The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-17

~ unframed, the victims of the disaster
being mostly in the second and third
coaches. The fourth coach escaped with
slight damage, and none of the Wagner
coaches were injured.
Up TO noon is dead bodies have been
taken from the emigrant car and have
not yet been identified.
There are at least thirty more who are
more or less injured, but the full extent
of the casualty cannot be known until
all the wreck is cleared away.
Robbery.
KINGSLEY, October 9.-The residence
of Mrs. Hanchie, this place. was broken
into last night. She and her daughter
were cleroformed and robbed of $3.50
The thief made good his escape.
Harvey County Fair.
NEWTON, Oct. 10.-The fair of the Har-
vey county agricultural and mechanical
association has been in progress here for
three days, and closes tomorrow. The
display has been large, and the interest
manifested by all classes is highly praise
worthy. The attendance has been some
thing wonderful, not only from this county
but from Reno, Rice, Mcpherson, Marion
and Sedgewick. The fair is set down as
the largest and most successful ever held
in the Arkansas Valley.
The Riley County Fair.
MANHATTAN, Oct. 10.-The Riley coun-
ty fair closed today with everybody hap
Ply. Stockmen claim no such display of
cattle has ever been made in the west,
and in all the departments but little fault
could be found. The attendance has
been much greater than usual Many
estimate from 5000 to 6,000 people We're
present to-day.
Land Office Report.
WASHINGTON, October 1O.-The forth
coming annual report of the commits
sioner of the general land office will con-
| tain an interesting comparative state
ment of the disposals of public lands to
actual settlers during each of the five
fiscal years. The totals range from about
$500, 600 to 100000 acres each for the
| fiscal years of 1875, 1876 and 1877 to T.
! 166, 974 acres for the year ended June 80,
1878, and $3.50, 119 acres of land during
the twelve months ending with last June.
The totals of entries under the homestead
and timber culture laws contrast as
follows:
For the fiscal year of 1877, 2,69S, III
acres. For the fiscal year of 1878, $685.
779 acres. For the fiscal year of 1879, g.
026 6S5 acres.
The cash sales show a decrease of 255,-
600 acres since last year, when they ag-
gregated about ST, 900 acres, but the net
increase in the amount of land taken by
actual settlers during the last fiscal year
is found to have been nearly one and one
half million acres.
The Shooting of Fred Nix, Jr.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-The post Office
department to-day received report OF
the special agent detailed to make an in
: vestigation in regard to the shooting OF
Fred Nix, Jr., postmaster at Blackville
$. G. The report strongly condemns
not only the assaiHng party, but the
community at large, for not having pro
tected the postmaster, and attributes the
attack upon NiXto the luminosity arising
from his politics and his color.
The department has not US yet takeT
any action upon the report, but thu
) matter will be referred to the attorney
f general to ascertain whether anything
can legally be done for postmasters' pro
, lection from further injury.
! In Honor of Grant.
SAN FRANcIsCo, Oct. 10.-The Wash
I ington territory legislature to-day b,
: joint resolution took recess until Thurs
day, for the purpose of accepting the in
: vitatiOn to meet General Grant at Port
land. The mayor and council of Seattl
have forwarded dispatch tu the GeneI
n al, asking him to visit Seattle during
e his stay in the north.
st. Louis Exposition.
y ST. LOUIS, October 10.-One ofthe mos
Il attractive features of the fair for the pas
three days has been exhibited from Mel
leo, sent from the Republic especial
p for exhibition at the st. Louis exposition
|. but for some unknown reason it was d,
e tanned in the New York custom house fo
is a month and did not reach here till thre
e days ago. 1t is now in charge of job
T. Cahill, Mexican consul of this cit
as special commissioner for the occasion
70 and has been handsomely displayed
/ him. 1t consists of numerous specimen
" of various branches of industry, agricu
= tural, mineral and manufactured pr,
ducts, rich and valuable specimens
native woods, drugs, chemicals, ETC., an
a number of samples of works of art an
e literature, in all very fine display {
e the art, science and industry of our sistt
le republic, and we'll calculated to surprIs
Z as it does, the great mass of American
Y who examine il.
II 1t will probably be put on permaneI
Ia exhibition here, and doubtless be instr
III mental IN hasteniug the development
II more extensive commercial relations b
s. tween the two countries than now exis