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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-07-25
SOUTHWEST.


Augusta is Certifying against chol-
era.
Towanda cares tor nothing except
the arrival of the st. Joseph, K. & T
railroad.
The Barton County Progress and
the Florence Pioneer have been great
~ improved, and are well printed and
readable papers, and valuable to their
respective towns.
Wichita has this year put up 16e
buildings, at cost of $205 900. II
now wants good FIGURING mill.
The witnesses In the case of the
state VS. John Wellner, whose fees
were not allowed by the commission
ers, have employed counsel to sue the
county. The case will come up In the
next term of the district court. Cot
tonwood Falls Leader.
There will be three tickets in Cow
ley county the republican. democratic,
AID farmers The county officers to
be elected are; Treasurer, county
clerk, three commissioners, coroner,
surveyor, register, representative, and
sheriff.
j.. A. Rhoades has bought or will
run the National hotel at Augusta.
According TO bill for boarding a
pauper, presented to the CowleY coun-
ty commissioners, the said pauper ate
100 lbs. of -four per month. He is
enough TO ruin any community An
other pauper consumes more chickens,
sugar cured hams and canned fruit,
than the largest hotel in the county.
I2S,9s5 Texas cfttle have so far this
season passed through Caldwell for
Wichita. They are generally in ex-
cellent condition.
Wellington started late in April,
1871, and now has a daily stage and
mail line from the north, and tri-week-
ly from the east, and other things as
follows:
One newspaper, three dry goods
stores, two hardware stores, three gro
Gerry and provision stores, three drug
stores, three hotels, two livery and sale
stables, two blacksmith and wagon
shops, one shoe shop, one harness shop.
one first-class restaurant, three sa-
looms, one barber shop, four real es-
tate agencies. one ieweler, one meat |
one confectionery. two prac- |
ticing physicians, eight lawyers, one |
furniture store, three carpenter shops |
aud lumber yard. There are two /
churches, each OF which /
employs pastor, and church edidces
will be erected A large azd wall |
furnished school building atta SITS the /
interest manifested in educational az
airs.
SKINNER county has debt Of 5000.
The Oxford Press changes its name
o the Sun County Press, and goes
o Wellington.
The Avenue hotel, in Wichita, haz
oaging to 4. II. English, was de-
troyed by fire on the 18th. Loss es,-
90; no insurance. It had been vaca-
ed the previous night. /,
The Marion County Record has at
sst secured sober printer.
The driver Of the Wellington and /
! inieId hack, when coming oyer from
ne latter place last Saturday stopped
! a stream 20 water his horses. OUR
lg tile run OF three miles that he made
oyer take the vehicle he repeated the
steehism, and when be came mp to
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-07-25
Fourteen Years Ago.

In the month of April, 1859, q
small party started from the frontier
of Kansas on q trip across the great
plains. The frontier then was q
long way east of the little Arkansas,
and Emporis was our Quitting
point. A fortnight or more after
passing the last squatter. the party
encamped on Walnut creek, at its
junction with the Big Bend of the
Arkansas. A large party Of KiOwa
Indians had taken possession of the
road between Walnut and PaWnee
Fork, and compelled a halt for re-
Inducements. Indians, buffalo and
the coyote then held full possession
of these prairles, and the members
of that party unanimously agreed
that no white men would ever make
this their permanent abode.
Fourteen years have since passed.
Last Saturday a member of that
party crossed that Walnut creek
again, but this time in an elegant
passenger coach on the A. T. 8 s.
+. r. II. A little to the east stood
the crumbling walls of old Fort
Zarah, built, served its full mission
and then abandoned, all within
those fourteen years. Along both
sides of the creek, and back on the
prairies as far as the eye could reach,
were houses, and cornfields and
herds of cattle. Shortly after the
whistle sounded, and the train put
Us down at q commodious depot.
Adjacent was beautiful little park,
withs shrubs and plants and q foun-
IN oil H. 81
left a wagon bridge, thirteen hun
dred feet in length, spanned the
Arkansas. Near the track we've eX-
tensiVe stock yards. Back on the
little hill was the town of Great
Bend, with its five or six hundred
Inhabitants. There on the left was
the school house; not the log affair
that used to hamper the Lincolns
and DougIases, hut handsome two
story, surmounted by tasty belfry.
