The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-20
EDITORIAL AND NEWS ITEMS:

their track and resume operations.
EDITORIAL AND NEWS ITEMS.
Two volocanos arc spouting away
near the city of Mexico.
Lot. NJ. Morrill, has been reelected
u. S. Senator from Maine.
The Delaware democrats are going 10
fill U. S. Senator Saulsbury's place with
his brother Eli.
The Michigan republican convention
to nominate n state ticket, meets at
Lansing, FEB. %.
A Chicago pork packing house burn
ed down Saturday. Loss, 100000; in
surance $4,000.
Frank Blair is elected United States
Senator for Missouri for the short term,
until March l, 1873.
The Lord Mayor of London is passing
around his hat for funds to relieve nom
combatants near Paris.
A libel suit is pending between Hugh
Hastings, editor of N. Y, Commercial,
ulu SOuSICoblhdu DIOOhS-
The Connecticut democrats have re-
nominated Gov. English and the rest of
their present State officers.
The New York Fenians are making
grand preparations to welcome their
released brethren from England.
1t is pleasure to learn from a Wash
ington dispatch that perfect harmony
now reigns in the Republican party.
The great dry dock at st. Thomas,
sunk by the tornado of 1867, has been
recovered and towed into that harbor.
1t is turns out that the war material
landed by the Hornet on the Cuban
coast was not captured by the Span
iards.
Mexico is enjoying healthy rebel
lion in the Guerrero district, where the
government troops have just been de-
feated.
Congress is going to tax imported
whisky, brandy, gin and rum, 80 per
gallon. This is protection to home in
dustry."
Mrs. General Cespedes, of Cuba, has
arrived at New York. She reports the
Cubans are determined TO continue the
rebellion.
Wednesday, the Michigan Legislature
elected Hon. L. w. Ferry, ut present
member of Congress, to succeed U. S.
Senator Howard.
The San Domingo commission sailed
from New York, Tuesday. The world
will continue to revolve as usual until
the commission returns.
The Southern congressman want
more government pap, and the Cabinet
held a special meeting Wednesday to
consider this absorbing question.
The bank of France-the great finan-
cial centre of that country-began us
ing forced paper money Wednesday, in
imitation of our legal tender system.
The only Geographic mention of
weather is o Chicago dispatch, which
says a great snow storm there blocked
the streets from Friday until Monday.
L. S. Marshal Dalton, of New York,
has sued the Brooklyn Union for $780,
600 on charge of libel, in saying he did
not do his duty in suppressing whisky
frauds.
Monday and Tuesday 70 vessels en-
tered New York harbor from foreign
ports. This was the largest number of
such arrivals in two consecutive days
for ten years.
Hon. VIM. Z. Forester NJ. p, in
speech at London, Tuesday, declared
that the Government had great hopes
of settling for the Alabama claims with
Minister Schenck.
At Englewood, Michigan, Monday,
as a conductor and brakeman were
shoveling snow from the front of their
locomotive, train from the opposite
direction ran over and killed them.
wednesday General Butler was ex-
amined relative to his alleged misman-
agement of the soldiers asylum at
Washington. The committee don't
state whether they found him out or
not.
Some scamp hoaxcd Washington
Wednesday by starting a report that
the Government had telegram saying
Paris had surrendered. French. lega-
tion attaches were nearly crazy until the
sell was discovered.
The Postmaster General says there
were 1885,, 497 letters franked the last
six months, and also 2,655,579 pounds
of printed matter. The entire postage
would have been SI,27I, 663. Yet the
Senate refuses to abolish the franking
swindle.
Finklebuagh has introduced into Con-
gress bill to create a bureau of immi-
grafton, to take care of immigrants &c.
in accordance with the recommends
tions of the late convention at Indianap-
oils. Now let us see whether 1t will
pass or not.
The newest dodge is for the govern
ment to loan certain New Workers S2O,-
100000, for thirty years, on condition
that they will use il in building steam
ships for their nse and profit. Most
anything is legitimate now, if it only
swindles the public.
The New York police are saEgnine
of soon arresting the murderer of Mr..
Nathan. The Count Joannes George
Jones) is being laughed at for his bonn
bastic article in the sun, relative to the
said murder. 1t turns out that the
Count was badly sold by joking con-
vict.
A convention In favor of having the
United States constitution recognize the
Almighty, meets in Philadelphia to-day.
The call was signed by Judge Strong,
Cows. Geary, Harvey, Stewart, McClurg,
Jay Cooke, Bishops McIlvaine and
Huntingdon. and others. Its proceed
ings viii no doubt be watched with
profound interest, by all who think
the Almighty depends npoR the Consti-
lion