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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
OUR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.

It has been frequently stated by
newspapers, that the indebtedness of
the different counties of Kansas, in
Cured in aid ofrailroads, was enor-
nous. We remember hearing an
intelligent gentleman state once
that 1t would reach one hundre d
million dollars. We thought this q
foolish statement. A paragraph has
been going the rounds of the papers,
and 1t was published by us, merely as
. news item, IS we:did not know on
what Information the statement was
given, or who first Published it, that
this bonded Indebtedness was sixty
millions OF dollars. a-gF
This paragraph was published
without reflection, asany editor can
satisfy himself In five minutes that
the indebtedness incurred for the
construction Of railroads, 10 not one
sixth Of the amount gwen in the
paragraph above alluded to. There
are some forty counties through
which railroads pass, and through
which they are already contracted
20 be built. OF this number at least
one third did not vote any
bonds, or have got rid OF paying
those they did vote. We will say
that there are thirty counties which
have voted bonds. Only q few Of
this thirty have voted over $500, 600.
Leavenworth and Douglas may
have 100000 between them. A
few others have from three to four
hundred thousand We arc satisfied
that Auditor Thoman Is right In
his estimate OF the total amount.
We subjein letter from him to the
editor of the Lawrence Tribune ON
the matter: sd s,FsisI
TOPEKA KANSAS, May llth, 1872.
Editor Kansas Tri0tne:. az
SIR:-In your issue OF yesterday,
notice an article headed, 'iStrty
Ailiioils," in which 1t is made to
appear that the estimated amount
OF bonds issued in this state for
railroad coBspGRies only, reached
the ssfearful" sum above named. j
cannot for a moment believe that
you would knowingly give circula-
tiOn to such an OUTRAGEOUS story
which IL truc would destroy the
credit and fair name OF our state,
beyond every hope OF redemption.
i take IL for granted, therefore, that
. statement Of facts, as shown by
the records in my Office. will be well
como in your columns, and 1 also
here desire to express my earnest
wish that other papers who may
have copied your article, should al
so, in the interest of the credit of
our state, give prominence to the
following hgures; a9r.
The full GmOunt OF, bonds issued
by counties, townships and incorpo-
rated cities, In this state for rdiI-
roads, Internal Snspr0Ue8seRks and
AssidiMa fide6tedReSs, IN accordance
with reports fr0Tn all counties ex-
cept these 5e4erson, Marshall and |
Washington, is l$7, 853, 957,l seven
millions, eight hundred and Fifty
three thousand, nine hundred and |
my seven dollars .ss .,ie- ,.s.lii
From all the facts before me am
justiied In saying, that ths WHOLE
AMOUNT OF 1HDERTEDNEss including
all such bonds as have been voted
30 be Issued under certain coudi-
lions, will not exceed in, the Rggre- |
gate ten millions of dollars.
A. THoMAN,
Auditor of State. ]
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

This might properly be called the
month of religious conventions.
The general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church Is in session
ct Brooklyn. The general confer
ence OF the African n. Z. church Is
In session at Nashville. The gen.
eral assemblies Of the Presbyterian
church, north and south, are being
held at Detroit and Richmond re-
spectively, and smaller bodies will
convene also during May. In our
own State the Congregationalists
and Episcopalians have just held
their annual conventions, the first
at Fl. Scott and the latter at Law
renee.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

TEACHERS INsTITUTE.-The Nor
NAL Teachers Institute, for the 9th
Judicial district, will be held at
Marion Center, Marion county,
commencing june 18th, 1872, and
continuing three or four days. 1t
will be conducted by State Superin-
tendent McCarty. Suitable accom-
modations will be furnished for all
attendants free, and arrangements
will be made to convey ell to and
from the cars at Florence. j. f.
Rockaield, Deputy Superint endent
of Public Instruction for Marion
county Will do all in his power to
make the Institute Il success.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

We are still In the dark regarding
tho question of consequential dam
ages. Washington correspondents
tell US one day that our Government
has practically withdrawn the claim
from the American case, and the
next that 1t has done nothing of the
kind. In England q similar state OF
affairs seems to exist. The opposi-
ton makes capital by demanding
the publication of papers that it
knows in advance will not be yield
ed, while the representatives of the
government deal in pretty but pur-
posely meaningless speeches. Two
facts only appear settled. One Of
these Il, that the two governments
are in better temper with each other
than they were awhile ago; and the
other, that tie negotiations promise
TO end in the peaceful solution of
difficulty, though just how this is
to be done nobody outside of the
diplomatic circles can conjecture
with any degree Of certainty.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

