The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-23

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the same man, and A. e. DoolittIe.
They are all respectable citizens
A % inch vein of coal has been
opened within 20 miles of Law
renee. It is on the farm of Mr..
O'Neil. northwest Z sec. 5, tip. Ii,
range IL, one-half mile south of the
Usage county line, and near the pro-
posed line of railroad from law
renee to Carbonate.
A tailor named Kelley had his
head crushed with an ak while
asleep in his shop at Abilene on
Monday night of last week. A belt
containing several hundred dollars,
which he had on his person, and
which was missing, is supposed to
have been the object of the murder.
On the 14th dwelling house in
Usage City, occupied by two fam
lilies, named Hopper and Carpenter,
took fire, and was destroyed, togeth-
er with Mr.. Carpenters household
goods. A hard wind had Jared
the pipe out of the chimney, and
that is how the fire started.
The election appointed in Neode-
sha township to vote on the propo-
sitions of voting $50, 900 in bonds in
aid of the Missouri & Kansas South
ern Railroad and $4,000 for ma
chine shops, came off on Saturday
last. 10th inst. The total number
of votes cast was 423. The follow
is the vote on the propositions:
The dwelling house of T. D. Wick
ersham, located on his farm on the
Smoky Hill river, six miles south
of Salina. was destroyed by fire
Monday night, the 18th. His loss is
between l,4OO and $500. He
hardly saved $50 worth of furni-
ture, the family having barely time
to escape from the building. In
sured for $3.50,
| Mr.. johnson, of Texas, and his
herders, passed through Junction
City last week returning home.
They took 1900 head of Texas cat
tie into Cloud county to winter, but
owing to the range beng all bnrned
off by the prairie fires in the fall
and the unparalleled severity of the
winter, every one of the cattle died
He sold there S1S7 worth of hides
and a dozen ponies, all that was
left of what few months since
was a small fortune.
Information wanted of John Viii.
liam Trotman, who left home Sat.
urday, January 9th, and has no.
since been heard of. Said boy is l.
J years old, has. blue eyes and ligh
brown hair, had on when he left {
pair of brown ducking overalls
brown flannel shirt, blue jockey
cap, and black o vercoat much worn
Any person seeing him or knowing
anything of his whereabouts will
confer favor by giving informa
J ton to Mrs. Emma Trotnan, Wa
l thena, Doniphan county, Kansas.
CoxTEsT.-Contesting claims is
= as business, growing small by de
[ grees and beautifully less-a fac
, that must be highly gratifying t,
the settlers, though not so much SO
probably, to the attorneys. Las
Friday and Saturday the docket
Q at the land Office presented no case
, whatever, q condition of things tina
had not occurred before since TIL
removal of the land office TO thi
) city. There is a growing DISPOSE
ton among those having contest
to compromise in some way, ant
thus save the costs and worrimcn
of a salt before the land officers
o There are two or three stubborn
cases moving their slow lengtl
aloug, but the business is becomin,
less and less every day.-Neodesh
Citizen.
: Montgomery county is about 3
a miles from east to west, by q from
! north to south. 1t was first setIlet
in 1869. In that year several cite
were founded and many claims t.
a land were made. The city of Yer
e digris is now a fine farm. Mount
9 tgomery city is also q fine farm
Coifax is cut up into two or tire
farms. Parker is fine town i n tn
3 southeastern part of the county
independence is city of over 250t
y inhabstants, situated near the cen
ter of the county, and is the count
seat. Liberty is small town oil
the east, as it is also is Cherryvale
both are good trading points. Rad
D ical City on the north does consid
, cradle trade; but the great trade i
done at Independence, at presen
+. the terminus of branch of the L
e l.. & u. r. r. Howard county an
2 many from COwley, come here t
I trade. Parker contains about 20
inhabitants, Coffeyville about SO(
Liberty about 300, Cherryyale abou
{ 400--all on the L. L. & G.. 2. r
t Radical City contains about 10(
Elk City about 400 and the count,
about Il, neutrality-suspicious. Repub
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