The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-08-20
OVER THE STATE

The Kansas railroad lands aggregate
$3.50, 73l ,l6 acres.
About 2,OO0 homesieaders have taken
extenuation and left northern Kansas
for a season.
The Eureka papers say that large
quantities of wool are beng marketed
at that place.
II. C. Ashbaugh, of the Newton Kan
san, denies that Harvey county has elect
ed ST. John delegation.
The Fourth senatorial convention at
Onaga, last week, nominated Judge j.
X. Keller, of Holton, on the sixty-first
ballot.
Plans, specifications and estimates for
water works for the city of Topeka have
been ordered TO be prepared by the city
fathers.
The church encampment at Bismarck
Grove is being very largely attended, and
the sessions nre reported to be Of great
interest.
This world would be great deal bet
ter and happier if the flies could be con-
verted to belief in the cight-hour plan
of labor
There is not much difference, says an
exchange, between grass-widow and a
grasshopper. Either will jump at the
first chance.
There are no epidemics prevailing in
Kansas al present, but the chinch bugs
and Sam Wood are ravaging the country
in the vicinity of the state capital.
A man in southeastern Kansas has not
slept for ten months. Here is an oppor-
tunity for Major Ross, of the Lawrence
Standard, TO secure an additional sub
scriber
The farmers of Ford county have
agreed to petition the A. T. & s. F. rail-
road company 20 loan them ten bushels
of seed wheat each on the same terms as
the other roads running through the
state.
The agricultural college lands of the
state aggregate $4,000 acres; the state
university lands 1890 acres; the state
Normal school lands 1850 acres, and
the common school lands more than
100000 acres.
Cattle brought from Arkansas are dy-
ing of disease in southern Kansas, and
some of the southern counties are pro-
posing TO prohibit the driving of Arkan-
sas cattle through them because Of in
fectuous diseases.
The Arkansas City Traveller has re-
port of watermelon weighing $50
pounds that is still growing. The con-
struction of this item may be some
what ambiguous, but its meaning, we
trust, is fully obvious.
A stock company has been formed IN
Marion county for the purpose of spec
ulaiing in the Gunnison country, and by
very happy coincidence the commission
ers have determined 10 increase the ca
pacity of the county infirmary.
The lightning has been quite fatal TO
live stock in Kansas this season, not a
week passing that some Ofour exchanges
have not reported losses in that way. Thir-
teen head Ofcattle were killed by light
ming near Dodge during the late storm.
We regret to learn that the Office of
the Golden Gate ut Newton was entirely
destroyed by fire, accustomed by the ex-
plosion of n coal oil lamp on Wednes-
day night. Quite a lot of rev material
was consumed and the loss to the pro-
prietor is very serious.
Three persons have been drowned at
Manhattan, in this state, during the pres
ent summer. And yet there are plenty
of benighted people IN the cast who
firmly believe there is not enough water
in the whole state of Kansas TO wash a
pair of Democratic socks.
Quite lively freight war has been go
ing on in CowleY and Sumner counties
for some time between the L., L. & G..
and A, II. II s. +. roads. Cattle have
been shipped from Caldwell and Hume
well in large quantities at $40, 81 and
even nothing per car load, to Kansas
City. Recently common freight rates
from Kansas City to Winfield were put
at ten cents per 100 pounds.
Mr. II. L. Stringham, secretary of the
Kansas State Aid committee, makes a
fresh appeal To the citizens of Topeka
for aid for the settlers on the western
frontier. He says supplies Of provis-
ions now begin to be furnished in suffi-
cient quantities to meet immediate and
pressing wants; but contributions of
money are very meagre, and the COM
mittee finds itself seriously embarrassed
by lack of means to pay current Office
| expenses, and expenses for handling
supplies, and for the purchases neces-
sary to complete shipments for the des-
titute.
The Burlington Independent gives the
following cure for Spanish fever; AS
soon as you discover the animal refus-
ing TO Craze. standing with the head
down, the ears thrown forward, you may
safely calculate that the animal is at
tackled with the fever. Now, you want
to mount your horse and drive the animal
under the whip until it is thoroughly
heated up, then force down its throat 4
pint of common salt, either in brine oil
dry; after which you may administer
nitre to have a cooling effect. Several
years ago, when the fever was raging in
this state, Mr.. Van Slyck saved out Of
about fifty head that were attacked over