The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
SOUTHWEST.

Hutchinson reports more rain, splen-
did crops in Reno county, and a new
steam grist mill, 60 horse power.
The Peabody Gazette, a good looking
paper, puts squad line" at the top
of the column. That is not right,
Bro. Church.
The Peabody Gazette wants the In
dian Territory opened. 1t does not
believe in the common theory that its
opening would work advantageously
to Kansas. The Gazette thinks it
would be real advantage to. Kansas
to have that territory open for settle
ment, and believes Kansas could hold
her own. The Gazette is sound on
this proposition.
The Peabody town company has de-
clared dividend of $500 on the
shave.
Peabody gets away. with heap OF
the trade in the north of Butler
county.
The Peabody library building is
completed.
Peabody has her first Robin red
breast.
Col. HoblitzelI, near Peabody, lost
his stable, horse, two calves and lot
of farm Implements by fire, while alb
sent from home, few days ago. Loss
$500.
Summer county has been the Gene
terry for nine newspapers.
A Mr.. Chandler will build first
class hotel at Oxford.
Oxford Sabbath schools are in very
fiourishing condition.
The Southwest towns are feasting on
the fresh fish afforded so abundantly
by her numerous streams.
Oxford has wrestling matches, and
some are more successful than they
are at spelling matches.
May 9th the Catholics will have a
concert and festival at Cottonwood
Falls for the benefit of the church.
S. T. Bennett of Elinor, Chase coun-
ty, has just brought from Illinois fine
lot of blooded cattle.
HERE'S ANoTHER.-There is a real
estate paper printed in Emporia by q
man named Bancroft. He heads one
of his columns ''Shame where is thy
Blush," and then gives "facts and fig
ures" on the relief business. He gives
the results OF the elections in the diff
ferent counties of this part of the
state and we clip the following line
giving the state of the case in our
county: sfReno- 226 for, 105 against
relief bond" And then Jake Stotler,
| who ought to know better, prints it in
the NEWS of that city, and gives it his
circulation. They should know. for
Stotler gets the Hutchinson News
every week, that there has been no
election on the subject in several of
these COUNTLESS and nobody ever pro-
posed the thing here. But he realizes
the situation, for he winds up his arti-
Gle thus: t'Now we expect somebody
will say the above is lie."-Hutchin-
son News.
Flsteb, we ''crawffsh" on our part
| of the story, as we do not desire to do
you an injury. Not having paid our
usual attention to the papers for some
months, We did not know but that you
had had a vote on aid bonds.
$50 students in the Hutchinson
schools.
The land Office at Larned has dis
posed of over fifty thousand acres of
land within three months.
We are informed that two more
brick business rooms will be built on
Main street this summer, north OF the
bank and Welch's brick. Hutchinson
is preparing TO be the best city west of
st. IOuis.-Hutchinson News.
The demand for brick this spring Is
lively, ten or more brick buildings,
business, and residences having already
been commenced.-Hutehinson News.
The Hutchinson News notices n. E.
Norton's advertisement of the three
pups that stole his Kansas City Times,
and adds:
awe have heard of dirty dogs, suck
| egg dogs, and dogs that would eat
soap. bus we never contemplated as
depraved specimens OF the canine
species as these three 'tpups'' must be
who steal the Kansas City Times
Git out !"
BIandin & Smith will soon have
| 2 600 sheep at their ranch on Jacobs
creek, Chase county. A Mr.. Webster
from Michigan, will also run large
! sheep ranch in the same locality.