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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-20
a Good ola Fashioned Ghost story.

GOOd Ola fashioned Ghost story
G. Abbey, in Cheshire, is the ancestra
seat of the C. family, says a writer in
late number of ALT the Year Round. Th
old part of this fine old mansion has beel
made into bedrooms and offices, no
being in keeping with the splendor o
modern requirements. Thus, what uset
to be called the coved saloon was frs
degraded into a nursery, and is nov
used as bedroom. When the late Lore
G. grew old, this room, in which he haC
played as a child, was occupied by hi
niece, Miss p, who, before her marriage
resided in this house. Lady c. dress
ing-room was only divided from this
coved saloon - by short corridor.
One evening Miss P. was alone dress
ing for very late dinner, and as she
rose from her toilet glassto get some ar.
ticle Of dress, she saw standing near her
bed-a little iron one, placed out in the
room away from the wall-the figure of a
child dressed in very quaint frock, with
an odd little ruff around its neck. For
some moments Miss p. stood and stared,
wondering how this strange little crea-
ture could have entered her room. The
full glare of the candles was upon its
face and figure. As she stood looking at
it the child began to run round and round
the bed in wild, distressed way, with a
look of suffering on its little face. lst
Miss p, still more and more surprised,
walked up to the bed and stretched out
her hand, when the child suddenly van
ished, how or where she did not see, but
apparently into the floor She went at
once to Lady C1s room and inquired OF
her to whom the little girl could belong
she had just seenin her room, expressing
her belief that it was supernatural, and
describing her odd dress and troubled
face. 1uo,.vna a....
The ladies went down to dinner for
many guests were staying in the house.
Lady c. thought and thought over this
strange appearance AT last she re-
membered that Lord G.. had told her
that one of his earliest recollections was
the grief he felt at the sudden death of
n little sister of whom he was very fond,
fourteen years old The two children
had been playing together in the nursery
the same "coved saloon running
round and round the bed-over night.
In the morning when he woke he was
told she had died in the night, and he
was taken by one of the nursery maids
to see her laid out on her little bed in
the coved saloon" 3
The sheet placed over her was re-
moved to show him her face. The hor-
ror he had felt at the first sight of death
made so vivid an impression, on him,
that in extreme old age he still recalled
it. The dress and face of the child, as
described by Miss p, agreed precisely
with his remembrance of his sister.
Both Lady C. and Miss 2. related this
TO the writer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-20
Wheeler a Wilson'S
Ne Wur !
SILENT- -W0 RKING
Sewing Machine!
7 rs SUPERIOR am.Io
FOR THE FOLLOWING REAsONs
r ii "a aal

The LOCK STITCH which it
makes is more durable and beautiful than
any other, presenting the same appear
ance on both sides of the fabric and will
not rayel. 1t is also more economical,
requiring oNE-THIRD, LESS cotton than
any ot.er kind of stitch. Being the same
on both sides, it is not necessary to use
the extremely fine sewing cotton required
by those machines which make stitch
with ridge on the under side, which can
only be concealed by using thread too
delicate and fine to bear ordinary wear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-20

1t possesses the very great advantage
OF carving the work in the natural way
from left to right--which enables the
operator to handle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorrequlreI
an inclination of the body forward I detri-'
mental to health and are hard and tire
some'touse. ~ E ~ issa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-20

Pearl powder, bismuth, preparations o.
lead, and even corrosive sublimate itself,
are found. we suppose, inadequate to
make the skin Of most women, whose
hair is naturally dark, correspond with
the yellow, ruddy, and faxen hues now
thought so beautiful. But it may inter
rest those who are on the verge of fall
ing a prey to this pernicous habit, to
know that the average age of people who
merely work with arsenious acid, and do
not voluntarily take it into the system,
is less than thirty-fve years. ~
The experiments Of Tschud show that
while arsenic for certain peculiar dis
eases may be given in large doses with
comparative safety, it is in general
steadily injurious to the vital functions,
and ultimately destructive One CHASTITY
evil incidental to its use can by no means
be avoided. This is, that the habit, once
thoroughly formed, can only be relin-
quished at the expense Of an awful vast
ing away of all the physical powers.
Arsenic is, in this respect, worse than
opium or alcohol, If ladies must wear
golden hair, and are bound to have com
plexions to match, they ought to depend
altogether on, external cosmetics, always
including those hygienic promoters of
roses and lilies, fresh air and exercise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-20
STATE0II1NT THE CONDITION
~ THE
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,

