The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-12-31
STATE,


Great lack of water for stock all over
the State.
Yellow ochre discovered on the To-
peka townsite.
Route agents on the A. T. & S. F.
now get $50 per month.
Ice ten inches thick In the Erie ca
nal In New York. We prefer to live
In Kansas.
Franklin has shipped $4,000 bushels
OF castor beans and has 10000 bushels
more.
State Auditor Wilder Is mentioned
as "a candidate for Congress in the I'd
District
The Usage City coal fields will yield
from 100000 to 100000 bushels
per quarter section.
1t Is estimated that $4,000 per
month Is distributed among the coal
miners of Usage county.
The range is not good in Barbour
county, and corn sells on Medicine
Lodge for 80 cents per bushel.
Col. Phillips has introduced bill in
the House providing for the erection Of
public buildings at L avenworth.
The Patrons commercial agency Of
Chase county sued w. G. Patten tC
compel him to pay for the stock he
subscribed, and won the case.
At Garnett, on the II, Mr.. Cham.
berlain, from Ohio, shot and killed
VIM. Hamilton, his brother-in-law
and a prominent merchant of Garnett
for defrauding him.
On the 18th q fire at Fort Scott
burned up two grocery stores and 9
boarding house, and did about 5000
damage. The family which kept the
boarding house lost all it had, and II
destitute and homeless.
w. F. Tam, of WyandOtte county
this year raised an ear of corn Is L:
inches long, 2l34 inches in circumfer.
ence, with thirty rows of JOG grains
each or $3.50 grains. Mocradg,
Francis & Co., of st. Louis, Mo.
bought IL from Tam, paying $25.
A ShylOck of this city is sending on
circulars TO editors OF papers which
published the proposed amendments
offering to buy their accounts agaIns
the State at discount. Our advice b
the boys Is that the time Is short ant
they had better wait.-Topeka Blade
The wooden head offered US $50 70
perfectly good $66.5O claim, and W
suppose makes as liberal offers to 9th
er papers. We trust that no publIshe
IN Kansas Ia so hard up as to deal wit
the fellow.
c. G. Hutchinson Is at the head of
water power company which Is cor
structing q small canal several mile
long leading the waters OF the ArkaI
sas river and Cow creek to that cit,
and giving at the city $50 horse pow
er. This work is being done under Il
direction of VIM. Tweeddale, city eng
neer of Topeka, and promises to be
very important enterprise for Hutchil
son.
Senator Ingalls, has introduced bl
to force Immigrant railway cOmpani
to take out the patents to their land
and in case they fail to do so, an al
stract Is to be furnished by the Gene
al Government to authorities needir
the same, in order that the lands ms
bear their share of public burden
The rallroadl companies have refus'
SO far to take ont patents, thus kee
ing the lands of the tax rolls. II
bill Is certainly righteous one.
Lawrence Standard: A farmer coz
plains that hook and ladder compal
has been organized In his neighbC
hood. He states that the ladder Is US
after dark for climbing into the b
house, after which the hooking is doI
A man named Young in the Sha,
nee county court confessed to t
charge of forgery, and was sentenc
to the penitentiary for one year. !
he did was to sign another ma
name to an order for dimes worth
tobacco, and another for a pound
pork.
The Commonwealth announces I
organization OF State Historical
ciety, In accordance with = resoluti
passed at the Editorial Convention i
spring. The following persons
came incOrporators: John A. Mart
G. A. rawford, S. s. Prouty, s.
Kingman, n. w. Reynolds and r.
Taylor. The act of incorporation v
filed on the 10Th, and the followI
Board of Directors: s. A. Kingmi
G. A. Crawford, J. A. Martin, F.
Baker, Sol. Miller, d. w. Wilder q
ID. r. Anthony, organized by elect
the following ofiic srs: S. A. Xii
man, president; G. A. Crawford, v
president; J. A. Martin, treasurer, q
+. p. Baker, secretary. It ought to
encouraged.