The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-01-02
BADGER CREEK.
Things I'm General.

EDITOR NEWS: So far as the coll
umns of The NEWS are concerned, we
have been ''out in the cold'' lately. 1t
ought not to be thus, and so here goes
for few items.
WINTER AND CATTLE.-We have
had finer winter weather so far, than
for some years. Cattle are looking
well. We haYe a larger number of
these animals than usual, and there is
q bountiful supply of feed If used
carefully and economically. Mr..
Thomas is wintering cattle at 81 per
head, and will in this way get pay for
his feed. Mr.. Fuqua does not do that
way. He thinks it best to buy the
cattle, so he purchased eighty-flve
head of Mr.. slaughter on two years.
time at ten per cent. We hope he will
do well by this transaction. The
Hunter brothers took their cattle to
the Kaw reserve to winter, where
they put up large amount of hay
last fail. ID. A. and A. n. are there at
tending to them, while j. N. attends
to matters at home.
.THE BRIDGE.-The abutments to
the bridge over Badger creek, at what
is known as the TIeer ford, are up.
The work was done by Mr. Means, of
Emporia. 1t is good job. The
county commissioners said they would
! cover the abutments if we would put
them up. We have completed our
part of the bargain, now we want to
see ii they will fill their contract.
A New sCoNER.-Mr. Paisley Is
about to sell his farm to an Ohio gen
tleman, u wealthy stock man. We
think he could not make a better selee-
ton In Kansas than In this neighbor-
hood for the stock business.
--GRANGE.-The people are anxious
ly awaiting the report of the county
grange, as they look for something Ia
the future that will do them good
That store in your town is what they
want to see. They expect to get goods
almost for nothing, as they have al.
ready paid into the treasury aimsst
! one hundred thousand dollars. The
grange is run ming very well here
though there is some dissatisfaction
withsregard to its objects. Some of the
members think it Is most too thIcl
with the Democrats in the South.
They think 1t may be a move of tina
party to get into power again. Other
think that Sid Clarke and Kalloch and
other old tricksters have no business
with the reins OF the Institution II
their hands. And still others thtnl
somebody Ia getting rich on the mon.
eys of the organization.
| ALMOST A FI0Hr.-We came neal
having an ARRAY the other day, be
tween two neighbors named Basse
and Baker. A dispute arose betweeI
them about n fence that Mr.. Bake
Ijoined TO Mr.. Bassett's. II seems tina
Bassett was going to move his Eenc'
away, which would leave Bakers farm
open. So Baker procures 9 health,
looking fence stake and made 3 lung
|, for Bassett- Bassett ran Baker tafte
him. Had it not been for Bassett'
good legs, which carried him beyon
the sweep of an ordinary feace stak
in good order, and without tistandin
ION the order of their going,n thar
might have been = "bloody scene"
Farmers CLUB-There was one
3 farmers club here. The members pal
to the treasurer about ten dollar
The club is now '.played out" and th
, members ask the treasurer for the
: money. He says go TO the Bismarck,
t he has got the money. We think B
: has some OF IL in good place.
Dec. 10Th, 1873. Ats