The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-31
STATE.


Franklin county fair at Ottawa
Sept. 12-15th.
DR.. C. A. Logan, late minister to
Chill, is practicing medicine in Chica-
go.
The voters of Edwards county de-
cline to invest IS. 900 in a court house
and jail.
One farmer in Shawnee county has
Ii, 600 bushels of old corn he wants to
get rid of.
Great Bend, Barton county, holds q
fair "open to the world" October 4th,
9th. and 9Th.
The Kansas City papers complain
that their town has no place where
people can drive out of an evening.
The Library Association of Tope-
ka wants the city council to assume
the care and expenses of the library.
The Ponca Indians are settled on
the old Quapaw reservation, two miles
from Baxter Springs, but don't like it
there.
Nine buffalOes were killed on the 9Th,
on the Minnesota, miles from Wichi-
Ia. They are the first seen there
since 1873.
A militia company has been organic
ed in Atkinson, Gov. Anthony
promises to furnish it with arms
and equipments.
There are in the State 24O,s7O head
of horses, 1910 mules, $50, 455 milch
cows, 515,463 other cattle, 2O4,1Ss
sheep, and 697, 1856 hogs.
The Kansas Pacific is now known
as the Golden Belt houte, because it
passes through such continuous fields
of golden grain.
Gov. Anthony has decided that Col.
Carpenter, president pro TEN of the
Senate, succeeds 1t. Gov. Salter, and
hence makes no appointment. Sem
sible again.
Ottawa Journal has bean pod three
feet five inches long, solidly filled
with beans its entire length. 1t was
raised by w. w. Price, few miles
south of Pomona.
A colony of people from iowa set
tied in Harvey county last spring.
They have lately discovered skeleton
in the shape of a bonded debt of $4O,-
600 due in 1888 with ten per cent. in
terest.
The total grain crop of Kansas is
estimated this year at 10000 900
bushels, of which 1O0, 900 900 will be
corn, 10000, 600 wheat, and 10000, 900
other small grains. In 1875 the value
of her agricultural products was $43,-
OO0. 600; this year it will exceed $780,
OOO, 900.
A dastardly murder occurred three
miles southeast of Longton, Elk coun-
ty, July 26th. A bachelor named
Danghterty was murdered while
asleep in bed, and robbed by two men
named Scott and Ross. They have
been arrested and are in jail at Eure-
ka, awaiting trial. The murder was
committed with q hatchet which was
found at the house, covered with blood.
The next term Of the Agricultural
College opens Tuesday, August 23rd,
1877, and closes Thursday, December
10th, 1877.
The Chicago Tribune ia authority
for the statement that the Kansas
Pacific and tho Atkinson, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad have decided to
pool their earnings. The negotiations
for the pool have been going on for q
long time, but final action was deferr.
ed until now on account Of the be-
ginning of a branch by the Union
Pacific from Cheyenne and Denver
and other causes. The pool is q COM
plete pool OF all local and through
passenger and freight business. Each
road will be allowed forty per cent.
Of its gross earnings for expenses,
and the remaining 60 per cent. will
b divided equally between the two
roads.
There was quite = tragedy at Oak
Hills, in Atkinson county on Monday.
Bill ScrOggs, . worthless cur, had
married and abused the daughter of
s. Oliphant, an old and respected
citizen, and on Monday went to OIL
plants house, where his wife had
taken refuge, demanded to see her,
when refused admittance and shot
oliphant dead. Being pursued by
fOur farmers, he shot one of them,
John Graf, dead, and then went
to Justice Waddle's house and surrend-
cred. at night party of citizens cali
ed at the Justices house, and took Mr..
Scroggs out into the woods, and next
morning he was found hanging to a
tree, very dead.