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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE-WHA1
SHALL BIZ DONE WITH 1T.

The report that tho Tribune was
to be edited by Schuyler ColfaS, al
q salary of $4,000 per year, is pre-,
mature. Tho stockholders are
quite divided in opinion. Mr.. Sin.
clair, the business manager, and
others, favor Mr.. Colfax, while
Whitelaw Reid and the Greeley
heirs prefer to follow out the policy
of independent journalism announc.
ed in Mr.. Greeley's card. The latest
kilograms are as follows:
WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-Vice.
President Colfax returned from
New York to-day. He says in re.
gard to the Tribune editorship, that
it still remains open, nothing having
yet been decided upon.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. l6.-The Demo.
Gratis New York special says: The
Tribune trustees held q meeting on
Friday afternoon, every member
present. Mr.. Sinclair brought for
ward the Colfax proposition, and il
received the support of only him.
self and one other, six out OF eight
of the trustees opposing it, and sus-
tanning Mr.. Reid's conduct OF the
paper, urging he be retained with
no instructions. save to continue
carrying out the policy of Mr..
Greeley's card. 1t was settled that
no change would be made in the
policy OF the paper, as Mr.. Greeley
left 1t without q change in the con-
trolling proprietorship. Sinclair
then went TO work to make up q
pool of outside ockhoIders TO Sc
cure the controlling interest. 1t it
understood, he with DIR. Ayers, and
representative of the estates of one
or two of tho deceased proprietors,
not including Mr.. Greeley's, have
nearly OF quite made up the fifty-
one share needed, aud propose sell
ing At the rate OF 1000, to o com
binatiou representing the Telegraph
and Administration interests. Mr..
Reid said in case the proprietorship
and policy was thus changed, be
would also cell HE four shares and
at once retire.
Later kilograms state that the Sin
clair Colfax party has secured con-
troll of the stock.
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Chase County.

Chase county objects to the project
of some Marion county parties, 70
take two-mile strip from the former
and atld to the latter.
SAFFoRD.-This new town is begin
ming to make showing. The lumber
is now on the ground for several houses
TO be built as s0on as the surveyors
get through. The railroad company
has contracted to keep the eating
saloon at that point for five years. In
lieu of land given by Mr.. Scott, the
company will erect cattle pens there
Immediately.
Application has been made for the
pardon of young Maxwell, who, IN
company with another youth, broke
into and robbed Mr.. Barker's residence,
at Wisel Springs, about four miles
south Of town, on the Bazaar road, Last
September, and for which they were
sentenced 70 the pepitentiary for one
year.
The Leader also corrects items fur
nished to the NEWS, as follows:
Union post-ofice has not been
changed 70 Woodruff; work on the
court house has not been suspended
the amount realized from the sale OF
the bonds was not greater than the
contract price for the work, nor as
much.
Mr.. Smith has raised the frame Of
his new hotel at Cedar Point. Thai
place is very hopeful OF the Robert-tai
railroad.
| Raao CouEfy
Reno county has now CSC, 900 out In
bonds, payable Ia ten years. On the
21st 1t voted for or against issuing
$1,000 more to finish the Hutchinson
court house, 5000 for general pur.
poses, and $4,000 for the NinescaI
bridges. This will make e7s,OOO In all
at a total annual interest of 1900.
A stage will soon be running from
Hutchinson to Camp Supply, via
Castleton, Sherman, tJackman,} Medi
cine Lodge and'the'Sdines.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20
THE SOLOMON CITY CONVENTION
Railroads and Prairie Fires.

