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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-03-29

ENCoUETER BETWEEN AN ELEPHANT
AND A RAT.-A very extraordinary en-
counter between rat and elephant has re-
Gently taken place in the Garden Of
Plants, London. which was witnessed
with interest By hundreds of persons.
The Keepers were engaged in destroying
a great number Of rats, when one Of them
escaped, and ran to the spots allotted to
the elephant. Seeing no other refuge, ia
the tWinkling of an eye the rat snugly
ensconced himself in the trunk of the
elephant, very much to the elephants
dissatisfaction. He stamped his foot and
twisted his trunk around like the sail of
windmill. After these evolutions be
stood suddenly still, evidently rejecting
on what was hest to do. He ran to the
trough were he is accustomed TO drink,
and plunged his trunk into the water.
then returned to bis den, aud raising his
trunk, with The water he absorbed, he
dashed out the unfortunate rat, which vas
in sheet of water like 1hat issuing from
FIRE engine. When The rat fell to the
ie-ound the elephant seized him and made
I him uudeEgo the immersion and projec
'siion four times. At the fourth throw it
TELL dead. The elephant, with majestic
Fair, but coofaRdRlaeid, crushed his an
moving little enemy Eith his foot, and
then went round to the spectators TO
make his usual collection Of cakes, sugar
and other dainties. The feat was TeceIv-
ed with voc ferrous applause. which the
elephant seemed fully to understand ana
/ appreciate.
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.sbaIl ladies' vots?'s asked spsAkss7as
a meeting 10 Oaeids county. sosEtain-
II , replied a strong minded. woman II
the audiseee. Is woman made only e
sew on buttons? And # che is, it is
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.sFuetEshme by calling ia The symPa-
lhiest womaal2 Should Che fair daugt-
Lsrs Of our land fOrsak e The peaceful de-
Fnestie eirelsi and Jhe-alier Of their God;
L mingle ia The fesytul storms of politi-
cal excitement Without so We have
not seen as ..yei the lfalnsss Of disoord into
which society IS 70 be plunged. The do
mesiie alter aud tie social circle where
The peaceful epiFitof woman presides is
nova cur safety agaiust the freuipg lepro-
sy Of party politics Here the angry
wayesof civil discora are Gained, and the
psr!uTbsl bosom of man fadsa resting
place from ils epnn7iian. May it Est
be.
T. B. N.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-03-29
Emporia Wateerr MIN.
". T. sODEN Proprietor q Manager.

THIS Mill is now in. good running order,
and the proprietor takes pleasure in an
nouneing to the farmers and people that is
ready to grind Wheatapd Germ for their use 90
the s6orfest possible hotice, and in large or
small Quantities and on reas enable terms. But
parties wanting hOugiHg or grinding done for
ceiling. purposes are fequested to make special
contract, for ca mot reiterate, aud ewih ask
what disposition they intend to make Of their
-four. 81 ENft~l@ ~ = =.
Choice wheat bought at the highsst cash
prices and Flour, Corn Meal Homipy Asne
Bran, kept constantly on hand.
Flour forsale, atfrom 81 80 tOaS 500 perhuR :
dred. ~ tetail.sa & - = = 49,
To parties purshasipg by tbeQuahtity or for
retail trade, avery large deduction will De.
Ips5 4l,sD forspripg wheat, and $500 for
usSt All weat. :. a - 81 "a ,-o.tssi.-
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The French Government viii have
45Ol089 nasals ninsksss ssa.34, b, Axe e'sd
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-03-29

out part of the money. in tools, We rented
n garden, aud lie goes over on mari ct
days to sell what We grow. So nov,
thank God, we want for nothing"
Thisis how she generally concludes
the litLe hisG6rys NEVER failing TO add
that the young lord kissed hersbaby. s1s
Bat" said my friend. II have not
told you What l thought the best part Of
The anecdots When this poor Obristiah
woman was ked what had induced her
10 take in a perleet stranger, aat trust
him with the best clothing her house afs
lorded, she answered simply. well, |
saw him shiveribg and shaking, so 4
thetght. thou shalt co51s ia 9of tbs sasel
Of HIN thar hsd -. ~ hereto lay hiai
head sa iaB saaqo % 5sir
The old woman in the other cottage
may open her door every night of her IN
.ture life TO some forlorn beggar, but ii Is
allsbut certain that she will never open it
10 noblemaninl disguise i q as.a
Let US do good, not to receive more in
return, but as AN evidence of gratitude
tor what has already been bestowed. In
a few words, let il be ''alI for the love
and nothingefor reward" 1f@
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CouNc1L GRovE, March. 10Th 1867.

