The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-25
THE NEKS OF THE WEEK.

calities, are evidence of the general de-
preston in trade. Over one hundred
thousand men are out of employmentin
that city. There are reductions in the
prices of labor by employers, who stat
ed their inability to pay existing rates,
and the employed have been forced in
every case to submit.
= The Senate has confirmed James P.
Bradley, of New Jersey, Associate JUS
tiee of the Q. S. Supreme Court, and
General Pleasanton as Collector of the
Thirty-second District, New York, vice
Bailey removed.
Horace Greeley says: "Gen. Geo.
II. Thomas is likely to remain, in the
eyes of the nation, the model soldier of
the war;
= Henry Ortinan, special revenue de-
tective, arrested four counterfeiters the
other day, in Kansas City, with $9,0S9
in money.
Two-thirds of the New Y ork pick
pockets are under twenty years of age.
= The Ohio Legislature has passed
bill to provide subjects" for medical
students. No doubt but that the people
of the State would be perfectly willing
for the students aforesaid to take few
of the members of the Legislature to
start the Subject" business.
A wealthy farmer of st. Paris, O.,
committed suicide recently. No reason
for the rash act is given; but paper
containing one of Mr.. Greeley's articles
on "What l Know About Farming"
was found tightly clasped in his right
hand. He must have been a weakly be-
fore he read the article.
= In Los Angeles county, California,
LOCO horses were lately sold Mt So per
head.
= In France, NJ. Olivier says. there
are now 1,200 Roman Catholic priests
who earn their livelihood by sweeping the
streets, or as cabmen. We don't think
the country would be much worse off if
few hundred more of the same sort
were alike employed.
= Reverdy Johnsonis said to be pre-
pairing history of his mission to Eng
land. AS cookery book it will be in
valuable; indeed, it ought to be called
''Hints to Diners out"
= Ten short-haired women and nine
long-haired men form the strength of
the Female Suffrage party in Florida.
= Virginia widow eloped with an
affinity" and left her four children to
freeze to death. She ought to go to
Wyoming and get on the grand jury.
= The Deseret Ne,cs of February 26,
says the Mormon missionaries sent to
preach in the Eastern States last fall who
have returned to Salt Lake, say that the
people East don't care to hear about re-
ligion, but invariably ask if there is any
chance to make money in Utah.
There are forty Journals in Missouri
that advocate protection to home indus
try.
There were 25 to 30 Senators absent
when the Funding Bill passed the Sen
ate.
There is a proposition before the Sen
ate to cut down the cost of collecting
the internal revenue by S1,0O0,OOO pei
annum.
The New York Tribune gives the fol.
lowing as the result of the election il
New Hampshire:
RepW5licdH-Stearns ......-............... 81 759
| DeAa0cydt-Bedell. .............. 25 09S
Labor RcJorsss-Flint .....-.... 1854
| observation-disclosures ........-.......1 lbs
sepabliean Majority over ali .as0
j. McLary Brown has been appointed
Professionally chief of the Chinese En-
bassy, vice Mr.. Burlingame, deceased.
The House and Senate are in diamet
rio opposition to each other. TIL,
House is almost unanimously in favo
of an expansion of the currency, Will,
the Senate recently passed a resolution
in opposition to any increase of cufren
cy without dissenting vote.
Mr.. Sumner has introduced a propo
sition to compel our banks to resum
: specie payment on the first day of Jan
, uary next; but there is not much likeli
: hood of its becoming law.
Pere Hyacinthe, i'll conjunction wit
his brother and Able Voirin, Secretar
D of the Faculty of Paris, is soon to star
4 a paper in Paris called La Concorde.
: Gerrit Smith has given $1,000 to tn
patriots of Cuba.
Senator Revels has made a speech i
tho United States Senate on the GeoI
gia bill.
S Our risibilities were somewhat ex
: cited at the expense of 81. S. B." til