The Solo mon City Railroad Con,
Vention met on the 1lth, pursuant
to published call. Morris, Riley,
Ellsworth, Cloud, Pottawattorie
Davis, Barton, Sumner, Pawnce
Washington, Dickinson, Lincoln,
Ottawa, Harvey, Clay, Howard.
Sedgwick and Saline counties were
represented in the convention
FOrty-eight delegates were present.
Northumberland Slower prcsid-
ed, We believe the convention was
called to consult over the railroad
interests of Western KRnsas. We
had been at little loss to know
what the convention could do to
further railroad schemes, and the
proceedings Of the convention do
not greatly enlighten us on the
point. We had shared the opinion
OF many that there was "negro in
the wood pile but the proceedings
do not show that he was smoked
out, and so we conclude that we
were mistaken, and that it was sim
ply a wind work" affair, for GER
tain railroad schemes. All right.
The action taken in reference to
prairie fires will meet with general
appreciation.
We give below the resolutions
adopted ut the convention:
WHEREAS, The experience of the
people of Western Kansas has been,
and is, that the annual visitation OF
the prairie fires may be ascribed in
a great degree to the absence of at
mospheric moisture which charac-
terizes the climatic features OF this
portion of the State and
WHEREAS, 1t is their further ex-
perience that the laws in relation to
the restraining of such fires have
proved inadequate; therefore
RESOLVED, That we, their repre-.
setatives, in convention assembled,
do hereby ask and petition the Leg
islature of this State to amend said
laws in such . manner Is may pro-
vide the security which our situa-
ton demands.
Resolved, That we recommend
that said law shall, among other
features, provide that il shall be the
duty OF the county commissioners,
or the township boards, or both, to
provide an adequate dre guard
about the boundaries OF their re-
spective counties and townships. to
be maintained and enforced By such
means as the legislature may pro
vide.
Resolyed, That 90 many of the
destructive prairie Gree arise from
the ordinary operations of railroad
corporations, such corporations be
required 20 prOyide and maintain q
suitable 6re-guard along their re-
spoctiVe rout0s, and 20 bo held
strictly responsible for all conse-
quences arising from . failure so
to do.
RESOLVED, That the legislature o:
the State be requested to memorial
Ire Congress by concurrent resolu
ton, or otherwise, to so amend The
existing laws relative TO the disposal
of the public domain, as to promote
the growth of forests by sncourag-
ing the settlers to plant . certain
portion OF the even-numbered sec
tione of our State in timber; the
title to said land 70 be contingent
upon the careful and continued cul.
tivatiOn Of said land fer . opeeIGed
term Of yeArG.1
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NJ. K. & T.-How 1T GOT on ITS
FEET.-The Junction City Union
is one OF the best country papers in
the State, and It is generally relia-
BILE, but we have been q little sur
prised, as well as amused, that il
can scarcely ever speak Of the NJ.
K. Sc T. railroad without telling 3
lie. About every month It gives
scrap Of history OF that enterprise,
in which It repeats something like
the following: Junction City
placed the N. K. & T. upon it.
feet"
Then generally follows q thrust al
the Neosho valley, such IS this, fol
instance:
"Her first scheme was annoyed
and humbugged enough by thai
historical NeOshO valley caucus &C
lead her not to expect business from
such q convention as that of Solo
mon."
All this 10 very severe on the
valley, and excessively witty and
all that, but it is getting thin. Now
these terrible Neosho valley eau
cuses inaugurated the n. X. j. T
road. Those caucuses had theil
work to perform and it was i'm
portant. We believe Davis county
was represented in most of them
and when the Union pokes fun al
them it includes some OF its owr
citizens, who have done, ono time
and another, q good deal of rail
road work, if they have not ex
pended so much in wind as thu
editor of the Union. Further, TIT
amendments to the Kansas railroad
bill of 1868 giving the NJ. X. & T
road a grant of land from wher'
the A. T. s. S. +. crossed the NeoshC
(Emporia), "to point at or neaI
Fl. Riley" Junction City,, was go
through Congress by EmporIa in
fluence. We doubt if Junction
City knew q thing about it. So tina
Junction City is under obligation
to Emporia for . connection will
the road. but she always had TIT
swell head too bad to acknowledge
it. Again, Lyon county (and sh'
could not have done it without The
almost unanimous aid of Emporia
voted 100000 to the NJ. X. & T
road, and we are now paying on
$1,000 per annum like little men
Other counties along the line dit
the same. What did the grea
Junction City do? Through tn
influence of her citizens Davi
county repudiated the bonds sh
voted. That's the way Junction
City "placed the n. X. 81 I. ppol
its feet" Did anybody ever hear o
such impudence. Goss, McBratney
MaIson, Prouty and Plumb pu
that thing upon its feet, and Cos
had it built. And now, George
out of the great respect we bear you
we don't want to hear any NOR
such nonsense and false gloriflca
ton. Puff your town all 20,
please, but don't for heavens SAX
tell US that Junction City "put tn
NJ. X. s. T. on it's feet" and sneer q
the means which gave il its star
There are too many people VIII
: know all about this business.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

