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Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-30

REED BIRDs.-These little birds have
commenced their araual migration to the
marshes of q warmer la, 'tude. For several
days past, 'arly each morning and eve
ming, they have been seen passing in large
nqmbers over our city, on their way to the
extremity of the Sunny South They are
very good bird for eating purposes, and
thousands of them will be killed by sports
men along their route southwark.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-30
sssMAYeRls CeyRT.tNorfolk Nave

|@-aMAKeR's COURT, Norfolk, Mayo ne.
Cordy presiding. August %.
Mary johnson, negro, was dnsd 60 IN
for breach Of the peace.
Edward Witty, for tb' Soma NO. snoa
the same. -. -
was fined $3.50
D'A' d and Annie Lassiter, fallen
"nke''' =" ere fined $3.50 each for breach
of the r.,eace. '' .o& aaaa.
NO .hirg else. 'i5" '"'t'." . 'A#E
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-30
SNi9lgleS.

ShL1lgteS. nor
Heart No .,.... .9al0 Saps to qpy 5Ooe.6
IL cart No q. S 50a7 SO WI. 10 fo.....4 W.
In. Heart $3.50. ........... ..'..~....S ~ w
~ u 'E SOtffl. rs ~
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-30

NOTICE TO TRAyEIEwS
~ SH PIP ERS.-The Old Domin,n,,
Steamship Company are now runnine
their now, swift and commoiious Slaanns4
ships ai'''
Isaac BELL."".goarne, Commander.
SAhAIOdA. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, f"
NIAGARA.".......Bl akemap, i"
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-30

hAdS tt"hr Sides,
III do Rib sides
~ 40 40 do ia
10 do Shoulders,
90 barrels EEK Pork,
90 d" Heavy Mess Pork,
~ 40 llSht do do
Also, Hams Lard, &c., 10 sale low nv
aul6-d&wlm KIMBERLY BROS.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-30

uay' Notnlng OF interest was transacted.
HELD FOR PosrAGE.--The following let
tors are held for postage in the Norfolk
potofiice :
Bernhard Kahn, New York.
Bound, Dean d Co., do. ....z
Mrs M A Billups, Mathews county, Va.
G NJ Birth, Smithheld, Va. .-t ...
Matte l. Cactron, Portsmouth. Va.
Jno Duer, Baltimore, Md. ....,4 ....
Annie Cafron, do. ... .....-...-.
Citizens Savings Bank, Petersburg, Va.
Capt M W Cobb, Norfolk, Va. .a
Wills, Fargo u Co., New York. ,t.
Lizzie Hodges, Portsmouth, Va,
Mary 3 Hodges, do.
Mrs G Hanley, New York.
Geo I Hubbard, Norfolk, Va,
Jennie Hudgins, Gaterville, N G.
Mr. Wilson, Norfolk Va. ".
Nellie Taylor, do.
VIM Lane, New York.
VIM 4 Leary, Baltimore Md.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-11-25

The Wilderness.

There Is wilderness more dark
Than groves OF Dir, on Huron. shore.
And III that cheerless region. bark,
What scrPents hiss. what monsters roar
IL Is not in the untrodden isles
or vast Superiors stormy lake.
Where social comfort never smiles:
Nor snnbeams pierce the tangled brake.
Nor Is i, in the deepest shade
or lndia's tiger haunted wood.
Nor western forests unsurvevcd
Where crouching panthers thirst for
blood
lis in the dark unculturcd soil.
BY Education unruhned;
Where kissing Malice. Vices foul.
And all the hateful passions prowl.l
The frightful wilderness OF Mind.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-11-25

