The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-03
oYER THE STATE.

The Santa Fe road is still recruiting
forces to go west and work on its New
Mexico extension.
The sleepy reputation of Lawrence is
redeemed by GOO dogs. which ell tho
nights with music at that place during
full moon.
An exchange which is noted for its
veracity says that matron made tea al
Eureka the other day. by placing the
teapot out in the sun
The first white woman who set foot
upon Kansas soil is sill living Her
name is Miss Emily Hamilton, and she
resides in Sedan. She came to the state
in 1910
Nothing could be more en- ouraging
than the unanimity with which the press
of Kansas is calling the attention of
municipal authorities to that mud
hole"
An exchange says that the pay of cen
sus takers has been fixed at forty cents
an hour instead of two cents IA name.
This will be a tough deal on the Topeka
enumerators.
The increase of the wool crop of Kan
sas during the last year was II per cent.
higher than that of any other state or
territory. Nebraska and Texas come
next, with Is per cent. each.
Kansas is the only state in the Union
that can endure drought of six weeks
and come out at the end of that time
with enough mammoth fruit, overgrown
vegetables and tall corn TO stock a
worlds fair.
Brother Lusk, of the Parsons Sun,
who has more money than he can get
rid of by the ordinary processes of ex-
penditure, is about to start daily paper
III it proves rs good as his weekly it
will be daisy.
Several of the Kansas Greenback pa
pers, it is said. locate their candidate for
Lieutenant Governor in Marion county
instead of Miami. 1t is not material,
however, 50 long rs there is no choice in
grave-yards between the two localities.
A colored preacher in the southwest
ern portion of the state has stated his
conception of heaven to be one eternal
camp meeting. Unless the chiggers and
red ants, which are invariably associated
with outdoor religious gatherings in
Kansas, can be eliminated, we are fearful
that the theory of our good brother will
not prove very successful agency III
evangelizing the world.
The Kansas Democrats at their CON
ventiOn ut Topeka August &c, put in
nomination the following ticket: For
governor. Z. G. Ross, of Douglas cOun-
ty; for lieutenant governor, Thomas
George, of Summer county; for secretary
of state, John NJ. Griffin, of Olathe; for
auditor, J. G. Neumueller, of Saline
county; for treasurer, DR.. Allen White,
of Butler county for attorney general,
4. L. Hereford, of Norton county; for
superintendent of public instruction,
Miss Sarah a Brown, of Douglas
county.
Eureka Herald: a great many cattle
H4tNC OCSH W my AiOAA "iitlL - Sl't'oS-u
10 be Texas fcreF. The trouble seems 10
prevail along Fall river below Eureka,
and up Spring creek. Mr.. Lowery, one
of the heaviest sufferers in the latter re-
gion, had lost nineteen head up to last
Monday morning The cattle that have
already died are probably many times
the value of those which brought the
disease in the county No certain rene
dy Is known for the disease If taken in
time severe physic Is beneficial Let
ting the cattle infested eat all they Will
of green corn is said "a be the most eff
caciOGS remedy