As ADVANCE STEP IL SPAIS.-We
are glad to see that poor Priest-rld-
den Spain Is moving In the right
direction ct last. Following the
lead of Germany che has initiated
ON important movement In regard
to the relations of Church and State
In that country. Nobody hiss ever
doubted the Catholicity of Spain.
1t seems, however. that tho Spanish
government has become dissatisfied
with tho financial burden which the
Church imposes upon the State, aud
has GOs some time past declined pay
anen4 OF clerical salaries from the
government treasury. On tins ac-
eoant tho SpaniSh Bishops issued .
protest strongly cenSnring the gov
ornament Cor its delay in payment OF
their salaries, then soma two gears
oSerdue. This didn't bring the
money. Apd now again eemes .
nnsh nsus emphatic dAwspa Of
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

~ Kansas correspondent of the
Methodist claims communicates for
the NJ. Z. church among our Sena-
tors and Representatives. We guess
he is not we'll posted. Senator
Pomeroy is q member of the Con-
gregational church, and says grace.
Senator Caldwell is . supporter OF
the Presbyterian church. and we
believe u member of the same.
Judge Lowe Is q good man, but
uses "profane literature" when oc-
easion seems to demand. OF the
new members, Colonel Phillips is a
strict Scotch Presbyterian, and Col.
Cobb belongs to the "big church"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

Mr.. Greelcy's estate Is estimated
at about one hundred thousand dol
lars. This is mostly devised to his
two daughters. The Chappaqua
farm belonged TO Mrs. Greeley.
Her estate is likewise beQueathed
to her daughters. 1t would seem
that Mrs. Greeley WAS the best Il.
nAncier of the two. Out of her per.
sonal allowance and some shares OF
the Tribune stock, she was able to
buy the Chsppaqua farm, then in
poor condition. On this faI m Mr.
Greeley expended some seventy
thousand dollars in Improvement
and the whole farm Is not now val.
ued near so much as the improve.
ment cost. Probably that fact does
not appear in the work entitled
"Whnt know about Farming"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20
MAYORS PROCLAMATION,
Vaccination Free 4!

DY direction Of the City Council, 1
r1O hereby notify all persons who are
unable or unwilling to pay physician
lies, that DR.. j. M. CriIey, first door be.
low the postcftice) is appointed city ply :
stefan Tor that purpose. 1 would respect
FULLY urge all persons within the city linn
Its to attend to this necessary operation
Mt once. The small prx in a very malig-
nant form Is around us, and while as yet
our city Is free from 1t. we know not how
soon 1t may be introduced here. DIR. Cri.
ley has the pure COW peck EIrus, and will
use no other. So none need be afraid. He
will remain at his ONCE for this express
purpose, every day, from IL to o'clock.
WIN. JAY, Mayor.
Emporia, Nov. Il, 1872. sta
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their dues in the form of an admo-
milton to the Cortes. On this the
government took issue; and the
Minister of Justice has prepared .
bill for legislative enactment, which
provides for q considerable reduc-
ton of the number of bishoprics,
and exonerates the public treasury
from all liability for the payment
of the ecclesiastical endowments.
Against this proposed measure the
bishops demonstrate with exceeding
vehemence, but with not much eff
feet, as the Cortes seem to favor the
passage of the bill. Should it pass
and become a law it will provoke
deep indignation among the clergy
who are not pleased with the ides
OF having the price OF taking carr
of souls reduced, or rendered un
certain by having it to depend OF
those who are the ones for whom
the service is rendered.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

Hon. Henry Wilson says Canada
will belong TO the United States be-
fore this generation passes away.
Also that probably several of the
northern provinces of Mexico
would como to us, and that we
would have q controlling influence
in the West Indies.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