Ererv wear jnrrensee the ,.onm.
fdrifv Of this raiuabie Hair Prem
dr6fton, schich ts dwe 10 merit
atone. We edH 0asMre our old
patrons that u II ke1,e fasliv I'm 20
a.: htgh standavd. assss q fkose
srho hare nerer used 90 ere e0m
c0nHdemffy say. that 70 IL the only
refsHbie AND perfected y,rey,ar0-
fion to restore a;RAV on FADED
HAIR TO its yotifhfmi color, max.
em0 u soft. iMsfr0us, aud siikem:
Me scalp. by its mse. becomes
srhife and clean; 70 resnores an
er"i'fio"s and dHndvw0. and bv
rs tomsc proterfte" l'reresfs the
hGir from falling Ossf. as Il sfim-
"!dfes AID nOmrishes the hair
glands. By 1s use the hair grows
thicker aud stronger. In bnidmcss
Il restores the capillary glands
TO their normal ci0Or. and riX
create nesc 0r0srfh ercepf tu
erfreHe old age. IL II the ,uosf
economical HAIR DRESSING
erer used. as 70 requires ferer
applications. aud Qsres the hair
that splendid glossy appearance
80 much 2dm3red By al. 4. 4.
Hayes. VI. d.. State Assayer Of
Mass. says. "fhe constituents are
pure dh" CdTtJUNv sSfeCfed for
erceffcnf 3Haiify, aud I consider
Il 'he BEST PREPARATION for
tfs intended purposes" Ne pub
Hsh n treatise on the hair, srhirh
ere send free on mail upon 0ppli-
cation. srhics contains com Ss~M-
ddfory nOfices from cierOymem.
phgstcidns, the press. aud Ofhers.
We hare made the study of the
hair aud ifs diseases a sDeriaifv
for years, and knOW that are make
the most e0erfire preparation for
the restoration and the preserr0-
fiOn Of the hair. erfanf. and SO
acknowledged by fhr besf Mcdl.
cal and Chemical Authority.
sid b al Dr.e7tsfs a.d D-cL-s ia Aadsoas
Pvs~~ csc Dell.r Pss Bssus.
r. P. HALL & CO., Proprietors.
LABORATORY, NASHUA. vH.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
THE Usage LAND swINDLE.

On the outside of this paper may be
found an article from citizen of Law
renee signing himself '.Fifty-six," Civ
ing somewhat detailed history of the
Usage Treaty; its inception, progress,
who was to make big haul out of it,
etc. This matter is and has been at
tracing considerable attention among
the people, who desire to know the
course of the politicians in connection
with it, and so we give the article in
full. We think we know who the au-
thor is, and if we are correct in this,
the article comes from a source to
command respect and confidence. At
any rate, it comedies with versions of
the management of the great Usage
swindle which come to us from differ
ent sources. AS this Treaty was at last
fixed up toward the close of the last
session of Congress we desired it's rat
iflcation, because it SO distributed the
land as to secure the building OF three
railroads through the tract of land to
be treated for, which would have done
much for the development of south
western Kansas, and because it gave to
the school fund its proportion of the
land, and reserved to the settlers on the
hand at the time of the ratification of
the treaty their farms at $1.25 per acre.
But we must now say that if the state
ments made by Fifty-six are anywhere
near true, we are glad the Treaty was
defeated. The charges made against
our Congressional delegation are of a
most serious nature. We can only say
SO far as the action of Senator Pomeroy
was concerned, we believe the state
ments made in this article correct, be-
cause they are verified by the state
ments of a dozen men who spent the
winter at Washington, and because his
corrupt action in matters of this kind
has been "open and notorious" since
his reelection to the Senate. So far as
Mr.. Clarke is concerned, we only know
that the charges in the article have been
frequently made and are not denied.
We may say, also, that we never
had particle of confidence in his loud
professions for the ''interests of the set
tiers" We are too well acquainted
with his course in support of other
treaty swindles less glaring but no less
outrageous, to be fed on such 'soft
corn" as that. OF the three members
of our delegation the motives attrib-
ated TO Mr.. Ross are far more honor
able than to the other two.
To sum the matter up, we think the
people of Kansas should get rid of
these three gentlemen as fast as oppor-
tunity offers, and try somebody else.
Laying aside all charges of corruption,
none of them are men of such tower
ing abilities, nor have they done service
in the party to entitle them to further
honors from the people of Kansas.
Let the people read and inquire into
the charges made by "Fifty-six" for
themselves.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
FROM MARION COUNTY.

