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

100 serea under fence and about 70 under
4 eulstVeften; plenty Of water; about IS
sores Of timber; frame houses; shegs for
cattle, ETC.; has very nne peach orchard;
Improved farm Of 9O9 acres n iIss east
Of town; 100 seres under good cultivation:
1ne growing hedge nearly around the eul-
ttVated part; good log house and small
rome housei all choice bottom land;
shSoas - asIss e1 eomnon quality Of tim-
Improved farm Of 100 acres az mIles
east; % acres OF tenn Der; GO acres Guilt
vatedI 80 acres not broke; price a, 800.
Improved farm Of 80 acres on Coal
creek; fns stoae house Of Ave rooms: fruit
trees that will bear this year; also Is5<
acres 3H miles defiant for wood and pas
ture land; prlce $1,000, hall cash, balance
On good time.
north; log house; IS acres OF timber; ~
acres cultivated; nice location; price
$4,000. half cash, balance on time,
10 acre. Of One bottom land * miles
eouthFesi Of the cttyi log houAe; Az
iencedi price si,soc; viii make easy
80 acres Of Unimproyed land; has fine
coal vein that 10 will psy TO work; .. ".
Of q. e. 30, 10. 10; price . 1, 800, cash.
100 acres partly improved; 10 neres OF
timber; good water with fne spring; 40
acres OF Improved; fne land; price 2,Oo0,
halt cash.
20 acres Of improved land In the Neosho
valley miles northwest OF town. g. W, OF
A. ". II. 1911; frame house; fenced; fruft
trees, shTuhbeEY. etc,i j. mite froEa
school; price 81, 800,
+ 10 acres fneiy improved land IL miIes
east Of eify3 tine peach orchard; large
number az apple trees ell bearing; splen.
did place Tor suburban residence; price
$1,000. $4,000 cash, balance on three years
time.
1e0 acres 4,s miles northeast OF town;
All 1Ee land for farming purposes; price
81, 900; Is the best bargain 10 this county
In wild land.
l6o acres Is mile west Of city limits, in
full view OF town. very desirable for sub
urban lots; price sc per acre.
Improve ID fArm Of 80 acres, With u acrp
Of timber, ~ miles feuth Usst AZ the city,
u mile from school hAusei the 50 all Va.
der good fenrsl good tarp hnistsnsss
price TOR the " aeSess $4S dollars peg acre.
terqs good.
Those desiring Gny kind % real prop
efty, please read carefully, and then ap-
ply ct Andrews real Estate Agency.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
IeSS

The Puhiie VIII reoelIset that al eos.
| vsyaselns aad Notary sasiaees WnI D.
pEoEE41y eEes14ea - e ~ eges-
| iT6 Commercial street with stone build
lag; Se,Oco, u cash, salaass in and
Lots ils and ia Nsesho street, with two
hseses; both for 1880; good thing
House and lot 81 Sylvan street; X sto
| ~ ffeme, thres rooms; lot fenced; Fruit
tees growing; price &e06, good terms.
Houses and ists e sxehsaSe fog heEsss
er anY g0oA stees. - Andrews RsA1 Is
IL He1se ssh two les On East street; sto-
| ~ frame; lots fenced aad come shFubhery
growing; price $50.
House and lots en- Market street; n
cistern; cellar; lot fenced and has fruit
trees growing; price s7,5oe, One-hzlr cash.
lave : ss1 Lots very eheap-esh BE
Small improved farm Of 81 acres aud 10
acres Of timber ~ miles from farm; log
house; fruit trees growing; all iencedi
situated two and half miles southeast Of
the city; price go per aere. terms COED.
asy 80 &c., 3 Is s ss ely. so1ssris.ss ss.s
6 tAe 6ssz lets 81 syssy sfrsss .n soNs.
a.aally have sosas good bargains not
1Wpf9Se4 4A4AA - ~ aStCs 6eAE KY ~
trouth, all second bottom; house, stable,
Ordinary, well. fruit trees, grape wines.
&C.; price g, 200. q eashs balance N .
months.
wild lssd, . q II, 10, Il; hne rolling
prairie: adJelns farms; timber dielntng;
price $50, cash.
FIas wild Iaftds, n u %, s e II, - "a, a
" 2, 81, 12. . half q { 10, IS, -, " half v
8, IS, II; price Sl2 per acre, cash. ball
anee IN sne 3 years.
Choice wild fsud, a W II, -, II, SPLEEN
did second bottom, near Coal creek; an
excellent piece Of land for farm; pFIcS
go per acre.
Marion county. LOO scres Of choice
land At %; near Cottonwood river
Improved faE1 q leo acres Q. miles
southwest Of town; large stone honse;
good orchard; 20 acres Of timber; all bot
TON land; price S8,0oo. 80 = Ga
Improved farm Of III acres IL miles
west % towns E.ee new frame houees %
seEts well improysdi aae orehafai price
eco per acre; win sell u acres Of timber 2
niles distant e so per acre - de9lFed.
lnpFeysd farm q 10 sores miles east;
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

