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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-08-01
SHERTFr,S SAJE

NOTICE is hereby given that by vir.
IN tue Of an order of sale, issued out
OF the district court of Lyon county. Kan
sas, TO me directed. l Will, on Monday,
september first, A. u. 1873, at IL O'Clock
3. M, at the front door of the court house,
in said county, offer at public sale, for
cash. the undivided one half interest in the
following lands and tenements, situate in
said county of Ly on and State OF Kansas.
commencing on the center line of section
4, township 10 of range IL east, eleven
chains north of the center: the ice north
north 3 degI ees, east 40 chains; thence
north 6I-N degrees, east 80 chains
thence north 10 degrees, east 10 chains
thence north IS degs.,e east to the center OF
the river; thence up the center of said riv-
er, to the south line OF the land decided to
ID: I1nany. In said section; thence on the
SAID line 10 the northwest corner of the
land decided by Il. +. Hicks to- s. Davis.
in south half Of N = of section 4, tp- 10,
range II; thence south to the place of be-
ginning, being the same tract of land con-
yeyed by j. s. Davis AMI wife to George
KRAFT and August DIETRICH, by deed hav-
Ing date February 10th, A. ID. 1859, re-
corded in book f'K'' of deeds, at page 543,
containing two (2) acres more or less +;
also. the undivided one-haIf interest In
lot number one hundred ald fifty four
(154) on Commercial street, in the city Of
Emporia. according to the recorded plat
thereof, with ali the appurtenanceS there
unto adjoining and belonging. Said pro-
nerty 10 be sold to satisfy Judgment in
favor OF August DIETRICH and the Missou-
RI Valley Life Insurance Company against
George KRAFT, with priority in favor of
August DIETRICH.
Given under my official hand this Il rst
day of August A. ID. 1873.
sits JOHN BAY,
Sheriff of Lyon county, Kan.
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WHERE THE DRoUTH Is.-The
Burlington Patriot prints the fol-
lowing extract from private letter,
dated Woodbridge, Connecticut
July 10:
"Crops have gone beyond redemp-
ton, and grainfields and meadows
are shriYeled up as dry as with you
in November, when prairie. fires,
spread oyer the country. This
drouth seems to have seriously af-
fected large portions of New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hamp'
shire, Massachusetts,, Vermont, Wiz.
GINA, and other of the Eastern and
middle States. The table seems
turned entirely, and Kansas is reap
ing abundant harvests, with season
able rains"
just so, ye eastern croakers who
set down Kansas as q drouthy coun'
try. The only real drouth on rec
ord here was that of 1860, and every
since Kansas has had "seasonsblC
rains" The idea that "the tables
seem to be turned" is simply non
sense. The table shows that Kansai
is more sure of rain when needed
than any other State in the Union
The facts are that year after yea
Kansas Is resping abundent harvests
with "seasonable rains" and viii
keep on doing SO, no matter wha
happens to the eastern States.
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SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Norfolk, Virginia, had q quiet lit
tie $4,000 fire Saturday.
The Carlists in spain appear VIC
torious at & dozen points.
The Denison Journal says the
great 4" transatlantic" CIRQUE is q
humbug.
The American reapers aud now
ers have taken all the prizes ct
Vienna il that line,
Deuison, Texas, is paying 5 cents
per pound for ice, and the ice COM
pany will have to get 1000 tons
more from Kansas for this season.
A special train of three iat cars
from Washington to Baltimore,
last Friday, with fire engines on
board, ram the forty miles in forty
minutes.
In ST. Louis, Friday, q stesm boat
hand named Able persisted In throw
ing stones at two others, and hit
one severely. Ths next thing Able
knew a four pound rock mashed
his'skull, aud he has mol since been
able 10 throW stOaes.
Northern italy has had another
earthquake, At Lellotte church
fell in, buryIng most Of the cOngrs-
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THE WICHITA EAGLE ENLARGE
MENT.-We neglected last week to
do our duty by the Wichita Eagle.
