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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-11-17

THANK Con, It's RAINING.-The fol-
lowing incident, at the park in the
northern part of Chicago, on the night
of the terrible fire, is related by an eye
witness:
It was toward morning, when hope
had been dismissed and despair had en-
tered the weary hearts of the watchers,
when a gentleman felt q raindrop on
his hand. He thought at first il was d
tear from his wife, who was leaning on
his arm, her head forced down and her
soul given to sorrowful thoughts. But
another and another drop in quick sue
cession and pattering in the leaves
over his head assured him that it was
raining. He was on the point of ut
tering remark to that effect, when a
hundred voices, it seemed. cried out,
81 hank God, it's raining!" A pale,
careworn lady, who was trying to
soothe the sorrows of woman who
had lost her two children, looked up
and said, mo, it's not raining the an
gels are weeping for us their tears are
falling on our ruined homes"
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ENGLAND AND AMERICA.


The mails by the Russia bring q full
report of Earl GarDville's speech at Man
chester on Oct, 10. In the course ofhis
remarks, he said:
venture to alude to the treaty of
Washington, of which Mr.. Ashton has
already spoken SO well. / believe it 10
a great accomplishment. l believe it is
one which has results of the best posi-
BILE character. l was accused in the
House of Lords of having too much
cOmplimented all those who are con-
nected with that treaty. l cannot re-
greet one word which have said. /
think we see the results of it every day.
1t is an immense thing that two such
proud and sentative countries as Great
Britain and the United States should
have consented to settle by amicable
means quantity Of complicated Ques-
tions, and to establish that good feeling
which ought at all times to exist. There
is hardly day passes on which we have
not some proof of the extent of this
good feeling. What has been the feel
ing in England? l don't believe that if
one of our large manufacturing towns
had been burnt down, more sympathy
would have been shown, not only in
Manchester, connected by feelings of
interest with the United States, but in
every other part of the country and in
the capital of the country, than has
been shown with the suffering and ca
lamity, which we regret so much. that
the Inhabitants of Chicago have suffer-
ed. On the other hand what do We see
l heard a rumor of an intended Fenian
invasion. l telegraphed at once to COM
municate with Mr.. Fish. The wonder
full instrument of communication of
thought informed me the very next day
that the government had already sent
instructions and given orders of the
most stringent character. And We
heard, although only from very meagre
kilograms, that it appears that the
American governments instructions
have been obeyed and this most ridicu-
lous and wanton raid has been put
down, not by US, but by the Americans
themselves. And if may be allowed
to add one single sentence, it is on the
effect which 1 think our example must
have with regard to the settlement of
affairs.
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A MISSING WILL RECOVERED.

Henry Dillon, an ex-Union soldier,
proprietor of q newspaper stand at
Montgomery and Hudson streets, Jer-
sey City, yesterday received a check for
$500 from the daughter of the late
General Stegman, of the Confederate
army. The circumstances under which
the money was paid are romantic. Du-
RUG the war Dillon served in the Second
New Jersey cavalry. He accompanied
his regiment on Grierson's famous raid
through Mississippi, and while on a
scouting expedition encountered Gen.
Stegman and one of his staff officers.
Shots were exchanged and the rebel
General fell from his horse mortally
wounded. The staff officer fled, but
was overtaken and captured by a COM
rade of billions. In his dying mo-
ments, Gen. Stegman requested his
SLAYER to take from his inside pockets
his will, bequeathing all his property
10 his wife and daughter. and lite in
-urance policy for $4,000. lie asked
Dillon TO keep them and send them to
his family.
After the war Mr.. Dillon advertised
in vain for the owners. and he resolved
10 retain possession of the papers until
some inquiries should be made for
them. Recently an advertisement APP
peared in the Alabama papers Offering
$500 reward for the missing will. Dill
lon answered it, and Gen. Stegman's
daughter came North as the guest OF
Roger A. Pryor. She related the par
ticulars of the long search for the will,
the difficulties that had been encoun-
tered, the production of forged will
by her fathers relatives, and their Mo-
bile lawsuits. She expressed deep graf
itude to Mr.. Dillon for the recovery OF
the will, and said that through it her
mother and herself would be enabled
to recover possession of their extern
five Alabama and Georgia estates. The
estates are valued at 100000.
Dillon is to be subpenaed as q wit
ness in the suits for their restoration to
the riYhIful owners. Young Dillon
calamity distinguished himself in sew
eral actions during the war, and was
one of the few private soldiers to whom
Congress voted gold medal for brave
ry.-N. Y. Sun.
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TIE GoLDEN sIpE.