The democratic state central COM
mittec of Kansas has called a con-
vention of the "unterrified" at To-
peka, June 1lth. Whatever may be
the action OF the Democracy on the
National ticket they and the Liber-
ais will undoubtedly unite on a
State ticket In Kanass--and they
will get "cleaned out" to the tune of
at least 1900. We would bet on
that were We . sporting character.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

Senator Pomeroy writes to an
Atchison constituent in explana-
ton Of the soldiers homestead law,
that 1t will allow an agent to select
and file on q piece OF land for his
principal, and that will hold the
claim for six months. But during
that six months the party who en-
ployed the agent to locate q quarter
section for him must 60 on the land
In person, and make q homo there,
and after the first ak months he
must comply with all the require
ments of tho law, in person, the
same as If no had located In person
in the first instance. An agent can
locate and file for a whole colony of
ex-soldiers; but each man must be
there to make a personal settlement
for himself within six months from
the filing. 49, -.sr..-r
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
Published in the Emporia News, May
IL, 1872.
To ameud Section OF an osdinAneo en-
titled "An Ordinance relating to Nul-
,-sRncess" approved June Z, 1870.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun-
cilmen OF the City OF En- poria: ~
SEC. /. That said section be amend
ed so as TO read as follows: Section &.
Whoever shall. within the corporate linn
its or the city Of Emporia, discharge any
firearms, shall, on conviction thereof be
fined in any, sum not less than five dollars
nor more than twenty-five dollars. Pro-
0ided, That this section shall not apply
to persons mustered for drill or re7ieW, or
Otherwise setting under the command OF q
comm Issioned officer, nor to persons au-
thorieed thereto by the Mayor, nor when
done in seiE-defense or for the protection
of gardens from destructive animals.
SEC. 2. Original section 8 Of the ordi-
.nance toy hich this il amendatpHy be and
the same Is hereby repealed. Vt
SEC. 8. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its publ
cation.
- Approved May. "A, lS7s.zs -sa..
WILLIAM JAY, Mayor.
Icertify that the above is q true and
correct copy OF an ordinances adopted by
the City Council OF the city Of Emporia,
at meeting held May ID. 1872. 80 =
4, ..f.5...,-, .. INV. McClJEE, City. Clerk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

Kansas seems to DO In a perfect
blaze for tho Liberal movement, almost
all the papers In the State, Including
that staunch, persistent and heretofore
Incorporating Radical organ, the
Olathe Mirror, having raised the names
Of Greeley and Brown.-Kansas City
Times. lee..
Yes, in such a perfect "blaze"
that not q single yell has yet been
heard in the State for Greeley. In
stead OF "almost all the papers in
the State" raising Greeley and
Brown, not one outside the Demo-
cratic ranks has done so, that we
have seen, except the Olathe Mirror.
Mr.. Times, write over to your neigh
Dor, General Fishback, at Olathe,
and find out what the Indian said
to him on q certain military occasion,
and you will have our sentiments
on. the above quoted paragraph.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
NEWS AND EDITORIAL NOTES.

DIR. Livingston was found by the
expedition sent out by the New
York Herald.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

Several of the be st men in Law
renee sign the call for the Liberal
ratification meeting, always hereto
fore Republicans.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

Howe and Jesse Foster, who, il is
said, were armed also. After the
shooting affray both Howe and
Foster could not be found, and have
probably fed to the Territory. The
matter will be thoroughly investi-
gated.-Arkansas City Traveller.
The First Congregational society,
st Sedgwick, is about erecting a
Gothic church, as the sehooihouse is
getting too small for place of wor-
ship.
The Cedar Point correspondent of
the Florence Pioneer furnishes that
paper with the following interesting
item:
"We had little sensation here a
few days ago. A lady citizen found a
letter in her husbands vest pocket.
The doctor says he thinks he can save
the sight of one eye, and the face viii
not be so badly SCARED, but the head
will remain permanently bald"
New houses are being built all
over the prairies, and wheat and oai
fields, with blooming peach or.
chards beautify the landscape.-Ar.
kansas City Traveller.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
p sssfE, Hf6H6EE.

