The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04

there will be about three hundred
persons from Illinois to attend the
grand buffalo hunt this month.
Max Fawcett, a nurseryman near
Arkansas City, sold over three tons
of grapes after tho grasshoppers had
destroyed more than half the crop.
Mr.. Ashbaugh, OF the Newton
Kansan, has been shown some
wheat of the white Tappahannock
variety which yielded CO pounds to
the bushel.
The Great Bend Register, owing,
we presume, 20 the great number OF
candidates there, offers to announce
them in clubs of ten or more at re.
duced rates.
An Immense throng of people at
tended the Patrons picnic at Win
field week before last. There were
three hundred wagons and two
hundred horsemen in the process
sion.
Sheriff Massey, OF Wichita, ar
rived there from Springfield, Mo-,
last week with two. prisoners charg-
cd with horse stealing.
at q meeting of the officers of EhC
various companies of militia already
organized in the county battalion
was organized by the election OF
Capt. Norton as Lieut.. Colonel.
Amos Walton rs Adjutant, and DIR.
I. G. Peyton, OF this city, Surgeon.
Each Of the gentlemen are abund-
antiy qualified for the offices to
which they were elected and if tho
battalion as called into active sery-
ice we expect To hear favorable re-
ports from them.-Winficld Tele-
gram.
In some portions of this county
the springs are higher than they
were a year ago.-Eidorado Times.
THE CRoPs--WhiIe there is no
use denying the fact that the dry,
hot weather of the past four weeks
has done immense damage TO corn
crops, it is nevertheless cheerful to
know that III every instance where
the corn was planted early and
properly cultivated there VIII be 8
fair yield; while on the other hand
it IS fact that the late planted and
poorly cultivated corn is pretty
nearly an entire failure. Expert
encc and observation in Kansas, for
eighteen years past, has taught US
that early planting and thorough
cultivation almost Invariably insure
a good crop of corn.-Howard
County Messenger.
Mr.. John Parker and Mr. Geo.
Claypool, esteemed citizens of BEN
ton township, met an untirnelY fate
last Friday. We are unable to as
certain the full particulars. If we
arc correctly informed, Mr. Parker
had descended into a well, about
seventy feet deep, which he was
digging about an hour after firing
of a blast, aud was overcome by
the foul air or damps. Mr.. Clay
pool, near neighbor was sent for,
aud descended into the vel! to res
cue him. When about half wav
out the bucket or box gave way,
both men to the bot
tom. Some time elapsed before
further assistance could be obtained.
Finally a young man-we regret
we do not know the name of the
heroic boy-volunteered to recover
the bodies. He found MIR. CiGypool
lying with his head partially under
the body of Mr.. Parker, and both
wedgcd so firmly into the bottom
of the well, that it was with diff
Guilty they could be eXtricated. 1t
was apparent that Mr.. CIaypool had
seen overcome by the fall as well as
the damps. After recovering one
body, the young man rested and
then returned and recovered the
other.
Since the above was in tyne, we
earn the name of the young man
who rescued the bodies is John
rodd.-Eldorado Times.
From the Wichita Beacon we clip
he following items:
There were destructive prairie
Tres in Lincoln township last week
which burned large quantities of
hay.
Most of the wheat crop in The vi
Unity of Ell Paso has been threshed |
md turned out on an average TWEEN
weight to thirty bushels per acre.
Mr.. Flood informs us that the
'rairie fires week before last burn
ID off the range and DESTROYED a
God deal of hay in the Clear Creek
fifteen miles west.
Mr.. VIM. Robb tells US that he
as just returned from a trip
Trough Butler county, and that
here is great deal of corn on
Whitewater, Hickory Creek ard
he Walnut. He saw one man
light miles below Douglas who had
300 bushels of wheat and 600 BUSH
Is ofrye.
We are pleased to note the fact
lat immense quantities of hay are
eng put up in different portions
the county.
John Il. Sanford, of Spring Greek,
gypsum township, says that wheat |
| that neighborhood is genearlIy
ireshed out and that it averages ,
'oln fifteen TO twenty bushels per !
ere. lie thinks that not more
IAN seven or eight families contem-
late leaving the township if aid
100 .t[s SoAAO rom SOfue source.
a Jolly crowd of fishermen set ,
Ut from I'll Paso on little fishing
Ipedition few days ago, and the 1
suit of their work with a seine, in {
le Big Arkansas, was as follows: n
even cat fish which weighed over :
pounds each; sixteen buffalo av-
aging 10 pounds; and shout 500
Funds of "smaIl fry" j. It. Wat
II. 10 whom we are indebted for O
is 1tfishy" item, was one of the 4
lrty.
Tho Iost D,oa, So.