On the 18th ult. it appeared as .
tLirty-six column paper, nine long
and wide columns to each page.
r. Z. Murdoch, late of this city, has
been taken in as q partner. 1t was
illustrated with five cuts of the
principal machinery used in that
office-the Fairhaven, the Universal,
and the Liberty power presses, an
Arson Hardy paper, and Ruggles
card cutter q Hoe ready proof
press and lead cutter. Three pow
or presses and four other pieces OF
approved machinery, beside first
class outfit in other respects, make
up a good printing office, and no
mistake. There is no Office in
southwestern Kansas, except THE
NEWS, to compare with that of the
Wichita Eagle, and that paper, as
now enlarged, is certainly equalled
by very few in the entire west. 1t
is n very handsome sheet, ably edit
ed, and a olive" newspaper in every
respect. The two proprietors,
Messrs. NJ. M. and r. p. Murdoch,
give ample evidence in each sue
cessive issue of their journalistic
ability, business tact, and unremit-
ting industry. The Eagle is sue
cess, and long may it soar as the
pride and exponent of its prosper
GUS young metropolis.
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STATE ITEMS.

Usage county reports 1912 popu-
lation.
Franklin county has 80 oranges
with l 200 members.
Usage county will probably take
another vote this fall on county seat.
Lawrence has a new steam boat,
to excursionize mp and down the
Kaw.
The Burlingame cheese factory is
making 800 pounds per day, and
easily sells all it makes.
The Usage City Baptist church
has had successful blackberry fes-
tiyal, and cleared S65.
The LeaVenworth Times says ex-
Senator Caldwell paid Bob Crozier
81 800 attorneys fees for conduct
ing his case last winter.
A Joint stock company is TO erect
a large hotel and depot near the
present Kansas Pacific depot, in
north Lawrence.
The Episcopal church at Burling-
ton has all its pews rented. Rev.
Mr.. Holden, formerly of E;upOria,
is pastor.
Timothy Pearson, who killed
Joseph NJ. Veteto in Leroy, COffey
county, September 80, 1871, has
been tried At Topeka and found
guilty of manslaughter.
The Manhattan s. Northwestern
railroad IS 10 be extended from Ran
do'ph TO the north line of Riley
county by September IL, aud to the
G. d. u q. road by October Is, and
the other end run down to Manhat-
tan by September 81.
Jordan, Merriam & Co., of Bour-
bon county, have a .foqr-year old
steer, christened "the Baby" which
weighs oyer 1900 pounds. This
animal will be kept over another
winter 10 see what weight it win
attain.
A we'll in Ottawa has struck 9
salt water vein, and ten gsllons OF
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CATION. of whom thlrty.eigh, were

CATION. OF whom thirty.eight were
killed, and mors seriously injured.
Minnesota raises enough wheat
this year for her own use and can
export 100000 of bushels. This
viii keep prices down.
A couple Of ridiculous French
men fought sword duet last FRI
day, at Wilkesbarre, Penn, about q
French lady. One OF them, named
Aubin, was wounded in the side,
but will soon be ready to try it
again.
The New York harbor police fish
ed up . terrible mystery at pier %,
East river, last Friday. 1t was the
body of 3 woman about thirty-five
years Of age, and young girl fif-
teen years of age, with lead tied
around them. The bodies were
wrapped up tightly in q sheet. At
the feet of the woman was 8 small
bag of stones. Circumstances point
to 9 double murder.
Uddersook, who lately murdered
one GOss in the woods near West
chester, Pa, confesses that he was
to meet Goss in Philadelphia and
deliver to him $4,000 which Goss
owned. Bnt Uddersook couldn't
bear to part with the money, 80 he
got Goss ont in the woods, killed
him, and returned to Baltimore.
Paul de Cas- sagnac, the Paris ed.
it0r who is always wanting to fight
q duel, has been dangerously wound.
ed by II. Ranc, another editor.
Cassagnac is said to be the best
swordsman in Europe, and has kill
ed number of people in duels.
The managers Of the trunk lines
to the west have reduced freight
charges on first-class merchandise e,
which includes dry goods, DO Dts
and shoes, clothing, etc., from New
York to Chicago, to IS cents pc.
