The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-02-11

round III Fort Howard Is attested by all
who have seen the specimens.
The well-known literary lady who
writes the letters from next door," has
married Herr Runkle, but Mrs. Stowe
will not write q book about il.
-" Remember who you are talking
to, siri said an indignant parent to
facetious boy; / am your father, sir
I" Well, who's to blame for that ~ said
young impertinenee, 'tisn't me-
Powers may be said to be slave
dealer; he has sold Greek slaves to Cap
tain Grant, of the British Army, Earl
Dudley, Prince Demidoff, James Robb,
of New Orleans, and a. L. Stewart.
- A man tied his horses head and tail :
together, and droye it in circle to cure
it of baking. In one minute the ami
mails spirit was entirely broken, and so
was its neck, from running against q
post.
Miss Allie II. jameson has been
appointed q notary public at Marshall
town. When she administers oaths and
holds out the book to be kissed, we
hope NO mistake will be made.-Cottn-
CHI Bluffs Bugie.
The election returns from the Span
ish provinces, received in Madrid up
to the 26th, indicate that the country
The defeat of the Duke of Montpensier,
at Oveido, is confirmed.
Revenue Supervisor Fulton, of San
Francisco, was severely handled a few
days since by new sharpers in conse-
quence of his strenuous efforts TO pre-
vent thorough investigation of the re-
cent heavy whisky seizure.
A young gentleman at Charles City,
Iowa, sent seventy-five cents to New
Y ork, recently, for method of writing
without pen or ink. He received the
following inscription, in large type, on
a card: Write with pencil"
The London Telegraph of the 9th
asserts that the French Government has
discovered the existence ola conspiracy,
spreading throughout France, implica-
ting trades unions, the English Interna-
tional Secretary, and Mazzini.
= The strike of the Swedish laborers,
on the Lake Superior Railroad has end
ed, and nearly all of them have returned
to their work at reduced wages, SI.50
per day. There were no lives lost, and
no shanties burned as was reported.
The New York Custom House off,
GERS seized $4,000 worth of Struggled
silks and other goods belonging to Ham
burg and Bremen parties near the docks
of the German steamers at Hoboken.
They have been removed to the Custom
House.
: The moment man gives way to in
ordinate desire, disquietude and tor
ment take possession of his heart. The
proud and covetous are never at rest
but the humble and poor in spirit pos
sess their souls in the plentitude of
peace.
= An old clergyman once said:
"When l come to die shall have my
greatest grief and my greatest joy; my
greatest grief that L have done so little
for the Lord Jesus, and my greatest joy
that the Lord Jesus has done so much
for me-
The loss by fire on steamboats, con-
nected with St. Louis, during last year,
is estimated at S95,000; by sinking $780,
600; by other accidents, S150,O00; by
accidents to barges, 100000; total,
S425,000. The above losses include
damage to cargoes.
- For your own, as well as for your
children's sake, learn to speak low.
They will remember that tone when
your head is under the willows. So,
too, will they remember harsh and
angry word. Which legacy will you
leave for your children?
- Some one says: The Pope is ma
king a crusade upon the improprieties
of dress, and we learn he lays the blame
on the shoulders of the ladies'" The
Pope is at fault. We have examined
the shoulders of the ladies, and haven't
found blame thing there.
A nearly sccessful attempt was
made on Thursday night to rob the safe
of Solomon Wiget, jeweler, of n. Y,
iii which were 100000 worth of dia-
monds. A hole was drilled in the safe
and filed with powder, the explosion
of which brought the police to the spot
"A negro was caught in a mans
garden at Roanoke, North Carolina, the
other night, in close proximity to lot
of fine cabbage. When Intercepted as
to what he was doing, he replied "Good
LordI dis niggar can't go nowhar TO
pray without bein' troubled"
: An old resurrectionist, who digs
up bodies for the Albany medical stu
dents, is easily provoked, and, when so,
he fixes his one eve on the offending
party and mutters: await till they
plant ye! I'll have ye; I'll keep track
of ye-your hearse ride shan't be your
last
Somebody says that Ike's last trick
was to throw Mrs. Partington's CATER
into the alley, and then call the old lady
down from the third floor to see an al
leY-gaiter. He might have called her
just before he threw the gaiter from the
window and asked her TO see (" Shoe
Fly"
= a three year old gentleman yester-
day startled his father, who came into
the parlor, which was filed with com
pany, just after having had very gray
moustache dyed intensely black, by ask
ing him what he had done with his
old whiskers, and where he got the new
ones"
= Ex-Judge Alex. G. Morton, of CO.
Iumbus, Georgia, one of the sons of the
late Walter Morton, of Scotland, who
was one of the executors of the will of
Thomas Paine, and his lifetime friend.
has in preparation work TO be styled
.The Life and Writings of Thomas
Paine"
"A gentleman in Boston, who prob
ably knew what he was about, instruct
ed the dry goods dealer with whom his
wife traded, always to send yard moro
than she ordered whenever she bought
a new dress of him. A wide applica-
ton of this rule would save much trou-
BILE to husbands.
- Gen. Francis ii. Walker, of Mas
sachusetts, is nominated by the Presi-
dent for Superintendent of the Census.
General Walker is a son of Hon. ANA
sa Walker, now Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics in the Treasury Department.
He was formerly of the editorial staff
OF the Springfield (Mass.) Republican,.
= Gray, the young and highly moral
broker, who swindled several banks at
New ork by means ofbogus collateral,
is supposed to have gone to Europe.
His trunk, containing the implements
of counterfeiting, has been fonnd at the
Whitney House, where the owner reg
istered as Charles F. Hopkins, Chica-
go.D
= An organization has been COM
menced by the Democratic soldiers in
Brooklyn, N. y, entitled the Grand
Army of the Constitution. Eighteen
Generals and a large number of other
officers joined. General RosIey was
elected commander. Applications have
been made TO open fourteen camps in
the State.
- From the following it will be seen
that there is. some prospect of duel.
The scene is laid in Patoka, Ind: :. Mr..
Leroy Church: Sir-I think that you
did me great inJure BY Shutting the
door on me yesterday Sir / think Nv