The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-01-22
SOUTHWEST.

The clark and designing" editor
of the Paola Spirit says this
Postmaster Case, of Kansas City,
on Christmas, presented II. T. Van
Horn, editor of the Journal, with
new suit of clothes. If we held a
$1,000 postoffice we'd give some
clothes right off to an editor we
know. The initials of his name are
Perry"
The Probate Judge of Sumner coun-
~, few weeks ago, convicted and fin
ell man in the following novel man
ncr: There being no evidence against
The prisoner the judge declared he
knew something of the case himself,
whereupon he solemnly administered
the oath to himself, gave his testimo-
ny, and convicted the prisoner thereon.
Winfield Courier.
large number of the horses of this
country are dying this winter, al
though there is no disease perceptable.
Seine ascribe the difficulty to the feed
ing of green wheat, while others land
we think they are right ascribe the
cause to the want of any kind of food.
Winfield Courier.
Some parties wanted to sell a claim
over in Butler county, for little more
than the land was actually worth, so
lead was discovered on it and quite an
excitement raised. An English min
er named John Simpson, living at Shell
don, was sent for, to examine the
ground and pass judgment upon the
quality, quantity, etc., of the ore. But
alas! the parties who "salted" the
cllim didn't know any better than to
place the "salt" in the rich, alluvial
bottom soil of the Walnut, which didn't
satisfy John Simpson, and he denOnnc-
ed the attempted fraud.
To WHOM IT MAY CoNCERN.-We
are now the happy owner of a Colts
navy and double-barreled shot gun.
The former we took on subscription
and the gun we won at a rattle. Sat-
isiaction now guaranteed to dissatis-
lied parties.
LArER.-Since the above was In
type we have traded the gun for beef
and the revolver Is undergoing re-
pairs. Satisfaction postponed until
further notice.-Chase County Leader.
There is talk of another grist mill
being built on the Little Arkansas
between Halstead and Sedgwick City.
The lonely nights in Augusta are
sometimes enlivened by moot railroad
meetings, in juNto to moot courts.
During these pleasant little railroad
festivals they amuse themselves in
speeches, the exhibition of maps,
charts, and then they make donations
with prodigallty that would astonish
Peabody. They have lots of fun
there in this way. The women and
children attend and enjoy highly the
princely gifts of their lords, and it Is
no common thing to see n wife with
home made, buffalo shoes ON, bring
down her heel with the heavy thud of
meat hammer when her husband ris-
eS and offers cool million more than
their next door neighbOr Spriggins,
whose wife feels big because they put
glass halt sash in their house I'm room
of wooden shutter. Last SATURDAY.
night Augusta INDUCED another OF
those railroad seances.-Wichita Ea-
gle.
Andy Cline, an orphan boy, late of
Greenwood, but now living on the
White Water, in Butler county, has,
this winter, killed one hundred and
ninety-siN rabbits, which he sold, in
Eureka, for five cents apiece, and pur-
chased with the money a new suit of
clothes. Boys of Andy's resources and
persistence will make men who will
ever rise superior to grasshoppers and
drouth. Andy will succeed.
The hustle begins to assume old
time proportlons.-Ex. And now
comes the summer OF our content. We
have more than two thousand old ex-
changes on hand.-Sumner County
Press.
The good looking editor OF the Cow
ley County Telegram has been made
the happy recipient OF a handsome coll
lar button. Hence we infer that he
wears his shirt open in the back.