The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-02-03
VOLUME II.
EDITORIAL AND NEWS ITEMS.

Rumors that Uncle Sam must chastise
Mexico, are very numerous at Washing
ton.
Senator Schurz is going to offer a SUBJ
stitute for Trumbulfs civil service re-
form bill.
Congressman Pleasanton wants the
whisky tax raised from go. 10 SO cents
per gallon.
Brazil will kindly permit foreign ves-
sells to trade between Brazilian ports,
duriu this year.
In Boston, Thursday, Geo. Ticknor,
the distinguished scholar and publisher,
died, aged nearly so years.
: Thursday, the Senate, &c to 25, passed
the bill to repeal the income tax here
after. 1t now goes to the House.
The Liverpool ship Bornez, Captain
Durlap, has been wrecked between
Montevido and Santos, S. A., and 35 of
her crew lost.
Secretary Fish has not heard any
thing from Minister Washburne about
the surrender of Paris, Fish therefore
The river and railroad interests are
fighting in Congress over the bridge
question, and il looks as If the river
chaps will carry the day.
The House Judiciary Committee has
reported against the repeal of the law
under which each new Congress begins
its session on the 4th of March.
The census bureau is quite behind
hand with its work, on account of the
inefficiency of various Southern mar
shals to canvass their districts.
Thursday, Gov. Hoffman sent the
New York Legislature a special mess
age, asking for law to severely punish
the corrupt use of money at elections.
If Mexico docs not stop the smuggling
over its frontier into ours, there will
be heap of trouble soon, and Mexico
will get hurt. So says a Washington
dispatch.
Anxiety is felt about the Steamers Il.
Snowden and Brittania. The former
left England Dec. 1Ith and the latter
left GLASGOW Jan. LIST, for New York,
and neither have been heard from yet.
New York is enjoying two feet OF
snow. Travel from the east to the
Miissippi is very much embarrassed, as
heavy snow storms have fallen all over
the middle and eastern States.
Read this twice. Thursday DR.. NJ.
A. Wolff, a notorious abortionist of N.
", was convicted of manslanghter in
the second degree and sent to Sing Sing
for Z years. He does not sing SO jolly
as he did.
In Philadelphia, Thursday, Gersells
mantilla store, 119 Chestnut St., was
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000. The
bookkeeper, who is the proprietor's
brother was arrested on charge of being
the incendiary.
The Prussian minister at Washington
denies the report that Prussia desires or
intends to secure any foothold in the |
West Indies. 1t would not take San |
Domingo as gift. Neither would any |
sensible government.
Hugh Hastings, editor of the New
York Commercial 1dUertiSeT, has with
drawn mis- libel suit against Congress-
man Brooks. Reason-he could not, |
himself, stand the examination of the |
Congressional Committee.
Another good temperance lecture.
Thursday morning three men, evidently |
laborers, were found frozen to death on |
Hampstead Plains, Long Island. They |
had been on a spree, and recklessly dilu-
ted their whisky with water.
In Cincinnati, Thursday, snow broke
down the roof of Lane & Badley's boil
er shop, burying Daniel Peck in the
ruins, and severely injuring Patrick |
Dunn, JAS. Dunn, Jas. Hiban, Patrick |
Murphy and Patrick Wheeler.
The Massachusetts radical peace So
ciety sternly resolved, Thursday, that |
only those who favor war should be |
be compelled to support it. Also that |
hanging should be abolished and |
the war making clause in the constitu-
ton repealed.
The belated Fenians arrived at New |
York, Friday, in the Cunard steamer
Russia. They were received by Tam
many Hall crowd, and marched in tri-
umph to Sweeney's Hotel, where they
are willing to stay at Tammany's ex-
pense, until the Alabama claims are
settled. ~
Tho N. Y. Evening Post says the I'M
ion Pacific r. r. Company, at its March
meeting will elect the following new
directors: j, Edgar Thompson, Presi-
den Pennsylvania Central r.. Il. Co.
Thos. A. Scott, Vice President same
road and sleeping car Pullman. This
is corroboratory of the report that the
Pennsylvania Central has secured con-
troll of the Union Pacific.
The Count Joannes George Jones is
anxious to get the S49,0 reward offer
ed for the detection of M. Nathan's
murderer. The man Hughes, whom he /
charges as guilty, was on Thursday SEN
fenced one year to state prison, for lar
ceny. Monday he will be examined by
the grand jury, to give the the Count
Joannes George Jones, Esq, a chance to
prove his charges and finger that S49,-
600.
L. v. Revis, of st. Louis, has written
an elaborate reply to President Grants
little speech against removing the Ma
tional Capital to the West. Mr.. Revis
exhausts the subject and his readers,
and insists that the Capital must be re-
moved to the Mississippi Valley. Now
to amicably settle this question, we
suggest the Capitol be removed to SAN
Domingo. Grant cannot disaapproVe
of that.
The House, Friday, returned to the
Senate, the latter's bill to repeal the in
come tax, with the information that
Sec. of Article of the Constitution
confers upon the House the sole author
ity to originate bills relative to reve-
nue.. The Senate is snubbed. The in
come tax is not repealed, and Grant
may put that in his pipe and smoke it.
The Pennsylvania coal mine strike
promises to last for long time, and all