The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-12-15
KANSAS ITEMS.

AANSAS 1IEMSs
Another vein of coal six and a half
feet deep has been found near Ft. Scott,
only sixteen feet below the surface Of
che ground. ~
According to Professor Snow, of the
State University, this is the first year
the Kaw river has been closed in No
vember since the settlement of the
State, and there were only ten days last
winter colder than the 29th.,
Chas. B. wilkinson, editor OF the st.
Joseph Herald, has forwarded to the
Kansas magazine the first OF u series of
exceedingly interesting historical ar
ticles on ''St. Joseph During the Wa"
The stations along the line of the
Pleasant Hill road have been named,
and the distances from Pleasant Bill
and names of stations are as follows ::
Raymoore, liz miles; Rankin, 173< (;
Big Blue. 2lA Stanley, 2S1z Olathe,
34k; DeSoto, 461S Eudora, A; Law
renee, 81,
. DIR. Geo. w. McMillen, the newly
elected county clerk of Neoshs county,
was the physician called into Mr.. Lin
coins box at the time he was shot. So
says the Mission Journal. 3-s-.
Fort Scott has had an old settlers
bali and supper.
I The Topeka Commonwealth says that
. complete new outfit of type and other
material for the Kansas Magazine ar
rived yesterday, by tho Union Star
freight line, from Philadelphia. The
type was manufactured to order by the
celebrated j ohnson type foundry, and
is exactly the same as that used on the
Overland Monthly. The "copy" for the
first number of the magazine is nearly
all in hand, and the compositors began
work upon it some days ago.
The Topeka Record says: We are
informed by State Superintendent Me.
Carly that he has held ten Teachers In.
stitutes, in as many Judicial Districts
On the question of compulsory educa'
ton, q vote has been taken in each dis.
trict, with the following result: In the
LIST district, 103 for and 8 against; in
the Sd, S6 to Z; in the 4th, SO to 5; in
the 5th, two-third vote; in the 9th
unanimous in the 9Th, So to 8; in the
9th, one only against in the 10th, 65 tC
2; in the 11th, % to II; in the 18th, Is
to o. In a county convention in Nema
ha county vote was taken and it stood
"a to 5. This shows that the teacher
are nearly unanimously. for compulsory
education. The Superintendent vii
recommend i in his report to the Leg
islature. 90 &C.. -. !, -
a boy in Lawrence has a pet quail
which eats food from his hand.
CANADIAN IsIMIGRATIoN.--A larg,
party of Canadians, who immigrated t.
Louisiana last December, are dissatis
fed with that country and are about tt
immigrate to Kansas. They will pur
chase some of the desirable tracts be
longing to the Kansas Pacific railWa,
company, on the line of that road
After being located the colony will b
greatly increased by other immigrant
/ from Canada East.-LdsDrence Tribune
BOUNDARY LINE.-Governor Brown
in his message, makes the following re
commentator in regard to the Mis-
souri, and Kansas boundary line:
would submit the propriety of author
izing a commission to be formed in con
junction with the State of Kansas t
mark out and form our western line
from the mouth of the Kansas river t
the intersection of the Southern boun
dairy. Much doubt exists as to whethe
this has ever been accurately determin
ed, and it is due to citizens of that sec
ton that no doubt should exist.
The Lawrence Iribnne and Atchiso
Champion have able articles in opposi
ton to the mania for voting county
township or city bonds for railroad
and other enterprises. They seem t
think bond voting must be stopped, o
the country will be ruined. The Tn
bune thinks the amount of these bond
in the State will foot up about thirt
millions. We do not believe it is hal
that, but have no doubt but that it is q
large as it ought to be. Still, there ar
counties yet left without railroads tha
will vote bonds to get them, and it wi
pay them to do SO, to limited amount
if they cannot get them without.