Up the broad pine walk to the pub
lie square, and we gaze upon the
beautiful white limestone walls OF
the S25,0 court house, in course OF
erection. The neatly painted signs
on the business fronts encircling
| the square indicate the variety OF
her merchandise. There are dry
goods, clothing, grocery, hardware
and furniture stores, two first-elass
hotels, millinery, iewelry, etc.
Sabbath evening we join the pro-
cession to the new school house, and
listen to an able discourse, delivered
before an audience possessing appar-
emily as much intelligence and re
finement as any with which we have
commingled. The singing was &C.
companied by the organ, and every
thing indicated culture and gentil-
itY;
Next IaarnIng, passing down q
fine business row, an open door re.
Vealed printing press, and step.
ping in we find a progressive gen.
tleman printer, with glittering new
types and shining press, issuing the
wide-awake Aartoa County Pro.
gress. Here, while the editor il
making up his FORMS" Is an oppor.
tunity for stamping down this feeble
picture of the progress made in the
last fourteen years in the "UppeI
Arkansas" Who will venture 6
prediction Of what the next four.
teen years will dol The trampine
jour printer will not, for fear OF
| falling as far short as he did fourteen
years ago.-Barton County Progress
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Orleans without once sleeping ON
shore
Joseph Cloud, of Trenton, N. J.,
has wagered 5000 that ne will in
l45 days row 3,627 miles without
eating or drinking, says a telegram
To go without eating or drinking
for l45 days will be quite enough.
without rowing 3.627 miles.
In Chicago, on the 18th, Charles
Reed engaged a respectable girl
named Gertrude Springer, with her
mothers consent, to go with him to
take charge OF child. At lonely
spot be brutality outraged her, and
her mother IL very sorry she was so
careless as to trust her girl with an
entire stranger.
The Police Commissioners of New
York recommend the formation of
q brigade of 500 mounted police,
armed and drilled rs military, to be
used in case of emergency in aid of
the civil power. The Mayor has
made requsition on Coy. Dix for
800 breach-loading rifles, $50 in
fantry swords and equipments.
This military police is intended 10
preclude the necessity of calling out
the militia in case of disturbances
too serious for the strength of the
ordinary police force.
The most audacious railroad rob-
berry on record took place at s: 80
Monday night, on the Chicago, Rock
Island IL Pacific railroad, at lonely
place near Odinia 55 miles west OF
Des Moines. AS the regular ex-
press and passenger train was going
along at twenty-five miles an hour,
the engineer saw a rail off the track
and applied the air brakes. The en-.
CINE and two passenger cars ran of
the track and were wrecked, but the
passenger cars were not hurt. The
engineer and fireman were throws
, out, the fireman being killed by the
: shock. Six masked robbers fred o.
: the engine as it ran of, and after thu
train stopped some fired into The
express car and others walked along
by the car windows, threatening tt
| shoot the first passenger who triet
I to look out. Meantime others rob
bed the express safe OF $1,000, ant
9 cut open the mail sacks, but took M
8 letters. All then mounted horse
a and galloped south. They had no
3 cut the telegraph wires, and
|. special train soon arrived and re
/. pared the track. Vigilant effort
a being made to capture the desperat
o robbers, who had expected mucl
larger amount in the express safe
A later telegram says parties liVinl
y near the place are suspected. Fiv
thousand dollars reward is Offere'
by the company. The engineer
John Rotferty, resided at De
: Moines, aud leaves q wife and tire
children.
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THE U. ). SENATE.

Mr.. EDITOR: The Wichita Bea-
con and the Topeka CommonW ealth
endOrce the eminent fitness of our
honored citizen, Col. p. u. Plumb,
for the vacancy existing in the
United States Senate. A number
of the Colonies friends, including the
writer OF this article, have for some
time thought that no name could be
presented TO the Governor, or the
next legislature, more deserving, or
more eminently qualified for that
distinguished position.
