The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08
THE SOUTHW EST.
II. W. MCCUNE,
City Clerk

| COWLEY COUNTY SOD CoRN.-The Iargss
ears OF coin we have seen this year were from
field Of sod-corn in Cowley county. George
McIntire, of Arkansas City, brought them up
He says It is believed that some fields viii
| turn on as high as 80 bushels to the acre.
"A party OF hunters went out to the buffalo
grounds from Wellington, Sumner county
one morning last week, killed six buffalo, and
| got home by noon the next day.
The Eldorado Times says arrangements
have been made to put up sixteen new build
ings in Bronson's addition to Eldorado.
we learn from the Oxford Times thai
| Homer Freeman, living on the divide in Cow.
| lew county, about i've miles from that place
went out on horseback one day last week tC
shoot prairie chickens. While loading his
gun both barrels were accidentally diseharg
| ed, both loads entering his temple, killing
| him instantly. He leaves 3 wife and five chill.
| dren.
The same paper is Growing over the ar.
rival Of the first rooster ''west Of the Arkansal
| river,' and is reminded OF the happy dayl
''back in the States.'' We should think the
editor capable OF poetical illusions, and love
yarns.
The Eldorado Times bolts the action Of the
Republican Central Committee Of Butler coun
| ty in calling a convention because the appor.
| tionment of delegates to the different town
ships is unfair, and because it claims that 9
large majority Of the Republicans Of the coun
ty do not want any convention this fall.
Sod corn in many fields in Sumner county
will produce over fifty bushels to the acre.
The Masonic fraternity have just put down
= beautiful new carpet in their hall 1t WIN.
field, and the Censor says the Lodge is -four
| ishing.
| Large numbers Of Texas cattle will be fed
in Butler county the coming. winter, says the
| Times.
| MAIL RoUTEs.-We have . daily mai
route from Florence; tri-weekly from Cot
| tonwood Falls; daily from Humboldt; weekly
from Elk Falls via Milwaukee and Brownlow;
daily from Arkansas City; trI-weekly from
have q tri-weekly from Plum Grove. OuI
Congressman Judge Lowe, is doing . good
thing for this county. EldoradO notO has bet
/ ter mail facilities than any other to1on in the
State.-WGlnut VaIIeV Times.
"A petition is in circulation in Chelses
| township, Butler county, asking that thu
County Commissioners submit the question o.
taking stock to the amount Of $4,000 in the
Chicago, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company
and issuing township bends therefore.-jSdm
| Woods Circular.
Chelsea township is petitioning the Coun
| ty Commissioners to submit county bond
proposition to vote bonds to the Walnut Val
ley Railroad Company Walnut Yale,
Times.
| New corn one dollar per bushel st Oxford
Sumner county.
SHARP SHooTING.-Work has been com
menced on the railroad from Podunk 10 6Gue
dunk-that's wind work. RalRat Rdlgei
/ Tines.
| Work has been commenc ed on the fin
hill railroad from Emporia to EldOrado--
4 thsts wind work from the mouth Mary dream
i ed about.-Sdm Woods Circular.
The boreas that fills the air after the scintil
1 lations of the last, creates more OF sensation
/ in railroad circles than does the wtnd-Work O
/ the Superintendent of the G. K. & T. railroad
I-WdIRNt Valley Times.
Go up head, Mr.. Times.
Newton is now organized as 3 city OF thu
third class, and 1t is expected there will b,
less crime.
Winfield received 247 majority for tn,
county seat. What became OF the Ifareler'a
'three hundred majority for Tisdale."
Rev. j. b. johnson, pastor OF the Congre
gational church at Winfield, died in that town
a few days ago.
| The Times says that an effort will be mad
to make new county from the southern pOr
ton OF Butler and the northern protion o
CoWley counties.