The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-22
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three rabid CANNES.
A crazy individual recently created
considerable excitement At Kinsley,
Kansas, by tearing up greenbacks- The
attention of medical scientists is direct
ed to the fact that mental alteration in
Kansas is almost invariably associated
with paper currency.
Some malIcIously disposed person.
with the obvious intention q preeipitst-
ing fresh row between Jine Blaine and
the effete despotlsms of Eurepe, on The
pork question, has circulate the rumor
that the hogs of Greenwood county are
dying of hydrophobia.
The Western National Fair Associa-
ton is paying all pnemiams LIN, full
awarded at the Bismarck Fair, the mon
ey tor the same having been deposited
in the Douglas county bank The Hon.
John Rice may now be regarded as fully
and triuInphantly yindicated.
From gentlemen who iiave4RaYeled re-
Gently over all of Summer and Cowley
counties welearn that the peach buds are
not seriously injured. Unless some mis-
fortune befall them hereafter the crop
will be most abundant. The wheat pros
pect is also very auspicious. but much
more favorable in Summer coanty than
Cowley.-W Wellington Presa
Lyndon Times; Hon. C. B. Graves,
judge of the district court for this dis
trict, was promptly on hand last Tues
day, to open court and proceed with bus
mess. He makes friends on every hand
and in various ways. 1t is not an unfre-
quent occurrence to hear him spoken OF
in the best of terms as a judge of ability
and integrity, and as man of social and
pleasing manner,
The Burlington Independent says:
The secretary of the County Fair Asso-
citation, tells us that Senator p D. Plumb
has partly promised to attend the open
ing of our county fair, next September,
and 10 address our people. Senator
Plumb has many friends in CofFey coun-
ty, regardless of politics. and they will
heartily appreciate his action in assist
ing at the Inauguration of our county IS
great enterprise.
A man named Bachelor, of Rice
county, thought To come it over the
Santa Fe Railroad, but is liable TO get
the worst end of the joke. The company
generously offered to furnish the peo-
pie ont there with seed wheat on liberal
terms. Bachelor got his and had it
made into bread instead of sowing 1t, as
required by the company. Now Mr..
Bachelor has been arrested by the COM
pany, and sings sin this wheat bye and
bye"
The citizens of Emporia will be dis
posed to thank God and take courage,
after reading the following from the
Leavenworth Times:
EmpOria raises row because she has side
walks which contain loose boards that trip
pedestrians and break their arms. That's
nothing. EmpOria should at once appoint q
committee tc come to LeaVen North and ex-
anime the sidewalks of the busy metropolis.
II our sidewalks were fully let loose. and the
committee would give them a fair trial. we
Will guarantee that not a member of the COM
AAibSSC nOuAN CNCL EC1CA hOAC AAbC. GuA-
pOria don't know what energetic, progress
sive sidewalks really are.
Walnut township, in Butler county,
voted on last Tuesday bonds to the
amount of $4,000 to aid in the extension
of the Santa Fee from FL Dorado to
Douglass, and Augusta township. on the
same day, voted 81 800 for the same pur-
pose, while Douglass township aug
ments the sum by donation of $2l, 500.
This viii insure the speedy completion
of the Santa Fe to Douglass, and corner
lots IN Augusta, which is now figuring
as the future great of the Walnut val
ley, are booming as if every square foot
of their soil were located directly over a
silver mine of ninety per cent ore.