The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04
STATE NEWS.

. CUTTING AEFAIR.-We have To chronz
iele another OF those bloody aft ifs
which occasionally occur anlone oflI
colored population, and which cal fcl
the most stringent exertions on the part
of our officers of the law to suppress.
If appears that last evening about
dusk, a row was raised in a colOFed sa-
loon IN this city, among a party of col
ored men engaged in gambling The
party consisted of ALI. Mcmillan, Frank
Colyer DIETER known as Big Foot Frank
and the three brothers, Rufus. Luke and
Tom Berry. The barkeeper turned them
ali ont OF doors in order to prevent
fighting In the house. The row was
continued outside, Frank seeming to be
the object of yengence for the rest of
the party. ALT. Mcmillan and Rufus
Berry finally caught hold of him and
held him while Luke, drawing razor,
inflicted two of the most frightfui
wounds upon hisn. One cash was made
on the outside of the thigh, which laid
the flesh open nearly two inches, and
within an inch OF this another scarcely
less severe. He was then struck upon
the side of the head with q stone, which
came near fracturing his sknll.
We visited him about nine O'Clock,
and found that DR. Morse had given him
proper attention, and that he would
probably recover. He is an orphan boy,
and we are glad to learn is in the hands
of those who Will see that he is proper
ly cared for. s4l-5 - -
The guilty parties have fed, but the
police are on their track, and it is hoped
they will be brought to speedy justice
Is il not time that the most stringent
measures shonld be adopted to put down
this lawlessGess s--LGer. Tribune.
FROM THE FRoST.-This term of ex-
preston gained widespread use dur
ing war times, and as applied to rail-
roads is still significant One of the
parties in, the late Legislative excursion
determined after participating In the
festivities of Burlington, that ne would
see further, and in accordance with
such decision, started <'to the 'front.'
when the noon train took the shack
track" This reconnaissance ascertained
the fact that some arrangements were
made to celebrate at Burlington-ten
miles OF track had been laid on the Ne
oeho Valley, or Missouri, Kansas Sc
Texas Railroad, and that construction
trains are nowrunning as far as lie Roy.
Perhaps no road has ever accomplished
SO great distance in so short time, if
we except the Kansas Pacific, as has the
one of which we are now writing.
0AOuA0 O0 DdEneu IOr q
few months more as it has been since
its inception, ''the southern line of the
State will not long be q far-off point, to
be reached by rail in the dim distant flu
ture; but the names Of men and places
in that hitherto remote locality will be-
come as familiar in all parts of the
State as are now those of Emporia and
Burlington. This road opens up some
of the most beautiful and fertile valleys
in the Union and with its eastern and
southern contemplated connections will
add very largely to the wealth and pop
ulation of that portion of the country.
Record.
A Man STABBED.-On the night of
the railroad celebration here, a difficult
ty occurred at the saloon of Mr.. Coon,
which resulted in B. F. Slater, an engi-
neer from Junction, receiving a dam
gerous, though not fatal, wound with a
knife. As usual whisky was at the
bottom of the affair which led to the
difficulty. A large number were col
lected at the saloon, and man by the
name ofC. x. Johnson, tank builder ON
the railroad, who had been drinking
pretty freely, had out knife, brandish-
ing it about in a careless manner. Mr..
Slater requested him to put up his knife,
which led to sharp words. when john
son made pass at Slater, cutting him
on the arm. He then made another pass
with the knife, striking Slater in the
left side between the ribs and hip, in
fiicting an ugly wound. The encoun-
ter took place Just outside of the saloon.
and the combatants were separated by
the crowd. The wounded man was
to Mr.. Tipton's hotel, and the
party committing the assault was taken
charge of by Marshal Prouty, and turn
ed over to Sheriff Carter. DIR. Manson
dressed the hurts of the man, which
bled profusely, but we learn he is not
considered dangerous.-BarlEngto ton Pat.
THE GREAT VALLEY.-The effect of
the Burlington excursion in expanding
the views of some of those who partic-
ipated in it, was quite remarkable.
Nearly every one OF the gentlemen
who Grated, informed the delighted
Burlingtonians that the Neosho valley
was the greatest, richest, widest, grand
est, most magnificent valley in the
State, if not in the world. One enthu-
siastic speaker, who lives not hundred
miles from Lawrence, was currently
to have said in his speech, that
the Neosho valley was seventy five
miles wide and three thousand miles
long. The probability is that this re-
we can vouch for the truthfuiness of the
that the same person did de-
clare. in one of his oratorical flights,
that "hereqft er and heretofore he should
devote himself to the interests of this
great valley" 1t is needless to add that
this remark was received with great ap-
Joag1,al.
A new railroad company has been or
ganized, styled the "Fort Scott, lola and
Neosho Valley Railroad company" 1t
proposes to form a connecting link from
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-
road to st. Louis via lola and Fort Scott.
Its success is a certainty, and is assured
by. capitalists of st Louis, who feel the
Importance of the enterprise. The die
rectors of the road are for the present
as follows: Col. N. S. Goss, G. B. Ingle,
j. +. Knowlton, John w. Scott, L. L.
John Francis, John Freeman,
VIM. c. Jones, j.. V. Rodgers, II. c..
Benz. Mcdonald, W. A.
Shnnnan -Webb-the last four
named getlemen from Fort Scott. !. A
survey of the route will soon be made,
and the road built as soon as the east
ern outlet from Fort Scottis ablished.