We clip the following from letter
in the Chase County Banner, dated at
Marion Center, Marion county, Kansas,
and call the attention of the A. T. & S.
f. Railroad authorities to its sugges-
tions:
s'T'he people here are beginning to
think of railroad interests; they claim
that great injustice would be done them
should the A. I. & Santa Fe railroad
company now refuse to give them the
benefit of a road in the county-nearly
onc-ihird of the land in the county is
railroad land-and was withdrawn from
market over six years ago; the conse-
quence has been that the county has not
filled up as it otherwise would. thereby
leaving settlers already here more ex-
posed to the ravages of hostile Indians.
Again. the Withdrawing of each altern-
ate section as railroad land very Seri-
ously interferes with the schools, max
ing settlement so sparse that under our
present school system schools are not
practicable. We believe however, that
the company will if they see these lands,
run their road this way, for they are
worth more than even Lyon county
proposes to vote them in bonds. Being
withdrawn from market before the
country was settled, and the Cotton
wood river and its tributaries by chance
being almost wholly in odd sections,
the finest and largest portion of Marion
county is railroad land. But more of
this anon"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
SEWING MACHINE.

Medal Awarded at the Paris Exposition, '67.
In directing attention to celebrated Com
bination Button-hole and Sewing Machine. we
feel fully warranted in claiming for it uRqHeS-
ti0Rdble superiority over all others Fami-
iy Machine The simplicity, ease and certain
ty with which il operates. as well as the uni
form excellence of its work, certainly place ii
far III advance OF any other invention Of the
age. 1t is also the cheapest, intrinsically, as
well as the best. since it is really two machines
combined i'll one, by simple and beautiful
Mechanical arrangement never before accom-
plished by human ingenuity making either
sion may require. 1t is, at the same time, sim.
pie III construction. comparatively noiSeleSs.
easily understood, and. in u word. IL combines
with those advantages exclusively Its own, the
most desirable qualities of all others, for il not
only does every variety of sewing in a superior
manner, but in addition overseams splendidIy
and makes beautiful Button and Eyelet holes
in all fabrics. This is far beyond the capacity
of any other machine.
The splendid mechanism of this machine,
and the superior skill, workmanship and ma
teriais employed in its construction are a guar
antee of accuracy. strength and durability.
and enable the Company aud it's agents TO war
rant every machine they sell to give entire sat
isfaction.
PRICES:
finely finished oiled Walnut table and
cover. 1880
Highly ornamented or plated, 5000
Extra Ornameuted. $500
and finish
Button-hole cutter. So: Tuck-marker. ss:
Quilting Gauge. 75 cents; Needles, 10 cents
IKE Send for circular. Also call and see me-
NJ. y. SrENES<DN,
April %, 1869. II
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

The anniversary exercises OF the
Normal closed on Thursday evening.
Our time has been taxed so heavily with
other duties which could not be put of,
that it has been impossible for us to
write an account Of the proceedings ia
fall. We shall endeavor to do SO next
week. Suffice it to say for the present
that the examination and commence
ment exercises were fully up to the high
standard of the school heretofore.
The exercises were attended by sever
al prominent citizens of the State from
abroad. His Excellency, Governor
Harvey, witnessed the exercises with
interest, and awarded the diplomas in a
brief and excellent speech. T. Dwight
Thatcher, of the Lawrence Republican
Journal, delivered the anniversary ora
ton 1t was replete with interest, and
wasa happy tribute TO our higher insti-
tutions of learning and to our common
schools. All were highly pleased with
il.
Among other prominent friends of
education we saw present were Judge
Bailey, Rev. G. G. Morse, Rev. Mr..
McClain of Burlington, Mr.. Page of
Garnett, Hon. II. McNay and Major
Slower of Council Grove. There were
others, whose names we did not learn.
The attendance on the exercises was
good but not so large as it would have
been had the weather been more favor
oh
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
FROM EUREKA.


