The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-21
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
Many saw-mills throughout Wi
are spspending operations.

Many saw-mills throughout Wis.
are slspending operations.
Boston contains four churches,
each of which has been established
over 200 years.
The National Equal Rights Con-
ventien meets in Washington on
the 9Th OF December.
A bar of gold worth seventy
thousand dollars is . curiosity OF
the day in San Francisco.
The catch OF salmon on the Co.
lumbia river, Oregon, this season,
has been 10000 forty-eight pound
cases. cEr-.s a. -l
From January let to October LIST
Brunswick, Ga, shipped 40,S52, OFT
feet Of timber and II, 949, 1858 feet of
lumber.
Northern capitalists are prospect
ing around Gainesville, Ga, for
abandonded miues, rich ores,
diamonds and things.
The Monks of st. Trappe, Dub
uque couaty, Iowa, have one of the
largest and best farms OF the State,
comprising over 900 acres, and q
large monastery. aEe71 80. AL
A New England mechanic has
invented an apparatus for propel-
ling canal boats by forcing . current
of compressed air ont against the
water at the stern.
The total abundance ct the Wen
ma Exposition fOots up, according
to oRcisl count, to 6,3z0O73 of
which 1,605, 575 belonged to the no.
BILE army of dead-heads.
The experiment of tobacco culture
in California L successful. This
years crop is much better than that
Of last year, and the manufacture of
segars is already brisk.
The Pullman Palace Car Company
at Chicago has declared dividend
Of three per cent, after adding an
equal amount 10 it's surplus fund
out Of the earnings of last quarter.
4 new comet has been visible for
several nights by the aid OF the
powerful telescope at the Roman
Observatory. It IL described a.
most brilliant, with tail Of extra
ordinary splendor.
Colorado has astonished herself
by casting 9 vote of about q, 600 at
the recent election for members of
the Legislature, against 1900 last
year. The Denver News triumph
Antly f1gues from this vote p0puis-
ton of $4,000.
The demand for active legislation
in favor of more stringent mining
law needs no more urgent enforce
ment than appears In the fact that,
between the years 1880 and 1885,
over $500 English miners perished
from violence.
Harris, the frat mate of the ship
Sunrise, accused of brutality to sea-
men, was arrested on Tuesday night
at San francisco. His arrest causes
much excitement, and threats of
lynching were freely INDUCED In by
an excited crowd. --
The Florida pecan nut is q profit
able one for cultivation. For ih-
stance, ten acres could well sustain
2l0 trees, which would yield the seY-
enth year about 300 bushels, making
over $1,000 from ten acres. That il
nearly equal to an orange grove.
At WiIlismsport on the 9th. Mel
son Wade, for the murder Of an
aged couple named Mcbride, in
July last, suffered the extreme PEN
atty OF law. The condemned man
did not show much concern, and re-
quested the Sheriff to "hurry up"
as he had an engagement to dine in
the other world. ~
The annual importation of pre-
served figs into the United States Is
about six million pounds, and the
Importation price or cost 10 about
seven cents per pouRd, amounting
in round figures to $4,000. Near
ly all the figs consumed in the Unit.
ed States come from Turkey, which
country supplies Great Britain with
the same article.
This seasons English hop crop 10
estimated at . little over half that
Of last year, with q greater diversity
of quality than has been seen for
many seasons. It is believed that
the import OF hops from the CONT
nent will not exceed the average for
some years past, while America will
require Q considerable amount of
the English growth to supply the
deficiency in this years crop there.
A crumpled little package was re-
Gently received at the Mayors Office
In Memphis, which contained five
dollars and Ave cents, nearly all in
one, two, three and five cent pieces.
On the inner wrapping was written,
"Littie LiIly's money, to go to .
poor child )" on the outer paper, In
q different hand, were the words,
"From little Lilly, for the Memphis
sufferers--s dying bequeSt."