The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-04-05
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Lawrence has four thousand tons OF
ice.
Concordia claims thousand inhabi-
tants.
Ticks are killing sheep in Woodson
county
The agricultural college has an anti
tobacco society.
The Swedish Baptis ts at COncordia
are erecting church editice.
The temperance people of Salina are
to have a grand jubilee in May.
Kansas City and LeaVenworth are
oVerrun with three-card monte men.
Dining cars are to be put on the
AtchIson, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road.
The wholesale dealers of Leaven-
worth employ 80 commercial trav-
elers.
The girls in North Leaven worth call
green onions "sweet harbingcrs of
spring."
The Baptist church at Lawrence has
recently liquidated its Indebtedness of
$9,31s.
Hon. j. H. Sneed is taking an active
part in the temperance movement at
Salina.
The Kansas Pacific land department
at Salina sold IA, 400 acres of land, one
day last week.
There are twenty-eight encamp-
ments Il o. o. F.) in Kansas with a
membership OF 796.
A. M. Abrams has sued the city of
Fort Scott for $500, as the value of a
dog killed by policeman.
Leavenworth has recently INDUCED
in two murders, one suicide, three fat
al accidents and drowning.
Capt. P. Hutchinson, of Marysville,
has contract to furnish 100 car loads
of flour to a firm in Liverpool.
The Lawrence dam has been thor
oughly repaired and reconstructed
and the people there are happy.
One hundred and fifty barrels OF
Kansas apples were shipped from
Leavenworth to Boston last week.
The Missouri River, Fort Scott &
Gulf railroad has gone into the hands
of receiver, George II. Nettleton.
A young lady of WyaHdotte recent
ly oiled her hair with axle greese by
mistake, and did not go to the party.
At large rancho between Hugo and
Denver, during the heavy snow storm
last week 5000 out of 7 900 sheep were
frozen to death.
Two hundred and fifty colored emil
grants from Paris, Kentucky, accom-
panied by brass band, arrived in To-
peka last Saturday.
Draper Hedges, near LIE Roy, Coffee
county, attempted to pull a loaded gun
from wagan the other day, and met
with the usual fate-was shot dead.
Nj. d. E. Caldwell, from Indiana,
has purchased both the Pioneer and
Democrat of Fort Scott, and will con-
tinue the consolidated paper as a DEM
ocratic organ.
Miss Marie M. Gabert, a music
teacher OF Leavenworth, died last week
from an overdose of opium, which she
was in the habit of taking for spinal
complaint.
Burlington Chronicle: We are in
formed that the county officers have
been enioined by Judge Peyton from
removing to Usage City, and the prob
abilities are that the courts will decide
the election a nullity."
Secretary Gray reports the wheat
crop as twenty-five per cent. better
than ever before at this season of the
year, and the acreage forty per cent.
above last year in the State.
The State Superintendent of Educa-
ton paid out to several counties, few
days since, the semi-annual divident of
the State school fund. This fund
amounts to over $3.50 900, and gives to
each child of school age in the State
the sum OF sixty-ffve cents.
While cOnversing on religious top
les, gentleman of Atchison defied
God, but was Instantly seized with
dizziness caused by rush of blood to
the head, and his knees shook as if
with the palsy, buthis experience led
to conversion from indefdility to
christianity.
A Kansas exchange says, we have
had such an open wet winter, that
many persons predict dry weather,
during the latter part OF the coming
summer. In view offs contingency OF
this kind, farmers will do well to plant
their crops at the earliest moment at
ter tile ground is ia good condition.
AS rule, early paintings secures bet
ter crops in Kansas than q late plant
ing. This is more noticeable when
the latter part of the season Is dry.
With q prospect of q season of this
kind before US, the Importance of early
planting cannot be overestimated by
farmers. Let every farmer make it his
business to plant early.