Last Friday night fire broke out
in the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York, and some twenty servant girls
were burned to death, because the
hotel clerks and proprietors prefer
ed to save valuable baggage rather
than aid the girls to escape. And
now they propose to pay the funeral
expenses themselves.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

The State Teachers Association
of Kansas will meet in Humboldt
the evening of the 25th of Deem
her, and continue the rest of the
week. We have no information of
the plan of work. We presume
half-fare tickets can be had on the
N. X. & T. railway, and that the
hospitality of the citizens of Hum
boldt will be extended to the teach
ers attending the Association.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20
Sherih-s Sale.

TOTICEi lie hereby given that by yir.
~ tue Of an order OF sale, issued
out OF the district court Of Lyon
county, Kansas, 20 me directed, will. on
the Goth day OF January, 1873, at II
O'Clock q. M, At the front door Of the
at public suction, TO the highest bidder'
for cash, the following described real
estate, to-wit: IS feet and 1 inches by Sc
feet OF the west end Of lot IS Market St..
in the city Of EmporIa, Lyon county, Kan.
sas, beginning st the southwest corner Of
lot IS; thence east 80 feat and inches:
thence north 50 fest; thence west Sc feeS
and inches; thence south 50 fest 20
place Of beginning, TO be sold as the pro-
perty Of Thomas ". Jones, to sa1isfy a
judgment in favor Of L. 8. Tandy.
JOHN BAY,
Empcria, Kan. Dec. 20, 1872. 51-t5
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On the 2lst Evan Porter, of Col
umbiana, Ohio, cracked some kick.
DRY nuts with . Ratchet, and then
cracked the heads or hIs two little
children. He now says his OWE
head has been cracked for some
time. His neck ought TO DO crack
ed soon.
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Administratrix' Notice.

NOTICEis hereby given that petition
AZ to sell the west half OF the L Il and
the east half OF the southwest quarter of
section IL, township IL, range p, in john
the estate Of James Stanley, late OF Lyon
county, Kansas, deceased, 70 pay debts
by the undersigned, his admInistratrix !,
was fled in the office Of the Probate
court Of Lyon county, Kansas, on Decem-
Der Is, 1872, ana pursuant 70 an order OF
said court, made on said day, said petition
will stand for hearing in said court, on
December 81, 1872.
RACHEL p. STANLEY.
b1t2 Administratrix.
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The Humboldt Union and other
papers speak favorably OF Judge
Lowe for U. s. Senator. There is
not q man In the State whom we
had rather sec in the U. 8. Senate
than this same David 2. Lowe.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

The United States trade with Chi
ma still increases, and remains next
10 that Of Great Britain; but still q
good ways below the British, being
only one fifth as to value.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

A little SON Of Mrs. Dsuxherty.
about 10 years old, was run oyer BY
q coal train at Usage City on Mon.
day, and killed. The accident was
caused by the boys carlessness.
A man was badly crippled by the
same train in the afternoon OF the
same day.
Usage City has got the epizOotic
badly. Eighteen out OF nineteen
horses NsSe sick at one stable on
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

Edwin Forrest, the actor, dropped
dead in his dressing room at Phlla-
delphia on the 18th inst. He left
his fortune to found an actors
home.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

Tom Scott don't want to go "a
Me United States Senate. He ha.
bigger things on hand. His mis-.
sion is building railroads, We
learn that the omnipotent and ON.
nipresent Pennsylvania Central
or Tom Scott, which is the came
thing, have notified the Mexican au-
thorIties that the money Is ready fol-
the construction of General Rose.
Grams road to Mazatlan whenever
the proposed land grant is duly per.
feCtcd. Depend upon it, Tom Scott
is looking out for tho control of q
vast system OF railroads on our
Southwest, below the snowy lati-
tudes, which shall connect the Gul:
of Mexico with the Gulf of Cali.
fornia and the Pacific Ocean. This
is better than the Senate to Tom
Scott.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

1900 Canary birds have just gone
to Salt Lake City on one train.
What q nice big pie they would
make.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

