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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14
AN IMPORTANT RAILWAY PROJECT.

At least one more important TO the
interests of central and southern KAN
sas than any other that could be inan-
5ssssstH1, Arv9 jr.~t been stsr4oa iIl Tho
city, and under auspices that cannot fail
to lead to success. A company has been
organized by our leading citizens, to-
gether with a large number of the prom
inent and wealthy business pen of New
York. who are interested in the .Umon
Pacific Southern Branch railway, for a
railway from this city, to a competition
with the Central Branch Pacific road
near Waterviile or Irving, and thence
to the northern bounary of the State,
with the view of promoting eventual
ly the construction of the entire route
to Omaha. We say that it is a project
of the greatest importance to central
and southern Kansas, for this whole d.s-
trict is now dependent upon one outlet
for its produce and its travel, and that
outlet held in the grasp of a monopoly
whose policy reminds one. of the fable
of the goose that laid the golden eggs
1t IS Impossible that so large pop
ulation, and interests of such magni-
tude, should for any length of time sub-
init to such exactions as are imposed
upon the district of country now tr;h-
tary to the Kansas Pacific railway. The
rates of fare and the tariff of freight
nave dlulOSI pIOH1DlJcu ltEIA1ilS Ed1lOIl1
and are such an impost upon every
thing we require which we do not rails,
and upon everything we have to sell,
that it has become uncomfortable.
So long as there were no Interests
here except our producing population,
it was impossible to concentrate
strength enough upon any project which
should give relief. but strong organ
iZation has taken hold of one of our ia
vorite projects here, viz: the Southern
Branch road: and this company finds
the effort made to compel them to sub
NIT to the same exactions. They do not
propose 10 demonstrate long, but they
intend to construct line of road which
in less than fifty miles will give them
an outlet TO the East. Without fuss or
noise, but quietly and energetically,
they have in four months put our
Southern Branch in vigorous progress,
By the 18th of July the cars will be
running to the county line by the 18th
of August to Council Grove, and by the
LIST of October to Emporia. just as
quietly will those same interests, If en-
couraged as they should be by reason
able municipal aud county aid, and con-
Meeting roads, put Us in connection
with the East by another route, Com
petition only can relieve us from our
burden; and this competition we must
have. We bespeak for the new project
the heartiest aid and sympathy from
the whole community, and we trust that
another year viii relieve US from rates
of fare and freight which have no equal
for sppressiyeness OF this continent
junction CITY onion.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

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Illinois has 700 Masonic lodges, with
about 10000 members
A West Texas millionaire farmer has
fenced in pasture of 40, eco acres
The AIormons have I8 Sunday achOois,
with $500 attendants, at Salt Lake
City.
An. extensive grower of cranberries
at Hancock, Maine, claims to make
seventy:fve per cent. year on his in---
yestment.
The number of children of school
age in the State of Ohio, IS LOIS, 1872,
only about fye-ninths Of whom are
regular attendants.
The fruit crop of central Ohio is. re-
ported as looking very encouraging for
a large yield. i,s
The mescury stood at 81 degrees in
Charleston, S. c., on the 18th ult-
4 married lady in Nashville being
asked to waltz gave the following sens
ibIe reply mo, thank you, sir; have
huggfng enough at home -.
Notwithstanding the large amount
Of wine produced in California. the Pa1
cifiie Coast imports directly from
France at least 100000 worth Of
sparkling wines every Year,
The Atlanta Ns:e Era Of the 1sl says
Reports from the wheat crop in
Georsias are very encouraging, II 20
nnsoWard accident happens. tsuit CROP;
prospect very unfavorabzes rests late
In the season having ruined lle greater
portion OF II.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

The editor of the Columbus Georgia.
Sun gives the results of q tour of OBJ
serTation through a large part of that
State and Alabama. He thinks the
breadth of cotton to be sowed this
spring very much less than that of last
year. In most sections the number of
hands employed is fully one third be-
low that of 1868, and although fertiliz-
ers are more freely used than last year,
it is anticipated that the crop will be
decidedly smaller than for several years
mast +,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

