The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-07-19
THE SOUTHWEST.

The varieties" at Wichita Ia
busted.
$4,000 cattle have been sold thi
season at Wichita.
The coal beds in Chase county
arc to be developed.
Several new buildings went NJ
at Oxford last week.
The farmers of Chase county
are rejoicing over big crops.
! Plum gatherings have taken the
place of pic mics on the Arkansas.
| Heavy trains of goods are being
sent from Wichita to the Indian
country.
The house of Rev. Mr.. Messy,
ut Wichita, was robbed while the
reverend gentleman was on the ex-
cursion to Wichita.
Gilbert II. Venable, of Mem
phis, Tenn, has just purchased a
large amount of land in Chase
county. He thinks that is one of
the best counties in the State.
The first load of clover hay We
have seen in this county, passed
our office last week. 1t was har-
vested by G. o. Lee, ON his fine
farm three miles northeast OF here,
on Chisholm creek Wichita
Eagle.
Mr.. Emslie is getting out lot
of very large stone at the quarry
near the depot, for the capitol
building at Topeka. Each stone
contains about so cubic feet and
weighs over $4,000 pounds.-Cot-
tonwood Falls Leader.
A Texas man was accidentally
shot through the arm, on Main
street, last Tuesday afternoon.
He and companion were examin-
ing a revolver, and in scuffiing for
its return, in sport, the weapon
was accidentally discharged. It
is providential that it did not re-
suit in more serious affection
Wichita Eagle.
The Wichita Eagle learns that
one thousand Usage Indians were
recently camped near Oxford; that
it is suspected that they have been
stealing and charging the thefts
on the Kiowas, and it talks a little
spunkily to Enoch Hoag, and
wants him to look after these red
skins or else the people will take
them in hand.
On Saturday last, while COM
pany of three or four hundred
Kaw Indians were encampcd in
the vicinity of Newton, on their
return from buffalo hunt, some
of their number became intoXicat-
ed, and as usual they commenced
hostilities among themselves in
regular Indian fashion. Ono of
them was killed and scalped, and
another was so badly wounded
that he has since died.-Wichita
Eagle.
Two adventurous youths passed
Oxford last week, calmly floating
in their little red canoe, down the
raging Arkansas, bound for New
Orleans and the gulf. They ex-
changed signals with the pilot of
the City of Oxford, who ascertain
ed that they had fitted out at
Wichita; that they had named
their craft Horace Greeley and
that they had no definite object in
view except to float away into
obscurity and be at rest.'-Oxford
Press.
The Rev. j. p. Harsen, pastor of
the Presbyterian church of this
place, preached in Newton last
Sabbath, at which time the pre-
liminary steps in the organization
of church were taken. A young
man footed it all the way down on
the 4th of July from Newton to
Wichita, distance of twenty-sev-
en- miles, to secure the service and
attendance of Mr.. Harsen. Such
zeal is truly commendable, and we
sincerely hope that the vine plant
ed may flourish and increase
Wichita Eagle.
The U. S. land Office at Wichita
is transacting an immense amount
of business. Judge Aiken informs
us that the people can have no
idea of the rapidity with which
this country is settling up. There
are from forty to fifty filings per
day on homesteads, besides pre-
emptions. In addition to this
there is now an average of $4,000
per day received on provings up,
or about twenty quarter sections
per day.-Wichita Eagle.
The Democratic mass meeting,
so called, at Wellington last Sat
Hrday resulted in a-fizzle; that is,
there were so few of the s.unterri-
fed" present that it was decided
to convert it into a caucus and
discuss the proper mode of pro-
cedure. It was finally decided to
adjourn indefinitely and wait the
result of the Baltimore convention.
This reminds us of the old lady
who, during the war, had on one
occasion been listening to report
of hard battle, at the conclusion
of which she cxcitedly remarked,
wouldn't it be a good joke if some
big general would get up a big
battle and nobody would GOMEZ
Sumner County Herald.
Hon. John H. McMurdy, of Col
orado, who is described by the
Wichita Eagle as having an in
come of $4,000 per month, from
mining interests out there, has just
invested $4,000 at Wichita in
lands and lots He invested 3d.
600 or $4,000 there last year and
it has done so well for him that he
concluded to make further invest
ments,-and will take up his resi-
denee at Wichita after awhile. If
the Judge will let us have his in
come in Colorado few weeks, he
can go to Wichita to live or to-
any other point he sees fit 1t
| does us some little good even to
| read about him In the Eagle. If