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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

the people, and viii not quietly subside
without further aggressions, unless
dealt with by bolder and more power
full hand than has figured in the affairs
ofFrance since Napoleon left the throne.
The public will await, with much inter
est, further developments in priest-rid-
den France.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

Senator Pomeroy offers to give Sl0,-
OO0-tw o-thirds of the amount needed
toward the endowment of q feminine
professorship of medicine in the Har-
ward University. Why doH't PomerOy
give his money to help build up some
of the struggling institutions in his
own State, seeing he has made his
money by position given him by the
people OF Kansas. That would seem
more sensible than to aid one of the
rich institutions of the East.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

Close connections arc made at North Topeka
with trains of Kansas Pacific hallway, Tor all
points east and west.
At EmpoTia junction with trains on the MiSsou-
ri Kansas X Texas Railway, for Southern Kan
At Emporia with daily line Of stages to and
from Eureka
At Florence with daily line of stages for wehi-
ia, .Eldorado. Arkansas City. Augusta. and all
points in Southern and Southwestern Kansas.
All communications relative freight and
ticket business should be addressed TO
NJ /. SARGENT,
General Teight and Ticket gent.
T. j. PETER general Manager.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

The School Board of Louisville has
determined TO reduce the study hours
in the puclic schools of that city from
two sessions of two and half hours
each to one session of three hours. A
similar change is talked of in CleVe.
land.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

The Omaha Herald says that thirteen
railroads will center in that place before
many years. We believe that is just
five less than Cottonwood Falls is sci
down for in the State map gotten up by
Sam Wood, and published by some fel.
low in st. Louis.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

An "intcrviewcr" says that Mrs.
Lincoln has returned to this country
mainly to oblige "Tad," who longed
again to see his native land. Tad has
nearly forgotten his native tongue. Mrs.
Lincoln is in fine health, and she and
Tnd dress in deep mourning.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

Members of the Joint High Commits.
sion, from England, paid their part.
ing respects to the Present Saturday
Good-dinners and wines have been
abundant during their stay, and they
have "cut n wide" on the avenues. W.
join in bidding our respectable cousins
adieu.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

John W. Forney thinks James Buch-
anan was the best depository of a
secret of any man he ever knew. He
thinks his reticence may have been ow
ing to his cold temperament; but he is
confident that Buchanan never betrayed
anything that occurred either in the
Senate or in tie Cabinet.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

The colored men of Washington COM
plain that they do not get their share OF
the Offices. A great many white men
complain, also, because they do not get
their share of tho offices. We feel sorry
for all hands.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

They refuse to accept education as a
charity in North Carolina. Teachers
employed under the Peabody trust have
been warned to desist from their noble
work, although they educate white and
colored children alike.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26
st. Louis Markets.

st. Louis Markets.
ST. LOUIS, May "a.
Flour-slow and unchanged buyers mostly OF
the market.
Wheat-Dull and dropping; No Kansas spring
1 30; No Iowa and Minnesota 35a1 Sc; No . fall
1 Seal S. No l 6Sa1 20.
Corn-In better demand and irmer; No mixed
52a53; yellow So: white 5f4S, bulk; choice yellow
60; white 81. sacked.
tS--Dull and easier for buyers; No mixed 81,
bulk; 5S;I5S15, sacked
Barley Quiet aud unchanged; little offering.
Rye--Dull and lower; 90a92
Pork-FirmeF and nominally higher; no trans
actious however; mess on oIders, 161Sa1
Bacon--In better demand but unchanged.
Lard-Dull and nominal.
HighwineS-Steatiy: 60
Cattle-Sold to local dealers al 31za5s<; nothing
done in choice shipping.
Hogs-3s<a4
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

w. w. H. Lawrence, who used to be
full of political schemes in Kansas, is
now full of railroad schemes in Texas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

Comptroller Broadhead has decided
that Senators cannot draw mileage for
the present session. This saves thirty
nine thousand dollars, but the Senators
feel bad about 1t.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

The Illinois State Journal says: The
murder of Mr.. Tyndale is just as much
a mystery to-day as it was on the NOR
ming that his lifeless body was found
near the corner of Second and Adams
streets. So far as We are advised, there
is thus far not even a clue as to who
committed the horrid deed. ''lIave VIC
lost our detective ability ?"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

An army OF caterpillars is on the
move through Southern Illinois, de-
vouring in lite march leaves, buds and
everything of a succnlent nature.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26

The "F7Gt Contributors" has been bor-
ing the people of Ottawa with his '1n-
Jun Meal"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26
AtchiSOn. Topeka 6 Santa Fe
RAILROAD.