FIRST JANUARY, A.
Made to the S tate of Tennessee.
rIE NAME located
l fhe % oapfai paid up
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-20

The prices are within reach Of every
one. Machines are made to suit all
tastes and circumstances, and the plain
est in finish win work as well as the most
costly sui.oiiai fro.
Full and thorough instructions given
at the house of the customer at any time,
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to render complete satisfaction, y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-20
aedfmvaI' Germany = Woman VI
Man.

Breaches of promise and similar dis
pntes were decided by duel in medieval
Germany, a faithless swain or errant
husband 1having to meet his indignant
victim hand to hand in the, lists, N the
anprb we'd form Of this duel the dame was
reduced to her chemise. One Of its
sleeves was heightened for the occasion
by about eighteen inches, and tied upfn
the end Of this long sleeve was paving
stone. The man was also stripped to his
last garment. had his left arm bed close
TO his side, was furnished with o short
sbaton. half an ell in length, and was
elapped in tub planted waist deep in
the ground. The lady maneuvered round
tbe tnb and struck at her antagonist with
her sleeve. while he defended himself as
bess he could with his baton He had,
however. but a poor chance of triumph
in snch contest against thorougnbreg
termagant. She might, indeed mIscal-
culate her stroke and twine her sleeve
round the baton. But oven then she had
by no means the worst Of ths contest
and was much more likely to dlsarm bim
than he was to pull her into the Fecep-
tacles Still, the latter catastrophe mast
have occurred at times. or the manu-
scripts that deal With this species Of duel,
chiefly By lively drawings, would not have
represented the female champion ~ one
.of these encounters With her heels high
in the air and her head out of sight IN
fhe.tub. r,...,r-s..r -, 49,.
A priest in Troy has got into trouble
With the criminal courts upon most
curious basis. He entered public read
ing room-in which a solitary parishioner
6fhis was seated, and because the latter
failed 70 move his hat he became in
tensely angry, ordered the offending hat
to be doffed, and finally rushed ont after
a policeman, whom be found and ordered
to arrest the irreyerent laymBn. He was
finally pat under arrest himself The
charitable conclusion is that be was
insane. The uncharitable conclusion is
that he had been drinking
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31
LEGAL MEN FOR JUSTICE.

sit is matter of importance to the people
to have 4 Justice of the Peace who under
stands the law, 1t will save them much
trouble and EXPENSE HUNT.
As the above quotation is being frequently
made use of at this particular time, it must
have reference. to somebody, and as 1 am
candidate for the Office OF j. P, and the only
one not OF the legal persuasion, it must be q
fling at me. In reply would just say, that it
was well said that IL you want justice take
your case before referees selected from your
good neighbors; but if you want to beat or
get beaten, go to law, for in the courts there
are too often more policy and personal inter.
ests than law and justice. Though the above
is not necessarily so, we must yet admit that
it is too often the case.
do not think 1t is the history of the Office
Of justice of the peace, that it has always been
filed the most successfully and with the most
honor by men Of the legal profession. A man
outside of the legal profession is not expected
to understand the technical law points as well
as good lawyer, but, as q rule, most menlof
common sense know as much justice, and can
understand evidence and law well enough to
render them quite as well as some lawyers.
Now, / have not a word to say against
Judge Hunts past or present official record.
neither do think he is deserving OF any extra
amount of praise, for no man has done more
than his duty when he has done what the
law and the people require. But because the
Judge has been in Office for the last eight or
ten years, and filled them as any good man
would, is no reason why he should have every
Office he wants, n or any proof that his capaci-
ty for filling Office has become so large and
strong that it will take two TO hold him to the
| level. And as have been told by a gentle
man qualified for J. P. Il mean a legal gentle
man that the Judge held now probably as
| good paying office there was in the coun-
ty, think he ought to be content Herewith,
and il holding office. makes men great, noble
and renowned, to stand just little to one side
and let the people go to making other great
| men.
have done but little talking about the OF
| flee to which am an aspirant, for the reason
that 1 am we'll known to large majority Of
the voters of this township, and that If there
| are any Offices that should be kept freer from
local and party strifes more than others they
are those before whom the settling of vexeC
questions may come. G. W. FREDERICK.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31
a. +. and 5. F. Railroad Items.