100 pounds, formerly one dollar to
st. Louis 81 cents, formerly $1.28
and to other points in proportion.
Cholera has reached Indianapolis.
At RogersVille, Ohio, Saturday
night, during the trial OF man call
ing himself Jefferson DAVIS for rap.
ing q nine year old girl, the lights
in the room were put out and the
prisoner dragged out of doors,
shot twice with reyolvers, and drag
ged by the heels two squares, and
then hanged to q tree till dead.
]. ]. Earl, of Lancaster, Pa, was
found Tuesday forenoon about two
miles from Holly, Pa, with his
throat cut from ear to ear. He
stated he had been waylaid and rob.
bed by three colored men. Slight
hopes are entertained of his re.
covery.
In st. Louis, Tuesday, Thomas
Rucker, coachman of the st. Louis
Kansas City s. Northern railroad
yard, picked q fight with Robert
Anderson, Q brakeman, and struck
and killed him by q fist blow under
the left ear.
Frank N. Mooney, of Memphis
was shot and killed Tuesday by
James Hanson, at the instigation Of
M-s. Mooney, who had not found
her married life happy.
The Yale crew, which won the
great six-oared two mile race lately
average as follows: Age, 231S
years /; height, five feet seven inches
weight, 154225lbs.; measure around
chest, 40 Sc inches. Their boat II
so feet long by 20 inches wide, and
81 inches deep, and weighs $50 lbs
They row in English style, long
stroke. All the crew rank high fol
good scholarship and behavior.
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AS a sample of the manner in
which the Republican party is al
ways ready to take hold of and
carry out public reforms, we pub
lish the following resolutions adopt
ed by the Minnesota republican con-
vention:
The producing, commercial, and
industrial interests of the country
should have the best and cheapest
modes of transportation possible,
and while capital invested in such
means of transit, whether by rail-
way or otherwise, should be permit
ted the right of reasonable remun-
Grafton, all abuse in their manage
ment, excessive rates, unjust or Op-
pressive Determinations against To-
calities, persons or interests, should
be protected from such wrongs, and
all improper and arbitrary use of
the growing power of railway and
other corporations.
That in our opinion no rights
should be vested in railway corpo-
rations beyond the control of future
legislation, and that such laws
should be enacted as will limit to
Just and reasonable tolls, freights
and charges of railway and trans
portation companies and protect the
people from imposition aud that
the legislature should attach such
conditions to all new grants and the
amendments or e1tentions of old
charters as will place the rights of
legislative control over such corpo-
rations beyond all question.
Though the farmers movement
may have partially caused this plain
and satisfactory declaration of re-
publican policy, it is equally certain
that all of the great reforms of the
last fifteen years have been brought
about by the republican party, and
SO long as 1t stands ready to keep
on in its reformatory progress, the
country cannot afford TO dispense
with its services.
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NOTICE.

MIRIAM DOUGLASS and }. II. Doug.
w Lass, Of the State of Ohio, will take
nottee that john Carter and Cyrus Cart e.
o. LY9p county, Kansas, did, on the 18th
day OF May, 1873, ole their petition In the
Instruct Court OF Lyon county, Kansas
against the said Miriam Douglass and J
n. Douglass, aud MAIinds Carter. VIM.
Carter George Carter. fhomas G. Carter,
Z. 2. Osborn, Elizabeth and j. C.
said plAinEiGs and said defendants are
oWners in common Of the following de-
serihed zeal estate, sifuate IN said county,
to-WiS: East one half Ct the northeast
oue-fourth Of section eighteen, toEnskip
nineteen, range Zen; also Commencing
eighty rods west Of the southeast corner
Of the northeast one-foprth Of eaid section
eighteen; thence north dtty.sesen rods.
thence west eighty rods, thence south 70
said billions line till it IatsEse cts he
river Cottonwood 81 low water mark On
north side Of said stream, thence down
said stream 1t low water mark to where
the south liae Of said northeast 0uarteF
crosses said river, thence east 70 piaee of
beginning, containing one huncfsa acres
mere or less, and praying ths4 parsitiou
Of the same be made among the $40 DaF-
ties as their interests mlg6t appear - IN
such partition could not be made Wffhon1
manifest injury, that the same be ansrais.
said Miriam Douglass and {. q. Uourinss
are hereby notified and Reduifesi 70 inDear
and answer said petition on or 6ffore
s3ptembef 9Th, 1873, or judgement viii ~
FehdeFed in sccOEdAnee with the prayer q
RGcK & CpSNIAeHAn
so-st AsfoTteys fer flaI9fiGs.
