The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-09

OF Kilkenny cats and Will proba-
bly, swallow each other and emerge
like snakes from their respective
little ends
Chetops Is constructing g bridge
over the Neosho to cost $4,000.
The schools were closed last week
in Humboldt by reason of the
smallpox, which had made lis ap-
pearence in that city.
We understand that an ASSAY of
the lead ores found in this vicinity
Is about to be procured. We are
glad that this Is being done, as q
good deal of confidence is felt that
the ores are OF unusual richness,
which If realized, will be q very
important acquisition to the natural
resources of This country, as there
is probably no metal, procured by
mining, which yields so abundantly
and can be melted and prepared
for market so easily and inexpen-
lively as lead.
The indications Of its presence in
this vicinity are so general, having
been found in at least four different
localities within as many miles of
town, that, If found to be even OF
the average percentage, lead mining
will soon take rank as one OF our
staple industries.-[Ross' Paper.
Burglars entered the house of the
Sisters of Charity in Wyandotte,
last week, and carried of sundry
articles of clothing and other
things.
A new paper, called the Herald,
from Wyandotte, Kansas, we have
just added to our exchange list. Il
is clearly printed and ably edited,
and does not, like its neighbor, gel
the b before the W in such words az
what, which, whale, ETC., butts in
all respects up with the times and
betrays no insane notions of getting
ahead of them.
Sojourner Truth was at Quindarc
last week. On the way to Leaven.
worth she was refused admittancs
to the best car; but she got in.
Gilmore, of the Neodesha Glitter
says:
eff men who think the newspa
per bushes is profitable in . couu
try town could only publish q papel
one year and during that time havI
the privilege of expanding abou
5000 and the glory of receiving
$1,775, they might experience /
slight 'Cnange of mind"
A fatal case of smallpox at Hum
boldt the other day.
The contract for the new schoo
house at Neodeshs has been let.
The Methodists at Neodesha vii
commence work Immediately on
new church.
Lyndon is already a city OF tn
third class, having some 800 inhabi
tants, with a growing trade, an
showing abundant signs of vitalit
and grit. There are at the present no
less than seven stone buildings il
progress, only interrupted by tn
intensely cold weather, and anon
these is Touring mill which W
expect to be second to none in thi
part of tie State, except possibl
the new and elegant mill at VII
liamsburg, some eighteen mile
south of us, where Monsieur d
Boissure and his French colony ar
starting their colony of silk grow
ers and silk weavers, of which
propose to write you the particular
one of these fine days.-Oor. Con
monwealth.
A dispatch from r. S. Steaver
informs us that the Seer etary of til
Interior has decided the Usage Ian
, case in favor of the NJ. x. & Z.
W. company, and the patents fo
the lands have been issued to then
-Commonwealth.
The valedictory of John Shorte
appears in the Oswego Register {
last week. He retires to conne'
himself with Echoes of the Week,
new paper just started in Fort Scot
More colored emigrants are O
their way from Alabama to Kansa