The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-04-30
SrATE.NEws.
The Topeka Times is to be daily.
Trey had an. So 600 fire on the 18th.
The Columbus journal has suspend

ed.
The Burlington Patriot brags over a
new suit,-a $500 suit for libel.
Montgomery county has 5000 acres
of fax, and prospects to have 1000 of
cotton.
M. f. Hudson, tie granger, has been
elected President Of the State Agricul-
tural Society.
Usage City and Lyndon, in Usage
county, want another fight on the
county seat question.
w. II. Smallvood, ex-secretary of
State, appears in last weeks Water
vile Telegram as editor.
Taylor, of the Wyandotte Gazette, is
enthusiastic over the proposed pho
neic congress at the centennial.
In the State of Kansas there are SIT
Sabbath schools, with an average at
tendance of about $4,000 persons.
Judging from the terrible weather
east and south last week, Kansas viii
have to send relief next tall to Ohio,
New York, and other states.
Lincoln county now claims TO have
plenty of gold quartz. But how many
quarts of gold could be got out of it
all?
Col. Alexander, of the Winfield
Plow and Anvil, has sold that paper in
order to go to California and cure his
bronchitis.
Gov. Osborne offers $500 reward for
the arrest of John AIerrisey, who
lately murdered his brother-in-law,
John O'Shea.
A Riley county woman has lived
without meat all winter, because her
husband would buy the New York
Ledger to read the continued stories.
Fifty thousand bushels of corn were
allowed to rot in Jefferson county, two
years ago, farmers thinking 1t was not
worth aking care of at the existing
prices.
Mrs. Z. B. Smith of MACPHERSON coun-
ty, gave birth last week to healthy
baby weighing 21E pounds. The
mother is doing as we'll as
could be expected after such crisis.
The Lawrence street railroad was
sold by the sheriff last week. One
man bought the track, and stables, an
other the mules, several bid off cars,
and now there is no telling who does
own the road.
The central branch of the Union Pa
cific railroad running from Atchison
through part of Kansas, has been seiz-
cd by Collector Anthony, for not pay
ing its government tax of sis, 600, and
is to be sold at auction May sth, unless
the tax is paid.
1t being the unpleasant duty of Sher-
if Vanderslice, of Doniphan county,
to put widow and her family out of
a house on which she had failed to
complete payment, he went and hunted
up another house for her, and paid a
AAOhIl > ACAiO az sSdNdHCcs
Last week a man named Pultz, re-
siding at Fort Hays, was arrested for
receiving stolen clothing from q Sold
Ter, and while being taken to Leaven-
worth, jumped from the train near
Wamego. But instead of jumping
forward he jumped to the rear, tum-
bled under the wheels, and pulsed no
moFe,
Col. D. A. ButtertieId, formerly of
Junction City, and later manager of
the overland stage route, was killed at
hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas,
March %, by being struck on the head
with club by one of his employees,
during controversy between them.
He was building railroad from NAL
vern to the Springs.
On the night of March % the Office
of the county treasurer at Mcpherson
Centre, the county seat of Mcpherson
county, was entered through a wind
Ow, $1,000 in money was taken from
trunk, the county having no safe.
The law requires the treasurers to keep
theirs money in their offices, and its a
wonder halt of them have not been
robbed already.
The DOniphan county Morrisey is
thus described: "He Is an Irishman /;
does not speak with much brogue /;
about twenty-elght years old; FIVE feet
nine inches high; at the time of the
killing, had dark chin whiskers and
moustache, which have probably since
been shayedi blue eyes, dark hair ;
finger missing from right hand. The
county of Doniphan has also offered a
reward ofsBQO,n
Two gentlemen were dining yester-
day In certain restaurant In this city.
Said one, 'sThe owner of this restaur-
ant came to Topeka about the same
time l did. He had SIS and 1 $4,000.
He started saloon and restaurant and
l a newspaper. Now he is worth ST.
COG and only s7s." SWELL, remark
cd the other gentleman, cit is because
you devoted your business to the head
and he to the belly."-Com.
John Huff, deaf and dumb printer
of whom the up country papers made
mention short time since as coming
down the Santa Fe road '!heeiedn with
% cents to start a paper, arrived here
on Sunday. His last point was New
ton, from which place he fOoteflit TO
this city. He is an intelligent man
and has the prospectus for his new pa
per ready, Int thinks tue country
through which he has passed has too
many papers already. IF he sinks his
capital at all, it will probably be for
grub, and he will then haYe the salts
faction or owning the hole 1t went
too.-Wiehita Beacon.
MIND AND HEALFH.--The mental
condition has far more influence
upon the bodily health than is gen.
orally supposed. 1t is no doubt
true that ailments of the body cause
depressing and morbid conditions
of the mind but it is no less true
that sorrowful aud dIsagresabie
emotions produce disease 10 persons
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