The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-02-26
STATE ITEMS.

Since 1869 the Kansas legislature
has enacted $50 laws, about 900 of
which were void.
hiawaGha has shipped q big load of
supplies to Mitchell county.
About two thousand cords OF wood
will he consumed at Fort Hays this
year.
| It is the intention to raise tobacco in
Miami county this season.
Cumulative litigation" Is what
checks the progress of the Paola &
Fall River railroad.
Thirty-five persons have recently
been admitted to the Methodist church
at Chanute.
| Rev. II. c. Bradbury has raised
money enough to commence the build
ing of church at Lincoln Centre.
:. The Marion comfy Relief Committee
have increased their estimate of the
destitute in that county from 900 to
1000.
The st. Louis Democrat says that
''BIue Rapids Is building an oil WELL"
It must be cold work lying the Sounda-
tien in this weather.-Junction City
Union.
Perry Trickel was drowned in the
NOesho, In Labette county, last week.
HIS funeral was attended by five hun
dred Patrons of Husbandry.
At Seneca they call parties where
nobody eats anything, grasshopper
sociables," but that isn't:the way grass
hoppers do at their ''sociables." Not
if we remember rightly.-Junction
City. Union.
The Cawker City Tribune says a
company has been organized In Penn
sYlvania, with capital of 100000, to
improve the Great Spirit Spring near
that city, in Mitchell county.
Mrs. Longnecker, of Wilson county,
has recovered 81, 800 damages in a
SANDER suit.
We learn from the Wichita Eagle
this valuable bit of meteorological in
formation: "The tail end of a south
wind, trimmed with wild geese, indi-
Gates green prairies and spring chick
ems"
The crib of Mr.. Lowry, of Ander-
son county, was robbed of ten bushels
of corn the other night. The thieves
left note saying that the corn was
taken t'for the aid Of Reeder township"
Rev. DR.. Samuel Dyer died near
Randolph, in POttawatomie county, on
the LIST inst He settled on the Big
Blue in 1853, and the first sermon ever
preached on the banks of the Blue was
preached at his house.
Howard county has had hard luck
on names. Originally its territory was
called Godfrey county, then it was
changed to Seward, then TO Howard,
and now the ''diyision bill would abol-
ish the name altogether.
The Great Bend, Hays City and
Julesburg AIRLINE railroad, running
from Great Bend, on the Atchison,
Topeka Sc Santa Fe road, to Julesburg,
on the Union Pacific, a distance of
about $50 miles, is the latest one talk
ed of.
Several intelligent citizens of Miami
county in mass meeting assembled
lately passed resolutions abusing F. NJ.
Shaw, of Paola, because he offered to
lend them money at 10 per cent. Many
localities are looking for just such
"Shylock" as Mr.. Shaw.
The Wichita Eale gives the particu-
lars of fraudulent school bond trans
action in that county, by which the
Topeka bank was vlctimized to the
amount of $1,000 in the purchase of
some bonds of a school district which
had no existence.
a man named Gibson, of Wilson
county, stole some wheat, was arrest
ed, and tried to escape from the consta-
Bile. The constable commanded him
in the name of the State of Kansas,
county of Wilson, S., to halt, and not
being obeyed "turned loose'' with his
revolver. The ball SUBSIDIZED the fell
lows scalp and brought him to earth,
not dead but quite peaceable. Moral
Don't steal wheat III Wilson county.
The Wichita Eagle speaking of
Sedgwiek county, says: "The reports
of aid goods received by the State and
local societies do not cover to exceed,
probably, fifty per cent. of the goods
and money actually received. Private
donations of money sent by postoff1ce
orders and small drafts upon banks ag-
gregate very large, while the express
companies report large receipts of the
same character. In addition to money
thus sent, large amounts of goods in
packages are being forwarded to indi-
viduals for distribution"
We hear a rumor that a prominent
granger of this county is now in the
east begging for joint stock company
of his neighbors. The way the story
| goes, sixteen of his neighbOrs made up
a pure of $32 for him, and with this
he went east to "solicit aid for Kansas"
but with the private understan ling that
the aforesaid sixteen men should con-
stitate the recipients OF what he pro-
cured. Recently, the story goes, he
wrote to his employers that he had
succeeded in swindling the suckers out
of car load of corn, and asked per-
mission to sell it, on condition that he
should divide the proceeds among the
company. What answer was returned
to him our informant did not know.
We cannot vouch for the above, but
get it from trustworthy source; in
fact, it is common talk throughout the
county. It is a disgrace upon the
county and State that an opportunity
has been given for such things to be
done, and that man has been found
who Will SO conduct himself Garnet
PlaindeRler.
HERE AND THERE.
People are being baptised In YER
mont through the ice.
The pawnbroker's shop is a popu-
lar institution this winter.