The public debt already shows the
effects of honest administration. Last
mo nth at was reduced oyer two million
and half The statement for Jhis
month is so nearly prepared that fur
Their reduction of over two millions
more can already be announced. And
meanwhile there lies idle in the treas
ury over eighty millions of unproiuct-
i've gold. Part of it is required by law
to be used for the payment of interest !;
another part is as peremptorily required
to be used in the purchase of bonds in
the open market, to be set aside as a
sinking fund.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14
We find the following in the Hearth

and Home for HAY /:
A Coon ExAMPLE.-Horace Waters,
Piano and Music dealer, No. 4SI Broad
way, failed i'm 1854, owing a large sum.
He could then only pay small per
ceptagc, which wgs divided among his
creditors, and he was fully released
from all further liability. He comes
forward now most honorably and un-
.expectedIy, claiming ''the privilege" OF
paying the balance with interest to all
his creditors. He has paid US in full
with interest, and we take pleasure in
commenting bis example to all bank
rupts. He is the first and only case in
our business experience of more than
twonty wears where we have received
a dollar from bankrupt, after he has
been released from his Indebtedness.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14
NOTICE 80 STOCK GROWERS
THE YOUNG HORSE,

LO n E ST A r.
TWILL stand the ensuing season as follows:
Nv At the Stable Of tie snbscrihef during
each week until the 18th Of July. except on
Saturday Of each week, when be will be. found
at Groves Livery Stable In Emporia
LONE STAR Is jet black, four years old,
fifteen and one hall hands high.
tWiHserve mares st eight dollars to Insure a
mare 70 be with foaf; the money to be paid
when She Iaare Is known TO be with foaI or the
property changes hands. Due care will be TAX
en- 90 prevent accidents but no responsibility
for any to the subscriber.
JOSEPH PEAK.
April q, 1869. 1871
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

The ruling passion was recently ex-
hibited IN remarkable Dauper, on the
occasion of funeral. An old lady had
lost her husband, and the day of the
funeral, her Reighbors were somewhat
tardy in appearing at the solemnities.
"Nabby," said she, s'hand me my knit
ting 1 might as well be taking a few
stitches while the gathering is taking
place."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

Both houses of the Ohio legis;aturs
passed the bill giving the city Of Gin
cinnati authority to use ten million dol
lars for the purpose OF building ahort
meet with the Southern system Of rail-
roads at Chattanooga. The. work will
be undertaken at once and pushed for
ward vigorously.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

An .oia stable keeper In England says
he has never had a bad foot on his
horses since he cemmenced the practice
of bedding on thick layer of sawdust.
Pine sawdust be finds the best, oak the
worst
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

A Mississippi editor aud Justice OF
the peace married couple in 1858, di-
vorced them in 1860, married the man
to another woman in 1861, married the
last week he remarked the original
couple.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

The numbering season in the Sagf-
nav, michigan, region has just closed.
About 450,000,Goo feet of lumber have
been cut, but nearly one-third of it will
be left in the woods unless the streams
are speedily swollen by freshets.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

4 bogns pair of Siamese twins are
hoaxing the west of England. The fig-
ameut Connecting the twins Is of In
dia rubber, filed with hot water.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

Many 9 carefully tended window Of
house plants would do well If the old
fashioned open Are place and oil lamps
were TO replace the furnace, the tight
stove, and the gas-buBner.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

First class houses in Paris, In good lc-
caaities, rent ct 5000 to $4,000 per an
mum in gold.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

TWenty~seyen Thousand people trav-
eled over the Galveston road, between
Lawrence and ottawa, In March last.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

The Mornons have 1G4 elders. 50
priests, % teachers, and 80 deacons at
work in fondon.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14
EmpoRia Water Mill,
Tzy IN

