The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-08-22
AMERICUS.


ed his goods into the middle of his
store, torn out the old front, and is sub
shutting handsome new glass front.
Quite wind storm passed across
the country below virgins creek, last
Thursday. 1t took the top off of the
stacks of grain, and leveled some of
the fences. Not much damage, how
ever.
Mr.. Knox, of the steam mill, is re-
covering from severe fit of sickness
Isaac Wright raised the most fall
wheat of any farmer in Americas
township this year. He will have
some 1000 bushels.
Many of the settlers on the Kaw
Trust lands have good farms. In pass
ing up the valley north of the railroad
the other day we saw much better
buildings, fences, ETC., than we had
supposed were there. The crops also
looked well.
MIR. j. u. Morgan informs us that
petition, signed and endorsed by
Mai. Stubbs and many other promi-
nent Quakers, has been forwarded to
Washington, praying for the opening
of the Kaw lands to actual settlers on
ten years time at six per cent. inter-
est. If this movement is successful,
this section OF country will take big
step forward.
Last Wednesday was a good day
for business in Americas. Early in
the morning Fred. Kurzen drove in
from his farm on Allen creek with
| jolly load of milk for tie factory.
Having delivered tie MIX he mounted
the platform at the whey tank to pump
a load to take home, and while thus
engaged the cars came along and
frightened his team, causing a first
class runaway. After running half
a mile the spring wagon was upset and
handsomely broken in pieces, afford
ing a splendid job for Peter, the black
smith, also for Conklin 81 Huntington,
the wagonmakers. Doyle also got first
rate job strengthening up the milk cans
that were flattened out like so many
pancakes. The doctors also came near
getting a good haul out OF this rGn-
away, for D. A. Stahl got before the
horses to stop them, when they ran the
buggy tongue against him and knock
ed him behind a hitching post, which
was ali that saved him coming out in
the same condition rs the milk cans.
The next customer was viii Nc
Allister. He craned in his 1900 pounds
OF milk at the factory, leaving a light
load to pull back up town, so he drove
around to the depot for a load OF
freight, and in executing an express
wagon turn upset some of his milk
cans giving the timer another nice
little job that carried him through the
day. Business is really improving in
Americas.
Five more weddings going to come
off in Americas presently.
Campbell 6 Knox are shipping
wheat to st. Louis.
The steam mill is doing good bust
ness.
Joe Kimpton is building on his
Kaw land purchase.
Wise and Bro, E. D. Galley and NJ
T. Cilley have each taken large hay
. contracts on the Reserve.
The late corn is not ssout of the
woods" yet. It will require consider
able more rain to insure crop.
| Charles Adams is back from hi
] Illinois visit.
IS. NJ. Bell and family go to Hi
: nois this week on visit to thei
e friends.
!, "A brother of DR.. T. A. Wrigh
: came IN from Canada, Saturday. 4
sister of Mrs. Wright has been visiting
the family friends in this place weel
# or more. The latter resides in Illinois
There is rumor afioat that maj
was overheard saying to the farmer
the other day, that his friends wantel
him to run for office this fall 1t wa
a county Office, but it isn't believed h
will consent to do it.
L. NsAA yC1tISA GA4lCc COW
: and calves at Stubbs' sale, on the KAY
Reserve, and William Bowser bought
cow and calf. Soon after they wer
driven home two of the cows died an
- the symptoms were so much like th
= dreaded Spanish fever that consider
able anxiety has been felt in tow
about the matter. If that diseas
: should break out in town it would b
= very damaging to the cheese bushes
u No other cases have yet occurred.
= e. D. Calkins, our one-leg soidie
:, starts next week to hunt buffalo on Il
- plains.
e. One of the Amerieus boys WI
A. event back" to Pennsylvania writ
ed that the greatest fault he finds vii
re- that country is that he can't keep L
be baceo in his month while he is rlowin
cir He is not naturally profane.
ity Large docks Of birds have inhaI