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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-02-16
KANSAS.


jeremiah Clark has been confirm
ed postmaster at Leavenworth.
The TOP police captured a
gambling Ise last week. and pub
licly burn !. the faro bank, tables,
etc.
1t is reported that q family of
newcomers who had located near
the head OF the Red Yermillion,
were frozen to death last week.
When severe storm came on, hav-
ing no wood, they burnt up their
furniture, and the next day were
found by a neighbOr in bed, dead.
A revival is IN progress in Mar
shall county. A young lady who
had been leading q somewhat irreg
ular life, suddenly became open to
conviction aud was converted.
When the minister had submerged
her, and came out of the water, he
asked her how she felt in her mind.
Sic replied, call hunky, only a lit
tie wet"
In Abraham, Lincoln county, 20
miles northwest of Fort Harker, a
man named Hubbard wilfully muir
dered another man named Haley.
He was arrested, but the citizens
got into the Jail, put three bullets
into his hide, and then flattened his
head with clubs. Hubbard was 60
years old, but a hard case.
The Oswego Register is alive
again.
A rumor is afloat to the effect that
the Land Office wiz soon be remov-
ed from Neodesha to a point further
west in Montgomery or Howard
county. We. know nothing of the
truth IN the matter, only the rumor.
-Fredonia Journal.
The Paola Spirit and Republican
will after while conclude that they
make each other very dirty by
thro wing mud, but that mud don'I
kill anybody.
Usage City held a rousing tenn
perance meeting last week~and re-
solved to wipe out the WHISKY traf.
fic there.
The Mill Bros, of Thayer, claim
that the charge against them of pass
ing counterfeit money is an attempt
at Matchmaking.
r. II. Adair, late city clerk o.
Burlington, and foreman of the
Patriot. Office, has purchased an il
interest in the Neodesha Citizen
and that lively sheet will heneeforti
be published by Gilmore s. Adair
The Missouri s. Kansas Southern
Railroad, which Wilson county i:
after, is thus described:
The company was organized un.
der the above name in September
last, at Girard, Kansas, and q char
road that is intended to be built
westward from the Kansas and
Missouri linz near Girard, through
the counties Of Crawford, Neosho
Wilson, II ard aud Cowley, to
the Arkan river, At some suitable
point. It will pass through the
towns of (ilrar.i, Usage Mission,
Thayer, Nendesha, Longton, Elk
Falls and so on westward through
the great pass in the Flint Hills,
It will be the only east and west
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sedewick County.

Wichita held mass meeting on
the 7th, and passed resolutions de-
claring that all efforts to 'alienate
or divide any parcel or part of Sedg-
wick county are mischievous and
detrimental to the interests of said
county"
A company has been organized
for the purpose of building a rail-
road from Wichita down the east
side of the Arkansas river, via Ell
Paso, Ninescah, and Thomasville
to Arkansas City. The distance is
about fifty-five miles. The road
bed is one of the finest in the world.
scarcely any grading, no bridges to
build. The country through which
the road will pass is densely settled
the entire distance between the
initial and terminal points by an
enterprisiDg, intelligent farming
population. The people of the Ar
kansas Valley along the proposed
line of road are enthusiastically in
favor of the speedy building of this
railroad, and they are willing to aid,
to q reasonable extent, in its con-
observation-disclosures City Travell
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DISTRICT DELEGATE CONyEN
TON.

The Republican voters of the repre-
sentative district composed of Emporia
city and township, and Pike and Cen
ter townships, will meet in the court
house in Emporia, at p. m. Saturday,
February II, 1872, to choose two dele
gates to represent the said district in
the State Republican Convention to be
held at Lawrence the 2lst. A full at
tendance of the voters is earnestly re-
Quested. BY ORDER REP. Con-.
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BUSINESS.

