The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01
OVER The STATE.

band south of EmpoTia.
The corn and fruit crops of the Arkan-
sas valley are reported excellent
Fort Scott is agitaling the question OF
adopting the electric light for street
purposes.
J. D. Scott, of Labette City, has re-
Gently secured the handsome sum of
Sc, I5S n as back pension.
A merchant at Neoxho Falls refused
to buy goods OF Leayenworth drum
mer because the latter place does not en-
force the temperance law.
A young man named Fred Martin was
killed by the accidental discharge of a
shot gun while hunting for prairie
chickens near Fort Scott on the 23d.
A melon patch in Cowley county con-
tains twelve acres, from which 5000
melons have been gathered. and 1 500 can
telopes. This is estimated to be about
half of the whole crop.
Fredonia Citizen: Several cars of
hogs passed over the Frisco road for the
western part of the state, this week.
Hogs are scarce there and corn will be
more plentiful than in this section of
Kansas or Missouri.
I A new post0ffice has been located at
Downing station, in Morris county on
the Neosho branch of the Pacific, and
named Kelso. in honor of d. Kelso, OF
Parsons, the land commissioner for the
company.
+ Work an the Fort Scott and Wichita
RAILROAD is being rapidly pushed for
ward west of lola, Material is on hand
for fifty miles more of road which would
bring it into Eureka, and the surveyors
are at work between Toronto and Eu-
reka.
Augusta Gazette: Last Saturday this
city outshone Wichita in its balmiest
dsys-when the whole southwest was
tributary thereto. There was perfect
jam of farm wagons TN our streets from
morning until night, and all merchants
were as busy as bees all day long.
Augusta Gazette: The total vote in
county at the primary election last Sat
urtlay, was 44G for the Crawford County
system. and 1877 for - convention. Six
townships sent in NO reports. The
County Central Committee called an ell
ection for the last Saturday in Septem-
Der, to select nominees.
Strong City Independent: Wednes-
day last, the wife of Tom Wicher color
ed), went to a neighbours and left her
baby, child eight months old, lying
asleep on pallet near the stove. The
pallet caught fire somehow, and when
the mother returned the child was found
to be roasted to u crisp aud the house on
fire inside. The alarm was given and
the fire was soon extinguished, resulting
in no material damage to the property.
Eureka Herald: Ny daughter, Mrs.
Emma Perkins. left my house at West
ern Park, Kansas, with her little boy,
% months old, the latter part of April,
1880, and since the day following have
heard nothing reliable from her. Was
20 years old, about medium height for a
woman, weighed about 125 pounds,
light complexion. auburn hair, blue
eyes. Any information of her where
abouts will be gratefully received by her
mother, Mis-. Elizabeth Dnrra. Eureka,
Kansas. Kansas papers please copy.
Saturday evening last collision &C.
Cured ON the Missouri Pacific road at a
point near OssaWatomie between two
hand-cars On one of Tia I'm were several
ladies, two of whom, Mary ann Amanda
Wood, of OSsawatomie, were sitting on
the edge of the hand car at the time of
the collision. Amanda's legs were
fearfully crushed and she died that night.
Her sister was severely bruised but may
recover. There were fifteen persons on
the two cars, all but two of whom were
more or less injured.
The Oneida springs, in Summer county,
Kansas, are attracting good deal-of at
tention. An $4,000 hotel will soon be
erected near them, and it is expected
they will become popular resort. A
qualitative analysis of the waters shows
that they contain the bi-carbonates of
iron, soda, magnesia, and CALCIUM; sui
pilates of ammonia and magnesia; chic
rides of sodium and potassium, sui
phur and silica, and are strongly charged
with carbonic gas There are seven
springs, the waters of which are very
different in taste, but their qualities are
not greatly dIssimilar, and they are said
to be efiicacious in cases of rheumatism.
alterations, skin diseases, etc.