HOLIDAY B00KS--ILLUSTRATED:
FRIENDSHIPS OFFERING.
MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM.
MY PETS ALBUM.
SONGS OF SEVEN,
TWENTY THIRD PSALM.
PEOPLE OF THE snowy w.
G. Bryant.
WONDERS OF THE YOSEMITE.
LUCILLE-By Owen Meredith.
JOAQUIN MILLER'S POEMS.
LIBRARY OF POETRY and SONG
BY Bryant.
TENNYSON'S POEMS,
LONGFELLOW'S POEMS.
WHITTIER'S POEMS. ..#.
LIBRARY OF WONDERS. ID.
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Hotel Property for Sale.

WY W. BAILEY offers for sale the
wv hotel known as the "Bailey
House," in Americas, Lyon county, on
the d. Z. & T. railroad. This property
consists OF hotel building OF 10 rooms, well
and cellar, with furniture, bedding, dish
es, chairs, stoves, &C &c; also a large,
well-fnished barn. with well at the door.
Property Is only about 30 steps from the
depot. Trains stop daily there .Or meals.
1t is doing a good business, and Is the
only hotel in the place. A good bargain
can be had on this property. for cash or
trade. Apply to W. w. BAILEY,
0lm1 Emporia, Kan.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
-nIsSOIunToN

FTHHE co-partnership Of Schmidlfpg 4
- Lutz will be dissolved on the first of
January, 1878. Ali persons indebted to
the hrm are requested to call and settle,
FRANK sCHMIDLINGfl
K LEWIS LUTZ. 51t4
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

The Secretary of the Treasury in
forms us that the total net receipts
of the government for the last fiscal
yea rameunted to 1914, 106, 1891. sc.
If this were in silver dollars and
they laid touching each other in q
straight line, it would make a track
of silver nearly nine thousand miles
long. 1t would be plea ant for a
man with tar on bis heels to travel
over that line, and we would have
no serious objections to giving up
the editorial "tripod" for q few days
to perform that pheasant thing" If
somebody would furnish the tar.
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sheriHss Sale.


NYOTICE is hereby given that by VIr-
IN tue OF an execution, issued by the
Clerk Of the District court OF Lyon county,
Kansas, 70 me directed. will. on the 10th
day Of January, 1873, at 1 o'clock p.
m, At the 'front.' deor OF the court house,
auction, to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described real estate. to-
wit: being al that piece or parcel Of land
situate in the east y Of the southeast II
Of seSticH y, township 10 OF range II, ly-
ing south 81 ene chaaAel OF Cottonwood
river, containing e6 acres, more or less.
to be sold ~ the property Of Elisha Glib.
son, 20 satisfy Judgment in favor of
GeAiel D. Humphrey, and over plus re.
sulting from said sale, IL any, to be APP
piled In satisfaction Of Q Judgment in
favor OF n. z. Brown against said Elisha
Gibson. JOHN BAY,
Sheriff Of Lyon county. Kan.
Emporia, Kan, Dec. 20. 1872. sits
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue
IN OF an order of sale issued out of the
District Court Of Lyon county, Kansas,
and to me directed, / will on the Goth day
Of January, 1878, ut u O'Clock m. st
the front door of the Court House, in said
county, offer for sale at public auction the
following described real estate, situate in
said county, to-wit: Lot No, 3 in Hin
shaw's addition to the city of Emporia,
to be sold as the property Of Peter DaliL
to satisfy 8 judgment in favor of Andrew
Hinshaw. JOHN BAY,
Sheriff Of Lyon county, Kansas.
skEmporia, Kan, Dec. 20, 1872. jlt5
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StraVad-

0NE red yearlIng heifer, In good con-
" dition, or five small white spots on
face; also one small white and red heller
calf, one year old; had a small piece OF
rope around its neck. A liberal reward
will be paid for their recovery. Address
d. S. GILMORE,
51t2 Emporia, Kan.
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NEWS AND EDITORIAL NOTES.

Congress talks of paying Grant
$4,000 q year.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20

st. Louis is getting over the horse
disease. Two hundred have died.