There Is many rest on the road Of life,
II we would only stop 10 take it;
And many n tone from the better land,
If the queruious heart would make it!
To the sunny soul that is full OF hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers are bright,
Though the wIntry storm prevalent.
Better TO hope, though the clouds hang low,
And 10 keep the eyes still lifted;
Fer the sweet blue sky will soon peep
through,
When the omlnous clouds are riited!
There was never a night without day,
- Or an evening without morning;
Aud the darkest hour, as the proVerb goes,
Is the heur before the dawniDg.
There Is many \ gem IN the path CT life,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That Is richer far than the jeweled crown,
Or the miser's boarded treasure;
II may be the love Of little child,
Or a mothers prayer To heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For a cup OF water given.
Better tc weave in the web OF life
A bright and golden filling,
And TO do Gods will With ready heart
And bands that are swift and willing,
Than 10 snap the delicate, minute threads
OF our eurinus life assunder.
And thea blame heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit anu grIeve in wonder.
-PrQiTie Farmer.
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THE DEAa LETTER.
by JOHN G. sAxE.

And can It be! All, YES, see.
IT'S thirty years and better
since Mary Morgan sent TO me
This musty, musky letter.
a pretty hand she couldn't spell),
As any man must vote it;
And 'twSs IS remember well,
A pretty hand that wrote it,
How calmly NOW view IL all,
AS memory 2ekward ranges
The talks, the walks, that recall,
And then-the postal changes!
How well loved her can guess
(Since cash Is Cupid's hostaReH
Just one-and-sixpence-n less
This letter cost in postage!
The love that wrote at such q rat.
lBy Joyei 1t Was . steep oneI)
Five hundred notes Il cAlcuIAte)
W rs certainly deep one;
And yet 1t died-of slow decline
Perhaps suspicion chilled it;
Pve quite forgotten f'twas mine
Or Mary's flirting killed 1t!
At last the fatal message came:
MY letters-please return them;
And yours-of course you wish the same
PIl send them back or burn them"
Two precious fools, must allow,
Whichever was the greater:
wonder if Pm wiser now,
Some seven iustfes laterf
And this alone remains! All, well!
These Eords of warm Affection,
The faded ink, the pungent smell,
Are food for deep reflection.
They tell OF how the heart contrive9
To change with fancy's fashion,
And how a-drop Of musk survives
The strongest human passion!
-H0rper'S Magazine for Noeenber.
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JAPANESE FARMrNG.-Hon. James
Brooks writes from Japan: / thought
once, when on the Nile, that the Egyp-
tians, who could turn sands into gard.
enc, where the great farmers of the
world ; but the Egyptians could make
no such farming gardens as these.
Proud as am of the arts, sciences, and
marvellous doings of my own country,
blush when compare American farm
ing with thisl Here are the rice fields
srtiicially created, luxurisnt In beauty
now, terraced IRON hill side, up and
down, and watered by the hill strcame,
or not watered as the husbandmen wills.
There are barley fields. and bean fields,
and fields of all sorts of japan agricul-
tural Productions. Forests cap all the
hill tops. Two crops are raised In ia.
pan in one year, even on the rice fields,
where the first crop is grain. The grain
harvest is over in April or May. The
rains come on in june and July, and
now the new crops are up, aud the
whole country is one beautiful land
scape OF green.
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Storing GARAGES FOR WIKrER.-The
editor of the Germantown Telegraph
"Pfant or set them up in rows as they
grow-that lie, with the roots down
I'LL in with coil pretty freely, then make
a covering BY planting twoposts where
there Is fence TO rest on, or four where
there is not, allowing for pitch TO car
ry on the water; lay bean poles oppo.
site the wayof the pitch and cover with
corn fodder or straw or boards. In
using through the winter avoid as much
IS possible the sun aide aud close up
again"
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1t is stated that Mr.. A. I. Stewart.
away in public charity about 800 600.
In 1928, he sent $4,000 to the dis
Iressed cotton-spinners of Lancashire
soon afterwards ship laden with pro-
visions to Ireland; upon the breaking
out OF the rebellion he gave $4,000 for
the defense of the Union, and $1,000
To the furnishing people of southeastern