We clip the following items from the COM
a0Rlcedlth:
The telegraph posts are set as far as Bur-
lingame, and the builders are waiting for
more wire.
A heavy planer and an engine lathe will
arrive in four weeks, and be put up in the
machine shop.
Two new passenger coaches will arrive on
Wednesday next.
Five new engines have been ordered for the
road, and 1t is confidently expected that one
hundred will be running before the end Of the
year. The business Of the road is increasing
very rapidly.
This road Will strike the Texas cattle trail
near Newton. Cattle yards are TO be built at
Topeka.
The contracts for the grading and masonry
OF thirty miles Of the Atehison. Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad from Florence to Newton
were let last Friday. The work was sub-di-
vided and dozen or more parties took con-
tracts. The work Is to be completed BY the
10Th OF May
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

N. l.. Funkhouser, who represents the HUI
& Train Lightning Rod Manufacturing Com
pany, has located in Emporia, designing to
make this place his headquarters for large
extent Of territory, comprising several coun-
ties including and lying adjacent to this cOun-
ty. The rod for which Mr.. F. is agent is said
to possess many superior qualities to any 9TH
er, having greater conducting capacity,
greater strength, beauty and durability than
any other in the country. No one who is In
diligently informed will question the useful
ness OF lightning rods. Besides the testimony
Of the best electricians in the world, we have
all had plain, practical ocular demonstration
OF their capacity to protect our dwellings
from the calamitous effects OF lightning. Mr.
F. will call upon our citizens and explain the
merits Of his rod
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

We would like to have our readers notice
the large new advertisement Of Messrs. BAN
croft & McCArter. They have just brought to
Emporia the largest stock Of dry goods that
has been shipped to this part of the State.
These goods were purchased in the city OF
New York, and consist of carpets, curtains
both oil and lace, mating, rugs, dress goods,
eassimeres. shawls, hosiery, hats, notions, etc.
These goods may be founsi in greater quantity
and variety than at any other place in central
Kansas. Merchants in the Southwest should
go no further East TO make purchases than TO
Emporia. as they can undoubtedly do as wei
to buy here. considering freight, as to go to
st. Louis or Chicago, while it is better, for all
parties, other things being equal, to leave the
money in the State than to take it out OF it.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

Mr.. Sidney Hurd, the express agent at this
place, has been appointed freight agent of the
Great Western Dispatch. This is n fast
freight line, running between Boston and st.
Louis, distance OF 1880 miles, without
change Of cars. The rates Of freight are the
same as charged by the slow ordinary freight
lines. We are glad that the Great Western
Company have been so fortunate as to have
secured the services of Mr.. Hurd. No man in
our community stands higher in popular favor
and esteem than he. Faithful, efficient, pO-
lite and accommodating, he is worthy of all
the popularity he enjoys. We invite the at
tention of our merchants to this fast freight
line, believing that it offers them many advan-
tages over any other.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

