The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-04-28
SOUTHWEST.

The Normal School at Emporia will
send out at the end of the present term
twenty-four graduates and thorough
teachers. Had the regency and the
professors shown less pluck after the
cowardly action of the Legislature
these teachers would have been lost to
the common schools of the State
Wichita Eagle.
A child of Mr.. Slater, who lives on
Main street, unfortunately got hold OF
a can of concentrated lye last Sabbath,
with which it partially filled its mouth
by using its hands instead of drinking
it. 1t is the opinion of the father that
little or none got into the stomach
We saw the little sufferer on Monday
Its mouth and lips were blistered and
raw, and looked so sick out of its eyes
When will parents learn to keep that
terrible stuff out of the reach of theiI
innocent babes.-Wichita Eagle.
The people of Atlanta are removing
that town to Lyons. the new county
seat of Rice county.
The newest railroad enterprise is one
gotten up at recent meeting at Cano-
la, of delegates from Elk and Cowley
counties. The title "Parsons, Wal
nut Valley and Southwestern" was
given the road, and a committee OF
three was appointed to draft charter
for the same. By vote of the meeting
the capital stock was placed at 81 ,5O0,-
600, and shares at fifty dollars each
The road is to begin at Parsons, run
west to Independence ; thence to Long.
ton, Elk Falls, Greenfield, Lazette
Tisdale, Winfield and terminate al
Arkansas city. Tde Elk county dele
gates speak positively of the willing
ness Of the people to vote bonds for
this enterprise. The L., i. & G. rail-
road is said to be at the bottom of the
enterprise, with view of extending
itself west, and getting through the
Indian Territory to Texas.
ARKANSAS RIVER NAVIGATToN.-
Mr.. w. NJ. Sleeth received a letter last
week from the parties in Ohio who are
building the light draught boat for the
Arkansas river, stating that they had
employed five additional men, and
were pushing the work as rapidly as
possible. Mr.. HOyG Is now in the east
and will complete all the necessary
arrangements soon for the trial trip.
Mr.. GraVerock, of Kansas City, Civil
Engineer of the NJ, X. & T. railway
company, paid US q visit for several
days this week, working up a project
for two tow boats TO make regular
| trips from st. Louis. He also visited
Wichita, where he received encourage.
ment from some OF the most promi.
nent citizens, AID a promise of aid TO-
ward the project. There is enough
corn in COwley county to load boa
all summer, besides wheat, potatoe
received considerable attention of lat,
and will be thoroughly tested durini
this year.-Arkansas City Traveller.
Two horse thieves recently stol
eight horses from farm near yelling
ton, and got well away before the pur
suit was made. Nothing was know
as to how the horses were stolen, bu
four citizens concluded to follow u
the trail and catch the thieves, if it las
all summer. They traced them thre
hundred miles, and finally capture
the whole outfit on Pawnee creel
some distance north of Dodge Cit,
The horses were brought back-th
thieves were hung up to dry. Late
news says that one of the suppose
thieves was an innocent young maj
and gathering bones to ship at Dodg
City, and that hanging him was altG
gether too hasty an act, and render
the hangers liable to prosecution If
willful murder.
Corn 10 cents per bushel at Eldors
do, and % cents in Emporia. Eide
RADIO proposes to get railroad.