The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-09-27
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,fher fou0aes were not represented
n the Half-breed convention at
fopeks.
Coal Of good quality and in large
quantities has been discovered near
Neosho Falls.
Oats are selling in the Fort Scott
market at 1211< cents bushel.
General Pope's boy took the blue
ribbon for horsemanship at tie
Leavenworth Fair. We believe the
boys father obtained some notori-
ety for horsemanship q few years
ago. At least he made his "head
quarters in the saddle"
Wheat in Linn county is worth
Sl.O0 and S1.50 per bushel. corn
cents, and oats fifteen |
cents.
Geo. Jennison killed an unknown |
man at Wichita Sunday night.
The Presbyterian Synod of Kan
sas will hold its annual meeting at
Leayenworth, beginning on Thurs
day, Oct. I'd, at ~ o'clock p. m, at
the First Presbyterian church.
Potatoes are very scarce west of
Cloud and Republic counties.
Corn is good and worth emily TWEEN
ty-f1ve cents bushel, for hundred
miles west and in Washington
county 1t would be hard to sell any
amount at fifteen cents.
At the fair at Lawrence last week,
Mrs. Emma Mason took the premi-
um on twins-a pair of blankets.
In Howard county, county seat
elections, they stuff the ballot boxes
so that the judges will not canvass
the votes.
The Junction City and TT. Kear-
ney railroad, running up the valley
of the Republican, is graded as far
as Wakefield and Ia being pushed
vigorously forward. Before Janu-
airy l, 1873, forty, and possibly fifty
miles of road will be in working
order.
The PlaindeaIer says that the
foundation walls of the $4,000
Union school house in Garnett are
fast approaching completion. The
wall is composed of some very
large stones, some of which weigh
over a ton.
A dreadful murder was commit
ted in Marshall county last Friday
night. Mr.. Hit, a quiet, inoffen-
sive man, living on his claim alone
in dug-out, was murdered for his
money, 1t is supposed. He was
found next day partly burned up, as
the house had been burned down
over him. His head showed signs
of having been mashed in with q
hammer or something of the kind
A largo number of hogs were
bought up in Waubousee recently
by a man from Denver. This is
something new to our farmers, sell
ing their hogs on foot, says the
News.
On Saturday last a storm blew
the Neosho Falls tollbridge Office
keeper and wife into the Neoshc
river. Mrs. jarrett succeeded in
| saving her husband.
A Wilson county boy ten years
old, was bitten by rattle snake, rar
two miles to house where he knew
they had alcohol, and is now gath
ering coin to pay for the alcohol.
Mr.. j. F. Thompson, of Wabaun
see county, claims to have sixteen
acres of corn that will avarage one
hundred and twenty-five bushels IL
the acre.
At the State Fair just closed Mrs
j. w. Loar, of Leavenworth, got {
library Worth $40 from the Kansas
Farmer for the best display of fruit
A2,5OO pound chunck of coal from
Carbonate was on exhibition q
our State Fair.
The members of the bar of thu
seventh judicial district have invit
ed Judge Goodin, of Humboldt, t.
be a candidate for reelection. H.
will probably be supported ire
spective of party. He is an excel
lent judge.
The Kansas Deaf and Dumb Asy
lum opened this fall with a large
number of pupils in attendance thai
at any former period.
The heavy wind storm of tn
9TH visited Peru, Howard county
with destruchon-blowing dowl
several buildings and unroofin:
others. Among those ruined wa
the Record building, including tn
printing Office.
Freeman Bell, clerk of the State
penitentiary, says the inmates o
that institution number 327, less b.
eighteen than the last annual re
port. Everything is in good order
and Mr.. Hopkins, the warden, j
we'll liked. The military prisoner
are fewer and beautifully less, ow
ing, in all probability, to the eff
cheney of Uncle Sans troops.
4 The LaCygne band carried off tn
prize for music at the State Fair.
Arvonia, in Usage county, is put
ting up a $4,000 school house o
blue limestone.
Highland University. Kansas, ha
a scholar who was born in China,
Miss Blair, of Grasshopper, ex
hibited at the State Fair sixty-fou
different kinds of jelly.
Mcclure, of the o. S. Land Ofic'
of Junction City, has been arrested
for $1,000 worth of dishonesty.
Mr.. E. T. Mailman, of Lesven
worth, took the special premium a
the State Fair for vegetables. IL
varieties wers exhibited By him.
Mrs. Loar, of Leavenworth, tool
the State Fair premiums on frui
from all opposers both of Missouri
and Kansas. She had seyenty-fivt
varieties of apples and ten of pears
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