The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-03-22
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


growing faster than any other town
in the State.
Rev. j. j. Walters who held a pro-
trccted meeting at ST Maysville took
a gentleman l04 years old, and he
was soundly converted.
Fifteen persons. converts at the
late revival by the United Brethren
church in Ottawa, were baptized
last Sunday in the Marais des Cygne
river.
The Topeka Record learns of the
organization of a stock company to
build a hotel to cost 100000. Oh
the old Topeka House site. TOpe-
ka needs q good, large hotel build
ing badly.
Those who are well posted in
fruit matters in Kansas say the
peach, apple and other buds are as
yet uninjured, and that the present
fruit prospects are very catering.
Rev. Mrs. Sheperdson lately
preached an able discourse in the N.
E. church at Oskaloosa. ..
AN OTHER DEATH BY WHsKEY.-
A farmer named Hilty, a German,
who lives on the Verdigris, in Will
son county, went to Neodesha last
Saturday to trade, and while there
bscame intoxicated. In driving out
of town Hilty's team ran away and
became unmanageable, and by some
means his head was caught between
the spokes of the front wheel of the
wagon and so crushed as to cause
almost instant death.
The Legislature, at its late session
so alterated the law relating to real
estate, that parties can voluntarily
waive the right of sppraisment.
This will allow parties to make
their own bargains in the matter
The law is amended SO that nc
execution issues on judgment for
the sale of land until ak months
after judgment is rendered. This
gives six months in which to re-
deem, without occurring the cost OF
sale.
DIR. Warner, of the Glrard Press
was at Columbus last week, and a.
he was about to get into the cars he
was assaulted with stale eggs. Thil
is q very poor business for anybody
to engage in. DR.. Warner may be
obnoxious to the land leaguers, but
they will make nothing for their
couse by treating him in this style
Violence injnrys any cause.
There were nineteen additions ia
the members of the Presbyterian
church of Irving last Sabbath-six-
teen on profession and three by let
ter.
Elder Balloon, of Junction City,
reprots that fifty persons have join
ed the Baptist chnreh, and $500
has been subscribed to repair the
rooIless Baptist church.
A number OF farmers in Ruthland
township, Montgomery county,
have agreed together to surround
their farms, three thousand five
hundred acrer in all, with an out
side fence. This arrangement to
run five years, in which each party
enclosed is to grow hedge fence on
own lines.
A boy named John E. Smaley,
aged five years, had q congestive
chill in school, at Harveynille, Wa
bunsee county, the other day and
died before he could be taken
home.
1t seems to be q we'll established
fact in Kansas, that all fall wheat,
put into tho ground early last fall
with a drill, is coming out all right
this spring, while that sOwn late
and narrowed in is pretty much a
failure. Which farmers will do
well to profit by.
The Fort scott Monitor says of
Mr.. Buckner, late Methodist clergy
man of that town: I'm Fort Scott
he has reunited the church, built a
parsonage and gained the hearty re-
spect of ali good men," Mr.. Buck
ner is at Eureka this year.
Conceive are sorry to announce
that Rev. s. e. Pendleton has been
assigned to tne Burlington charge.
Mr.. Pendleton while at this point
many warm friends, and endeared
himself to all with whom he came
in contact, both as q citizen and
minister. We believe we express
the feelings of every resident of
Cottonwood Falls aud surrounding
country, when we wish him god
speed and hope that his path way
may be pleasant and his work meet
with the success it aegerves. Our
Burlington friends are to be con-
graduated.
We should like to ask those young
editors down in the Walnut vally,
who have been writing pretty little
pieces about spring, how they like
the weather for the past few days.
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