and nothing for reward 20"
COUNCIL GROVE, March. 10Th, 1867.
EDIToR EMPoRIA NEws-Dears Sir: At
lEesession Of the last Annual Conference
Of the NJ. E. Church, held at B ildwin
City last April, IWas assigned to labor
in the Council Grove circuit, as minis
fer of tie gospel. came here with an
earnest desire to do good--to win souls
TO Christ. was appraised of the fact
/ that majority of the people among
| whom would have tollabor Weresin sym
4 pathy with the South, and ve7y sensitive
upon the subject Of political preaching"
have endeavored to adapt myself to my
surroundiugs-haYe guarded against any
word that might give ofanse to any of
those whom desired to reach with my
message. have been friendly, 10 Jaulh
with Southern Methodists and 'tUniou
Baptists" -have thrown in my little
mite at their meetings, and bid them a
hearty "God speed" in their Efforts for
T the salvation of sinners. The conference
I year has closed. Some of my brethren
4 fromthe Neosho Valley cana yesterday
10 spend the last Sabbath, befere-the APP
preaching conference, ct Council Grove
and it's vicinity. AT the requests o. Bro.
/ William Bradford, the Southern Metao>
j dist minister, l had announced that there
would be preaching at the Morris school
house, four miles above Council Grove,
Saturday night, March Oh, Sunday
morning at1I O'Clock, and also Sunday
evening, BIO. BradEord's regular appoint
ment being Sunday al ii O'Clock. Bro.
J. P, McElfrssb, formerly a citizen Of
Emporia, and Bro. Nathan Daffen { color
ed, arrived yesterday evening. Bro.
Duffen preached last evening, and ar
rangements were made for Bro. McEF
fresh to Prsachto- day. When the time
came and Bro. Nc. went to fl his ap-
pointment. the Southern Methodists had
held consultation aud decided that my
colored brother could net be aceJmmoda-
ted with a seat within the walls of the
aforesaid school house on the, present &C.
casion, and could not be allowed to preach
that night.
Under these circumstances Bro. McEl-
fresh declined preaching. and Bro, Brad z
/ ford occupied the hour and the ttention
of the congregation, assembled to hear
somebody else; unless, indeed, it be true
that the whole thing was planned and ex-
fecuted By preacher and congregation TO
crowd oat loyal Methodist ministers in
this ueighborhood.) sr. 81
Now l wish to say plainly to Southern
Methodisls in.particular, and everybody
in general, that regard such acts as IN
christian, upgentlsmsnly and unkind-
an insult to the church 10 which be-
long, and entirely uncalled for. I can
quietly pocket the insult offered to my
self, and console myself with the refsc
lion that have learned lesson that will
be useful in after life. wash my hands
of Southern Methodism and bid farewell
to the belief that an intelligent man can
be an honest man and p sspthsFo eymPA-
E-thiser.
P. S. Southern Mslhodisis can draw.
an iuferepce not very fatteriug to them
selves if .hey choose i.
A. D. sH0cKLEY.
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4 PARIS NEEDING IEcIDRNT "A short
time since wedding took place at the
Madeline church between very noble
gentleman and lady, and anon : the crowd
that gathered outside to zee the splendid
bridal party was miserable little beggar
about twelve years old. NOV IN Paris
every one who has not something to sell
is carried of to a police house-if they
stood IN the streets as this one did-and
accordingly an officer was jvatasking her
if she had anything TO Il 4ess Of and
THE poor thing was ling in every
4 limb for fear Of impFi .user.. & when q
sweet little girl, sis;ef # the sbfide,
happened to hear the policeman as she
passed By, and to save the ragged often
der she quickly placed 10 her hand a
/ superb boquet she was carrying, and an
swering for her, said, "Yes, she has
these flowers. but she asks too much
and I canaos buy tbem.' An old gen
ftleman- who saw aud understood i AZ,
i stepped forward, aud putting q gold piece
into the poor child's hand, remarked I
i win give twenty francs for il" and pre-
lseuted It To the amiabIs litlle angel " hose
Il goodness, had been more fragrant AND
tbeautiful than the chOicest blossoms thai
fever graced a garden.
Asfz. -..f.-a rW u
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Aa old gentleman living in efseket,
Texas. has had fee children, four ssas
and one daughter, married in less then
twelve months. Two of the sons msr-
ried sisters, and two married ou the sane
night. The daughter married an uncle q
her brothers. wives. TIE old gentleman
although he IS over sixty years OF sgs'
and fourteen liviag children. ohsslnsd :
divorce from his third wife lstslys 80
SAYS he caunoI live without anosnef We
bni that he viii not marry WiooW e -
oiJ Taid. I5ook out sweet sIxteen-
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Up. e A. E. GROVE

HAVE opened Livery Stable in Emporiai
H and intend to keep for hire at all times,
Horses and Buggies, Sad ie Horses, and ev-
erything in the Livery line, on reasonable
terms. Will also keep a good supply of ell
kinds Of feed, and canaccommodate the trav-
cling public at all times. r-g- lOlG
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AMUsEMENTs.

