The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-03
SOUTHWEST.


Cowiey county is near the Glow
err regions" of which preachers
some times talk. Hear the Arkan-
sas Traveller:
HoI' SPRING.-A hot spring has
been discovered near RemantO, the
water of which is almost TOO warm
to bear the hand in. 1t spurts out
in the bottom of small creek, and
if il can be separated from the
creek, will be equal To any of the
hot springs of Arkansas. We were
also shown some water, taken from
near the same place, that tastes very
strongly of salt and sulphur, evil
IDENTIFY mineral water. Parties are
investigating both.
Dosage Jim" has been visiting
Arkansas City on begging tour.
Some friend wrote the following
letter of introduction for tho beg
gar:
'"rO all. whom il may concern,
and to whom these presents shall
come greeting:
This old Indian is poor but hon
est. lie won't steal anything he
cannot carry OIL. He wants you to
give him provisions for his large
and interesting family. He has IA
small children and 3 at the breast
who are all OH the verge of starva-
ton. lie is afflicted with the small
pOx and itch, was lately bitten by a
mad dog. Better give him little
flour and coffee to get rid of him,
if you haven't any give him a kick
or hit him on the left ear.
Oxford, Sumner county, has lost
its Enterprise.
The Arkansas City Traveller
says: "Lead Ore of eighty -four
per cent. has been found on +. Gal
lots claim, five miles southeast of
town, on the south side of the Ar
kansas River"
The Cowley county folks are
feasting on green corn.
The cotton crop of Cowley
county is said to be very promis-
ing.
Week ago Sunday, Mr.. L. b.
Baldwin, living on Buck creek, FIVE
or six miles south of Cottonwood
Falls fell dead in his garden. 1t is
supposed that he died OF heart dis
ease.
Wichita drinkers take their soda
from a fountain which cost fifteen
hundred dollars.
Sedgwick and Harvey counties
are haying a little unpleasantness
over some. railroad bonds. Sedg-
wick county voted bonds to the
railroad before Harvey county was
set of and now Harvey refuses TO
pay its portion OF the interest on
said bonds.
The Wichita Eagle has several
poetical etiusions on hand.
The Wichita Eagle would sup
port w. r. Brown, OF Hutchinson.
or II. e Sluss, of Wichita, for Con-
gress.
The Newton Kansan says: at is
thought the winter wheat in this
county will average twenty bushels
TO the acre."
An unknown man was found
dead in an unused well. about one
mile from Walton Station, Harvey
county, on Monday week. On ex-
animation it was found that he had
been shot in the back of the head.
No clue to the murderers.
Butler county is in need of rain.
So says the Eldorado Times.
One evening last week q little
three-year old boy of ID. NJ. Bron-
son fell into the well ON Central
avenue, near Mr.. Calioway's. The
well is quite deep and contains
about three feet of water. Mr..
Bronson was sitting in his own
door, some twenty rods distant,
when the accident occurred, but
thought the child had fallen on the
platform around the other side of
the well. Several moments
elapsed before the alarm was given
by an older son, who was probably
overcome by fright at the fate of
his little brother. But in less time
than this could be repeated Mr.. B.
was at the bottom of that well with
his little twin in his arms. Strange
TO say il was apparently unhnrt