The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-03-22


Rails County (Moy) Record. shot his
wife last week. having mistaken her for
burglar. Mrs. Mayhall had got out of
bed aud gone into an adjoining. unoccu
pied>t5om. when she threw open the vim
dow, Ibe noise Of which awoke her bus
baud. Who ssizsd his revolver, snd seeing.
as be imagined. burglar efte'ibg an en-
trace, fred ball into his wife's shout
der.
An inquest has been held at Lafayette,
Ind. upon the body Of Jonathan Fisher
who was fuundAdead ia his bed at the
American. House on the 10Th inst. and
has terminated 10 : verdict of ''died By
the visitation of God" A paper was
produced at the inquest which bad been
found on the body of the deceased, and
was in his handwriting, in which be stat
ed that all his ''unfaithful and unjust ac,s
have been circumstantial and justif able"
that be was the Siclim OF ashameful con-
spiracys requesting The genilemsd 10 in;
sure their lives; asserting that be had got
sick Notwithstanding; that be Was too
virtuOus TO die lingering death; and re-.
questiUg decent burial. 4
The following is the population of ten
of the principal towns of France: Paris.
1895. 484-doubled since 1871; Lyons,
333.9 Marssillss. $40. 49,. Bordeaux,
Is4.24ls Lille. 1854 .7ss: Toulouse. I96.
$50; Nantes, 1885, Rousn. 100 $40;
Saint E.isuns sc. $50; StrasbOOurg. a.
1877. -
! There are, doubtless. more than, Eve
million bead of meat cattIs in Tex,s. Ia
1860 theirs were 1 ,535. 1853 head of mich
cows, working oxen. and other cattle re-
ported. No stock raiser knows anything
like the precise number of his animals, sc
they range over a vast extent of country.
are never fed, worked, or MIXED,
| Hon. E. B. WashBurn, of Illinois, is in
Paris, receiving medical treatment. Like
many other Americans now on the other
side of the Atlantic. he is broken down
from hard work. He hopes that rest and
relaxation from the cares and anxieties of
public life will soon restore al over work
ed organism. He is living very quietly
and avoiding all excitement.
a dispatch from White Cloud, Kansas,
of the l3sbinst., says: "The court house
at Troy. the county seat of this county.
was burned this afternoon. The fire was
caused BY defective f1ue in the sheriff's
office. The records were all saved, but
are badly mixed up. The building was
insured for 81, 900. "--Ledvsnworfh Bal
Ietin.
The Leavenworth Conservative says:
The Thirtieth United States Infantry is
in camp on the north side of the South
Platte. opposite Juiesburg. awaiting re
crutes. About two hundred are required
to GIL up the regiment, when it is to be
put uuder marching ordes for Fort Phil.
Learney or some other northern post.
A great many desertions from the regi
ment have occurred sinea It's arrival on
the plains.
New Hampshire held her election on
the 18th inst, aud elected Gen. Hxrri
man, Republican Governor, by over three
thousand, the three members of Con.
gress. eight Of the twelve Safe Senator's.
and a majority of eighty in the H1use of
Representatives. Well done for the old
Granite State !
HANGING IN ILLINOIS few week,
since, the Hon. Marvin II. Boyee ofWis-.
eonsin-au iuveterate, active opponent OF
the galIoWs-Went into Illinois, and open
ed there a campaigu against legal killing.
He found very few to unite with him in
any positive effort, though his cause had
many tepid Well-Wishers- Yet, by srgu
ment and Representations. he procured the
passage through the Legislature. Of an act
which will probably reduce the death
sentences in that State to very few.
| By this act, the jury which conyicts =
culprit of felonious homicide vests in the
cOnvicting jury power to decide whether
the penalty shall be death, imprisoume nj
for life. or Imprisonment for a term Of
years. By virtue of this act, Horace
Brown, just convicted of Enthusiastically
killing Philip Appertnau in Chicago,
May II. 1865. has been sentenced by the
jury to serve ten years in the PeniGenliary
at joliet. The Chicago Republican says
he owes bis life to N. H. BOvse.
If the opponents Of legal killing in any
State should wish to engage the services
of Mr.. BOvee, be may be addressed at
E"gle, Wisconsin,. H@
Lo.THE Poor IND1AN.-Kansaa, or apv
other Stale. has been troubled long
enough with Indians. Nothing is so OBJ
noxous in cur eyes as q savage. The
only way to civilize an Indian is by a cor
ruption Of blood. about the fourth cross
with the Anglo Saxon; and then the pro-
ducIion is generally inferior TO either An
ola nP nd ~