The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-11-17
VOLUME II.
FACT AND FANCY.

FACT AND FANCY.
A st. Louis man worth $4,000 be-
queathed his children one dollar each
the rest went TO hospital.
! In Minnesota the prairie fire has
burned through the earth in some
places 10 the depth OF five feet. Llla
'sFIannel receptions" are now in
vogue. 1t Is where the young ladies
fsew an hour for the poor and dance
three for joy.
An American company have bought
ground in Rome an dintend to. build O
Protestant church there of great mag
nificence.
The banner dairy county of the Uni
ted States is Herkimer, n. Y, which
ships annually 100000 pounds of
cheese and 100000 pounds of butter.
The Hon. A. F. Allen promises $780,
600 for the Presbyterian College Des
III Dimes is irving TO secure, provided his
ttowRsmen will aise 100000.
The Chicago Times shows the debt of
that city to be Sl4,4l7, 42l.2l, and the
drbt Of Cook county about S5,OOOO0O,
making he total for city and county
S20,0O0,000 III round numbers.
In New York many fashionable wo-
men stand in great dread of offending
| their "maids," who, ii turned away,may
disclose the secret of their toilet 10 some
rival, who may profit by 1t,
When a gentleman asks LADY, to
drive with him he does not care about
| waiting an extra haIf-hOuF at the door
with restless horees while she puts on
| 4 h. nd al, I'D
| ira touch.
A resident of Wisconsin recently cele-
brated his 18th birthday by blowing
two acres o. land. Some men would
rather die on their 18th birthday than
be compelled to celebrate their 18th in
that manner.
Ex-Secretary Seward looks younger
than he did before he went around the
world. His hands have been paralyzed
but they are getting better, and be ex-
poets soon to have the full use OF them.
Since he left New York he has travelled
$4,000 miles.
According to information received at
the internal revenue bureau only four
disti!leries were burned in the late COLI
fl tgration III Chicago. This bureau |
will not prosecute claims pending
against disIilleries in that city for the
present.
a new style of sack for house wear is |
Of worst ed Knitted in fancy pattern, |
aud overwrought with a star parterl in
floss silk aud worsted. They are very |
comfortable and warm, as well as !
dressy, and are made III the newest |
shapes and styles t.. .s.--f f- -
There is beautiful harmony just
now between the colors, the fabrics
aud The season. All the warm, bright
colors are in request; all the soft, wool
en- fabrics, aud larger, ampler forms OF
garments than we have had for several
years past
The open polar sea discovered by the
expedition OF DR.. Kape some years ago,
is now reported TO be sighted by the
German expedition heading for the
pole by the way of the Spitzbergen
islands. The Germans report, too,
that this open polar sea swarms with
whales.
In Lafayette Co, Wis, oats have
yielded larger crop this year than
ever before. In some cases, as report
ed by the Agricultural Department, the
Weld was % bushels per acre. The1
White Schonon oats have yielded an
average of Go bushels, against 3S1s
bushels of Norway oats.
An English paper says that for every
English visitor to Geneva this year the
hotel keepers count five Americans, and
the other favOrite Swiss resorts tell
similar tale. Nearly all the available
lodgings in Rome for the coming win
ter are already secured for families hail
lug from the States.
1t is suggested to those who find it
necessary fur their health during the
summer to amuSe themselves with cro-
qurt, base bail, etc, that they promptly
look about for some other mode of ex-
ercise. The young ladies might find
Substitute in washing, cooking and
scrubbing, and the men in saving
wood. 4-
For big business on a small capital
Chicago Insurance companies beat the
world. The Equitable, with assets OF
S230,000, had risks amounting to s., 0OO,-
CO., The Gaden City, with capt Al
S5lOOO0O0, aud lost $4,000 600. The
CoIuneI cirl. with assets OF sou, 900, had
SIS 100000 in outstanding risks.
Father Haycinthe was the most rap
turously applauded speaker AT the old
Catholic congress in Munich. His re-
reption there has led him TO make q
occurring tour through Germany in Or
der 10 conciiiate the peoples feelings
TO ward France. After visiting the
large German cities he will lecture in
France for similar purpose.
a girl, forced by her parents into a
disagreeable match with an old man
whom che detested, when the clergy
man came to that part of the service
where the bride is asked If she consents
to take the bridegroom for her hus-
band, said "Oh, dear, no, sir; but you
are the first person who has asked my
opinion about ther.' matte
Judge Sherwood, of the Pennsylvania
Supreme Court, has just decided a case
ia which he lays down the principle
that even minority OF n congregation
which withdraws itself from the de-
nomination with which it stood con-
RecIed, cannot lay claim to any part OF
the church property As against the M
nOriiy That remains under the authority
of the church.
The Chicago Tribune editoriallv an
nouuces that FIVE or six hundred brick
aud stone masons can fluid employment
in Chicago through the winter at from
four to five dollars per day; that two
thousand carpenters can find employ
ment all through the winter at high
wages, aud that in March there will be
employment for twice as many more
of both these trades, in addition to
workers in wood, iron, plumbers, gas
filters, aud workers in tin, brass aud
copper.
In Ontario street, Chicago, baby ten
months old was thrown from q four
story window and caught in q blanket
by men congregated below. 1t started
head downward, like Sam Patch. in his
last leap, but gradually gained the per-
pendicular, aud lighted on it's feet like /
an athlete. The intact was somewhat |
worried for breath at first, and couldn't
scream worth a cent in its new wooden
cradle, but 1t gradually recovered equi-
librium and in five minutes was so.
renely sucking its thumb.