The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-02-24
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to erect S25O,OOO masonic temple.
The present Congress will not act Oh
any bills in regaad to polygamy il
Utah.
North and South America appear t,
be competing in the line of railway
smashups.
The u. S. steamship Supply is being
loaded at New York, with provision
for France.
The public treasury, and the public
LAM cannot stand many more Congress
sional sessions.
Richard Adams Locke, well known
writer, died at his residence on Slater
Island, Thursday.
1t is again reported that Boutwell,
will resign if the House votes to repea
the income tax.
General John j. Hendricks succeeds
Willis Drummond as Supervisor of in
ternal revenue in Iowa.
Wednesday, the steamship Rega left
New York for Bordeaux, with a cargo
of war material valued at $685., ZIG.
Virginia citizens petition Congress to
investigate General Canby's conduct
while he was in command of that State.
The Peabody educational fund trus-
tees are in session, at Philadelphia.
They have a good deal of money to han
die.
Thos. Barker s. Sons wooden mill in
Montgomery county, Pa, burned down
Wednesday. Loss, $4,000; insurance
$1,000.
Only 5000 private claims for "dam-
ages" of all kinds, are before Congress
this session. For every one that sue
ceeds five new ones will presented next
session.
The river and harbor bill before Con-
gress appropriates S4,1O4OOO for the
improvements of A lake harbors, on
the gulf, and IL on the Atlantic coast,
and of 33 rivers.
The Governor of Prince Edwards Is
land informs his legislature that the
English home government has ordered
the removal of Canadian restrictions
upon American fishermen.
Wednesday the President sent mes
sage to Congress saying that while he
had declined to sign the bill to repeal
the iron clad oath, he had allowed it to
become law. A distinction more than
a difference.
This time its the other sex. A Cleve-
land, Ohio, dispatch says that on Thurs
day, Major Fish of the Cliff House,
Rocky River, was shot dead by a Ger
man servant girl, who claims he had Sc
duced and abandoned her.
Lots of people don't want to be elect
ed President, but General Alcorn is the
only man who refuses seat in the q.
S. Senate. Having been elected to sue
coed Senator Revels, of Mississippi, af-
ter March 4th, he declines the position.
The Hudson river railroad claims
that its last smashup was caused by
some one having drawn the spikes from
the rails, which spread, and sent the
trains down the embankment. How
strictly the track must be watched, on
that road.
IT, President has just made the fol-
lowing appointments of postmasters :
w. III. Martins, st. Charles, Mo-, j. E.
Williams, Burning Spa, Kansas; E. j.
Chetopa, Kansas; S. o. Nc
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Ottumwa, Iowa.
The Arkansas political row gets hot
ter. Governor Clayton, and other
State officers, have been impeached by
the House. The Governor leads one
faction, the Liutenant Governor anotb-
er, and both are disgracing the State,
and threaten to create a general free
fight.
At Brunswick, Maine, Friday, fire
destroyed two saw mills, two sash and
blind factories, Touring mill, a WOOL
en- mill, and other establishments, and a
part of the bridge between Brunswick
and Topshaw. Loss about $4,000, and
a large number of men thrown out of
work.
The House resolutions relative to the
West Point cadets, simply recommend
that the Secretary of War pursue the
course pointed out, and have no COM
pulsory effect. That is all they amount
to, and the cadets have no fears that
President Grants Secretary of War will
court martial and expel President
Grants son.
1t is now claimed that the Tennessee
mystery is simply strategic dodge by
the administration, that the ship is safe
at San Domingo and that no, commune
cation is allowed in order to shut off
correspondence unfavorable
to the annexation scheme. If this is
true, that scheme is even more rotten
than we had supposed.
The Harlem railroad INDUCED in
collision at Spuyten Devil on Wednes-
day night, between two passenger
trsins. One car was demolished, and
the platform of several broken to pieces.
Several passengers were injured,
though luckily none were killed, and
the usual exploit of burning people to
death was quite omitted.
The Peabody fund trustees finished
their Philadelphia session Friday. They
passed resolutions in honor of Farragut,
elected Alex. II. H. Stuart, of Va,
and General Richard Taylor, of La, to
fill vacancies, heard the report of their
general disbursing agent, and adjourn
ed to special meeting at Nashville next
October. The next annual meeting will
be held in June, 1872.
A singular law question was put in a
case before the United States Supreme
court Friday, as to whether a suit for
damages, brought in favor of French
vessel in the name of Emperor Napo-
leon III. could hold good, now that the
SAID Napoleon is not the representative
of the French nation. Caleb Cushing is
counsel for the plaintiff, and c. B.
Goodrich for defendant.
Messrs Dallas and King, two English
teachers at Yeddo JaOan yvere nearlv