Prussia, just before the war, and after
wards he gave the Germans $4,000
worth of provisions, followed by an
other gin TO Prussia of 100000 francs.
aud like amount to France. AMER
the late fire in Chicago. as is well
known, he contributed $4,000 for the
relief of the sufferers.
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TIE PIX TRAoE.-There are eight
pin factories in the United States,
whose annual production Is 1000 coo
packs. each pack containing $3.50 pins.
a total of 6, 72O, 600, 900 pins. One man,
ufaciurer's agent in Boston, saws the
Bulletin, sells from 700 TO 1000 cases
OF pinsper week. Hair-pins are 10 bbed
by the cask. There Is but one factory
in this country that produces them.
They turn out fifty tons per month.
The machine that cuts and bends the
wire, makes $50 hair-piDs per min
ute, ready for japanning. Yankee pins
are ealeable IN nearly every city in the
world, and the productionsnd con-
sumption increase each year about ten
Per 0ena
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A WEARY NIeHr.-Web. Wilder gets
on the following in regard to q night
VI. Ihe cars at Humboldt during the
excursion. Those who were his COM
panious on that melancholy Occasion
will bear witness TO the adsIity of his
description: "The train remained Al
Humboldt till four in the morning,
Some OF "a Would have had q very fair
sleep had 1t not been for one Buell.. OF
Kansas City, who can put more loud
talk and pure froth into 8 railroad car
than any other blower In the business,
AAines did not come, and Wholegan
made Buell. his proxy. Thus did We
o0gQ2la the weary he1rs.1
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Economy in women is an essen tial
domestic virtue. Some women have a
foolish love of expensive baubies:
taste which very little care, probably,
in their early education, might have
prevented. We are told that when q
collection of ESQ was made for the cell
ebrated Cuzzona, to save her from abso-
lutte want, she Immediately laid out EGO
of the m~ney in the purchase of . shell
cap which was then in fashion. Pru-
dent mothers will avoid showing any
admiration of pretty trinkets before
their young daughters. and they will
oppose the ideas of utility and durabiI-
ity to the mere caprice of fashion, which
creates a taste for beauty, as it were, by
proclamation. f'Such g thing is pretty,
but it is of no use such thing is pref
ty, but it will soon wear out" mother
may say; and she should prove the
truth of her assetisns to her pupils.
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sHERIFF's SALE.

NO1ICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT BIZ YTR-
IN tue of order Of sale issued ont of the Dis
tTict Court OF Lyon county. Kansas bearing date
October IL, 1871, and to directed I viii, ct
O'Clock p. m, on Tuesday, the 9tst day OF Novem-
ber. A. D. ISL, at the door of the Court House.
the city OF EInporia, LYON county, Kansas, oHeT
for sale at public auction TO the hfgheAt bidder fr
cash in hand, the following described real estate
seven and eight q and 81, in block ninety three
1888, In Americus, IN said county and state Afore
said, according 10 the recorded plat thereof 6lca
in the of8ce of the Register Of Deeds said copn-
t. to be sold rs the property of John Torrcnce and
Barbara n. Torrance, at the snit of A. q. EdmiDS
ton. Ell. COATS
Sheriff Of Lyon county, kansas.
Dated this nth day of October, 1871 as
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SHERIFFsS SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that By virtue Of "a or
~ der OF sale issued out OF the District Court n
and for Lyon county, Kansas, bearing date Octo-
Der 2sth, lS71 and 10 directed sill st O'Clock
p m, 81 the Court House door in the city OF I'm
Porta, Lyon county, Kansas, on Tuesday. che e6th
day OF November, 1871, oGer for sale at public
following described real estate situated Ia SAID
cocnty, to-wft: Lot number seven 90. on Con gree
hundred dollars; 70 be sold the property Of Sam
uel w: Barnes, at the suit Of sarah 4. Dorsch and
Peter S. DoTSch. L. II. co ITS
<S-47 Sheriff OF Lyon county, Kansas
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Advertisements calculated by the inch, In length
Of column. For cuts and double column display,
add IS per cent. to above table of rates. Road No
tees, and al legal and transient advertising Co be
paid for in advance, except when ordered by Our
be paid IN advance Our rates cery losc IN pro-
portion 70 our circulation, and must be strictly
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DISSOLUTION.

