The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-01
SOUTHWEST.

The Eagle says: "Wichita has
twenty lawyers, and all seem to be
doing a good business" That is an
of much litigation.
The style of building in Wichita
Is to put up q ebay window and at
tach q small house to it."
The Wichita folks fish with pitch
forks.
Wichita has a pawnbroker's shop.
The Wichita boys are pitching,
striking, catching and fouling the
base ball.
The farmers of the Southwest ex-
pect an immense crop of wheat, and
anxiously ask where shall we
get it ground?
The first lnstallment of Texas
cattle reached Wichita last week.
A company has been organized in
the southwest part of Sedgwick
county to bore for coal.
Prairie hay is worth ten dollars q
ton in Wichita.
The citizens of Newton propose
to give one thousand dollars to any
responsible person who will erect a
Touring mill at that place.
The Newton kansan says: 1.-THE
hotels are full of parties from the
east, who are looking for land.
They cannot find finer country to
settle in than this"
Judge Muse of Newton has been
East. On his ret i'm he Mused as
follows: "There is no place like
Newton"
The wild geese are causing the
farmers in the western part of the
county considerable annoyance by
eating the green wheat.-Newton
kaDsan.
Early vegetables are making their
appearance in Wellington. So says
the Enterprise.
Sumner county prairies are COW
cred with green grass and sweet
scented flowers.
The Sumner county farmers are
planting great many fruit trees.
The Wellington Press thinks "the
State of the market matrimonial in
Sumner county is quite encourag-
ing"
The enterprising land agent OF
Wellington, Geo. r. Fuftz, was in
town on Monday last with some
gentlemen from the East, and sold
them three quarter sections of land,
four miles west of town for three
thousand eight hundred dollars
Oxford Enterprise.
The Arkansas City Traveller says
"Thousandsoi wild geese inhabit the
Arkansas river, and deer and ante
lope are reported very plenty in the
Territory four miles SOUTH"
The Traveller says cells are abuEd-
ant In the Walnut this season, and
are easily caught with hook and
line.
The Eldorado Times says: "TThe
deposits in the First National bank
of Eldorado have increased over
$4,000 within the past two months.
This indicates prosperity"
1.-THE Owl, Bat and Snail" was
the subject chosen by one of Pea
body's diVines, a short time since.
The Hutchinson News talks about
''grass, wheat and oats rising like a
green cloud"
According to the News ''consid-
cradle ponds" are to be found in
the city of Hutchinson.
The News believes that the i'm.
provements in the way OF bricE
buildings in Hutchinson "for the
year 1874 will amount to many
thousand dollars"
Reno county is receiving q large
share of the immense immigration
which is pouring intOthe Southwest
Barbour county has Sun City.
Old man Norris of Sedgwick
county has wicked SOD about Is
years old. The son got mad at his
father q few days since and shot
him twice, some say with q pistol,
others say shot gun. Young Nor
ris then departed for parts un-
known.
Butler county has but one news
paper, white Cowley and Sumner
have three each. There is hardly
enough enterprise in that county
outside of Eldorado, to run a saw
mill.-Arkansas City Traveller.
Mr.. Scott, you do Butler county
great injustice. The people of But
Ter county do not lack energy, en-
terprise or public spirit, but then
they would prefer one good paper
in place of two or three sleepy
ones.-Eldorado Times.
A largo breadth OF oats and
spring wheat has been soWn in this
county and despite the chilly wealth
er, is doing fine. The wheat is up
about four inches.-Cottonwood
Falls Leader.
The Butler county correspondent
OF the Emporia Ledger, in his last
letter to that paper, says: "The
Eldorado Grange is bursted and
scattered to the four winds of the
earth. Dissent in their ranks was
the cause of their dissolution. :"
Last Saturday we interviewed the
treasurer of the Eldorado Grange
BOSS Tweed-with the folio wing re-
cult: The Boss informed us that
the Eldorado Grange Is the largest
in the county; is in a most -four
ishing condition financially; is
growing in numbers and strength,
and met regularly for the transact
ton of business. Now, Mr.. White
water man, what do you think of
this ?-EIdorsdo Times.