The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-01-31
The SOUTHWEST.
Marion County.

%. d. LIQUIDS reports the peach crop
entirely destroyed by the recent freeze.
His report is confirmed by quite a
number of our farmers and fruit grow
| ers. Too bad, don't it!
F. w. Frazer succeeds T. NJ. Potter.
as landlord of the Fuller house.
Centre township votes, February Is,
on an issue of $4,000 in bonds, to be
exchanged for stock in a grist mill, to
be erected by Moore, Fuller & Co., the
latter to give real estate security to
pay all interest and principal of said
bonds when they fall due.
A good many land claim contests
are expected this season.
The Kansas & Nebraska railroad has
received 100000 of Marion county
bonds, and paid in full for its right of
way through that county.
Harvey County.
The new school house ut Newton is
open, and cost $4,000. II. C. McOuid-
dy succeeds Wm. Brown as post-mas-
ter. Eggs are 20 cents per dozen, and
fall wheat looks well.
Butler County.
Augusta prohibits animals from run
ming at large.
From the Augusta Republican:
BY order of the board of directors of
the Butler county agricultural asso-
ciation time has been given until
March 1st, 1873, for the payment or
fulfillment of all bids which were
made to said directors for the location
| OF the fair grounds of the society at
Towanda, Kansas. NJ. ID. ELLIS,
| Secretary.
AUGUSTA SCHooL.-The desks for
the upper room having finally arrived
are placed, and the juvenile classes
taken into their new quarters. Miss
Hattie l.. Boynton takes charge of
the primary department, while Mr..
snyder continues with the more adj
vanced classes. Miss Boynton is
spoken of as being eminently fitted
Ior the position to which she has been
employed.
Judge Aiken, of Augusta, is one of
the directors of the Kansas Sc Nebras-
ka railroad.
BENTON township endorses the herd
law.
The Eldorado Times says:
Texas cattle are doing well here the
present winter.
Money close-bat not close enouob
Tor the printers to reach.
When the Bobtail gets in Wen give
You more news.
Shoto Gibson was seriously injured |
last tuesday by horse falling upon
MN, nearly crushing his left leg and |
foot.
Within the last few days we have |
several times worked with open doors. |
During one entire day we worked |
with open doors, letting the fire go out |
in the stove.
Mrs. Nettie O'Daniels is now the
principal In Eldorado Academy.
Charley Bradley has sold his farm
on the Little Walnut to the Messrs.
MeRitchie. Mr.. B. will invest In FL
dorado property, and start = carriage
manufaetory early the coming spring.
"Rena Snow" our Eldorado poetess.
is writing continued stories for large
eastern literary weekly under the
name of"Blanche Raymond"
Chase County.
The exciting case of Marcau VS..
PerIet, for sn SIS calf, has been again
decided at C Cottonwood Falls i'm favor
OF defendant. Cost of suit $500.
That is good calf for lawyers to
milk.
The Leader says:
o. III. Drinkwater, the enterprisfng
miller of Cedar Point, examined the !
court house last Saturday, with a view
70 purchase it for a steam grist mill. ,
Last week, Charley Fearns, on South
Fork, received severe but not danger
Gus lnjurfes from the falling of a tree
which he was cutting down. His face
was badly cut and several teeth knock :
ed out.
The vault doors for the court house
nave been received. They were manu-
Iactared by Macneal & Urban. of Gin
and are fine specimens of
Andrew Friei, late Of New York
city, living on upper Buckeye, had his
leet SO badly frozen one day last week
mat Dr. Conaway amputated them.
Britton has replaced the fiat atar
and feather" roof on his store with .
one OF shingles. 1t was the quickest |
oD OF work done IN this section. All
zen o clock Monday morning work
men began tearing of the old roof and
cy Iaesday evening the new roof was
inished. The bniiding Is ~ by 30
eet.
Ii. L. Hunt & Co.'s entire stock of
FOODS have been sold to SIiamIefFer q
o., or Council Grove, who win carry
m the business at the old stand. 4
Saturday, February LIST, q meeting
called at Cedar Point to raise = fund
or Roman Catholic church either
here or at Florence. All persons
rom Chase and Marion counties, whol :
eel an interest in the matter, are re-
uested to be present.
cOwley County.
From the Arkansas City Traveller:
Major Durrow, Chief Engineer of
ne X. & Mr.. 4. was In Town last ar
ionday for the purpose OF consulting
ur people In reference to the buiId- 7
lg OF the X. q n. road without fur q
ner delay. It Is generally beliVed
sab the people of the county want q AZ
atlroac, and favcr the line Mr.. Dur ~
DIV represents. A meeting was held
Mefgs and WaIton's Office, at which
was decided to petition the Commits
oners 70 at once issue a call for the
urpose OF voting on the question. II
The caiaboose is completed.
A great amount of freight is being
dipped via Independence, to this n,
lace, on account of the high freight
the A. 7. & s. +. ~
Communicates small village has
DruDg up at Porter's mill, five miles
,ntheast of this place ON the Arkan- -
Ls river which eoRtains six houses
nd several families, one grist mill. II
re saw mill and bIackssnitil's shop. L6
o fort has been made as yet by the
tizeDs TO organize a town.
The post-ofEics at aCasear.- tbisI '
unity, has been discontinued. In con- IA
xnenee of no mail supply. In
The number OF town lots In VIA sea
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