The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-02-17
VOLUME II.
EDITORIAL AND NEWS ITEMS.

B The New York Stock Exchange ha
) voted $4,000 TO aid in feeding France
The new census of New York Cit
foots up 1896, gain of 1865 owe
the June census.
At Pekin, Illinois, Thursday, Thomp
sons distillery burned down. Loss $40,
600; insurance $4,000.
At Beardstown, Illinois, Tuesday
Yeck, Curtis & Co.'S. paper mill was de
stroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
The Howe sewing machine factor,
at Peru, Illinois, was destroyed by fir
Friday morning. Loss, 100000; part
ly insured.
The Nebraska Legislature has resolv
ed that Gov. Butler must refund the
per cent. bonds he took from the treas
ury, and adjourned until March.
The Senate is considering Presiden
Grants and Queen Victoria's arrange
ment to have joint commission settle
the Alabama and fisheries questions
&c.
Those unlucky 'tFenian exiles," were
given splendid public welcome in N
Y, Thursday, by the Tammany Hal
legions. Now then, what the dickens
is all this fuss about?
The Missouri Senate has passed res
olution making personal property as
well as real estate liable for the pay
ment of city or county subscriptions to
railroad companies.
Nearly all the town of Tioga, Pa, was
destroyed by fire Friday morning.
Loss over $4,000; insurance $4,000
One nix, two churches, hotels, and
many stores and dwellings, are in
ashes.
More aboriginal exploits. On Jan.
18th, near Musale, Montana, a party OF
Tribune Indians killed Chas. Mcknight
and j. X. Ross, shot them full of ar
rows, and then carved them up with
knives.
The steamer Crescent City, bound for
New Orleans to England, is aground
on the coast of Ireland, and it is feared
WIZ OOOOALO a SOL1A WACOhs 4hO pass
engers, crew, and specie, have been tax
en- safely to shore.
The European news indicates that
the French will make peace. The Ger
man army is to be gratified by march
ing through Paris, qualification to
which it is entitled, by virtue of its
sacrifices and success.
President Grant has nominated spec
ial commission to adjust our claims
against Great Britain. The names are
said to be: Sec'y Fish, GenI Schenck,
Judge Nelson, of the Supreme court,
and Mr.. Hoar, of Mass, and Senator
Williams.
The factor of Missouri State peniten-
tiary, is charged with buying beef at ten
cents per pound when he could have
got it at three cents, and with paying
so cents per bushel for corn. A Iegis-
lative committee is interviewing this
liberal man.
Some wicked joker has started re-
port that the English commissioners to
settle the Alabama claims, will want
English losses ON confederate bonds to
be taken into account. Maybe they
would like US to pay the uncollected
tea tax since 1775?
The Record says the city council of
Topeka have petitioned the Legislature
to pass registry law for cities of the
second class, and adds that elections
i'll cities without a registry law are
often a farce" and we may add, just as
often farce with one.
There were % per cent. more business
failures in the United States in 1870
than in 1869, and 80 per cent. more than
in 1868. In 1869 there were 2,789 fail
ures, the liabilities being S75,O54,OO0;
in 1870 there were 1851 failures, with
liabilities of SSS,243,OOO.
The English commissioners on the
Alabama and fisheries question, are
Earl Grey, Mr.. Thornton, Sir John A.
Mcdonald and Sir John Ross. Mr.. Ber-
nard, Oxford professor of international
law, and Lord Tendeon as secretary,
accompany the commission to Wash
ington.
Has the San Domingo Commission
con- > the bottom of the sea? is the
anxio.o query at Washington. 1t sailed
three weeks ago in the frigate Tennessee,
and has not yet been heard from. Ten
days was enough for the passage, and
in another day a message announcing
their arrival could have been sent to the
cable telegraph station at Havana.
The Leavenworth County Commits
sioners sent deputation to inspect the
poorhouse of that county on Wednes-
day, the result of which was a report of
bad management, squalor and wretch
edness. Poorhouses, as general thing,
are placed in the charge of scallawags
who have no care only to get their poor
salary, and get rid of the poor wretches
confided to their charge.
Serious fears now exist that the San
Domingo commission has been lost at
sea. 1t sailed in the steam frigate Ten
nessee Jan. 10th, and ought to have
made the voyage in ten days. No news
whatever yet. Besides the commission,
a number of leading newspaper cores
pondents, and lot of spectators, were
on board. The government has begun
an active search on all parts of the route
We suppress our feelings at present.