The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02

LAAi4oI AIOhA On1Os 40 tho pEOPE1StoE'
On the 23d uIt. the creditors of
the Ottawa Journal seized the con-
Germ, and placed Warren Anderson
In charge of it. Another newsps-
per for sale.
E. N. Emmons retires from the
WatervilIe Telegraph, leaving F. G.
Adams to ego it alone"
The 5000 acres of rich Indian |
land in Marshall county are soon to |
be g0bbisd by somebody, helped by |
. Congressional bill.
Marshall county talks of dividing
itself, so that Marysviile can be the
center Of a new county.
G. N. Wellman has taken charge
of the Fredonia Journal, leaving
Mr.. PSeffer only the fun Of editing.
Fredonia, the seat of Wilson
county, consists Of about one thou
sand people, living In $50 houses
beautifully laid ont in squares
on rectangular streets so feet in
width. In the center is an open
square, around which Is done the
principal business Of the town.
Here are eight stone business hous-
es, five of which are two stories
high, and from forty te sixty feet in
depth, occupied by forty different
business men and firms. There are
four church organizations, two
schools, and q very large school
house will soon be built.
The Neodesha land Office is the
center of the Usage district. The
filings number about 80 each day.
and the entries from ten 20 four
teen-receipts per week from $10,-
600 to $4,000.
| Spring Hill, Miami county, claims
TOO people and q 141S ID. baby.
The Psola Republican says the
Spirit can't swallow it. Good. But
can the Republican swallow any
spiritS
Oswego has q brass band com
posed of eight ladies and two gen
tlemen.
Thayer has voted 500, 900 for tn,
Southeastern" railroad, and Neo
desha offers 100000.
Blue Rapids, Marshall county, Ia
! voted $4,000 for the Northwestern
. & Manhattan railroad, and expect
to see the cars by next January.
Parsons is to have 3 SIS, 600 schoo
! house.
, Carlos G. Aiken, one OF the lead
ing citizens Of Wilson county, die
January 21st, and was buried in hi
3 own door yard, the design being t
( RENTER the body ct Topeka. Hi
a father is Register of the August
: land Office.
b Some irreVerent scamp has stole
four bundles of shingles from tn
NJ. E. church building at FREEDOMS
: The Lord knows who he is.
Only twenty-five ways of spell
: ing Neodesha have yet been invent
!. ed.
! Mr.. StOwell, who lives on Paint
: hood, two or three miles from tha
q place, recently went to Indeper
dencc with mule team to haul
: load of goods to the former town
y He left the mules hitched to hi
J, wagon, in Independence, went t
bed, and when he awoke in tn
morning the mules were gone, an
:, the fellow who borrowed them ha
. not yet brought them back.
t Mr.. Coble, of Wilson county, hs
It caught q Id. otter, on the Verdi
l. girls. D..
d Two vacant lots, corner of Mai
It and Fourth streets, Neodesha, haV
g just been sold for 81 900 each.
= Ottawa is to have . three-stor
d grist mill, costing $4,000, and
II grain elevator attached. It wi
have q track from the railroad I
! such elevator; while surroundin
70 the entire ground occupied b. II
:. mill and elevator there is to be col
. structed high, sight board fenc,
= with complete shed cover attach
o ed and stalls and tronghs for feed
ing and watering horses, and sts
g bling for the same to accommodate
farmers who haul ia during the da
l. aud wish some secure place to leav
their horses, and if needs be to r,
main over night.
e Gray's coal mines, six miles froI
n Ottawa, are mined by shafts, an
J, employs some sixteen men. I'll
i coal can be bought at Is cents pe
!. bushel, ana is said 10 be of goo
,, quality.
lola says It must have q grain eli
e Vator.
: Neodesha has 1900 people, tw
church societies, and will this yea
erect two church edifices and q 81
600 school house. It has $50 house
II 3 hotels, stores of al kinds, 4 mill
and the land ONCE. 1t expects
r. get q railroad from the east, prO3s