The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-06-16
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Edwards, who lives on Fourth street, lost a
valuable gold watch, worth about S11O.-
He placed it upon a stand when he went to
bed at night, after winding it up-twisting
the chain over it as usual When he cot
up IN the morning it was nowhere to be
found. Yesterday afternoon, having occa-
sion to make some repairs, bureau in his
room was removed, and the floor taken up
to get at the base board. A large hole had
been eaten in the carpet and the floor I'M
derneath it BY predatory rats. In snug
corner between the joists was large nest
of varied articles, such as bits of paper,
old rags, remnants of cheese, cloths, sha-
wings, and the like; and in this Mr.. Ed
wards found his missing timepiece. care
fully slowed away. There was dent upon
the face, the crystal was broken, and some
disarrangement of the machinery indicated
severe shock.
THE LARGEST MErEoRIc SroNE-A GREAT
CURIosITY.-A. n. Patterson, resident in
Summit county, Ohio, is in our city on his
way to the East, with specimen of the
aerolite stones that fell near his residence
during the meteoric shower which took place
there last summer. The stone which we
saw yesterday at DR.. Weyman's drug store.
is the largest that fell. 1t is almost indie
scribable as to shape, being SO irregular
but We should call it a quintason. Its
weight is one hundred and three pounds.
1t contains considerable quantity of sui
phurate of iron, and some nickel. The DR..
has other specimens which he has analysed,
and description of them will be given to
the public. Very many of these stones fell
during the said shower, yet no one was in
jured. The one of which we are writing
was seen to fall, but so buried itself that it
was with considerable difficulty found. We
presume Mr.. Patterson will take it to the
''Smithsonian" or some other scientific in
stitute, though he has been offered one
hundred and fifty dollars for it. A profess
sor of Yale is making such examinations of
these stones as he thinks will enable him to
tell whence they feH.-PiAs6urg CONNER
ciai, Nay %.
NOVEL MARRIAGE.-A couple were mar
ried yesterday-says the Detroit Free Press
of the Goth instant-one of whom was a
female aged City eight, and the other a YER
dant looking young man who had apparently
reached the mature age of about eighteen.
He maintained, and stuck to it, that he was
thirty seven years old, and, in order to make
up the deficiency. she brought her years
down to forty five. The dodge did not
work, and. upon being informed that they
must make oaths to the fact, they declined,
and requested to be united without any
questioning. The young fellow said he had
no particular objection to telling his age.
but The lady was captous, and refused to
divulge until she was informed that she
must give up all hope of possessing the
youngster as penalty. She said he didn't
amount to much as a man, but then he
would be handy to have around, and she
thought she might as well take him, as she
| had more money than she knew what to do
with, and wanted somebody to spend it.
The bridegroom looked as if he might full
fill the duty with little judicious training.
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.-We learn, from
| parties interested in the enterprise, that some
| fifty miles of the Atlantic cable have been
taken up, to a point extending seward fifty
miles from the shores of Trinity Bay
Fractures were found in the cable just where
they had been indicated by the instruments
on shore. The intention is to underrun a
similar length of the wire on the European
side, and it is then thought by the sanguine
promoters of ocean telegraphing. that the
Atlantic cable will be made to work. Il
| CdHHOl DC HuSSIiOlSO Illd6 bIOoS COuISEAcI
in this cable enterprise possess energy and
hopeful temperaments.-Boston Transcript,
Nay "a.
GONG TO BE MARRIED.-A young lady
of this city, for many years an assistant
| teacher in one of our grammar schools, left
yesterday in company with sister on 8
| Journey of over thousand miles to meet
and marry man she had never seen. The
engagement had been brought about by
means Of piece of poetry written by her
while residing in neighboring city, and
published in the local paper of the place.
The article, signed by fictitious name, was
seen by the gentleman, and SO much ad-
mired that he wrote to the address, and the
correspondence thus begun was kept up for
nearly two years, and has resulted az above.
| LoaOeH Mass Nescs, 4h ab.
CIRCULATING IEcESDIART DocUMEKTs.-
| The police of Baltimore-says the Sun of
| the 25th ultimo-have arrested a man named
| A. F. Ennes, formerly of New York, for
circulating incendiary documents in the
| South. After an examination before q JUS
| tice, he was committed 10 await the action
of the grand jury.
NEGROES VERSUS IRIsHMEE.-There is q
railroad in Mississippi called the Central. "
running from Jackson to Canton, some two
hundred and thirty-seye miles, and under
the control of the purest and noblest Demo
Gratis in that State, where there is hardly
| anything else OF course company with
such road must employ large number Of
''hands.'' Till recently these employees
were IrishmeD. Not relishing free labor.
however, the company not long ago bought
about one hundred slaves, and turned off
one hundred and eighty Irishmen to make
room for them. Laborers that the company
owned suited their Democratic tastes better
than the laborers who owned themselves.
CHANGING his SKIS.-The EGfaIa Ala
| Spirit states that there is an old negro pilot
on one of the Chattanooga river steamers
whose skin is changed from jet black TO
the fairest white. His neck and arms, as
far down as his fingers, are OF smooth.
soft, delicate wilderness, that would rival
that of the tenderest. purest Circassian.--
His lips are of soft, Tuddy hue. and his
face and body are beginning 70 show the
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