The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-09-17
KANSAS NEWS ITEMS.
Gleanings From Our Home Exchanges.

UtedMlnSS ErOM Our Meme Exchanges
Is. Kalloch was elected President of
the State Agricultural Society on the
last day of the Fair.
| The Fort Scott Press says there are
at present four companies of infantry,
and one-half company of cavalry, on the
line of the Joy railroad, the infantry to
afford protection to the workmen and
engineers, and the cavalry to carry dis
patches, &c. -
Mr.. j. S. Stowe brought a well de-
| veloped stalk of corn to our Office on
Friday last, which measured fifteen feet
nine inches in length, with two enor-
| nous ears of corn; the ears growing
about midway up the stalk, some nine
feet eight inches from the root. This is
an extraordinary growth, considering
the fact that it produced two heavy cars
of corn, which is not common with so
rank a growth His field will yield
one hundred bushels to the acre, most
| of the large stalks averaging two good
ears each. We have numerous fields
that will yield one hundred bushels to
the acre, in Coffey county.-BuT3ingtO
Patriot.
era1 gentleman of our city discussed the
property of having a young ladies' SEM
mary. The want of suitable building
was the only obstacle, and it was deter
mined at once to build and furnish one
in a month. The building, fine two
story-edifice, will be ready for occupan-
cy by the 8th-just a month from the
time 1t was begun.-FOrt Scott Mont
tor.
Our Lawrence and Leavenworth pa
pers have q great deal to say of their
fine fruit, but we think Southern Kan
sas is still ahead Yesterday Mr.. S. f.
Rogers, who now owns the old McDon-
aid place, southwest of town, brought
into the Office of the Post twenty-four
pears of the Bartlett species, weighing
twenty-four pounds and a quarter.
These are from trees hardly more than
four years old.-Fort Scott Post.
We find the following in the publish
ed proceedings of the recent WomGn's
Suffrage Convention at Chicago: 'sNIiss
Henry, chief enrolling clerk of the Kan
sas House of Representatives, reported
that the Woman Suffrage movement
was being vigorously agitated in that
State, at church meetings, sewing soci-
cites, parties and assemblages; and the
question was debated at the last session
of the Legislature. The people of Kan
sas seemed to favor it, by throwing open
all avenues of employment, as well as
official position, to woman"
The Indians are making their appear
ance again on the Solomon. Col. Moor
house was in receipt of the following
letter yesterday, dated Solomon Valley,
Camp Plum Creek, Sept. 10. 81 have
the honor to communicate to you that
W. f9iconvora1
side of the Solomon river at a. m. this
morning between the mouth of Plum
Greek and Lebanon. Pursuit was at
once given, which lasted until late in
the evening. They showed no signs of
fight, and kept well out of the range of
our carblnes. Tomorrow morning, at
daybreak, B. starts to scan the creeks
south of the river, and would respect
fully request you to forward to us at
once 1900 rounds of Spencer carbine
cartridges, as we have only seven rounds
to the man. Our scouts, on arriving at
Salt Greek to-day, informs us that Capt.
Pliley's scouts saw three Indians at the
forks of Salt Creek" The foregoing
was written by Capt. Winsell, COM
handing Company 'B." Second Battal-
lion Kansas State Militia Common
1cedlth.
decent Congressman and Senators in
Kansas. The stages pass through town
regular, but half the time without the
mail. The Postmaster at Evansville
says that one of our mail sacks lay at
his office couple of days.-NOund city
Sentinel.
Gen. Strickler, Secretary of the State
Agricultural Society, Ed. Kellam and
Mr.. Alkire, President of the Shawnee
County Agricultural Society, were yes
terday engaged in the Agricultural
Room i'll doing up packages of corn,
potatoes, apples, pears, wheat, rye, oats,
onions and buckwheat and some fifty
different varieties of garden seeds, to
be sent to the Commissioner of Agri-
culture, Washington ID. c., and the
Office of the Country Gentleman, an
Agricultural paper published in New
York. They have sent several varieties
of potatoes, the Early Rose, Goodrich,
PeachblOw, Harrison, Gaeezes Seeding
and the Cuibec, and some twenty diff
ferent varieties of apples. Gen. StTick-
Ter is deserving of much credit for the
interest he manifests in making known
the prOductiveness of our State.-COna-
naOn1cedLth.
At the Office of the National Land
Company in this city there was an ex--
hibition of large assortment of the
fruit, vegetables and grain, which took
the first premiums at the late State Fair.
They will be shipped to Chicago and
New York to-day. The Chicago suck
ers may not perhaps be particularly
surprised at this display, but we'll bet
the old York Nickerbockers will open
their eyes with establishment when they
have visible evidence of what the "Cen-
trail State" is capable of producing
Commonwealth.
A few days ago, in the Solomon val
ley, as two soldiers were leisurely en-
joying a ride, they discovered trail,
which their curiosity prompted them to
follow. They soon came upon two
Indians, to whom they gave chase, and
which resulted in both Indians getting
killed. The coroner's jury rendered a
verdict of accidental shooting. How
careless frontiersmen handle shooting
irons, particularly when there is an In
jine in front.-J"nctiOn CITY Union.
RELIGIOUS annual meeting of
the Christian Church of Kansas is to be
held this year at Granville, Jefferson
county, on the line of the Kansas Pacific
Railroad, commencing on the Both of
September. An unusually large at
tendance is requested. To this writing
we have secured half fare rates for all
persons desiring to attend on the Mis-
souri, Valley Railroad in Kansas except
from Atchison to Wyandotte. All per-
sons going to the meeting will pay full
fare and receive q certificate from the
chairman of the committee on transpOr-
tation or Secretary of the Convention,
which will return them free of charge.
A correspondent writing from the
Far West, SAYS: "An old trapper, who