The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-10-11

The an ofcattle shipped dur
ing the Ia elk was two hundred
and fifty .oads, or four thousand
head. Ic..ita Eagle.
The Sedswiok county Greeleyites
have nominated N. G. English, for
Representative.
The 9Cherokec Strip" is a narrow
piece of land, the southern part of
Kansas, adjoining the Indian Terri
tory. It is about five miles wide at
the weston boundary of the State.
The land IRE sold to actual settlers
at two dol RS per acre east of the
Arkansas I'd S1.50 per acre west
of that
The i Plaine Herald, Oxford
Times u. Wellington Banner op-
pose Jus Campbell.
WelliI GA has a new school
house.
Craw.r,.l, who murdered G. ii:
Dayenpo :. OF Peabody, February
l4th, wa ricd last week at Marion
Centre found guilty of murder
in the fs' degree. The accused
plead 'tii ity." and was ably de-
Tended :. Frank Doster, and by
J. v. - ters, of Emporia. Mr..
Keller, 4, county attorney, retain
ed Hon. Martin. The Florence
Pioneer axis very highly of both
Mr.. SAM, IS and Mr.. Martins ar
guments. The defence claimed
Crawford had been struck by light
ming, had his skull fractured BY
metal knuckles, had been afflicted
with periodical attacks of the delir-
ium tremens for years, had had
wens and tumors cut from his head
and neck at different times, was of
weak, nervous temperament, had
occasional attacks of monomania,
melancholia, dipsomania, and vari-
GUS other complaints, running thro'
a period of about fourteen years.
The jury were out half an hour and
returned an unanimous verdict of
guilty.
Tho Butler county republican con-
yention unanimously adopted the
following sensible resolutions:
Resolved, That we as members of
the republicans county county con-
vention of Butler county hereby
pledge ourselves and the nominees
of this convention to oppose any
proposition looking to the change
of county lines of Butler county.
Resolced, That we will not, under
any circumstances, allow any local
issues to be brought into the canvass
that will in any way decrease or
divide the republican party of But
Ter county, in the election this fall.
Mr.. Peters, of the A. T. Sc S. F.
road, says that surveyors are to be
put to work on the branch line to
Eldorado as soon as they can be
spared from the western end.
On last Wednesday afternoon a
man by the name of John Brad
shaw, residing on Whitewater, near
Towanda, without just cause or
proYocation, drew his revolver and
shot Thomas Griffith four times;
once through the shoulder and
three times iilruugh the lower part
of the BODY and thighs. Thomas
Griffith came to this State from
Victor, Iowa, (where he has wife
and four children) last May, and
had but slight acquaintance with
Bradshaw. The shooting happened
at Towanda. Bradshaw escaped
and is not yet captured. Griffith
was alive last night, with fair pros
poets of recoverY.-Eldorado Times.
The Butler county republican con-
vention was held at Eldorado, Sep
tenlber 18th, and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket. = 20 =
For Representative from 85th dis
trict, Thos. FL. Baker, of Augusta
For County Attorney, Alfred L.
Redden, of Eldorado; for Probate
Judge, VIM. Harrison, of Eldorado;
for Clerk of the District Court, NJ.
d. Ellis, of Towanda; for Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, s. L.
Robards, of Plum Grove for Coun-
ty Surveyor, L. A. Moulton, of
Prospect; for Coroner. der. Clark,
of Little Walnut.
The Hutchinson court house and
bridge are both being rapidly push.
ed. a.s .-s..
Last week three Cowley county
men went out TO put up hay. In
the night w. NJ. Berkey thought he
saw a man trying to steal his mules.
He fired at the supposed intruder,
who fell, shot in tho thigh, and
died in five minutes. He proved to
be B. w. Hatfield, one Of the party, /
and a respectable young man. MIR.
Berkey was overwhelmed with
grief, and buried the body at his
own expense. .,
L. B. Kellogg retires from the
Arkansas Traveller, to study law.
G. M. Scott takes entire control.
Mr.. Scott is an industrious and ca
pablo young man, good printer,
and the Traveller viii not suffer in
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