Proprietor and Manager.
Located on the Cottonwood river, south of En-
poria, is now in
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION.
And is ready to do all kinds of grinding for
the public on its customary terms. The. pro-
prietor is determined that this mill shalt be
number one in every respect. Will keep -four
on hand At all times, and sell at the lowest
market prices. Will be responsible for all grists
and sacks. No grists delivered after dark. To
parties buying to sell again liberal discount
will be made, and the -four warranted.
FLOUR.-Spring wheat $5.25 per 400 lbs;
best, $3.50 per 100 lbs.
WHEAT WANTED.
Spring, 81 to $50; Fab as high as 81 "a.
This is above the Lawrence and Topeka prices.
The above prices ,yillb be paid for the next 10
or 20 days, with the advance of the market, As
soon as convenient after the above date shall
stop the mill for some time for the purpose of
putting on a new roof and making other repairs.
i viii not buy wheat TO keep over until start
again. The mill must be cleared Of wheat, and
Of course will quit buying before shut down.
w. T, SODEN.
Emporia, March -, 1859.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14
ALMERIN GILLETF,
A NEW TAILOR SHOP.

CHARLEY HA SSLER
"TOULD announce to the public that be has
w opened Tailor Shop mt the store Of g..
W. Frederick, I'm Emporia, where he will at
all times be ready to wait upon those who may
favor him with their patronage. Clothing re-
paired and renovated Clothing cut for others
to make, speciality.
Imam har
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14
Steers fOR. RnIQ

O - HEAD OF three, four and ave year old
Oh steers for sale at my place on Little
Walnut. ten miles southeast Of Eldorado, But
n w. 5. PACKARD.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30
An exchange furnishes an intercstin g

An exchange furnishes On interesting
account of breach ot-promise case
which was on trial in New York, the
plaintiff in which alleges that one night,
at her mothers house, the defendant
found dry wish bone, and proposed
that they should pull it. The bone
broke, each holding piece, and the GEN.
trail part fell upon the floor This, the
plaintiff holds, was interpreted by the
defendant IS sign that they should
marry soon. He explains by saying
that he remarked, lit seems we are to be
married at the same time: wouldn't you
like it? The plaintiff answered modest
ly, 'Tll bet would This is warning
20 unwilling bachelors to keep shy of
wish bones, Or to pull them without after
comment.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30
An act in Relation to Additional Boun.
ties and for other Purposes.

BE 1T ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE UNI
TED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS
ASSEMBLED, That when soldiers dis
charge states that he ia discharged by
reason Of expiration of term of service,
he shall he held to have completed the
full term of his enlistment and entitled
to bounty accordingly.
SIC 2 AND BE 1T FURTHER ENACTED,
That the widow. minor children, or pa
rents, in the order named, of any soldier
who shall have died, after being honor
ably discharged from the military serv-
ice OF the United States, shall be entitled
to receive the additional bounty to
which such soldier would be entitled if
living. under the provisions of the
twelfth and thirteenth sections Of an act
entitled AN act making appropriations
for sunday civil expenses of the govern
ment for the year ending June thirty,
eighteen hundred and siXty-seven and
for other purposes, approved July
twenty eight, eighteen hundred and SIX
ty six, and the said provis ions of said
act shall be so construed
Sec 3. AND BE 1T FURTHER ENACTED,
That all claims for the additional boun-
ties granted IN sections twelve and thir-
teen Of the act Of July twenty eight,
eighteen hundred and sixty. six, shall,
after the first of May next, be adjusted
and settled by the accounting officers OF
the treasury under the provisions OF
said act; and all such claims as may on
the said first of May be remaining in
the office of the Paymaster General un
settled shall be transferred to the Sec
ond Auditor of the Treasury for settle
ment
SEC. 4 AND BE- IT FURTHER ENACTED.
That all claims for bounty under the
provisions OF the act cited in the fore
going section shall be void, unless pre-
sentei in due form prior to the first day
Of December, eighteen hundred and
sixty nine
Apei ovei, March 3, 1863.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30

