The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-06-19
SOUTHWEST.
7. It UhDE,
City Clerk

Ahe euiloriaI page OF the last Wick
lta Eagle was covered with Winners
trial. Winner was convicted of muir.
der in the first degree. McNutt, his
accomplice, is now being tried for the
same offense.
Wichita is expecting an excursion
of capitalists from Rockford, Illinois.
The man who shot Stewart at his
own rancho, spoken of in our last is
sue, has been arrested. The wounded
man is not expected to live.
The Wichita Eagle gays: The cot
ton crop promises splendidly. The
plants are very vigorous and of uni
form growth.
Farmers are harvesting their wheat
in the Arkansas valley.
Prof. H. b. Norton furnished the
Arkansas City Traveller with fine
poem, "San Jacinto.' 1t reads well.
The Arkansas City people are lux
uriating on mulberries.
Immigrants and prospectors are
fiocking into Cowley county every day.
So says the Traveller.
On Monday, Sth inst, two saddles
| and three brides were stolen from III.
n. Simmons, living about four miles
northwest of town. G.. K. Nichols, on
Fox creek, had two fine mares stolen
from him the same night. On Tues
| day night, horse was stolen from q
man living inaf Of \
party OF campers, on Buckeye creek,
| had six head of cattle stolen the same
night.-CottonweOd Falls Leader.
The Peabody Gazette says that Mr..
Tabor, agent of the A. T. & S. F. rail-
read company, "has sold $500 acres OF
land during the last two weeks"
Some of the farmers OF Harvey
county protect their crops from mis-
chievOus cattle by free use of pow
der and lead.
Jesse Sinclair, on the Minnesota
| some eighteen miles southwest of this
city, has made discovery that excites
no little attention in this city. Re-
Gently he commenced excavating a
barn yard well in q bank of fire-clay
/ OA tAC SO0IA SLUG Va IAC Ia
He dug down some seven feet and
came across a lot of small and rotten
bones. OF these he shoveled out about
| bushel, when he came across q gil
gantic tooth in state of fine preserVa-
ton. The tooth weighed some ten
pounds Notwithstanding some excoria-
ton. Digging further, he next struck
gigantic tusk crooked like that of a
rhinosceros and beyond where it COM
menced tapering to a point some eight
| inches in diameter. With curiosity
| fully aroused, he continued digging
/ until four feet of the monstreus piece
| of ivory protruded, and in that shape
it yet stands. Many persons have Wis
tied it. A piece just below the point
broke and was brought to the city; all
pronounced 1t decayed ivoFy.-Hutch-
insOn News.
Some scheming fellows want anoth-
er paper established at Hutchinson.
Let the Reno county folks support the
one they have and make it q grand
success. 1t will pay better than to
have two sickly enes. We have no
inclination to start . new paper in
Hutchinson.
The Belle Plain Democrat wants the
people of Sumner county to meet at
Wellington on the 18th "as American
citizens, throwing away all party ties
all conventional sectarianism and join
ing in q procession in which all can
unite without thought of division
Wellington is to have silver eornei
band, and do its own footing.
The Wellington Press says: s1AfteI
careful inquiry, We have arrived at the
conclusion that the Texas cattle drive
this summer viii not exceed more than
one half the number driven up last
season.
Southwest Kansans propose to cal
much plum jelly the coming winter.
| CHNcH BUGs.-We have been very
careful in gathering Information In re-
gard TO damage done by chineh bug
in this county. Early sown wheat il
being harvested, and of course Is en-
tirely out of danger. Late winter
wheat in some localities has been In
ijured to some extent. Late spring
wheat has been badly injured in sOUi
portions of the county. Taking thu
county over, We wiz have . splendid
crop of wheat. Some fields of fai
wheat will yield 40 bushels 70 the acre
None that We have heard of viii yieiG
less than fvvanfv -Efdarndn TTusRa