The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-08-21

Peaches are quite plenty in
market, and VIC notice the budded
fruit is generally good. Most of
the seedlings are small. and the
hot, dry weather bids fair to ruin
them. A good many bushels have
already been canned.-Burlington
Patriot.
On Friday last frenzicd cow at
Lawrence was being driven through
the streets byisome butchers. Mrs.
Chew was out walking with an in
FAINT child and nurse; the cow
plunged at Mrs. Chew, knocked
her down and literally hooked her
clothes to pieces. She was terri
bly, bruised and cut sby the horns
and feet of the Infatuated beast,
but will probably recover. The
cow was shot by policeman.
The Leayenworth Times says
enceuragingly: Now that the
grasshoppers are with US, let's fight
them on that line, if it takes all
fale: The wheat, oats, barley and
rye are beyond their reach. They
will have to divide the pota-
TO crop with US. We have had
roasting ears from the corn crop,
and people are still eating peaches.
1t looks strange to us that any one
should give up in despair in view
of these healthy considerations"
Col. Caleb May has been farm-
ing in Kansas for twenty years,
and during that time he has raised
over 90 bushels of wheat per acre
every year, excepting 1860, and he
then had 800 bushels of corn.
John Prutzman, of Woodson
county, has been fined four dollars
for maiiciously shooting four
horses. Paying this sum, added
to what he had expended for pow
der and shot, must make him feel
poor.
The Girard Press says that OF
twenty six young ladies who attend
the normal institute only one spell
ed the word "supersede" correctly,
but when marriage" was announc-
ed by the principal the entire num-
Der wrote it down right without q
moments hesitation.
Mr.. Z. A. Coleman, of Douglas
county, had q little jolIfication
with his friends the other day, al
which he stated that che had never
done a real mean thing" Mr.
Coleman had better order q grave
stone, carve the above remark or
it, and die at once, to 'kiver &C
cidents."
Several lengthy stalks Of corr
were brought to our Office during
the week, which on measuring
showed q growth of fourteen fee
high, and they were we'll cared
They were raised on the Deneckt
farm, by Mr.. Long, who has forty
five acres, ten of which he thinks
will average sixty bushels per acre
If the season had been favororabIC
he estimates from seventy five tt
eighty bushels would have beer
produced to the acre.-Burlingtol
Patriot.
Mr.. Chas. Steeltzing, of Crook
ed creek, is one of the best ant
thriftiest sheep raisers in the State
and wintered 14OO head last win
ter with scarcely the loss of any
His flock are all the best of Merinos
and as sound as a dollar from an,
disease. Last Monday he soil
John Stockwell, of Burlington, ID
head of fat wethers, averaging 10
pounds each, that will be shipped
to st. Louis next week. They ar
the best lot of sheep ever shipped
from this county, and will furnish
st. Louis with mutton unsurpasse,
for quality as we'll as dehcacy.-
Burlington Patriot.
Yesterday we had the pleasur
of visiting the vineyard of MI
j. Rivard, just south of our city
and saw seven acres of grape vines
loaded down with luscious grapes
Among his varieties are the Whit
Concord, and the Catawba, bear
ing heavily and yielding n ricl
quality of fruit. He has severa
new varieties of grapes, yet I'm
known to horticulturists, the re
suit of experiments. We wer
shown and presented with som
punches of variety, which is
Seeding from the White Concord
and while partaking of some of tn,
traits of the Concord, it has prov
ed itself to be better grape. 1
is trifie larger than the Concert
and, when ripe, is tinged with palt
red stripes. From its present ap
pearance it will prove . valuable
acquisition to our grape list, ant
Mr.. Rivard will have the honor o.
presenting the public with an en-
tirely new candidate for public
favor.-Leavenworth Commercial
The st Joe Herald contains the
following particulars of horrible
outrage:
Yesterday morning q very scri
GUS affair occurred in Doniphar
county, Kansas, the facts of which
seems to be about as follows
About seven o'clock a man about
twenty eight years old, and rough.
ly clad, made his appearance at the
residence of Mr.. James Fulton
some two miles from Wathena, and
asked Unemployment. The fellow
said he had been travelling, and
tried to obtain work at various
points, but had failed in every in
stance. Mr.. Fulton, who is one of
the oldest and best citizens OF
Doniphan county, sympathized
with the man, and concluded to
furnish him with work, at least fol-
short time. After breakfast,
Mr.. f. started with his new hand
to field, short distance from the
house. Fifteen minutes afterward
the family heard the report of a
pistol, and some of the children
followed the sound, found their
father lying upon the ground well
tering in his blood. The scoun.
drel who had applied for work was
simply an assassin, who had hoped
by decoying Mr.. Fulton to the
field, to murder and then rob him.
The wounded man was at once
conveyed to the house, and a mes.
senger dispatched for DIR. Carter
at Wathena, who, unfortunately,
happened to be absent on profess
ional business. An investigation
developed the fact that Mr.. F. had
received pistol ball almost di-
rectly in the small of the back,
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