The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-04-30
STATE NEvgs.

STATE NESyS-
I. j. Peters il mentioned n = s.insii-
date fer President of il.e Al,i..son, t.
peka & Santa Fe railroad Company.
Tile oskaloosa Independent wants
purchaser AZ once.
Thomas Finch, Jefferson county
farmer, came to The relief committee in
OskaIoosa and demaned stock of ,e-
lief flour, claiming that his family was
starving. Being refused, he grabbed a
sack and rode of with il. lie was ar
rested, and paid the fines and costs,
$2o. It was proved that he had the
same day got n $50 bill changed at n
store.
SALIVA COUNTY GoLD.-IntelIigence
was received this morning that OF the
eight specimens sent by Mr.. A. NJ.
Clafiin TO Denver, to be assayed, seven
Of them contained either gold or silver.
One piece of the light eolored rock
contained 5000 in silver and So in
gold. Judge Hamilton writes that he
will soon return to Salina and that an
assayer will come with him.-Salina
journal.
The Troy Chief accuses F. P. Baker
OF being proprietor oil the Dennison
lottery, which is literally advertised
in the Topeka Commonwealth. Baker
denies it.
Suit has been instituted in the Cir
cult Court of Wyandotte county by
three partIes-two by name of Ragan,
and Woods-in which it is intended to
reclaim the whole upon which the city
of Kansas, Kansas, is built. This in
wolves large amount of money, and
will naturally attract large attention
from the public.
We notice that the Oskaloosa Inde-
pendent advises farmers to fire the
prairie grass to kill the chinch bugs
1t has been SO frequently and general
ly demonstrated beyond the chance
for q mistake that firing the prairie
grass only increases chinch bugs that
no paper is excusable for stupidity as
the Independent discloses in this mat
grass leaves the bugs and their eggs
burrowed in the earth, safe and sound
and permits the rays of the sun &c
hatch the young bugs without fail
F't. Scott Sentinel.
The Atchison city council will soon
have q greater reputation than the
Louisiana legislature. Being hall
Democratic, those members have re.
fused to confirm any appointments
whatever, unless the offices are divided
between Democrats and Republicans
and won't attend the meetings so as TO
give q quorum. Friday last, Mayor
Rohr ordered the police force to bring
them in. One,,a Mr.. Plunkett, of the
4th ward, was finally found in saloon
and escorted to the council room by
two policemen, but meantime the Re-
publican members had got tired
of waiting and left, so there was nc
voting, after all. Rohr ought to tele-
graph Grant for troops.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Mandull, of Law
renee are very Ill, in consequence OF
eating boiled potatoes with the skins
on. a terrible lesson not TO he too
economical.
Mr.. Frank Lull, former resident OF
this county, who now resides in Cali
fornia, writes that it is very foolish fol-
Kansas people TO even think of emmi-
grating to the latter state. He says
that Kansas people, especially, are gen.
orally disappointed in their expecsa-
tons upon arriving in that country.
To poor men, he says, it is a place OF
starvation. Wages are low, and COM
petition in all business, trades, etc.
renders it almost impossible for per-
son to make the money he could in
Kansas or any other state. And tc
cap the climax, CALIFORNIA; climate in
many respects is not as good as Kan
sass.-Salina journal.
Usage City offers to vote $4,000 to.
wards a new court house, if it is made
the county seat of Usage county. Its
opponents have mapped out a new
town, two miles north, and as soon as
they get up house, are going to cal
for another election.
Last year Lcavenworth received dog
tax to the amount of $1,000.
The Supreme Court Syllibi will here.
after be published in the Topeka Com.
monwealth. A $500 job lost to the
Kansas Farmer.
In March Milton Mills, collection
agent in Garnett, went to Riley coun-
ty, Missouri, to collect some claims
and has not since been heard from
He has been traced to q Kansas City
hotel, and also to a bank there, where
he left some papers, saying he would
call for them in day or two, and that
he was going to take the train for Lib
erty, Mo. That is the last trace of him
and his wife and family are in great
distress, fearing he has been murdered
BE was highly respected citizen and
church member.
An Ohio man kindly sent friend in
Anderson county a bushel of seed
corn by Wells, Fargo &c Co.'s express.
Charges came to only 1925, and the
suffering farmer refuses to take the
corn out of the office.
The Council Grove Republican says
that the salt well is ga sight bigger'n'
gold mine or coal shaft.
Louis Melius, formerly of the Law
renee Tribune, is now engaged on the
Burlington, Iowa, Gazette.
The Journal claims that IaCygne i:
better supplied with fuel than any
other town in the state of Kansas
Good body hickory wood was sold for