The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-11-29
SOUTHWEST.
j. C. Fraker is now at Wichita.

]. c. Fraker is now at Wichita.
Good coal is mined near Eureka.
Sore eyes and sore throat prevalent in
Wichita.
Black leg is killing cattle in Green
wood county.
Come down and get a cabbage leaf
cigar, Walker.
Wichita is lighted with gasoline, be
ginning with fifty lamps.
New Lutheran church will be dedicat-
ed in Peabody next month.
P. w. Barris, west of Madison, lost his
house by fire some days ago.
There is bad blood between Marion
Centre and Peabody. Boys, fix her up
amicably, and unite for general results.
There is room for all in that grand
county.
Tanning, beaten for the legislature in
Marion county, is coptesting with Mr..
Kollock, the successful man. Hon. Al
mern Gillett, of this city, is the latter's
attorney. - -..f.g.ey
The Emporia News has blossomed out
into daily paper. 1t is not very large
but il is good. The first number was
issued Nov. Goth, but the first page was
dated Nov. LIST, which made some of the
articles read rather funny. However
we are confident Jake will get things
running in shape after awhile and issue
one of the best dailies in the state
Peabody Gazette.
BULLY FOR WICHITA.-By the returns
of the late state election, gratifying ex-
hibit is made of Wichita's relative
growth with other towns of the state.
hind some of the old and important
towns. The first year Of her existence
she rivalled many of the older county
seats. Within four years towns of pre-
tentions were overhauled. Last year she
went one notch higher than WyandOtte,
making her the sixth city in Kansas.
This year we lead Fort Scott forty-nin
votes which makes Wichita the fifth
town in population in Kansas, being
still lead by Leavenworth, Atchison,
Lawrence and Topeka only.-Eagie.
An old resident of Wichita has been
heard from. Our whilom money loaneT
and real estate agent, John Edwin Mar
tin, has been demonstrating the fact that
q sharper graduated at Wichita is equal
to the dead beat emergencies of any COM
munity, however enterprising. Kansas
City has been victimized by some of her
bankers, but John Edwin, the unctuous,
beats one of her brightest monetary in
situations. Failing in his attempts to
saddle the city of hills with his perfect
gasoline street lamp enterprise, he turn
ed his attention to other avenues of
profit. 1t was fish or cut bait" case
with John Edwin N. He had been re
duced to the ground hog extremity. The
way he raised the wind for himself and
q breeze for his adopted home generally,
was like this: He rented a little room
for the purpose of produce and garden
truck trade. Procuring large number
of egg cases or krates, John Z. filed
them to his abundant satisfaction, sent
the boxes to freight depot and consign-
ed the precious cargo 70 large house in
New York. That was business. He
next visited the bank of Kansas City
with his bill of lading and obtained an
advance of 81 500 ON his consignment.
Drafts were issued on the New York
house, but Thursday last the New York
firm telegraphed back that 1.-The drafts
were no good; that the egg cases had
been opened by the consignees and were
found to contain nothing but saw-dust."
In the meantime Wichita's old and re-
liable land agent and gas company
competitor vamoosed the ranch, alb
squatulated, cut sticks, went-HOn est
irUentus-nor is he likely to be. What
train he took, when he left, where he
went or which general direction, are
questions not yet answered by the Kan
sas City police; but that he is gone, dit
10 eggs, ditto money, is a fact that any
one in the vicinity Of Kaw's mouth can
tell you.-Eagle.