1yERH, FEED AND SALE sTA1Enl
Ample FQosa fer stock. Eaetlfsies Rtod.
and prices reasonable. An excellent fins
Of horses aud carriages for hire. Call and
see me. 16yI
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

PATENT NEwsPAPERs.-It has
been decided by New Jersey court
that legal notices required by law
to be printed in a paper published
in the county where the process of
law is to be executed, cannot be
properly printed in q paper with
patent outside printed outside of
the county. 1t has also been pro-
yided that such papers are not en-
titled to the benefit of the provls-
ion of post Office law, which allows
papers TO so free to sny part of the
county in which they are pubiishsd.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
GFrom the "a. Scott Dsily Afonitor.l
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE EDI-
TORIAL EXCURSION.

The heavy rains last week so scri-
OuslY injured the Kansas Pacific
that trains could not reach Law
renee from Leavenworth, Kansas
City or Topeka, on Friday, the day
appointed for the meeting of the
committee of the Press Association.
We reached Lawrence from Leav-
enweeth- by-Way of Ottawa. but
found no one there to help make up
the excursion programme. By push
ing along we found Reynolds and
Emmert at Humboldt, and tele-
graphed Crowther into Parsons,
Saturday night. The following cor
respondence was published in the
Lawrence papers on Friday:
q. S. SENATE CHAMBER,l
WAsHINGToN, May 2, 1S7a.} 80
II. ". Reynolds, Esq, President Kan
sds Editorial Association.
MY DEAR SIR:-Upon receipt OF
your favor addressed to Mr.. Pomerey
and myself, relative to transportation
for the editors OF Kansas to Philadel-
phia and return, at the close OF their
approaching annual meeting. at once
laid the matter before Col. Thomas a.
and after the necessary consultation
he has responded with the enclosed
letter, offering the necessary facilities
from St. Louis to Philadelphia (and
New York if dcsirable) and return.
You will observe that neither Colonel
Scott nor any of his company have any
control over the Pullman cars running
over his roads, and thut any arrange
ment made for their use will have to
be made directly by the association.
Colonel Scott expresses warm desire
to do everything IN his power to make
your proposed trip an agreeable one,
For myself, 1 beg leave to say that
should your association visit Washing
ton before the conclusion of the pres
ent session, I SHALL take pleasure in
contributing, as far as possible, to their
pleasurable sojourn here,
Very truly yours, A. CALDWELL.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
A,LxaE GouHxY,

& E. aue Rsto E,; 2; q! Sss
"a p aqxmHs &Sssi f9EE the city, o
]. g, jones'. county ana stale.
TgEylIE el4ps1a pf tHse Reass ibsued an
Older d Aktt1eSinenf "a fhe aheve en-
ttaled cause pn the 9th day Of April, 1874.
1871 Akld e1des % g heard By saidsJus.
HffSi = ''s'sfs :. q Z. 81 sHRi Z 20. !
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
Mill PROPERTY
EnT GnTm vEr

aass
TfTEhow kel cur m.shs cheaper 9hau
m ever. DESTROYS Of changing OuF
b1sfnesA, Ne aoW hfeF lad ell aelilonx
mill nFopertF. consisting Of one twenty.
fve -hoRsesp9Te f0ftakie enstne AID saw
min, with Enerson's patent saws, log
turner, and all In geod SrderSfwiIl cut
1900 feet per day. Also. sur GTiEt Mills,
~ SSa e ss;s ssfsa ~. sSuTsa VII ssl.d
corn Pes. hour. a9a gripd perfectly. Ma.
'bclty tbs very best smut sud Senerascrs
upright and horizontal shafting, eleVaterE.
betting, two mnfn 4eits II lneRe6 vine By
% feet long, everything pakIRg them com
plesS mills. All dew, Ill p6ftahi6, a1d
Just TIE militia for soafbYssteFn Kaasss.
WheaReE 0lh. hAay ns9 come. ahd eeE :
great bargain. Come aud see Ell the
aAeyes ~ e&Qae, 5t6ft tWa-thirds Of the
oGSh value. 5000 cash down, balance
.. tane; - ss.,,scJc. rs 2 SON q !.
Ftas E94sas Feh5uAI 10th, 1879. 1essz
Ia - =
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srISsr-nR TnTeTNRs

