The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-11
THE EEws.

HAAE ISEW8.
The town OF 7hfokeIumnehill Col.
vas totally destroy ed by fire Friday
evening.
Deaths in st. Louis last week,
ia; children under i've years OF
age, 20.
An order removing the head
quarters OF the army to st. Louis,
in October, Was promulgated Sat
Orday.
The office Of the q. S. secret
service in New York city has
been closed, and the property trans
ferred to Washington.
The members OF Plymouth
church are contributing to . fund
for the relief of Mrs. Triton, and
already S,17OO have been collected
The Albany and Boston railroad
freight houses, at east Albany N.
Y, burned Monday night Loss,
$4,000.
The pine woods are on fire all
around Egg Harbor, N. j., also at
Hammonton; and several thous
and acres, including. some cranber-
~ hogs, have been burned over.
It is reported that 8 destructive
fire commenced at Russellyille,
KY, Sunday morning, destroying
the court house, Frost house and
other buildings. No particulars.
A boiler in Shippers staye mill,
at Meadville, Pa, exploded Wed
nesday morning. Phillip Uteck,
aged Sorty-iye, was instantly kill.
ed. Several other persons were
slightly injured. The mill was
completely demolished. The boil
er was thrown a distance of five
hundred feet. Cause ofthe explo-
sion unknown.
A Baltimore dispatch says that
on Saturday evening the greatest
portion Of the business sections OF
Frostburg, Allegheny county, Nd,
was burned. Loss, $4,000. In.
surance, $4,000.
Message was sent to President
Grant from Shreveport, La, on the
4th signed by the leading mer
chants, bankers and professional
men of that city, denying that any
resident of that parish participated
in the recent murders; claiming
that no spirit of lawlessness exists
in that parish that cannot be con
trolled by local authorities; claim
ing that the condition of affairs
there has been misrepresented
abroad, and asking that commit
tee of fair minded men be appoint
ed by the President to visit the
state and ascertain the truth.
The great Grsngebank which thu
Patrons of Husbandry have started
in California promises to exersiss
an important influence upon fl
nancial affairs in that state. The
California grangers evidently NEAR
business.
According to the Chicago
Tribune, the wheat crop of the en-
tire northwest is a little greater
than last year, though the quality
is slightly inferior. The deterior.
alton is chiefly in what is known Of
Minnesota wheat. Kansas, lows
and Nebraska will prove to be full.
ly equal to, if not better, than that
from the same sections last year
The Nashville Uuion (dem.) is
candid enough to admit that ''tht
dastardly murder Of a coIored
schoolmistress in Trousdale coun
ty, and the troubles in Gibson
county, eliminating in the lynch.
ing Of sixteen riotous negro ring.
leaders, call for serious considera-
ton and comment" We should
rather think SO.
Congressman Hayes, of Ala
bama, reports to the attorney gen
eral that since his vote for the civil
rights bill his old friends cut him
on the streets, and even the ne.
groes are afraid to be seen talking
with him. He was q general in the
Southern army, and had over 1900
majority in '72. The blacks in his
rtofAlabama are panic-stricken,
and many Of them are praying for
slavery to be restored" In one
instance, q caucus was fired into
by masked horseman and ten men
killed.