The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-07
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G. n. Scott, OF the Arkans As City |
Traveller, has been appointed post
master.
The EldoradO- Times is informed
that @Graham of the Emporia gEws,-
is not the man who headed the article
the "Preminm Dead Bet County" 1t
is barking up the wrong tres. The
fellow that did it sticks to that head
Jack Frost has gathered in tie early
fax crop of Sedgwlck county.
lis predicted that the Arkansas riy-
erwin be fnll from bank TO oank all
summer, on account OF tie great
amount of. snow in the IN ,untains.
Crops on the bottoms will la a good
snb-irrigation.
SAD.-Conling down in IL stage,
last week, was Scotchman, ust from
the old country, with three children,
the Oldest but four years old; the
mother Of whom had died Mt .itchison,
while on the way 20 this cour ty. The
father was greatly afflicted, and the
children almost constantly cying for
their mother. He had friends near
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City Traveller.
And now the Cottonwood Falls tenn
perance agitation ends in repeating the
anti-license ordinance.
The Chase county commissioners
have been enioined from enplo Sing an
attorney to fight the county in the Az
mills court house deficiency case.
They were also enjoined from paying
costs in certain eases, amounting TO
between 500 and 81 900.
Congressman w. r. Brown, of
Hutchinson, and family will spend the
summer months in the east.
A mr.. Culvert, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, is now visiting the Arkansas
Valley in search of 10000 acres of land
in one body for stock ranch. He is
an agent for heavy firm who will buy
10, 900 head of Texas cattle this sum-
mer with which 10 start the Business.
He expects he will have to go fifty or
more miles west of Wichita.
Cottonwood Falls has live Horti-
cultural society. That's good invest
ment.
Congressman Brown has planted
seven thousand cottonwood trees on
his farm north of Hutchinson.
Mr. Quinnill, a Sedgwick county
farmer, purchased 500 apple trees in
Wichita Saturday. lie settled near
Waco three years ago, and now has
good farm house of several rooms,
with cellar and out houses, 100 acres
of wheat, fifty acres of corn oats and
rye, good stock, agricultural imple-
ments, etc., etc. He also has some fine
hedging, about 5000 forest trees, and
1000 fruit trees. Work did it.
j. p. Kuhl, of Buck creek, Chase
county, lost his stable, hay, fencing,
reaper and mower, and other property,
amounting to $500, by prairie fire last
week. Result of carelessness.
There's lots of fellows who know
where there's coal in Marion county,
but they won't tell.
Wichita has traded It's large eXtin-
guisher for two "sulky chemical en-
gines," and pronounces the latter a
grand success.
The Methodists of Augusta are max
ing preparations tn build Il new
church.
MIR. Titus, OH Silver creek, in CoWiey
county, and neighbor, have planted
sixty acres of fax. They propose to
raise crop that will pay to transport.
j. NJ. Hewitt, {; wealthy miller of
Red Oak, Iowa, has let the contract
for building large stone Touring mill
at Oxford, Sumner county. 1t will be
3Ox4O feet, three stories high, and have
four run of burrs. The power is to be
had by building q race Two miles long
from the Arkansas river TO branch
zens will build the race, and n Mr.
Sleigh donates the rock for the mill and
the dam.
The Chase County Leader says:
T.. r. McDermott and w. j. Burns
living on the divide between Fox creek
and FOur-mile, were arrested last Sum
day on the charge of stealing cattle.
In suit before Squire McWilliams,
last Saturday, on promissory note for
$500, the defendant, w. j. Burns, put
in an offset for boarding the plaintiff
during the winter, at 400 per week.
And now it transpireS that about all
the provisions used in Burns mansion
during the winter were received from
the relief committee. That man
knows how to run Il hotel.
j. j. Barker, lawyer of Newton, has
sold his residence and 40 acre tract,
and moved to Atchison.
The Mcpherson county commission
ers are going to buy a safe for the
county treasurer, whose office was re-
Gently robbed of $4,000.
Mr.. c. w. Eavis, of Sedgwick conn
ty, has twelve acres planted to onions.
We learn that the authorities of the
A., T. &c S. i. Il. T.. have made II tour
of their road, and find that all reports
of grasshOppers along the line are
without foundation. They have had q
meeting east, at which they agreed to
take passengers who are seeking
homes, at cents per mile instead OF
five cents as heretofore, reduction
which is sure to gain many passengers
and a great number of settlers along
the line of the road.-Newton kansan.
Peabody cries for cemetery :
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