The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
OVER THE STATE.

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Bank robbery promises to speedily
become one of The lost arts in the great
southwest.
1t is said that Col. Frank James can
not cease to congratulate himself upon
the fact that he never went into business
4 Kansas.
1t is stated that Mr.. Parsons, of Wich-
ita, has 800 varieties OF roses. Come to
think, we meyer saw numerical item of
any kind from that place which did not
contain at least two ciphers-
Ex-Goyernors Robinson, Crawford,
Harvey. Osborne, Anthony and st. John
will all be at home this summer. The
indications are that there will be a great
deal of fence built in Kansas this year.
The'truly good General Rice, of Fl
Scott, charges an esteemed local cotem-
porary with failure to pay his grocery
bills. The Monitor still seems to main
tain It's stalwart hostility to the doctrine
of free trade.
The Atchison Globe man thanks God
and takes courage, having found pa
tron who pays every debt he owes in
the world before sleeping, the first day
of each month. It is TO be hoped that
that gentleman is raising family.
Up at Atchison, after working ten
days on a whisky case, they have secured
eleven jurors and the court has stopped
to catch its second wind. 1t must be
remembered that the Missouri river is
not quite half Q mile wide at Atchison.
Mr.. Hudson, of the Topeka Capital, is
all broken up because fellows like the
Medicine Lodge murderers and bank
robbers can only be hanged once. The
diet of warm blood and raw meat, which
the Major adopted when the Common
wealth came out against Col. Martin for
governor, is beginning to tell.
The editor of the Ell Dorado Republi-
can is now denominated man-airaid-
of-the"oid-crowd." He was elected a
delegate to the state convention at To-
peka this week, went up there and
took to his heels and ran home before
the convention assembled. He's
daisy "reformer," is the man-afraId.ot-
the-"old-cTowd"
Web Wilder: The Kansas book,
1.-THE Story of Country Town." by E.
W. Howe, editor of the Atchison Globe,
Is now having a good run in New York
and the east. The latest high enconium
is from the pen of William D. Howells,
who ranks with Gable, Clemens and
James, at the head OF our noYelists. The
book Is an amazing success and you
will continue to hear about it for long
time to come.
Prouty's Kansas Cowboy is to be
moved from Ness City to Dodge City,
and will be enlarged to five column
quarto. 1t is to haYe new head design
ed by Worrell. which is a guaranty that it
will be unique and handsome. This re-
moval is In accordance with Col.
Prouty's desire, and it Will prove of
great benefit to the Cowboy which will
now become the Western Kansas organ
of the cattle men.
Speaking of the several candidates for
state Offices from the southwestern coun-
ties the Ell Dorado Republican says:
1--WE again advise the aspiring statesmen
to thin out the number or this portion
of the state will get nothing" The
great southwest doss not seem to have
suffered much in the distribution of del
egates and alternates to Chicago. Har-
vey, Sedgwick, Sumner and Cowley,
four adjoining counties, each got dele
gate. Lyon aud Greenwood, two other
adjoining counties, each got delegate,
making one-third of the delegates in
these six counties. Three of the alter
mates at large where chosen in the
southwest, one from Butler, one from
Rice and one from Finney county.