The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-01-12
SOUTHWEST.

The Chase County Courant wants
500 hogs on subscription. Il don't
say what kind of hogs It wants.
The Chase County Leader gets the
county advertising for the ensuing
year.
Mrs. Judge Peters is visiting In Mis-
souri,.
Marion County Sabbath School
convention at the Presbyterian church,
Marion Center, January Goth.
Marion County is talking up rabbit
hunts, those animals being so numerous
as to be q nuisance.
Arkansas City is happy with q ak
per cent.
Winfield wants q 1--we real estate
agent.
The Winfield Courier entered on its
fifth year this week.
1t cost over $4,000 to run Cowley
county last year.
A. T. Stewart of this place, has been
again appOinte1 State agent for the
Patrons of Ausbandry. This IL cyl
dence that he has made good officer,
and we rejoice ar this continued Rark
of confldence-Winfeld Courier.
Undoubtedly times are better here
than they were one year age. We
come to this conclusion frem several
reasons; among them the following:
Taxes have been more promptly
laid; farmers are borrowing less
money, they are paying their debts
more promptly; the merchants are
selling more goods for cash there are
less idle men standing around, and
there is less complaint about ''hard
times. Winfield Courier.
The Courier Is the of1cial paper of
Cowley county for the ensuing year.
The corner stone Of the new q. z.
church at w Infield was laid last Wed
nesday.
Floral, Cowley county, spsrtsmen
have lots of fun with deer, wolves,
and rabbits.
Silver ore In Elk county.
P. NJ. Phenis fell on the sidewalk
in Eureka and injured his spine.
Eureka has tho measels.
The Herald thinks Mr.. Baker, of
Eureka, win make . good Representa-
tive. Mr.. B. has had considerable
experience In public Affairs.
All the farmers say that cattle are
doing well. They eat heartily this
cold weather and az long as they can
keep dry they will do well Eureka
Herald.
VIM. McBrown, J. w. johnson and
VIM. MarIindale offer each Q SO pre-
mium, one for the best Ave yearling
steers, another fer the best i've 2-yeaf-
old steers, and the third for the best
five S-year-old steers, ali TO be award
ed &C the fair next fall.-Eureka Her
aid.
Eureka has Q successful dramatic
society.
Jakge Keuner, Of Eureka, il marry
ing felix's by the Wholesale in Gresn-
wood. The last Herald contained the
announcement Of nine pairs he had
made happy. The Judge has been en-
gagged in doing good for many years.
Green woed county Is dis GUSHING the
Eureka or Fall River railroad.
Peabody IL putting up new build
ings. That's good, gritty little town.
If that Peabody Library is smart it
will secure those Gazette files. Oar
Library would now give i've times the
value for . comPlete nie ofTHH News.
Rev. George Balcom, the Kansas
combination Of Moody and Sankey,
commenced series Of religious meet
ings in the Presbyterian church Of this
plrce, on Wednesday night of last week.
Since then he has held meetings every
day at o'clock p. N. and &C z In the
evening, preaching, praying, singisg
and exhortlug, and inviting others %
do likewise. He hts croWde& houses
at nearly every meeting and quite .
numbered uncsavefted onea are ex.
| pressing desire to become christians.
| Peabody Gazette.
Twenty-Five msn competed fer the
i've dollar prize offered By the ofncsrs
OF Doyle township. Marion county,
fnr the greatest number Of rabbits
killed in enc day. SIS ssMoliie cotten-
eailsp bst the dust. Chas. Watson
killed forty and took In the v.
The Augusta Gasette reports wheat
loekisg well.
Wellington kept watch meeting In