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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-12-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

GREAT DIsCoVERY.-Prof. Bell, who
has been making geological survey of
the Lake Superior region, has just re-
turned to his winter quarters, and re-
ports the discovery of Lake Nipigon,
which will rank, in point of size, with
the other great lakes of the st. Law
renee, forming the sixth and last in the
great chain. The Professor thinks Lake
Nipigon will be found to excel in area
Lake Ontario or Lake Erie. This great
lake is drained by the Nipigon river, or
upward continuation of the st. Law
renee, beyond Lake Superior, which is
described as very large clearwater
stream some thirty miles in length. 1t
is fed by upward of dozen rivers of
considerable size. Many beautiful is
lands are scattered throughout its whole
extent, presenting a great variety in
size, form and elevation. The above
facts, with others, in relation to this dis
covery, are given by the Toronto Globe.
1t is little singular that this discovery
has not been made before.
We have heretofore neglected to
mention that our old friend A. r. Banks
is candidate for Chief Clerk of the
next House of Representatives. There
for the position, and this fact being ex-
tensively known in the State, he will be
hard to beat.
= The White Cloud Chief, which is
now the .'leading paper" has telegram
announcing the death of the Postmaster
General on reading Web. Wilder's
"open letter."
= The Eureka Herald announces that
it has good printer. We congratulate
the readers of the paper.
= What an easy thing it is for a man
to say what he would do if he was in
somebody else's place but you never
hear him blow about what he don't do
in his own place.
1t is said that Kansas City is well
supplied with simple, plain, fancy and
very DRINKS.
A Paris doctor has discovered a
way to reduce whisky blossom to
lily white by means of electricity.
This must become immensely popular in
some localities. Look to your noses,
tipplers, ard take in the signs.
Many of our exchanges are pre-
dieting a severe winter. 1t may be in
teresting to such, and weather prognos-
ticators in general, to know the signs ac-
cording to Josh Billings Farmers AL
minax:" "When yu see thirteen geese
walkin injun file, and toeing in, you can
deliberately bet yure last surviving dol
lar on a hard winter, and CRATE fiuktu-
business during the next season in the
price of cow-hide boots"
$4,000 hogs have been killed in
Chicago this season up to noon last Sat
urday, 1900 were killed last year to
the same date.
- Horace B. Clafiin s. Co., of New
York, it is said, sold dry goods to the
amount of eleven millions of dollars
during the last forty days.
= The gold medal recently awarded
the State of Kansas for the finest exhi-
bition of fruit at the Pathological Con.
gress, is now on exhibition in Philadel-
phia.
| A tornado laid a considerable por-
ton of Georgetown, Colorado, in ruins
on the 18th ult. During the storm the
air was filed with trees, lumber, small
stones, and articles ofevery description.
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Your Committee had hoped to effect
ere this a sale of the entire body of
lands belonging TO the Institution, at
fair rates. But up to the time Of writ
ing this report, only about one-eighth of
the land, the five sections on the Saline
River in Saline Co, has been disposed
of, and this not fully So A bargain
has been made, through the agency or
/ Wight and Norton, Real Estate
! Agents at Salina, with gentlemen from
! Illinois, for these five sections at The
| rate OF six dollars aud fifty cents per
acre. The writings binding the parties
to the transactions have not yet been
signed; and therefore no funds have
vet been derived from this source. In
the Judgment of your Committee, act
i've measures should be set on foot
looking to a speedy sale of all the
lands. A new appraisal of the value
of the lands should be made by a COM
miffee of competent persons appointed
for the purpose. The appointment of
special agent, upon the plan adopted in
the disposition of the Agricultural
College lands, is looked upon with
favor by your Committee.
In making up the estimate of needed
appropriation for 1870, your Committee
has been influenced by desire to pro-
mote the best interests of the School,
rendering it as useful and efficient as
possible but have borne in mind that
the closest economy and most prudent
management are of prime necessity in
administering the affairs in every de-
partment of our State Government. es-
pecially at the present. time, and in
view of the number of State Institu-
tons requiring aid. Endeavoring to
exercise the utmost discrimination and
care, avoiding the expenditure of every
dollar which can possibly be omitted,
they are inclined to entertain the opinion
that the establishment of the new Pro-
fessorship, recommended in the excel
lent, accompanying report of the Prin-
cipal, and referred to in the able Visit
ors' Report, ought to be deferred for.
the present. In making this sugges-
ton, your Committee desire to be um-
derstoOd, not, in any sense, as calling i'll
question the importance of the depart
ment, but as deprecating the expendit-
ure of the amount which would be re-
quired for the new Professors salary,
until a portion, at least, of the endow-
ment fund can be made available to
assist in meeting current expenses.
The Committee would be glad to see
the suggestions of Professor Kellogg in
regard to boarding cottages, carried
into effect the present winter; but, for
the reasons mentioned in the proceed
ing paragraph, they have thought it
best not to mention any specific sum
for this purpose in the estimate of
needed appropriation for the coming
year, which we here present, referring
you to the reports of the Principal and
Board of Visitors for statements res
pecting the items enumerated.
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NORMAL REPORTS.

