The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-02-27
SOUTHWEST.


Eureka has the measles too.
Douglass has the scarlet fever.
Newton has a cavalry company.
Toledo has mutual improvement so
ciety.
Marion Center is to have a Greenback
paper.
We suppose the next boom viii he at
Augusta
The Great Bend convention scheme
seems TO lack the necessary boom
The Augusta Gazette wants A. L. Red.
den, of Eldorado, for district Judge.
The Peabody Gazette thinks the indi-
cations good for heavy fruit crop.
Larned has organized a sorgo associa-
ton, and is going to erect a sugar. fac
tory.
The Eliorado Times says the wheat
looks splendid and gives promise of an
abundant yield.
There are seventy-five applicants for
census enumerators in Marion county
and three wanted.
The building boom struck Howard
early in the fall, and redoubles as warm
weather approaches.
The Chase County Leader has entered
upon its tenth volume Morgan is a sue
cessful publisher, and the Leader dc
serves long life.
The Eldorado Times threatens to ex-
pose rottenness in the affairs of Eldorl.
do township. 1t intimates that there has
been gross mismanagement
There is nothing new in the way of
railroad news. Work is progressing
satisfactorily, with chances of the road
being completed to this city before Nav
Ist.-Augusta Gazette.
Several thousand salmon were put
into Middle creek at this point few
days ago They make capital food for
the bass and catfish.-Elmdale Item in
Chase County Leader.
Elder Harvey baptised seven persons
i'll the Walnut at Eldorado last Sabbath.
There is hope for Eldorado yet, There
would be general rejoicing if the elder
could dip the editor of the Times.
Marion county is now paying Lyon
county $3.50 per day for Jail privileges.
But then that makes no difference. Ma
rion county is rich and Lyon county is
poor, you know.-AIarion Center Record.
The Methodist society will build AN
extensive addition to its church, the
coming season. This society has grown
so rapidly of late, that the building will
hadrly hold the members, let alone any
body else.-Peabody Gazette.
The Kinsley Republican advocates
Newton as the place for holding the next
congressional convention, on account of
idea, providing Newton has sufficient
hotel accommodations, which we are III
clined TO Enthusiastically Gazette
CLOUD City, is the name of a town
recently surveyed ana plated, near the
west line OF this county Gu the line of
the st. L., ". Il w. railway Several
struction, among them u business house
for Rev. G. w. Acknowledgment Ga
Zette.
The Peabody Gazette says that Hon.
ID. J. Evans, supervisor OF the census for
this district, announces that the appoint
ment of enumerators viii not take place
until April, and that the work of en-
nmoraiioninust be completed in 81 days
in the month of June.
John G. Head, III man who is charr.
Ell with the killing of John Small in
Rock township last week, had a prelim-
mary examination before Esquire John
Mitchell and was held for his appearance
for the sum of $4,000 Failing 10 give
bail he was committed to jail for trial at
the March term of court. Mr.. Z. y.
Smith, county attorney, was present and
managed the prosecution for the state
Eldorado Times.
Don't WANT a PAPER.-The news
paper which We announced last week as
about TO start al Severy, was rather short
lived-iu fact il died before it came 10
life. The press and part of the other
material had arrived, and it was expect
ed the first issue would appear in "a short
time. But a few days ago the Young
man in charge was approached by well
developed son of Erin, who confidential
ly impaired the information that If the
young man undertook to print a Repub-
ilcan or temperance paper there, the ell
tire institution would be demolished
and wiped out, and head pat on the
proprietor without extra charge The
young man evidently felt guilty, for
without delay he packed up and left
Eureka Herald.