
tions from Mr.. Joy to let the contract
for tieing the road from Kansas to
Olathe.
ToRNADo AND DESTRUCTION OF PRor-
ERTY AT JUNCTION CITY.-A note from
! ~ he HcfU tn fkRS1 ovV-Rs
Tribune, gives the particulars of the de-
siructive storm that visited Junction
City OIL Wednesday, the ODD. lie says
E'EAbOut O'Clock to-day wind and
rain storm struck the town with such
terrific force that everything movable
appeared to give way before it. Many
buildings were blown down in the town
and vicinity, of which the following is
a partial list:
A two-story frame house on Eighth
street, just inclosed, a total wreck.
A large wooden building, just finish
ed, OH Seventh street, the property of
Chris. Thomas, totally demolished. An
old lady and a little girl were slightly
injured by the falling building.
/ = small wooden house, on Sixth
street, blown down.
A small dwelling house on Washing
ton street, the property of Mr. Cutler,
demolished.
i Mr.. E. II. Gaylord's buggy house
blown down, and several fine buggies
and carriages badly broken, among them
Charley Humans RATHER
Mr.. X. Z. Whitney's feed store, total
ly destroyed.
Hall s. PorteI's fine drug store was
badly damaged in the second story. and
the tin was nearly all torn from the
roof.
Mr.. Sanderson's fine two-story frame
dwelling house, two miles from town.
was leveled to the ground.
Many other houses and stables were
unrOOied and otherwise badly damaged,
and other property also destroyed-aIl
within the short space OF half an hour
i The WHEAT CRoP.-Our old friend,
John Campbell, of. Eudora. who has
been running q threshing machine since
the 4th inst, informs US that wheat is
turning out better than was anticipated
at the time it was harvested. WinslOw
Davis had fifty acres which averaged
twenty-five bushels to the acre. Scion
Rogers, who lives just over the line in
johnson county, will get about twenty
johnson Smiths crop will go twenty
two. The average seems to be about
twenty bushels, which is q very fair
crop. AS TO the amount raised, Mr.
threshing straight ahead : in EudOra
township alOne.-L0Icrence Republican
Ross, STEELE & Co.-Our readers will
remember that the papers some time
ago stated that Ross, Steele & Co. had
obtained a Judgment in a New York
court for S46O,OOO against the Union
Pacific Railway Co., +. d., OH the old
claim which that firm had been trying
to wiring out of the company for the
past five years. Judge Sutherland OF
the Supreme Court subsequently, set
aside the judgment at enormous costs
to the parties obtaining it. The merits
OF this case have been several times de-
cided in the United States courts, and
uniformly in favor of the company
Everybody in Kansas, W no knows any
thing at all about the case, knows that
Ross, Steele & Co. have no honest claim
against the company, aud that the whole
thing is mere bIack-mailing operation.
-Larrence Republican.
BORDER TIER RoAD.-We are glad to
learn that arrangements have been made
for pushing ahead with the railroad
from here down the border tier toward
the Gulf. All the hands that can be
procured are to be put on the grade,
and contractors are called upon to Iur-
nish ties as rapidly as possible. 1t is
luIcuuCu 10 nave 8OU lnl1SS OI IuO TO4u
completed within sixteen months
| WyandOtte Gazette.
The work on the Cathedral is pro-
crossing favOrably. The inside is be-
ing ornamented IN the highest style o.:
art. We understand that the bishop is
about ordering a $1,000 organ, and that
it is intended TO have the church music
on grand scale. The building Is an or
nament to the city, and the proprietors
deserve public thanks.-LeaOens0Orth
Bulletin.
ACcIDENT.-Yester afternoon a
painful accident befell Nathaniel Mace,
who lives near Sugar Lake, No. In
company with some friends he was
hunting. chickens five or six miles west
OF this city. He had placed his gun on
the ground, the muzzle leaning against
the wagon bed, got in the wagon, and
while helping his dog in, the foot of the
latter caught ON the hammer Of the gun
and drew it back far enough to explode
the cap. The contents of the gun were
discharged in Mace's left hand, and
ranged upward toward the elbow. He
was brought to town and the bone was
found to be SO badly shattered that am
putailon was necessary. The arm was
cut just below the elbow, by Drs.
Grimes, Bryning and Kehler. He is
now doing well.-AtchisOn Patriot.
SAC AND Fox LANDs.-Our travelling
corresponding, Mr.. Boughton, informs