In to-day's paper will be found the
annual reports of the Principal, the
Executive Committee, and the Board of
Visitors of the State Normal School
for the year 1869. They make an en-
couraging exhibit of the affairs of the
school, and all of them should be read
carefully, especially by members of the
Legislature, in order that all may see
what is being done with the money APP
propriated for the running of this in
stitution.
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A. ID. RICHARDSON.

On Friday morning last the news
reached us that Albert D. Richardson
was shot, on the day before, at the N.
Y. Tribune Office, by Paul Mcfarland,
and probably MORALLY wounded. At
last accounts he was thought to be grad
ually sinking away, and that there were
no hopes for his recovery. Mr.. Rich
ardson is we'll known as a correspondent
of the Tribune, author of "Beyond the
Mississippi" and other works, and he is
Us universally beloved and esteemed as
he is widely known. The inte diligence
sent thrill of sadness to thousands of
hearts throughout the country. The
cause of the shooting was jealousy. 1t
seems that for years Mcfarland has mis-
treated his wife, who was an accom-
plished woman. In Richardson she
found friend and sympathiser. 1t is
alleged by his friends that nothing of
criminal nature had ever existed be-
Farland shot and slightly wounded Rich
ardson. The latter published a card
that he would marry Mrs. Mcfarland so
soon as a divorce could be obtained.
We cannot help but think Mr.. Richard
son did wrong in thus interferi ng with
the family relation. We regard his ac-
ton in the matter as a stain upon his
otherwise splendid reputation and char
acter. He was wrong in encouraging a
separation, and wrong in publishing to
the world that he intended to marry the
woman when divorced. He should have
left the parties to settle their own diff
culties in their own way. But the
shooting was in no wise justifable. Mr..
Richardson and Mrs. Mcfarland (who
obtained a divorce by living in Indiana
for the year past, and whose name was
restored to Miss Abbie Sage, her maid
en- name,) were married on Wednesday
evening last by Henry Ward Beecher.
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LOoK orr FOR THE CARS.

A citizen who was up yesterday
where the track layers are at work on
the Southern Branch Railroad, informs
us that the track was within four miles
of, town, and that the iron was being
put down at the rate of one mile and
quarter per day, also, that he was in
formed by the men that they expected
to reach here next Monday with the
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RAILROAD CELEBRATIoN.-The peo-
pie of Americas will celebrate the
opening of the Southern Branch Rail-
way, by big dinner, speeches, ETC., on
Thursday of next week. Invitations
will be extended for a large number of
guests, and good time is anticipated.
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RAILROAD MEETING.-A meeting will
be held at the church, o-morroc-Sat-
urday-evening to make arrangements
for the Railroad Celebration. Let
there be general turnout, and every
body prepared to take hold of the mat
tiers in earnest Turn out.
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NOTICE.
Q. 5. LAND OFFICE,

