The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-10
THE SOUTHWEST.

Z Cattle are getting fat in The Ar
kansas valley. ~Ia.i3 ~
Immigrants are still pouring
into Butler county.
The fourth millinery establish
mentwill soon open at Eldorado.
The Arkansas City postoffice
has been made m oney order office.
The Arkansas City Traveller is
the official paper of Cowley county.
The Arkansas valley has had
soaking rains of the "vernal' per-
suasion. aa .---f- ~
The editor of the Walnut Val
ley Times is in favor of May parties
and Dolly Vardens.
can't really decide whether
the Wichita Eagle is in favor of
Dolly Vardens or.not-
The Sedgwick Gazette has been
moved to Newton, and is now the
Harvey county Gazette"
The Eagle says an eighteen foot
stratum of gypsum has been found
six miles south of'Wichita.
A catfish, weighing thirty. eight
pounds, was. caught in the Cotton
wood river above town, on We'd
nesday last.-Cottdnwood FaAs
Leader. . oz--s-
Ten, thousand fruit and orna-
mental trees have been set out this
spring ON the farms and in the gar
dens around us.-Wichita Eagle.
The end of the track and the
construction train can be seen from
the top of the Empire House. The
distance is about II miles.-Wichi-
ta Eagle. ..-. -.
The total amount of business of
the US. Land office at Wichita in
cash for the month of April, was
S56,S44. To- .HOmesteads, Il, Al, In
dian lands, 1926. .sr:e.
Mr.. j. II. Mead's train arrived
yesterday from FIT. Sill. Ozias Nc
Donald, who came up with them,
says that there has been much trou-
bile in Texas among the cattle deal
ers, fighting and bIpodshed having
| followed. A squad Of soldiers had
been down to auell the disturbance.
-Wichita Eagle. Z. -y .
"A methodist Sabbath school has
been organized at Cottonwood Falls
| with Rev. n. F. Upton as Superin-
l tendent; Asa Gillett. Assistant Su-
/ pefrfntehdent; Mrs. A. G. Miner,
| Librarian Miss May Candy, Treas
! arer; a. P. Bfockett, Secretary.
f::'+NAIIEY CENTRE.-This is the
bname of q new town on the line OF
/ the Wichita & Southwestern rail-
road. 1t Is about nine miles north
4 of Wichita, has three buildings al.
jiPeadyl completed, and three more
ARE under contract. A switch has
been put in and ground selected for
| a depot, which will be erected al
1once.-Wichita Vidette. $500
"A UNIrED PREsBYrERIAN So.
I CfErY' was organized last Saturday
BY thet Rev. McAuly. Messrs. w
w. Sanders and Chas. McDowe
4 were elected elders. The first ser
vice viii be held on the fourth sab
bath in May and afterwards every
Falternate Sabbath. The society pro
pose organizing a bible7 class, also
E-COttonwood Falls-Leader.
I've are pleased 10 note the pros
Iperity of our neikhbors of Belle
PIAine, and are glad to learn tina
Major Wilkerson, of Fulton county
Illinois, has bought a fine farm ad
: Joining town and is negotiating TO
d site in town an which TO erect 1
Z lcostlyS residence. Mr.. Wilkerson
lwa. understand, rs q. very wealth!
and > :enterprising man.-Wichit
Eagle. -. ,-+..... 49,.
I'VE learnlfrom the Tol edo cor
respondent. of the Cottopwoo'
Falls Leader, that the fruit prospect
> in that vicinity are good !; that ther
will be full supply of peaches 70
ell !. that our old friend Tom Bal
Der, with his wife, has gone to Mi
i souri, and Texas for a health, tour
that the question of a cheese factor
is still agitated, and that the, entel
n prise will be put through.
-SoLDIERs.-Aco company of SO
diers passed Chiloeco last Frida,
l0n their way along the line, for IL
purpose of removing settlers fro
the, Territory. The officer in con
mand, stated that q regiment of SO
ldiers z.oGldrbe stationed along Il
"a line, who were to patrol the san
all summer, and not allow any u
authorized party to cross. Mar
who settled in the Territory
mistake have been turned out, Al
eampeHed, to- leave their homes al
IimproYements without sufficie
means to support theInseives.-A
s, kansas City Traveller. si
Swift on the heels of the XII
: | ing of three men at Caldwell, 1
within d few days, comes the me-
DC bloody tradgedy enacted
!, Welliagton,.s some fifty miles 'belc
= here.S On Saturday. last two m
whose names are respectively Lyn
and Hopkins, were on a spree
Egether, or drinking In. tho same I
/ ioon, when an altercstlon ensu
q and Lynch drew his revolver a
: ] fired at Hopkins, the ball missi
s isSfsSss4s - - GH< ssN siAs ~
Z .1ssEos3t ot teG Edc $50 81 {