The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-12

The Unitarian Conference which has
been in session at Kansas City this
week, has elected the following officers
President-Geo. Partridge, of St. Louis.
Vice President-1st, VIM. Fl. Floyd, of
ST. Joseph, Missouri, I'd, d. F: Mont
gomery, of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Sec
retary-Henry A. White, of Kansas
City. Treasurcr-E. X. Rugg, of Kan
sas City. Directors-Judge Nc, of
Fort Scott, Kansas; Rev. W. f. Cope
land, Emporia, Kansas; f. s. Rowse,
St. Louis.
Arkansas City is to have new grist
and saw mill.
The town OF Douglass is going to
have newspaper.
Eureka voted $4,000 in bonds for 4
new school house.
Texas cattle have begun to arrive in
Wichita. Over 5000 head came last
week.
Montgomery county is soon to have
four new iron bridges. This is pro-
gress.
An immense amount of prairie is be-
ing broken in Mitchell county. Settlers
are rapidly coming in.
The Fort Scott Monitor notes the ap-
pearance of the Hessian fly in the wheat
fields or that vicinity. s
A man by the name of Milton Kenne-
dy was robbed OFFS 80, near @Chetopa,
last week. No clue to the robbers yet.
A new Congregationalist church was
dedicated in Paola on Sunday last, Rev.
j. g. Merrill, of Topeka, preaching the
sermon. -
A brother-in-law of DIR. Medlicott,
the alleged Ruth murderer, from Gin
einnaii, arrived in Lawrence last week,
to visit the doctor.
l. S. Kalloch has sold his famous trot-
| ting ponies to Senator Caldwell, who is
to exhibit them to admiring crowds on
PeHnsyiyania avenue. negg5
The Walnut Valley Times thinks FL
dorado will more than double its pOpu-
latiOn this year. 1t speaks of several
buildings, done and projected. -4.
The Emporia men that stopped at the
City Hotel during their stay in our
town, last week, all declared the City
Hotel was the best house they had stop
ped at since they left mporia.--4rkaIa-
sdS CITY -1r0ceuer. ~
The X. p. and L., l.. & G. roads have
united to build q railroad bridge across
the Kansas river at Lawrence. Work
on the structure is to begin immedi-
ately.
WHARF.-The prospect for wheat new
er was brighter. 1t is remarkably thrift.
ty and rank in appearance, and has q
fine, healthy color. We have noticed
some fields in this vicinity with grain
from twelve to eighteen inches in height
and great deal is already two feet
high, and some of it is beginning tC
head.-GdInet Pl0indeaIer.
BEEDY s. NEwMAN's MILL.-Without
any noise or ostentation, great work
is going on in our midst. Mr.. Beedy
with,a strong force, is steadily pushing
ahead The dam is almost completed
the Imaehinery for the sawmul has beer
ordered; the whole establishment will
be in ranning ordered by October LIST.
A careful estimate gives, at the loves
stage of water, an available force of 27(
horse power. Three powerful turbines
will at once be put in position; girls
mill, having three run of stones, a saw
mill, lath and single mill, will all b.
speedily running at this point,
The sawmill is about ready to raise
| ~ 10 tulEIy-u1O ny Hlby-nfC !Sct' LII
Touring mill is 35x4O feet, four stories
high.
The water power is amply sufficien
to run the above mentioned machinery
leaving large power available for 9th
err purposes; of which, more anon.
We cannot too strongly thank, o.
highly compliment, the business energy
which has thus dared to push out init
the wilderness, and rear such cost!
buildings in advance of all productiv,
industry. It WIT bring its own re
wnrII THE people of Oowley Count,
w1lfcertainly owe much to Messrs. Bee
dy and Newman for the good work il
which they are engaged.-ArkGmSd
Cttg 1fgrefer' z II So.