FEHHIs road is now completed and running Two
i DAILY PAsSENGER TRAINS to and from
FLORENCE, KANSAS, as per time table below:
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26
MARKETS 1sv TELEGRAPH
New York Market.

New York Market.
NEW YORK, May 25
Gold weak, in consequence OF the lower rates for
sterling; opened at 117 declined to 115; closed at
HA9u7a.
Loans made at 192 per cent.
CleaTances 100000.
Government bonds duh without decided change;
offerings at the sub treasury were S. at from
100 to l. 1235.
Subscriptions TO the new loan $l1400o.
Stocks opened feverish and closed bouyant.
Money continues extremely easy, three per cent
being the ruling rate.
State securities firm.
Sterling exchange 1879.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26
Missouri. Kansas and Texas
RAILWAY.
bound south.

TIME TABLE NO. 2.
fakes effect March 22d, at 200 a. m.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-26
New Advertisements.
LIST OF LETTERS

ID EMAINING uncalIed for in Emporia Post
IN Office for the week ending
Friday, May 10Th.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
Deaths in Paris.

Dr. w. B Johnston, a well-known
 American physician in Paris, has called
 the attention of Minister Washburne to
 the fact that exaggerated reports of mor-
 tality in Paris have been circulated, and
 as evidence of fact gives the statement,
 which exhibits the number of deaths in Paris for the recent week, as compared
 with those of London for similar one,
 and also as compared with the deaths in Paris for the corresponding week in 1870. The official statement of the Physician of the Prefecture of the Seine shows that in Paris, with population of 1925, ,247, according to the census of 1866, there were, from the 10th to the 18th June, of the present year, total
 of ], 25O, deaths, of which l, O18 were from causes not specified. In London, with a population, according to the census of 1871, of 3, ,258, ,569, from the 20th May to the 2d June, the tctal number of deaths was 1898, of which 896 were from causes not specified The report shows that there were sixteen cases of small pox in Paris and 229 in London. If the deaths from wounds, included under the head of other causes, be deducted, Paris exhibits better state of health Turing the same period of last year. It appears by the table that the sanitary condition of Paris is satisfactory, and that no epidemic prevails. The number of deaths during the corresponding week of 1870 was 1,144. Among the deaths of the present week there has been no exceptional number of acci- dental deaths.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
Growth of the Petroleum Trade.

The extraordinary increase of the Petroleum trade is one of the notable features of the commercial returns of the past year. We find very full and valu- able statistics, in relation to this impor- tant interest, in the annual report of the Chamber of Commerce, of New York, just issued from the press. It appears that the exports of Petroleum in 1870 were 37 per cent. greater than those of the previous year, and that nearly all this increase, or B per cent, is accounted for by the shipments from the port oi
 New York. The total export from the United States in 1870 was Al, ,2O8, 155 gallons-against 1,50O,O ,OOO gallons in 1860, and 99, ,2S1, GOO gallons in 1868 showing an increase of nearly 42, OOO, ,OOO in two years. The first sale noticed for export was in May, 1881. when 10000 gallons were sent to foreign markets.
 Antwerp, which has since led all other ports in the importation of Petroleum,
 took in that year 5, 671s gallons, increas- ing the amount in the following year to more than 800,GO0 gallons. Great Britain took 579, ,000 gallons in 1861-and Ill 1862 increased her importation to 3, 3,o38, 900 gallons. The continued growth of this trade for ten years-from 1, 1,5OO,- 900 gsllons in 1860, to Al, ,OOO, 900 in 187O-is Q wonderful exhibit, not only on account of the rapid development of the oil interest, but also because the yearly increase has been steady. The daily average product of the Pennsyl- vania oil district in December, 1867, was 10, 400 gallons in the same month ot 1870. it was 15,214 gallons-a fact which shows the inexhaustibility of the region.
 In regard to the home consumption, it is estimated that it is equal to one-half the quantity exported making, in round numbers, an aggregate consumption of 211, 100000 gallons annually. This enormous amount, reckoning the price at an average of 20 cents per gallon, represents value of more than $42, ,O00,- GOO for single year certainly aremark- able return for product unknown to Commerce ten years ago. -.......,----.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21

