The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-02-24
CONDENSED TELRGRAMs.

that the cotton tax is constitutional.
Gen. Magruder, of rebel fame, died
at Galveston. Texas, Saturday night.
The Tennessee disappoints a good
many by reporting all right at San Do
mingo.
The British members of the Alabama
commission are expected in New York
to-day.
The surveying for q ship canal across
the Isthmus of Darien is progressing
quite favorably.
Commander Turner, who had charge
of the Ph delphia navy asylum, died
there on y 1nday.
Washington City celebrated with
great spirit the memory of the only
American boy that never told lie.
President Grant has taken some
measures to preserve peace in Arkan-
sas, if the political factions insist on
fighting.
The House has passed the McGarra-
han 'ndle. Congress had better put
itsel at public auction, instead of
priv. ale.
In Cincinnati, Tuesday, the old part
of the sthel church burned down, and
the part was badly damaged.
Loss, S. 1000.
1t is said that the New York grand
jury has indicted Gen. Jordan, of Gu
ban fillibustering fame, as guilty of
violating our neutrality laws.
The recent rise in the Ohio river en-
abled Pittsburg to send 9S5,000 bushels
OF coal to Cincinnati, and 299,056, 600
bushels for places below that city.
The Pennsylvania coal monopolists
are trying to create coal famine and
panic in New York city, by represent
ing there are but ], 500 tons of hard coal
on hand.
Havana kilograms say that Cubans
are focking to that city in such num-
beers for surrender and pardon, that the
interior of the island is almost depopu-
lated. Exactly.
Tuesday, the large slaughter house of
Davis and Harrison on 1st avenue, New
York, was purified by fire, which also
burned up 800 sheep. Loss S42, 600 ;
insured S17,500.
Ex-Sec. Seward and party have been
pelted with stones bya crowd of unruly
Chinese, at Woochang, North China.
The Tastoi Hankow has apologized,
which of course makes it all right.
A fire in Buffalo, Sunday, destroyed
the Daily Post Office, seriously damaged
the Courier Office, and business houses
Nos. 1876 and 204 on Washington street.
Total loss, $4,000; mostly insured.
Collins flour mill at Eagle Harbor,
Orleans county, N. Y, was destroyed
Monday by an incendiary fire. Loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000. How is it
that flour mills are set on fire SO often,
and whisky distilleries rarely, if ever.
The body of Doc. Simmons, the brave
engineer who rode to death at New
Hamburg, and also the body of j. A.
Humphrey, who happened to be on the
engine with Simmons, were recovered
Sunday. This makes % bodies so far
found.
For the first time, the wooden manu-
facturers and wool merchants have ask
ed Cong to reduce the import tax
on wool. hey want a uniform duty of
3per cent, on carpet woods, and consent
to a reduction of 80 per cent, on manu-
featured woolens.
A fire at No. 30 Beekman street New
York, Tuesday, destroyed a large block
and many goods. Damage $4,000; in
sured. At the same time fires on Will
lam street and Gold street destroyed
several buildings, and their contents,
vaIu, 1t 100000.
r. 'ova Scotia legislature has SOL
emnI resolved that it's solemn duty is
to sole1nly protest against any COM
missile high or low, joint or unjoint-
Ell, civ g American fishermen any
right to ish in the Atlantic opposite the
coast of Nova Scotia.
Saturday, Senator Sumner had dan
gerous attack of ''arglina pictaris," and
then of physic, but his robust system
happily triumphed over both attacks,
and he is now convalescent, though not
allowed to see any visitors bat Senator
Wilson. Later.-He is reported not out
ofdanger.
In the Canadian parliament Tuesday,
John A. Mcdonald stated that the
British government had agreed not to
surrender in any way the Canadian
monopoly of the fish in the Atlantic
ocean. Brittania may still rule the
seas but nowadays Uncle Sam can't
see the rule.
The friends of the Southern Pacific
railroad bill have concluded to Gull
from it all land grants, branches, and
other fat pickings, and simply ask for
its passage so as to give them a main
line from the eastern boundary of Texas,
to San Diego. In this shape it will
probably soon be passed.
The Board of visitors annually APP
pointed by the President to attend the
West Point academy examinations,
is composed this year as follows: Rev.
DIR. Sunderland. Washington; Rev. DIR.
Vincent, Plainfield, N. j.; Ex-Gov. All
ken, S. c.; Judge Miller, Tuscaloosa
Gev. Quimby, Rochester, n. Y; Jas. j.
Wood, of Kansas.
Gen. Halpine arrived at New York
Monday, in the romantic character of a
liberated Fenian, and was met at the
wharf by delegation of two Irish gen.
tlemen, Patrick Donahue and Boyle
OReiley, who accompanied him to a
room in the Parker House, to which a
waiter soon after carried q tray of hot
water and whisky straight.
San Francisco had terrible storm
Monday night, the thunder and light
ming soaring people as much as an earth
quake. A fire proof wall feet high
and 60 feet long was blown off the top
of a buil6 ing, crushing a frame house,
and killing Irs. Mcdonald, Mrs. Slogan
and two ch dren. The storm was also
very severe in the mountains.
A hurricane Friday night destroyed