The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-04-30
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they could go part Of the way On |
stills. it, feasible plan.
Large herds of Texas cattle are nov
EN- route to Wichita
To the man who has mind and mus |
Gle, determination TO use both, |
and 4 little fard cash, Kansas offers |
second to no state; but
for the sliftless, the hand-to-mouth
class, she has no room, and the sooner
that fact is understood the better, if
We don't receive another immigrant in
the next ten years.-Wichita Beacon.
The Eagle pronounces the Sedgwick
county wheat crop as truly magnifi-
cent.
At Hutchinson last week, two men
named Traitor, one named Collins, and
one named 4. Davidson, were arrested
by the sheriff of Montgomery county,
on charge of horse stealing.
Mrs. Laura Weedner, OF Wichita,
got sick, and took some medicine rec
commended By a neighbor, Mrs. Potts.
1t was strong poison. and she nearly
died. Mrs. Potts has disapp cared.
Maurice BIorand was a resident of
Reno county, until last week, when he
grabbed his gun bysthes barrel to draw
it QUE of Sewagon. He is now ghost.
Arkansas City has three preachers
and one lawyer, but it would take
three more preachers to make the law
yer stick to the truth.
The Arkansas City liquor saloon has
closed, through the only means by
which saloons can be shut up-want
of patronage.
A. A. Newman is going to build a
new store in Arkansas City.
Hank Morony, of Cowley county,
started a prairie fire last week. His
family hays sinee occupied neigh
boris barn. and hope,to' get up dug
out cabin before the hot, weather be-
gins.
rHREsHERs.-Ac car load of Mennon-
ite threshing machines were unloade6
at this place last week and conveyed
to their farms north. They are manu-
featured at the rock quarries of Chase
county, and consist each, of large
rock about four feet long and two and
a half in diameter, dressed the narrow
est way in six pointed star shape. A
rod is placed in the end of each as
pivot, and by which they are drawn
over the grain In the manner of a
wheel. We learn that these people
have already invested $1,000 in these
hfUhfVy nnItnIlfnno6 orfiaIac Of
al machinery, which are not much bet
than the old manner of treading out
grain.-Newton Kansan.
Licenses and fines bring the Wichi-
Ia city treasury over SIC, 900 per year.
How much human misery is created
by the traffics that yield this little pub
lie revenue, can hardly be estim4ted.
1t was Windfield girl that ate four
pounds of wedding cake, In order to
dream. of her future husband. Aud
now she says that money wouldn't
hire her to marry the man she saw in
that dream.
Amos Walton and Chas. McIntirc, of
Arkansas City, have purchased the
Winfield Plow and Anvil.
A certain Squire was q little set
back few days ago, after marrying n
couple from Mcpherson. On present
ing the bride with lithograph mar
riage certificate, she Very deliberately
returned it, saying: "The pictur'e on
it don't look nothin' like me an JOSH"
There is but one carpenter among
the Harvey county Mennonitcs.
The Cottonwood Falls Leader says:
The wife of Levi Billings, of Marion
Center, died of consumption on the
10th. She was one of the first settlers
Of Marion county, and as q mark of
respect to her, the court adjourned on
that day.
Leroy Martin informs us that the
faEnoeES- in the peishbQrhoOd of Peyton
creek, have got their corn all in. In
fact, the farmers generally, in this
county, are nearly all through corn
planting.
w. Fl. Shaft has traded his saw mill
and Norman stallion to Lyon county
man for farm on the Neosho, south
Of Emporia, worth about $1,000.
Rice county will vote upon the
county seat question the 18th of May.
The points of contest are Atlanta and
Peace. Peace is to donate 81 200 for
county buildings.
Albert S. Crane & Son, of Chicago,
own a great stock farm in Marion
county, and last week the best herd of
Durham cattle ever brought to Kansas
came over the A, T. 6 s. F. road to
their farm, which is called Durham
Park" The following are some of the
names of this distinguished party:
At the head of the herd stands the
famous imported bull, Lord Abraham,
large ight-roan and handsome as a
picture. Among the other bulls are
Admiral Porter, by Lord Abraham,
out OF imported Portulacco, one of the
COWS of the herd; master Booth, out
of imported Maiden, by Lord Abra-
ham; Baron of Elm Grove; Lord
Bates, I'd; Hudson, Cicil bull, Me-
Donald, Lord of the Lake, Louan Les
lie. Among the cows, imported Maid
en-, a beautiful dark-red, and imported
Portulacco, another red cow, stand at
following animals of pure blood /:
Miss Wiley 31st, Miss Wiley S0th, 9TH
Gem of Gassmere, I'd Countess OF
Corinthia, Red Nora, Rowena 9Th, Jul
bilee of WoodIawn, Lonan 1st, Lonan
9th, Lo48n 9thSGrsp9 Duchess, Phyl-
liss' Mali, Emma Bride Sd, Mabel, OK
ford GyYnne, Melody Gwynne 18th,
MeMillan's Portulacco, Bright Eyes,
10th, Belle Sheridan, Queen OF the
Meadows, and Jubilum.
The Winfield townsite suit has been
decided by the Supreme Court in favor
of the town.
The Spiritualists in Cowley are sad.
They are Major Stroud, formerly form
Gridley, Illinois, DIR. ButteFfield and
Mr.. Adams. They have been showing
"materialized spirits at Mr.. Butter
fields. On the night of the 18th they
gave a grand exhibition. An Indian
spirit was grabbed by the audience,
lights were brought, and les it was
Stroud himself, in war paint.
Judge Hanback,, of Topeka, is going
to practice law at I.arned, Pawnee
county.
A gentleman has just purchased a
square mile of land on Whitewater, a
short distance above .Toyanfia and