ID EMAINING uncailed for in the Em-
IL pOria postoffce. II not called for in
30 days they will be sent to the dead
letter Office. Persons calling for follow
ing letters will please say advertised.
AdklnsSWnTiam King Alfred ~
Anderson Sofa Lengren T H.&
Avery Sue Layrock TJ
Allen Harriet Leebrick John II
Grower Margaret Lumpkins EveliRe !,
Clark Matilda Moore Mary
CBrr Martin W hafslEAA Mamie
brakes Levi Martin Helen
Davidson NJ Murris Ben +
Full er Il A Mccormack & Shell
Carl ii + lows
Hessler Elizabeth Oss William
Humphry Marths Pierce Griffith J
Holmes Lizzie NJ RI lPritohard Benjamin
Johns VIM III RGnford Morgan
Howard J III Smith Harry
Howard Eva Thomas Thos
Hasten Dallas True G Nj ss
johnson Mary VanmeterMiss Kittic
johnson Minnie Wood Samuel
Jones Ellis 4 Wise George
Jesse William Williams Emily
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Sheriff's Sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue
N of an order of sale issued by the Clerk
of the District Court Of Lyon county, Kan
sas. pursuant to a decree of said Court,
rendered on the 9th day of April, 1872, in
a cause wherein G. w. Bennett las plain
- r. Holdeths8, WI T. S9den,I. f. Per-
fey and J. s. Mcmillan were defendants.
will, on Monday, the 18th day of June.
1872, at O'Clock p, m, ut the east door of
the Court House, in said county. offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash, the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
Blocks No. one and two in GOOdrich's
addition to the city of Emporia, Lyon
county, Kansas; block No. one appraised
at $500, and block No. two appraised at
800. will be sold in separate lots. The
same to be sold as the property OF II. b.
Norton, at not less than two-thirds its APP
praised value.
... JOHN BAY,
Sheriff OF Lyon County, Kansas.
Emporia. May II, 1879. 20w5
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
ARrIcLE IN.

The President shall preside at all
meetings. 1t shall be hIs especial duty
to strictly enforce all rules OF the AS
ISOLATION, and cause all bonds and
mortgages to be executed in strict ac-
cordance with law. When absent from
meetings the Vice President shall pre-
side, and in the absence of both, a
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
ARTICLE xI.

The President, Vice President ana
Secretary of the Association shall hold
corresponding offices iu the Board of
Directors. It shall be the especial duty
of the Board to superintend the carry
ing out of all loans, to see that the At
tOrney faithfully performs his duties,
and 70 In all respects carefully quart
the intsFssts OF the Association. 1t
must authorize ailIoFders upon the
Treasury Tor loans, and each such or
der must state in. whose favor it is
drawn, and be voluntarily signed by
six OF the Directors. 1t shall hold a
public meeting at the close of each
regular meeting of the Association.
Five of its members shall be quorum
for the transaction of its business. gii3
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
ARTICLE KIN.

The Treasurer shall take. charge of
all moneys and valuable papers belong
ing to the Association, pay all orders
duly drawn, and signed by the
President and Secretary, and Keep a
correct record of all his transactions,
and make full report of the same at
the first regular meetings In june.
September, December aid March.s OF
each year. He shall allow all members
to inspect the books and docanents. al
any time, and shall keep ia assafe place
all money and valuable papers belong
ing TO the Association, and deliver the
same in good order, upon demand, to
his successor In Office. Upon entering
upon his duties he shall give bond N
the sam of two tltonsaad dollars. with
acceptable securities, which bond NAV
be Increased at che pleasure OF fhe As
sOciation or BoafAl OF Directors.
ARTIcLE XIV.
The Secretary shall keep a correct
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

Phe Eagle says eighty-one new
houses have been built in Wichita
since the first of March.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

TORNER 4th avenue and Merchants
street, Emporia, Kansas. House and
fixtures all new. Good accommodations
and charges moderate. j. FRIEND
20yI ra-a
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
NEW Advertisements.
HOUSE. 40 RENT,
MERCHANTS HOTEL.