THE eopsrtnership heretofore existing betwsoa
4 W. e. French and j. N. Green, under the drrz
name OF French Green. Is this day dissolved BY
mutual consent.
An bills due the arm may be sss.led with " c
French, who will continue business 81 the old
stand, ia commercial street. Or with J. II. Grees
145 Commercial street.
November /, 1871. ". C. FRENCH
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S25 REWARD.

THE Dwelling part of the building on los II:
- Commercial street, between 7th ana eth avt
rues-foaT rooms, price SO per month.
&S-SW NELSON WHITTLESEY.
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A st. Louis man worth $4,000 be-
queathed his children one dollar each
the rest went TO a hospital.
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An American company have bought
ground in Rome an diutend to build
Protestant church there of great mag
nificanca
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INTELLIGENCE OFEICE.

INTELLIGENCE OFFICE.
THE urdersigned has opened an intelligence
= o1ce at his Restaurant and Confectionery
store, 12s Commercial street, Emporia Persons
desiring 70 employ help OF any kind, can have
their names registered IN his book free OF charge
A fee Of 6fty cents win be charged each person
seeking employment. Persons seeking employ
ment can rest assured that will find an employef
for them il it Is possible for to be obtained
ss-tf j. A. ARBUTHNorT
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hotels.
MADISON HOUSE

MADISON HOUSE.
CSIXrU AVENUE EAST of CommerrIal street
- j UANkLA. 'proIlittor. FuIni. hes fTsi-
cl iss ncc' INNOVATIONS mo reasonable pric =.
Stagais Leave dalh for all points southwest amt
so..th' ~ fnporin A3-tt
BUCKEYE HOUSE.
NIF1Ii AVENUE. Emporia Kansas, near
OF Commercial Street. Bir,isall y Franz,
roUrtrtorS W32u
ROBINSON house,
n ROBIN 'ON 4 son, Proprietors. Corner
i A. of Merchants street and Sixth Avenue. This
hOusc has been rehtted and furnished throughout,
and is now open to the public. Stages leave daily
and connect with all Eastern Railroads
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PAINTERS.

nExscKI = JONES.
DAISTERs. House, Sign and Carriage Paint
II ing. Graining, Paper hanging, &c shop on
sixth avenue. between Mechanics and Market
streets. kmporia, Kansas 4'-iyr
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srRAYs, NOTICES. &c.
SHEEP FOR SALE.
FOR RENT.

o11EET FUN k5XAAEs
+ HAVE for sale from 100 to 500 head OF stock
sheep. u. W. APPLEBY,
S2-u Waterloo, Lyon Co., Kansas.
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THE under signed will pay the above sum to en-,
= one who will return the papers taken from thelI
safe on the night OF the 18th inst, and ask ns
questions.
4S-tf Z Z HOLDEEMAS & BRO
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In Minnesota the prairie fire has
burned through the earth in some
places 10 the depth OF five feet. [tI
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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.
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CIGARS AND TOBACCO.

G. w. MILLER,
UTuOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER n
w Ciga.s. Tobacco and smokers Articles
Agent for best Michigan ihe Cut, i69 Commercial
street. Emporia Kansas dl2s-u
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-NENTRAL LIVERY. FEED AND SALE STA
j BILE on 6th Avenue, between Commercial and
iechAnics street IL now open and ready for bust.
cess and will furnish teams at any time during
he DAY night, Passengers conveyed to any part
81 the country on titcrRl tern's Particular atten
Ion pail to boarding -transi"nt stock. wifi
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GUN s NTH.
Arm q SMITH,

MANUFACTURER of ana dealers In Rifles
WI Shot Guns, Pistols and specimens articles
Commercial street. near the CcurIi House.
II IL II
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LIVERY STABLES.
). n. = W. DAVIS
.. ;. CLEVEl.ANlI,s

AYEw LIVERY, SALE AND FEED STABLE.
N Ypl can get your hors,s fed with good feed. nj
0w prics also horses and bugges to let, and teams
~ heavy hauling .------- -
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JEWELER.
MISCELLANEOUS CARDS.

