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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08
FARaING II Il ! G . COUNTY i, r.
GoOd Chance far Isnnrigrants. -
MADISON, GREENwooD Co, HAM,
= 49, - Dee 30 1863 u {

Dee. 20. 1868.
FRIEED SToTLER: You say you W ant
me to write an article for your paper.
If you mean Ia Richardson, 1 amt in !;
but may be able te give you few
facts that may be interesting to those
contemplating moving to this State, as
well as to some that are already here.
In the first place will give you brief
statement from my farm account book
for the year 1868. 1I
Total cost Of 4 acres potatoes. 3 a2.09
2lo bushels potatoes at 921ze bush. 1885,
PROFIT si66.s7
Total cost Of 21< acres buckwheat, $1,000.
81 BUSH buckwheat at LA bush. 96.4S
Profit, &74.4s
Total cost e acre Usage Orange plantss13.60
10000 plants at So per 1000, $4,000
Profit, S46.4O
My corn this year, owing to the heat
ed term, cost me abont fifty cents per
busEel last year it cost me about seven
teen cents per bushel NV wheat this
year stands a loss of $3.50, but my buck
wheat was raised on the same land aft
er the wheat was taken off, so on the
two crops l am nicely ahead.
To show you what can be done in the
way of raising potatoes would say that
last spring sent to New York by mail
for one pound of the Harrison potato.
In transit some one had the kindness to
divide with me, leaving me nine pota-
toes, or three-fourths of pound. They
were planted the LIST of June. This fall
l harvested six and a half bushels of the
finest potatoes l ever saw, which is a
xriol6 Of n 40 fAtrrs hun o1t6
eighty bushels to one. Next year hope
to be able to give a bigger and better
account, as this is the first crop from
my farm. A little less than twenty
months ago it was ga bowling wilder
ness" and / can show any quantity as
good land that can be had at from two
and half to five dollars per acre.
believe our upland is greatly under
valued at present. For fruit and small
grain / consider it equal, if not better
than the best valley land, and from my
own experience and observation | will
venture the prediction that in a. very
few years there will be more and better
wheat raised on Kansas upland, to the
breadth sown, than in any other State
east of the Rocky Mountains.
l would say to those intending to set
tie in this part of Kansas that in Lyon
and the north part of Greenwood coun-
ty good first class unimproved land can
be had for from six to ten dollars per
acre second class from two and half
to five; improved farms for about the
cost of improvements added and in
the south part of the latter county, off
from the railroad grant, good land can
be homesteaded yet. But these home
steads are being rapidly taken up, and
in a short time people looking for home
steads will have to go to '.the West" for
them. l will be happy ut any time,
either by letter OF otherwise, to give
any information in my power.
Respectfully yours,
w B. GoDFREY
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08
A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.

Day before yesterday, while the quar-
ry men employed by the Sank Rapids
Water Power Company were engaged
in quarrying rock for the dam which is
being erected across the Mississippi at
this place, they found Embedded In the
solid granite rock the remains of a hui
man being of gigantic statue. AboHt
seven feet below the surface of the
ground, and about three feet and half
beneath the upper stratum of rock, the
remains were found Embedded in the
sand, which had evidently been placed
| in the quadrangular grave which had
been dug out of the solid rock to re-
ceive the last remains of this antediluv-
ian giant. The grave was twelve feet
in length, four feet wide, and about
three feet in depth, and is to-day at least
two feet below the present level of the
river. The remains are completely pet
ritied, and are of gigantic dimensions.
The head is massive, and measures
thirty-one and one-half inches in cir
cuInference, but low in front, and very
fiat on top. From the crown of the
head TO the sole of the foot the length
is ten feet nine and half inches The
measure around the chest is fiftyEnine
and half inches. This giant must have
weighed at least 800 lbs. when covered
with reasonable amount of flesh. The
petrified remains, and there is nothing
left but the naked bones, now weigh
304 lbs. The thumb and fingers of the
left hand, and the left foot, from the an
kle to the toes, are gone all the other
parts are perfect. Over the sepulchre
of the unknown dead was placed large
fat limestone rock that remained per-
fectly separated from the surrounding
granite rock ss3
The wonderful remains have been
taken to Boston, and possibly we may
hear all that can be said on the subject
by the learned in these things.-Saak
Rapids Sentinel, Dec. Is.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

INFLUENCE or NEwsPAPERs.-Sma is
the sum that is required to patrorize
newspaper, and amply rewarded is its
patron, l care not how humble and I'M
pretending tue gazette which he takes.
1t is next to impossible to fill sheet
without putting into it something that
is worth the subscriptiousprice. Every
parent whose son is away from home at
school, should supply him with q news
paper. / well remember what a mark
ed difference there was between those
of my schoolmates who had not access
to newspapers. Other things being
equal, the first were always superior to
the last in debate, composition, and
general intelligence. So said Daniel
Webster.
DIR. Johnson, when in the fuiIness OF
years and knowledge, said: 81 never
take up a newspaper without finding
something would have deemed ii a
loss not to have seen-never without
deriving from it instruction and amuse-
ment-7
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