On Tuesday, by vote of n to s,
the House at Topeka, passeIlithe bill
introduced by Mr.. Eskridge, to ap-
propriate $4,000 for the construc-
ton of suitable buildings for the
Normal School at Emporia, provi-
ded that this city gives $4,000 in
bonds for the same purpose. The de-
bate was long and animated. Col.
Stricklers of Junction City, was
the most active opponent of the
measure. He offered an amend
ment providing that the School be
removed to Junction City, II within
one year that place gave $780, 0C
towards it, and that in case of such
remoyal, the buildings and grounds
here be donated to Emporia. Bu
this double strategy did not pre-
vail. The bill was passed upon it,
merits--neaFly all the member
having visited the School, and b!
personal examination satified them
selves that the appropriation wa
fully warranted and should be
granted. We need hardly say tina
no doubt is entertained Of, the Sen
ate concurring with the House, AM
that our citizens, although the,
have already. done q good deal 70
the Normal School will cheerfoll
comply with the reputation for ,Sl(
600. We expect to see the wor
commenced in due season. $50,
600 will suffice to erect a noble strnC
ture, that while it ornaments on
city, will be an honor andan impoI
tant adjunct to the glorious cause G
popular education throughout OH
State.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
THE WESTERN STONE GIANT.
: A Carisaity on the Republican River.

We make the following extract
from Q letter to the Philadelphia
Press, written by q correspondent
crossing the plains with q military
expedition. It is the story of q pi-
oneer employed as 3 guide.
One day some young fellows said
that they were going over to see the
stone man. I had often heard tEem
talk about the stone man, but never
believed there was any thing in ii.
So one Of the young fellows said to
me: "Now, Nelson, you jest shut
up about the man, or come along
and sec him." Next morning, !
borrowd q pony, and eight of us
rode seross the country to the North
Fork Of the Republican. 1t was
about four o'clock when we come
to little stream that empties into
| the North Fork, and the Indians
told me the stone man was up the
stream. We went on about half o
mile, when the Indians dism ounted,
tied their ponies, and pointed TO the
right. About q hundred yards
from the stream there he was, sure
enough. The Indians, who had
been very noisey, all along, would
only speak in whispers, and would
not go within ten feet of him. He
lay on his back, with his right hand
resting on his breast, and his lefl
arm gone. I stepped him and he
was twenty feet long. His chesl
was seven feet broad at the shout
ders, and his teeth were eigth inches
long. One side of his under jaw
had been broken of with q sledgt
hammer, and two of the teeth were
gone. It was broken by a trader
who took it into North Platte
where it now is. He has been tel
lin some of them fellows about tn
stone man, and they would not be
lieve him, 80 when he came out agail
he sledged of the jaw and took i
in to show them. He had sledgei
of the right arm near the shoulder
but two men could not carry it, ant
: it was still lying near the body
There was q cavity in the stomach
and also in the eyes, but the nose
ears and cheeks were perfect. TIL
nails ON the toes had grown on
J half an inch beyond the flesh, ant
one leg was slightly drawn up
The veins were visible under tn
skin, and the flesh had dried on tn
ribs so you could count them.
had never seen any thing like it, an
III hadn't seen it l couldn't hav
believed Il was thar"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02