The road from Chelsea to this place
is awful lonely, and not travelled very
much. The Flint hills are indescrib-
ably rough. They are the highest and
hardest hills in Kansas. AS l stood OH
high peak and looked up and down
Fall river thought it would not be
very bad grammar TO say there is ga
heap" of hills here.
The Fall river valley is beautiful and
fertile. The farmers above Eureka have
some of the biggest corn and tallest
oats that have seen this season. The
everlasting hills" around will afford
pasturage for stock for years to come.
Eureka is improving. Two years ago
you could hardly find it. Now you can
see it from afar. There are several
new houses going up. The new flour
ing mill will be ready for the coming
crop of wheat. There is a large hard
ware store just opened, and several dry
goods and grocery stores, and one drug
store. If it does not deal in drains there
is no liquor shop in town. They have
a stone school house, which is used for
school and church purposes. The Meth
Odists, COngregatiOnalists, and Christ
ians all occupy it. Mead sends out a
Herald every week. e. r. r.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
our SOUTHERN BRANCH.

Track laying on the Union Pacific,
Southern Branch Railway was COM
menced on the south side of the Smoky
Hill river last Tuesday. Mr.. COuse has
the contract for laying track. The com
pany have twelve construction cars and
about fifteen miles of iron oA the
ground. Railroad men tell us that the
work so far dones on the Southern
Branch is the best now being done west
of st. Louis. Every day adds to their
stock of iron. 1t is not many days ago
since this enterprise was mentioned on
ly to be sneered ut, but we imagine ALat
is played ont, and those whose interests
will not permit them to accept and re-
joice over the fact, can sneer out of the
other side of their mouths.
We predict that less than two wears
will see Junction City the terminus OF
the second most important railroad lire
in the State. AS evidence of the i'm
portanee the Southern Branch is assum-
ing and the attention it is attracting,
we publish on our first page an extract
from Fort Scott letter tn the Missouri
Democrat. 1t will be seen that two
strong rival road projects are seeking
connection with 1.-THE Holden enter
prise and the Tebo and Fort Scott The
Holden enterprise is in the hands OF
SONIC OI the StIOHScsC Ileu III St. LOUIS
the people of Holden have voted il
S60,000 in bonds, and the Paola Kansas
RepU6iicdR confidently asserts that The
people of Miami county will do like
wise. We know it is the design of the
Southern Branch company to have an
Eastern outlet at Emporia. The extern
sion of their road further south de-
mands it because of their supplies.
In the outstart the friends of the
Southern Branch did not dream that at
SO early a day it would assume the
character of u competing eastern line.
They deemed the NeOsho Valley the
line with which to connect the lower
Mississippi traffic with the mountains
and the Pacific coast. Its construction
gives it, however, more of a local i'm
portance than was expected. BY either
of the projects named the distance To
st. Louis will be greatly reduced. Cheap
freights build cities, and cheap freights
are the result of competing lines OF
communication. A single line with
high freights will do more to retard and
hinder the development of a country
than high taxes. Cheap freights will
reduce taxes high freights will Increase
them.-,JuRctiOa City Union.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
on OLD pom.

A Topeka woman who says her hus-
band is a Mason and she herself Good
Templar, sends to the Commonwealth
the following epome":
We've stood, old Pom, for many day
Your earnest friends and steadfast, too;
In " beansn and q drought" to help you
through.
We sent you to an henored place.
To dedicate an honest heart:
To serve your God and leye your race
And not unto a traders mart.
IT'S said you sell your voice and vote,
And clutch with 4 dishonest hand
I1l-gotten gold; that you devote
Your time TO stealing public land
What right have you to he so rich?
Your wealth was in our nebie fame;
What vile alchemy is that which
Bloats you with wealth and US with shamei
Which you denounce. are not so queer
As many are whose poison stlngs
Are killing off your friendships here.
The gold and acres which you hold
In Gaylort's name, will raise '.Old Ned;''
Until you stink before you're cold,
And purify before you're dead.
Pommy, farewell! Four years, 'tis true,
You've got TO rob and plumber us
OF gold. of lands and fame; yet you
2Can't blame us if we make fuss.
Avoid the past, IL not too late:
Beware the present If you can;
Beware the future and your fate,
You'll have to beat an honest man!
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
THE NROsHo VALLEY RAILROAD.

