The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-06-06

Thirteen heavily loaded wagons
conveying the goods and chattles of
about twenty-five families, passed
through this place last Sunday, en-
route to Arizona. They had their cat
tie and other stock with them. and ex-
pected to 0Vertake and join in with
another large party of Arizona settlers
at Wichita.-Wfnfeld Courier.
Capt. Thrasher and party from Flor
ence win 60 TO Colorado in a few days
on \ surveying expedition.
It costs . circus man $50 extra to
advertise in the Wichita Eagle, and the |
agent leaves the town in disgust. be. |
lleving the editor misunderstood him.
He die, not want to buy the office, but
simply to. advertise his s'great moral |
exhibition"
The editor of the Walnut Valley |
Times fell In love with an Atchison
girl ct the cate editorial convention
he wipes. his nose on the corner of the |
table cloth and slings n few lines of
Byro1 at her In his last issue.
Three darkey deserters from Fit. Sill
were captured at Belle Plain the other
day, while enjoying little rest and a
'-swell'' In that town.
Mr.. w. r. Hutchinson, of Medicine
Lodge, called on Us last Saturday. He
represents Barbour county to be In a
nourishing condition, and settlers rap
Idly coming in--Hntchinson News.
The WIchits board of trade has
opened castor bean market.
The citizens of Eldorado are pre-
pairing for grand celebration on the
4th of July.
| The Florsnce Pioneer Is revived,
with E. W. Hoch as editor. 1t is inn
proved in every way.
From o .. m. until p. m. last Sat-
urdAy, the rush ON our business streets
was immense. It was estimated that
at different times at least 2,OOo per-
sons were on the sidewalks of Main
street and Douglas avenue,-Wichita
Eagle.
"Spring has come" to the Eldorad o
Times man. No wonder.
Kansas corn is worth fifty cents per
pushed II used In fattening cattle for
eastern markets, Is the experience and
cenclusion Of Central Kansas farmers
who have been feeding and shipping
to eastern markets the pas two years
wichita Eagle.
An EldOrado mule saved valuable
} horse for his owner, a few nights ago
!: by kicking the thief ont of the stable
l Times. s~i $50
, The Walnut Valley was flooded las
) week.
They are making salt at Arkansas
City in Cowley county, and have S,
4 far been successful. Thirty barrels
week is the average.
Wichita livery stable struck b,
lightning. Full of horses, but NJ
damage.
Q PUEBLo.-From private letter w
CLEAN the following facts in regard t
b Pueblo. In the first place real estat
|. is much higher than in Kansas towns
v Lots sell at $125 per front foot, an
4 rents are extremely high. Water
at present scarce, as 1t has to b
. brought from the mountains in wa
/ 6OASs w oOCA OLAS dEO DEOCC6S Z
erection. The place has 1000 inhabi
tants, and supports two daily paper:
l. Flour and provisions are as cheap a
, with us, but groceries are trifie high
!. er.-EldoradO Times.
!" Three shots, each fired by 4 coupl
/. OF sports, at wichita. Nobody hur
d and $32 satisfied the offended Law
y That's all.
: COMPLETKD.-Theb bridge over tn
Walnut river is now finished and Ope
u tor traffic. Its convenience wi
q on the east side of the river and baV
., ing occasion to come to town while th
y river IL up.--Arkansas Traveller.
= There is good deal of contentio
4 between the Wichita and Ellswort
|. routes for Texas cattle. WichIt
re- seems to get away with Ellswort
n badly, wherat the Ellis worth bummC
II says the Wichita drummers are tt
y dist liars in America. Wichita
y hard to crawl.
le Hundreds of people are passin
l. through Eldorado on their road to Il
d west. The great west will soon I
I, filled up.-Times. E..t
}. In an article on "blue grass" Il
u editor of the Wichita Eagle "soa
- aloft" and floats of into the fields
le poetical imagination thnsly:
"Apple blossoms, tinkling bells
J. the fattening kline, the hum of Il
Of honey bee, with blue sky and dream
4. atmosphere above our heads and bit
+. grass beneath eur feet--how in men
= DRY and ideality they all sweetly bier
= and happily float"
+ The only thing we can now think &
recommending under state of sue
circumstances would be to let h,
"happily float"
y. Arkansas City has prayer meeting
Il pic mics, is going to have sidewalk
r. has plenty of garden sas," no mu
r. and is altogether tolerably happy.
se Wichita is agitatlng beef packlr
lie house.
h Prof. kellogg will go back to A
or kansas City.
o 10000 head of Texas cattle have q
ANANy SAOooC1 SAAC CJdJC 1luC anu WI
:: be shipped at Wichita.
.. The tornado that passed down Il
W valley ON last Sabbath evening dol
considerable damage. It PARTIAL
demolished house belonging to II
Lawless, on the south side of the rive
OF and utterly destroyed one situated NJ
pc on the tract of land belonging to Il
x heirs Of the late Jas. L. Hamilto
ID In Palestine township it unroofed NJ
lie j. 7. Hickman's house and thorough
or demolished one recently owned ar
Al occupied by DIR. Geo. Morrison. 1
Dr the time of the storm divine servit
was being held in Fishers scho
=. house, by Revs. Elder REESE and Dr.
- Parker. The blast struck the buildiu
p from the southwest, smashed in all Il
Ne windows and doors on that side, ar
70 lifted the house, congregation and a
ID into the air. The building was carrie
Q. several feet from its foundation an
t. dropped with great force to the cart
y out, fortunately, no one was injure