The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-30
Harvey county proposes to harvest
aOl hnshels of potatoes To the acre.

Harvey county proposes to harvest
200 bushels of potatoes to the acre.
The A., 7. & s. F. r. r. Co. have
made the following changes in their of
| ficers: Tom Anderson, General Pas
senger Agent w. F. White, late of the
Atchison & Nebraska road, General
Ticket Agent; II. l.. Sargent, General
Freight Agent, with Col. johnson still
at the head of the Land Department.
The Butler county commissioners
have decided to use the surplus funds
/ in the treasury to make to make the
court house at Eldorado fire-proof.
The law passed last winter provided
that the term of Office of County Treas
urer shall commence the second Tues
day in October, instead of July, as IN
/ der the old law, and If il is not repeal
ed, the next Treasurer elected will not
enter upon his term until October, 1876.
The Commissioners will have TO ap-
point one dd INTERIM.
From the Winfield Plow.l
Mr.. Berkey, of Arkansas City, was
in town last week. and bought lumber
| for another fiat boat. They have fin
ished one 20x40 and launched it, and
are now building another the same size.
They will load each with 400 sacks of
-four, and he ON their road in about ten
days. They have permit 10 sell to
the different tribes If Indians along the
river, and will probably dispose of a
large share s,t ihei- cargo before reach
| ing their destina. lou. Mr.. Berkey
says they mean business, and will
bring back q tug ii one can be run ON
| the river. We wish them all the sue
cess imaginable, and hope they will
make Arkansas City the great head of
navigation.
| Boat LAUNCHED.-SaturCla after
noon some forty persons assisted I'm the
12x36 fiat boat on the Arkansas. It is
la large boat, but will not carry one
half the freight already engaged to be
shipped. Work has been commenced
on another of the same size. to be COM
pleted In ten days. Other parties have
constructed sailing beats carrying p
500 pounds, and intend making q trip
up the river to Wichita. Considerable
interest is manifested. and the excite
ment is on the increase.-Traveier.
There is a small field near Marion
Centre which has been planted in corn
| for ten years, and will this year yield
between seventy-ffve and one hundred
bushels to the acre.
The Augusta Gazette opposes the
new court house improvement at Edo
RADIO, and another Intestine war may
now be expected.
| Seven and half cents pound is
what it costs to have goods expressed
from st. Louis to Augusta ; and that is
what we call a swindle.-Gazette
Jacob Banks, of Greenwood county,
was killed by lightning on last Satur-
day evening. He had just finished
harvesting and was putting his horses
4 in the stable. when he was killed. He
leaves a wife aud four children. A
neighbor who had been assisting him
was also struck, but has recovered.
The Burlington Patriot says: We
hear report to the effect that State
Senator VIM. Martindale, of Greenwood
county, has purchased an interest in
the Excelsior mill of S. X. Cross, and
takes hold at once. Financially Mr..
Martindale is one of the strongest men
in the country, and we are glad he has
invested in this mill, which is one OF
the best in the State.
| Many OF our farmers who were seek
ing aid last winier are now blessed
with bOuntiful crops, and in conse-
buence have become highly elated, so
much so indeed that they are running
headlong into debt, which certainly
light than an evil of the first magni-
tude. We refer more Particularly to
the purchase of agricultural imple-
ments ''On time" Nearly five hundred
reApers and about forty threshers have
been sold in this city alone, this year,
the sales OF which will aggregate but
little less than $4,000, and of which
amount perhaps less than One-fifth has
been paid. Comment is needless
Wichita Beacon.
The truss bridge across the Arkansas
river at the west end of Douglass Az
enue, Wichita. has been rented by the
merchants OF that street, and made free
for the next ten months.
The storm which passed oyer this
city on Thursday evening, of last week,
did considerable damage in the west
ern portion OF this county. We are in
formed by VIM. McAllister, of Greeley
township, that John Fletcher's house
was entirely destroyed. There were
eleven persons in the house at the time,
and they barely escaped with their
lives, Mrs. Fletcher having sustained
severe injuries. Mr.. McAllister count
ed five houses, within sight of his own,
which had been entirely wrecked and
blown down, and his own residence
was moved from its foundation, COM
polling him to take refuge on the prai-
rie-Wichita Beacon.
The wheat grown in the Cottonwood
valley Is rated in st. Louis the same
as that from Tennessee from which the
best brands of flour are made. The
Shawnee mills use that wheat and no
other for its best brand.-Common-