The bill before the House to re-
move political disabilities has again
been defeated. This has been its
fate for some three years. To pass
it requires two-thirds of the MEM
bers to vote in the affirmative.
There were "a votes for the bill and
3S against it.
A concurrent resolution was in
PRODUCED by Mr.. Stotler asking
Congress to amend the national
constitution so as to have United
States Senators elected by the peo-
pie. There seems to be no good
reason why this should not be done.
There is more corruption in the cleo
ton of Senators than in all other on
ces and in the use ofpatronage which
they are to perpetuate themselves
They could not buy their way be-
fore the people, and they should be
directly responsible to the people
They now rely, largely, upon the
use of money and officers, and thes
are apt to snap their fingers at thu
people. We hope this proposition
may pass ID 81 7r.ya- r-sb i1
The billoappropriating $4,000 t
the State University passed tn
House bya large majority. 1t viii
also pass the Senate.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02

There IL manffestly something
wrong in the plan adopted for the
disposal or the Usage lands OF this
District. Il Is said that there are at
this time not less than two hundred
contests going on in this land Office
for claims on these lands. The con-
Trajectory and confusing rulings Of
the Department are largely the
cause of these contests, and that
confusion seems to be increasing
from day to day. A large amount
of money Is being spent by the par
ties contesting. 1t may be fun for
the lawyers but it is hard on the
settlers. Their claims Outlines cost,
even when successful, all the lands
are worth, while the unsuccessful
ones are well nigh ruined.-Ross's
Paper. - "'o LIZ.
1t would seem to the ordinary
mind that the selling Of govern.
ment land, or any land, at S1.25 PEI
acre to actual settlers thereon is in
itselfLa simple affair, and that il
oughtto be done without trouble OF
auy serious mistakes. Railroads
dispose OF their lands without any
such unsatisfactory results as are
continually happening at the gov
ernment Hand Offices @ a good dea
less OF Congressional wisdom anG
ofhSial sag Afsy, md q slight leaver
of honesty I'd common sense would
be q deci6 - improvement.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
naaa aaunsu.

o. p. Noble, p. c., notifies Iht
public that one James Cooper, q
shoemaker ct Marion Center, Is moi
a Methodist minister.
Sam Wood has started q town
called "Rig Bend" Its 3 big thing
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
for Falls mission VIII b d in
Cottonwood Falls Feb. 10 and II, p.
T. Rhodes win preside.
Several parties have inquired OF
as 1what has been done with the
eourt.house bonds |" From the
records Of the county commissioners
we ind that on August IS 1871, 81.
Z. Hunt was authorized by the board
to have $4,000 in county bonds, in
denofuinations of $500, printed
and placed In the market for sale
on the terms and condition proyi-
ded for In the special election held
August Is. October IL, II. L. Hunt
reported % the board that he hSd
negotiated the bonds at IS cents on
the dollar, to date from October /,
1871 that $4,000 Of them psyable
in ten years had been disposed of.
but on account of an informality
(the printer made them all payable
in ten years, 9the remaining $25, 900
are TO Be delivered as soon Is cor.
rect copies can be procured. On
thSeth Of December, lS71, the chair
man Of the beard Of commissioners.
the county treasurer, and county
CLERK certified TO the signing Of
eighty bOHds iR determinations Of
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
Graanvona cnnntx.

Verdigris Falls will remain a post
Office.
Two Greenwood county letters on
our first page.
The excavation for the Eureks
court house is nearly completed.
Stone fer the foundation is on ths
ground, and the masons will begin
work az soon as the weather per-
mits.
The Eureka Coal Company has ita
charter, and will bore for coal in the
spring.
A bill is before the legislature to
make all section lines public high
ways.
Teachers examinations viii be
held at Eureka, March l, April 5,
May 8, June Z, and December 6.
An institute VIII be held In August.
The certificateswill be, first grade
for one year, second grade for eight
months, third grade for four months.
All teachers and candidates expect
te attend.
The Eureka Herald has not seen 9
dollar bill for so long that 1t thinks
one would look like q yard Of wall
paper.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
Butler County.


