The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-10-02
STATE ITEMS


Thirty-three prisoners in Leaven-
worth Jail.
Fort Scott is going to sell more coal
than anybody.
The Kirwin Chief states that llas
tulk OF travel is now westward.
Atehison county has more peaches
and grapes than ever before.
Missouri apples sell from wagons in
Topeka at fifty cents bUshel.
Cattle men of Allen county drive
their stock to Iowa instead of shipping
by rail.
The machine shops of the Gulf road
are being moved from Kansas City TO
Ottawa.
the Belle Plain Democrat has sus-
pended. 1t needed better money and
more of 1t.
Each of the morning papers at
Leavenworth has a circulation double
that OF the other.
Lawrence has a watermelon got up
after the style of the Siamese twins.
The X. p. is furnishing seed wheat
and rye to parties who apply for it at
Ellis and Wilson.
No loss without some small gain.
The WOodsOn County Post says book
agents are scarce this fall.
The Hottest thing that comes under
our observation, is Deacon Houston
talking about country editors"
Whisky that sells for 81 so gallon
is considered good enough for election
eering purposes in Leavenworth.
A party of thirty-flye Friends left
Lawrence on the 23d inst. TO attend
the Yearly Meeting at Richmond, In
diana.
a rattlesnake made its appearance
in an Ellis hotel parlor lately. This
is uncommon; snakes usually appear
in the bar-room.
The project OF starting needless
newspaper at Hutchinson has fallen
through. That's one good thing the
grasshoppers did.
A Mr.. Carrigan, of Leavenworth
county, lately had his back converted
into shot tower while digging anoth-
er mans potatoes.
A man in Fort Scott is reported to
have carefully perused "Redfeld on
Wills" and then he wasn't nominated
for Probate Judge
The county commissioners of Smith
county have wisely decided = have
no more county roads surveyed dur
ing these hard times.
Oliver Perry, boy at Plymouth,
was attacked by pig, and bitten sc
badly that it is feared one of his knee
joints may become permanently stiff,
It is not uncommon for "moverss
going east this season TO take tame
buffaloes with them. One of these an
imals was lately sold in Illinois for
$500.
1t is estimated that over two thous-
and bushels of wheat will be shipped
from the town of Cherokee, Crowford
county, during the present season.
Silas Woodward, of Blue Rapids
township, Marshall county, carried
away 1870 in premiums at the recent
State fair at Leavenworth, on Ills herd
of Hereford cattle.
AS if the possession of such a name
as Gerard Schnorrenberg was not hap
piness enough, the owner of that APP
psiation has been appointed pOstmas-
ter in Greenwood county.
A severe hailstorm passed over Con-
eordia on Tuesday night of last week
Over one thousand paues of glass
were broken, and several asphaltum
roofs badly injured.
A little boy named Miller wa:
struck by lightning in Lawrence, OF
Thursday of last week. He was sit,
ting in door with dog and chicken
The dog and chicken were killed, but
the boy recovered.
A convict named Tracy killed an.
other named Green, in the penitentary
last week, by striking him with nj;
fist.
At the trial of man in Marshall
county the other day, for fast driving
over bridge, witness who was
mile and half away, testified that ht
could not see the team, but heard the
mules breathing. E'1s