The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-06-11
Wichita claims 300 population.

wichita claims 200 population.
Batter county expects to harvest one
million bushels of wheat.
Arkansas City will celebrate the 4th
of July, and Col. Nipp's militia regi-
ment will be Oh hand.
The militia companies along the In
dian border, are to meet for drill and
elections of company officers, June II,
in their respective localities.
The Cottonwood Falls Leader Of the
Sd says:
State Senator Butler, of Coffey coun-
ty, passed through town last Friday,
on his way to California, for his health.
His outfit consisted of three teams and
wagons, with everything necessary for
hunting and fishing.
Mr.. John Gatewood has sold his
stock, farm and every other interest in
this county, to a Mr.. Jones, of Illinois,
and will leave for St. Louis in about
6 weeks, where he contemplates going
into the general commission business.
Mr.. Gatewood has decided to locate in
EmpOria, and do live stock commits
sion business. We welcome him as a
citizen, and hope to have more of IT,
same sort.
James Scott, residing on Peyton
creek, was bitten on the instep by q
rattlesnake, one day last week. Whis-
ky was freely administered and he is
all right, but the snake Is dead.
Last week, DIR. G. w. Williams sold
his residence, horses and buggy, to DIR.
Pugh, of Plymouth, Lyon county, the
latter gentleman taking possession on
Tuesday last. DIR. Williams will leave
in about ten days on a prospecting
tour.
Jerry Nolan was thrown from his
horse, last Tuesday, at Bazaar, and
had his collar bone and shoulder blade
broken. When the accident occurred
he was attempting to stop a runaway
horse.
The editor of the Arkansas City
Traveller has been presented with a
lively bull snake, 3 feet 3 inches long.
That paper says:
EsTIMATE.-Mr. J. B. Fairbank,
who has turned considerable attention
to the crops of this country for several
years past, estimates the wheat crop at
% 900 acres, or 10000 bushels.
An application for a marriage IL
cense was made last week by John
Myrtle, of Bolton township, to marry
Miss Flora Parker, aged fifteen years.
The written consent of the parents
was required first, and the license is
sued.
June 1st q very severe hail storm
passed from west to east over the south
line OF Harvey and the north line OF
Sedgwick county. The Newton Kan
san says:
AS far as we have been able to learn,
it appears that it extended over more
of Sedgwick county than of this, and
the devastation to crops has been i'm
mense. Whole fields of grain that
were maturing for harvest amid unus-
ualiy favorable aspects have been
beaten and rendered almost worthless.
The breadth of country over which the
storm passed appears to have been
about four or five miles wide, and in
length both began and ended beyond
our limits and present information,
and the size of the hail stones, in some
places, is said to have been as large
as goose eggs. All the windows
fronting to the west in Sedgwick City,
are said to have been completely de-
molishetl, AMI farm houses along the
route of the storm must have all suf-
fered equally as bad. C. +. Parmle.
of Darlington township, had fifty-
three window lights broken out of his
house on the west side. Mr. Parks,
of Richland township, and others, in
form US that In many places the siding
of houses was fearfuIly battered in
and spiintered. In some places un-
sheltered stock were cut and battered
up as though they had been cut with
knives, and spots of blood We're to be
seen ali over them wherever exposed
to the storm. Mr.. Parks says he found |
two Jack rabbits near his house the |
next morning that had been killed by |
the hail stones. Gardens and much |
other vegetation in many places was
washed away by the rains that follow |
ed, so that no mark was left OF what |
or where anything had been so nicely |
growing.
1t seems necessary TO explain, Oeea- |
sionaly, that the editor of this paper |
is the editor of this paper. And that |
he is also the editor OF this paper, He |
persists in believing that after consid- |
cradle experience, much study and |
close observation he Is about "a capa- |
pie OF running his business as some |
people who have had less, If any, of |
the b snefits of these three journalistic |
requisites.-MaTion Co. Record.