THE THEATREs-OPRNINos LAST Nrour -
Inc Arch Street Theatre was we'll fiIlad yriih a.,
S4g, S44tg auuience TO witness Miss Julia Deanis
sSe,. ~ IA the Hunch6dok. We have never
SSon s.n .nis Dauly constructed conglomeratlo OF
SIamsuc gems more forolbly or delicateiy nor
nayed' Miss Deans success was reassured last
TNening Inc play was well acted throuRhout
nn0nlghJ we shall have Miss Julia Dean as
DlancA, IN the Rev. DIR. Mllman's beautiful
TIageuy OF besto; or, He Italian VIE; Mr. Frank
5.awiOf ot. as Eazio." Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wal
cot as "TourbillDn" and bob NettlesO in IN
tRinment. WV '0
AT THE CHEsNUT, Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Florence
PIouuced Jne exquisite modern comedy of Caste
70 iull ana fashionable house, and were well
LScelVeu' We have seldom seen people better
pleased. The comedy is full of poetry, truth,
noIhlng that drags. The various parts are rat
teu on pleasantly, and the plot deveopes
SmoOJhly and TO the satisfaction of everybody.
Mr., and Mrs Florence and Miss Josie Orton
carried OF the hOnoTs Of the evening and at the
close of the comedy were called before the cur
tain and loudly applauded. caste will be pre-
sented again this evening.
AT THE ACADEMY, Mr.. John e. McDonough
attempted to produce the Black Crook before
some of his machinery had arrived from New
York, in order not to disappoint the public.
Everything went wrong In consequences except
the Parisienne ballet which was superior In
every way To anything of the kind ever pre-
sented to the Philadelphia public. The next
performance of the Black Crook occurs on Thurs
day evening, when we feel sure perfect sue
cess will be achieved.
The scenery is truly magnificent, and the
poreal beauty, is unmatched in the country
Mr.. McDonough is determined to show Phila-
delphia the great spectacle In all OF Its grandeur
ana magnihcence on Thursday evening.
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DIED..

BUTTERWORTH-On the 9th instant, WILLIAM
j.. youngest son OF William and Drusa Butterworth,
aged months and "a days.
The relatives and friends of the family respect
OF his parents, No. 2809 Washington avenue, on
wednesday, the llth instant, at o'clock. Interment
at Mount Moriah Cemetery.
C0ATES-On the 9th instant, CHARLOTTE
COATES, wife of William Coates. aged 35 years.
The relatives and friends respectfully Invited
attend the funeral, on Wednesday morning, the llth
Instant at O'Clock, from the residence of her hus-
band, No. 5ll N. Twenty. fifth street.
EISENBRAUN On Sunday morning. September s.,
departed this life CAROLINE EISEN NBRAUN,
IN the hope of glorious resurrection, and in the 22d
year of her age.
The funeral will take place from the house OF the
bereayed parents No 1928 Market street. West PhiIa
proceed to Mount Moriah Cemetery
INGRAM.-On the 7th instant, TAYLOR INGRAM,
In the 5lst year of his age
The friends and relatives respectfully invited
attend the funeral from his late residence No 1875
O'Clock p. NJ. without further notice.
MCDEVITT.-On the 10th Instant MARY ELIZA
BETH MCDEVITT, In the SD year Of her age.
A Christian mother. ..
Her friends and those Of the family are invited TO
2229 Fibert street.
Due notice of the funeral will be given.
MARLEY.-On the 9TH ant, ROSANNA MAR
LEY in the s0th year of her age.
The relatives and friends are respectfully Invited to
attend the funeral, from her late residence No. 332
Union street, on Wednesday, the llth instant, at
o'clock p NJ.
WoODWARD.-on the 9th instant, after lingering
Illness, RACHEL A.. wife OF Gavin II. Woodward.
The relatives and friends of the family respect
18th instant at O'Clock, from her late residence No.
1710 Vine street. S%*
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RAIDS INNEW YORK.

