The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-04-09
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Pawnee county has voted $40, 900
10 bridge the Arkansas ct Larned.
Another bank is to be established
at Newton. by Judge Ross, of Pitts
burg.
A correspondent of the Newton
Kansan advocates the barring of
the praries in April, when the
chinth bugs, etc, are beginning to
hatch out.
Wichita is 10 have an elevator,
and the Florence qe-rfiss will sup
ply the stone for the walls.
The thunder storm of Tuesday,
the 18th, seems To have soaked the
whole southwest. In Wichita, q
stroke of lightning vent through
Mr.. Polloek's house, tore q carpet
made hole in the floor, aud stnnn-
ed Mira. Pollock.
The two prisoners, Becker and
Hoss, sentenced to the penitentisry,
the former for five, and the latter
for three years, for horse stealing,
haYe been safely delivered to that
institution by shefitf Massey
Wichita Beacon.
Mr.. McClaran, of Reno COUNTY, is
good neighbor TO have around.
He lately burned some corn: stalks,
and the prairie grass took the
flames along to Mr.. Houses stable
and Mr.. Hale's hay stacks, and they
are no more.
When II Hutchinson man gets
drunk they say he is .sbrazorious."
The Winfield Courier has been
reduced in size.
Three births in Wichita last week.
Reno county has q grand jury
this term of court.
The Mennonites are after the A.,
T. & S. f. r. r. Co. for the loss of
car load of breadstuffs which their
friends east had shipped to their
needy people at Florence and else
where. It appears that the goods
were through some mistake turned
over to the State Relief Society, and
| which have been by said society
shipped to the grasehopper suffer-
ers.
Mr.Sweezy, near Newton, has be-
gun spring work by starting aprairie
fire, which blowing with his canal,
cow, and implements, and nearly
gobbled his house.
Over fifty families of immigrants
have arrived thus far in the. week,
and our hotels and boarding houses
are crowded from parior to dining
room, with men from almost every
state. Bedsteads are in most in
stances dispensed with. The new
corners have a good deal of llilar-
ious fun, "roughing it," as they say
sleeping on the floor. They all
report more coming. - Wichita
Eagle.
The Harvey county aid society
winds up the relief business April
10.
/ 167 Families in Harvey county,
including Sl3 persons, applied for
government rations, asking for
enough to live on for six weeks to
Eve months. They didn't get what
they asked for, however.
There are 500 christians in Cow
ley county.
A two column paper, published
once a month, has been started at
the Usage agency, Indian Territory.
1t has only four proprietors.
The Kaws now all want to liye in
houses, become civilized, and learn
to play poker.
DIsTPEssING.--Henry Hays snd
| family, of Bazaar, returned from q
few months visit to Illinois, last
night. Upon reaching the hotel, it
was discovered that tho baby was
dead, although it was in apparent
good health when they got into the
hack at the depot. And about 8
o'clock this morning the father died
of consumption, from which he had
long sutfered.-Cott0nwood Falls
Leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel y. Wood
were arrested and tried last week in
Cottonwood Falls on complaint of
DIR. Westlake, for alleged embezzle-
ment of aid in charge of Mr..
Wood. The jury found that there
was no ground for the complaint,
but Justice Craik charged the costs,
about $500, upon the county. At
ter the trial was over Wood and
Westlake got up row. The latter
struck Wood, who drew a pistol,
and was fined $3.50. Then he had
Wcstlaks fined So on assault and
battling. Altogether Cottonwood
Falls had a lively time that day.
Marion county voted $4,000 in
aid bonds, but no one will buy
them, The Attorney General has
declared the law authorizing such
bonds unconstitutional.
Augusta and Eldorado are sgain
barking about the dividing the
county.
Barton county has received it's
government rations, consisting of
$40 pounds of pork, ZIG pounds
Of meal, and beans, coffee, sugar
and salt in proportion.
The members OF the Methodist
church at Peabody deny that Rev.
Ii. j. Walker preached false doc
trines, such as the near spproseh of
the fgrand ''hush up" of things SUBJ
lunary, etc.
Titus and Darrah, of Winfield,
who went down the Arkansas river
to Fort Gibson in q fiat.boaf, have
returned after making a successful