The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-26
OVER THE STATE.

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Settlers are pouring INTO Barbour
county in goodly numbcrs.
One hundred and five persons have
joined the temperance union at Parker
VILE.
The Christian denomination has just
completed a new church building at
Parsons.
Minneapolis shipped daring the year
1879, $202,9j0 worth of wheat, and
$4,000 worth of hogs.
Two hundred and fifty tons of baled
hay has been purchased at Great Bend
for the L. $. government.
About four hundred knights Templar
viii represent Kansas at the grand en-
campment in Chicago in August.
A gentleman just up from Barbour
county sad lit is so dry down there that
his boots cracked open and he had TO
stutf rags in the toes. "-Larned Chrome
scope.
The Texas cattle drive will reach about
100000 head this season. A large num-
Der of drivers will locate ranches in the
north this summer.
The state auditor received on Satur-
day a list of indemnity school lands,
amounting 10 2,4O0 acres, all located in
the Wichita land district
Up in Graham county they have a
creek called Bachelor Run. In years
past MitchSli county had an Old Maids
Ridge, bu, Lincoln county takes the lead
with "Hell creek"
Charles H. Branscomb, founder of
lawrence. has been appointed general
manager OF the British land department
of the ~, r. Is 5. +. railroad, hcadquar-
tiers at Manchester, England.
Messrs. Spcer, Summerield and Swift
are packing up the old Standard outfit
preparatory to taking it to the noun
iains, where Ii will be engaged in getting
out u paper, with the old reliable John
Spcer ut the helm.
The board which assesses the railway
property of the state started Monday from
Topeka, and will make tour of the en-
tire state in that interest Their first
point is Atchison, and they leave there
on the Central Branch on Tuesday.
The Council Grove Republican, says
that Il meeting was held at Far West
school house, in Clark's creek township,
Morris county, lately, by some parties
from Dickinson county, in the interest of
a scheme 10 carve out :, new couNty by
taking part OF Dickinson, Davis. Morns
and Marion counties.
Baby carriages are advertised At Tope.
la for 90 cents apiece. If this extreme
effort 10 reinforce the population OF the
capita. fails, the people of Kansas may
as well vote in favor of running APP the
shutters on the State House and remoy-
ing the seat of government to "a more.
fruitful and enterpris:ng locality.
Women grow mp with the country in
Kansas. Miss L. V. Warren, of Bald
winville, New York, came TO Smith
county in 1878, and bought a farm which
she improved while she taught school.
Ii is now valuable property. She next
bought property i'm Elk City and is now
a successful merchant IN thai place
Post Office changes in Kansas during
the week ending March 20, 1880, fIrn-
ished by VIM. Van Week, of the post
Office department
ESrAELgsHED.
Banks, Osborne county, Henry c.
Drakcly, T.. NJ; Iiuckner, lsud.cman
county, Luther o. Dickinson. y. NJ; |
Cor;cT, Graham county, I'hos. Stlby, r, |
NJ /: DANNY, Ness ccaniy, Edwin Hair, |
p. NJ; Domns, Ness county, JyTus II. !
Pussy, T. NJ; Lott. Barton county.
Alonkc J.. Whiteomh, T. VI AclIaley, |
Rocks county, James Mcdonald, T. NJ. /; !
Og, Reno county. iandon G. HshiIishart |
T.. NJ. Roland Rush county, Chester :. !
Dodson, p. NJ; Seabury. Ness county. /
Orcu Howard, T. n: Miiiigaa. Meri |
dan county. John j. Miliigan, p. NJ
NAME CHANGED
Jewell Centre, Jewel; county, 20 Man |
iIato
POsrMAsTERs AP1'OISTED.
Cedar Junction, johnson county, |
Thomas Bonney; Atwood, Rawlins
A. Vinton: Guelnh, Sumner
Christian b. McClaskcy; Mes |
ser, Cherokee county +. z. Adams; Mon |
royia, Atchison county, Charles o.
Plumlner: Mound Valley. Labctte coun-
". N. NJ. Miller; Odcll, Harper county,
Mrs. Julia +. Wilson; 0;E,Y franklin
county, John T. Bliss; TureuF, Wyan-
st.fss I