The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-01
n. E. ANNUAL cOxPRRENcE.


lngs were earnest and harmonious. We
Gull from the proceedings published in
the Topeka dailies such items as are of
the most general interest to our readers,
among which is the synopsis of the re-
port OF Rev. G. r. Rice, Presiding FL
der of this district.
He said his district embraced fifteen eoun- |
ties. The country embraced in IL is improving |
rapidly, new towns being built In every direc- |
ton. Railroads were being constructed. |
which would open the whole country, and
been wonderfully blessed the past year with |
large crops. The whole country was full Of |
corn oats and wheat. I'm alitemporal things, |
for no more" He could not report q high |
spiritual state In his district as the heads and
hearts OF all the people were SO fun ofrail- |
roads, corner lots, quarter sections, big crops,
cows and horses. that there was not much |
room for religion. Riches now and religion
after awhile seemed to be the motto OF most
men, In church building, they have not met
their anticipations. People want expensive
and therefore wait. A large stone
building IL being erected at Chetopa. 40x60
feet A frame church IL under way ut Oswego
20 be finished the coming summer A neat
frame church 30x4S is going up at lola. Rev.
Mr.. Greene raised over %, 600 ut Humboldt for
brick-maker failed. Building will soon be
erected. "A house was bought at the old town
site OF Hampden for church. Churches can
he built this summer at Americus Eureka,
Burlington and Cottonwood Falls.
In Emporia We have the lead, but shall have
to better ourselves II we keep IL. Americas
Is not strong, but a pleasant charge. The
Hartford Collegiate Institute Is moving for
ward; the building has been repainted and the
chapel seated. Ottumwa charge is new and
improving. The town died with the Western
the strongest charges on the district, but has
been somewhat discordant the past year. lie
Roy Is hard work, a stronghold Of Campbell
ism. lola Is al. large work, and Metn1a !.
hard field, made SO by neglect The town Is
improving. Oswego and Chetopa, Is q very
important field. Towns growing. Westralia
Is a new mission, embracing about as much ter
ritory rs three Of the largest New Englas
States. Revival. New Albany Mission is an
important field. but sadly neglected. Large
revival. Eureka new, but promises 20 be very
important. Revival. Cottonwood Falls will
probably be walked up during the summer, by
the Santa Fe Railroad. Marion Centre, an on
shoot OF Cottonwood Falls, will grow when the
railroad lands are sold. Eldorado is coming
into importance. He expressed hopes OF this
place because it had been cleared OF whiskey
sellers, and had live newspaper. Some OF
| the brethren thought they were forsaken and
took water. They found u resting place In the
'sliQuid grave"
Time was when Methodist preachers could
| keep up with the pioneer. We can not do II
In Kansas. Four counties, Howard, Cowley,
| Sedgwick and Mcpherson, full Of people, are
| not occupied by our preachers. Other demon
| nations are pushing forward their missionaries
| In some places beyond US.
| have Travelled over 5000 miles, and made
/ two prospe6 ting tours. On Elk river found
| n colony OF Primitive BaptiSts from Kentucky
| They are all Nasbyites, hate niggers and abe
lishfonists, railroads, Methodists and Sunday
| Schools and temperance societies. They will
have to go back to the .'CrOss Roads,"
i have had considerable sickness in my fam
lily, and have had the ague myself; but
| work right on regardless OF shaking. Tit
work has been large and very precious to me.
Resolutions endorsing the majority
report of the Committee on the New
York Book Concern, and expressing
confidence in its management wer'
adopted. They called forth an excited
debate, during which some sever
"rubs" were given with good feeling
During the discussion Rev. H. d. Fish
or had said some pretty severe ant
caustic things concerning the matter
when DIR. Davis replied by saying tina
Mr.. Fisher reminded him of q certain
animal which took his position on tn
railroad track and pitched into the en-
CINE. The affair showed more valo
z than discretion!
, Mr. Fisher replied by telling q littl
incident of DR.. Davis valor, which oc
Cured during QuantrelPs raid. III
said, in substance, that he had bee
wonderfully preserved during thos
terrible times by the providence of Go,
and the wisdom of his wife. Alter hi
house was burned by Quantrell and tn
raiders had departed, DIR. Davis cam
to Lawrence full of fight. He wonder
ed why Fisher did not fight them. FL
would chase them to the ends of til
earth. The next day the doctor spen
in organizing three or four men to fol
low Quantrell. That night as the doc
, tor was eating supper with his revol
| vers lying around him on the table, tn
report came that Quantrell was return
. ing to destroy what was left of the cit
, and that he was already burning til
? houses on the outskirts of the town
DIR. Davis was suddenly seen dartin
: out of the door, and the last they bt
! held of him his coat tails were diaI
! pearing over Mount Dread! Fisher eN
Q identity was one ahead.
The question as to where the ne1
Conference should be held was decide
. in favor of Paola. The principal COZ
| petitor was Emporia, and Paola wa
only chosen by five majority. Durin
the discussion of the merits of the di
: tent points Ex-Governor Grier said,s
an argument in favor of this point, tn,
D there were more acknowledged chick
ems to the square mile around Empori
than any other place he had ever seel
Quite a large number of minister
from Eastern conferences were tran
i ferred to Kansas, so that the emigratio
v fever SO generally prevalent thel
: brings preachers as well as other folk
The reports from the various di
I tricts in reference to lay delegation
v showed the following results: For,
d 783; against, 745. A vote of the Coz
G. ference on the question resulted, for, 81
: against, 2.
n The following table of statistics
n the NJ. L. Church in Kansas, March 2
5. 1870, will be of general interest:
@ Members in full connection ......... -. 81
Deaths the past year ...-------.-
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