1t is reported that parties will
soon arrive at New York from Eu-
rope for the purpose of establishing
German bank there, with a capt.
tai of forty million thalers. Anoth-
er project is on foot to establish a
German bank with a capital of ten
million dollars, and several smaller
banks are talked of at New York,
with capital stocks ranging from
three to eight million dollars. The
object is understood to be to stimu-
late the drift of German capital into
American securities.
Good again! In Monson, Mass,
two persons were informed, few
days since, that they had drawn
prizes in a lottery, which awaited
them at the express Office with SIS
G. o. D. charges on each package.
One of the fortunate pair raised the
money, paid it, carried home his
parcel, and found in it nothing but
sawdust and sandl The other con-
cluded not to apply for the bundle
directed to him.
Thirty-slx years since, George
wilkins Kendall, of the New Or
leans Picayune, gave A. NJ. Hol-
brook, a steamer clerk, the business
management of that journal, and a
quarter interest. The latter gentle
man has just retired from business,
and is one of the wealthiest men in
the southwest. Although sixty-five
years of age he still looks fresh and
youthful. For years he was never
known to be absent from the count
ing-room between eight a. m. and
eight p. m, for a single day. Editors,
reporters, foremen and clerks all
passed in review before him, and all
copy passed through his hands. He
invariably paid Off all the employees
on Sunday morning. Was one abb
sent or sick the amount due was
carefully rolled up, labeled with his
name and placed in the safe, and
here sums of this kind have been
known to lie unmolested for years
"a sort of special and sacred de-
post. Indeed, old printers have
gone away and fought through an
entire war, to return and find in the
Picsyune sase package of money
awaiting them.
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The following sentence-"Jnhn
quickly extemporized five tow bags"
contains all the letters of the al
phabet, and only four of them are
used more than once.-[ Indianap-
oils Mirror.
The following, uttered by the
Grand Duke when he saw the EN-
poria delegation, has all the letters,
and does not repeat any; CAB C
def! ghijklm mop, qrs tuv; wxy, T."
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The conductor of the freight
train which caused the fearful acct
dent described on our first page,
kept his train on the main track
when ne knew it ought to be on q
switch. He ought to be hung by
the hair of his head until dead. On
the other hand, it is charged that
the company works its conductors
Is hours per day, and that they are
too sleepy to know what they are
about. Ii that is so the directors
and managing officers ought to be
held to answer in very heavy dam
ages. In short, the one and only
way to prevent such railroad
siaughters is to make the roads pay
at least 100000 for each life lost
and from $4,000 to 100000 fol-
each severe injury sustained. Theil
nerve is in their pockets.
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ages as should seem to them to be
legally due from one government
to the other. "To remove and adj
just all complaints and claims" is
the reading of the agreement.
Nothing could be clearer or fuller
The United States is willing TO trust
the arbitrators, and to abide their
decision, whatever it may be, on q
complete hearing of the whole case.
Great Britain agreed to do the same,
aud she cannot honorabiy aud fairly
break the bargain"
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NEWSPAPER WORCESTERSHIRE
STATE AUTHORSHIP.

Some of our contemporaries appear
to have very misty ideas as to what
the Office of State Auditor is, and
what duties and responsibilities it
involves. We see in several a has
ty endorsement of somebody's sug-
gestion that w. w. Wilder, editor
Of the TT. Scott Monitor, would be
q good man for the position. With
no desire whatever to keep MIR.
Wilder out of public life, we re-
spectively submit that he is not
properly qualified for that particu-
lar ONCE. He Is an able writer, a
ready speaker, gentleman of much
talent and ability, and has done
good service for the Republican
party. There are Offices, and iInpor-
tant ones, which he might fill with
credit to himselfand advantage to the
public. But his record as man OF
business, of financial experience,
0fperfectly safe habits, of unques-
tionAble integrity, is not such as is
necessary to insure a competent
and reliable State Auditor. He is
no doubt aware of these facts, and
We do net suppose that he is an
aspirant for that place. 1t is well
enough to lift a man into Office, and
we have no objections to seeing Mr..
Wilder given a good one. But
certain offices require certain quail
fications, and a man may do very
we'll for one Office, and very i'll fol
another and different one. News
paper editors generally exhibit q
remarkable lack of judgement In the
matter of nominating men for Office
and we do not know of a more stri.
king instance of their needless good
nature than in this particular case
II really seems as if some of them
would be very much puzzled to ex'
plain what the Office of State Au,
ditor is, and what duties the STATE
Auditor is expected to perform.
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The House at Topeka, passed the
new temperance law by 81 to "a.
The following is the vote:
Ayes-Ashmore, Barker, Bear,
Blake, Bowron, Bointon, Bush, But
Ter, Clarke w. H., Constant, Collins,
Cowau, Critchfield, Doster, Drake,
Eskridge, Everett, Fain, Green,
Greening, Gregg, Griffith, Haskell,
Hoffman, Hollingsworth, Hackney,
j ohnson d. H., Keabies, Kellogg,
Kelley, Kennedy II. K, Langdon,
Laughmiller, Lightcap, MaIlott, Nc
Intire, Mills, Mooney, Nichols, Nye,
Olson, Pate, Pierce, Pinkertou,
Rodgers, Sayer, Scofield w. H.,
Scott, S"lls, Smith, Stricken, Tay-
lor, WhItford, Wilson A. D., Wood
j. J.-57.
Nays-Aldrach, Benedict, Clarke
q W., COMEDY, Cooley, Copeland,
DeForrest, Devore, Dunwell, Ed
wards, FenIon, Gay, Goddard, Grit
fin, Halstead, Holiday, Hutchinson,
letters, Latta, Marchand, Mailer,
McEckron, Osborn, Palmer, Payne,
Rees, Sobinson, Scofield C. l., Sche-
merhorn, Sea-cy, Wells, Wilson j.
g., Wood G. w, Mr.. Speaker.-S4.
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Congressman Lowe says that "the
prospects for an early opening of
the Indian Territory are not very
favorable" Well, if the mania for
scattering Dple over wild terri
tories Will there is any amount of
splendid land ia Kansas not yet ia
ken, is to be kept down for while,
we are glad 10 hear of it.
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Mormonism puzzles the wise.
The women at Salt Lake City were
allowed to vote at the municipal
election Wednesday, and they cleo
ted an entire Mormon ticket. They
appear TO like it as well as the men.
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ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM.
Talkup VS.. WaIkup.
PLEASANT VALLEY, CowLEY }
Co., KAs., Feb. 18th. 1874

