The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-08-18
VOLUME IA.
STATE NEWS.


0 Garnett.
Wichita has voted 5000 bonds for a
school house by a unanimous vote.
Marysville lie erecting machinery for
: the purpose of saving its magnetism
limestone. Ha
We notice a crop of rye reported in
the Seneca Courier, which averaged for
ty bushels per acre.
The stock yards at Salina are being
enlarged. The cattle trade at that
point promises well this season.
One firm a Lawrence handled this
season %, 900 quarts of strawberries, at
an average price of sixteen cents.
Mr.. A. e. Da Lee, of Lawrence, is re-
; ported TO have sold from One-half acre
raspberries to the amount of $50.
Douglas county is making strong eff
forts to get up Fair this Fail They
have an Agricultural Society organi-
Zed.
Farmers about Altoona, Viii III coun-
ty, planted large numbers of soft ma
Piles this spring, which are doing
well. a=
Centralia, Kansas, is said TO have
three cheese factories, with eonsidera-
bic quantities of excellent cheese on
hand.
Mr.. Cotton, living in Wabaunsee
county, while cutting hay last week,
killed in one day Al old and young rat
tlesnakes.
Jesse Scroggins was accidently shot
in one of his arms at Wichita on Sun
day last, which rendered ampntation
necessary.
Rumor says that the railroad Com
pany is about to commence suit to re-
cover the land which constitutes the
town site of New Chicago.
A boy of Leavenworth, aged sixteen,
named Max Schneider. plunged into
the Missouri river and, unaided, res
cued q man from drowning.
A sale of $4,000 pounds of pork was
made to the Government recently, by
the packing-houses at State Line, a
short distance below Wyandotte.
The question of issuing bonds for the
erection of a bridge across the Kansas
river, at st. Mary's, was carried by n
majority of 50 in favor of bridge and
bonds.
The NJ. h. & T. road is within twelve
miles of Fort Gibson. S>me delay has
occurred on account of waiting for the
bridges over the Verdigris and the Ar
kansas.
Kansas shipped $4,000 bushels of
wheat to the east last year. 1t is es-
innate that the shipments this year win
exceed these figures by over two hun
bred thousand bushels.
1t is announced that Ex-Governor
Carney has purchased q twenty-one
thousand dollar residence in st. Louis,
and designs making that city his future
home. This is probably untrue.
Gen. N. III. Curtis of this State, re-
Gently bought frow w. H. Cochrane OF
Canada, the celebrated short horn bull,
Mars. We are gradually getting some
of the best stock in the country in Kan
sas.
The Irishmen of Kansas City, Mo-,
have organized @ club called the "Club
of the Irish Confederation" One Of
the resolutions reads: 81 pledge my
honor to the United States of America
to aid those struggling in ireland for
the attainment of that liberty which we
| enjoy here"
The Kansas Farmer ia in favor of all
the brass bands that can be hal at the
State Fair. The Commonwealth oppos-
es the notion of bands on the grounds.
Prouty has no music III his sou If he
could play the trombone, he would
be different sort of q man, and might
become useful to society.
Four young Scotchmen, living in
Kansas City, Mo-, advertise in the Edin-
burg Scotsman that they "find it diff
cult to conform to the usages of AAmeri-
can society,"" and in order to revive the
good old associations Of former days."
long to correspond with "a limited
/ VI OOuHAO lbS6Co va SuASAAO oAAeS
refinement in their native land"
The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, of
August 8, contains q report of an inter-
view with ex-senator James r. Doolit-
tie, in which he expresses the belief that
the coming candidate Of the democracy
for President must be q moderate re-
publican, who can draw the support of
the anti.Grant men as well as demo-
Gratis, and the platform OF the candidate
opposed to Grant will be broad enough
to take in all opposed TO the present adj
ministration, whether Sumner republic
cans, reconstructed rebels, or original
democrats of the North.
Capt. Joseph Logan, commissioner
appointed by the Governor to distribute
seed wheat and corn, has made q final
settlement of his business. He furnish
es the figures to the AtchisOn Cham
pioR: The total appropriation by the
Legislature was $4,000. of which Capt.
Logan expended S5,03l.3l. The num-
Dor of persons relieved, ID the amount