HAVE You Coon ORCHARD ?4This
is an important question to every farm
er. An orchard greatly enhances the
value of q farm. It Increases the health
aud happiness of the family. Itpays a
larger profit than almost any other sim
liar amount of land in cultivation on
the farm. It will cause the farm to and
purchaser quicker than almost any
other Improvement or Investment. Pro-
cure trees from the nearest reliable
nursery, set them with proper care. aud
they viii grow and in q few years re-
ward you with their golden and GRIM
son fruit R1rds World
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

VELoCIPEDING IN FRANCE.-A Paris
correspondent, writing of velocipedes,
says: ''Velecipede building now forms
an important branch of trade here.
There are not only manufactures of
these new locomotives, but there are
foundries where the iron work of which
they are composed is cast. One of these
employs $50 workmen, and finishes off
twelve velocipedes per day for a coach
builder of Lyons, who sells them at the
rate of twenty per day. An expert
driver can do ten miles and quarter an
hour, but the average rate of travelling
is six miles and half, and with the
same fatigue which would be expert
enced by walking at an ordinary pace
during that time. The effort a man
makes to advance three feet will carry
him nine feet and half forward on a
velocipede, but naturally on condition
that his machine is well built and works
easily. The ordinary price of a good
one is 500. A LyOnese velocipedist is
willing to take any bet that he will beat
the fastest trOtter in race. Tile aquat-
ic vclocipede may be seen worked on
the lake of the Bots de Boulogne by a
gentleman, who appears to make his
way through the waters with consider
able ease, and as rapidly as a single
oarsman would in u boat. In the streets
of Paris no person now takes the
trouble of looking at these new locomo-
tives, so numerous are they, and so
commonly to be seen, whirling away
amids a network of omnibusses, car
riages, and the usual announcement of a
crowded city. Prince Achille Mnrat is
the chief adept in the art of rapid driv-
ing, and much given to the exercise"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

An English statician finds that wom-
en- of known bad character, and regis
tered as such by the police, exist in
proportion to the population, in COM
mercial ports, 1 in 201 in the pleasure
towns, resorts of the rich and idle, in
343; agricultural towns, l in 1876 Lon
don, in 573; in manufacturing towns,
from in Col to i in S73. Perhaps the
character OF the towns engaged in the
WOODEN manufacture is upon the who's
the worst of any, as the returns show L
in each 80 of the noDuIation.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

An exchange says the following pre-
scription viii cure the most obstinate
cases of hSafseHesss in 8 short time.
Colds are unusually prevalent just row,
do no harm to ny IL.
sTake the whites Of two eggs and
best them with tive sp0cnsfaI Of white
sugar, and crate In { little nutmeg then
take pint Of lukeWarm water. Re
pear the prescription II necessary.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

The following is going the rounds of
the papers: One of the most annoying
and painful little troubles is feion. 4
genuine remedy is worth circulating.
1t is said that p pouitice Of onions, app,
piled morning and night for shree or
four ds4s viii cure , felon. No matter
how bad the case, lancing the finger
viii be unnecessary Il the pouIffce is
applied.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

NEwsBoYs OF NEW YoRK.-The in
dustry and activity of the newsboys of
New York by no means go unreward-
ed. Though their earnings vary great
deal-they having their good and bad
days like the rest of the worId-they
generally realize from so cents to So a
day, according to their age, activity and
capital. On the arrival of important
news, when "extras" are issued, some
of them make considerable sums. Dur
ing the elections III Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana, when dispatches were con-
stantly arriving till a very late hour. one
boy sold $50 papers between III and 49,
O. lock at night, realizing 81 net profit
in one hour and a half; his mate sold
$40 in the same time. These same BOYS
sold 2,C00 papers between them when
the telegraph announced the capture OF
Jefferson Davis; and on the evening
| that Mr.. Lincoln was assassinated. they
sold the enormous number of 2,400.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

A gentleman just from the plains as
sures the Tribune that il is fact that
the numbers of dead bu1faloes lying on
the line OF the Pacific railroad, shot by
passengers as the cars go along, is very
great; and says there is enough meat
lying there at this time, easy of trans
America.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

INDIAN RECORD OF TIME-There is nc
word in the Indian language for the
word t.year." The Indians reckon time
by the return of snow. or the spyingine
of flowers, and the flight of the birds
announces the progress of the seasons.
The motion of the sun marks the hour
time are not noted IN numbers, but in
language and Illustrations of highly
poetical character.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

A negro boy in Tennessee devotes
half his wages every month to the sup
port of his former mistress, who hiss
become very poor since the war, and Is
utterly unable to support herself
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

