The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-11-10
GLgANINGs.

Thurlow Weed wrote his first cdito-
rial when journeyman in the flee of
the Albany Register, in the year 1926.
The subject was o defence of Pontius
PLATE.
1t lie reported that pine lands in |
Wisconsin to the value OF $500, 100, be- |
longing to the Government, were late
ly bought up by one or two corpora
lions for $4,000.
"A deed has been admitted to record
In the Office of the county clerk of
Rockbridge, Va, conveying the natural
bridge property TO John w. Garrett, of
Baltimore, for the consideration of
$4,000 cash.
There are in Denver l59 brick
stores, 325 frame stores, $50 brick resi-
dcnces, and 1000 frame residences.
Total, 1854 buildings, one-fourth of
which have been built in thepast seven
months.
"A complete survey OF the Tennes-
see river has been made. The estiDla-
ted cost of the proposed improvements
will be 6,0O0,0O0, which, when COM
plete, will make the river navigable a
distance of 900 miles from its mouth.
DIR. Chapin's congregation respond
cd TO the appeal OF DIR. Ryder, whose
elegant church was burned in the
Chicago fire, with a generous contribu-
ton which WILDE carried up to $4,000.
The new census tables give the fol-
lowing In regard to the Chinese: The
Chinese population In the United States
is set down at 63, 264-an increase with.
in the past ten years ofonly some $4,000
Amherst CollegeIhas beneficiary
fund OF $4,000. not a cent of which car
be received by anys tudent who uses
tobacco or intoxicating liquor of any
sort. This Is laying the AK Mt the roo
of the tree In advance.
The discovery of valuable mines o
tin ore in the Lake Superior region
reported. Thus far the supply of thi
metal has always come from foreig
countries, although extensive deposit
have long been known to exist in south
eastern Missouri.
"A boy bawliDg IN the street wa
asked the cause of his trouble, and re
piled: 81 want my mamma; that's tn
matter. told the darned thing she
lose me-"
Napoleon has returned to Chise
hurst. On his way thither he was II
terviewed by q correspondent of III
the Bath Argus conservative newsps
that the present government of Franc
was weak and inadequate 10 the want
of the country.
-E. i. Rockwell writes to the Chics
go Tribune that he saved Rothermel
picture of the battle of Gettysburg,
Chicago, and that il Is not injured. II
also says that he and Mr.. w. ii. DowI
ing, another artist, saved all the othC
pictures in the academy of design ga
lery that were of any account.
An over-chan9ing, never-broke
circle of admirers hens in from NOR
ing to night the beautiful new fountai
in Cincinnati. People go and go agail
for such genuine art never wearie
Men cannot live by bread alone, an
we are not sure but the gentlemen
whose wise muniflcence Cincinnati ow'
this thing of beauty have done as muC
for the people as if they had founded
college or endowed some great Chart
One bright fact which the fire hi
revealed is that the jealousy of Il
great cities of the West has not bee
nearly so real as apparent. The new
paper badinage was q matter of cours
But In the hour of Chicago's visitatiC
and sorest need nothing could be mo
princely than the swift liberality of h
sister cities, st. Louis, Cincinnati al
the rest. May this generous amity
perpetual.-ChicdgOA dvdncc.
According to news from Gre
Britain, the subscriptions for the I
lief of the Chicago sufferers contin
TO be pressed. Up to the latest dat
the Mansion House fund amounted
f33,OO0; up to the same time Birmin
ham had sent $4,000 and Glasgow E.
600. Nottingham has given E2.OO
Kiderminster has subscribed ESQ
Edinburgh e, $40; Perth E150; DuI
fermline Gl50. A list for the receipt
of contributions has been opened
Cardiff.