The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-09-19
OVER THE STATE.

Coal is selling in Fort Scott at 9 to z
cents per bushel.
Hon. D. C. Haskell had grand recep-
ton at Fit. Scott Wednesday.
John Gels s. Co, bankers, Salin., made
an assignment Thursday morning.
One hundred wagon loads of lumber
are sent out from Burlington daily.
Governor ST John will be the orator
at the Cowiey county fair, October 8.
Twenty-Five new papers have been
started in Kansas during July and Au-
gust.
The Baptist church in North Topeka,
costing $10,5O0O, was dedicated on Sun
day of last week.
Welch, the Ascending station agent
at Council Grove, was only Delinquent
to the amount of $3.50.
The injunction has been granted
against issuing Mcpherson county bonds
to the A, T. 81 S. +. railroad company
Cars will soon be running from Paola
to Garnet on the Garrison road The
contract will be let via. Leroy TO Eureka
at once.
The sheriff and police kept good Or
der while two roughs had a street fight
in the presence of 200 people, at Dodge
City, recently.
The Santa Fee road transported last
week three car loads OF bullion from Col
orado, and ten car loads of wool from
New Mexico.
Salina is working up scheme to tap
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road
at point between Marion Center and
Mcpherson Center.
G. w. Brown, who edited the old
Herald of Freedom in Lawrence in our
territorial days, will attend the old set
tiers reunion at Lawrence.
Topeka has appropriated 5000 for the
support of its public library, and Sam
Radges is raising $500 more by private
subscription, which Will put the library
on IA good basis.
George McCarter, editor of the Neo-
desha Free Press, had his pocket picked
of $460 in cash while attending circus
at Independence, one day last week.
News item. Don't believe ii.
During the last four months w. J.
Haughawout agent of the state univer-
sity lands, has disposed of IL 1886 acres
at an average price of 1896 per acre, the
total amount thus received being $685.
G11.53.
d. r. Hovey, an old and well known
settler in southern Kansas, and formerly
a hotel keeper at lola and Humboldt,
died recently at Wichita. Intemperance
fastened his deceasc, and the Wichita
Eagle reports that his last hours were
horrible
Rev, II. D. Fisher, well known in
Kansas as a Methodist minister, some
years ago, and for the last few years Ia
boring in Omaha, has, with his family,
moved to Salt Lake, where he has the
passionate of church.
The negroes of Dodge City, shocked
at the depravity of one of their race in
living with a white woman, whipped
and ducked the colored miscegenationist
and would have hanged him had not the
police come to his rescue.
Topeka will have the world renowned
Patti concert troupe, during the last
week in November, at cost of $780,
Tickets $3.50. 1t is also to have grand
soldiers reunion and military encamp-
ment sometime in October
There are sixteen railroads in course
of construction in Kansas at the present
time, giving employment daily to not
less than eight thousand men, in addi-
ton TO their usual force of operatives,
and planting millions of capital IN a
state that rejoIces in greater natural at
fractions for the immigrant than any
other in the union.