ExcHAKGE OF CoURTEsIEs.--Govern
Fairchiid, of Wisconsin, who has car
rid an empty sleeve from the left
shoulder since the war, has presented
half dozen odd dress gloves to GeHer-
al Stannard, of Vermont, who has an
empty right sleeve.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

Commissioners Wilson, of the Gener-
al Land Office has decided that either u
husband or wife may be entitled to a
homestead, but that they cannot pre-
empt two homesteads, even though they
had entered on them before m marriage.
That should depend on how they get on
together. If they fail to agree, two
homesteads-the further apart the bet
ter-would be none too many for them.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

In Georgia q large hawk ihas been
discovered which follows q railway
train for the purpose of catching birds
which are scared up by the noise Of the
train
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

Some of The railways of Europe have
lately adopted system OF low faresy
and their profits are reported 70 DO
greatly incruass<I
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

The salary Of the chief cook Of the
Astcr House, New York, is 3. 800 a year.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08

Chicago leVies and eoIlecte tax
amounting to $3.50 from aewsAoys and
ahce blacks
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-08
BOOKLESS HOUSES.

NJ. "A. Y ICIOR,
Co. NJ, 10Th Kan. Cav.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-20

TIE Crops IN DARLINGToN.-A business let
ter from TlmmonsvlIle, Darlington District, to
one OF our leading cotton firms. 8 ,ys: 81 wrote
you few days ago in regard to crops in this
section. They were looking very promising
then, but it is different now. When I wrote it
had not been loug enough after the frost to
note tho difference, and planters then thought
that with warm weather land it seemed as if
warm weather. had setln,) all would be WE'LL
The next day it turned very cold, and remain
ed 80 since. The wind blows continually, which
loosens the cotton, and causes it to die at an
alarming rate. Those who thought ten days
ago that they had good stand, say now they
have not more than a half a.oae. Many are
ploughlng up and replanting. have just re-
turned from a trip of fourteen miles in the
county, that might have an opportunity OF
viewing the prospects, and assure you they
are anything but promising. must confess
feel very uneasy at the probability Of good
crop. II the weather does not change in
short time there will not be q half crop made
in this county. Cotton that is dying 30 fast is
where there has been no guano used; where
parties used it under the cotton it generally
looks well, but where none has been used it ls
almost failure, and continues to die. A great
many that have guano have planted and put
none under the seed, calculating to place it on
the sides as they work it."
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-20
LOCAL MATTERS.
CHEAP ADVERTISING.

The CHARLESTON News, the circulation Of
which is about twice as large as that OF any
other paper published in South Caroline, is the
best advertising medium for all business men.
For persons who want stu ,tions or servants;
who want houses or apartments, or have them
TO rent: who want or who offer board and lody-
ing: who have lost or found articles Of value,
TIE News has no equal; and in order that all
classes may have their wants supplied, We have
adopted the following scale Of CHEAP ADvrn-
r1sxxxsrs, payment for which must invariably
be made uhen the order is gioea:
Advertisements Of situations wanted by or
offered to clerks. governesses, tutors, work.
men, mechanics. house-servants, porters, chop
boys, cooks and washers; board and lodging
wanted or offered; apartments wanted or to
let; articles lost or found; houses, shops. Offices
and warehouses wanted or to let, and miscella-
neous wants Of all kinds.
,For each insertion OF advertisements OF the
classes specified:
Not exceeding rnaxE LINES or 20 words. ...26 cents
FouR LnKs or 80 words. .....40
FIVE LnSEs or 40 words. ....to
All advertisements to be inserted at these
rates must be prepaid and delivered at The
NEWS Office by 8 p. ID.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-20

The PIEDMONT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY is
popular and successful Virginia organization,
the operations Of which in South Carolina has
hitherto been mainly confined to the it terror
DISTRICTS. Colonel John L. Branch, the gene
raj travelling agent, is now here with view to
establishing q permanent agency in Charles
ton. The Piedmont is purely Southern COM
pany. retain ng Its funds within Southern linn
its. 1t is the intortlon Of the directors to
establish at an early d,ya branch office in
each State under the management Of
State boards. to be selected by the policy
holders OF the respective States, and all pre-.
miums received are to be loaned, upon unen-
cumbere1 real estate, TO our own citizens. The
company has recently declared dividend Of
forty per cont. 10 poIlcy-holders, reserving
fund OF $209, 900. The dividend might ave
been nude sixty per cent, but it was deemed
safer to hold back 100000. Though the Pied
mont has been in existence but two years, it
has issued over three thousand policies, about
seven HUNDRED Of which are in this Stare. Its
losses, which have SO far amounted to S35, 900,
have in every instance been promptly paid;
and we commend the advertisement OF the
ccmpany-pubishcd in another column-to
the favorable cousilc alton CT our people.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-20
AUCTION SALEs THIS DAP.

