The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-08-11
OVER THE STATE.

OuduIouQua county mas mineral
spring.
Elk county will produce largo
amount of apples this year.
A new $25, 600 hotel at Winfield will
be finished this week.
The survey of the Fort Dodge reserva-
ton has been completed.
Buffalo bones are now hauled to
Dodge City from the Staked Plains.
Five cows were poisoned to death near
WaKeeney, by eating rice corn,
The city council Of Newton has sub.
mitted a proposition to vote $4,000 to
furnish sewerage for the city.
They have first class scandal at Win
field which will do to tell only after the
lights are put out in the evening.
During the month of July the Pacific
land office at Parsons sold 11,4O8 acres
of the company's land, for which $22,-
415.40 were received.
DR.. Lewis Albright, plug-hatted
perigrinating corn doctor well known
throughout the southwest, was arrested
at Winfield Saturday on charge Of steal.
ing pocket book.
The editor Of the st. John Advance
has turned druggist. He is now engaged
in the land and loan as well as the news
paper and drug business. He certainly
is making laudable effort to keep the
ryrslf from bfo 1rOu
The county seat contest in Graham
county has resulted in the choice of Mill
brook, by a vote of 473 for that place to
$40 for Gettysburg. The Hill City Live
ly Times is TO be removed to Millbrook.
A charter for the Fl Scott & Carthage
railroad was filed Tuesday in the Office
Of the secretary Of state. Capital stock,
485OOOO. Place of business, county of
Crawford, in Kansas, and the counties
of Barton and Jasper, IN Missouri
They had a queer liquor case at Hum
bOldt the other day. After a great deal
of trouble and worry in getting jury it
was discovered that the principal witness
was missing. The judge then ordered
the case dismissed, and fifteen minutes
afterwards the missing witness turned
mp. He had been hiding.
Wichita Beacon: Mr.. N. F. Stevens,
If Unien, on sig ceres of wheat, got an
average of SO bushels, and the average in
Union is said to be generally high
Some fields in the county have yielded
as low a. i've bushels. but the general
average is certainly something over ten
bushels. This will give as a total oil
one million bushels.
Dodge City Times: Wednesday after
noon Of last week an engine with Roul
der coal started no less than eight prairie
fires in the vicinity Of Hsys City and
Ellis, and swept northward before &
J gale Of wind q roaring, irresistible ses
of fire. Il was fearful sight TO see
the great rolls Of smoke swaying from
burning stacks and fields. It took bu
i've minutes for the flames to travel {
distance If two miles. Farming nipple
ments, barAs AND dwelling house wers
, also destroyed. The Hayes Sentinel es
Inmates the loss at nearly $4,000. TIT
railroad company will make good tn,
losses.
i Winfield Telegram: Mr. and Mrs
Woodruff, living in the Doty house, ha6
q very unwelcome visitor Sunday morn
ing in the shape OF huge snake of tn.
, spreading viper kind. His snakeshiI
. was discovered In the clothes press O
the second story. Aessrs. Woodruff anS
Doty made war on the reptile and finall,
succeeded in his capture. The snak
measured four feet and six inches Il
length, and when in fighting trim woul.
spread itself fully six inches wide an,
: no thicker than your hand. Amer this
Winfield ladies viii be looking in tn
clothes press for snakes, instead of unde
the bed for robbers.