The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22
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SOUTHWEST.
The Arkansas City Traveller opposes
the election of e. e. Manning to the
State Senate.
The papers are complaining of the
mamie worm which has trimmed all
the maple trees in the northern por-
ton of the State. The worm has new
er made its appearance in this portion
of Kansas and our maple trees are We
ry thrifty.-Wichita Eagle.
It viii get there. Be patient.
The biggest lot of cattle ever deliver
ed in Kansas in any single year, by
j. Fitch, from Kings herd, and num-
bered over thirty Thousand head, which
immense number was the increase for
single year of the great ranch.
These cattle have been delivered at
several points in Kansas. Mr.. Fitch is
now in Wichita. He says he branded
tor King over twenty-eight thousand
head this season.-Eagle.
Newman Haywood 10 Mclaughlin
of Arkansas City have taken a con-
tract to furnish the Indians with over
$4,000 worth of -four. Thomas Lam
| igan, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, also has
taken very heavy beef contract for
the Indians, aAd proposes to purchase
largely in Cowley and Sumner coun-
ties.
The hoppers mentioned in last weeks
NEWS, after loafing around here until
Sunday packed their grip-sacks and
lit out. Their baggage was checked
for the Indian Territory. The actual
damage done in the country is small.
The wheat that was bitten of, is COM
ing up again. The corn stripped was
OF little account, and, save a terrible
decentralization which seized on few
weakened ones, not much harm was
done. Building is going on call the
same" Immigrants are arriving, and
wheat sowing is going on as If nothing
had happened. We can hear of no
damage done in any other part of the
state.-Hutchinson News.
Chase County Leader says: A
/ green worm said to be the "army"
Il worm, destroyed Sc acres of wheat
belonging to NJ. C. Newton, on Fox
creek last week. They commenced at
the northwest corner of the field and
finished at the southeast corner, clean
/ ing off the crop in less than 48 hours.
Mr.. Curl, our informant, says he heard
of them nowhere else.
The jack rabbit hunters of this city
are eminently successful, particularly
on Sundays.-Huchinson News.
The Reno county fair has been
postponed from Oct. 3rd, 4th and 9th,
to Oct. 18th, 18th and 18th.
A terrific storm of wind, rain and
hail came down upon Marion Center
on the 9Th, the Record says:
I The roof of the Record building "a
two-story steae) was torn off and scat
tered to the winds, and the Office food
ed with young deluge of waters. We
issue this paper with the daylight
streaming in from above-a little too
much slight on the subject" we con-
fess. Will the Russell county Record,
which shared similar misfortune last
spring, please give US its han1? We
will record this as an unlucky year fol
Records. E. McCoy's house, on Muddy
creek, blew down, with himself and
family in it, but luckily no one was
seriously injured, though Mrs. N. was
slightly bruised WItfl.a falling stone
A child was covered.with wheat which
fell from the upper story where 1t was
i garnered, but fortunately the child
was not hurt. Charlie Price, aged
about fifteen years, was forced from
his horse while returning home, anu
was badly beaten with the hail. Mr.
Jacob Jacobs was severely bruised, q
short defiance from home, four miles
from town. "Father Mollohan anG
, an employee, Gus Treese, were similar.
/ ly treated. An apple peddler from
/, Americas, Lyon county, named j. A
Greenlee, in attempting to disengagt
his horses from the wagon lost his hal
and had his head badly lacerated. HI
thought he was killed, but was mista-
ken. He was able to be out Wednes-
day, with his head bandaged. HI
! took paias to announce that he was s
Democrat, and yet he was haunt ting 8
tsbloOdy Shirt" Hedge and trees il
those localities where the storm rage(
severest, were literally stripped o
: leaves and bark. Gardens were de
, molished. and even the grass was NOW
I. ed as with scythe. But the principle
/. damage done was to window glass
r hundreds Of these Being destroyed
Thirteen parties alone lost $50.
A correspondent of the Hutchinson
News writes: ga prairie chicken wa
killed few days ago. In its crop wa
: found the heads of hundred grasshop
( pers. This was near shutdown. A
the same time an examination of
plOver or "kill-dee's" crop discovered
the heads of thirty hoppers.
Il A spring owned by D. L. Joplin
-I1H miles east of Dexter, furnishes
$4,000 gallons of pure water per day
5 Capt. Richard Ellet, of Yazoo, Miss.
who was killed by the recent acciden
on the st. L.'K. G. & N. railroad a
: Salisbury, 175 miles east of st. Louis
was nephew OF Gen. A. w. Ellet, o
Eldorado, the latter and his family
were also on board, but escaped I'm
: harmed.
TIE ORGANIZATION CoMPLETED.-A
q meeting of the Board of Directors o
: the Eldorad0 & Walnut Valley rail
I; road, held in .EIdorado on "Wednesday
4 September the 18th, ~ the organization
was completed. by the election of tn
|, following officers: president, Ros
Burns; Vice-President. T. B. Murdoch
Secretary, A. L. Redden; Treasurer
Thomas NickersOn. Quite an 0moun
OF business was transacted, an account
of which is too late to be published il
= this issue. A resolution was passed
that no officers of the company shoul,
receive any salary or compensation 70
their services.
= This company starts out on an eco
nomical basis, to say the le&st.-Eldo
4 RADIO Times.
> The RAILRoAD.-We expect to hay
: the propositions of Eldorado, Prospect
: ISycamore and Chelsea Township
u Isubmitted to vote next week, tn
: election to be held October oath. Ev
u Ierything In connection with the pro
. posed road is moving along smoothly
Q and so far as we know, everything
o Iall right.-Eldorado Times.
n The editor of the Newton Kansau
. Estates distinctly why he is not a can
: Ididate for Representative, viz: Their
4 is neither money nor honor enough Il
4 the business to induce him TO neglec
E his own for fifty days. ~
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a Nary hopper in Kansas.
= The Sheriff of Ellis county advertise
headof horses in his possession, whic
= he has captured from horse-thieYes.
II At the county seat election i
q Woodson county, on the 18th inst
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