The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-29
SOUTHWEST.

The young men of w'ishias ride
oui Of Sunday afternoons 10 .ce The
country and-"sixtcea- ar-olds."
The Wichita Eagle intinates that
some fellows have been threatening
mob law in that city.
Winner, the youngest of The WI
cbita murderers, gives the sheriff
some trouble. lie manages to she'd
his manacies occasionally, and then
wrestles with the Sheriff.
The Peabody Gazette says: We
are informed that Governor Baxter,
who was proclaimed by the Presi-
dent the legal Governor of Arkan-
sas, has a brother living about
twelve miles south OF Peabody
The rattlesaake Is rather lively in
Reno county, though the Hutchison
News believes they arc on the
decrease.
Hutchison has had iple mad
dog excitement.
The Hutchinson News man is the
politest dunner we ever heard of.
Claiming certain virtues, he says
"This being the case we are enfi-
tied, by extra claims, to easy collec-
tlons."
Mr.. James Hayes, of Bazaar, ia
| L,fuls-- Al l.
just east of VIM. Manley's. The
motive power will be water, oi
which, by building a six foot dam
and three hundred feet of race, he
will have eight feet head. This
will be great convenience TO the
people of that vicinity and should
be encouraged. He expects to
have it completed about the last OF
harvest.-COttonwoOd Falls Lead.
err.
The Belle PLANE Democrat says
"Mr. Frank P. Wiley, caught cat
fish last Tuesday weighing a few
ounces over one hundred pot1uds
How is that for the Ninnescai
river"
4 Wheat in Butler county is head
ing ont.
Butler county boasts thirty fiv,
oranges.
The Eldorado Times says: "Al
the land in this county that has ev
er been broken up has been put I'm
der cultivation this spring, and W
mag expect big crop"
TANSERY George Bauman, liv
/ ing a few miles west of town, ha
/ opened tan yard for the purpos
= of manufacturing leather. w
were shown q cal skin tanned b,
| Mr.. Bauman and we must say
presented a very smooth, soft an
r durable appearance. Our boot ma
;. | kers all say that Mr.. BaUmaI
=, makes an excellent quality of leath
err, and propose to pay him a goo
round price for all the work turue
: of. Mr.. B. IL thoroughly acquaini
: ed with the business of tanning an
will no doubt make success of i
After he gets fairly started he wi
9 be prepared to pay the highest mai
d ket price for hides. 1t would be
great saving to the country if W
:. could have our hides tanned {
q home, and we therefore hope thi
new venture will meet with CT
u couragement from our people.-E
/. dorado Times.
The base ball club of Eldoraj
are champions in the way of eatin
8 slippery elm bark, destroying sur
g flowers and dog fennel.
" Some of tho lazy ones of Cowle
county had an Industrious Sunds
: worker arrested and fined.
e 1t is estimated that there will [
three times as much wheat harves
. cd in this county the coming hal
y vest as there was last yea
e Last year there was yield of nea
10000 bushels. This year at tn,
p. rate there will be yield of son
100000 bushels Winfield Tell
gram.
y The Wellington Press say
awhile patty of men and DO,
- were fishing with seine in ii
4 NepescaE river, about one hundFe
. yards above where it enters the a
- kansas, Lewis Roach, son Of SIM
son Roach, who lives about 81
= miles seuth of Oxford, WI
drowned. He was reckoned GOO
swimmer, which perhaps led hi
to attempt more than he, was alb
y, to perform"