The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-07-04
STATE ITEMS

Holton has a Cyclone base ball
club.
Judge Hanback, has been confirmed as
Register of the land Office at Topeka.
Sedgwick county expects to produce
one million bushels of wheat this year.
At Stockton, Rocks county, the mer-
curry on Monday last went up to 1O1 de-
grees.
Uncle Jesse Hammond, an old resi-
dent of Morris county, was killed by
lightning last week.
A black tailed deer was lately seen
near Larned. This is the first of the va
riety seen in many years.
A large number of cattle are being
shipped from Colorado to Chase county
on account of the scarcity of grass in
Colorado.
Col. Hallowell reports sufficient corn
and wheat in Crawford and Cherokee
counties TO feed the state. Both crops
are in excellent condition.
The Kansas sportsman's Association
has accepted the challenge of the Illinois
Sportsman's Association to shoot for
81, 500; twenty men on each side.
The Kansas Pacific company has is
sued a circular, stating that one fare will
be good for the round trip in Kansas
over the road, July Sd and 4th inclusive
A special train of seven cars, carrying
800 Russians, went west on the Santa Fe
yesterday, TO locate. They will settle
near Great Bend, Newton and Hutchin
son.
Atchison Patriot: The jury in the case
of Plunkett vs.. the Santa Fe road, after
being out for forty-five hours, this morn
ing returned verdict of 81 300 damage:
for the plaintiff.
A man invaded the Office of the Pea
body Gazette with something in his fist
which Walker at first thought was a wal
club, but it turned out to be Kansas
Fadish two feet long.
A family from Greensborough, N. C.
recently passed through Eureka on theil
way to Sun City, Barbour county. They
had been five months on the road, haul
ing their effects in hand cart.
One L. D. Berry, real estate agent and
q church member in high standing, Of
Humboldt, has recently mysteriously
disappeared from that place, leaving his
family and numerous unpaid bills be
hind him.
Mr.. Edward Caldwell, in crossing Ash
creek, Ellsworth county, with three
school children in his wagon, was
drowned, but the Oldest of the children
girl of 10, succeeded in saving herself
and the two others.
Kansas Tribune, The L., L. s. G. rail
road is being extended west from INDIE,
pendence at the rate of half mile day,
and will be completed TO Wellington,
Sumner county, before New Years day.
So says Major o. B. Gum, the chief en-
gineer.
The Ellsworth Reporter says that on
Monday night the infant child of ]. Sim
mons, of that city, was bled to death by
rats. Five marks on the face and one on
the great toe showed that the skin had
been bitten by the teeth of the rats, and
they sucked the blood therefrom.
Postoffice changes in Kansas during
the week ending June %, 1879, furnished
by VIM. Van Week, of the postoffice de,
partment.
ESTABLISHED.
Bell, Norton county, Norman G. Work
man, p. NJ. Golden Belt, Lincoln coun-
ty, Alfred White, p. NJ; Homer, Rus
sell county, Samuel H. Smith, P. M. d;
Tully, Pratt county, James D. Fitzim-
mons, p. NJ.
DISCONTINUED.
Fort Lincoln, Bourbon county; Mag
nolia, Sedwick county.
POsTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
Guelph, Sumner county, VIM. Siedel-
man; Lyona, Dickinson county, Chas.
w. Staatz; Painterhood, Elk county,
George w. Reynolds; Pawnee Valley,
Hodgeman county, Samuel NJ. Beeson
Welda, Anderson county, D. H. Morey
Wells, Marshall county, James Mont
gOmery.