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IL not answer, the reasohings of the
ablesI lawyers in the employ of cor
porations, ia addition to the appeals
made by the brightest men from
every locality where 9 pet public
Institution may be located. It ia
an easy matter for aspirants, durihg
the hest Of . political campaign, 20
declare, promise and aver. but the
soldier who has felt fire knows what
the horrors of war mean.
In conclusion, since the admission
OF Kansas ne State her legislature
has been Slmost exclusively in the
interest OF cities, towns, monied
citizens and corporations. Special
legislation lie Q curse. A large ma
jority Of the law makers have been
residents of the cities and towns
so with other officers-chosen for
some local interest or job; and in
view of . new constitution and !
new order of things we think the
farmers movement most Suspicious
and that the hope for better things
not only in this State and the west
but throughout our broad country
is growing brighter. In our est.
nation it were far better thai
every prominent statesman. ever
successful politician and Office hold
er of to-day were forever consigned
to private life than that this grea
national movement for lighter tax
es, for better paid labor and cheap
er transportation should fall to tn
ground.
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THE BALTIMORE SINGE.-Last Fri
day the city of Baltimore, Nd, took
its turn in the big fire record. A
planning mill started general con-
fgration, about 10 a. m, which de-
stroyed eight blocks of residences,
and some factories, churches and
stores. The best business sections
escaped. The fire department
worked nobly, and in. four or five
hours got the flames under control.
For a time the excitement was ter
rible, the streets being packed with
fugitivcs and their effects. The
losses are estimated at from $780,.
600 to 81, 100000, but are probably
100000. A great many families
are homeless, and many cities, es-
peciaily at the south, are taking up
contributions for their aid.
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Why is it that the freight on &
threshing machine, from Battle
Greek, Mich, to Topeka, Kansas,
800 miles, Is fifty dollars. and from
Topeka to Cottonwood Falls, eighty
miles, is fifty-six dollars and fifty
cents? Also, why il the machine
rated at 1000 pounds on the Il. p
road, and 5000 on the A. =. g s. +.
The same machine was shipped from
Battle Greek to Cottonwood Falls
last year, for seventy-five dollars
Next year the freight will be be-
tween $138 and SIS, OO0.-Cotton.
wood Falls Leader.
The Farmers party will regulate
freights in . different way when il
gets to running things. >
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Coon WoRK.-The Board of Re-
gents of the State Agricultural col
lege, at Manhattan, have made a
clean sweep of the faculty of the
institution. If half the reports are
true, this work has not been done
an hour to soon. Rev. John A.
Anderson, OF Junction City, who
stands high rs an educator, and who
is one of the most fearless Fighters
against wrong and humbug, as well
rs one of the broadcast gagged men
in the State, takes the place of j.
Denison, rs president of the insti-
tuition.
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CAILED.-We had pleasant call
on Saturday last from j. j. Sitton,
travelling correspondent of the Au-
gusta Republican. We arc glad to
hear that paper is prospecting. Mr..
Sitton has been engaged in the work
of organizing oranges in the South
west, and on Saturday night organ
lied the first grange in this county
at the Martin school house near the
mouth of Coal creek. We expect
that Lyon county will soon be fully
organized, as that is the form the
farmers movement is now taking
all over the State.
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An experienced husband in La.
fsyette sent two switches home ia
his wife, from which she was to
make 9 selection, but before doing
It he changed the tags, putting on
the $25 one the SO switch, and
vice versa. After q critical examin.
alton by herself and lady friends,
the choice fell upon that labeled $25
and ehe decided to keep il, notwith.
standing her husbands plaintive
protest that he could not afford to
pay out more than $40 for such an
article.
