The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-22
SOUTHWEST.

the firm name of Bailey s. Clarke. |
How are the mighty risen?
SOUTHWEST.
HORSES SToLEN.-Horse thieves are
on the rampage in Cowley county. We
clip from the Arkansas City Traveller
"Four stage horses were stolen on the
west line of the Stage Company, one
from Rev. McQuiston, at Winfield, and
one from Mr.. Harris, near the mouth
of the Walnut. Mr.. Harris came
back two days after being taken. The
thieves had also stolen a boat, and
finding they were being pursued, left
the boat and horse"
Prof. Norton is getting to be quite
popular as preacher. The Arkansas
Traveller says: Prof. Norton's dis
courses bring out class who have
heretofore been unknown at church,
The blackbirds are taking up the
kansas rivers.
CHINCH BUGs.-The chinch bugs
have made their appearance among
winter wheat, yet do not appear to be
injuring it much. Plenty OF rain will
save it. Spring wheat is not troubled
yet.-ArkansaS Traveller.
FRIGHTFUL.-The little son OF MIR.
Mott, aged eighteen months, drank
from a cup of strong lye, last Mon
| day, and is not expected to live. The
mother had just left the house, and
when she returned the child was lying
on the floor with its mouth so swollen
as to. be unable to make any noise.
Assistance was called as soon as posi-
BILE and it may possibly recover
Traveller.
The Winfield Telegram man is rath-
er popular. Some friend named a
bran new boy baby for him.
The Southwest editors are nominal
ing Prof. Norton for Superintendent
of public instruction. IIe is capable
in every respect.
That fellow who writes tor the New
ton Kansan on the devil question had
better sharpen his pencil and try
again. He tries to steal some of Ger
aid Massey's thunder and fails in that,
and then attempts to quote passage
from the Bible, and makes a worse
failure than ever.
The Newton Kansan says: The
sound of the carpenters saw and him.
mer, and the mason's cry for "more
mortar" Is among tile most familiar
strains upon our streets.
CoRN.--the farmers have been i'm
proving the past week of fine weather
to put in corn by the wholesale. The
idea which the demagogues have been
so industri0usly circulating for the
past two years that the farmers should
not raise so much corn is pretty thor
oughly exploded. At least we judge
that farmers this year are going to
take the risk and put in all the corn
they can.-Newton Kansan.
1t is perfectly wonderful to nursery
men and others of experience the way
trees grow in this valley, and the short
time in which they commence to bear
{ Happening along by DIR. Longsdorf's
home, the other evening, and seeing
him busy with his trees, we stepped
in. He has two three-year old apricot
trees loaded down with fruit, and few
dwarf pears in the same satisfactory
condition. Every fruit tree, or bush
rather-for none of them are large
enough to be designated as trees-in
the valley, is full of fruit.-Eagle.
Hobbs s. West, of Wichita, SO owe,
did the grocery business that the floor
of their store broke down, precipitat.
, ing the most of their goods in con-
fused mass into the cellar.
The Sovereigns of Industry have
organized at Cottonwood Falls. The
sweating S. N. Wood is president
A farmer living on South Fork sold
$500 worth of butter and eggs in one
year. So says the Cottonwood Falls
Leader.
The Winfield Telegram says
"Chinch bugs have made their appear
ance in the wheat
Sumner county farmers have plant
ed 500 pounds of the cotton seed sent
to Wichita.
We ascertained from w. Z. Brown
that in April, Kingman county was Or
ganiZed with J. X. Fical, a. l.. Ball
and Winfield Lacy commissioners, w
2. Brown county attorney, G.. A.
Whitcher clerk district court aud Supt
Public Instruction, 5. Fical sheriff
w. j. Harmony county clerk and e
Chlids surveyor.-HutchinsOn News,
The Barton County Progress has
ceased to 90.
The News man is Surprised at some
new improvement every time he
strolls" out into the suberbs of Hutch
inson.
On last Friday, Q. A. Witherow, liv-
ing two miles north of town, suffered
severe loss from fire. He was the
owner of a magnificent span of gray
J horses, and after his mornings field
work took them to the stable and fed
them. While lettering round the door
a coal of fire from his pipe set the sta
BILE on fire. Being built of pine lum-
Der and filled with grain and hay, ii
burnt with amazing rapidity. Withe-
row made q desperate but fruitless
effort TO get his horses out They
burned up together with two pairs OF
harness, and a considerable amount OF
; forage, entailing a loss of 500. A
stiff wind blew the door shut, and
WitheroY himself made n narrow es-
cape, getting his hands severely
scorched. He says he will never
smoke a pipe again.-Hutehinson
News.
The Wellington Press says: "a
little boy about two years old, SON OF
Frank Evans, fell from a second story
window of his grandfather's residence
in this city yesterday, distance OF
twelve feet, and strange to say, escap-
ed with but little injury"
The Walnut Valley is a happy me-
dunn between q hard cold, blue, gravel
" limestone on the east and the sandy,
alkali soil on the west. The twenty
five thousand square miles of land "
ing along the Walnut and its tributa-
ries embraces the choicest lands on the
globe. Men of capital begin to see
this. Railroad companies begin to
observe it; and stock men are already
aware of it. No man can travel the
length Of this valley and say that we
have not the best land In this State.
Five years ago these lands belonged TO
the Indians. To-day we have 81, 900
people in this valley. We have -four
ishlng towns, large mills, churches,
an hundred school houses, beautiful
and well cultivated farms, and many
other evidences of prosperity, with an
Ectuai cash valuation of ten millions
OF dOllars.-Eidorado Times.
The Times would have Us believe
1 that sttown lots in Eldoralo have n de-