Cnba.-Cuba is yet, to of earnest though
ana faith in human progress the centre OF interest
and OF hope. Within her compressed borders civil
iIoertythe right OF the people to themselves
- IS undergoing crucial test. Lersundi rough and
Dulce bland having failed to quench the fires of
oution-the quenchless spirit of the times now
comes Roda the Catalonan; and with him the crisis.
soldier by trade, from province which produces
the soldiers OF Spain. and butcher by repute, his
hands yet red with the blood of Saragossa and Ca
dz and Malaga, he ia sent to queIl rebellion of the
nlnetee1th century after the fashion of the fifteenth
The case is made up, the issue joined 1t is the Old
World and its order against the New World and its
new gospel. The struggle is unequal one, but the
result will be so much the more decisive. Cabeero
de Roda brings with him the military skill of Europe
and the prestige of merciless success. 1t has been
his business to crush rebellion, and he has done it
long and well. Al his back ride the navies of a
kingdom with him come trained troops, supplies,
muntion 3, and money. TO supplement all. he finds
at Havana the we'll filled battaons of the volunteers
the scum of the resident Spanish adsenturers and
tradesmen, bloodthrsy and cruel cowardice-ft
tools for desperate work. To oppose him there are
only th influences and force which of old defended
the rude breastwo.ks of Bunkers Hill or held the
msagre lines at Valley Forge. 1t is the old struggle
of the colony against the rown-of the rights of all
against the vested usurputons of the few. Once al
ready this continent, this Issue, the fowl
ing piece has siienced the musket VIII not the
machete to day bear down the bayoDet ?-FFom Our
MONTHLY GOSSIP Lippincott's Nogdgtns.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30

WHISKY AND BEER-The journal has
been furnished with the following inter.
esting statistics in regard to the manu-
facture Of whisky and beer at the Nc
Gregor distillery in that city:
On the first of March there were in
store at the distillery warehouse 2,3l3
barrels of whisky, making in all 81 1856
gallons of the pure and adulterated spir-
its.
During the month of February there
were manufactured at the establishment
457 barrels, making 1908 gallons.
The amount C. beer made as the same
distillery, foots up 900, 355 gallons, and
the amount consumed is put down at
2lS, l59 gallons.
The number Of gallons of beer on
hand March LIST, 1869, was 1886 gal
Ions.
During the month of February 357
barrels Of whisky were withdrawn from
the government store house. Terre
Haute Express.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30
Manhood How Lost: How Restored.

- just published, new edition of DIR. Culver.
Wells Celebrated Essay the radical
~-> cure without medicine) of Sperm AroRRHRA, or
Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, In
POTENCY, Mental and Physical Incapacity, impede
ments to Marriage, etc Also CONSUMPTION, EPILEPSY
and FRS, induced by sclfindulgence or sexual ex-
travagance.
gssS Price in a sealed envelope, only cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable essay,
clearly demonstrates from thirty years successful
practice, that the alarming consequences of self
abuse may be radically cured without the dangerous
knife pointing out mode of cure OF once simple,
certain. and effectua by of which every suf-
ferer, matter what his condition may be, may
himself cheaply, privately. and radically.
~ This Lecture should be in tn. hands of every
youth and every man in the land.
Sent, under seal in plain envelope, 70 any ad-
dress, postpaid, receipt of six cents two post
stamps. Also, DR.. Culverwell's marriage Guide, -
price Is cents. Address the publishers,
CHAS. j. G KLINE h CO.,
1877 BOwery, New York, Post-Ofice Box 4, d Sc.
48lyl5SMP&CO.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30
Alexander T. Stewart "A Noble Charity.

In the last number OF the Scientific
American. we congratulated our readers
n pom the selection, by President Grant,
of Alexander L. Stewart. of this city, to
take charge of the Treasur,' Department.
The appointment was unanimously con-
frmed by the Senate, but the discovery
of q law made in 1889, which prevents
an importer from holding the Office OF
Secretary Of the Treasury, operated 10
compel Mr. Stewart either to retire from
business or to resign. Previous TO send
ing in his resignation, Mr.. Stewart sign
ed an agreement to make over the entire
profits Of his business to trustees, to be
applied by them to charitable uses; but
this did not meet the legal objection. It
10 estimated that had this noble propo.
elton been carried into effect, upward Of
six millions of dollars could have been
distributed to charitable purposes within
the next four years. The appo intment
of Mr.. Stewart inspired general conf.
dence in business circles; gold went
down and Government securities went
up; but the law was in the way, and it
was deemed unwise TO repeal Or modify
it to meet an individual case.
Mr.. Stewart is about to carry into eff
feet, in this city, his long contemplated
project Of erecting home for the work
ing women of this city, and hun dreds Of
men are now employed in digging for
the foundations On Fourth avenue, be
tween Thirty second and Thirty third
streets, and beyond the Harlem tunnel
The plot of ground contains twenty-five
city lots, and cost S220.000, upon which
Mr.. Stewart proposes to erect an iron
fire. proof building 1913 by 205 feet, It
cost Of e2,000,000 This is to be the
working women's hotel, where sewing
girls, female clerks, hard working wo-
men of every trade, are to be provided
with board and room for the smallest
possible sum, and the house is to be
managed in the best manner The
ground floor is to be let ont for stores,
the proceeds to be applied to the bui.d-
ing Of other similar institutions. The
edifice will not be completed in less than
two years. It is understood that Mr.
Stewart also proposes to put up, in time,
working mems hotel on the same
plan.-ScientiGc American.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30

