The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-12-20
KANSAS NOTES.

Wells are falling in the neighbor-
hood of Florence.
Horse thieves are doing a rushing
business in Harper county.
Prof Hamill the elocutionist gives an
exhibition at Hartford tonight
Sedan is proud of a cob pipe factory
that turns out s, 400 pipes day.
The Atchison Globe puts senator In
gals wealth at quarter of million.
The Republican is a new daily that
will soon blossom out In Salina with j.
l.. Brady as editor.
Kansas wheat is looking unusually
wen at this season and enters the win
ter in prime condition.
Twenty cowboys at Taloga Morton
county as well as thirty others con
fessed religion during late revival
All who have tried dehorning cattle
are greatly pleased with it. The horn
has had its day. Its knell has been
sounded.
Thomas Campbell of Hartford left
last Monday for Pomona California
where his family is, to make it his fu-
ture home.
a tanning and shoe factory company
is willing for S., 600, to go into business
III l1dhIolICC. ID COlApdlN
that wanted SO, 900 to come to Leaven-
worth?
The University at Lawrence will ask
the legislature for an appropriation of
81, 800 for a gymnasium. "Skinning
the cat" at the university is rather eX-
pensive business for the state.
The principals in a smuggling match
at Topeka were arrested and fined 81
and costs. The penalty was evidently
inflicted as reminder that they must
make their bouts more interesting and
bloody.
Last week five persons were convicted
of violation of the state liquor law at
Wamego and sent to the county jail at
Westmoreland. Wednesday night all
five of them. and two others incarcer-
ated for larceny, walked out and are at
large.
j. H. Pitzer was brought from Mis-
souri, to Mead Center Kansas about
two months ago to answer charge
under the new law of rape preferred
by Miss Eta Darby. Last Friday Sir
Lothario agreed to marry the young
lady and thus escapes a few years II
the ''Pen."
People who complain that there are
no places of amusement in this city evil
the board of trade. The performances
witnessed there are funnier than car
be seen in any vaudeville theater in the
United States, and it costs nothing tx
get in.-Leavenworth Sun.
The mileage of railroad in Kansa:
has more than doubled during the past
three years. The construction of the
year, counting 22l miles under cOntract
built to this date, is 8,57S. This max
es the total mileage 8,799. Three years
ago Kansas had only 4, 16S miles of rail
road.-Atchison Patriot.
Leavenworth society has never beer
so excited as it is to-day. The expul
sion of young man from a dancing
club, who, because of his occupation
was disagreeable to one or two othel
young fellows, has furnished topic o.
conversation for every drawing room
in the city. The majority of those wht
have expressed themselves seem tx
sympathize with the young man whC
was not considered good enough to as
sociate with his fellows.
a Rice county. Kansas. farmer
James Z. Ball, has brought suit in thu
| United States circuit court agains
Jay Gould. Russell Sage, the Union Pa
cific and Kansas Pacific Railway com
panies, to compel them to issue him
deed for $50 acres of land which tn,
plaintiff purchased from the Kansas
eddy refused to recognize. The determ
consolidated companies have repeat
Pacific company in 1877, and which tn
ination of this case will decide TIT
title to $4,000 acres of land sold by tn
Union Pacific company to settlers upol
the same conditions as that sold T.
Ball, and for which deeds have as ye
not been issued.