The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-09-12
ALI ARaUSB,
Corn mrty cent? a. olatl,e.

SoTu I1lTty CENTS II Abi8tlle.
EldoradO is TO hAYe a SIC, OOOhoiel.
Sumner county wants large city.
A cheese factory Is needed at FL
The Olathe elevator is closed for
want OF grain 10 keep 1t running.
Sumner county Teachers Institute
at Belle Plain on the 18th, 18th and |
18th.
I.Ahk Moore. OF Marion Center,
is now ''doing" New Mexico for the
Record.
The Odd Fellows and Masons had
3 bail last Tuesday night at Mrion
Center.
The farmers OF RufIer county are
putting in = large amount of fall
wheat. -
Now that the weather is getting
cooler let KalIoeh and Anthony
open on each other.
Mr.. N. ID. Ellis. OF Eldorado, COM
petes At the State Fair for the ''hand-
soonest baby" premium.
The State board of equalization
increased the real estate value of
Sumner county $43,3O4
Sumner county Republican cen
trail committee, composed of thirteen
members, could only get six TO at
tend q meeting on the ID, and the
ak adjourned till October.
The EldOrado Times proposes q
special revival and free salvation for
the Emporia Ledger if its editors
will come down there. Do no good
Mr.. Times. Don't cast your pearls
before swine. lo
The deEouring prairie fire will
soon be around, destroying for many
farmers the whole summers work
The Southwestern papers are very
, properly warning the people to gel
ready by protecting their premises
t from its annual visits.
: We heard some prominent farm
ers say q few days ago that they
would be in for hanging the frs
man caught putting out prairie firt
this fall People can't be too carefn
: about prairie fire this fall. Tht
T grass is tall aud when dry will burr
/. like powder.-Eldorado Times.
3 SMuGGLER.--This Kansas horse
: already has q worldwide fame
: Captain Tough gave $4,000 for hin
!. 9 few weeks ago. He took him Il
r New York, whore his speed wa
tried, and sold him to Boston maj
o named Russell, for $4,000, clearing
= $4,000 clean cash on him. w
= would not object TO going into tn
Q fast boss business few days if W
d could do that well.
q The Independence Democrat pub
fishes letter from o citizen of tina
l. town, in which he claims to hav
II discovered Kate Bender, while jour
IS neying from Neodesna to Indepen
;. dence. She represented herself t
g lie . book agent from Topeka, an,
u rode in the correspondence WACO
= till he stopped to water his horses, q
l. which time she took to the woods.
CoTroN.-Mr. Corey, residing o
an upland farm eight miles east G
3 town, places fine specimen of cot
W ton on our table. Mr.. G. says 1t ri
Z. pened four months after planting
Ali that he planted will be ready {
10 pick In another Week:-Eldorad
Of Times. ....
Bic CoRN.-F. b. Philbrick, Esq
(. of Little Walnut, brought to on
T. Office yesterday an ear of large yel
ia low corn that is Just fourteen and
, half iBches long, raised on oil
ground, bottom land: THE is tn
e. longest ear of corn we ever saw
" We will wager a gill of buttermil
le that II is the longest ear of cor
raised on the face Of the globe thi
season. Who will take the bet p
-, Eldorado Times.
On Friday evening of last wee
while the john Robinson circus wa
al giving an exhibition at New Chlca
s, go, the store of Mr. Jackson,
,e heavy dry goods merchant, was ell
al tered and robbed of some valuabl
st cloths. Not satisfied with this, til
re thievf set fire to the store and pu
n of. Mr.. Jackson, who was at tn
q. time attending the entertainment
D was not aware of the fire until
% hsd gone too far to be arrested, an
o his entire stock o: goods, the cos
IL of which would reach from seven I
'r ten thousand dollars, was destroyed
% Search for the guilty party wa
r, made but it was found that he hal
1t escaped,
1t is now limited that Gov. 0sbor
y will appoint State Auditor d, w
r. Wilder to the Senatorship. Ths
!, would suit the Changers first rate
" -Paola Spirit.
1t is now believed in the bes
!. posted circles, that Doc. White, c
. Eldorsdo, viii be appointed to tn
United States Senate by Gov. o.
. born. Doc. is all right on tn
"county seat question:" in whic
= the Governor has taken deep inter
= est, was an original abolitionist, an
= his theory In regard to the cOlore'
. race is fully endorsed be the Govern
or. We know of no man who ha
e . more massive brow, nor non
= whose ebay window" would be bet
ter suited to Washington life an,
society than that of our esteeme,
friend of Eldorads.
G People shun and fear the murder
Q err everywhere. Go where he will
q he meets with cold reception aHC
p Ryerted faces, Such has been tn,
fate of DIR. Medlicott, who murder
ed /. II. Ruth at Lawrence three
r years ago. After his release from
, the GaPnett jail, he went to Pome
roy, Ohio, and commenced the prac
tice of medicine. His reputation
q here in Kansas soon followed him
and waning practice forced him tC
. quit that town, and he removed tC
Marietta end went into the photo.
, graph business with partner, HiG
T record became known to their pat,
rons, and the business soon fell of
to such an extent that the partner
was obliged to buy Medlicott out
| From thence he removed to Chilli.
cothe. What the result will be
there remains to be seen.
TERRIBLE Coal On ACCIDENT
The Fort Scott Monitor gives this
account of a coal oil catastrophe
which took place last "wednesday at