1t is now supposed that Mr.. and Mrs.
Todd, Lebanon, who were reported as
murdered some days ago, came to their
death without the aid Of a third party.
1t is believed that the old man xii led
his wife and then committed suicide
This hypothesis is the result of q recent
examination of the bodies, they having
been disinterred for the purpose Of fur
Their inspection.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30

When Holloway gets his commission
as P. NJ. OF the indianapolis D. p. O..
viee Rose, removed, we hope matter will
be put through that costive concern
with some degree Of facility. Rose wa
ter is too weak a beverage to have any
effect on its internal mechanism. Hol-
loway's Pills may do better Let US
live in hope Terre. Haute Express
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30

The following 10 the LaFay Couriers report of
miserable farce enacted over the remains of old
man Todd and wife at Lebanon the other day:
while the crowd was present, 70 the number of
about two hundred, board Of eight judges were APP
pointed, who sat on one side OF the table in the
church, where the examination was made, while the
entire crowd were marched ely past the bodies
each one being required to touch the body under the
idea that " hen the guilty touched it, the blood
would flow afresh from the wounds. The individu-
ais on whom dark suspicion rested present and
among the others passed the foolish ordeal ft only
70 be performed in sEss Of darkest superstition The
Judges pronounced the guilty one not present.
1t is hard to believe in the existence of so ignorant
. community - this would indicate the people Of
Lebanon TO be. We hope there is some mistake
about the matter Tsre-Haute Express.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30

MORE BoUNTY.-For the Soldiers who
enlisted after July 4th, 1864.
To one year men, who received only
1884 more.
To one year men who received only
S668 Bounty, it gives S333 more.
To two years men, who received only
1864 Bounty, it gives 1881 more.
To two year men who received only
S133B Bounty, it gives 1868 more.
To three year men, who received only
500, Bounty, it gives $500, more.
To three year men, who received only
$500 Bounty, it gives 800 more.
All soldiers whose discharge shows
they were mustered out, by reason .!
expiration of term Of service and who
only received $50, of the Additional
Bounty given by Act July 2Sth, 1866
are now entitled to the other $50.
If any soldier entitled to Bounty is
dead, the Bounty is payable to the wild
ow, minor children or parents, in the
order nam ed.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30

A melancholy accident happened
about two miles north of Fort Wayne on
Thursday week, resulting in the death
of highly respectable lady, the wife of
Jeremiah Shoaf. While engaged in
putting her house in order during the
absence Of the rest Of the family, it is
supposed she in removing loaded gun
from behind a bureau accidently dis
charged it, the contents entering her
breast. Her husband returning about
noon found her lying on the floor dead.
The gun was on one side of her and a
broom on the other.
LATER.
Mrs. Jerry Shoaf, who was supposed
to have accidently shot herself, near
Fort Wayne, last Thursday week, ap-
pears to have been murdered by some
unknown person who visited the house
in the absence Of all the family except
Mrs. S. Various conjectures are afloat
as to the manner in which the deed was
committed, and explanatory of the pres.
ence of the gun on the body Of the muir
dered woman. The most plausible the
DRY is that Mrs. Shoaf. thinking to in
timidate the robber. seized the gun,
which was kept in a different part of the
room from where her remains were dis.
covered, and retreated to the closet,
where she was killed by the miscreant
or, it may have been placed over the
body, by the villain, after the murder
had been consummated, to make it ap
pear as the result of an accident.