PLEASANT VALLEY, CowLEY
Co., KAs., Feb. 18th. 1928
EDITOR NEWS: Your Neosho
friend, j. R. Walkup, has knocked
the bottom out of our herd law, and
1 am disposed to ask him to hold up
a few minutes. In the first place
HE IS FEARFUL
that a herd law will drive the stock
men from the country. Well, at
rongh guess, 1 "guess not" tor if
man is able to own much stock he is
also able to hire herder, and no
practical stock man will allow his
stock to roam over the country at
will and Furthermore, stock men
know that in order to raise stock
they must depend upon small farm
ers for corn, and small farmers are
unable to fence, with lumber at
present prices. What can we ex-
pect to do as farmers unless we have
a herd law, until we can get hedges
grown. Mr.. Walkup condemns our
upland for poor farmers and donates
it to cattle. If he has ever been in
Kansas a minute with his eyes open,
he has seen thousands of acres of
upland successfully cultivated. If
he has not seen it, and viii come to
Cow1ey county,
WE WILL SHOW HIM
whole townships that will raise
grain. My idea is that the poor
class of farmers are better entitled
to the hills of Kansas than herds of
long horned, bOny, tick eaten, Tex
as cattle are. / can't believe that
there is county in the State but
what would derive a great benefit
from herd and hedge law. If our
Legislature will take care of the
thousands of young farmers who
are striving for a start it will be far
better than to protect a few dozen
rich stock men.
SMOKE THAT
We legislators. 1 presume Mr..
Walkup is nursing his self interest
or lives in in a very poor part OF
Kansas, as he says that "the farm
ers have not handled much money
from the proceeds of their farms for
the last four years." and "to take
away the stock privileges and have
to depend on farming alone would
be rather an up hull business in this
country" Now, as far as some
counties are concerned they may
only be fit for grazing, or may haYe
been made by the creator for buffalo
range, but your humble servant
wishes to have it understood that
our creator did better for us
IN cowLEY COUNTY,
and we have man on nearly every
quarter section. If such men as
Mr.. Walkup were to talk up our
country q while our emigration
would cease and our uplands go to
grass. If we cannot have laws en-
acted that will induce settlement Of
our large State we deserve to re-
main vast plain. But thanks to
Providence our State of~Kansas is
blessed generally with the most I'M
selfish and just of public men, and
Kansas is not going to halt while
we keep majority of such men in
our Legislature.
cowLEY COUNTY WANTS 4 HERD
LAW
until hedges can be grown. So
does every other county, and if we
can get it you will see all Kansas
eheckrowed with hedge fences ana
shelter belts. And who cannot see
that stock men will rejoice at having
fenced pastures instesd OF open
prairie? Yours truly,
LUDoLPEus HoLcoN3.
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Don't fret about the cold weather.
a Hindoo astronomer says that
during the present year a blazing
meteor will pass by the earth and
in the short space of twenty-four
minutes destroy all vegetation and
kill millions of people.
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The first practical application of
civil service regulation was made
in the post-office department on
Wednesday. Twenty-two persons
were examined and, there were Sc
lected as suitable, three, and one of
them was appointed. Among the
applications was one whose papers
were endorsed by United States
senator and long list of represen-
tatives, and who was unable to cor
rectly spell the name of his native
county or State.-Exchange.
Guess the schoolmaster is not en-
tirely unnecessary, even in regard
to Government Office holders.
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The western railroads have all
combined to shut of the "free pass"
system to newspapers. Glad of it.
Let them pay for their advertise
ments, everybody pay their fares,
and newspapers. cease to be afraid
of railroad corporations. Free
speech, Instead of free rides, is our
motto.
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The easiest place to get murdered
is in the Indian Territory. A man
who wants to commit suicide has
only to go there and look crossways
at somebody. The Indians appea
to do their share. On the 10Th ult.,
some fifteen Arrapahoes rode into a
camp of four white men on Medi-
cine Lodge creek, and killed them
all. On the Goth ult., man named
Epps shot and killed VIM. Manning,
a Texas cattle drover, while the lat
ter was standing in the door of Nc
Clarifies ranch, Bluff creek.
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Governor Reed, of Florida, has
been impeached, and Mr.. Day, of
Virginia, a Republican, has been
appointed Governor. The South
ern States appear to have fearful
set of Governors.
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The Union Pacific is SO badly
snow bound that the Japanese En-
bassy have gone back from Salt
Lake to San Francisco, to come
around via the ocean.
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Mr.. Hammond is holding a good
revival in Leavenworth. Two hum
dred and seventy. five of the peni-
Tertiary convicls have been con-
varteH
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Excuse this bit of sarcasm" said
Smith to Jones, "but l must say
that you are an infamous liar and
scoundrel." Pardon this bit of
irony" said Jones to Smith, as he
knocked him oyer with , poker.
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AS Florence has petitioned to be-
come city of third class. Marion
Centre is also talking about it.
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NOTVCE

