The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-13
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SOUTHWEST.
The Augusta Gazette proposes TO
settle the county division quarrel in
Butler county as follows: eve now
suggest that the friends of division
hold a convention and nominate g full
and complete county ticket on that
platform; then let the anti-lIvisionists
pursue like plan the campaign to be
conducted briskly, but eourteously /;
the voting to be done honestly, and the
defeated side forever after hold their
peace"
Somebody with more genius than
common sense, and just enough mon
ey to make foolish venture, is going
to start second paper in Newton.
A German named Bernstein was
drowned while attempting to cross the
Walnut near Mr.. Teetor's farm, north
of Eldorado, on the I'd. His team of
mules was also drowned. The body of
the man was recovered, and buried on
Thursday.
The oranges of the county have had
freight shipped from New Orleans to
Wichita for $1.26 per hundred weight,
and are selling sugar and coffee low in
consequence thereOf.-GTraveler.
Three bridges were swept away be-
tween this place and Wichita last
week, and all the bridges on the Wal
nut endangered. Grouse creek was out
Of the banks In some places, and con-
siderable wheat and oats destroyed.
|-GTraveler.
Harvey county 4,9aO population.
The Newton Kansan says: The EN-
poria NEWS, EmLoria Ledger and
Hutchinson News are finding fault
with the exhorbitant charges of the
Wells, Fargo & Co. express company.
We found them out some time ago and
just quietly stopped getting goods that
way, and are now doing our transport
tatiOn via the railroad freight lines.
Oats 40, wheat 65 cents, at Arkansas
City. Same wheat at $l.4O in St.
Louis. Cost of transportation GENES
out of the farmers pocket.
Conductor Wilber's train picked up
the scattered remains OF a man upon
OuO u 0CA LGASt ouHOoJ uASAbS oOOub SAA
miles west of Larnei. He had appar-
emily been stealing q ride under a car
of some train and fell of. His features
were unrecognizable.-1 Kansan.
The Hutchinson band is a silver cor
net one.
We paid the railroad company six
and a-half cents per pound on keg of
ink from st. Louis. This is not steal
ing at all but just srobbing.-[H Hutch
inson News. - = ~
The railroad will soon be finished to
Las Animas, and we are informed that
when that is done two passenger trains
each way will be run over the road.
L Hutchinson News.
The Greenwood county fair is to be
held Tuesday, Wednesday and ThnrG-
day, September IS, 20 and 80.
L. v. darkness, on Spring creek,
Greenwood county, lost $50 sheep by
the late freshet. The water, at night,
during q heavy rain storm rose up to
the corral, and rushed through it eight
feet deep. Mr.. Hardness and his herd
ers worked desperately to save the an
Imals, aad rescued 100, but the 43O
were swept away. He also lost 1900
fence rails, the most of which he will
recover.
The Sedgwick county grangers are
to build a warehouse at the Wichits
depot.
A week or two ago telegram was
received from Garnett, giving the de-
scriptiOp of q man named Waterman
| who had stolen horse. Sheriff Mas
sey found the horse in the course of a
few days near EldOradO. The thief was
afterwards discovered near the depot
where he ran into a cornfield. The field
was surrounded by the sheriff, police
and q posse but the bird had town
The same night of his escape he stole q
horse from a Mr.. Allen, living between
here and douglas. Mr.. Allen gave pur-
suit, aud some time during the day
came upon both man and horse, the
former lying on the bank asleep, with
revolver In each hand. Mr.. Allen
aroused him up and told him to sur
render or he would kill him. The thiei
said he would never surrender, when
ing tue misereant lying upon the praI-
rie, and he returning with is property
home. this is as We got it and com.
ment is 9nnecesssry,-[ Wichita Eagle
Wichita shipped 142 car loads of cat.
tie in July. z ''a I
Mr.. R. L. TOrrington, who has beer
operator st Newton for the past thret
years, has been appointed superinten
dent of telegraph of the Atchisop, To-
peka s. Santa Fe company, in the place
of Mr.. j. w. Stacy.
S. for announcements In the Vel
lingtOn Press.