Col. Plumb possesses qualifica.
lions which the people and legisla-
ture of this state cannot afford any
longer to ignore. If we over ex-
pect 10 redeem ourselves from the
obloquy heretofore resting upon us
on account of the character of our
national representatives, we must
select men of undoubted capacity
and integrity. Political shYsters
and money extorting Shylocks must
be left at home. Men whose sole
qualifications are their money bags,
must no longer represent our COM
monwealth in the national councils.
Our last Legislature Qn vulgar par
iance) "took the bull by the HORNS"
They partly cleaned out the Augean
stables. The national congress
would have finished the job, but
timely resignation saved it the
trouble. Last winters revolution
gave US Senator who is a credit to
our state. Let the next legislature
send, In the pei son of Col. Plumb, a
worthy aud capable colleague.
Then citizen of this state can
travel anywhere over the world
without being ashamed TO acknowl-
edge his citizenship. To be Kan
san may no longer subject him to
derision. trust, Mr.. Editor, that
this question, now that it is raised,
will not be allowed to sleep any
longer. Our people are alive to the
Importance of change. In addi-
ton to eur presenting candidate
possessing all the qualifications need
ed, wehave also the additional claim
of locality. Southern Kansas has
nothing. All the offices are now
monopolized by the eastern and
northeastern part of our state. ri
all the ability and integrity of the
state were there concentrated, then
Of course locality should give way,
but this is not the case. Let us in
presenting an unexcePtionable can
didAte calmly and courteously in
sist upon our rights, and they ought
and In all probability will be acced-
ed to us- Respectfully, J.
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STATE ITEMS.

Lawrence loaves of bread are on
ly FIVE cents each.
Miami county has 100000 worth
of native beef ready for market.
Important entries are being made
every day for the State fair at To-
peka.
Manhattan has a MADEIRA grape
vine which grows Eve inches in "a
hours.
Atchison pledges itself to raise
100000 to aid in building a railroad
bridge there.
Prentis, of the Lawrence Journal,
is offered the localship of the forth
coming Topeka Blade.
The Paola Spirit claims that q
flowing Oil well has been discovered
on Mr.. Christians farm, near Beav-
or creek, eight miles east of that
city; and that the ground there is q
second oil region.
In Leavenworth, on the 18th,
Frank Wheerle, q protestant, and
Fred Borny, a catholic, aHarreled
IS to the religious training of Ror-
ny's child. They are brothers-in-law,
and so Frank fractured Fred's skull
with china vase. If the latter dies
soon, Frank had better loook out
for his own religious destiny.
Albert Price and John Harris, of
Riley county, have been arrested for
Illicit Disabling. This is the first
case in Kansas for five years, and
other highly respected people are
implicated,
Leavenworth claims to have put
up $50, 600 worth of buildings this
year. The new hotel is to cost $780,
900, not a million.
Hugo Kullack, of Topeka, known
as "The lumber king of Kansas"
died at his home in Topeka ON the
18th, aged 10 years. In 1872 he
sold 100000 feet OF lumber, and
when he died had yards in six cities.
He first set himself up by building
the Kaw agency houses on the re-
serve, when that tribe was located in
this State.
A Mrs. Philbin has sued q Wame- /
so SELDOM keeper for $1,000, for SELL
ino lS0nOr 40 har h,Ohan1 x-ho -
drunk, laid out one cold night last
winter, aud had his hand. and feet |
badly frozen. This is the first law
suit of the kind in Kansas, and The
result will be awaited with interest.
The faculty of the Manhattan Ag-
College has been re-ap-
pointed, except the President. He
is a wealthy man who has done con-
siderable for Manhattan, but IL said
to be quite incompetent for presi-
dent of a state agricultural college.
The Kansas Pacific railroad is be-
ing extended from Kit Carson 10
Pueblo, on It's way to Santa Fe. It
proposes 10 reach those places BE-
fore the A. I. & 3. F. can.
The Lawrence Journal pnkindly
that a Leaycnwortlr- botan-
st recently collected LOG varieties
IF grasses and weR1s in the streets
II the latter city.
A State Teachers' Association is
o be held at 0ttsws, August q, % l
md 20. 4 Large gathering - ex- I
'ected. 4
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jefferson county is IN q ferment
over its late treasurer, Robert Rid
die, who has pocketed $4,000 of the
peoples money. The county COM
missioners have persuaded Robert
to resign, and hold his bOndsmen
for the deficit. What he has done
with the money is not stated. P.
