The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-10-06
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A new bridge across the Shunga-
nunga, at Topeka, will soon be erected.
Col. A. NJ. York has been nominated
for State Senator by the Independent
Central Committee.
John Speer, editor of the Lawrence
Tribune, is republican nominee for
State Senate. The Journal bolts him.
Twenty-Five babies contested for a
prize in Kansas City, consisting of q
baby carriage worth 500.
A bridge over Doyle creek, near
Florence, Marion county, erected at
the expense of 81 800 three years ago,
Tell in while some cattle were crossing
it. The Herald pronounce the bridge
rotten.
The young men ot Oswego have
organized q banking association. The
shares are sold at 500 each, and il Is
proposed to invest the money real zed
10 tax titles. More then fifty shares
have been sold.
Commonwealth: ssFiled August
10th, IS76.-RusseIl County Wheat
Growers Association: capital stock,
$40, 900. Directors, Chas. Copeland,
B. r. Moon, H. A. Kills, j. n. Goudie,
81. G. Waterman, TheO. Alderman and
William Knight"
VIM. Spencer, a citizen of Butler
county who has for years specialized
in wheat add cattle and travelled a
great deal in that business, disappear
ed from the knowledge of his friends
about the last OF July. Suspicious are
gaining grOud that his absence is
involuntary, as it is known he had
enemies, and the state of his business
indicates no arrangement for absence.
Mr.. Lewis at Minneapolis, Ottawa
county, took q double-barreled shot
gun and killed hawk, and uDon
returning TO the house he proceeded to
reload the barrel just discharged when
in some unaccountable manner the
other barrel exploded, sending the
contents, wad, shot and powder,
through the left cheek, backward anG
upward into the brain, causing almost
instant death. The Sentinel saws Mr..
Lewis leaves wife who is almost
distracted.
A child of Mr.. Gawith's, to amuse
the baby, as it was becoming some
what cross, reached down an old
pistol from the ceiling, which had not
been used for a long time, and not
thinking that it might be loaded,
handed it 20 the baby to play with. In
short time the pistol went off shooting
Mrs. Soldiers, who had dropped in on a
visit, little above the hip and lodging
the contents in her back. The Senti-
mel, published at Minneapolis. where
the accident happened, says the wound
Is considered bad one, but it is
thought that she will recover.
DR.. Travis, of Silver, Lake, while
| attending the republican nominating
convention at Topeka, was deserted
by his wife. She left letter for him,
telling him they had both been de-
| eelved; that 1t would be no use to
follow her, and she was going to
scheOl to see if she could make some
thing of herself. The doctor saws he
has given no cause tor her action, and
does not propose to seek the truant,
lG is thought she had eloped with
AlonzU. Barnett, to whom she was
engaged prior to her marriage, but who
was at Hays City at the time-only a
few weeks ago.
DIR. e. B. Human, of Humboldt, lett
home for Chanute on the 18th inst,
| and meeting at the latter place a
physician whom he knew, he COM
planned of intense pain, he having
suffered for some weeks with neuralgia
of the bowels. The doctor prepared
and used an injection of morphia, and
instructed the sufferer how to use it in
his absence. A few hours later, when
the doctor returned, he discovered that
he had used too powerful a solution.
aud although antidotes were at once
applied, he died at seven a. M, of the
succeeding day. He leaves a wife and
one child. So says the Union.
The Atchison Champion tells of two
st. Joseph boys who ran away from
home and it is thought they followed
cut the plans previously confided to
their classmates, which was to 90 by
boat to AtchisOn, thence by way OF
Kansas City to Salina, where one OF
them had an uncle; here they would
work on a farm and earn money to
take them to the Black Hills. A fish
erman at st. Joseph has had a boat
stolen and some few Lersons claim to
have seen the boys afioat, which is all
the trace thus far discovered. Wheth-
er they are drowned or not is q matter
Of conjecture. The father of one OF
them has gone west in search of the
truants.