The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-11-27
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: SOUTHWEST.
eli ,59O.45 in money orders we're is
iued ir"m the Wichita post tffice for
the last quarter.
The newest effort i'm the line OF man
ufaciure made in Wichita, is in the
soap line, and the effort is as successful
as new. The Eagle says it gets away
with the store article decidedly.
Twenty wagons left Wichita last
Wednesday morning, loaded with sup
plies for FIT. Sill, in the Indian TerritO-
~.
The Wichita Eagle is full of sleriff-s
editorials.
The Eureka Herald complains of the
scarcity of items.
Wichita has received a new iron Jail
from AtchiSOn.
Tuesday morning Drs. w. II. Carter
and G. w. Westlake, and Messrs. w.
| w. Jones, j. i. Cochran, ii. A. Cham
berlain, John B. Minnick and John
GOldweight, were out deer hunting,
returning in q few hours with two
hundred pound doe, saying nothing of
the buck ague some of them had while
''chasing the antelope Ger the plain"
The piece we tasted was excellent
Chase County COurant.
The big editor of the Walnut Valley
Times is up TO Topeka this week on
the L. S. grand jury. He puts up at
the Teft house, where he will take
enough ''hash and board to last him
all winter.
A party of buffalo hunters from st.
Joseph passed over the Santa Fee day
or two since for the upper Arkansas
valley. Gen. james Craig, president
of the Hannibal & st. 10. r. r., was
one of the party.
The young ladies of Council Grove
have organized secret society, which
is supposed to be "self-escOrting, CO.
operative, church and party going or
ganization," from which young men of
the city are excluded.
Parties who wish to paper their par
Tors with exchanges Can secure a fine |
lot filled with good cuts of rejoicing
ROSTERS, at this ofllce.-Sumner Coun- |
ty Press.
A literary society is being organized
in Augusta.
Butler county gave majority for |
st. Clair, the Republican candidate for
State Senator, of one thousand one |
hundred and fifty-four votes.
Cottonwood Falls is to have shoot
ing club.
"Will blue grass grow in Wichita ?" |
is the question that worries the Wichi- |
ia Eagle.
Our market is crowded with the fin
est of potatoes and apples, shipped by |
cars from Iowa and Missouri. Pota- |
toes were selling on Monday at 90 |
cents, and apples at 81 so per bushel. |
A large quantity OF both have been |
stored here for winters uSe.-Newton |
Kansan.
The body OF Lewis Klingensmith,
weO was killed at Dallas, Texas, over |
a year ago, and who was pretty well |
known here, was brought here last |
Friday and buried on Sunday. His |
wife accompanied the remains.-New-
ton Kansan.
The Ladies Relief Society in Hutch
insOn are still busy. They are col
Letting and distributing AN immense
amount of clothing to those who are
unable to buy.
The Southwestern counties all
had a touch of the late snow storm.
Notwithstanding the grasshopper
raid quite Il number of settlers are
coming in. Even the Western portien
of the county is still being rapidly TAX
en- up under The homestead law
Hutchinson News.
Business in Hutchinson OF late has
been better than was anticipated. The
dizziness of winter is late about setting
News.
The Eureka merchants seem to think
that money is getting plentier. So
says the Herald.
Work at the Council Grove coal
shaft has suspended for a few days.
There was about dozen sermons
preached in Council Grove last Sab
bath. So says the Democrat.
A new colony, OF the Cam 5eIlite de-
nomination, will soon be started in
Morris county.
A county poor farm is being talked
of In Morris county.
That flock of Billie and Nanny goats
have vamOOsed with all their horns
and odOriferOus perfume. Children
can now 90 to school without being in
mortal fear ola but-reArwards. Good
riddance.-MOrris County Repu blican.
Coal $3.50 per ton in Marion Center.
A party left here early this week on
. buffalo excursion we st. At this
writing Thursday we should esti-
mate that there would be about as
much fun hunting buffalo this kind of
weather, as there would be in attempt
ing to climb to the moon on an icicle,
Centre Record.
The Eldorado ITEMS says a lot Of
Wichita galUOts have been in that vi
cinity for the past week with q pack of
hounds, running the deer all out of the
country. As soon as they run out of
whiskey they will go home.
Butler county is going tie organize
Horticultural society.
Eldorado claims to have the greatest
hog market in the Southwest.
Butler county has a musical associa-
ton.
The first number of the Winfield
Plow and Anvil is before us. 1t has a
good appearance, and we wish it sue
cess.
A pork-packing hous sc has been
started in Winfield.