The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-10-16
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LEAD OAGS-US nave on our table n
ome very fine specimens of lead ore =.
licked up by Mrs. II. c. Fisher, on the = =
arm Of Miss Mckinney, two and
alf miles east of town. The ore is
cry rich and il it is found to exist in q
arge quantity will pay well for min
ng. We presume the matter will be
Observation-Disclosures Times. +
We may say that we have long
believed that lead ore exists in the t
,ange of country composing the south Z
western part Of Lyon, the northwest :
srn portion of Greenwood, the south !
eastern portion of Chase and the c
portion of Butler county.
We hope the matter may soon be test
ed.
Judge Harrison of Butler county
raised some fine peeches and gave the
editor of the Eldorado Times free that
over seven inches in cifcum-
ference.
Howard county has a large supply
of corn. Some of our farmers have
already been constrained to go down
into that modern Egypt for a supply
of that staple.-Wellington Press.
Gov. Osborn having succeeded in
procuring from the general govern
ment two thousand stand OF arms
will now be able to arm all the organ,
lied militia companies on the border.
Mr.. Thomas E. Reed, of Oxford |
township, will ship from Illinois, next |
spring, large lot of seed corn of an
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with which to supply the demand for
a superior quaiity.-Wellington Press.
Notwithstanding the drouth, Wm.
Funk has, during the past season, pro-
duced on his upland farm, three miles
southeast of Wellington, almost every
variety of vegetables. Mr.. Funk is
county.-Wellington Press.
Since the late heavy rains, the
young hedges in all parts of the cOun-
| ty, are growing finely. Though some
what injured by the drouth and hop
pers, the plants seem to have taken
new life, and are at present growing
rapidly Wellington Press.
Several families arrived in this city
last week and went straight on to the
southern part of the county. The
Chikaskia river country is very popular
with immigrants, and Is receiving
even more than its share of good citi-
Zens.-Wellington Press.
| Manning has sued Allison, Of the
Winfield Telegram, for libel. That
paper devoted page to Manning.
The following statistics show the
acreage of wheat in one neighborhoOd
in AtLica township, all within q radius
of three miles: COlman and Sons, SO
acres Adgate, 100; Curtis and son, 90
Arp, 10; MCGEE and Osborne, so
Shafer, 20; Miles, 40; Mcclellan 45
Setter, 40; Ralph Bros, 70; Slower, 8;
Aud, ID; Shores, %; Bilderback, Is;
Rosensteil, 60; and Cross, 40. Total
723 acres.-Wichita Beacon.
, Doc. Mintron, of Union township
informs us that he has sown 40 acres
OF wheat and will plant $50 acres Of
corn in the spring. Most of the tamil
| les who have left that township will
!, return in the spring.-Wichita Bea'
con.
, Greenwood county sells peaches al
Wichita.
The farmers OF Butler county arr
sowing fall wheat to q greater extent
8 than ever before.
Saloon or no saloon, is what troubles
the people of Hutchinson.
The apple tree borer is doing consid'
cradle damage in Greenwood county
One hundred and eighty MennOnites
, arrived at Hutchinson on Tuesday
| nnaiGaa fhn
they are full of any number of hard
days work.
Wont the boys of the sOuthwes
have a good time going for them Men
MONTE gals.
There is very little enthusiasm dis.
played by the independent refofmers
except it be among those who are run
ming for offlce.-Wichita Beacon
The Topeka Commonwealth says
"The Santa Fe road has employed quite
number of carpenters during the
= past few days, and sent them down
! the road to put up homes fer the Men
) nonites. The road is building four
large barracks in Harvey, Reno and
Sedgwick counties for the use ofthese
people while they are putting up hous-
es on their own property. The officers
. on this road have shown great enter
prise in Offering such inducements as
have brought this people to the State,
which has resulted not only in the i'm
mediate benefit to the road by the sale
of lands, but which will impure i'm
mensely to the good of the whole State
in the future
Capt. McDermott says only one man
could be found who needed aid in Dex-
ter township, and he changed his mind
after reading the law in which aid was
to be afforded.-Ark. City Traveller.
!, AS there was no announcement
whatever of the Independent meeting
to be held at this place last Tuesday,
Mr.. Abbott, who came to address it,
had to go away without the satisfac-
ton of doing so.-Ark. Traveller.
The Mennonites buy large amounts
of lumber at Newton.
Thirty head of Sam Bancroft's cat
tie, that were run of from Pierceville
by the Indians some time ago, came
back themselves last week. He is still
minus 40 head.-Newton Kansan.
More cattle have been shipped in six
days past than ever were shipped in
any one week In the history of our
town.-Wichita Eagle.
Large amounts Of corn from this and
adjoining counties has been offered for
| sale on the Wichita market during the
week. The price ranges from eighty
to ninety cents per bushel.-Wichita
Eagle.
The Hutchinson News says this has
been the finest fall for wheat sowing
we ever saw. The ground ia so mel
low and moist that the grains sprout
In few days. The fields look beauti-
fully. The work of sowins still goes
on. A very large crop will be bar
| vested In Reno county next year If
nothing destroys it.-Wichita Eagle.
If the Indian troubles continue,
wichita hopes to become quite a mill
tary depot.
The fields OF fall wheat throughout
the valley could not look more prom
| ising, the average OF which Is aC least
double that of last yeaf.-Wichita Ea-
gle.
A wooden cage hung on to the back
end of q movers wagon, and contain.
ing young she grizzly bear, was the |
center of attraction on Douglas ave-
nue., last Saturday. The man, with
his family, was bound for Texas. They |
were from northern New Mexico.
where they had captured her bFuin. |
ship. She was about nine weeks old |
and was As large as full grown New
Eoundland dog.-Wichita Eagle.