The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-06-28
THE SOUTHWEST.

Two churches are to be built at
Oxford soon, one if not both of
brick.
in Sumner county they make
quick work of horse thieves when
they are caught.
The Oxford Times is to be re-
vived.
The new Presbyterian church
at Eldorado assumes proportions.
Marion Center has neither bar
Der, tailor or photographer.
Somebody stole 1900 shingles
from a new church building in
Belle Plain.
The farmers near Winfield,
says the Messenger, are entering
their land rapidly.
Alton, Sumner county, wants a
blacksmith.
On the 22d the editor of the
Belle PIaine Herald announced q
stalk of corn nearly ten feet long.
The Marion county Record of
last Saturday said the wheat was
ready to cut in that vicinity and
corn ives tasseling.
Bugs are destroying the melon
vines in the vicinity of Winfield.
Thousands of acres of prairie
are being broken in Cowley county.
Oxford will soon havo tri-
weekly hack line to Wichita.
The Congregationaiists and
Baptists will erect parsonages al
Winfield.
Mad dogs at Oxford.
Stages will commence running
between Winfield and Oxford or
the LIST of July.
Antelope are grazing in the
western part of Marion county.
The Florence tagging stone ii
being shipped in quantities to diff
ferent parts of the State.
j. G. Blondin has commenced
work on his four-story mill at Win
field.
| -Cowley County Agricultural
Society is going to offer So for thu
finest specimen of baby. So say
the Winfield Messenger.
| The Republican says August,
has the ablest lawyers in South
western Kansas.
| Winfield will soon be more thar
lively. Two grist mills are under
process of erection, and two flint
bridges across the Walnut. Other
improvements in town arc pro.
crossing fine. New houses of every
description are constantly being
erected and everything looks lovely
I-[Winfield Messenger.
-DEPosITING DoGs.-Thls tins
in June il the best adapted of thG
summer solstice to deposit dogs
The dog should be prepared with {
base ball club or q shot gun, anC
then planted under a grape vine
If you have no grape vine, plan
anywhere, only be sure to plant
| deep. Cats may be cultivated il
the same Manner Florence Pho
neeP.
-FoR THE PKNITKNTIARF.-S
if McKitrick departed for the pen.
itentiary last Monday with the fol
lowing named persons, who have
been convicted at Judge Campbell's
recent term of court. VIM. Thomp.
son, of burglary, at Eldorado; sen.
fenced to five years at hard labor
VIM. @. Wilson, convicted of horse
stealing-had two stolen horses in
his possession when captured; sen.
fenced to three years at hard labor
Frank Burkholder, assault with in
tent TO kill. He lives up Harrison
creek, nine miles from Eldorado
Sentenced to three years at hard Ia.
Dor. Charles st. Clair was arrested
on charge of horse-Gtealing, trial
put over till next term of court
and he returned to Emporia Jail fol
safe keeping.-[Aug Republi.
| can.
A. French creole from Texas
whose name we could not learn
was shot dead in saloon at Delano
this week, bv Texan, named An
derson. 1t is said that the French
man advanced with pistol, cock
ed, when Anderson, who held his
revolver at his side, raised and let q
bullet through his antagonist's
breast. The man shot was dead be.
fore he struck the door. He was
buried next morning on a sand
island. Both men were intoxicated
and were said to have been the best
of friends.-I Wichita Eagle.