The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-11-15
THE SOUTHWEST.
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party tick {. .ls $500 a4su.,r
votes east W, s'su 100
Wichita qIor-s buttrr ar-49-vrrss. ?
Texas cow cant yield mu IA, ~
there are ii 100 head there. 81 /
We learn that the counties OF
Ford Aud P.wuee, OH the A. I. & J
s Fe railroad have both beeH or
gained, wi b . voting popuIai''noi
from three TO live hundred each
Both Of these Counties are in this |
senatorial dlstrlct.--Wieldta E tgie.
Near N iehi'a is a hass,aek one
fourth of nile long. h. a.. r-B /
The Wichita Eagle tells these two
stories: + -a1- '" ~
A train OF cars was loaded on |
Sunday afternoon of last week Ct |
this place with cattle aud run to |
Atchison, where they unloaded |
them to be fed. Two OF the steers |
were lying down In tbs ear suppos- |
cd 20 be dead, and wre left there, ]
to be shipped back T. be unloaded |
in the bone yard. Accordingly, the
train was brought back TO this
place on Wednesday. and the car
doors thrown oIen, preparatory TO
being again Ioaled, and while the
train was moving slowly from the
depot to the stock yards, one of the |
steers took q. new lease Of life, got
on his pegs jumped out of the car,
aud ,rag at least q mile before he |
stopped to appease his hunger, hay
lug Feen In the car about eighty
horrs without food or water.
Superintendent Pagan showed US |
some specimens of salt and salt wa
ter, taken from well sunk by the |
A. T. b 8. Fe railroad company on |
Doyle creek, west OF Peabody, in
Marion county. Tue well is LA
feet deep, and the water tastes like
pure salt. The krouud around the
well, where the water was poured
out, Is encrusted WITH eali, aud
something like 8 pint OF pure salt
was scraped from q board over
which water had been poured the
day previous. The water is SO de-
structiYe to engines that 1t could
not be used at q depth of forty ieeI,
aud the further they went down The
saltier 1t proved, until they were
compelled TO give it up. Before
reaching the present depth the drill
passed through q species OF perfect
ly white marble, I!Iat was several
degrees harder than blue limestone.
It is estimated that there is, south
of the Arkansas and west of Wichi
Ia, from one or two thousand men
shooting buffalo for their hidcr
alone. Is it any wonder the rcd
man some times protests against
this wanton destruction of his cat
tie?
Three-fonrths OF the range of
Southwestern Kansas has been de-
stroy ed by the destructive prairie
fires that have ragged for the past
three weeks. Of course large
amounts of hay have been burned
up, and in many instances, grain,
stock and buildings.
Pawnee county, 100 miles west of
Sedgwick, has about 400 voters,
mostly Republicans. 'i ..@ -'i..
Harvey County. s' c1ih .
DEATH FROM BURNING.-Last
Sunday q little daughter of Chas.
Parisot, living twenty miles north
west OF this place on Turkey Creek,
was burned SO badly that she died
next dHv. Mr.. Parisot is q widow
er and had as usual left her in the
house alone while Re was attending
his labors. The little girl lad been
playing with kitten as doll ba.
by near the stove, and in turning
| around il is supposed 10 have
caught her dress. She rolled upon
the floor, then out among some corn
hu-ks in her vain attempts to put
out the flames, and before the fati,-
er arrived had her clothes all burn
ed off-Newton Kansan. 4a- -cl
Newton has organized hook and
ladder company. 1t has everything
ready tor work except the hooks and
ladders, buckets, uniforms, &c,
The Newton Kansan gives the fol-
lowing particular of the bloody af-
fray there last week:
We have to chronicle the murder
ing of Geo. Halliday, Esq, a well
known, highly esteemed and PROM
inent citizen of this city, by III. j.
| Fitzpatrick, one of the most noted
nurderous and wicked men in the
country, especially when under the
influence OF that which has caused
more unlimely deaths than any 9TH
er thIng-liquor.
FiizpatricE had been upon a
drunk for perhaps two weeks, ami
until that wicked nature OF his had
began to overcome his senses. Lust
night he hunted several parties OF
associates with pistol in hand to kill
them. This morning he entered the
mind with pisio in hand and there
met Mr.. Halliday, who was Also IN
tOxicaIed. Some trining words \
passed between them, for they were
ordinarily good friends, when Fiiz-
patrick struck .him aside the head !
with . revolver, aud at the same
time he pulled it down 10 his bras,
and missed fire once, pulling il
again aud IL was discharged, killing
Mr.. Halliday almost instantly. a Ter
this Fitzpatrick walked into the
street denying any person 10 at'empi
to touch him. Crowds of RIen i'm /,
mediately rushed into satisfy them
selves rs to the fair and in two
minutes after d ty men ran for fire. |
arms and swOre him death. Mar
shall johnson in the capacity of his !
duty attempted to arrest the mur-
Cierer, who Immediately drew the
revolver ON him also. Calmly sur
veyiug the situation the Marshal
crossed the street, borrowed q Hem
nv rifle aud in another minute put
an end to his misunderstanding
Fitzpatrick dead in the street near
~ ia front of Hanil & Co.'S. store
A committee was in fifteen min
utes thereafter organized, the names
of several hard cases and their roosts
taken down, and what could be
found were ordered to leave town
and TO, stay 0scdy. We think this
committee means what they say,
and will not let II; pas away with
the excitement. While We lament
the death or Mr. Halliday, we be-
iieve this has been one of the best
days our city has ever seen. Our
respectable and law abiding citizens
nave taken the matter into their
own hands, and will see that here
alter Newton shall give no shelter
70 men who live by numbering and
robbing good people, but shall win
that reputation far aud near that
>hall be to 1t an honor and not d
Disgrace.
: Mr.. Halliday was a Scofchman by
birth aud came 20 Topeka about
three years ago, where he resided
up TO twelve months ago, when he
moved TO this place., aud has beeD