It IS doubtful if any case of the day will compare with that of MT. Lattimer, a member of a stationery firm on Nassau st., near Liberty. Hewas walking along Eighth ave-, near Twenty-eighth st., and when the first volley was fired several balls entered his body. One passed through his breast, another shattered his under jaw to splinters, and two took effect in his neck. He at once fell on the pavement, and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, but no hopes are entertained of his recovery.
 The majority of the crowd that fol- lowed the procession evidently had no idea that so many had been killed and wounded at Twenty fourth street, or it IS believed they would have stopped and demonstrated there. As the facts were developed consternation seemed to strike every one present. The news rang through the city in advance of the march of the military, for the people by this time seemed to forget the Orangemen who were squeezed into SO small com pass, and talked about the fight between the mob and the military. In fact, there was none other. The Orangemen were so completely protected that not man of them was either injured or in the least danger tr' r't'ta,'f
 The only police-oficer whose life was sacrificed in the discharge of his duty was Patrolman Murphey. of the Twenty second Precinct. While in the act of raising his baton to srrike down a rioter. he was shot through the head, and fell dead.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
'a lSa .F Nt @
 Midsummer Maladies.

Ths hot solar that rpen the harveets generate many distressing diseases If the liver be ct all pres- posed to irregularities this season iu which b- ous attacks may be anticipated. weak stomach too
 IS weakest in the months and the loss of vitality through the by excessive precipitation great that wholesome tonic, combining also the properties of difusve stimulant and gentle exhilarant is in many cases necessary to health under no circum- stances should be dispensed with by sicky and debii tated Of all the preparations intended thus to refresh sustain and fortfy the human frame there is none that wll compare with Hostetters Celebrated Stomach nters They have been weighed in the balance of rence and not found wanting have been recommended rom tne hrst as great medicinal specific not as and in spite of interested opposition from n quarters stand sitter twenty years trial at the head of all proprietary medicines intended for tho prevention and cure of all ordinary complaints of the the liver the yel and the neryes In tho districts bordering the great rivers of the South and West Hosetters Btters may be classed AS the standard for species of intermittent or mittent fever The people who inhabit those districts place the most implicit confidence in the preparationa confidence that is increased year the results of its operation
 As bitters called of the perncious character are sprlngng up like fungi side the public is hereby forewarned against the dram-shop fraud Ask for Hosettrs Btters that the label etc. correct and remember that the genuine article is never sold in bulk but in bottles only
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
The Streanlet.

It is only the tiniest stream,
 With nothing whatever to do, But to creep from it's mosses, and gleam In just thin ribbon or two. Where 1t spills from the rock and besprinkles The flowers all round it with dew. Half-wav up the hillside it slips From darkness into the light, Slides over the ledges. and drips In basin bubbling and bright. Then once more in the long meadow-grasses In silence it sinks out of sight. So slender, so brief in it's courseI It will never be useful or grand, Like the waterfall foaming and hoarse, Or the river benignant and bland, That sweeps far away through the valley. And turns all the mills in the land. Just brooklet. so perfect, so sweet.- -... Like child that is always a child A picture as fair and complete, As oftly and peacefullv wild, As if nature had only just made it. And laid down her pencil and smiled.
 
