The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-04-24
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
=. Arvonia is to have large cheese
factory.
The Bellville Republic wants a
fighting editor.
The Chetops Advance and Oswe-
go Register are trying TO chaw each
other to pieces.
Hemesteaders from Tennessee
have $40 acres of wheat growing in
Dickson county.
Queensware is made at Peoria,
Illinois, from clay found in Ellis
worth county, Kansas.
A. ID. Craigue, since 1851 prom
inent business man of Topeka, has
removed to Colorado Springs.
Ottawa is reported to have had a
thousand dollars i'll the Louisville
lottery any drew ''nary" prize.
1t is said that the Labette county
tax-list will bring $4,000 into the
treasury of the Oswego Register.
Col. Zahm. of Nemaha county,
has a mare that carried him 1900
miles during the war, and can now
make her mile in three minutes.
Mr.. G. w. Everhart, of Parsons.
who is good authority, says there
is twice as much cotton planted
this year as there was last.
The Olathe Mirror says that 150
head of cattle have died in johnson
county from starvation and want
of shelter during the last two
weeks.
Ex- Supreme Court Judge Bailey
was defeated for Police Judge of
Lawrence, at the late election by
Geo. W. Smith.
The Eldridge House, at Lawrence
has been sold by Gen. Deitzler to
Mr.. c. II. Bradford, of San Francis
co, for $4,000.
The Patriot wants the council of
Burlington to take the school-boys
who carry pistols in their pockets,
in hand.
The butchers of Atchison have
been on a strike. They refused to
pay license for the privilege of SELL
ing blue beef.
An Usage county farmer informs
the Burlingame Chronicle of the
11th inst, that not less than 700
head of cattle have died in that
county in the past month.
j. L. Tompson, an old Kentuckian
living on Dragon creek, nine
miles north of Burlingame, informs
the Usage Chronicle that he in
tends to plant large crop of to-
bacco the present season, and that
he 10 confident that it will yield
him a profit of at least $500 per
acre.
The Kirwin Chief says: "Hun-
dreds of acres of sod have already
been turned over by the farmers in
this vicinity. The indications now
are that with a good season there
WILDE a large supply of wheat
raised in the North west"
The good people of Phillipsburg
were April on the land office
question, and burned some powder
and killed a lot of sod corn
whiskey.
"Spotted fever" is said to be pre-
vailing in the vicinity of Oskaloosa.
NeOsho Falls has the champion
duck ponds and killers. Coils. Goss
and Parsons killed sixty ducks one
day last week. So says the Post.
In the Spring of 1872 there were
ninetY-five Republican and thirteen
Democratic papers published in
Kansas, making total of one hun
dred and eight newspapers in all.
Since that time forty-seven have
died. But for all this some thirty
new papers have been started with
In the past two years, so that we
hayc now nearly as many papers
published in the State as we had
two years ago. Since then our
has increased an hun.
bred thousand, but still there are
dozens of papers in the State to-
day more of burden than a bene-
fit to the localities where published,
and which ought, out of respect for
the public, TO wink out.
We see by the Burlington Patriot
that the murdered man found in |
the creek in Coffey county,
which we mentioned last week, has
not been identified as yet. Mr..
the cattle dealer, has
been heard from. Sheriff Hoover
the following description
Of the murdered man: "About 5 |
feet 8 inches tail; well formed.
Judge he would weigh about 15O
pounGs. Light auburn hair, fair
complexion, blue eyes. Had, when
found, light thin moustache, about
half an inch long. The upper front
.esth were rather email, and badly
lecayed, but none missing. The
over front teeth seemingly sound,
but somewhat irregular in form.
His head of good size, with fore
head rather large and broad
well formed. No marks
'r scars discernible. Supposed to
De about 80 years of age. Had
on when found except two
ihirts and common paper collar.
The undershirt was wooden, of a
'lain dark color, with collar band
nd shoulders lined with red fan
lel, and the button hole, front of
'osom, lined with narrow strip
alico. The other was e white cot
on shirt, with narrow plated bos- s
m, made entirely by hand" 4
Atchison had another flame last
thursday night. Some old frame :
were consumed. e