The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-11

We clip the following items from the
first issue of that excellent paper, the
WGtaut Valley Times: z
Stock in Butler county is doing ex-
ceedingiy well has repaired but little
feed this winter.
There arc about sixty boarders at the
Eldorado House. The building is
crowded to its utmost capacity all the
time.
j. S. McWhorter was in town last
week. He says that EldOrado is the
county-seat of Emporia. - :
We regret to learn that Prof. Wilson
is making preparations to move. to his
claim near Cresswell. Mr.. Wilson has
done much for the interests of Butler
| county, and will be greatly missed by
our citizens. Cresswen will find in him
an ardent worker in the cause of relig-
ion, morality and education, and a gen
eral good citizen. sa
Messrs. Pittock Sc Sneathen are put
ting in the dam for large mill on the
Walnut, adjoining town. The building
is to be of stone, 32x50 feet, three stories
high. A part of the work is already
contracted for. This will be q great
benefit to town and country. We wish
bLcfu dOuuOdHL success.
c. A. Britton, of Cottonwood Falls.
sends the best flour to this market that
is received here. He has one of the
best mills in the State and has the con-
troll of the entire flour trade in this part
of tho country. s,9 ...
The last trainwas full as gospel meas
ure, and was conducted by our genial
friend Joseph Ruble, Esq, the whole
sale and retail leather dealer of Empo-
ria. Mr.. r. is a live business man, and
is visiting the southwest in view of ex-.
tending his trade in the spring. a
We are glad to acknowledge a visit
from our enterprising friend j. X. Fin
ley, of Emporia. Mr.. +. is investing
largely in and about Eldorado.
Our townsnlen, Wilson, Belts and
Kellogg, have 1ust returned from Cress-
well and report the lower country full
of claim hunters, and lively times gem
orally.
We have much better building stone
in this vicinity than can be found else
where in Southern Kansas. 1t is a soft,
white, magnetism limestone, susceptible
of very fine polish. Is an excellent
article for building purposes, exists in
large quantities, and will be used ex-
tensively. ....,...-I s......,.,
We were called upon this week by
Harrison CriswelI, President, and j. III.
Robson, Acting Agent, of the West
Virginia Colony, and H. E. Norton,
land agent, of Emporia. This colony is
composed of ffty-two families, and
have selected lands on the Whitewater,
west of Eadofado, on which to locate.
The entire colony viii be here in the
| spring. n9a 'saas -s.-'h
NEW NORMAL SCHooI.-Amongs the
bills that were passed ON the last day of
the session, was one establishing nor
NAL school at some point north of the
Kaw river. -..s..,f.-.. =. r,.[--,-. 4
The following new counties have Just
been organized by the Governor:
Cowley--February 2Sth, 1870; Win
field, county seat. .st1i3a s..-r
McPherson-March 1st, 1870; Swead-
al, county seat. iisl
Sedgwick-March2 I'd, 1870; Wichita,
county seat.
The Eureka Herald reports the fall
wheat in that vicinity as looking we'll
better than at this time last year.
Three magnificent engines for the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad,
passed through this city yesterday, on
the Kansas Pacific railway, for Junction
City. They were made at Pittsburg,
and show that this new road is bound
to be first-class in all its branches.