The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-02-21
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS. +
Grow ana Curtin are struggling to OBJ
tain the Pennsylvania Republican dele
CATION to support their claims 10 th0
Vice Presidency. Grows friends clan"
the vantage ground.
John G. Breckenridge was at Con-
December Is, en- route for
Syria.
Illinois has 1924 miles Of railrca ;, !
built and equipped at a cost of s149,-
54O,95O.
--Mosby 1.-The celebrated guerrilla,
is successfully engaged as an agent OF
the United States Emigration company,
in populating Virginia by importation.
Somebody at Washington says that
when Ben. Wade asked Mr.. Stanton
the other day, if he didn't intend to re-
sign pretty soon, he replied. @Sir, /
would as soon think of turning over the
War Department to rebels during the
War. as of surrendeIing my trust now
into the hands of Andrew ohnson."
"A Democratic paper having said
that General Sherman is the coming
man. Georgia editor replies: "We
shall be sorry if he comes this way
again; we don't want to see him."
The wife of wholesale grocer of
Pittsburgh, recently quietly discarded
for her indiscretions, has been discov-
cred as member of the ballet troupe,
dancing in the Black Crook tIAero. Theirs
10 considerable excitement about 1t.
The arrival of Dickens democrat
] lied the Bostonians. A respectable di.
vine of that city recently appeared be.
fore his people q. an evening entertain
i ment, to read one of his peculiar produc.
! tons, behind a little crimson-covered
stand with rose stuck in his button
hole.
The Cheyenne Argus says that thu
Union Pacific Railroad has pile Of Goa
containing thousands of tons, in tina
city, ready for the tlse of their locomo
tive engines.
The Denver Board of Trade hav'
set to, work to gather and publish tn
statistics in regard to the location ant
extent of the coal fields of Colorado.
The reports from Washington stat
that it is generally understood that tn
Ways and Means Committee will bring
in measure increasing the volume o
currency at least fifty millions.
The Illinois Central Insurance Com
pany of Decatur is pronounceo ae he
5 worthless affair. Look out for it.
London advices report that Mexic
. repudiatad all foreign debts but thos
: due the United States. Much indigns
ton in England. Rumor states that. a
English feet will hold Mexican port
till satisfaction is given. The Frenc
: decline to cooperate. '.,.i rssl
f Sergeant Bates, now walking fro1
9 Memphis to W ashington, reached Mon
3 gomery, Alabama, February 17th.. Ne
!, cordial meeting. The Sergeant cal
( ries United States flag.
e Tho Senate Military Committe hi
s reported against Brevetting Sherman {
! General. This action meets the GEL
f erals warm approval.
c "A dozen we'll known journals
=; in New. York intend to abandon the
d profession this year, ON account of I'll
It disproportion between labor and con
y pensatioE.
g "A bill has been introduced i'll I'll
. Senate, from its Judiciary Committe
i for the organization of the, Territory {
Wyoming. 1t is made up from the. we
i tern half of Dakota. The bill has n
Il peculiar feature. distinguishing it frol
u other Territorial bills, except that color
ed citizens are allowed to hold Office
well as vote. 'ts u = 10.
v Snow AMI strawberries seldom CON
It together. On January 18th the editc
+ of the New Orleans PicGyune had Q
e his table snow balls and strawbcrrie
o the latter raised in the open air.
o The Cheyenne argus says: An cl
e terprising individual is engaged in bo
n ing into one of the highest peaks of IL
i, Black Hills for a volcano, to be used
II the future Fourth of July exhibition
for Cheyenne, as well as on the occasio
y of the election of the next Presiden
IL He says if he does not strike sOmethin
: that will discount Vesuvius he will
l. disappointed; but if he succeeds, he
+ confident it will be big thing.
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