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

The Eldorado Times is In favor of .
railroad down the Whitewater, IS well
as one down the Walnut.
Mr.. 2. e. Stromburg and Mr.. Jas.
Farren. of Enp0ria, have leased the
Beethem farm.-Eureka Herald.
HI. Phenis has sold his farm in
Cowley county and will return to
Greenwood. He has left Cowley be-
cause hedou't like herd law.
Rice county wants slice OF Reno
county.
In 1863, in Greenwood county, q
man named Christian Anderson, muir
dered Nelson Ladd, brother of Ole
Ladd. He was arrested but escaped
from the custody of the sheriff before
trial., No reliable news was heard of
him until the 14th, when Mr.. Ladd re-
ceived letter nom Oscsola, Mo-, say
ing Anderson was in Jail there for at
tempting to mRFder one Edwin F.
Lang. An EFFORT win be made to bring
him back to Greenwood county for
L EUIfSs
A Mr.. Frees, Of Illinois, was out
here last week and called at our office.
he was out looking aE piece of land
which was offered him In trade. It
was represented that the land was of
good quality, lying between two
streams with abundance of timber and
water, eight miles from Eureka and
two miles from town named Homer.
It was also said that there was rail-
road to Eureka and one or two in pro-
cess of construction. The land lies
about three or four miles southwest of
the Birkett place. 1t is thirteen miles
from Eureka, is in the breaks of the
Flint hills and is about as near worth
less as any In the county. The whole
of the story was about on par with
the statement that there is q railroad
to Eureka. We would like to see Mr..
Frees interview the owner of that land
when he gets back to Illinois.-Eureka
Herald.
The Oxford mill has begun work.
Mrs. John Carter, of Hutchinson, has
cat tea years old and weighing IA
pounds.
It appears that at q republican mass
meeting, held in Colt. Falls, August
10th, 1874, to elect delegates to the
congressional convention held at EN-
pOria, Aug. 2sth, 1874 (which nominated
Judge Brown for Congress, resolu-
ton in favor of James S. Blaine, OF
Maine, being elected the next Presi-
dent of the United States, was intro
duced by J. w. McWilliams, and adopt
ed by unanimously.
Sampson johnson miraculouslY es-
ca ped sudden death last Thursday by
being pulled out of q well at Moore's
mill, thirty feet deep, in advance of a
caving in of the whole concern. The
avalanche grazed his boots as he came
up and it went down.-Winfield Cour-
Ter.
From the Wichita Eagle.l
A farmer from Sumner county re-
fused $1.2S per buShel for load OF
wheat, last Saturday, at the elevator.
The wheat was very fine, clean and
perfect. What he got for it we did
not learn.
Apropos of the Black Hill fever rag
ing among some of the Wichita boys, 9
man was exhibiting biblical map on
Main street the other day, pointing
out the route of the Children of Israel
through the wilderness, etc., to an in
tel esting crowd, when from across the
street rushed q bareheaded denizeu
with, "Where are the Black hills on
that map?" The pious salesman con-
cluded he had struck the wrong crowd
and subsidized.
Mr.. Hiatt, of Usage Agency, has in
his house barometer, so arranged
that twenty-four hours in advance o.
fair weather, pulpit image of lady
appears at the door OF q miniature
house, and in bad weather q man ap.
pears. A number Of the Usage Indi'
ans watched it for long time, unit
they found it never failed, and wer,
ready to worship it; but on beins
convinced white man made it, they
exclaimed; "Whity man purity neal
a God" They are generally inclinet
to Catholic view of religion, if they
accept orthodox principles at all.
The Newton board of trade want
the eastern bound train to stop ther,
for breakfast, and the western bount
one for supper
The Las Vergas, Colorado, Gazette
says:
1t is probable from recent develop
ments in railroad circles that tn,
Southern. Pacific, of Californfa, vii
soon perfect arrangements with tn,
Atchison, Topeka g Santa Fe line, c.
construct q road running from La
Animas, Colorado, southwesterly int
New Mexico east of the Ration noun
tains, crossing the Rio Grande at AL
buquerque and thence running Yves
through New Mexico and Arizona OF
!: the line Of the old survey of the Allan
. tic & Pacific to Los Angeles, Caller
mia. The route IL an excellent one
easy grades and through good coul
; try, now rapidly settllng up with en-
!. terprising immigrants. The most dif
I ficult portions of the line both on tn
: eastern and western end are alread
/, the California division is being push
j ed with vigor, and the cars win b
!; running to the Colorado river in Ar
|. zonia early in summer.
From the Cottonwood Falls Leaasr.l
> The residence of D. j. Hunt, sout
; of Stafford, on the south side of th
!. COTTONWOOD, was destroyed by fire, t.
I; gether with its contents, last Frida
, morning. The fire caught from th
, stove pipe fiue. Mr.. Hunt was abser
g st the time.
John O'Byrne was up before 'SquiI
Wagner, last Tuesday, charged wit
dispOsing of mortgaged property
) During the progress of the examini
= ton, Jones, who was prosecuting, an
Cochran defending, got into kind /
e dispute, left the merits Of the case an
j each gave notice TO the court that /
!. knew ali about the others record, PR
? 1essisnal and military. This led |
r belligerent demonstrations by Jone
q which so Mortified the court that /
= called in the sheriff to preserve orde
The arrival of the sheriff caused
= truce long enough for the Justice
fine Jones ten and Cochran five do
Z lars for contempt, from which Dol
? appealed. When the lawyers e
o through with their difficulty the
;. found that their clients had settle
b their own matter of difference ar