The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-08-16

Sedgewick has issued bonds for
building e Jail. It viii be con-
structed of the excellent Florence
stone.
One of the parties connected with
the promised big buffalo hunt at
Niagara Falls was in Wichita last
week hiring Mexican greasers and
buying Innian ponies and Texas
cattle for the great SELF Eagle.
The Eagle rejoices over a delivery
wagon in the cattle city.
PLUMs.-Large quantities of
pluTns have been shipped from this
place, and continue to be shipped.
Sometimes as many as half doZ-
en- barrels at time are sent of.
Truly the quantities that grow on
the bushes in the ''Sand Hills" are
immense.-[H Hutchinson News.
Hutchinson is the end of divi-
sion on the A. T. s. S. F. road, and
a goodly number of railsoaders are
buying lots there and will put up
residences.
An old and inoffensiYe man nam
ed Joseph Newton was found dead
near his home a short distance from
Eldorado, a few days ago. lie had
evidently been shot and beaten over
the head. A hundred people of
Eldorado hunted for the purpetra-
tors of the crime all day, but at last
accounts no clue had been obtained.
The Augusta Republican wants
Eugene Akin for Judge of the 18th
district.
Blue grass does well in Summer
county.
Morris Kohn is building a fine
brick residence on his farm near
Wichita.
Mrs. James Dryden has just re-
turned from the cattle trail and has
given us a report, carefully compil-
ed, as to the number of cattle on
the trail for sale:
Number of beeves, 4,1I2
Number of cows, 11,875
Number of three-year- odds 900
Number of two-year-o 10,68C
Number of one-year-Olds, 7,61t
Total, 1885,
This amount are grazing here
with q view of shipping, and OF
sale. The number of cattle tina
had arrived up to August 9th wa
$50, 600, which is supposed to almos
end the drive for 1S72.-[Wichiti
Eagle.
A. S. Howard, treasurer of Chase
county, has gone to Vermont, hi
old home, on a visit, and ]. S. Doc
little will run his Office while tn,
treasurer is absent.
A Democratic mass convention
will be held at CottonwOon Falls
on the 31st of this month.
Arkansas enjoys g Greeley club
They are an inexpensive and harm
less luxury.
Marion Centre has neither bas
ball nor croquet.
Large amounts of Hay arc beinl
, put up about Belle Plaine.
: An immense area of prairie ha
: been broken in Sumner county thi
season.
Teets, tho man who got ava,
from the Pittsburg officers at WITCH
tia, the other day was re-capture'
!, at Hutchinson on Thursday last an
sent to Wichita.
Marion Center is putting up on
of the finest school houses in tn
, southwest.
| New corn is in market at Bell
f Plaine at 25 cents per bushel.
s. II. Epley, formerly of Empo
ria, is a candidate for sheriff O
sumner county.
WYMAN's ADvENTURE.-ConduC
:. tor Wym8n reached here on SatuI
day evening last, and related to u
quite an adventure he had that eve
ming. AS his train passed Grea
Bend, en- route for Hutchinson
three heavily armed and viciou
looking customers get on boarC
After going some distance he aske
them for their fare, which at frs
[ they refused to paw, but at lengt
concluded to do so. However thei
y compliance was accompanied wit
: considerable demonstration G
! viciousness. After paying the
virtually took possession of tn
: train. One stationed himself in tn
: front door of the passenger car an
another in the rear door. The from
man tried repeatedly to cut tn
train in two by drawing the coup
ling pin. The passengers wer
= consternated, and expected to b
"gone through" in regular Centra
/, Pacific fashion. Conductor Wy
man succeeded in getting to the en-
, CINE, and supposing the animoslt
of the desparadoes to be especial
!, existing towards him, in conse
! quence of fight which con ducto
|, Jansen had had with two of tn
|, same men q few nights before, b
! deemed it expedient to seek safet
in flight. So, at an opportune me
ment, he cut the engine and tende
!. from the rest of the train and ra
, on to some stock yards near Ray
/. mond. There, fire arms and rein
forcements were procured, where
!. upon the engine went back after tn
train, which had stopped some eigh
miles from Raymond. The trai
and passengers were found ''al
right" also the three ugly custom
, ers were still on board, and had be
come quiet. They rode to Ray
mond and got off without any al
. tempt being made to arrest then
? This makes the second outrage ths
has been committed on the A. T.
s. F. railroad west of here. 1t
hoped that hereafter the railroa
employees will go prepared 70
: such emergencies, and infict sum
mary punishment upon insoler
desperadoes.-fH Hutchinson New
STATE NEWS.
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