The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-05-23
STATE NEWS.

noiuers OF the Carbondale Road the fol-
lowing officers were elected: J. P -
osheT, President; ]. M. Webster. :.
Nice-Fresldent; o. E. Learnard. Sec Il
rotary. Directors; James Blood n
4. Learnard, J. w. Mcmillan, J. p. ,
DeVereaux, w. Hadley, Chas. f. Gar Is
rett' J. Grover and o. t. Taylor The s
company has made arrangements to 6
run through trains from CarbondaIe <
to st Louis. 3
Mr.. j. w. Bugbee of Usage Mission,
recently visited Texas, and while
there, he purchased large amount of
upland cotton seed, which he is now
distributing free to farmers He also
offers premium of $50 to the person
raising the best acre of cotton in Neo-
sho county.
1t is said that there has been planted
in Montgomery county this Spring,
200 bushels erection seed.
The Joplin Mining Meas, of the sth
instant, tells of a nugget" of lead
just raised from anime, on the upper
Moon range, in that city, which
weighs the enormous sum of 500 lbs.
In raising it from the mine at least 200
pounds was broken off. The bottom
of the shaft from which this mass was
raised is one solid body of lead, the
depth OF which is not yet known.
The deposits of lead about Joplin RI
val in richness any lead mines
in the world, and an enormous
amount of wealth must flow into
the country in exchange for this min
eral. Joplin is near the Kansas line, in
Missouri. The mines are being work
ed in both States.
The Lawrence Journal says: The
competitive examination for the cadet
ship to West Point, in the gift of Hon.
). A. Cobb, was held at the State Uni
versity yesterday. The board of ex-
aminers consisted of President Fraser,
of the State University, chairman of
the board Prof. Fales, Superintend-
ent of Schools, Franklin county; Prof.
Palmer, Superintendent of the City
Schools at Wyandotte DIR. A. NJ.
Wilder acting as medical examiner.
Twenty-Five candidates reported, but
four were unable to pass the medical
examination. The eighteen who APP
peared before the board were Carl
Esterly, Ottawa; Morris Abels,
Leavenworth Charles n. White. In
dependence; Royal II. Varney.
Leavenworth Russell S. Legate,
Leavenworth VIM. Green, Leaven-
worth Earnest II. Prindle, Douglass,
Butler county; Frank Stewart, Hum
boldt; Edward Abels, Leavenworth
Lauren L. Watkins, Lawrence; Rob
ert D. Protzman, Hillsdale, Miami
county Harmon II. Byers, Troy;
James l.. Rains, Perry; George F.
Bliss, Oskaloosa; James o. Butler,
Topeka Charts Colvin, Wyandotte
Charts II. Johnson, Topeka; J. u.
PugsIey, White Cloud. The class was
composed of stout, well grown young
fellows, ranging from seventeen to
twenty-One. Written questions were
propounded in geography, English
grammer and history of the United
States. The candidates were also ex-
amined in the pronunciation and sylla-
bication of words, and each read one
selection of poetry and one of prose.
The board met at night, in room No.
Eldridge House, and at 2! o'clock a. IN
selected Calvin Esterly, of Ottawa, as
the successful competitor. Mr.. Est
| erly is twenty years of age, and is a
teacher in the public schools of Ottawa.
| Col. Thomos H. Butler of Usage
Mission, has made an assignment for
| the benefit of his creditors.
| Some of the merchants of Ottawa
have agreed together to withdraw all
patronage from the Journal for one
year, because it has published articles
in the interests of the Oranges. On
the other hand, the farmers of Brown
county are doing the same for the Hi
awatha Dispatch for the contrary rea-
son. Foolish; both the merchants
and the farmers.
The rumor reaches us, says the last
| Wichita Eagle, that one of the Wich-
ita and Fit. Sill stages was attacked by
Indians and their horses driven off,
Should the regular stage fail to arrive
this evening the rumor will be taken
as confirmed. The driver between
Sewelrs rancho and the Cheyenne
agency saw three dead men lying be-
side the road. They were supposed to
have been horse thieves.
Manhattan has had fancy dress
party.
A SaIina lumber dealer tells the
Journal that he has this spring figured
on over 1000 bills of lumber for houses.
w. c. Mccormick has presented
the Salina Journal with fine speci-
men of yellow ochre, which has been
found in great quantities upon Sharp's
creek, Mcpherson county. Mr.. Nc
Cormick says that coal deposits are
also found in that region, which can
beworked up with ease and profit.
Mcpherson county votes itself a
county seat on June 10th.
Miss MILDLY Morgan, the horse and
cattle editor OF the New York Times,
was last week at Salina, Ellsworth and
other points on the X. p.
David L. Gebhart, former postmas.
ter at Sabetha, has been arrested by
mail agent Crowell, charged with rob-
bling the mails and firing the post of
flee. He was first suspicioned because
of paying his debts with postage
stamps.
Atchison seems TO devote its local
pride just now to the Otis House, its
new hotel.
In two weeks time White Cloud
shipped $4,000 worth of cattle and
hogs.
Two saloon keepers at Garnett are
on trial for forging names to the petit
ton upon which the city council
granted them licenses. $50 of the
names are said to be forged.
Albert Todd, son of a Manhattan
mechanic, and a student of the Kan
sss Agricultural College, passed the
competitive examination for Colonel
Phillips nomination as cadet at
West Point.
John Speer turns up in Texas, "a
railroad tie contractor.
The Kansas Central, narrow guage,
is employed in moving the egg surplus
from Holton.
Gen. Charles w. Blair, effort Scott,