The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-24
THE SOUTHWEST.

Regular trains are now running
to Wichita.
Wichita proposes to observe
Decoration Day, under the direction
of the G. A. r. post at that place.
Mr.. Darlington, agent of the
Cheyennes and Arrapahoes, died at
the agency week before last. OF
brain fever.
The Wichita Eagle locates an ac-
cident as follows: A newsbOy fell
between the platforms of two cars
of the mixed train, while under
motion, between here and Topeka,
one day this week, and came out
without a scratch.
Since the advent of the cars here
the stage has ceased to run between
Wichita and Newton, and the stage
force Withdrawn has been put on
the other routes to form a daily line
between here and the towns south
and west of u.s. Wichita Eagle.
A meeting of citizens was held at
the court room, Tuesday evening
last, to take into consideration the
damaging and untruthful reports
put in circulation by the Topeka
Commonwealth and other papers
regarding the titles to our lands.
The claims, some twelve or fifteen,
that were proved up last winter by
n n hn 10
ton for this rumor. The parties
are now in the Topeka Jail, and if
the grand jury do their part well
and truly the law will not have
been swerved.-[Wichita Eagle.
"A sad accident befell the only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Case
on Saturday last. Mrs. Case was
shopping, and went into a store for
the purpose of making q purchase,
leaving the little baby in its car
riage on the sidewalk, when the
wind started it and ran it off close
to the heels of team hitched to a
post in front of the store. The
horses became frightened, and in
plungiug and kicking struck the
baby carriage and its little occupant
several times before it could be res
cued. The child is reported to be
SO seriously hurt as to be beyond
recovery.-[Wichita Eagle.
-Murdock, of the Eagle, is advo-
eating the organization of a military
company at Wichita. He, no doubt,
will want to be n disorderly SER
geant.
The Eagle is crying for a steam
fire engine for Wichita, and growl-
ing at the same time about the
streets being submerged with water.
The Arkansas river is full to over
flowing from the great rains of the
past two weeks.
The last span of the long bridge
across the Arkansas at this point
will be put down next week. Then
we must have a bridge celebration.
We can celebrate-so numerous and
important are the improvements
made of late-from now until the
4th of July on new subject each
day Wichita Eagle.
On Tuesday morning of last
week, as we learn from the Longton,
(Howard Co., Ledger, the eastward
bound coach of the S. W. Stage
Company, from Longton to indie
driver and horses, in at
to cross a swollen stream,
were carried down the creek, and
the horses were drowned. No pas
sengers aboard. Driver escaped.
Mail and express goods on the stage
were recovered, but all well satura-
ted.
Streams in all parts of the
Southwest were reported to be
higher during the early part of this
week than they ever were known
to be before.
The late rains have extended
throughout the southwestern por-
ion of the State, including the en-
ire length and breadth of the Ar
Kansas valley.
The Arkansas river is almost
past fording, but the bridges at Ar
Kansas City and Oxford, and the
lew structure nearly completed at
added TO which 10 the ferry |
icing constructed at Hatchinscn,