The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-01-29
SOUTHWEST.

the regular passenger between New.
ton and Wichita.
The Eagle surmises that there viii
be considerable building done in Witch.
ita next spring.
A three foot vein of coal has beer
struck, about five miles south of Wich
ita. Fat take for somebody.
A rumor prevailed on our streets
last Saturday that man, his wife an(
TWO children froze to death III theil
wagon, on last Tuesday, while eI
route from here TO Hutchinson.-Wieh'
ita Eagle.
During the severe storm last Friday
/. {. week, thea house of DIR. Crosby, OF
the Minnesota, was moved six feel
from its foundation. The house wa:
story and halfl4x24 frame.-Wich-
ita Eagle.
| Parties zap from Caldwell report thai
the mail carrier between that point
ana Arkansas City was frozen to death
last Tuesday evening a week.
! Capt. Brandy, of Chase county, wa:
elected journal clerk OF the Senate, in
the place of Mrs. Flowers, resigned.
Hon. j. f. Duncan, of Harvey coun.
ty, is chairman of the commltte or
printing, in the legislature.
The United States Government pro-
poses to build telegraph line from
Wichita to Fort Sill, and another to
Caddo from the same point, rs a MILL
tary necessity.
Corn is $1.25 per bushel IN Arkan-
sas City.
George Graves, of Mcpherson coun-
ty, en- route from the plains near
Dodge City, returned home yesterday.
He had both legs, feet and hands froz-
en-, which he expected would have to
be amputated. He also reported three
Others from that county as among
those who were frozen to DEATH
Newton Kansan.
Arkansas City had a forgery sensa-
tion last week.
We are informed by party up from
the Indian country that through the
interchangeable efforts of Miles, to bring
to punishment the Indians guilty OF
/
family, on their way to Texas through
the Territory. Big Moccasin has been
| arrested, and through his implication
some sixty other Cheyennes. Our in
fOrmant saw the Indians under arrest.
The party surrendered up two of the
girls, whose feet and limbs had been
burned badly to force them to a COM
pliance with the brutal desires of the
band. Two of the girls are yet held
by the CEeyennes- The Indians &C.
cording to their own admission, knock
ed the brains of the baby brother ont
against n tree. The balance of the
family was burned. We hope the lea
taljoRiS will be applied to the red dey-
lis this time.-Wichita Eagle.
The bridge company here, have been
| giving toll to sufferers, and transfer to
aid goods for over n month.-Wichita
Eagle.
Butler county has twelve or more So
licitors around.
The city treasury OF Newton has now
nearly $500 on hand, over and above
all outstanding debts.
The Wichita Eagle man has set
apart a certain hour in the day for
opening and filing away for future
reference, 1875 almanacs, which they
have been receiving daily, of late, from
all of the known sources, and from
several heretofore unknown. They
seem to be raging now in the east, in
the form of a cheap advertising cpl
demic.
Oxford township, Sumner county,
has twenty-four hundred acres OF
wheat growing and claims TO be the
banner township of Sumner county
in that respect. Palestine township
reports one thousand acres, and it is
es timated that there is between TWEEN
ty and twenty-five thousand acres
planted III the county.
Hoisington, OF the Great Bend Reg
lster, says he has discovered new
way of cleaning out dirty stove.
We quote: "Put half pound of pow
der in rag; place the rag in the stove,
and, with red hot poker burn a hole
in the rag. The poker will ignite the
powder, and the stove will be cleaned
out of the hOuse-up through the CELL
ing. We know, because we've tried it.
Newton Kansan.
Cholera is reported among the hogs
near the mouth of Grouse creek, in
Cowley county.
FAMILY FROZEN TO DEATH.-Dur-
ing the cold spell of Friday, January
sth, family living near Eldorado, left
their house and were on their way to a
neighbours for the purpose of stopping
with them as they had no wood. The
conveyance was an open wagon, drawn
by oxen, and before the house could be
reached, one by one became numbed
with cold, and in their silence were
frozen to death.
PANTHER.-Mr. Reed, living on Nc
Fadden's place, at the mouth of Grouse
creek, shot q very large panther,
which the dogs had freed. It was d
monstrous large animal, and has been
the terror to the neighborhood for
many months.--Arkansas City Tray
eler.
Rep resentative Vantree, of Barbour
county, was recently badly frozen
while between his home and Hutchin-
son, and en- route to Topeka.
Since the 1st of January, the Chero-
kee strip lands have been withdrawn
from the market, and will hereafter be
sold on sealed bids.
w. a. Rankin, Indian agent, arrived
here from Medicine Lodge Tuesday.
lie reports having met in Barbour
county $50 Pawnees on their way from
Nebraska to the Territory. They
were nearly starved. The men were
off on hunt and the women and chill
dren were roasting Texas cattle killed
by poison set out for wolves. Mr..
Rankin bought dozen beeves and
gave TO them. He left them happy in
a big f.ast.-Hutc hinson News.
Texas cattle are doing remarkably
well in tie vicinity of sMelicine
Lodge. ,4e
The law exempting homesteads and
other claims in our new settlements
from forfeiture in case of one years
absence, is now in force.-Wichita
Beacon.
Twenty-Five men have been brought
to Dodge City who were found frozen
and in a helpless condition on the
plains. Those who are alive are Grip