The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-09-03
KANSAS MATTERS.
GleanIngs from our Home Papers.

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Gleanings from our Home Papers.
Jim Legate is certifying to Pomeroy'sl
purity OF character. This piece is long
enough. r. s.-.-..t.s3 l..,.,. ,,.,e.es est
Marsh Murdoch thinks Burlingame
is the biggest town in the State. Hav-
ing "existed" there for several years, he
is excusable. ng ff,s-. sI
The cars will be running to Burling-i
game by the 10th of September. The
grading force will continue on south
towards Emporia. So says the Record.
The business of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad is steadily increas-
ing. And by the time the road iscom-
pleted to Burlingame will be on pay
ing basis. So b
The completion of the Leavenworth
and Atchison Railroad is to be celebrat-
ed on the 4th of September.
The first prize at the National Turn
fest just held at Chicago, was awarded
to H. Levi, of Leavenworth.
Who BEATS IT?-Our friend John
Smith, Esq, brought us a specimen of
the apples produced on his place, four
miles west of town. The largest one
weighed ten and half ounces and
measured twelve and one third inches.
in circumference. The fruit was per-
feet and he says he has plenty for fam
lily use Who can beat it in the State2
Usage Chronicle. '1at
SALES OF FARMs.--Several of the
to1.cH wi int ha q
between this city and Eudora, have dis
posed of their farms recentiJ. tn hpyASS.
from abroad. Nathan White sold n
farm of one hundred and seventy three
acres, last week, for seven thousand five
hundred dollars John Estes sold forty
acres Tor two thousand dollars, and
Smith Heron one hundred and fifty
acres for six thousand dollars. The
average price for farms iii the valley is
about fifty dollars per acre.-Laaorence
Tribune.
A HEAVY LAND SALE.-A Geographic
dispatch from ST. Louis last evening
said the National Land Company had
completed q sale yesterday, for the Kan
sas Pacific Railway Company, of thirty
two thousand acres of land to the repre-
sentatives ofan English colony of twelve
hundred families. The lands are most
ly rolling prairie, and are in one body,
lying from four to twenty miles from
the line CT the road, northwest of juno
ton City. The average price paid is
about 1915 per acre. Eighteen men,
bers of the colony have already arrived
and commenced the Improvement of
their lands. The colony is composed
of good class of immigrants, and each
member is represented to have sufficient
means to stock his farm. Most of them
will reach here during the coming fall
and spring.-Ldrrence Tribune.
New CARs.-Two handsomely finish
ed passenger cars for the Southern
Branch road passed this point yesterday,
and on the preceding day new engine
was taken out. Another new engine
has been ordered, and is expected to
arrive soon. Also, about fifty freight
cars in all have been taken out. A large
force of workmen is employed on the
line, and it is being pushed forward
with the greatest energy.-I6td.
ANOTHER INDIAN ATTACK.-A special
dispatch of the oath from Ellsworth, to
the Leavenworh Times d Conservative,
says: "This morning at an early hour
IL or 70 Indians appeared near a tie
camp on Paradise creek, north of Bunk
err Hill station. Evander Light, the
contractor, had gone n few hundred
yards from camp when he discovered
them. Almost simultaneously an In
dian jumped out of the grass near him,
and Light knocked him down. The
Indian Immediately raised his gun and
Light attempted to draw his revolver,
but Intellectually. AS the Indian raised
his gun Light struck it downward, and
the bullet went through his thigh. AS
the Indian retreated Light fired at him
and he fell into the ravine. Lights
party came to his assistance and carried
him into camp. The Indians fled on
their approach. The tie party immedi-
ately came III to the station, and Light
came down on to-day's train for medical
treatment"
The LARGEST APPLE YET.-From Mr.
f. Couple, of Prairie City, who paid us
visit yesterday, we learn that Mr..
George Miller, near that place, picked
up.an apple under one of his trees, a
few days ago, that measured fifteen
inches in circumference, and, of course,
weighed correspondingly. This is by
all odds tile largest apple of which we
have yet heard, and would make n great
sensation at the State fair. Will our
horticulturists and farmers preserve
their best yield of all fruits and crops
for exhibition No other year is likely
to be more favorable.-LGacrence Tn
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