The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-04-11
SOUTHWEST.


Eureka is trying to revive her board
O. trade.
The Peabody Gazette pronOunces Mrs.
DR.. Potts fraud and extortionist.
Phoebe Couzins is to lecture IN Win
field tomorrow and Saturday evenings.
eGreenwood county has new post Of
fee named Ivanpoh, which means in the
Indian dialect, clear water. .t
Us. Danford and NJ L. Sargent, the
latter formerly general freight agent of
the Santa Fe road, are about to open
bank at Newton.
A human skeleton was found in the
hollow of tree by farmer in Green
wood county, one day last week, while
cutting up the tree into firewOod.
1t is reported that Alec Petrie, route
agent on the F., E. s. w. V. road, will be
promoted to the main line July LIST, with
increased salary.-Eldorado Times.
Bretturn Crapster has bought half
interest of W. NJ. Allison in the Winfield
Telegram, and the paper is hereafter to
be Democratic instead Of Independent.
Hay burning at the city mills is a con-
tinued success. In four days they only
consumed eight tons of hay. 1t takes
just the same weight Of hay it former
ly did of coal.-Hutchinson News.
DIR. NJ. r. Leonard, of Arkansas City,
lmember Of the last legislature, was badly
hurt by vicious horse few days ago
The horse first used his hind and then
his fore feet on Mr.. L.
The deed to eighty acres of the gold
mine, for which a fabulous price was
paid reads: 1.-THE south half of the north.
west quarter of section IA, township OF
Nennescah, range hirty-O1le east. That
locates it somewhere in Missouri. The
whole thing is one grand swindling hum
bug and our only wonder is that the
press of Winfield so long delay in show.
ing the matter up. We advise people to
remain away from such traps as Gold
hole. More than one chap has been
burnt in just such place.-Arkansas
City Traveller.
G. NJ. Ramsey made his semi-annual
visit to his farm ON Walnut last week
He is quite well pleased with the condi
ton of his farm and cattle. He is al
present running the train between Edo
RADIO and Florence, but hopes to be trans.
ferred to our road when completed, in
which case he viii remove his family to
this place. We hope he may succeed in
doing so as his best interests are in this
county, and he is a substantial citizen
just the kind we want to keep with u.s.
Eureka Herald.
Mr.. Ramsey is faithful engineer, and
we are not sure that we can spare him
from our road.-Eldorado Times.
GoLDoRE.-The Arkansas City Travel
er has this to say about the gold discov.
cry in Cowley county:
In the early part of January Kim
brough, owner of portion of section IL
who is an old miner, was digging we'll
and at the depth of twenty-six feet sent
up bucketful of stone and dirt which
he ordered them not to empty, as he
thought there was gold quartz there
Kimbrough came up andlpicked up sew
eral specimens of what he called rich
bearing quartz. Some of this was brought
to parties in Winfield and assayed and
pronounced very rich. Correspondence
was commenced with New York party
by the name of SchatZ, and a specimen
of the ore sent. Next upon the scene ap
pears Schatz and a lawyer from Chicago
named Seybold. SchatZ and SeybOld
leased five acres of land for ninety days
for one hundred dollars. They dug &
well thirty-six feet deep, about two hun
bred yards from the first we'll dug, and
when they left, filed it up. Next, WORK
) is progressing under the name of the
New York company, F. j. Seybold, the
Chicago lawyer, manager and director
1t is now reported that the first man
Kimbrough, has sold at big figure.
Reliable parties from our city visited
the ground last Saturday, and their re
port is a small hotel building and few
men sinking shaft; visitors and all OF
the ground, thirty-two. They have nc
belief in any gold discovery whatever
We attempt to give simply the facts, Oul
readers must form their own conclusion
1t is certain that money is being spent
and extensive advertising being done
but the object has yet to appear.