The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-06-18
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Fourth.
We invite all the editors of the
Southwest % our Fourth Jubilee,
Whoa, was harvested in Cowley
eonarv last Htebhlit flilIM4
One herd OF cattle arrived ai
Caldwell last week.
,flia NJ. f. church at Arkansas
will cost 81 200.
The Hutchinson News will soon
ht. three years old. and IS a healthy
aud timely infant.
mail route will shortly be
opened from hatfield Green TO Ce-
dar Point, with offices at or near j
I g. Watsons, about seven miles west
of Mafiield Green, and ut YIN.
| Barnes, on Cedar creek The latter
Office will be known a. Sweetbfier.
Chase Go. Leader.
Arkansas City will gather l0O, coo
quarts of wild Pluns.
/ From our hardware and agricul-
tural dealers we learn hat upwards
OF two hundred and fifty reapefs,
harvesters and headers of Varions
patterns have been sold by Them
this spring Ia farmers ia this and
adjoining Wichita Eagle.
The big elevator of lIargis Sc In
6cden will be ready To handle the
first wheat offered. 1t is first
I ..In IL. Ia
ing the finest piece of machinery IN
this portion of the State, and sec
ond in capacity TO no elevator west
! of the Missouri river. In this line
Wichita leads every city in the
State, except ii may be Fort Scott,
and we are not 80 certain that we
fall behind that place.-Eagle.
Sumner county thinks she can
beat the world on crops.
"a grasshoppered Reno county
man, who went to Missouri last fell,
abandoning his claim, passed
through town the other day on his
return to Reno, having been driven
ont of Missouri by The graSshop-
pcrs this spring. When he went to
Missouri last tall, he. lett thirty
acres of fall wheat, ana having
learned that it will probably pan
out about twenty-five bushels TO the
acre, he thinks Kansas good enough
for him, and returned.
The stone contract for the Atch-
| To- hrf 30 oh
Fisk, Aud & Emslie are figuring on
the abutments for the new Leaven-
worth bridge. Chase Co. Leader.
Last Saturday we saw d stool of
rye, on Mr.. Leroy Martins farm, at
Elmer, containing l22 fuIl develop
ell stalks with fine large heads, each
| head averaging 80 grains of rye.
The stool was from u single seed. -
! Chase County Leader.
VIM. Ncnum, the post master
at Cottonwood Falls, took charge OF
the office 81, the 10th.
Arkansas City is putting up a
number OF new buildings.
Several parties from Missouri,
Illinois, Indians AMI Wisconsin are
here this week, and pTophesy a
large emigration this fail to South
arn Kansas Traveller.
Now is the time to catch Young
anielOpes. Dne week ago Jake Mo-
yer caught one, jim Williams two,
and Johnson one. They are very
numerous III the Territory. Tray
eler. s#s I4s
Real estate saIcs are on the in
crease AT Wichita.
j. &. Frakrr, President OF the
First National, fell on the back
stairs of his residence last sun day
might and hurt himself considera-
Wichita EAGLE.
| a four and \ half foot snak e
cIawlcd into the Kitchen of Jimmy
Moony last Friday night and swal.
lowed five canary birds, taking the
last one.--Wichita Eagle.
The deep, dark shades OF the Ar
kansas are nightly Weakened by the
plaintive cry of the Whip poor
! Will This is the only locality in
the State that that strange night
bird appears at home Wichita Ea-
gle.
Rev. j. Il. Hanna. pastor of the
M. L. church, preached an eminent
~ practical and thoroughly sound
discourse last Sabbath morning,
from the theme. "as you SOW, so
shall you reap There was no
sleeping under the vivid illustra-
| lions drawn and the burning words
used by aim upon that occasion,
aud the enlivened spirit ofthe large
audience broke forth gloriously in
singing the closing hymu,-Eagle.
Mr.. Ii. is cert, inly one OF the
most forcibIe aud earnest preachers
in the State.
The Congregational church in
Sedgwick City has been presented
with 47J pound bell, by II. w.
llnrd of that place, and which will
hereafter serve TO call that people
together.
Blue grass grows very luxuriaut-
\ ly on the Walnut,
al was never more surprised in
my Lie than when behelu the land
: and grain OF the Walnut Valley
farms. Why, man, your country il
not known to the Eastern people =
was the expression OF recent ar.
rival and observation-disclosures CITY
Traveller.
The Masonic lodges within con.
veuient distance of Florence, will
hold picnic in that vicinity on the
24th of June. y large number O.
MSsons and their friends will &c
from this city.
Whats higher than the LegisIa
ture but the courts? III oward coun
: ty, il seems, is still intact, notwith-
tstandins the act of last winter
, which made her two. 4 question
OF law or eonstituiinnality has beer
raised in some way and an appiica
ton for an Injunction has beer
made To esstop the division, which
was argued before Judge Eambell
: in chambers last Saturday in this
. city by \ large number Of lawvef.
upon either side. His Honor i
: holding the matter under advise
! ment, in the mean time Howard re