The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24
SOUTHWEST.

The WHITEwATKR VALLEY RAIL
RoAD.-A letter has been received
from Mr.. EdgertOn, secretary of the
Kansas Pacific road company. He
says that their President will not be
home before the last of April, and
leaves the time of the conference to
the choice of the commissioners ap-
pointed at the Peabody convention
Accompanying the letter is transpor-
tation for ten commissioners from
Clay Centre to st. Louis and return.
The secretary Of the Convention has
written to each commissioner, and the
wishes of the majority Of their num-
Der will decide whether they go at
once, or wait for the Presidents re-
turn. We think the latter would be
the wiser plan.
VIM. Senseney, of Nennescah tswn-
ship, has . chicken that was Matched
April 10th, 1875, which laid the eggs
and Matched q brood Of chickens there
from on the 18th day Of the following
september. She Was proud mother
at the tender age Of four months and
niteen days. On the 18th Of February
sne settled down upon new lot of
eggS. Her offspring began 70 lay at
five months OF age.
The citizens of Eareks held Q meet
ing on the 18th to listen to parties who
represent the proposed railroad line
from Memphis, Tenn, to Ellsworth,
Kansas, via Parsons, Eureka, Eldora-
do. Towanda and Newton. It WAS
stated that the old graded rOadbed
from Thayer to FredOnia Is in good or
der and nearly completed. About
s25, 900 il all that will be needed to 1t
1t for the iron. The present plan . to
complete this read to Galesburg on the
Missouri, Kansas q Texas road, and
run over the latter to Parsons, making
that the commencement Of the western
division. They have two subscriptions
In circulation, one the ordinary stock
subscription and another which thex
cali the transportation subscription-a
plan which has worked very well else
where. Subscriptions are made, and
when these are paid the subscriber re-
ceives . certificate which he can use IN
payment Of one-half of any freight or
transportation that he may require, till
it Is all redeemed BY the company. The
Eureka meeting emphstIcally favored
the road.
A CLOSE CHAsE.-In 1863 James ".
Harrington robbed Q bank In Cresco.
Howard county, IOVa. The sum stolen
is said 70 be 100000. A few days ago
3 man known in Wichita - james w.
Phillips was arrested under Q requIsi.
ton from Iowa, charged with being
Harrington, the guilty party. He de.
MED being the individual and they en-
deavored 20 prove his identity. Sever
al witnesses sw0re to his identity g
Phillips, and others sWcre quite as
positively % his identity 90 HarrinR.
ton. The judge refused to discharge
him. Public opinion Wss divided, and
there was great exeitemens about the
case. His capt0rs, fearing . rescue,
started with him for Iowa. They Ar.
rived at Eureka last ThursdGys and
hiring fresh team at Frazier q Eros
stables started for Humboldt. They
were not too hasty, for bat two hours
behind came others 70 take the prison.
er back to wichita. They also hired q !
fresh team and continued the chase.
But the first party vas too far ahead 1
and reached the Missouri State line be.
fore the pUss ming party came up. The
prisoner Il In IeWs By this time.-Eu.
reka Herald.
A railroad fron Parsons 70 WelllnR.
ton, Sumner county, via Neodeaha,
Elk Falls, Winfield and Oxford, Il the
latest project In that line.
A daaghters aged I'VE o. six years,
Of 8. W. Grser. Who lives thgoa rnIIee /
south Of town, On Monday, eek aouaei
concentrated lye. AZ se0n - po0sibia