The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14
STATE ITEMS.

Mr.. A. Reynolds has taken editorial
| charge of the Garnett PIdindealer.
That's good news. We don't know A.
Reynolds, but there is scarcely any
! room to doubt that the paper will be
! improved.
Gen. Fraser, President of the State
! University, has just procured from
/ Washington valuable apparatus for the
institution, which will add greatly to
its educational advantages. The Law
renee Tribune speaks very highly of
! General Frascr's success in the Uniyers-
ity.
The annual meeting of the Associa-
/ ton of the Congregational Ministers
! and Churches of Kansas is now in
session at Lawrence. 1t is largely at
! tended.
! SAD OCCURRENCE.-On Thursday
last, Mrs. Little, of Usage township,
Bourbon county, met with horrible
accident that will probably prove fatal.
The Fort Scott Monitor says: at seems
that some one. had been purIoining
meat from Mr.. Little's smoke house,
and re conceived the idea of putting
stop to it by setting Il snare gun, so ar
ranged that the opening of the door
would cause the gun to discharge-the
ball passing through the doorway. Mr..
Little had arranged his snare gun as
above described, and had probably for
gotten il, when on Thursday, Mrs. Lit
tie went to the smoke house OH some
GRAND and opened the door when the
gun went of, the ball passing through
both limbs, between the thigh and
knee, SCATTERING them in a horrible
manner. The physicians in attendance
regard her in a critical condition, AID
have but little hopes of her recovery"
THE NINETEENTH KANSAS REGIMENT.
Lieut.. Col. w. &. Jones, an est ma0ie
officer, was, on the first day of May, at
Topeka, presented with a valuable
gold watch by his brother officers of
the Nineteenth cavalry, as a small
token of regard, dinner and compli-
mentary speeches being the cOnconit-
! a,.ts of the presentation. Col. w. {.
Jones was a general tilvorite i'll his reg
iment, and spared no pains in rendering
his battalion efficient, while at the
same time lie had due regard for the
comfort of his men. We understand
( that Capt. Payne aud Lieut.. Steele,
both of company III" had also watches
presented to them by members of the
same troop.-Ledreatcorth Bulletin.
We are glad of this because Col.
Jones was one of our brave soldiers
during the rebellion, and is one of the
/ finest young men in the State.
! WHOLESALE HoRsE STEALING. -
/ Thursday night, week ago, party of
: horse thieves stole from the peighbor-
hood of Fall River, Jour miles south
! west of Humboldt. eighty-five head of
/ horses, thirty OF which belonged to
White Hair. an Indian chief, aud other
Indians. Five of these horse thieves
We're III Ottawa two weeks ago. They
1 had with them a large iron-gray horse
and i mare. About one hundred peo-
pie have turned out with the view of
hunting down and capturing these
horse thieves, if possible. 1t is said
that the band consists OF about twenty
men. no have thus so suddenly made
a descent upon this settlement. Mr.. j.
+ ). Lcsse, of Fall River, who is one of
! party looking out. for the thieves, was
in our city, yesterday. 1t is TO be hop
ed the scoundreis may be captured and
the horses returued.-LaWFeace Re
! puOttcOSt OONF1tut.
/ The Oswego, Labette county Register
says: Since Monday last, up to eight
O'Clock to-day (Thursday) one hundred
! and thirty-six covered wagons loaded
with immigrants drove into Oswego,
and have scattered in every direction.
They will undoubtedly find homes in
Labette county. Come on, there is still
( room for more.
! a correspondent of the Topeka Rec
ord, writing from HAYS, under date of
/ May 9th, says: The Indians imprisoned
at Fort Hays made desperate effort to
escape this afternoon. One of the SER
geants was stabbed, and upon the mo-
ment they rushed to the entrance in q
body. The guard fred into them, kill
ing two of the chiefs lately captured by
Gustav, and two sqJlaws> Town quiet
since the negro riot
People at the South arc complain
ing Of the warm weather.