DIR. Tandy, of Rmporia, called or
US Wednesday, on his way down
the valley. He was accompanied
by Mr.. Stsnsbury, of Bloomington,
Ill, who visits brother near Doug.
lass, in this county.-Augusta Re.
publican.
just Rs We were going to pres;
to-day (Thursdayl an antelope, fol-
lowed at distance by two or three
horsemen, passed through State
street and up the White water val.
ley. There was quite rush to see
the chase, though all seemed to think
the antelope had the best of it,
Augusta Republican.
On the aIst o couple Of Texans
stole two horses from T. Fl. Baker
Of Augusta, and next night took q
couple of saddles from Mr.. Rhoades,
near Eldorado. They called them
selves Hart, but that is supposed to
be false name. One is said to be
named Harden or Hardee, from
Wise county, Texas. He has been
one of the hard cases at Netwon.
Butler is the largest county in the
State.
The Times says there are exactly
~ young men in Eldorado who
should get married ct once. What's
the matter?
W. II. Ellet, of Hook creek, haa
reoelyea forty China hogs.
Representative Mooney writes to
the EldorsdO Times that he is oP.
posed to any division Of the eoHn-
ty. He says that Mr.. Hutchinson,
of Reno, wants new county mads
up from Sedgwick, Mcpherson, Ma
rion and Butler, with Newton Is
the aaat.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
SedguiciL County.

Since our last paper was issued
it has been definitely aseePtaiued
that nearly thirty thousand acres of
land have been frsudalently eutred
and disposed of in the manner sug.
gested by as heretofore. It seems
that Q title to the land in the vicinl-
ty ofWichita 10 almost an utter Inn
possibility: parties living on quar-
ter sections near that town, and
hRVing made eKtensiys Improve
ments in some instances have been
astouished in visiting the land Office
hare To End their land already spro-
Ved up" on. In q great many other
cases have been HpRoved up"
on where there have been no i'm
provements At all as required by
law.-Angusta Republican.
It is rumored that Dutch Bill, and
Q man named Steel, of Wichita were
srFestsd in Washington D. c., and
and are now in Jail, on the ehsFge
Of being concerned in the land
frauds. $50 warrants have been is
sued for the arrest of parties impli-
Gated in that af1air.-Cottonwood
Falls Leader.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
THE SOUTHWEST.
Marion County.

Marion County.
Marion Centre wants daily mail
to Florence, and ought to have it.
There is scarcely quarter section
in any direction from Marion Cen
ter for several miles, but has a house
on it, with more or less improve
ment in the way of cultivation.
The Florence Pioneer, speaking
Of herd laws and fencing says:
It would cost $4,000, 900 to fence
every quarter section in Marion
county, which is about three times
the value of taxable property in the
county last March. A fence will
last about ten years, which makes
the cost to the county about $3.50,
600 per year in additi ton to the tax
assessed. Assuming the taxes to be
$4,000 per year, we would have a
taxation of 100000 per year, or
about sixty dollars for every man,
woman and child now in the coun-
ty. Herding costs about one dollar
per head per annum and as dealers
usually make from seventy-five to
one hundred per cent on their stock,
they can much better afford to pay
for the herding of them, than the
farmers can afford to fence their
farms; therefore we say repeal the
fence law, and give us good herd
law within the provisions of the
constitution.
Newton was enlivened last Mon.
day night by Joseph Grisel, who
shot Joseph Minkey with q shot
gun, with about forty buck shot
Cause, jealousy. Preliminary ex.
animation was held, and Grisel was
bound over in the sum of one thou.
sand dollars. Newton is reported
dull, only one man having been shot
in two weeks.-Florence Pioneer.
Florence has l53 buildings, four
hotels, stores of all kinds, two lum.
Der and three coal yards, one bank
several saloons, three blacksmith
shops, 600 people, a good paper, and
work will soon be commenced on q
S20,00 grist mill.
Marion Center is going to get in.
corporated, and everything else il
can
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
THE INDIAN TERRITORY.

A noted scoundrel from Texas
named Texas Joe, or Bnckskin, re.
Gently died natural death by hang.
ing in the Indian nation, after be.
ing thrice shot through the body
lie made full confession, and ad.
mitted having murdered, during
the past year, eleven men, obtain,
ing therefrom q total booty of on.
ly ninety dollars. Rather a poor
years work, but q good ending.
A Correspondent writing from
"Creek Nation says:
The NJ. X. & L. II. r. now
running their trains south of the Ar
kansas river, and we already have q
large city built up at Muscogee
some four miles this side OF the riv-
CT.
1t has been q very unusual thing
to get of with the killing of one
man day, and sometimes it has
even gone up TO three or four. We
shall probably make an example OF
one or two of the worst characters
in short time, and that will end
the rows. 1t has always been so at
the end Of q railway. ~
The road win push ahead now
with the greatest rapidity, and /
think you may look for Ii TO reach
Red river in the course of next sum-
mer The American Bridge Com
Pany are doing their work we'll, and
the bridge across the Arkansas is
really an ornament, as we'll as q
most substantial structure. The
road Is now finished to Fishertown.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02
Oowley County.