E.w .PRoTHERoR.
A TToRSEY AT LAW, Reading, Lyon county.
"a kansas, |-1o
- = II h. PHESIs.
A TTORSEY AT LAW and Notary Public, Eu-
"A reka, Greenwood county. Kansas.
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In Ontario street, Chicago, a baby ten
months old was thrown from q four
story window and caught IN q blanket
by men congregated below. It started
head downward, like Sam Patch in his
last leap, but gradually gained the per-
pendiculRr, aud lighted on it's feet like
an athlete. The intact was somewhat
worried for breath at first, and couldn't
scream W orlh a cent in its new wooden
cradle, but it gradually recovered eaui-
libriutn and in five minutes was so.
renely sucking its thumb.
Tho largest single contract for, rail-
road construction ever made for work
| in the United States was closed by Col.
w. ID. Mann, executive officer of the
\ Mobile aud Northwestern RraiIroad
Company, in New York. ON Monday.
The contract is for the entire hne from
MObiie TO Helena, Arkansas, $50 miles.
aud TO De completed by December 81.
1870 They will commence work al
once aud put ON 5000 men as rapidly
| as they can be gathered. The iron for
"A large secIiOn Of the road ia now be-
tiug made in Great Britain.
The next session. of Congress- will
open without finding, as has been usu-
al for several years past, q large number
of railroad laiId subsidy schemes on its
dockets. Ther are only eight or ten
such bills before the house, mostly re-
latihg TO southern roads, and about the
same Number on The Senate files. When
The Kilt Congress adjourned there
| were nearly 90 bills OF this Character
on the Speaker table, besides a number
killed in committee. II is reported
that q lobby has been formed to revive
g majority OF these measures, In order
to increase their chances of passage. Ii
is understood that the subsidies will be
so framed as TO provide that only the
proc ieds of the lands granted as set
tied upon in the regular form, Instead
of the aceage itself, shall be given the
railroads. Some attempt was made to
Introduce this plan in the last Congress,
battle YVES pnsucessafpl.
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'9FIannel receptions" are now in
vogue. 1t is where the young ladies
sew an hour for the poor. and dance
three for ioy.
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The latest argument for the narrow
gauge is that the road to heaven is built
on that principle.
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HARNESS AMo sAppLERY.

FNE1O
CHAS. r.. aye,
sNDDLES, HAIRS ESS WHIPS
A y aguu cover, and pllstCriug hair, No lbS
Commercial street EmpOrta kansas Ill
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An accident mt Canton has attracted
considerable attention among the native
population. The foreign settlement OF
Shameen IL built on nm artificial island,
separated from the mainland by q canal,
across which two or three bridges were
built by British engineers, under whose
supervision the island was filed in. A
few DAYS since q Chinese house or the
native side of tie canal canght fire, and
two fire-engines took uptheir position on
one of these bridges, the better TO COM
mand the burning building. The
bridge was crowded with natives work
ing mt the engines with considerable zeal
and effect, when suddenly, without q
moments warning, the trestlework gave
way, and engines and men were precipi-
tated into the canal Some were crush
ed beneath the engines, and many more
beneath the huge timbers Of the struc-
ture, while others were drowned before
help could be extended TO them. 1t is
computed thatIthere were from eighty
TO one hundred persons on the bridge
when it collapsed. few Of whom escaped
with their lives. Eighteen corpses only
have thus far been recovered, but several
vet remain beneath the debris at the bot
tom Of the canal. The fabric having
been constructed by British engineers,
advantage is, OF course, taken OF the
fact by the anti-foreign agitators Of the
city, and considerable ill-feeling has, in
consequence been manifested, though
happily, as yet, confined in words.