The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-04-17
SOUTHWEST.

Pro. Norton Is preaching at Ar |
.ansas City. He talks about the
New departure to the old road"
The sub on the Arkansas City |
Traveller says: 1.-THE editor Is still
.bsent-for the good of the -commu-
lily.'
We clip the following from the
Leader which shows how the whis-
Ky is flowing at Cottonwood Falls.
LIQUOR CAsEs.-On Tuesday
of last week, j. II. Nye
was arrested for selling liquor on
Sunday, was tried before Squire
Nc Williams, and fined $500
George Hill, for selling liquor
against the law and was fined $500.
L. d. Hinckley for giving away
liquor in violation o. law, fined
S1.O0
The Newton Kansan speaks out
against investing money in circus
seeing.
One man was April fooled in Ok
ford by knock down.
The Oxfordites eat catfish for a
living.
Oxford men while away. their
hoursi by watching lnsty Kaws
shoot nickles of "the end of a split
stick"
The Wellington Press says
''There is great demand for both
residences and business houses in
this town, with not a vacant room
to supply the demand. Rents are
high and we know of no better in
vestment than the erection OF
dwellings and business houses in
Wellington"
Eldorado has the whooping
cough.
Some OF Eldorado's softies allow.
ed the monte men of Grady's cir.
Gus to carry off their cash.
CATTLE-We understand that J.
B. Slough, of Chelsea township
lost about two hundred head of cat.
tie this spring. This is the only
one We have heard of in the county
who has lost any number of cattle
this winter. Cattle have wintereG
over extremely we'll and are in
good condition this spring. 1
came little hard on stock men Il
be compelled TO pay from forty t
fifty cents per bushel for corn tc
feed out to stock cattle. Let III
have moro corn this season.
EidoradO Times.
The editor of the Eldorado Time.
is tired of the eternal local wa
which has destroyed the peace o
Butler county so long. The county
has suffered loss in men and wo
men by very foolish quarrel.
j. Wade Mcdonald, Probate
Judge and editor of q Summer
county paper, got into a difficult,
with J. Il. Baker about bet on ,
horse race. Baker pulled navy
and Mcdonald got out OF the wa,
and saved his bacon, perhaps. Thu
Judge ought TO have been in bette,
business.
We received q call Tuesday o
last week, from Mr.. John Miller
who resides in the north west par
of this county, near Clearwater
and in the Nenescah valley. Mr.
Miller is one of large number O
families from Doniphan county
who settled in the same neighbor
hood about year ago, and VIII
now have one of tue most tbrivin!
settlements in this county. The,
are well versed in prairie farming
and having some surplus means ar
making substantial improvements
such as building cOmmodious farm
houses, planting orchards, hedges
&c. They purchased their lumbe
by the carload, and thus secures
lowest prices. Mr.. Miller inform
ed us that they are building 81,
new good houses in the settlement
this spring, and making other i'm
provements. They have organize,
a grange recently, and they all in
tend TO take the PREss.-Oxfor,
Press.
THE OXFORD PGEss.-The last is
issue of the Oxford Press closed it
third volume. The editor, Cap
John II. Folks, INDUCES in som
congratulatory remarks at the sue
cess his efforts haye met with, ant
promises to enlarge The paper i
proper encouragement is met with
The Press is one of the best paper
in Southern Kansas, and we trus
the people by extending to it lib
eral patronage, will enable its pub
Usher to increase its influence AM
usefulness. 1t certainly deserve
success. The people of Sumne
county can do no better thing 70
themselves than to strengthen ant
build up their homo paper. An,
this advice may be taken in a gen
eral way wherever there is home
paper. We hope the Captain ma,
meet with the success he deserves
Grady's is the first circus tina
ever visited the Walnut valley.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Thi
undertaking is being pushed for
ward with an energy and life tina
will speedily insure its completion
The foundation, 2Sx50 feet is al
ready on the ground as well as~
considerable quantity of brick
Arkansas City Traveller.
The Telegram thinks Winfield
has twelve hundred people.
The "bi:ks" who follow Grady's
circus also went through the Win
field fools who bet on their games
The Marion County Record has a
bushel of original poetry on hand
which it will print when it has
room.
There was only one fight on cleo
ton day in Winfield.
Three Augusta sports" came 10
town show day with horse which
they thought was ''lightning skip
per-" but after his being beaten
thirty open feet by Tom Wright's
flIiy they concluded he was good
for nothing but coed Cow
pony" and went home u set of
wiser bnt poorer men.-WnEeld
Telegram.
THE CREDIT OF THE STATE.