The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21
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Mills s. Smith, the great land agents,
have left Topeka and located at lola.
Tom Anderson has bought the resi-
dence of T. B. Mills, in Topeka, at sIo.-
BOO.
a large party of Indians crossed the
three miles west of Wallace a
few days ago.
An excursion party of twenty per-
sons from Detroit passed through To-
peka yesterday, bound for Golden Gate.
They had a special car and their own
cook.
CHEERINe.- 1t is istated that Hovy
Z. LoHman, late of the LeayenwOrih
Times, has become the editor of the
Lawrence Tribune. We are glad to
hear this, because the Tribune has, for
months, been about the stupidest things
in the State.
The Topeka Commonwealth, of Wed
nesday, says cOlny of sixty persons
arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this
morning. They come from Ripon,
Wisconsin. They will remain here to
purchase stoves and food, and will tLen
probably go some distance west and es-
tablish q town on the line of the Kansas
Pacific. Que hundred more are expect
ed 10 follow as soon as these are set
tied. u. Pratt, the agent, has been i'll
the city for some time, prospecting for
a suitable location.
a settlement from Ohio has laid out
a town on Cow creek, Rice county.
The headquarters OF the Missouri,
Kansas 81 Texas railroad are TO be re-
moved To Parsons.
The Topeka Driving Park Ass ocia-
ton offers, Tor the best trottcr III mile
heats, $1,000, in ihIce prizes.
Seventy -one families headed toward.
the Solomon Valley passed through
ely de last week. So says the Watch.
man.
Lawrence gets its sand for the wood
and tar pavement in shat city from the
Neosho, near Humboldt. So says the
Union.
The taxes on the line OF the road o.
the NJ, X. & Il. Il. w, in Coifey couaty
amounting TO 81, S92.l5, We're paid Mon
day last.
Two splendid new mail cars have
been put on the Missouri, Kansas 4
Texas railroad, between Junction City
and Cietopa.
The A, T. & s. F. road is now beins
surveyed between AtchisUn and Tope
ka. Hurry up. We want a through
line that way from Chicago.
Arkansas City reioices in million
aire in the person OF AlouZo Cutler o
Laporte, Indiana, who has made invest
Incnts there i'll salt sprin.s.
The Lawrence Gas Company propose
shortly TO initiate the Cincinnati Ga
works, and establish branch works il
different parts of the State.
The Waterville Telegraph says tn
herd law was defeated in Marshal
county Mt the late election by mujori
~ OF 273 in the county against it.
The herd law was adopted by small
majoriiies ia Butler and Cowley cUun
ties. Our opinion is they will lind III
law n good thing Tor those counties.
Gov. Harvey's hired man was disa
bled IA day or Iwoago by dog-bite, AN
the governor, following the example u
CincinnaIus, is doing his Spring chore
himself.
An average of twelve car loads G
passengers leave St. Louis daily on tn
Missouri Pacific railroad, destined fo
settlement i'll western and souther
Kansas.
Labette County Agricultural Societ
offers a premium 10 the man or DO
that will make the largest show of rat
bit skins caught i'll Labette count
and killed by himself, at the comm
fair.
Six hundred immigrants arrived q
AtchisOn, from ennsylvania, OH Fri
daY. Eighty more families will 500
follow. They were bound for Repuu
lie county, and will settle on home
steads.
Southern Kansas and Southern Mis-
souri, are laying their heads together
being contiguous, for the purpose q
getting up District Mechanical All,
Agricultural Fair. torl Scott all,
Humboldt are bidding for its location
The Topeka Commonwealth says til
i AtchisOn, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
road Company are attaching automati
brakes TO all their trains. This road j
Sdltl ny lHOeC " BO hliOW ~ NC tiit Dte
constructed of any west OF the MisSis
sippi, and for sterling enterprise III
company cannot be beat.
The Topeka Accord of Tuesday ha
the following good news:
"1'he Atchison, Topeka s. Santa f
Railroad COMPANY have purchased ian,
in Atchison. adjoining the dcpo
ground, for 5000. The road is nov
permaue located. and verything in
dicares that we will be in railroad con
ucctiuu with Atch SON in Il few months
L. j. Jenkins, Receiver L. s. Lan,
Office at COncOrdia, was ia town on sat
ur,lay OF hast week. From him we ub
Iainrd The follow ing figures ut til
amount Of land disposed ui through tina
office Tor the month oI March:
| iIpmeStead ...-...... ........... llG.0IS. {
! sold for cash ....... ...-..........4.:l 90 4
tin IL nome. -.-..-.-.- -----.- l.4bf.U
| scrip -...... T. ..-...-... ..J.;J ~. %
| Warrants .............-.....-. ........ Is 20
Also 1853 settlements filed under TN
presumption law.-JunctiOn city Ua
ion.
PERsoNAL.-Col. N. S. Goss is in In
city looking after the Interests of TIA
Aichisou, Topeka Il Santa Fe railroa'