Operations Of n Band OF Robbers at
WesthoId, ChRutauquo COunty-NearIy
Every House in the Town PIunderod-
Arrest OF One Of the Supposed Thieves
and Surrounding Of the Others.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 9-During the past two
weeks has been committed in WesLneld, Cha
tauque county, number OF robberies Every
effort or the police of Rochester New York, and
Buffalo to capture the guilty parties has failed.
The first of these robberies was committed two
weeks since by three persons, who entered the
mouse of a citizen of Westfeld, while the
iamily were at tea, and presented pistols to the
heads OF the Inmates, demanding what money
ara valuables were In the house, and threat
eDlng 10 nre II any alarm was given, while one
OF the rufhans searched the house, The bur-
glars only received a little over SIO0 in this
attempt. On the same evening they visited the
HIM 5000. ~ " 'D
Since then the robbers have visited nearly
every house in Chautauque county. on Satur.
gay the trio OF burglars at the Ripley crossing
TOUR miles from West field, entered the house or
Mr.. Siggins, a wealthy oil merchant while the
family were at tea, and took from the
SAFE, In the presence of MIR. Siggins and
MS family, sixteen hundred dollars in
1'3Os, with which they escaped. On Sum
day, Mr.. Harrington, the village constable at
the mead OF one hundred and fifty volunteers
went IN search of the burglars, and managed to
capture one Of them near the village. He then
in which IL is supposed the other two burglars
are concealed, rendering escape impossible.
Up TO the present there has been no further
arrests, although the volunteers are still on
duty. The people of Westdeld threatened TO
lynch the prisoner in their hands.
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TRAGEDYAT BOURBON, IND.
An Old Woman Beaten to Death with an
AKe-RObbCry the Murderer's Object-A
Man Arrested on Suspicion.


Man Arrested on Suspicion.
BOURBON, Ind, Sept. Tone of the most hor-
r1ble and brutal murders it has ever been my
duty TO record has just been committed one and
nall miles east OF here, on the line OF the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway, Toe
name OF the murdered woman is Barbara CathaE
rtne Dale, and her age is tifty-siX years. She
came from Germany to this country seven years
ago with her only son, an industrious lad of
about twenty years of age who supported him.
self and mother In a comfortable manner In the
employ of The railroad company, % uay
laborer. Tn two owned piece of land, on
which they had built a small log cabin suffi.
ciently comlnodlous for their own comfort and
convenience. TLi5lnorninG they arose usual
the boy went to his work and the mother to her
wash-tub to finish washing some clothes, which
were needed for their sunday change OF clothing.
the boy was working during most OF the
forenoon within half mile of the house, aud
nothing occurring to attract his attention in
that direction, he continued until no IN, when
he Went to the house for dinner. On arriving
at the house he found things conside erably dis.
arranged, and on exalntn alton he founi one
of the drawers In the bureau broken open aud
a twenty dollar national bank BILL a fifty cent
piece and Smith WeSsOn revolver Missing.
He made search for his mother, but she c ouid
the facts to his brother laborers. who at oncs
alarmed the neighborhood, and the people of
this place, believing she had been foully dealt
WITH but short time elapsed till the most
dlligent search was being made in every direc.
tion from the house, and it was not long until
condition, near an old decayed stump about
ond hundred feet from the house.
1t was heart;rending in the extreme to behold
the young man lamenting over the mangled
remains of bis mother, as she lay welterlng In
the clotted blood that escaped from her nostrils
and ears, produced by the terrible blows she
had received on the back part of her head with
an axe from the hand of her murderer. She
lay on her left elbow, apparently as she had
fallen with the left side OF her face buried in
the sand. Her sun-bonnet was tied tightly
about her neck, and so completely covered with
blood that the material of which IL was made
could not be told. Near her lay stick of wood
about two feet along.
She was removed 10 her house where an in
quest is now being held over her remains. An
axe was found several rods from where she lay
the blood on 1t giving unmistakable evidence
that 1t was the instrument by which she was
killed. Suspicion strongly points to a German
named George II. Scintle as being connected
with the murder, and his arrest has just been
effected.-PHtSbuT0 Commercial
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THE POLITICAL WORLD.