BI. Gilbert, one of the county CON-
missioners has been appointed conn
ty treasurer by the board. Riddle
is held for trial.
Senatorial candidates for u. S.
Senator are Gov. Osborn, l. s. Kali
loch, Ex-Gov. Harvey, Sid. Clarke,
Judge Lowe, and S. A. Cobb. The
most astonishing news of all is that
Pomeroy will also be a candidate.
Exchange.
If the above named were ali the
candidates, we could decide the
matter of Senator in a very short
space of time. But we believe
there will be other candidates, who
have not yet beop mentioned. And
while on the subject, w0 soc that
the st. Louis Globe and other pa
pers are still insisting that eK-Sen-
ator Pomeroy will be candidate.
They are simply setting up Mr..
Pomeroy as q man of straw to
knock him over, for the sake of sem
sation. They have been assured,
time and again, by his friends, in the
papers, and privately, that llr.
Pomeroy is not a candidate. He
could not be candidate If he de-
sired to, because he would have o
supporters. Why not let him alone !?
Why continue to kick man when
he is ont of the way and doing no
HARM
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Coffey county fair at Burlington
Oct. s, 8, and 10. Premiums aggre-
gate $500. It's wheat crop this year
is 10000 bushels.
Last week an 50 pound piece of
ore was taken ont of Spring river.
one mile east OF Baxter, and yielded
80 per cent. pure lead.
Andy Wilson will hold a great
sale OF stock in Shawnee county,
August 20, and 81. Over 200 choice
animals viii be put up.
NJ. SiiIloan, Coffey county farm
er, reports go bushels of wheat
from 20 acres ofland, or 331S bushels
per acre. Two acres yielded 3715
bushels each of the White Michigan
variety.
Johnny Walton, aged seven years,
elk miles east of Holton, tried, Fri
day, 10 ride COW barcbacked, cir
Gus style. The cow was mean
enough TO through its rider off and
break his arm.
| The Kansas Central railroad, mar
row guage, has secured a loan OF
100000, and will at once extend
its road and branches 200 miles,
tapping the Solomon Valley and
other rich sections of the country
west.
In the contested land case between
the Missouri, Kansas s. Texas rail
road, and the Kansas Pacific road
Judge Garfield, of the DAVIS county
court, has decided that the lands ii
contest belong to the NJ. X. & T
: company. This case involved tn,
title to nearly one hundred Thousand
acres of the best lands in Kansas
which are worth at least eight hun
: dred thousand dollars.
Adam Rottman, farmer nea
Lawrence, was cutting wheat OIL
Monday, and stopped his reaper t,
fix something, when the mules sud
. denly started, throwing him in from
of the machine. He was dragget
forty or fifty feet before the animal
could be stopped. One hand wa
cut of, and his side sawed open, re
: vealing the vitals. Mr.. r. was al
! excellent farmer, and good citizen
Al years old, and leaves a wife.
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stamping, baking. wasting, and
heating in tue rctort were very i'm
tercsiing 10 me as It was entirely
new, although | had read of ii.
We intended spending sthe next
day in visiting Gray's Peak, fourteen
miles distant. but unforeseen Giro UNI
stances prevented. Before break
fast next morning 1 visited " Bridal
veil Fall" near the city A thin
sheet of water falls about 80 feet,
and as / went early the sun shone
upon it aud there l saw such a love-
ly rainbow in the mist. After get
ting q good wetting IN the mist by
trying TO get ferns we hurried
back to breakfast and were soon in
the stage for Idaho and Floyd Hill,
the terminus of the Georgetown
branch of the railroad. AS we
near Fall River city We pass Profile
Rock, perfect face of a man with
very large nose and very low fore
head. A change of horses at Idaho
and q five mile ride brings US to the
cars where we meet a very large
party of Lawrence people just or
their way to the mountain towns
Among these was S. n. Simpson
the banker. Fortunately for us they
had procured an excursion car tc
come up, we had it going down
Without ;. mishap we arrived il
Denver at 4 p. m. Saturday after
noon. If any one wants to make
a flying trip to this part of the
mountains, this is the way to Sc,
the most in the shortest time. W,
were gone four days, and I can as
sure you we improved every mo
ment of time, and enjoyed our
selves as much as anyone could,
think. This hurriedly written let
ter must not be criticised too mucI
for am very tired to-day.
| ID. L. z
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SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

The District of Columbia owes
only 500, 100000.
