The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-14

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Revenue Ennt 495. T36 10
Sinking Fund 600 45
Annual School Fund $3.50 0S
Permanent school Fnnd 1925 IS
Military Fund 9,IO2 u
Insane Asylum Fnnd 20
Library Fund 100 90
Insurance Fund 7O3O 9S
Railroad Fund ITO 81
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Col. Goss has got patent on his re-
VOlving belt for holding cartridges for
breech leaders. The Neosho Falls
Post says the belt is superior to Park
er's or Hayden's. The Colonel will
erect a mandatory for the belts.
Shireton is the to-be shire town of
Usage county, and is located on Dragon
creek, nearly in the geographical CEN
ter OF Usage county. It is eight miles
southeast of Burlingame, and what is
little remarkable, the same distance
from Usage City, Carbonate and Lynn
don. 1t is compromise of the county
seat question in this county.-Burlin-
game Chronicle.
r. d. Mobley, late state land agent,
is reported TO be behind in his ac-
counts.
DR.. Teft having repleived the left
house furniture at Topeka, its sale viii
be postponed until the court decides
whether his mortgage or the other one
has the inside track.
1t seems that the grand gift enter
prise COTTON up in Leavenworth by the
very Hon. Simon Abeler, to found
reform school, was operated by him as
a first class swindle, out of which he
has pocketed about SCI 900, and now
puts his thumb on the end of his nose
and defiantly wags his little finger at
every body.
The Burlington Patriot says that in
Key West township, Coffey county,
lately resided one C. N. Rice, a school
teacher, and master of Key West
grange. He seduced two girls who
attended his school, named Mary E.
Parker, aged 16, and CIarinda A. Nam
key, aged IA, both motherless, dausht-
ers of . poor blind man. Mary gave
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soon will. They were previously of
excellent reputation. Rice agreed to
marry both of them. Rice was asked
to resign his place in the grange, and
refused, when C. S. Perkins and Others
took measures to have him expelled by
the state grange. April %, a party
gathered AZ the school house to distrib-
ute aid goods, when Rice berated Per-
kins, and was going to whip him, and
finally fired his revolver at him, the
ball passing over Perkins head. A
warrant was issued, but meantime
Rice proceeded to Mr.. Brott's, who
married him to u Miss Butts, who is
probably another victim of his, and
the two fed, and have not been cap
tured. All of which leads one to ex-
claim, "By Shiminy. vot peecher pis-
iness!"
1t is now said that j. S. Coulter, of
LeaVenwOrth, accidentally poisoned
himself by an overdose of laudanun,
which he was in the habit of taking in
order to sleep.
The Commissioners appointed by the
Governor under an act of the late Leg
islature, to examine and certify the
amount of losses sustained by the citi-
zens of the state by the invasion of
guerrilla bands during the years OF the
war, are now at work investigating
the losses in the several counties.
Troy Chief: We understand that J.
F. Cummings was recently sent to the
calabooee, in Dallas, Texas, as a COM
mon vagrant. Cummings was at one
time editor of the Topeka Tribune,
when it was q leading paper of the
state; was once Mayor of Topeka, and
twice q member of the Legislature.
Whisky!
L. D. Stone has cold his farm, COM
sisting Of go acres, to T. j. Peters, for
$4,000. This farm Is coal land, and is
situated two miles southeast of Bur-
lingame. Mr.. Peters will extend a
switch from the main line of the A.
I. g 5. F. railroad TO this farm as soon
as the same can be built, and at once
commence taking out coal on an ex-
tensive scale. The greater part of the
mining force now employed by the
Carbon Coal Mining Company, at
Usage City, will be transferred TO these
mines. The coal vein on the Stone
farH averages twenty-four inches in
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
In Holton, on the 5tl, George Sar-
geant cut his throat with q razor, and
died, to get away from an incnrabIe
disease. ]