A FAITHFUL SERVANT are sorry to
lose, temporarily at least, our good friend c.
r. Rice. He has been sent to take charge OF
one of the Methodist churches in Leaven-
worth. For three years he has been the Pre-
siding Elder Of the EmpOria district, and II
ever the Creator had q faithful and hard
working servant, Mr.. Rice has been one. For
two years his district embraced the territory
from Burlingame to the south line Of the
State, and from Oswego and Chetopa to the
farthest western settlements. Through all
this country he travelled constantly in the dis
charge Of his duties. Cold, rain, swollen
streams. storms-nothing stopped him. A
great part OF his district was in a chaotic
state, so far as the interests Of religion were
concerned, when he entered the field. In ey-
cry school house aud church, and in every
neighborhOod. his voice has been heard and
his influence felt for the cause that lay near
and dear to his heart. Many desolate and
waste places have been made to shine with
the effulgenee OF true, earnest and warm
hearted christianity. In looking over the
State, we know Of no man within the range Of
our acquaintance, who has done more for God
and humanity within the past three years, in
his way, than the Rev. c. r. Rice. One year
ago his district was made smaller, but the in
crease in population made his work none the
less arduous. His family and himself have
suffered many privations for the cause. The
only adequate reward they will receive will
be given when they cross the s'dark river.''
There they will be welcomed as faithful SER
wants.
The people Of this dirtrict are warmly at.
tached to Mr.. Rice, and they will miss him
His earnestness for the cause, his gentlemanly
department, and his tender sympathies have
drawn all hearts TO him. All regret that hS
has been called 50 far away, even. as Leaven
worth, and hope his lot will soon again b,
cast among those with whom he has laboret
80 efficiently for the three years past, The
prayers OF all his christian brethren. and the
best wishes Of his numerous friends follow
him to his new field OF labor.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

DIR. Thomas Morris authorizes US to say
that, whereas It has been currently reported
that he attended upon the poor Swede woman
who recently died in childbirth and that he
neglected his duty to her as physician, such
reports wholly false, that he was never called
upon TO attend her and never did attend her,
that he never saw her and never knew any
thing about the circumstances connected with
her confinement until after her death.
There is u mystery about this case that
needs explanation. Either the story is false
and the attending physician unjustly malign-
ed, or else there was n crime perpetrated for
which the perpetrator should be held respon-
sible. The story Is that poor Swede woman
whose husband had died some months previ-
Gus, being in confinement sent for physician.
Who he is we do not know, but have heard
different ones named. The physician found
her In u garnet lying upon bed Of straw,
without pillow for her head or covering
for her body. After his labor dad been per-
formed he demRndedShis Zee. The woman
told him all she had was 81, her total posses
sions, but that he was welcome 70 that. He
replied that his fee was $40, and that he new
er, under any circumstances, took less than
half the amount, and IL she did not have it
those In the house must make II up. He LEFT,
wv HN'Ni ieeurueu. FOur OF uNc uAgs aiOei-
wards some ladies, learning the particulars,
went to see her. They found her In . pitt.
ful and hopeless condition. They did all they
could to make her comfortable, but she died
In day or two. II the story be false, the at
tending physician should prove It to be; we
presume 1t Is exaggerated. But il It Is true
and not overdrawn, the doctor should b
prosecuted for his eorase and brutal treat.
ment and his criminal neglect. We are in
formed also that the people with whom tn,
poor woman was staying treated her in man
ner equally cruel and inhuman. They refus
ed TO give her anything with which to cove
her or TO furnish her pillow for her head
saving that they could not afford her thes
luxuries for nothing. Who are these people
II this is true, we should like to publish thei
names In letters Of infamv, IL that wer
possible.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

The story about the Swede woman, as we
feared, although coming to us from u source
we deemed reliable, was grossly exaggerated.
The doctor deserves commentator rather
than censure. He attended the woman reGu-
larly during her entire illness, and lett her
only when she was entirely out of danger.
She afterwards, through indlscretion and
carelessness, took severe cold, and did not
send for the physician again until it was too
late TO do anything for her. The Doctor re-
ceived nothing for his services, refusing to
take the g., IL being all she had. She had all
the care and attention the people Of the house
were able to give her. These are the facts We
get from the physician himself, whose word
we value too highly to doubt its truthfulness.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

The exhibition of the Americas school took
place Friday evening last. 1t was quite a
success. The entertainment for the evening
was varied with declarations, dialogues, rec
itations, parlor dramas, songs and instrument
tai music, and the time passed away until a
late hour, most too late for some of the small
pupils. The hall was crowded to overflow
ing. An admission fee of % cents was charg-
ed for the double purpose of encouraging the
scholars and making some ambitions to the
furniture OF the school room. Over S2S.O
were taken in, and we understand Mr.. Mann,
our excellent teacher, will invesfdt in a globe
and dictionary for the school room.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31
rows AND COUNTRY.

