The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-10-18

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Deer meet plenty at Eldorado.


Oeor meet ptcnty at 6luoTduO
Eldorado sells -four to Eureka.
Lots of new houses going up in Edo
RADIO.
The Sedgwick county agricultural So
ciety is out of debt.
The Wichita Eagle is putting up a
new building for its Office
Hailstones as large as walnuts fell at
Augusta last Thursday week
Alexander L. Petrie, of Eldorado, has
been appointed route agent on tn Edo
RADIO branch.
A number of people from Augusta are
over in Greenwood working on the Z.
G. E. s. s. Railroad
Anthony, new town in Harper coun-
.ty, not yet six months old, held its first
agricultural fair last week
Tom Kelly, formerly of Emporia, con
ductor on the Eldorado branch, has re-
moved his family to Eldorado
Council Grove has the bridge fever.
81 800 have been raised to replace the
old tumble down bridge over the Neo-
sho at that place.
The increase in the population of
Sumner county in three years, beginning
with the first of March 1875 and ending
with the first day of March 1878, is off,
cially stated at 1925.
The Arkansas City Traveller saws
Mr.. Mahlon Stubs, of Emporia, will
| take charge of the Kaw Indian, vice Uri.
ah Spray, resigned. Mr. Stubs was
formerly agent of this tribe, and is a
general favorite among the Indians He
has many friends on the border who will
be glad to hear that he is again in this
part of the country.
S. B. Williams and C. E. Moore lost
six hundred head of sheep by the Indian
raid on Crooked creek About two hun
dred head of sheep were found dead on
the range. 1t was a wholesale slaugh-
ter, the Indians using only the hides.
The sheep were killed with arrows, and
many arrows were pulled out of wound
ed sheep in the flock. Mr.. Moore will
move his flock of thirty-three hundred
head to Sawlog. 1t is supposed that
about four hundred head of sheep are
roaming over the range. The owners
offer reward for the return of the sheep.
Dodge City Times.
Speaking of Eldorado the last Wichi-
ia Eagle says: Many fine residences
have bpen put up the present season, and
several business houses that would be a
credit to any city in the state Business
is as good as that people could desire.
The Bobtail did it. The farmers of But
Ter are going more extensively into
stock, especially in the line of sheep and
cattle. The wheat fields between the
two places look full as promising as at
this time last fall, with fully as great
breadth sown.
G. S. Eichholtz, living about two miles
southeast of the city, had his barn, with
quite an amount of grain, wheat, oats,
etc., burned one day last week, with a
loss of a thousand dollars or more. He
has two little boys who had been at
tending the fair, and saw the Indians
smoking corn silks. They thought to
try the experiment, and in lighting their
pipes they set some hay on fire near
the barn, which soon found its way to
the top of the stacks, and into the barn.
The barn contained some blooded stock,
which Mrs. Eichholtz, assisted by some
neighbors near by, succeeded in getting
loose and rescuing from the flames
Wichita Eagle.
RAILROAD WORK-Work is going on
at lively rate between here and Empo-
ria, or wherever the railroad is to be built
Gf any body happens to know where
that is). A force is to be put on near
Bernard branch this week. 1t is expect
ed that the grade will be completed from
near Willow creek to some distance be-
yond the stage station this week. This
with what was done before will make
nearly or quite one third of the grading
between here are Emporia, ff they are
going that way) The force of hands
they now have on will do about two
thirds of mile of grade day, and they
are increasing the force as fast as they
can. At this rate they will complete the
grade in this county in less than thirty
days. And when they do get it done we
shall probably find out what they do
next. While we do not know anything
very definite about their plans, we have
some hope of their building us a rail |
Herald.
We guess you can bet your bottom
dollar on it this time, friend Rizer, and |
early next year we will run down on the |
cars and take dinner with you.