ON Cottonwood street, between 5th and
9th avenues. -Four rooms, and cis-
tern. Apply at Merchants Hotel. 20-2
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

II certify thar shs above = ! tl.se aud cor
r r copy q a. oTdiey nee adopted by tho
meeting held May IL, 1872. - "
II. w. McCUHE, City Clerk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
ARTICLE VIII.

When q member who is not en- Titled
to loan bids therefor, he shah pay a
penalty of one dollar, and it shall not
be awarded to him. When Il member
is awarded loan he may allow it to
remain in the Treasury until he offers
the requisite security, so long as he
pays the interest upon said loan as it
falls due. When in such o case
he ceases to pay as stated, the
loan shall be annulled and he pay a
penalty of not less than one dollar, nor
more than three dollars, as the Board
of Directors may deternine. Sc
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WIN. JAY, Mayor
4 certify that the above Is q TRUE and
cbff4et copy ofan ordinance adopted by
the City Council Of the city OF EInporia,
IA Wfeting hsld May l3y lsg2.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

The regular meetingsof the Associa-
ton shall be held every Monday even
ing in the City OF. Emporia, at such
place and time as the Bylaws may
direct. Special meetings may be cali
ed by the President upon the written
request of fifteen members of the As
ISOLATION, or off majority of the Board
of Directors. Fifteen members shall
constitute quorum for the transac-
ton of business.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17

All loans, before any part thereof
shall be paid out of the Treasury, shall
be secured by first mortgages to the
Association upon unencumbered real
estate in Lyon county, Kansas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-26
EVENING STAR.
Startling Disclosures OF Cr,ms

Hugh Mara, or Morrow. who was sentenced
on saturday, by Judge Paxson, Of the court OF
quarter sessions OF Philadelphia, for woundpg
with intent to kill Alderman McNullin. fanS
who was before convicted OF the murder OF
Brooks, areyenue officer, in tn at CITY, and mar
doned,) 10 pay bne of al 600 and the cost of
the prosecution, and to imprisonment in The
IenIten uaIy Tor SIX years and nine months IL is
stated oy the Philadelphia Ledger has made a
Says=
These confessions embrace attempted murder,
perjury snb0rnation OF perjury, two AT sons, one
0L them involving terrible sacrifice Of human
me, murder, and bur lary involving stupen-
Cous robbery. These confessions have been
mace 10 the mayor since the sentence Was pro-
nonnced against him, and that they include the
names OF hIs employers, and have reference not
only 70 The attempt 20 murder Mr.. Brooks, but
20 q Catalogue OF other hideous crimes, alleged
by Morrow to have been committed or instigsted
by the same ccmbnation OF men whom he ac-
-euses with having employed him TO murder
Brooks Beginning with tina Brooks conspiracy,
mOrrOw'S AFT davis profess 10 tell by whom he
was Immediately inStgatcd to do the work of
assassination in that Instance, giving names
and places and particulars; how the mar
that faithful ohicer by dsv and nv nigSt
10 Kin him, for ne other reason than that he was
faithful to his duty; how when MOrrow's assas-
Elm heart failed him. he was builied until the
attempted murder was accomplished; and how
when he had done the work. he was secreted for
days snd weeks, and carried from place to place
and PAID five dollars for the fend;sh Job
Then follow particulars as TO the abb, which he
FaJs Uas fabricated for his defence, thus adding
perjury and subOrDatiOn OF perjury to the at
tempted murder. Fourth in this startling cata-
logue Oh imputed crime il the charge by $40.
row that the terrible "coal oil fire. at 9th aud
wharton streets was instigated by some OF the
same gang. This is OF a character TO chill the
blood of eyery one who recalls the terrible con-
sequences OF that eaiamity-men, women and
children startled from their beds on a winter
night with flames all around them-the very
streets surgiDs with liquid fire, 30 that every
avenue OF escape WAS cut off-and forced to hy
from their burning homes only to be engulfed
an the rivers OF fame sweeping through the
streets- The names of the parties who en-
ployed Morrow are not given in the newspapers
though they are embraced, II Is stated, in the
aftidarits -