The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-02-26
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ity.
For the past several days parties
have been out in their back yards
with rakes, in gastly attempts to
push "winter off the lap of spring."
Eagle.
Active labor is being expended
on the Little river bridge. Two
piles are already down, and the
force that will be put on in few
days is expected to be sufficient to
have The bridge ready for crossing
by the middle of March.-Wichita
Eagle.
Some one by the name OF S. J..
Hunter has got out backwoods
hand bill headed "Relief," and is
soliciting remote from railroad
lines, in Mo, claiming to be from
FL Paso Sedgwick county, Kansas,
with the forged name of John
Tucker. county clerk, signed to his
hand bill. So we are informed by
Mr.. Tucker.-Wichita Eagle.
A masquerade ball was given in
Newton last Friday night.
The winter wheat in Harvey
county is doing well.
NJ. l.. Sargent, general freight
agent of the A. T. 6 S. F. r. R., In
forms US that that road will ship
free to all points west, between
Cottonwood and KinsIey, fax seed
and castor beans intended for seed,
to private parties.-Newton Kan
san.
The Government has ordered the
issuance of about one hundred over
coats, one hundred blankets, and
sixty pairs of shoes to the destitute
in Harvey county. This distribu-
ton will not be made through the
county aid society.-Newton Kan
san.
A yoke of buffaloes passed
through town Tuesday, hitched to q
wagon behind a yoke of oxen.
The buffaloes were three year olds,
and appeared to be as much at home
guiding wagon tongue, as though
they had been old hands at the bus
iness.-Newton Kausan.
At g cabin a few miles north of
Hutchinson they have species of
spiritual manifestations. The visi-
tors go through the usual modus
operandi of forming a circle, join
ing hands, etc, after which the US.
usl interrogatories are propounded.
But woe unto him who dares to in
terfere with. or question the gen.
uineness of the affair, for the next
moment he will have a feeling re-
aliZation of a chamber mug aimed
at his head, or stick of wood at his
breast. The chamber mug manifes-
tations are said to be much pleasan-
ter in the early part of the evening
than il the latter.
INSANE. Thomas Head, aged
about q years, and who has been
in the employ of Thos. Finan for
over year past, was brought to
town Once a day last week, and by
a competent Jury adjedged insane,
caused by an over supply of love
and religion on the brain. He is
now confined in the city, and aw ait
ing information from the State asy-
lum, as to whether or not he can
have accommodations there.-New-
ton Kansan.
The building of grist mill on
the Little river, about half way be-
tween Halstead and Sedgwick is
now fixed fact.
The prospect for wheat in Reno
county is as good as ever was seen
at this time of the year anywhere,
and the breadth sOwn is quite large.
Hutchinson News.
One of the Arkansas city attor-
neys will have seventeen cases in
the next term of the District Court.
1t takes three weeks to go and
come from Arkansas city 10 Fort
Gibson in canoe.
Spring blowing has begun in
Cowley county.
Corn sells for one dollar per BUSH
eli in Arkansas city.
The Osages blame the Kaws with
killing the whites cattle in the Ter
ritory, and the Kaws blame the Os-
ages.
Allison intends establishing a
newspaper at Wellington. He will
continue to publish the Telegram,
and endeavor to run both. Sumner
county has but one paper, and that
is all it needs.
A Presbyterian church organiza-
ton was effected last sabbath after
noon in Arkansas city.
REDUCED.-For misconduct, one
Kaw was reduced to the ranks, and
q new braYe appointed in his place,
recently, at the Usage and KaW
council. 1t is said of the newly APP
pointed brave, that if a line had
been stretched from his head to his
heels, the whole back of his body
wouldn't have varied an inch from
the line, and that he walked SO stiff
legged his knees would crack at ey-
cry step.-Arkansas City Traveller.
Paul Beck, who has Just returned
from Fort Dodge, saws that snow
fell to wonderful debth in that
section, and that it lays on the
ground yet in the ravines. Trains
were snow bound for DAYS on the
A. T. & s. F. railroad, with one
hundred and twenty. five men at
work to clear the track.-Arkansas
City Traveller.
"Prof. Potter" who. some months
ago, started a dancing school in
Council Grove, froze to death re-
Gently between Columbus, Kansas,
and Carthage, Mo.
The Eureka Herald says that there
is more work In prospect this COM
ing spring than at anyprevious time
during the past five years. All who
are in business have contracts for
several buildings. That doesn't
show that we were entirely "bust-
ed
Samuel Woolson, of Morris coun-
ty, who some time ago shot his son,
has been held to $1,000 bail.