The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-25
The fiouring mills are again run
ming at Winfield.

mali rOODSrY was cOmmttIcu aDOt
10 miles south of Florence, on tn
Florence and Arkansas City mail rout
on Monday of last week. The robbie
got away with one letter sack. TIL
EldOradO times says:
"Last Monday the Florence and Fl
dorado stage was attacked by two me
on horseback who pointed their pistol
at the drivers head and demanded TIA
mail bags. George Cook, the driver
who was alone without passenger,
delivered them over and came &
town. The paper sack vas not mo
Tested, but the letter suck WAS carries
!, OF and has not yet Dt-rn IG'ind. Sher
}, III Anderson and Deputy Postmaster
!, Geo. BOckway, proceed 70 the sIs'
designated by the driver, and have
been making vigorous search for The
high way robbers ever since, but al
yet no traces of them can be found
We consider this rather 3 bold and
dastardly outrage, and hope the Post
Offic Department will be able TO ferret
this matter out and find the guilty
parties. 1t Is of course impossible to
tell how much money was obtained by
the robbers"
All the papers are braging on the
splendid condition of the ground for
wheat growing.
Messrs. Taylor & Son, of Towanda,
sold four hundred pounds of cheese OF
their manufacture, in one day, this
weak. They are manufacturing a fine
article, which meets with ready sale.
EldoradO Times.
THE TAX LEVY.-The Commission
ers, at their meeting on Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week, made levy
of four mills for all county purposes.
This will give us eight thousand dol
lars for county expenses for the ensu-
ing year. The commissioners seemed
to think, that with the amount on
hand, this would give us enough to
carry US through. We are afraid they
have made q mistake. Last year our
levy was ten mills. Onr taxes are
therefore cut down mills on the item
of county expenses. We hope four
mills will be suffi, tent to carry us
through all right.-EldOrado Times.
The Reformers in Convention at
Wichita on the 10th nominated Judge
r. D. Saffold, of Cowley county, for
State Senator from that District. The
result of the last ballot was Saffoid 16,
Barker Is, Cans 2. Saffold is law
yer, and will have plenty of time to
attend to his professional duties after
the election.
The Arkansas is again in running
order.
The shipment of buffalo bones from
the western plains to button and knife
factories east, as business, is much
more largely represented this year
than last. Hardly a day goes by now
that ten or twenty tons of bleached
bones and horns does not 60 over the
A. T. 81 5. railrOad.-Wichita Eagle.
Our sister town of Newton, county
seat of Harvey, is improving rapidly
and substantially. In short run up
thore the other evening We were really
surprised at the many evidences of
substantial growth and prosperity.
More real and taxable property has
been added to the city in the last sum-
mer than altogether heretofore. Con-
spicuous among other things are five
or six large, handsome and solid bust.
ness structures, than which no better
can be found anywhere in the South
west. They are the result of legiti-
mate trade and prosperity. In addi-
ton to these, two or three fine residenc-
Is have been built during the summer.
Newton is bound to make good, live
town.-Wichita Eagle.
Last week parties from the country
were taking wheat furnished by the
railroad company to their farms. We
understand that more wheat will ar
/ HfUn fhfa HHnnE -InE0hin6nn
Mr.. Geo. G. DOrland and Mr.. J. T.
Sanders of Laporte, Indiana, called on
us Tuesday and each invested in the
News. Mr.. DOrland is a prominent
real estate agent at Laporte, and in
formed US that he had heard that the
Arkansas valley was in such a desti-
tute condition that depopulation en-
Rldsse was going on, end the cattle
were dying in the fields of starvation.
Having the agency of the A. T. & S.
+. road at LapOrte, he thought he
would come out and see. He was as
tOnished to find the prairies covered
| with the gFeenest of veFdure, that cat
tie were rolling fat, that in every
neighborhOod there were immense
ricks of hay, and that the people were
busy sowing, and getting ready to
SOW, not hundreds bat thousands of
acres of fall wheat. These evidences
coupled to a brisk appearance of our
streets, the new brick blocks going up
and the train loads of beeves about the
stock yards, all made a most lively i'm
preston upon Mr.. DOrland. He goes
back to organize an excursion of land
hunters to the Arkansas valley
Hutchinson News.
The late rains have seriously retard-
ed the work on brick buildings in this
city. It Is, however, the intention of
contractors to push them tn completion
before cold weather.-Hutchinso
News.
. AS soon as the ground dries off a
little it will be in splendid condition
for sowing wheat. An immense area
will be sOwn In Reno. There is no
fact We take mere pleasure in noting
Let the farmers exert themselves To
put the seed in A No. l style
Hutchinson News.
Reno county never looked better
than 1t does now. The grass ia greer
and all the streams are fiush.-Hutch'
inson News.
! Corn is plenty in Butler county
/ ThOs. Henderson drove his hogs NJ
a there to winter them.-Arkansas City
Traveller.
The scenes of the past few days hav,
. brought to our memory the good OLE
: hymn, the words and tune OF which
o are so familiar: 1.-THE grasshopper sa
a ON q sweet potato vine and a turke!
). gobbler come a slicken up behind an'
e bit him on the-snOot." Don't yol
- remember ?-Arkansas Traveller.
During Supt. Hoag's stay at thi
o place, last week, q few citizens calle
n on him TO have q talk, and some kin
r OF understanding; and we are glad t
say we never before heard him ex
1I press himself so fairly. He says h
r. Is willing to work with the settlers
\ secure peace and safety along th
border.-Arkansas City Traveller.
,a 1t is q good time new for whea
Since the last timely rains our farmel
are busy blowing and putting In ia
Id wheat. If the present wearher holt
10 for a couple of weeks q very lars
!. breadth will be sown. 1t seems to
y conceded that fall wheat is one of Il
Ut most important crops of our State Al
to eur farmers, realizing this fact, are g
\. ing to have some TO sell next summe
40 -EldOradO Times.
An
W. ADNTTTANCE TO THE CITY SCHOOLS.
ita In accordance with an action of the Boa
Ne OF Education at meeting held Frid
oil September 18th, 1874, ali children W
have attained the age Of six and one b