The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-10-08
STATE.

Examine your chimneys and fiues.
A paper mill is being erected at
Humboldt.
But little damage is reported from
the recent frOsts.
The season for quail shooting has
commenced.
There will be another county seat
fight in Usage county.
The farmers near Hays City, shoot
antelOpes in their corn fields.
The weather prophets are again pre-
dieting a cold winter In Kansas.
A poultry and pet stock association
has been organized in Leavenworth.
The city marshal of Blue Rapids ar
rested twenty-six cows one day last
week.
The Blue Rapids Times records the
first ice Of the season, formed Septem-
Der Goth.
They are trying the experiment in
Russell county of raising two crops OF
wool year.
The Topeka Ladies of the centennial
association cleared over $500 at the
county fair.
4 bushel of corn raised and exhibit
ed in Washington county contained but
thirty-siX ears.
Three hundred and eight thousand
Of acres of the "Cherokee Strip" lands
are offered for sale. Bids received I'M
til November 3Oth.
Doniphan county cannot afford frost
just yet, as the corn there needs sever
al weeks of favorable weather to make
it marketable.
The surplus grain that has been
raised in Kansas this season, would
load continuous train of cars LOCO
miles long, reaching to the remote part
of Maine. -
Judge Peyton of the 9Th Judicial
District, says it is unconstitutional to
commit q complaining witness to Jail
for the non payment of costs.
The Leavenworth Commercial says
that Peter Carol, owning q farm neal
that city, has broom corn, planted or
the ID of July, sixteen feet high. He
has q acres.
The farmers of Washington county
complain because the corn Is too large
! TO be fed in the ear it must be crush
ed or sheiled. Always something tC
growl about. "a. - ,s...
Corn will sell In Mcpherson county
this fall for 20 cents per bushel, and
the Independent thinks at this price Il
Is cheaper than fuel. This is a mis-
take, and it is time everybody knew it
According to advertisement a meet
ing was held at Wyandotte on the
evening OF the 23d inst. for the ,pur.
pose 81 demonstrating the fact that thu
mouth of the Kaw is the proper place
for building the Metropolis of Kansas
The meeting was attended by quite 1
number of prominent men from differ
emit parts of the State. Col. s. A. Cobb
Senator Harvey, Col. st. John, Geerg'
Crawford and others addressed thu
meeting. Resolutions were adopted
F&eclarihg that the new Kansas City de-
pot ought to be built near WyandOtte
The Sun says that the Parsons Nil
Company is erecting an elevator ant
grain warehouse 2Sx6O feet. That 70
the eight weeks ending Sept. 18th tn
mill paid out the sum Of Sl7, 09s.75 70
wheat. That It Is running night ant
day, turning out GOO barrels of fou
per week.
It Is reported-we know not wit
what anthOriCy-that DR.. C. A. Logan
u. S. Minister, to Chill, has resigned
and that the place that Capt. Small
wood is to have, is that. We do no
; believe that DIR. Logan has resigned, o
that he has been or IL to be removed
and shall not believe it until the infOr
nation Is such that can't be gainsaid
i-CommOnwealth.
The Salina Advocate says that Mr.
8. T. Criss, of that city, hands us
stalk of peanuts just as they wer
pulled from the ground, containing 2
pods of two and three kernels each
Her crop this year is experimental. i
that they did not bury the blossoms, a
heretofore. The result is very salts
factory.
The first gang plow introduced i
Mcpherson county commenced wOr
last week. IL turns up the sod of flv
acres per day.
The profit of sheep culture in .Kar
sas has received q practical illnstrAtto
this season at the hands Of Mr.. Jane
Slater, of Wilson county. He sheare
from one hundred and nineteen sl1ee
an average of SIX pounds OF WOO
; which he sold for thirty cents per Il
unwashed. And he Is 50 well please
that he has increased his flock TO owe
) four hundred.
The Ottawa Republican states tn,
{ Hon. johnson Clark, Of Miami count,
{ one Of the most prominent leaders (
( the reform party in that county. and
: man Of pretty sound Judgment and p
litical discrimination, has announct
!. his determination - abandsn that "a
: II and return 70 republieanism.
81 It ia said mat Kansas purchases II
loo wagons sech yeaE.s