The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-01-04

perabundanee OF rain and mud. the lee
ture of Noble i. Prentis at the Meth
odist church last Friday evening was
well attended and was a vivid word
picture panorama OF the ocean, ship,
Liverpool, London, Edinburgh and
many other scenes in England, Scot
land and ireland, interspersed with an
ecdotes, historic sketches, quaint wit,
deep pathos and noble sentiments. The
audience, composed of persons who
read, think and criEicise, AMI who have
heard most of the best lecturers OF the
country, seem to agree in the verdict,
that as popular lecture, this of Prem
It's is one OF the very 0est.-Winfield
Courier.
FreHtis viii deliver the same lecture
in Emporia in the latter part of this
month. Don't miss it.
ATTEMPTED RoBBRRY.-On last
Monday evening, shortly after dark,
as Mr. Geo. Hecox, who lives in the
Elder Gordon house, out South avenue,
was coming into town, he was stopped
Dy hcrseman who presented a revoiv-
er and demanded his money. Mr.. He
cox replied that he had no money with
him. just then a door opened in one
OF the houses near by, and at this the
would be robber turned and left, hal
lowing back to Mr.. Hecox not to
throw rock which he had picked up.
The highwaynIan could not be recog-
Need in the dark by MIR. Hecox. He
rode fine looking bay or sorrel horse,
and carried a bundle in front of him
on the saddle A stranger riding such
horse stopped. at the house of John
Carpenter, on the Wichita road, and
obtained his supper that same evening.
who Is supposed to be the same man.
Eldorado Press, 26th ult.
No doubt it was the same man who
robbed Messrs. Presnall and Smith,
three miles northeast of Eldorado, the
same evening. Isn't it time the Sher-
if OF Butler county was after him?
LATER.-Tha same fellow, we see by
the Wichita Eagle, met Major Burr and
wife, while they were driving to e
Paso, Wednesday evening, the 18th
and made the Major deliver up hi.
pocket book, which fortunately con.
tanned but small amount. The rob.
Der then rode toward Wichita, anC
near Dry creek met G. Giltner, whom
he robbed of $25 or $50, and afterwarC
another man, from whom he took fifty
cents.
Dodge City has another paper, tn,
Ford County Globe. 1t is Independent
in politics, and published by d. M
Frost & W. N. Morphy.
Jan. 8 the people of Newton were t,
vote whether or not to issue $500
bonds to build City Hall.
The school Superintendent of Cow
ley county wrote to young lady in
northern township asking her if Sd
was engaged. She replied no, but wa
willing to accept proposal from any
body with an income enough to sup
port her.
The following telegram tells tn
story:
~ CHRISTMAS, 1877.
To the Editor of the Commonwealth
There is no coal in the 'tEldorad
coal hole.'' Meekly yours,
i 7. B. MURDOCH.
Accept our sympathy.
/ One Methodist minister in Rice Co
is bound to keep warm this winter, 8
he has received present of $l7 wit
which to buy himself an overcoat.
Last week Morg. Jones shipped froI
Cottonwood Falls, 100 cattle averagin
400 pounds each.
| Al,
tonwood Falls Leader, leaving w.
Morgan its proprietor.
A grand rabbit hunt, on BachelC
creek, Greenwood county, last wee
resulted in John Wells party baggin
} $50, and J. w. Cooiey's party 36l; o
956 in all.
On the 14th ult., near Wellington :,
four year old son of John Burnett w;
kicked in the face by a mule, crushin
his cheek bones, nose and Torches
above the ear. He promises to get wei
but will not be able to breathe throug
his nose, which is gone, and will
tearfully disfigured. The little fello
was chasing the mule with a stiC
when it kicked him.
The "test hole" has been sunk to Il
depth of seventy seven feet and no IL
dications of coal were found. Tn
test hole was twenF feet from Il
. 'oil well.' The exist Snce of a continl
Gus vein of coal at depth of % fe
,, is generally given up. The origin
workers do not give up, but insist tn
, they have found a bonanza and So
: they will prove it without outside al
, -Eldorado Press.
Lords theater had large hous
! Christmas week at Hutchinson.
$50 scholars In the Augusta school
An1s year old damsel who lives ne
Arkansas City, was kissed without b
leave, by young man at huskiI
bee, last week, and knocked him dow
by terrific blow on his proboscis. !
IS not as handsome as he was, but no
q good deal more.
The st. Joseph Herald says: