The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-01-19
KANSAS.

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Some of the districts in Woodson
county pay school tax of 81 per
cent.
The Wamego religious revival
has converted ]. E, Clardy, of the
Dispatch.
Sheriff Thos. Moore, OF Morris
county, has appointed VIM. Tolbert
as his deputy.
Atchison expects that its railroad
bridge across the Missouri will be-
gin March LIST.
LeaVenworth is admiring three
new narrow guage passenger cars
just arrived there.
Perry Brothers, of the Paola
Spirit, are about to swallow the
Paola Republican.
The Paola building association is
great success, and is lOaning to its
members $500 each week.
Neosho county farmers are burn
ing corn for fuel, instead of making
money by raising hogs on it.
Mr.. Fl. Storms, an Irving grain
dealer, has disappeared, leaving his
creditors 81, GOO out in the cold.
During the past seven years the
taxable property of Lawrence has
increased from STOOLS to $685.
SO6.
Last Saturday, Jacob Newsteffner
fell into q well which he was dig
ging, near Lawrence, and broke his
neck.
On the 23d Blue Rapids, Marshall
county, votes on $4,000 in bonds
for the Manhattan & Northwestern
railroad.
DIR. Medlicott will have his SEN
tence suspended, so that the SUI
preme Court can hear the appeal on
the Both.
Ottawa wants a steam fire engine.
The Silsby engine is offered for
5000, thu Button & Son engine fol
$1,000, on trial.
The Leavenworth Times wants
Gov. Harvey to commute the sen.
tence of Dr. Medlicott, if he will
not pardon him.
February 18th, Clay county is tc
vote on the issue of S175,OOO il
honda to the Junction City and Fit
Kearney railroad.
The L. L. s. G. railroad is com
pleted and the cars are running int
Independence, to console it for los
ing the land Office.
The Paola Spirit says the Firs
National Bank of that city has re
ceived on deposit since October IL
1871, s4,91065s.72.
, 1t is said that Mrs. Senator Pome
roy sent ten dollar greenback t.
each of the fifty Congregations
ministers wifes in Kansas.
Humboldt is to have a new Ma
tional Bank. The incorporated
are: Hon. w. C. Whitney, Pau
Fisher, Esq, VIM. Beam, nj
Major Bond.
: Valentine Briggs found and Kill
, ed IA skunks in a hollow log, las
week, about six miles from Senecs
We should not care to sleep in tn
hollow of that log.
Jefferson county, according to it
, paper, the Oskaloosa Independent
) has Gan empty treasury and heav
, debt" The old board of Commits
siOners is responsible.
3 Erie, Neosho county, has struck
foot vein of coal, and SO feet deeI
D It underlies the town site. A larg
shaft is being sunk, and stear
engine been purchased.
! The southwestern stage compan
has purchased the WaterVilIe, Coz
cordia & Solomon Valley stage lin'
and will put on new horses an
coaches from Concordia to Water
vile.
Lone Tree postoffice, Cowle
county, is changed to Little DutcI
. with Morgan Willet as postmaster
and Ering, Washington county, t
. Pearsely, with VIM. Pearselv q
postmaster.
4 The last new paper is the Sole
n mon City, Dickinson county, Time
la neat and readable sheet, pub
e lished by j. 4. Bradley, and A.
Chaffee. 1t will help that plac
very materially.
: The Parsons Sun says the NJ. Il
v s. T. railroad ships more coal tina
6 all other roads in Kansas. Their
:, is not a stretch of twenty mile
e from Sedalia, Mo-, to the Arkansa
G river where coal cannot be success
fully mined.
: j. p. Taylor has taken charge {
: the New Chicago Transcript, "witl
e out fear of hanging to the neares
n limbs or being shot or stabbed b
e an unseen assassin, or even receiv
! ing a bloody proboscis." Editor
1 are recklessly brave.
The L. L. & G. railroad gives th
engineer who kills the fewest cattl
/ in a year 500 premium; the ne1
! one S75. Judging from the wa
cattle are killed on some road
they pay the premium to the engir
Ger who kills the most.
The X. 2. clerks in making cor
rection ON the agent at Hays Cit,
made the following notation
please make no bills Sunday; it
wicked and makes us extra work.
l The agent at Hays made the follow
I ing endorsement: "No Sunda
l west of Junction City; no Go,
west of Salina."
Garnett, Anderson College, is t
build a college 4OxG0 feet, tire
+ stories high, first story ceiling l
feet, and second story 10 feet high
Basement to contain furnace, belfr,
, tower to contain stairs. Thir,
> story to consist of Mansard ROOT
Material to be stone, smooth ham
+ mered range work. Contracts no
!, yet let.
The dead body of Mr.. Massey
I son-in-law of John Pahlin, of SUIT
ton Valley, Dickinson county, wa
, found last week at Garnett. HI
7 Ia a