BUSINESS NorIcE.-AIl letters containing
subscriptions, orders forJob work, ETC., should
be addressed TO stotlcr Il Williams, and not to
Jacob StoflSror TO W. w. Williams. 1t fire.
auntly happens that letters do not reach their
prsper destination until after considerable de-
~fay from being addressed 10 member Of the
firm rather than to the firm. Each Is often ab-
sent from home. The ether day letter from
Florence, containing large order Tor Job
work, WAS addressed To MIR. stotler, who, be-
ing away. did not himself receive it, nor did
the firm until it had lain in the postofice
more than week. This has occurred several
times.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

The mill business at this place appears to
be attracting considerable attention just now.
A MIR. Baughman, from Indiana, is here nego-
tiating either for the purchase of the mill al
ready begun by Bell & Sutton, or for the erec
ton of another mill on the Hill & Ruggles
mill site, on the Neosho. Mr.. B. is practical
miller Of long experience, and comes very
highly recommended by his former aequaint-
ances, and we think Americas will be fortu-
nate if she secures the establishment of mill
by him. Another gentleman, from Ohio, was
also here this week to examine the mill ad-
vantages of this locality, and went away ia
vorably impressed with the situation. At
any rate, it is now a fixed fact that we are to
have good Touring mill at Americas at an
early day.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

Mr.. William Gilchrist wishes US to State
that the report that he served In the rebel ar
my and was disabled while fighting against
his country is wholly false and is being circu-
lated In order to inJure his chances in the COM
ing election. HIS says he has the documents
TO prove that he served in the Union army.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

Mrs. Mary A. Hvermore will deliver her
lecture on Queen Elizabeth in Bancroft Hall
on Tuesday evening, the 18th OF April. We
are glad that the lecture committee has been
30 fortunate TO have secured her services.
The citizens Of this place have listened to her
once. and we venture the assertion that they
will I'LL Bancroft Hall fuller than it has ever
vet been filled,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

+. p. Bancroft is laying a stone walk in
front Of his brick block along Sixth avenue.
1t is being constructed Of the finest fiag-stone
we believe We eyer saw. 1t is just thick
enough to answer well for pavements and can
be obtained In all dimensions from one to
twenty feet square. 1t is smooth and even,
almost, as floor. 1t is obtained near Usage
City, where It Is found In Inexhaustiblo guam
titles
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31
"In ways that are dark
And tricks that are vain,"
The Americas postofiice
Is changed again.
John Gibson goes out
David 10y goes in.

VIM. Baughman has concluded to build a
large Touring mill in Americas, to be COM
pleted by October first. The mill is to be two
stories above the basement, and
contain four run Of burs. With two steam
grist mills in Americas, the county will be
fully accommodated in that line.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

WELcoME.-Among the many arrivals we
are pleased to notice that Of Hon. Z. s. Water
bury, OF Missouri, who comes to make his
home among US, and engage in the practice OF
his profession, the law. This gentleman has
occupied positions Of responsibility in Missou-
ri, among which not the least enviable was
that Of n credItable member OF his profession.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

It will always be our aim to offer to the public
the best goods at the lowest prices. With our in
creased facilities for purchasing directly from
manufacturers and importers, and buying for cash
only, we are confident that we can sell any goods
in our line at prices that defy competition. With
a large and well selected stock always on hand we
invite our customers and the public generally to
call and examine for themselves.
E. RATHB0HE Co.
d11S-tf-w13-tf Bancroft Block.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-03-31

H.. b. Norton spent few days here this
week. He Is as enthusiastic as ever for the
Arkansas Valley, and Arkansas City In par
ticular. He says there are now over ninety
buildings in the City, and more going up.
Shares are selling rapidly. Norton & Bro. are
doing large trade, as is every business house
in the town.