TOPEKA Ms, NOV. -, %
All the books and papers of the Land
Office were destroyed by fire last night,
and there is no record of this months
business, except the receipts in the hands
of the parties to whom they were issued.
All parties having receipts of any kind,
issued during the present month, are re-
quested to forward them at once to this
Office. with their postoffice address, and
we will record the entries and return
the receipts to the parties. This is the
only way in which parties can protect
their own interests, and secure the prop
err entries upon the records of the office.
All business up to the first of this month
has been reported to Washington, and
the records are safe
Address,
REGISTER OF LAND OFFICE,
Topeka, Kansas.
Ira II SMITH, Register.
.TorI. HINTON, Receiver.
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PRAIRIE FIRE.-A letter from upper
South Fork, Chase county, says: On the
evening of the 18th ult. a prairie fire
came in on us about O'Clock A. NJ.
The wind blew very strong from the
5. w. and carried the head fire so fast
that before any of the settlers were
aware of their danger, it was right on
them. Roads and fire breaks were no
barriers at all. The entire country be-
tween the head of Walnut and South
Fork as far as hatfield Green burned
over in about an hour. The sight was
perfectly awful. Considerable damage
was done by bnrning fences, and Mrs.
White had one stack of hay burned.
Daniel Allen only succeeded in saving
his house by the hardest of work. He
lost all his forage and all his wheat in
the bin. The fire being within 100
yards of his house when he woke up.
l lost about 200 yards of fence before 1
could get the better of the fire. All the
neighbors turned out and worked hard
until the side fires were snbdued.
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No better proof of continued pros
perity for Americas could be offered
than the fact that our oldest and most
substantial farmers are investing in its
lots, and number of them are engag-
ing in business in town. When such
men as A. G. Edmiston, who is about
to open large lumber yard, and j. w.
and Sam. A. 10y, who are going into
the grocery business, forsake the most
profitable farms in the country and
come into town, strangers ought not to
be afraid to invest here. The fact is,
Americas is coming up rapidly, and
people are beginning to see that tho
end is not yet. Five new buildings are
under contract, all to be put up as fast
as the work can be done. John 10y,
P. B. Campbell, j. Adair, G. Wise, and
Sam. 10y will all build first-ciass resi-
dences between this time and next
summer.
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LEcTURE.-E. w. Cunningham, of
Emporia, will deliver lecture at the
church on Friday evening of next
week to the children of Americas, up
on the subject, Common Things" Old
folks not excluded. An entertaining
lecture may safely be expected.
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We understand the Methodist Episco-
pal church of this place is taking steps
toward the early erection of a large
church edifice. The enterprise appears
to meet the wishes of all our citizens.
and we hope to see the undertaking car
ried through.
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a meeting is to be held this evening
to take steps toward organizing sing
ing class, with Prof. NJ. III. Havenhill as
teacher. Last winter our class number
ed upwards of fifty, and we think a
larger one can be made up this winter.
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SINGING ScHooL.-A class in singing
will be organized in this place, on
Tuesday evening, December 14th, I'M
der the direction of Prof. NJ. II.
Havenhill. Tickets for the course, can
be had at either of the stores in Ameri-
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j. w. and Samuel A. 10y, the latter
of whom has returned to Americas,
have determined to build each a resi-
dence in town, and to put up at once a
large store house and engage in the
grocery and provision trade. David
10y has also bought a business lot, and
is going to put up building and keep
a boarding house and bakery and res
taurant attached. These parties are
among our most esteemed citizens, and
have the qualifications and means for do
ing large business. They will prove a
very important acquisition to our town,
as well as to the trade. Sam. 10y has
the material already on the ground for
his residence.
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Tha Governor offers reward of six
hundred dollars for the apprehension OF
Max Childers and Jonas Coats, two
Texans, who, it is alleged, killed J. NJ.
Buchanan, policeman, at Junction City
on the 18th of November.
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j. ID. Gibson received the first ship
ment of goods over the railroad to this
place. They came down on the first
train, and arrived last Friday.
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The railroad is making business live
ly in town. There are two construc-
ton trains on the road near this place
at present, and the workmen are num-
bered by the hundreds. A good many
passengers are coming in on the trains,
teams and men.
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Straved or Stolen

TNRoM the undersigned, ON the 18th of Octo-
Der. the following described stock: A
dark iron gray horse, three years old last
spring, about l41< hands high, branded - j.
b. :" on the right shoulder; also. mare about
the same size and age, little lighter color,
and with same brand: also, mule horse colt.
In the brand the j. H. are connected
Information leading to the recovery of The
above animals, viii be literally rewarded.
WI. COTTINGHAM.
Four miles west Of Emporia.
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Americas Department.

Our friend and townsman, NJ. S. Pr
per, was married in New York recently
to Florence D. Glass.
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We have received note from Max
Fawcett, of Emporia, in which he says:
''Tell your Americas school district
officers that if they will prepare the
ground properly for them, and give
them proper care, will give them five
dollars worth of shade trees to plant
around their school house."
A very liberal offer, and one it
would be we'll to accept.
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A special train, bearing Judge Levi
Parsons, President of the road, Robt. s..
Stevens, General Superintendent, Geo.
Dennison, Director, and others, came
down to Americas on the 10Th. After
spending couple of hours examining
the work and conversing with our citi-
zens, they went back to Junction City.
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God fell to 1.2115 in New York, No
vember 80, and closed at 1.231S.
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c. V. ESKRIDGE.)
JACOB sToTLER, Elk. Com.
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Corn Wanted.

T WILL pay cash for good quality Of corn
Oct. %. 4.s 9. W. SUTTON.
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Those who come first VIII get first choice.
liberal discount to those who buy in guam
titles.
This stock will be sold as cheap as It can be
obtained from any other Nursery.
p. G. HALLBERG.
Emporia, Nov. 5, 1859.
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JOEL HuNTooN, Receiver.
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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-14
' EUROPE.
a Decree by tho Pope.