A gentleman residing in Fort Scott
regard to the railroads of Southern
Kansas says that some of the leading
and most influential citizens in South
ern Kansas, have obtained . charter
from the State for a railroad, COM
mencing with the Tebo and Neosho
railroad at the State line, and extend
ing west via Fort Scott, aud connecting
at some point in Allen county with the
Union Pacific Southern Branch. This
new projected road meets with much
favor with the citizens of this portion
of Kansas. Its length is only 40 miles,
but it makes connecting link between
the Tebo and NeOsho railroad and the
Union Pacific Southern Branch, that is
much needed, and will have tendency
. to strengthen the extension of the for
mer. Bourbon and Allen counties will
vote bonds Immediately in aid of the
new route, and immediate steps viii be
taken to put this route under contract
at once, and complete the road bed
through the entire length Immediately.
We will state that the Tebo 81 Neosho
railroad, which was chartered before
the war. has since been revived and ac-
tive work has been carried on duriug
the past two years, though with little
progress. Their only basis of opera
ton was. on bonds voted by the coun-
ties through which the contemplated
road would pass, and as the counties
were rather in disorganized condition
the sale of the bonds was attended with
great difficulty, and very often disposed
of at sacrifice. We are glad to see
this road rising above difficulties of this
character. Capitalists of st. Louis and
the East are becoming Interested in
these bonds and pay more liberal rates
than heretofore. This correspondent
further states that Henry county, Mo-,
recently voted additional stock to the
amount of S250,00O, and Vernon county,
which has heretofore refused to aid the
road, recently voted $4,000 worth of
its bonds to aid the road and the pros
poets of the Tebo s. Neosho were new
er better than now. There is now sub
scribed by counties through which the
road passes $4,000 in bonds, about
$350,000 of which have already been
expended, and forty miles of the road
bed is nearly completed, including the
stone work, etc.
The distance from Sedalia to Fort
Scott via the Tebo q Neosho railroad is
lO2 miles. There yet remains a small
amount to be contributed by the coun-
ties in Missouri throuh which it will
pass, or what would be better-by the
city of st. Louis-before the road bed
can be completed to the east line of the
State of Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
EMPORIA MARK EFT.
GrOCRrfRa