The Massachusetts Republican state
COnventiOn-senatOr Wilson and the
Liquor Question.
BOSTON, Sept. 9-There is an increased in
terest evinced in State politics as the time of
the meeting of the Republican Convention APP
proaches Wednesday next. There win be a
strong delegation present who will press q
liquor license platform, and another clique will
the straight Republicans will resort to every
means to silence the guns OF both the license
and prohibition men, and keep the rum ques-
tion out of the Convention altogether; and In
doing this there will probably be pretty lively
Hon. Henry Wilson will preside, and In his
opening speech he will counsel the party TO
support the Congressional policy of reconstruct
tion, charge the present condition of the country
upon the President, and compliment Secretary
Stanton for the course he has taken. Mr.. VIII
son and his more intimate friends will insist
that in the present condition of national
affairs, local differences should not disturb
them, while there are those OF both the proht-
the long agitated question should be now
settled.
Opening of the New Jersey Campaign
Democratic Mass Meeting in Military
Park, Newark.
NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 9-The Democracy
opened the campaign this evening by mass
meeting In Military Park. Several thousand
persons were In attendance. The result of the
election In California was referred to as good
omen by the speakers.
AddRess by Gov. Orr OF South Carolina.
Al recent meeting in behalf OF reconstruc-
tion, in Belton, S. O., Governor ]. L. Orr spoke
and addressing the whites. advised them to
register and vote fer q Convention, as IL was
folly and madneEg to attempt to defeat that
object. There-Xere 10000 negro voters against
$4,000 wtfIfees. and as the Convention would look
TO ~ interest of the black man, II could not
Pelsxpected that one of them would vote against
IT. than admonished the freedmen that they
,,1,Ist he Industrious and save their money, and
Ihusas I'D them that II they attempt oppression
Is 1ta NShites now while in the majority. 1t
OF oi,esbt be visited upon them in the future, when
iuhishsIance OF power would be different, as no
e tno necroes were to be brought to this country.
NJ idisabnsed their minds OF the Idea that they
hSenid he ohfain lands from the Government. and
Wvus.d Wvsged that this was not even desirable upon
| ssheir mart. The Governor presented every
rpase of the issues before the people with great
Eorce and ability and 70 the satisfaction OF his
hearers.
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Shin News.

FoRTREss MONROE, Sept. lO.-The steamship
rived here last night, to wing the disabled Hay
ten corvette Alexander petion, from Haytl for
New York, which, off Bermuda, on Sept l, en-
cOuntered heavy gale lasting two days. She
lost her rudder, and her boiler gave out. Spoke,
after the gale, steamer Arizona, from New
York for Aspnwall, all right. The Grenada
sailed last night for Charleston. The corvette
reDalrs at Norfolk
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UEEKIeHBoRLY FRAcAs.-Thomas SohliVely
is the name of q valiant and pugnacious Teuton,
whose castle is In Lithgow street, near GiraId
avenue. Herr SchliVely was sitting upon the
fropt portals OF his abode, when an lnconside-
rate German woman, who occupied the neigh
boring domain, threw some water out OF q
window. AS the wind was blowing towards
the trascible Herr, fewldrops OF the water,
moistened his face. Had 1t been beer there
would have been no further consequences TO
record, but having national dislike to water
instead OF cooling him 1t made his anger wax
hot, and ne defied the woman. Not content TO
express his feelings In words and threatening
to kill her, he went into his abode, and procur-
ing a hatchet he sailed forth, and pursued the
offending German female with the intention OF
decapitating her. He caught her and made
furious blow at her head with the hatchet, but
~ missed its mark and struck her in the hand.
Herr Sohlively's courage cooled down at the
sigcto blood, and the police being attracted to
tne spot by the noise of the combat, took the
lrate German into custody He was taken
before Alderman Shoemaker, who, after hear
ing the iaots OF the case, held him In $1,000 ball.
TO answer the charge of assault and battery
with intent 70 kill.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-10

PETTY POLICE CAsHs.--Charles Chambers
had nearing upon the charge of stealing three
Darrels OF whisky from DOCK street wharf, yes
teroay aIIernoon, before Alderman Morrow.
When arrested he was in the act of rolling the
70 answer.
John Hoy. aged twelve, and James Young,
aged eleven winters, respectively, Who though
young In years, and one of them in name are
well known as professional market thieves
were arrested Yesterday for committing denres
dations upon the farmers in South Second street
market. They had q hearing before AIderman
charge of larceny. 49,
Samuel Printer, a youth OF eighteen, was ar
rested upon a charge OF committing an assaS,it
upon his mother. This brave and chiyaIrons
youth, VINO resides at Seventeenth and Richards
streets, had a nearing before Alderman swift
answer.
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--latest Markets by Telegraph.

NEW YORK Sept. l0-Cotton quiet at 266a261Sc Flour
sdvancing prices 20 cents higher l0oO barrels sold
State, S76061ll; Ohio, S9I061l2; Western, S95Od
i2i5 Southern sl025@i45o California, sl22j@I3'5O
scive. 1000 bushels sold, Western Sl29 Oats uuet:
20OOO bushels sold; Western, 707 cents. Beef quiet
Lard SteadY at 12Gn14lkc - ~ ~