The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28
STATE ITEMS.


They keep voting on the county
seat question in Woodson county.
At the last election Kalida gained
the day. II will be the county seat
until tho next election.
The Atchison Globe has passed
into the hands of G. H. Cannon.
Now let her boom.
The Manhattan Nationalist and
Atchison Patriot are troubling thoir
brains oyer the fact that their sugar
strikes fire. Why, my dear Sirs,
that's easy enough. There is sand
in your sugar.
The Atchison Champion claims,
that the horse thieves, Blair and
Steitzel, who were killed at Grass
hopper Falls last week, were foully
murdered by their guards, or some
of the citizens. They were doubt
less thieves, but it is wrong to kill
men as those poor wretches were
killed. Prisoners have their rights.
The Topeka Blade thinks that the
Commonwealth had its article on
the Senatorial Appointee all written
before the appointment was made,
except the name.
The Council Grove Democrat
says. "The man who stopped his
paper because there wasn't nuthin'
in it, and borrows his neighbours
copy to read, lives in Morris
county"
We see by the papers that Col.
Goss is still working for the rail-
roads, and NeshO Falls.
A fifty pound beaver was captur-
ed near Manhattan a few days ago.
Fort Scott wants an Opera house
built in the Spring.
Unofficial reports say that the
Constitutional amendment carries
by a small majority.
We could gil half our paper with
items of prairie fires. All parts of
the State have suffered. The late
rains will put a stop to these calam-
tiles for time. Now let people
who are exposed defend themselves
against the destroyer.
Sol. Miller says: "Rev. Mai. j.
D. Dayis is announced as q candi-
date for Chief Clerk of the Kansas
House of Representatives. This
suggests plan to get rid of the
array of women and children who
annually collect at Topeka, to get to
be clerks, messengers, etc. Elect
Davis Chief Clerk-he is so Internal
ugly that he will frighten them all
away"
AT Severance the Christians, or
Complexities, are fortunate in hav-
ing Star and Goodnight to con-
duct their meetings for them. OF
course their meetings are good and
starry.
Tho Supreme Court has decided the
bonds issued by Bourbon county to
the n. X. s. T. railroad void, and
the people of Fort Scott are rejOic-
ing.
The validity of the title to lands
on the Ottawa reserve having been
questioned, the settlers thereon have
formed a protective league for mu-
tual defense. These Indian title
questions are becoming too numer-
GUS in Kansas, and are causing too
much trouble to the people. 1t
never was the intention of the Gov
eminent that such should be the re-
suit, and this black-mailing by pet
tifogging lawyers should be forever
stopped. Congress can do it by
comforting the titles on those who
have paid for the land.
Congressman Cobb and family
left WyandOtte on Tuesday for
w 0ouAuSbSh'
The Girard Press says: The con-
gregations were all rather small last
Sunday morning, and the reason of
it was, that the train with the Mo-
docs came to hand Just as folks were
getting ready for church.
The Chicago Rock Island q Pacif-
ic railroad sent pay car to Atchi-
son last Saturday with bran new
silver coin. The Champion says
the "boys were paid off with it"
Walter Grayson q Greek Indian
Lying near Parsons, was robbed
last Friday night by three white
men of over thirty thousand dollars,
mostly gold and silver.
Hon. Sidney Clarke has written
to Secretary Belknap for authority
TO raise q regiment in the event war
should be declared between Spain
and the United States. On account
of the proximity of Fort LeAven-
worth, q regiment could be raised
and equipped as cheaply and quick
ly az any other point in the country,
Kansas must have a hand in if there
is to be q fight-Lawrence Tri-
bune.
Yesterday, 2lst inst, the Atchison
Foundry Company shipped q new
engine and boiler they have just
built, down to Sedgwick, on the A.
T. Il s. +. road. These works are
busy all the time, running to their
utmost capacity, and casting regular
ly every other day, and all this
while nine foundries out of every
ten ia the country are closed
Atchison Champion,
The genuine spirit of Corr pleads
law at Smith Center.
A watch maker of Doniphan ap-