The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-17
KANSAS ITEMS.

Eighty-six newspapers are published
in Kansas.
The Leayenworth papers are talking
of street cars.
Donald postoffice, Washington co.
has been discontinued.
George Young was the first colored
man who served as juror in Davis CO
Our exchanges all over the State say
that winter wheat never looked better
than at present.
A bridge is to be built across the Re-
publican river at Clay Centre the COM
ing summer. 1t is expected to cost
about $4,000.
Many farmers in the State are import
ing fine breeds of hogs, which, in time,
will make Kansas noted for her fine
pork as well as fine fruit.
A new omnibus line has been started
in Troy by Messrs.. Parker and Brown,
who propose running from Troy to the
junction in close connection with all the
trains.
The L. L. 81 G. Co. have orders for
fifty-two cars of sand for different
points along the road The sand will
be shipped from Lawrence.-OttGtoa
journal.
The county commissioners of Wilson
county have ordered vote to be taken
ton of having the hedge law apply to
that county.
Reddick, the murderer of Lykins, in
Leavenworth county, last fall, has been
granted new trial by the supreme
Court, on account of informally in the
wording of the verdict.
In Atchison, on Sunday last, little
daughter of Mr.. Heklnkaemper, aged
three and half years, was choked to
death with piece of meat at the break
fast table. So says the Champion.
The Independent, Montgomery coun-
ty, paper says: In sinking the well in
front of Bishops store, vein of coal
was passed through from three to four
feet thick. 1t is evident that the entire
country is underlaid with bed of coal
of fine quality.
The Parker Record does not fancy
the way in which the Legislature mends
its ways:
''The Kansas Legislature have made
all section lines in Montgomery county
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This will suit nobody. Our people
want highways on strai ght lines, but on
the best ground then"
During the week, parties have been
in town prospecting for q point to es-
tablish an iron fouudery and machine
shops on an extensive scale, from Ohio.
They will locate here provided they
can get grounds donated and small
pecuniary inducement with it.-Bur-
lington Patriot.
Says the Fort Scott MONITOR:
.'Kansas has been pronounced by the
National Congress of Fruit Growers
to be the best fruit-raising State in the
Union. And the same may be said in
regard to raising stock, grain vegeta-
bles and hundreds of products which
the bleak and sterile lands of the North
will not raise at ALL"
The Independence (Montgomery
county, Republican congratulates the
people of that section on their coal and
other things:
another vein of splendid coal about
three feet thick, has been discovered,
about three miles south of Indepen-
dence. 1t is pronounced to be one of
the best stratas in this county, and
promises to be extensive. This, with
our splendid water facilities, timber
and good country, insures this as man
ufacturing point"
The Junction City Union wants the
calculator to "do a sum-
''Emigrants are already beginning to
pour into our State in droves. The ho-
tells are all full. No less than five par
ties, or colonies, have come into our
town during the past week. Let the
calculator answer the follow
ing question: If five colonies per week
come into town in the early part of
March, how many are we to expect per
diem, for the month of April, when
the western fever is at its highest?,
The Salina Herald has the following
notice concerning the extension of time
for settlers to pay for their lands:
''The joint resolution for the extern
sion of time (Which we published in our
issue of the 2Sth of January last), pass
ed the Senate by the joint efforts
of Senator Pomeroy and Colonel w. A.
Phillips, some six weeks ago, since when
Col. Philips has been laboring earnest
ly and constantly among the members
of Congress to secure its passage
through the lower house. We do not
know who among the members assis-
ted him, or we would make honorable
and grateful mention of them. But we
do know, that to Col. VIM. A. Phillips,
more than to any other man, either in
or out of Congress, we are indebted for
the success of this timely measure"
The Baxter Springs Sentinel of the
Sd. says, last evening, about s O'Clock,
just as the firm of Pursell & Beatty, on
Military street, had closed their bust
ness for the day, and were preparing to
retire from the store, A. +. Lea, well
known desperate character, entered the
room in threatening manner. His en-
trance was, at first, unobserved. 1t was
not long, however, before he COM
menced his wanton and insulting at
tacks. We do not believe that the plea
even of intoXication can be averred in
eXtenuation of his conduct Gf, indeed,
it ever is an eXtenuating circumstance
as he is supposed to have been perfect
ly sober. Upon entering, he first direct
ed his unwelcome and unprovoked at
tacks at Mr.. w. w. Waite. This gen.
tleman paying but little attention to
him, he Turned with all the viciousness
and cruelty of his nature fully aroused,
upon Major Beatty. This gentleman,
with the suavity and good nature char
acteristic of him, at first humored his
rude advances. This, however, only
encouraged the fiend to take still fur
Their liberties, until, proceeding from
bad to worse, he made a diabOlical and
bloody assault upon Maj. Beatty. The
fury and foul purpose OF the assailant at
first somewhat startled him. The strug-
gle, however, was of only a few mo-
ments duration. Maj. b. incensed be-
yond duration at this cruel and cause
less attack, and bleeding profusely
from his wounds, defended himself
with desperate earnestness, and, in do
ing so, dealt his antagonist a mortal
blow by cracking his skull with ten
pound weight.