Decree by the Pope.
ROME, December IL.
The Pope uccrccS u dissolution Of the QIct-
mencal Council In case OF his death. Only car
diuals may vote for his successor.
Prim und the Throne.
PARIS, December 13.
Private alvlccs from Madrid say that Prim con-
templates proc!alming the Duke OF Genoa king,
aud himself regent during the Dukes minority
Prm denies contemplating n coup d'rtat but be-
licrcs that an immense majority Of tho people
favor tho Duke OF genoa.
Marine Disaster.
LIVERPOOL, December l3.
The American ship Crescent City, from Savan-
nah, October 80, for Liverpool, was abandoned at
sea- She was loaded with cotton.
Tho Troubles in Ircinnd.
LONDON, DecGmbcr IL.
The government has determined to send 5000
troops to Ireland, and upon the meeting OF Parlia-
mcnt bill will he introduced authorizing the
suspension OF the habcas corpus.
Thc French Finances
PARIS, December IS.
The annual report OF the Minister OF Finance
reports Tile financial condition to bc satisfactory.
Reasonable Rejoicing.
Madrid, December Ii.
There Is great rejoicing over the release OF the
gunbouts
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-N1ahomet.s birthday was celcbratc,l at r.,

-Nahomets birthday was celebrated at CAL
ro on the lst ultimo when The PROSTATE bodies
OF fanatics We're ridden over by the Sheik of
Bekrcc, live snakes were eaten, glass crunched
and swallowed, bodies slushed with swords
cheeks and breasts pierced with sharp metal
instruments. which were LEFT sticking in the
wounds they made, and hundreds of men and
boys slrieked and wrlthed and wrestled in
what professed to be mad ecstacy OF religious
feryor. All this was gone through in the pull
lie streets in broad daylight, and in the pre-
sencc Of. rs many lookers-on rs could be
crammcd together OH the Hat roofs. or could
see from the windows Of the houses, or at the
gratlngs Of the mosque at which the festival
eliminated. II Is said that the Sheik was druul,
during the ceremonies. Ills eyes were closed
throughout, his face was white 10 ghastlIness.
his body had the helpless swaying motion of a
corpse held up. He was gorgeously dressed.
ana wore an immense turban OF green shawl
pattern. Ills hands held the brfdlc, but thev
were limp and useless, and his horse was led
By two attendants. AS he approached, the
convulsve twitching of the arms and legs OF
those prostratc grew more and more prono,,nc.
cd, and then the tramplIng under foot began.
nomellncs on the centre OF the back, Ottener
Del"cen TWO men, so rs to stand on tho heshy
paris OF the Sides of both, the horse went
steadily on until all down had borne a portion
OF It and Its riders weight. No one seemed
much hurt, however. The very tIghtness of
the packing gave certain power of resistance
10 the concrete mass Of humanity, and directly
the Sheik passed, those behind Jumped up.
many Of them going forthwith into convul.
sioEs.
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in the House Thursday, and referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee. Tl.c provisions of the bill
are, that planters, farmers anu gardeners must
protect their Crops, OF whatever nature, by
fences, which must DC sufficiently high and
strong to protect tho crops from inroads OF
cattle or stock Of any kind: and if such crops
SO protected are destroyed or injured by in
roads of cattle or stock, the owner can sue
and recover from the owncr Of tho cattle or
stock damages.
run AND SEE THE SOLDIERS"
bill now i'll tho hands Of the mcmbcrs pro-
vidcs that Joseph w. Lloyd, George ID. Mitch
ell, George Slmons, Charles Tolllycr and james
Williams be made body polite, under the
name and title Of the Delaney Rifle Guards
the name OF II colorcd soldier company OF
Charleston.
INVALID CLERdYlES.
Mcssrs. John IL. Cornish, Win. II. CLARK, Mo-
relic Fowler, Amory Coffin, NJ. d., IL. w.
Raycncl, George W. Rose, are the gentlemen
named in bill requesting incorporation under
the name OF n ''iIomc for Invalid Clcrgymcn"
These gentlemen propose to have the "IIomc"
located In Aiken, for invalid clcrrymen for the
Protestant Episcopal Church, nnti others In
communion with II, and are to have power and
capacity 10 take, purchase, hold and convey
property, real and personal, not exceeding in
value one hundred thousand dollars.
FER DIEM.
The Senate committee on Finance, to whom
was referred the bill 10 make All appropriation
of sl25,000 for the payment OF the per diem
and mileage OF the members OF the General
Assembly, and the salaries OF the subordinate
officers, and other expenses incidental thereto,
reported on Friday, recommending that $780,
600 he appropriated, on the ground that il
might be necessary, and twas useless TO 20
through the trouble Of passing another bill.
Corbln desired to know ir the committee hail
any data by which they could Judge when the
General Assembly would adjourn. The reply
was that the committee had no reliable data,
but It was supposed that the adjournment
would occur about the latter part OF February.
The recommendation was voted down, and the
bill to appropriate sl25,0OO read the second
time. L.