 Q, teach me your song. happy brooki IF visit you yet many times, If put away busin -ss and book, And list to your fairy bell chimes. Will ,our freshness breathe into my verses, Your music lide into my rhymes?
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21

Hrs SUCCESS. A story comes from Delaware of an eccentric philosopher who has paid the penalty of his criminal attempt to enlighten mankind. To some extent he did enighten thatsabstractio but not as he intended to do. He had some theory or other in. regard to the use of parachutes which he absurdly connected with pyrotechnics, and so, on the Fourth of July, shortly after dusk, he clandestinely erected in his yard a huge sky-rocket, to the head of which was attached his parachute, in such Q way that while the rocket was seeking the moon it would remain closed, but
 when its upward motion ceaeed it would theoretically open like an umbrella, and thus wait him safely to the ground. He attached himself to the lower end of the stick with the fuse turned away from him in such a way that the fire from the rocket would not injure him. Then he hlazed away and went whizzing through the air, dangling and bobbing as he sped, with fire fastening itself upon, him. somewhat " like the pale martyr in his shirt of fre.' If his parachute ever opened he did not know it, for presently those who beheld the wondrous engine saw it turn sharply in mid-air, and it fell. The poor fool was fornd burnt and mangled not far from his own philosophy shop, r = J et 's"p. $ lH gTit ff NH :
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21

WITCH BURNING. natives of India. in their progress toward civilization, seem to have just reached the witch burning stage. Strange stories are told of their superstitious fancies regarding ugly old women.4 One aged sbeldame was lately accused of eating the livers Of the patients in 8 hospital, and in order to put an end to her indulgence in that kind of diet, the high-mlnded natives hung her by the heels to the branch of a tree, and swung her back and forth for several hours. In another case an alleged witch was on the point of being burned, when the English authorities rescued her. Her ofense, too, was feeding on other peoples flyers, to the great preju- dice of their health. These Hindoos ought to be either more or less civilized than they are now, for the present state of their progress is the worst imagina- [-
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
The Family POisOner.

One of the most horrible instances of
 female wickedness since the days of the
 Borgla, (who used the agun tofano with
 such freedom, is that now before court
 1nDerhv. Conn. A woman named Mrs. Lydia Sherman is held there charged
 with many murders. Altogether she is
 supposed to have killed off three hus-
 bands and eight children by giving them small doses of arsenic; but it is the death of her last husband, MT. Sherman and
 that of his children, for which the law is now seeking to make her responsible. The alleged murdress is fne-looking
 woman, with black, 1ustrous eyes. and a good figure, and a prepossessinR man. ner, and a taste for elaborate dress. Cupidity seems to have prompted all her murderous movements. She wanted to own. by herself, all that her husband possessed, (which was not so much, ] and to this end desired first to- get rid of all the children and then remove hSsa to "h1other and a better worid.'' ; Tn the popular mind of Connecticut there seems to be no doubt of the woman s guilt. and the nature of the testimony leaves it in no dispute. She professed the warmest attachment for her victims, every one. watched tenderly and assiduously at their bed sides, and literally murdered them by inches while bestowing caresses on them! Her victims all died plainly of the effects of arsenic, and their bodies being exhumed, the traces of arsenic were fully exposed by means of chemical analysis. In the liver of one of the murdered parties the amount of arsenic found, to use the chemists words, twas simply enormous" Pit was certainly the maximum amount that the human system IS capable of absorbing" To all this proof of her guilt the witness listened with an air of elegant nonchalance, but itis probable that, notwithstanding all her beauty and cunning, she will have to go to trial. ...-.-,,.-, ,.--.-.. ......-.,
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
A FEMAfE AERoNAUr.-Miss Maggie

A FEMALE AERoNAUT. Maggie Seitz, who went mp in balloon from Columbus, Ohio, had rather an unpleas- ant experience. Soon after starting, the ropes connecting the basket with the balloon caught on the end of 8 broken limb of tree, 100 feet from the ground. The inflated part bent over the topmost branches, the heated air began to escape, and the throng of spectators rushed with up-turn d faces toward the sturdy trees base, crying, "sOhl she'll fall, she'll faHl" Meanwhile Miss Seitzs stood in the basket. apparently with firm nerve and complete presence of mind Far down below her. forty feet from the ground, wasa ifeless limb. There was no limb below it, and to reach this, by climbing. two or three young men essayed In vain. The four, succeeded, and tied 8, rope to the first limb, by which two others followed, taking with them stronger rope. This they carried to the top, threw it over a substantial limb, and then fastened the balloon basket securely to it. By this means, with men on the ground holding the rope. Miss ySeitz was trimphantly lower ed, amid the loud acclaims of the specta- tors, who stood in great awe for as much as an hour to see what fate would betide her. On reaching the ground she faint ed. ,E-
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
ARMY srAr1sr1cs.-The United State