Arkansas City held 9 'tnecktie"
festival last Tuesday evening to
benefit the II. E. Sunday School.
Each lady provided one neek-tie
like the dress she was arrsyed in.
No black dresses were allowed.
Each gentleman paid 80 cents, which
included his supper.
The Traveller is to be enlarged to
q seven column paper.
When the A. T. s. S. F. road
reaches Wichita, that place will be
the nearest railroad station, by 40
miles, that Arkansas City knows of.
The Traveller has adopted the
"strictly in advance" subscription
system. All its non-paying read
ers will feel bad.
Tisdale has voted $4,000 for q
new school house.
The County polled as many votes
last fall as were cast by % certain
other counties in the State.
Thirty teams are travelling con
stantly between Newton and Win
field, to keep the latter place sup
piled with lumber.
Foos' cheese factory, few miles
from Winfield, milks 100 cows.
Winfield has 26 business houses
including restaurants that do q small
grocery business, three blacksmith
shops, three shoemakers, four sa
looms. two lumber yards, two mes
markets, three hotels, one photo
grapher, nine lawyers, two justices
of the peace, six notary publics, TIVE
churches. one school house, besides
its numerous dwelling houses. IT.
population is increasing daily.
IHsASITY.-Mary A. Vaight, wifi
of Hubert Vsight, was brought be
fore the Probate Judge last Wednes
day on the charge of being insane
A jury was impanneled and upon
hearing the evidence returned yer
dict of insanity. We are INFORMED
that the evidence went to show tina
she received most inhumane treat
ment from her husband. It is sai6
! that she would leave the house ant
stand in creeks, when her husband
would come with his wagon ant
tumble her in most any way. He
insanity was supposed to have beef
brought on by sickness and mis-
fortunes of the family. She will b.
taken to the insane asylum at Ossa
watomie.-Winfeld Messenger.
The Arkansas City Cemetery is
fact. The Traveller says:
A stock company has been organ
lied and it's charter forwarded Il
Topeka to complete the incorpora
ton; twenty-eight acres of choie'
land for the purpose, about one ant
q half miles from the city, hav
been selected and purchased for tn
cemetery; q sufficient mum Der o
shares to pay for the land have al
ready been sold; committe
consisting of Max Fawcett, Mrs. q
B. Norton, Mrs. L. B. Kellogg, ant
Prof Wilson are now at work plan
ming the grounds preparatory to
survey of the same, which will 500
be made.
Col. J. e. McMulIen is Presiden
of the Association L. B. Kellogg
Secretary; A, D. Keith, TREASURED
The board of directors for the frs
year is composed of the following
named gentlemen: E. p. Kline
S. p. Channell, G. r. Sipes, A. D
Keith and Rev. 3. q. SWarts,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02

rs
The Grand Duke Alexis win
doubtless remember his trip through
Kansas as one of the pleasant Incl
dents Of his grand tour. His re-
eeption at Topeka on the 22d nit,
by our legislature and State off,
Gals, was most hearty, and yet in
keeping with our, Republican sim
plicity, which should not be dis
carded even when honor is accord
ed to royal personages. Our cor
respondents account OF the occasion
was very full and of great interest,
but VIC were unable to get 1t mp af-
ter its arrival IN time for last weeks
paper, and Il would now be rather
late for publication. Suffice it to
say that the whole affair was happf-
ly conceived and managed, that the
Grand Duke and party appeared to
be delighted with their reception,
and that theI excursion party from
Emporia were well taken care OF by
our Senator and Representative, and
that in all .respscts the event WAS
very pleasant and will long be re-
membered. a.a
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-02

The. Holly Water Works eonpa-
ny propose to give Kansas City a
complete outfit, warranted TO be ca
psble of supplying 5000 900 gallons
of settled" Missouri river water
per day, for $4,000. The city, OF
oourse, to be at the expense Of run
ming the works. 1t is probably as
cheap a water supply as Kansas
CITY can get. -si'--i l@'