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

The supreme court of Kansas will
meet on Monday, March 29th.
The Anthony Republican dominates
NJ. NJ. Murdock. of the Wichita Eagle,
for governor.
The Paola Electric Light Company
filed charter with the secretary of state
on the 18th inst.
The Kansas City, Lawrence & South
ern road is expected TO reach Yelling
ton by the 25th inst.
The exodus is said TO have quite revO-
lutIonized the poultry market at Topeka.
Eternal vigilance is now the price of
chickens at the capital.
Agonda, Kansas, has brass band
without horns. The town that wants to
lay over this anomoly will have to trot
out mule without heels.
DIR. Howsley, an old resident ofLeaven-
worth, well known as being connected
with horticulture in Kansas, died at
Hastings, Nebraska, a few days ago.
The little Ratchet should be transfered,
without delay, from Joe Fluffer to Prem
tbs, of the Atchison Champion, who
vouches for the statement that Fort
Scott mule recently kicked a colored
boy half through load of hay.
Rev. W. Il. Davis, j. Dennison and r.
A. Caruthers were elected by the Kansas
conference, at Topeka, as delegates to the
general conference. The lay electoral
college elected as delegates to the gener-
al conferences II. II. Taylor, of Clay Cen
ter, and Ira I. Tabor, of Holton.
At no time since 1865 has the prospect
OF profitable and prosperous years bus
mess been so good, in oil branches OF
trade in Leavenworth, as 1t is at the pres
ent time. All the merchants, manufac.
turers and business men of the city are
doing well, not only holding their own,
but making money, and doing more bus
\ mess than they ever did before.-Leav-
enworth Times.
WyandOtte was somewhat excited this
morning over the sale of the l.. 3. Walk
er farm, consisting of SO acres, 10 Fow.
Ter & Bros. for about $3.50 per acre
some $4,000 being paid in cash for the
farm, which is just outside the present
city limits, situate on Third street, about
half mile north of the new iron bridge
commanding, perhaps, the finest view ia
the state, the land being under a high
state of cultivation. 1t is stated that the
firm intended erecting some fine resi-
dences on the property. Anyway it has
given Wyandotte a boom, and property
has advanced % per cent. in that yicln
ity.-Kansas City Mail.
En,nor1a snorfsn,en will he intarsstad
in the following from the Topeka Com
monwealth:
Sam Radges has received from tn,
printers half sheet of his fair paper
and it is a neat locking one. The page,
are filed with interesting matter reIatins
TO the horses and horse meetings, anC
advertisements of the fairs and of bust
ness men. Sam saws that on every hand
during his journeying over the state h
hears nothing but good words for tn,
southwestern Kansas trotting circuit
There will be no more successful meet
ings held anywhere than in the cities in
cluded in this circuit
/ The Chicago Tribune saws the lates
+ rumor IN railway circles is that nerotia
tions are pending for consolidation o
interests between the Chicago, Burllne
ton s. Quincy, Hannibal Il ST. Joe, AM
: Atchison, Topeka s. Santa Fe railroads
) 1t is well known that for some time pas
the Burlington people have been pun
chasing all the Atchison, Topeka & San
Ia Fe stocks that could be secured. an,
= il is claimed that at the next meeting @
the stockholders of the Topeka road In
president, Mr.. Thomas Nickerson, viii
have to give way to a man more friendI'
: to the Burlington interest, probably Mi
, T. Jefferson Coolidge Champion.