ARMY STATISTICS. The United States army comprises at the present time about 3O.OOO men, divided into forty regiments, of which ten are cavalry and five arti- cry. It occupies more than 300 military posts, and includes 2,277 commissioned officers. The highest salary paid to an officer, that of General Sherman, is $13,- 500; the lowest, paid to second ieuten- ants, is $1.40o year. The Quarter masters Department buys annually about 2,0o0,U0O' bushels of corn and oats, 125, ,000 cords of wood, 3O,OOO tons of coal, and moves 100, ,OOO tons of army stores. There are 5000 horses, mules and oxen in the army; some of the army routes require 800 miles of hauling in a straight line. The Military Academy at West Point costs $22O,OL0 year be- sides this institution, there is school of artillery at Fortress Monroe, and a torpedo school at Willett's Point, N. Y. On the 18th of June 133, 266 soldiers widows were on. the rolls of the United States Pension Office
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
A Petroleum Exploration. i.

Colonel Forney writes to the Phila- delphia Press from the Oil regions of Pennsylvania long account of the pre- sent condition of the petroleum field. He says :tE1 ] &EA&4Il
 There are now forty seven oil-districts, In the month of May last these forty seven districts produced 408, 797 bar rels, equal to 13, lS7 per day, which, at "A. 50 to 5.0O per barrel, will give you some idea of the revenue derived from this new branch of industry. Many changes have taken place, but no revo- lution has been so effective as the substi- tuition of wrought-iron pipes, some two and half inches in diameter, for the original plan of conveying oil in barrels from the wells to the tanks on the rail- road ears Y 4fj&Zs V LtA L 24%'
 These pipes are frequently carried over a distance of three or four miles They are manufactured in Philadelphia. and are composed of sections, which screw into each other. They are spread over the most irregular ground, up and down hills, and when fastened into the tanks, at both ends the steam-engine is applied. and the oil is forced to run down at a very rapid rate until the railroad tank is full. There are said to be over 2, ,0OO feet of this pipe now laid in the district. Un- der the former process the cost of con- veying the oil was equal to one dollar a barrel. It is now not one-fifth. of that amount-an almost incalcalable econ omy, when we consider that there is no longer any necessity for spending money for barrels Another great advantage of the new system over the old is the utilizing of the gas which is found in large qua jtities in many localities while boring for 4oil-wells. Pipes are applied to this gas, and it proves a tirst-class substitute for fuel, being employed to run engines, &c It is estimated that a single we'll is capable of supplying gas enough to illuminate a city the size of Franklin. A&C2@ @-A AS>ASS sl14 4Ss I
 The question may be asked why, if such fortunes were realized when oil commanded only $l25 a barrel, it can not he obtained at the same price now ?? The answer is that the article has appre- ciated, owing to the increasing demand for 1t and as the trade is in the hands of certain united organizations, they slacken operations the moment the de- lnand moderates, or store their oil in vast tanks on their estates, some of which hold lO,OOO and even as high as 10000 barrels. You will perceive, therefore, that while there are many failures, while many poor fellow vainly bores for the precious liquid, the average profit is enor- nous, and that one or two good pro- ducing wells is a sure fortune.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21

THE GYPs1Es. The ladies of Benning- ton Vt, do not buy any more bread coasters of wandering gypsy girls Thi :. is the way it has happened: The other day young girl belonging to gang of gypsles, then stopping in their neigbbor- hood, called at several houses, and at each said that the lady of the adjoining dwelling wanted one of her coasters, and if they would buy and pay for it, she (tle lady of the other housel would take It and pay for it just as soon as she could get bill changed. When the accom- modating friends sent the fork to their neighbor, they were informed that she did not wish it, and had just bought one for Mrs. -, and so ran the tale along the whole street.