TIME Board of Directors in School Dis
i trict No. 81, in Lyon county, Kansas,
day of March, 1872, for blowing and seed
ing the school house grounds to blue grass
and setting the same in trees. Specifiea-
tions in the hands of the District Clerk.
The right to reject any and all bids is re-
served. l.. NJ. HARRIS,
febIO3w Dist Clerk. Plymouth.
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a fearful storm ragged in Mime
sofa aud Wisconsin on Wednesday.
Many people froze to death.
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DISSOLUTION.

THE firm OF Swallow, Heritage & So
Il den, heretofore engaged in the bank
ing business, was dissolved by mutual
consent on the S1st of January, 1872; and
is succeeded by the "EmpOria Bank and
Savings Association which corporation
will continue the business in the building
heretofore occupied by the firm- li9 @ M
msreial street. j. II. SWALLOW,
l.. T. HERITAGE,
w. It. SODEN.
RxEno2r. Feb 1870 fabO II
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Mr.. Stotler is at Topeka, but ILL
ness and incessant legislative duty
cuts us short of our usual Topeka
letters.
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THE SOUTHWEST.
Marion County.

East Marion Center is sinking a
public well.
Mr.. Aller, cashier of the Marion
county bank, sports the finest ssturn
out" in the cOunty.-l Marion Centre
Record
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The United States Senate has de-
feated the amnesty bill. The vote
stood 33 to 10, not the req uisite
two-thirds.
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DIRECTORS:
COAL.
BURLINGAME COAL /!
Good Meas for the People

l have for sale plenty of the very best
Burlingame coal at the lowest price. Or
ders filed promptly. Leave orders at my
office, back of Aid. A. Baker & Co.'s
Frederick. Residence southwest corner
or Constitution street and Fifth avenue.
janl-9t DAVID G. JONES
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Iowa had .scoId snap" last week.

