The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09
OVER THE STATE.


Wool growers are fiocking to Trego
county.
Sabelha is urging a sanguinary cru
SADIE against whisky and corsets.
A chapter of Royal Arch Masons is to
be organized within few days at Nc
PhersOn.
Jacob Gongoll, who was Prussian
soldier under Butcher, and who taught
at Liepsic and Waterloo died in Wabaun-
see county March 30.
The mayor of Leavenworth said he
liked to see boys enjoy themselves, and
then turned about and arrested lad who
gave him volley from bean-shooter.
Lawrence has a sensation in the way
of poor colored woman who is afflicted
with snakes. This gives away the the
DRY that serpents are purely masculine
malady.
Kansas has an insurance company
which insures buildings against damage
by tornadoes. If whirlwind comes
along the company kicks against pay
ing losses.
A plaster paris impression of a silver
dollar was 70 Ind on Scatter creek, where
some pesons had been encamped last
week. 1t was afterwards ascertained
that they were counterfeiters. They
passed through Neosho Falls and were
followed from that place towards Leroy
A deaf mute named A. II. Cornell was
killed at Lawrence on the morning of
the Sd, by the passenger train from the
west on the A, T. & S. F. road. He was
walking on the track and the engine
struck him before he could get out of the
Yey;
We deeply regret to learn Of the death
of Mrs. Noble L. Prentis, wife of the city
editor of the Atchison Champion, which
sad event took place in that city on the
morning of the 9th inst. The bereaved
husband has friends all over the state of
Kansas who tender him their warmest
sympathy ip this season of sorrow and
bereavement.
AN ELEPHANT CHAsE.-A special to
to the Kansas City Times from Lawrence
dated April 9th, says: About one o'clock
yesterday morning the elephant belong
ing TO O'Brien's circus, which has been
whitening at the Kaw Valley Fair
grounds got away from its keeper, who
was preparing TO start to Kansas City
with it, and did considerable damage
and created great deal of CONSERVATION
among the faamers east of Lawrence.
The elephant broke a heavy log chain
with which il was fastened, and ran
through several farms along the Eudlo-
RI road, leveling fences and knocking
over haystocks, corn cribs and whatever
else happened to be in the way. Anum-
Der of cattle and horses were SO freight
ened that the owners have not succeeded
in finding them. The elephants keeper,
assisted by the farmers, who turned out
in body finally succeeded in effecting
capture after a hard and exciting
chase.
Posi- OFFICE CHANGEs.-The follow
ing is list of post office changes in Kan
sas for the week ending April Sd, 1880,
furnished by VIM. Van Week, of the P.
o. department
ESTABLISHED.
Letitia, Thomas county, Mrs. Letitia
Reed, p. NJ; Steel, Lane county, James
W. Steele, p. NJ.
PoSTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
Aroma, Dickinson county, Mrs. Nan
cy o. Blanchett; Bazine, Ness county,
George G. Rathbun; Edwin, Crawford
county, James PatmOre; Grand Prairie,
Brown county, Jas. c. Clelland; Indus
try, Clay county, Albert T. Mum; Laing,
Rawlins county, ]. D. Hacker; Medicine
Lodge, Barbour county, VIM. D. Slyke;
F. Clark; Oak Grove, Pottawatomie
county, Austin d. Fem; Peace Greek,
Reno county, Wexford A. Hall; Spencer,
Ness county, Alfred B. Horton; Sunny
Side, Sedgwlck county. T. J. Miller;
Victor, Mitchell county, N. D. James.