TEAs-Yonng Tyson. Si.5n@a.25 per ~; I'm.
perial, las to 2.J0; Gunpowder, 200 to 2.25;
Japan, I.1o to 200; Oolong, $50.
COFFEE-RiO, - to 1896 per H.: Java. 4jc.
SUGAH-Refincd, 20 to 2Sc. per H.; crushed,
ToBAcco-Virginia natural leaf s1.IO to
l.2' per H.; Gold Bar. l.21; Navy, Sjc.: Grape
juice, s0c.; Fine cut, 1.50.
RIcE-1635c. per h.
HoMINE-Sc. per h.
MoLlssEs-SOrghum, $1.G0; Sugar House,
S1.25; Golden Syrup, I.50; Sugar Loaf. 200.
NINEGAR-Cidcr, 60c. per GAL; Sorghum,
F1sH-Nfackeral. No. 1. 1sc. per H.; 500
per kit; white fish, 1jc. per H.; $50 per kit;
| cod fish, 15c.
DRIED FRUrrs-Apples, Is to 22e. per n.
peaches, ID to u; currants. %: blackberries,
40; hucklcberries, 50; raspherrics, -.
CANNED GoODs-Peaches. soc. per can:
cherries Soc; blackberIies. 4Oc.; straw berries,
30c.; corn. 20 TO 45c.; oysters, S5c.; Holsters,
30c.: sardines 30c.
CHEESE-16 to Doe. per h.
BUTTER-lG to 25r. per h.
EGGS-20c. per dozen.
SALr-s1z to &c per H.; $50 to as per bar
LARD-20 to 25c. per n.
HAMs--COuntry cured, zoe. per H.; sugar
BAc6N-22c. per n.
SoAr-Extra family, 15c. per H.; palm,
TALLow-12c per 10.
CANDI.Es-Star, 25c. per h.; talIow, zoe.
KEROSENE OIL-7oe. per gallon; crystal
lied, ttc
nIDEs-Dry, lie. per H.; green, &c.
SHoT-20c. per ID.
I.EAD-20c. +" 20
PoWDER-6Oc. " blasting. S5c
Dry Goods.
PRINTS-Sprague's, 15c. per yd American
Richmond's, 121zc; Cocheco, he; Merrimack
W.. 1899; WamsiItta, Zoe.
SHEETfNGS-Stark A. and Indian Head.
Doe. per yd.; Great Western. 1Sc.
BLEACIIED MUsLTNs-Launstale, bic. per
yd.; Bates Mills, 30c.: Reynolds, 20e.; Sem
peridein A., 25c.; Washington e, 1896;
Massasoit, 25c.
DENIMs-a5 to SIC. per yd
SURFING STRIrE-25 to 35ct per yd.
WOOL DEIAISS-45 to soc. per yd.
MERTNOs-$1.l0 to 1.50 per yd.
FLANNELs-45 to 6Oc. per vi.
FACTORY JEANs-45c to $1.00 per yd.
DOMESTIC GINGHiMS-25 to :3l|c per yd.
SATISETS-11c to 81 90 per yd.
IIooP SKIRTs-50c to 81 80 per yd.
Bread StuRs.
FLoUR-XXX. $500 to 100 per sack; Xxx.
a.25 to 800; Spring wheat. 5.25 to $50.
CORN ME4I-&1 30 per bIIshei.
GRAHAM FLOUR-Sc per ID.
BUckwHEAT F'LoUR-S1zc per ID.
Small Grain.
WHEAT-Spring. SI.0O to I.2Jt per bushel;
Fall, I.2j to i.6I.
=CoRN-s1,cO. to 81 30 per bushcl.
oATs-1oc per hushei.
Fresh Meats and Poultry.
BEEF-Choiee steak. I2I<c. per h.; roast.
Toe; other qualities. 6 to So.
PoRK-Choicc steak, I5c. per H.: sides and
Inidlings- l5c.
CHIcKENs-Large. dressed or alive. BIC.
Wool.
USWAsHED. coarse and light. 2S TO 2Sc per
h.; - fine and heavy, % to 36c; tub
washed, 10 to IL; fleece washed, b TO 42Ik.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
GOOD NEWS.

The State Record notices the arrival
of several passenger and other cars for
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road. 1t also contains the following
item:
Mr.. Peter, the obliging Superintend-
ept of Gle Santa Fe road, informs us
that he will commence on Monday to
run two trains per day each way from
here to the end of the track, which will
save two hours to Burlingame and from
four to six to Emporia. The morning
train will leave here at 6: 15 a. m, re-
turning in time TO connect with trains
cast and west on the X. p. And then
leave about one, returning about six.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25
YelInW Fever.

NEW York, June 2O.-The United
vana, of the It'll, via Key West, 11th, has
arrived, having on board number OF
cases of yellow fever. In addition to
two deaths which occurred at Havana,
one officer and two men died during the
passage. She had on board sixteen pa
tients. in different stages of the disease,
who have been removed to the hospital.
The Saratoga received orders at Key
West to proceed to Portsmouth, in con-
sequence of the alarming spread of yell
low fever among her crew. Commodore
Whiting deemed it advisable to put into
the nearest port.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-25

CONF To GRIEF.-The Chicago T5JJ-
WRe, under the head of Michigan news.
gives the following concerning char
acter who once succeeded in gaining
some nOtoriety in this part of the world :
DIR. John boy, of Battle Greek, was
convicted of abortion, Oh Saturday
On the evening of that day he took u
large dose of morphine, but was re-
lieved by medical aid. The next lnorn-
ing he took another dose. and at last
accounts was in critical condition.
boy was resident of Kansas during
the Border Rufiian troubles, was con-
nected with John Brown in sumo of
his schemes, and was a prominent Free
State man. He was once caught by a
party of Misso1rians, taken over the
line and lodged in the ST. Joseph Jail,
where he would soon have been dis
posed of had not band of his friends
carried the Jail by storm one night and
liberated him.