Iowa had a "coId snap" last week.
A telegram says:
Sioux CITY, Feb. 8.-Some fifteen
miles above the city, as far as known
positively, eight persons were fro
zen to death during the storm, with
in q radius of fifteen miles of here.
The loss in stock within the same
limits is immense and will probably
reach five to six hundred head Of
cattle and horses.
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STALK CUTTER

"OR RENT.--The undersigned has 4
Coles Stalk Cutter, which he will let
for use at ten cents per acre. This is u
new labor saving machine, and equal in
this respect to the corn planter. a man
and team can cut ten acres of stocks in a
day, by which they can be thoroughly
ploHghed under. All orders should be
left at his farm. northeast of town, at least
ten days before the machine is wanted.
feb9-SW JOHN HAMMOND.
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CANADA TO BE COUNTED OUT.
The Following is of interest,":

The following IS OF interest:
Boston. Feb. 9.-By Especial dis
patch from Halifax it is reported on
trustworthy authority that a treaty
exists and has been signed by the
British and Canadian governments
for the separation of that Dominion
from the British Empire. The
terms were agreed to when the act
of confederation was passed by the
Imperial Parliament, but the treaty
was not to take effect for some years
to come unless the British govern
ment saw a necessity for sooner ac-
ton. Ever since troops have been
gradually Withdrawn from Canada
until now there is scarcely soldier
in the Dominion, outside of Hall
fax. There is no doubt that, should
the differences between Great Brit
am and the United States become
more serious, the British govern
ment will at once publish the treaty
and proclaim the independence of
Canada, and by that meansbe reliev-
ed from the necessity of defendin
the colonies against the United
States should war eneue.
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the " First National Bank
of EmpOria.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
WASHINGTON, January I'd, 1879. }
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence
w presented to the undersigned, it
has been made to appear that 1.-The First
National Bank of Emporia," in the city
of Emporia in the County Of Lyon and
State of Kansas has been duly organized
under and according TO the requirements
of the Act of Congress entitled IAN Act
to provide a National Currency, secured
by pledge of United States bonds, and
TO provide for the circulation and REDEEM
ton thereof" approved June Sd, 1864, and
has complied with all the provisions of
said Act requiring to be complied with
before commencing the business of bank
ing under said Act.
Now, therefore 1, Hiland r. Hulburd,
Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby
certify that EThe First National Bank of
Emporie" in the city of ETnporia in the
County Ioi Lyon and State of Kansas, Is
authorized to commence the business of
banking under the AIT aforesaid.
In testimony whereof witness my hand
rsr,1 and seal of office this End day
t'AA'J of January, 1872.
HILAND r, HULBURD,
Comptroller of the Currency.
No. 1915. jan22-6t
II. c. CROSS. MOVES sPIcER, R. B. HURST,
President. Vice p resident Cashier
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Des Moines has boy but twenty
years old, who performs many won
derful feats of strength. He shout
ders an iron rail- twenty-four feet
in length, such as ordinarily re-
quires the united strength of four
men TO handle, and walks off as
though it were dry Eastwood. He
can take fiye-eight inch iron rod,
two feet long, and strike il across
his left arm with sucu force as to
bend the iron, with as much SEEM
ing ease as though it were a piece of
telegraph wire. At the Polk coun-
ty fair, last fall, he lifted on a wa
ger, at the scales, the weight of 1875
pounds. And yet he weighs but
$50 pounds.
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CHASE COUNTY LETTER.
TOLEDO. Feb. 18th. 1872.

TOLEDO, Feb. 18th, 1872.
Considerable dissatisfaction is ex-
pected by citizens of the county, at
the award of the Court House con-
tract at Cottonwood Falls to a non
resident, the whole cost of construc-
ton being expended outside of the
county limits, giving none of its Ia
borers employment.
IT is REPORTED
that the A. T. s. S. L. r. r. Co.
will build passenger depot and
freight house at the county line be-
tween Lyon and Chase counties
near Plymoth and Toledo, some
time next month.
OUR NEIGHBoRs
the "Caw" Indians seem oblivion
of the fact that the law makers in
Washington are talking of their re-
moval. Occasional "stragglers" upon
the "trail" prosecuting the national
calling of begging as if they expec-
ted no interruption OF their favor
lite pursuit.
In spite of the questionable poll
cy of allowing SPECTATORS and non-
residents to "gObble" and hold many
of the best lands, few homesteaders
are availing themselves of portions
of Uncle Sans unoccupied domain
proposing to extend the area of civ.
ilization by re-clalming homes from
the wilderness of grass and rocks
by which we are surrounded. Sue.
cess to them. F