The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-21

/ O11AAuS -ilOOSSS "a ItLoOuES uabS
failed.
| In nine police districts of New
4 York city on election day $4,000
was subscribed for the Memphis
sufferers.
| Paper mills in Great Britain
stand exceptionally high fol
health, according to the sanitary
statistics.
| All hope is abandoned as to the
fate Of the fourteen persons left
on board the steamer BsVarieu
burned on Lake Ontario.
/ 4 Connecticut school boy has
written q composition on the
horse, Ia which he says it is an
animal having four legs, "one al
each corner"
DR.. bio Lewis is authority for
the statement that q diet OF beans
is better for the complexion than
ali the powders and creams ever
MANUFACTURED.
An exhibition is to be held in
Manchester, England. CT all ap-
pliances and apparatus that tend
to promote the economic use and
saving Of fuel. fa.
Twelve houses on Ottawa street
between Fifth and Sixth, in Leav-
/ enWorth, show q total of nine ba-
bies, born one and two at time.
Leavenworth has always been con-
sidered baby town.
They have a judge in Wichita
who fined a lawyer for saying "sic
transit" The official thought it
was swearing, and remarked indig
nantly that no body should "sick''
him In that court.
A rolling ''mill' was put in OPP
Grafton in this city last Sunday.
Two boys got to fighting on the
side of Mt. Pleasant, and rolled
down about fifty feet while look
ed in a hostile hug.-Lancaster
Gazette. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Curtis, Of
Bridgeport, CT, who celebrated
their golden wedding last Monday,
had all their children and grand
children present. No death has
occurred in the family for half q
century.
The New Jersey Senate will
stand Il Republicans to z Demo
Gratis; the Assembly 80 Republi-
cans to ~ Democrats, and one In
dependent Democrat; making .
majority Of Republicans on joint
ballot of IL.
Tompkins aroused his wife
from a sound sleep the other night,
saying he had seen a ghost in the
shape of an ass. "Oh, let me
Sleep" was the reply of the irate
dame, "aud don't be frightened at
yoHr own shadow"
Purple will be one Of the most
fashionable colors for outdoor cos
tunes this winter, both in silk and
velvet. A silk costume of purple
with velvet revers, cuffs and under
skirt of the same color, is very
elegant and stylish.
It is something that q portion
of the public has yet to learn, that
there is little connection between
printing and Journalism. To call
8 printer a newspaper-man is like
calling the boy who works the or
Qan-bellOWS g musician
The best time for painting the
exterior of buildings is late in the
autumn or during the winter.
Paint then applied will endure
twice as long as when applied in
early summer, or in hot weather.
Probably the oldest timber in
the world which has been subject.
ed to the use Of man is found in
the ancient temples OF Egypt. 1t
is found in connection with stone.
work which is known to be at
least four thousand years old.
In the case of William A. Brit
ton against General B. F. Butler,
to recover the value of two drafts
for fifteen thousand dollars, seized
by Butler at New Orleans, Judge
Woodruff of New York gave de-
cision for General Butler, holding
that the General was justified in
making the seizure.
The postmaster,general has de-
cided that postal cards may not
be rendered in payment Of unpaid
or short-paid mail matter, and that
to affix printed matter, as q slip
from a newspaper, to q postal
card, whether with or without
writing on the same, is to make
the card liable to letter postage.
The Cincinnati Commercial
asks: "Win the accomplished
and, We may say, intellectual edi-
tor of the New York World read,
mark an inwardly digest the fact
that Allen did not receive as many
votes by $3.50 when elected Q fort
night since, as were cast for the
Democratic candidate, McCook,
two years agoS"
Suits have been commenced by
the Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission of Illinois against the Chi
cego and Northwestern and Illinois
Central Railroad Companies for
violations Of the railroad law. It
is understood that suits will be
instituted against several other
railroads as soon as the Attorney
General can prepare the necessary
papers.
| A Justice Of Guthrie county,
Iowa, decided in the case Of q citi.
zen who brought suit against his
daughters lover for ejecting him
from his own parior one Sunday
night, that counting is 8 necessity
and must not be interrupted
therefore the laws Ut Iowa will
hold that . parent has no lega
right in room where counting ID
afoot; and SO the defendent wa
discharged, and the plaintiff had tc
pay costs.
In Dover on Thursday Q ons
: hundred dollar bill actually paiC
debts amounting to 5000, anC
, within eight hours returned to tn,
man who first paid it out in th'
morning. It happened that A
owed B e100- He paid it. ]
, owed c 500, he paid the bill owe
, to him. Thus it went, and tn
, ninth gentlemen to whom it va
! paid, happening to owe A 500
paid it over 20 him; 50 it paid ri
thee debts and came back to il
e original owner.
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