The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-03-06
EMPORIA NEW s.
FRIDAY, MARCH G, 1874.
STATE NEWs.

soapy.
Hemp sells for s7s per ton In
Wyahdotte.
Business Is reported lively In
Hutchinson.
Atchison hss q Cornfnrth who
deals in grain.
The LeaVenWOrih court house
rings a $4,000 bell.
Spring Hill, JohnsoR county, has
q mad dog excitement.
Atchison has turned . black Bas-
ket into policeman.
The eolored people OF OsllaIOOsa
are running a lyceRm.
judge Wm. II. Canflsld died In
Manhattan. last Thursday. "a d..
Stanley needs . spiritual ronsing
up" 30 sage the Oiathe Mirror.
The shawnee county bank, OF To-
peka. has gone into legislation.
The. Mound City cheese factory
sold Sls!O0T worth of cheese last
The President has nominated
Jao. f. Taylor, postmaster at La
CygDe.
Ottawa owes SI24,I7O. The debt
of the county, Franklin, l. over
S25O,O0O.
The Topekans fine men to the full
extent of the law for selling liquor
on Sunday.
Mrs. Morton, mother of Judge
Morton OF this State, died at Quin-
cy, Ill, on the 18th inst.
Oskaloosa has q school teacher
who defines "couSin" to be the child
of an uncle or . bachelor"
Some one has stolen the Cotton
wood Falls Good TemDlar charter
again. So says the Leader.
Our Congressman, Cobb, favors
free transmission of public docu-
ments. So does Ben. Butler.
Some one tried to establish Par
adiSe In Osborne county, but the
project had to be discontinued.
Judge A. II. Horton gave q ban.
quet at tho Delmonico restaurant,
Topeka, last Thursday night.
The Dispatch wants us to believe
that dead dogs are used to macads-
mize the streets OF Clay Center.
John Veteto sold 24O acres OF land,
near the Leroy depot the other day,
for twenty-five dollars an acre.
The Olathe Mirror says: "Chick-
On thieves are reported as driving q
lively business of late Ia this vicin-
ity." ...
Rev. X. p. Duvall, . superanuate
of the Kansas n. E. Conference,
was buried at Ottawa, Ohio, Feb.
10Th.
One EberhArt, OF LeaVenwortb,
tried to cut his throat week ago
Sunday, but was prevented by his
wife.
Prouty has joined the reEormerS.
The State printing under his admin
istration only cost Si9,72l,l per
annum.
There 10 now some prospect OF
getting rid of our fast-horse. fancy
dog-sportiDg-Toush U. S. Marshal.
$50 mote II be-"
Some OF the darlington boys
have their heads muf1ed up in cam =
phOr aud old rags. They are dog
tOring for the mumps.
wellington has organized . joint
stock company for the purpose Of
sinking SHAFT at the recently diS.
covered coal. Capital stock $40, 900
A young man by the name Wan.
Doney was run over by . freight
train Oh the NJ. K. 4 T. railway In
Ft. Scott last Friday night and kill
led.
Mr.. Allen Croker, one OF the
oldest and most respected citizens
of Cofiey county, died on the 18th
ult., of spinal meningitis. He wa
n devoted member of the Christian
church.
The Commonwealth makes = not
of the fact that Tom. Anderson wa
not examined as Q witness on tn,
Hayes investigation. Tom. gener'
orally putS In an appearance on SuCl
occasions.
The AtchISon Champion suggests
the idea Of statiouing . policeman
at the post Office "to quiet tn,
.hoodlums' that make themselves D
conspicuous" when the mail IL be
ing distributed.
It lie now reported that . vein Q
coal four and one-half feet In thick
ness has been discovered THIRTY
miles northwest of Wellington, o.
the Ninescah river, which crops ou
at the surface.
A petition, containing over 12,00
signatures, has been presented {
the State Senate, protesting againI
any change in the present liquor
cense law. We were not aware {
60 many guZzlers In our State.
Last Wednesday night tho Top,
ka jail birds all hed to parts u
known. They called for water AZ
while the jAiler was waiting c
them, they seized and tied him, IN
stepped out. The notorious d
Ashmore was among the number.
The Grasshopper sayS: aye
we will take rOoSters for Subscril
ton" We have known roOeterS
gobble grASShoppers without n
trouble; but here Is . Grasshopp
proposing to swallow rooster
Bot this Il . Kansas Grasshoppt
LeaVenworth county now has o
oil the finest court houses in
wset. The basement walls, wal
table, window and door facing, o.
ners. base and betting courses 1
all made OF Chase county magne
limestone, quarried near COttc
wood Falls.
Tho Burlington Patriot ~,
Many farmers inform rs they &
getting short of hay and other Il
for cattle. Tho present close wes
era large amount of hay has bC
fed, and as . good deal was burr