JOIN g. MnNoR Il Co. will sell at 10 o'clock,
st their salesroom, white lead, sewing ma
chine, dry goods. &c.
KNOX, DXLY& Co. will sell at 10 o'clock, at
their salesroom, crockery and furniture.
RR1cKR 4 SCHAoHTE will sell at a quarter to 10
O'Clock, at their stores, butter, bacon, &c.
T. NJ. OATER sill sell at three-quarters.past
nine O'Clock, at his store, butter, lard, &C.,
MILES DRAKE will sell at 10 O'Clock, at his
store, clothing, dry goods, &c.
G.. W. STRFFeNs will sell at .halfpast 3
O'Clock, at his store, butter, cheese. &c.
.-A.H RBRARAsfs 4 Sons will sell at 10 o'clock,
nj their store, dry goods, notions. 10.
IlfrcH BRUHs will sell at II o'clock, at No.
rs East Bay, eleven boxes tobacco stems, DO.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-20

We learn that upon applications made yester-
day, Mr.. Associate Justice Willard directed
writs of quo ,oo,Td,,lo to be issued against Da-
vid Barrow and Thor,as j. Mackey, claiming
to bs Aldermen Of the City OF Charleston, oom-
handing them to appear before him at the
Courthouse, at ten o'clock A. II. on Friday ITO
morrow) the 21st instant, and then and there
show by what authority they now hold and ex-
eroise the Offices OF Aldermen. This move
ment, we understand, has been initiated by
several prominent Republicans, and the appli-
cation for the writs were made through theE
counsel, Messrs. Presley, Lord and IuglesDy.
We append copy Of the suggestions upon
which the writs were based:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHA B rs ON
COUNTY.
tn he Hon. A. j. Willard, Associate Justics Of
the Supreme Court Of The sad Ndte:
Informing on the part OF tire State, shoWeth
unto your Honor, Daniel II. Chamberlain, At
torney-General OF the State OF South Carolina:
First. That by an act of the General Assem-
bly, OF the said State. to alter aud amend the
charter of the City OF Charleston. passed on
the 18th day Of December, 1917, it was among
other things enacted. That il any person
elected Alderman OF any ward in the said city
snail remove from the ward for which he was
40 elected his office shall peconIe vacant, and
a new election be ordered by the City Council
of Charleston"
Second. Thit David Barrowe heretofore. TO
wit: on the 18th day Of May, in the year 1869,
at Charleston, in the county aforesaid, did use
and exercise, and from thence continually al
ter Yards to the time Of exhibiting this lnfor.
nation, hath there used and exercised, ana
still doth use and exercise the ofhce OF Alder
man of Ward No. Sin the City OF Charleston,
under and by virtue OF an election held In the
sald City of Charleston on the 10th OF Novem.
ber. 1858, and under and by virtue OF an act OF
the Legislature rendering valid tie said cleo.
tion-notwithstanding that since the SAID
election aud the passage OF the said act, and
prior to the said 18th day OF May, his said Of
Ace had become vacant by the removal OF the
said David Barrow from the said wsrd.Whle6
during all the time last above mentioned, With
out any legal warrant or right whatsoever,
hath usurped, and still doth usarp, IN coD-
tempt Of Justice and IN defiance Of law.
In consideration whereo OF, and to the end
that Justice may be done in the premises, the
Attorney General aforesaid prays that writ OF
quo u1rranto be directed to be served upon
the said David Barrow, commanding hlm
on certain day to be and appear before TINS
honorable court. and then aud there 70 snow
by what authority he claims to exercise the Of
fee OF Alderman of the said City OF Charles,
ton, and to answer the premises, aud to stand
TO. perform and abide such order and iudg-
ment therein as to the court shall seem meeg'
(Siened) D. b. CHAMBERLAIN,
Attorney General Of the State Of 5. G.
(Siaued) A.. C..RIoHMoNDs.C C. g. z. .----.
PREssLsY, LORD & 1NaLEsBY,
80 or Counsel.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-20

The NATIONAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA.
who have OCCASION to visit our State capita |
have certainly no reason to complain on the
score of hotel a coommodations. Prominent
among the fine houses which Columbia now
boasts is the Nltional Hotel, Of which MIR.
Robert Joyner is proprietor. Conveniently
situated. It's rooms are always c.ean, contorta-
BILE and we'll kept, and The table is abundantly
supplied with the best OF everything. Add to
tins, that the house has most oblgfng aud
attentlve clerk, Mr.. P. N. Rains, that the
charges are always moderate, and that the
livery stables adjoining, kept by Mr.. B. JOY
ner, afford the readlcsL facilities for obtaining
vehicles at any time, and it will be seen that
the National is. in every respect, hotel hard
to beat ..