The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-02-28
STATE ITEMS.

We learn from the Humboldt Union '
that Messrs. Barner s. Glover are con- I
structing dam across the Neosho riv-
er at Oswego, Labette county, with the
intention of erecting large WATERPROOF
er saw and grist mill, at a cost of some
twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars.
Mr.. Barner is now in Cincinnati pur- |
chasing machinery for the mill.-Lasc-
renee Republican. l.
Rev. Leard has been conducting re-
viyal meeting the past week which is
doing great deal ofgood. Mr.. Leard /
and his co-workers have labored faith |
fully, and their efforts have been re- |
warded by several of our citizens be-
coming members of the chnrch.-Leroy
Pioneer.
We arc informed that A. r. More
head left Butler county tho other day
: for parts unknown. He was last fall
l elected to the offices of County Clerk,
e Register of Deeds, and Clerk of the
Court for that county. He left the
affairs of the county considerably mix
> ed, but it is hoped that he has not involy-
n ed the county in any serious trouble.
o We suppose he feared assassination on
! account of his many and high positions.
His name should have been More-lcgs.
Cease County Banner
Besides the national differences OF
opinion, the ground hog and geese arc
l. found TO disagree materially on the
IF weather question. The Atchison Patri.
20 OF SAYS: Large flocks of geese have
been seen going northward for the las
. few days. This used to be a good slgl
es for the opening of spring, but we rathe
OF think the geese are mistaken this year
or If they are not then the ground-ho:
was badly fooled when he went back il
his hole the other day."
A THRIVING Camis
township, johnson county, Kansas,
III emphatically thriving, growing sec
ton, and in more ways than one. 1t
70. settled up with an industrious, prosper
Gus people, who are reducing til
prairie lands to cultivation and maxim
the finest farms in the State. But ii
I'D improvements of the lands hardly kec
- pace with the increase of population
ch Within the last five years 40 less tina
eight pairs of twins bave been born III
SITS 10 the good people of that section.
:; any other township ia any of the Yves
% ern States can beat this we would lii
'rs to hear of it. Mechanism would be
Id good place for those who have no chi
dren to cmigratc to.-WyandOtte Gt
zette.
CLOVER IN KANSAS. Clarke,
Stonewall farm, Miami county, witt
lty to the Farmers Club of New York CO
M the public square at Paola Is thick
sodded with clover, and that it II
grown finely for the past two years. /
lad sowed about an acre last March, viii
the the snow was on, and it has grown fin
;cb ". It is not unusual to see small pate
es of clover in various parts of Il
Up State. If we are not mistaken it Ii
di- been grown quite extensively on Il
i've Government farm at Fort Leave
worth.
Too little attention is paid to the CT
ia, tivated grasses by our farmers. II
90 most of them are contented to use prai
Orn ic hay for cattle. and too often the su
IN plies of even that are short.-LGocren
- Republican.
- FRUIT PRosPEcTS.-An intellige
,tba farmer and fruit grower residing ne
Inv town tells us that he made a careful e
animation of his fruit trees few da
ne ago, and that he found the prospect f
on fruit very promising this season. v
arc glad to learn this, as there was son
cl- apprehension that the cold weather
ght few days since might have injured Il
En- fruit buds.
;ze The same gentleman suggests to
-, brother farmers and fruit growers til
ion now is Just the time to inspect the
orn trees and destroy the worms which at
ac- later date so disfgure and injure Their
ted They will now be found in little rim:
ors of a cellular construction around IL
q ., limbs, and can be easily and rapidly d
DC stroyed by removing and burnin
Burning is necessary, for if thrown c
oc- the ground they hatch out and retul
-. to the trees. By-and-bye they wi
INC hatch out and build their ugly nests a
In over the trees, to say nothing of destro,
s ing the 1eaves.-LaWrence Repubttca
on SALINE CoUNTY.-We clip the follow
his ing from the .Sdlina Herald of the ODD
al The farmers in the vicinity of Iro
ally Mound have commenced blowing. I'll
TX uninterrupted pleasant weather here
" late has caused the ground to be in gOo
order for blowing.
9er Across Elm, on Dry Greek, a sho
All distance west of town, salt can be mad
in any quantity. In spots in that sectio
- at certain seasons of the year, it ris,
l"- and crystalizcs on the surface. We al
raj sure the prospect is better than at 81
to bria. 1t is reported that the salt sprin:
on west of Dry Greek are purer. By DO
- ing a few hundred feet there is no doul
oi' that good flowing wells can be Obtainc
IAN 1t is near the railroad, the salt spring
es, being in many spots on both sides {
to- the track.
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is WITHDRAWAL OF RAILROAD