The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09
STATE.

returns to the editorship. The Troy
Chief has absorbed the Troy Republi-
can. Are not all parties concerned,
and both cities, better Off in conse-
quence?
Two money lenders in Manhattan
advertise any amount of money to
loan On real estate security at Z per
cent. per annum. Their commissions,
however, bring the interest up to
about y per cent. per annum. It is
evident that eastern capitalists aIe be-
coming more and more satisfied with
Kansas real estate security.
The Kansas Pacific railroad offers a
premium of $50 for the best display of
grain from counties along its line.
Nc Henry, the great wheat man of
thh Kaw Valley, sows the latter part
of August
The Junction City Union says: "The
Emporia city council has declared in
favor of liquor license" That declar-
alton was made by. our. city council a
year or more ago, but Pen, Paste and
Scissors" will have the news sooner or
later Emporia Ledger. We made
that item last week fresh in the NEWS.
l-[Union. The city council has at va
rious times during the past two years
had bare majority both ways. A year
ago it was exactly four to Jour. Last
month, for the first time, the license
party had a decided majority, to 2.
Chase county has debt of $4,000,
warrants at par, and $4,000 in the
treasury.
1t was one year ago June 30th, that
McNutt and Winner were sentenced to
be hung, and the Wichita Beacon
wants the Governor to order their i'm
mediate execution.
The Coffeyville Courier says there is
young lady in that town who is only
eleven years younger than her mother.
Web. Wilder says Col. D. r. An
thOny has the most extensive news
paper files of any man in Kansas.
Last year the grasshoppers took ev-
erything off Kansas farms except the
mortgage; this year the crops will
take those off.
July LIST the Kansas Pacific Railway
company began running the express
business on their line.
WOodson county has population OF
folks over 81 years of age, of 1914
males, and $50 females.
The bonded Indebtedness of Green
wood county is 200; no floating
debt.
During the year 1874 the people OF
Kansas paid for insurance on their
lives and property an amount exceed
ing that of the taxes paid for all state
purposes i'll that year. And yet not
one tax payer in five is insured.
Kansas lawyers now have an organ
ization.
The Kansas Pacific railway company
put on through sleeping cars from Den
yer to St. Louis July LIST.
Here is the way they voted at Usage
City for county seat, according to the
Burlingame Chronicle: At 80 the
fellows face was painted with yellow
ochre, and his name was Smith a
IL 80 it was disguised with coal dust
and his name was Jones; at 5 80 hi
face was washed and his name wa
Brown.
Our old friend, Rev. 1. S. Kalloch
now stationed in San Francisco on
salary of $1,000 per year. in a letter Il
us says: "I wish had time to de-
scribe some of the exceliencies of Cal
ifornia. The half was never told me
neither can tell it. l wish you ant
some other old friends were here.
, With the $4,000 feature retained We
think we could raise car load of thos
same old friends.-Wichita Eagle.
The public buildings at Topeka hav
at last been located. The commission
ers determined on the corner of Fiftl
and Kansas avenues, the site of tn
famous, historic Topeka House.
An editor who accompanied the ed
itorial excursion over the A, 7. s. S. +
remarks: ''The women who leave east
ern homes for the grand prairies G
Kansas are women with eyes in tn
r front part of their heads"
There are the ruins of four state cap
: itol buildings in Kansas. One in Davi
county, a few miles east of Junctio
t City, one in johnson county, one q
t LccOmpton, Douglass county, and on
at Minneola, Franklin county.
r Kansas was admitted to the Unto
s January 20, 1861, being the thirty
l fourth State in the order of admission
1t covers two hundred and eight mile
north and south, and over four hunC
3 red miles east and west, including a
: area of 1874 square miles.
The Manhattan Nationalist pro
pounds this conundrum: A couple {
weeks ago Mr.. Winkler, of Fame
e Creek, sold about 81 900 worth of wOC
Y to n LeavenwOrth house. 1t wa
= brought to this place in a couple {
8 two horse wagons. Now the questio
in agricultural mathematics is, Ho'
a many wagon loads of twenty cent cor
n would it take to come to that amour
= O I money?