The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-11-22

Wichita has crooked surveys.
Hutchinson has Mendlssohn club.
Peabody is to have the Nellie Boyd
troupe.
Augusta has soft, mellow-toned
church bell.
Goodin got Ford county by 90 MAORI
ty, all the same.
Horseback riding is in favor among
the ladies of Winfield.
The Burton Telephone comes to us,
a new paper printed by A. c. Bowman.
Winfield is being RECALLED with EAST
Lynne" and "Co,. Sellers" by theatri-
cal troupe.
The boss of the Peabody Gazette has
q new house. Come, now, Walker, who
gave it TO you:
The Eldorado Times is going into a
new building. viii it please make
some new rollers then?
E. P. Thompson, of Sedgewick county,
. invested in several shorthorns at the late
Kansas City cattle sales.
Petitions are in circulation in Cowley
county calling an election to vote bonds
to the Santa Fe railroad.
r. NJ. Wright was elected representa-
tive in Ford county by POS majority. He
will make good member.
The Arkansas river is very low and
the passage of the United States survey
ors will not be altogether a pleasure trip.
Wichita Eagle.
Brading Slaymaker was robbed in
Peabody of five dollars. We have no
sympathy with man with such a name
as that if he does get robbed. ~
Edwards county was run by Hubs
the Hubbs faction, which we presume
has several spokes. Hubbs must be con-
siderable of a felloe, and probably never
tires. Bully for Hubs.
Harper County Times" is the name
of new paper, bright and newsy, which
has reached our desk. Success, Mr..
Graham-thats the editors name. 1t
says its object in life is to honestly earn
its bread and butter. We hope it may
c. NJ. Scott retires from the editorship
of the Arkansas City Traveller, after a
successful run of over eight years, to en-
gage in bushes of "less labor and more
profit" His successor is DR.. N. B.
Hughes. We regret to lose Scott, but
welcome Hughes to the journalistic
ranks.
Wash Petty, who was convicted of muir
der in the first degree and sentenced to
death, at the last May term of the district
court in Greenwood county, has been
granted a new trial by the supreme court
of the state. Also Doctor Brown, who
was convicted of the murder of the Bled-
SOC boys, at the same time, has been
granted new trial by the supreme
court
Last week we passed over the works
OF the EmpOria narrow gague, and were
indeed surprised to see so many teams
and men at work. We must confess it
looks like business. The work which is
being done, is of the most substantial
character, and since the hands have been
confidence in the enterprise If this
company don't intend equipping this
road, they are doing great deal of first
class work for the fun of it, 1t is our
opinion that they mean just what they
say, and that by January LIST, 1879, the
cars will be running into Eureka.-Eu-
reka Censorial.
Rev. Father Swembergh, of Newton,
the pioneer curate of the Arkansas Val
ley, was in the city Monday and gave us
pleasant call. He is getting up mag
nihcent church festival to take place at
Newton on the 10Th, goth and 21st of
November, and will publish a daily pa
per during the festival. Father Sven
bergh has done valuable work in the
missionary cause, and since the location
of the railroad has built eleven Catholic
churches in the Arkansas Valley He
will make trip to Europe this winter
and promises us colony of Frenchmen.
he will shortly resume his lectures in
Iowa and Illinois in the interest of i'm
igration to Kansas.-Dodge City Times.
RAILROAD NEws.-Maj. L. b. Fuller,
Chief Engineer in charge of the grading
now being done upon the line of the mar
row guage passed through town last
Monday, on his way TO Sumner. He had
III COnpdny WIN MIN Mr. DWyer, OF
New York, who was passing over the
route with view of contracting for all
the grading between Eureka and the
south line of the state. Maj. Fuller in
formed us, and showed us documents
contirmatory of his statements, that the
Missouri Pacific company, or rather men
interested in that road, were furnishing
the means, and that they had ample to
build the road, and had leased it for the
term OF fifteen years from completion.
They expect to have the grading
through the flint hills completed by the
first of April, and the cars running as
far as Eureka, and that by next harvest
the road will be in operation TO Augusta
Mr.. Fuller expects to be here again this
evening, when we will endeavor to learn
more of the details of this business.
We are still inclined to believe that
the time is not far distant when the iron
horse will steam down, or across, this
valley, and our people are likely to have
their choice as to which of two roads
they will aid.-Augusta Gazette.