London reports extraordinary hot
weather for England.
Yellow fever and cholera are
travelling together in Mexico.
a German family in louisville
has been poisoned by smoked her.
ring.
Four life convicts in the Column
bus, Ohio. penitentiary, hare been
released, by cholera.
The Philadelphia city council is
visiting Cincinnati, and the latter
city is spending 81, 900 to entertain
its visitors.
The great annual boat race be-
tween the eastern colleges has been
one by the Yale crew, which pulls
the English stroke.
San Francisco, Concord, Ken
lucky, Greenfield, Ohio, and New
York, all INDUCED in pistol and gun
shot murders, Wednesday.
Prof. Wise is to take fifty carrier
pigeons on his Atlantic balloon trip
and send reports every four hours
10 the New York Cratic.
The Russian troops have whipped
Khiva into good behavior, and the
Khan pays 100000 roHbles in ten
years for permission to continue to
be a Khan.
A fast tri weekly train of ears is
to run between Denison, Texas, and
New York, carrying fresh packed
beef east and bringing valuable
freight back.
A large number of the Spanish
lunatics, known as ''Carlists," were
killed in battle last week with the
government troops, at Ingulada, in
the province of Barcelona.
At Greenville, Floyd county, In
diana, Saturday, one Buckhight tried
to break sling shot on the head of
Mr.. Miller aAd broke the head.
DIR. Dudley, of the Lexington,
KY, insane asylum, has been 80
much with the insane that he lately
became insane himself, and died by
takiny 30 grains of morphine.
Gen. howard's accounts with tie
government show a deficit of SllO,-
600. He claims that dishonest sub
ordinates have pocketeS 1t. How
ard stock is not so high as IL was.
John AIcMahon, of Rutland, Yer
mont, and Thomas Copeland, of
Canada, wrestled in at New York,
Wednesday, for $1,000 In gold and
the worlds championship. Amer
ica wos.
In Albany, n. y, last Friday,
Peter McNarry stabbed aud killed
Mike Manning, because Mike and |
Mrs. McNarry were too fond of
each other &c emit Peters notion of
Near Williamsport, Pa, Tuesday
hight, John Mcbride and wife, an
Did couple, were brutality murdered
'y some unknown person, GoP rob-
'ery. The murderer overlooked
S, 600 which were in the farmhouse.
On Monday Joseph q. Cloud
tarted from Philadelphia TO New
orleans, on 5000 bet that after
boat in the Ohio river,
o you'd travel in that boat to New
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Administrators sale Of Rial Estate.

THE undersigned administrator of the
Il estate of Geo. NJ Harvey, deceased.
Will, on the 18th day OF August. 1874, at
III O'Clock 4. M. ut the door Of the court
house, in Emporia, sell, at public auction,
TO the highest bidder. the following de-
scribed real estate, belonging to said es-
tate, to-wit: An undivided one-h.if in
tPreSt in IS acres, being all that par, of
the L Il OF w u OF W. OF see. Is. tn.
IS. range II, lFing on the north aud west
side Of the Cottonwood river; also com
mencing at the center OF sec. 10, tp. ~.
range IL; thence + 10 chains; thence S 40
chains, 10 the south line of said section:
thence on the section line chains and IS
links, to the 5 f corner Of portion decided
to Jacob j. Newton; thence west 8 chains
and S2 links; thence n 10 chains; thence
w chains, To 5 e corner OF portion deed
ed to Anna Hiatt; thence n to place of
beginning, excepting acres OF ) end Of
the above described piece Of Ian 4, here
tofore bargained TO Levi b. Mills, said
tract Of land containing % acres more or
less.
Terms OF sale will be, oue-third down.
and one third in six and nine months.
| Deferred payments to draw interest at 10
| per cent per anuum, aud be secured by
| good personal security.
ABNER HADLEY.
July 18th. 1873. 2sti