The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-06-28
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Corn eight feet high in the Times
office, Eldorado.
Senator Plumb, Judge Peters. and
10 Waters will all let the eagle loose at
Florence.
The Eureka Herald is for Anthony
for Governor. and says so very candid
ly and decently.
S. N. Ford, of the Kansas City
Times, IS saiI to be making frequent
visits 20 Winfield, esa there is a wo-
man in the case.
Another idiot heard rom. A Mr..
Cropstsn is going to start the third pa
per in Winfield. Little Allison will |
starve him out.
Col. J. Jay Buck, assisted by Judge S.
r. Peters, will publicly install the Off
GERS of Odd Fellows lodge, at Cotton
wood Falls, on the LIST.
Mrs. Van Cott, the celebrated revi-
valist, is announced to speak at Edo
RADIO on the 4th. That announcement
is for grecnies, we suppose.
''The late heavy rains have greatly
interfered with securing the grain al
ready over-ripe, and much OF iG II Ill
undoubtedly be lost."-Burlington
Patriot.
A. G. Davis, the colored man who
killed Thomas Morton, on Bloody
creek, Chase county, a few days ago,
waved a preliminary examination. and
is in Jail at Cotrenw6 bod Falls. He did1
not attempt an escape.
"Last night we had another heavy
rain. This state Of tie weather, with
very cloudy sky as we go to press.
will undoubtedly deter our farmers
both from cutting their unusually good
wheat crop and successfully stacking
that which was cut last week, and
cause an incaiculable damage to a
! hopeful and industrious farming COM
mnnity, and metamOrphose the sheaves
OF golden grain into Eillocks of muck"
Newton Ksnsan.
''The heavy rains during the week
have given us gentle reminder of last
springs flood. The Little river is
almost bank full, and Chisholm creek
has more water in it than it can carry.
| The wheat fields on each side of the
| latter stream are more or less covered
| With water, and it is thought that a
| large amount of grain will be dam
| aged. At present writing the barome-
ter indicates more rain while the at
mosphere is heavy with mOisture."-
| Wichita Herald.
STRANGE.-AH the editors who hold
post offices think Thomas Ryan (our
Tom) should he renominated for Con-
grcss.-Dodge City Times.
All the editors with Congress brows
who haint got post-offices want :em,
and we are in favorsof giving that
Dodge City fellow one. You just
waltz up to the music, and We'll see
that you get post-office.
A portion of the wheat in this coun-
ty was cut with headers and is already
in stack; another portion is in the
shock and is suffering badly, while |
considerable amount is over-ripe and |
uncut. A large portion of the mag
nificent wheat crop in this part of the |
State Is already damaged-to what ex-
tent is not yet known. Fair weather, |
even now, would enable farmers to |
save the bulk of the crop. But with |
continued rains and cool weather the |
prospect is gloomy indeed.-EIdorado |
Timas.
1t will be remembered that during
last January an attempt was made to |
rob the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
road at Kinsley by six desperadoes. |
The attempt proved failure on &C
count OF the weakening of two of the |
robbers. -Four of them, named Edgasd
West, Thos. Colt, j. D. Green, and |
Rodebaueh, were soon after arrested |
by Sheriff Mestersou, or Dodge City, |
and were confined in the Emporia jail |
until last week when they were tried |
in Edwards county before Judge S. Ri
Peters. Rodebaugh turned States eV-
idence and was released, after which |
West, G0tt and Green plead guilty, and |
on the 10th they were sentenced to five |
years imprisonment in the State peni- |
tertiary. On the 21st they were taken |
to the penitentiary by sheriff G. w.
Fuller, OF Edwards county, assisted by |
three guards. Vests father, an aged |
and respectable farmer in Illinois, was
with his only son, and accompanied |
him to the penitenCiary. The old man |
seemed weighed down with noun
tain of grief and woe. Thos. Colt is
said to be from Pennsylvania, and j. |
d. Green is from Clay county in this |
State. The three robbers were young
men not over thirty years of age and
did not appear to be very desperate |
characters.
DROwNED.-The Leader furnishes |
the following particulars of the drown
ing of two men above the Falls:
On Tuesday evening the sad news |
reached us of the drowning of Wilburn |
| Rider and a. Moldenhaur in attempt |
| ing to cross the Cottonwood river at |
Shipman's mill in skfff in company |
with Charles Cline.
They started in above the dam and |
lowing to the swi fitness of the current |
on nearing the middle of the stream |
the boat became manageable and |
was carried over the dam. The rock |
ing OF the boat in going over caused it |
/ to dip water, which becoming full, |
and with the weight of the three men,
sank, leaving them struggling in the
angry waters. Ridereculd not swim,
and iG Is believed Moklenhaur lost his
| ga OsJlnk w thNc BAIus 41S
boat, after being relieved of the weight
of the three men. rose % the top, and
fortunately for Cline, he caught and
chung to it, and driftsd down the
stream and lodged against tree lat
the Identical spot where tAe body of II.
B. Myers, the unfortunate man who
i drowned last year, was found1 where he
I remained until assistance came and
released him from his perilOus situa-
ton.
he is the only eyewitness of the
unfortunate affair, and he believes the
fother two men drowned as above
/ stated. The moment he grasped the
skif, as it rose, he heard Moldenhaur
call, and looking back, saw the two
men locked in each others arms, strug-
Cling for lifes But the waters closed
over them, and they sank together into
their watery grave.
Little did these two men think one