The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-01-01
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Two freight trains colided Mon !
lay at Newton, completely demol
shing the engines and several care.
The same old cInse given for the
collision, both trains trying to pass
zach other on the same track. Loss
N damage to the company, about
twenty thousand. No one hurt
excepting one engineer that sprain-
ed his ankle in jumping from his
engine.
We heard of q good substantial
pony selling at auction on the street
The other day for fifteen cents. The
fellow got inst enough cash to "Wet
his whistle" one time and left town
happy We-presume, to hunt up an
other pony to steal.-WicLita Eagle.
Major CroweIl has requested the
mail 10 be carried from Wichita to
Arkansas City via Winfield, in fif-
now with cOaches.-ArkansAs City /
Traveller.
A great many loads OF baled hay
are being shipped weekly from this
place. The haying business is |
growing to quite extensive proper |
Wichita Eagle.
Trade in Wichita is picking up q |
little.
Judge Brown will go to Washing
ton this week.
The preliminary examination of
Jacob jacobson, for the murder of
WI. Fisher, at Stafford, on the 18th,
took place before Squire McWil-
liams, last Monday and Tuesday.
Witnesses for the state were exam
ined and the prisoner making no
defense, was committed TO answer
the charge of murder, at the May
term of the district court.
The following Chase county girls
returned from Emporia, where they
have been attending the normal
school, to spend the holidays at
home: Miss. o. NJ. Prather, Annie
Wilson, Nellie GiIlet, Allie jeffrey,
Lucy Perrigo, Elite Allen and EN-
ma Hartley.--Chase Go. Leader.
We understand that the Presby-
terians in this place have between
81, 500 and $1,000 already paid in or
subscribed, for the building of q
church in Newton next summer,
aud that they intend to begin upon
the same at as early q day as posi-
ble.-Newton Kansan.
A cemetry is being laid out on
the bluffs south of Winfield.
The warm weather of the past
fall and winter has caused a rapid
growth of wheat, making excellent
pasturage, and as consequence
good fresh butter sells at twenty
five cents q pOund.-Cowley Co,
Telegram.
Reno, Rice, Mcpherson, Barton
and Stafford counties contain 1867
destitute people.
A STORE ROBBED AT TOwANDA.-
We lean from the Augusta Gazette
that on Saturday night, the 18th
inst, the store of Messrs. II. Tay.
lor & Son, at Towanda, was entered
by burglars, and goods to the value
of about $3.50 stolen therefrom
The stolen articles consist of sugar
tea, coffee, tobacco, clothing, boots
and shoes, wooden socks, notions
etc. The presumption is that they
were stolen by some one residing
in the neighborhoOd, as the. parties
were apparently cOnversant with
every corner in the store.
Those farmers who last year
burned corn for fuel and are now
buying the same grain at $l.00 to
SLID per bushel, have wisely con-
cluded that corn is not the cheap
est fuel after all.-Wichita Beacon.
Clear Water wants a hotel, but il
is to be understood that it must be
of such q character as to compel
custom, omething after the order
of the grand hotel of the future.
The ordinary run of first class no.
tells would be failure, as the only
eating saloon, 10xl2, has removed
for lack of patrOnage.-Wichita
Beacon.
Much interest is now being mani
tested in all our Sabbath schools.
The attendance at the various Sab
bath schools on Sunday last was
42l, divided as follows: Metho-
dist, pol Presbyterian, 1874; Bap-
list, S6.-Wichita Beacon.
There are about $50 pupils in the
Eldorado schools.
Mrs. Mary S. Harrington is the
new postmistress at Augusts, But
Ter county.
The Atchison, Topeka Il Santa
Fe railroad company paid into the
treasury of Harvey county, last
week, the taxes due on its lands,
road bed and rolling stock.
The Eureka Herald says: Mr..
Geo. II. Martz informs us that In a
field near the Verdigris, he found
speciments of pottery similar to
those contained in mounds in Ohio.
During the year, from April to
November 3Olh, 1929 head of cat
tie were shipped from the stock
yards at Greak Bend.
A marvellous run is now being
made on Wichita cider.
Shay, who shot part of the Mad
den family. near Florence, q few
months ago has been discharged.
The wounded did not die.
Tho citizens of Lincoln Center
have had "big iniun" scare-4OO of
them in war paint, according to a
rumor, have encamped within q few
miles of the Center but according
to fact, band of Pawneea, in charge
of couple of agents, on their way
from their reservation in Nebraska,
to the Indian Territory, camped on
Wolf creek for conc night only"
Oxford township has twenty -four
hundred acres of wheat growing,
and claims to be the banner town.
ship of Sumner coHnty in that re-
spect. Palestine township reports
one thousand acres, and it is esti.
mated that there is between twenty
and twenty five thousand acres
planted in Sumner county.
Two thousand mules and ponies
will be sold at Camp Supply, In
dian Territory, in January, by the |
government. A rare chance to be-
come suddenly rich.
If the wheat growing In Sumner
produces on an average |
fifteen bushels per acre, there will
be harvested next season not less