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

S. T. Kelsey, who is planting forests
along the line of A. T. & S. F. railroad
for the company, has an experimental
garden near Hutchinson, in which the
trees are looking well.
Two kilns of brick are being burned
at Hutchinson.
District Judge Brown. of Cotton
wood Falls, is putting up an elegant
residence at Hutchinson, and will soon
move his family there.
&C. Hutchinson reports to the News
a lively increase in land sales at Hutch
inson.
We are informed by z. Tharp that a
herd of buffalo passed last week
through the southwestern portion of
this county of enormous proportions.
They were over thirty hours in passing
given point and the mass seemed over
mile wide. The people in the vicin-
ity easily killed as many as they want
ed. They came from the northeast
and disappeared toward the southeast.
Hutchinson News.
SETTLING UP.-Forty-seven quarter
sections of land have been taken in
town %, range 8 west, since April,
and the process of settling still con-
tinues. The embrio village of Leon
Vile is situated in this township, and
from all We can gather promises to be
stirring place. The inhabitants OF
town 25 are of the true ststripe.''-
Hutchinson News.
Mr.. Lyons wheatfield, near Wichita,
turaed out over twenty-five bushels to
the acre.
The Wichita Eagle prescribes lynch
ing for horse thieves and thinks there
is entirely too much of that business
going on.
Wild grapes and plums haye put in
an appearance at Wichita.
Douglas has a new So, school
house. 1t is surrounded by as fine a
farming country as Kansas can show,
and is doing well.
The Benton township, Butler county,
farmers, learned that the threshing
machine men had combined to charge
8 cents for oats and cents for wheat,
met and resolved to pay only 3 and
cents. The meeting agreed to furnish
10000 bushels of work to any machine
at the last named rates.
OUTRAGE AND MURDER.-On the
21st ult. II. G. Williams, who owned
1000 Texas cattle, herded eight miles
from Austin, Sumner county, outraged
Mrs. Maria c. Mcdowell, who cooked
for the herders, among whom was her
husband. The latter got mad about it,
refused to be reconciled, so Williams
killed him, sold his cattle to Wichita
man, and went to that city. The Sum-
ner county sheriff went after him, and
found he had been ut the Douglass
House, but had left, He then arrested
several of Williams herders, who are
thought to have assisted in killing Nc
Dowell. The latter's pony has been
found straying where its owner was
last seen. Mrs. Mcdowell claims SlO,-
600 damages for the loss of her hus-
band and the outrage committed on
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Williams have been levied on to see if
they cannot be held to stand the re-
suit of suit. Williams had better
have let Maria alone.
Judge Mitchell, of Bazaar, has sold
his fall wheat at $3.50 per busiel.
Wish that 81 so purchaser would come
around here.
Two candidates for Sheriff Joined
the farmers club at Cottonwood Falls
last week.
Immigration is lively up Spring
creek. Scarcely week passes with
out record of some new settler in that
locality, Three gentlemen from Mas
sachusetts, named Bachelor, Manning
and McCa6e, are now building two
houses, within five miles of town, each
being l4x24 feet, two stories high, with
wing IL feet square. The new set
tiers are all good men and an addition
to the eounty.-Chase County Leader.
Scott, of the Arkansas Traveller, is
still bothered by the girls sending him
boquets.
Max Fawcett will have an immense
yield of grapes from his vineyard near
Arkansas City.
Arkansas City is visited by Osages
and Kaws.
When the Traveller foots up the as
seasons returns of the valuation of
property in Cowley county, We will
give the result.
BIG SALE OF LoTs.-R. C. Haywood.
formerly of this town, takes stock in
Arkansas City. The other day he
bought of Meigs 6 Walton I65 lots at
one time.
LECTURE.-J. J. Buck, of Emporia,
and o partner of the firm of Buck &
Cunningham, delivered lecture on
temperance at the school house on last
Sunday evening, to an attentive audi
ence and well-filled house. Mr.. Buck
is the Grand Worthy Chief Tempiar
of the Order OF Good Templars of the
State of Kansas, and is thoroughly
competent to fill the high position OF
honor. -Arkansas City Traveller.