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The railroads of the United States
cost over three thousand milliens
of dollars. In 1872 their entire
earnings were S473, 2I6,O55, or SllO,-
100000 more than the receipts that
year OF the national government.
Their net earnings were $lGj, 754,-
373, OF which $64, ilS.l5l were divi-
ded Us dividends. The net earnings
show q clear profit of little over
per cent. on their cost which seems
moderate enough for the risk.
But as improvements Of all kinds
are ineinded in the estimated ex-
penses. and as watered stock Il of
ten u great source OF gain, the real
percentage of profits is no doubt
much larger than it appears.
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no RUILDERS.

PROPOSITIONS will he received by
Il the undersigned. school board OF
school district No. 90. Lyon county. Kan
sas, for building school house on the y
F. corner OF the n r u, sec. II. tn. Is.
range III, seven miles north of Emporia
Proposition first: To build said house
in accordance with plans and speeifea-
lions to be seen II the office Of VIM. jaw.
Emporia; the cont actors to furnish all
Of the material and do the work above
foundation. the same to be cnmpleted
ready for use sn or before the 1<t day Of
october, 1873.
Proposition second: To do the work
complete; the material beng furnished
on the ground Ey the board. PROPOSE.
lions to be left ut the office OF VIM. JAY.
on or before IL o'clock NJ, August 1th,
1873.
Cash to be paid contractor on the Is,
day Of October, 1873.
ID. Z. BROADWELL.
r. n. GILLIAN,
Fl. E. ROOT, Directors.
Clerk SIf1
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A recent article entitled the
"maple worm," credited to the Dan
bury News, impressed us that the
funny editor of that sheet had ex-
hausted his reservoir OF humor,
and had better not attempt any
more jokes. But he is all right.
The "maple worm" was produced
by the Topeka Commonwealth, and
maliciously ascribed to the Danbury
humorist, who ought to sue the To-
peka editor for libel.
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The Commonwealth announces
that the A. T. & S. F. early morning
train is running again as a perma-
nent arrangement. II begins on
Monday, leaving Topeka at :0S a.
m, and enabling the Commonwealth
to reach Southwestern Kansas by
breakfast time.
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Canada Is excited over the sharp
practices OF Sir Hugh Allan's
scheme of q Canadian railroad to
the Pacific. He and his partners
have secured . grant of $30.OO0,OO0
and 5O,O00y0O0 acres of land, but
nothing has yet been done to build
the railroad. The snow would no
doubt blockade such a route six
months in the year.
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The Humboldt Union is well filed
with local advertisements, indicat-
ing that Humboldt is a live town,
and not afflicted to any great extent
with drones. Whenever q town
gets well filed with a class of bus
mess men who have not sufficient
enterprise 10 advertise, il is q goner.
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An anonymous writer in the To-
peka Commonwealth urges that II
w. p. Muse, of Newton, is pre-em'
inently qualified for United States
Senator, and says "the Office must
come to him, or he will not have it,
This makes it evident that Muse
does not muse on ambitious pro.
iects. Political muses. need not sing
to him. Thus musing, Muse anus,
ingly amuses musing Muse
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USE OF TEXT BOOKS FREE

Several rooms in the boarding houses
Will be supplied with furniture, so that
students need not incur the expense and
trouble OF bringing such from home.
Those wishing furnished rooms should
make application to the President in ad-
vance. (Cost Of room per month, $3.50. }
The Faculty OF this institution is exper-
commodIous and Recommendations ampIe.
In q word, iE furnishes facilities equal to
any institution Of its kind in the west.
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The Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railroad offers 5000 reward
for the capture of the seven masked
robbers who threw a train of
the track and robbed the express
car, on the 2lst ult., or proportion
al share of the reward for any of
the gang. All possible effort is be-
ing made to catch the villains.
The company proposes to discour-
age any more such attempts to rob
railroad trains.
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NEW ADvERrlsgMENT>
Stray l.nll Fn11nd.

TULi 1915, 1 took up Il stray bun. at
= my farm on the Nco>ho. half Way be-
ween Emporia aud Americas. He is =
rec bull, two-yeIr old The owner viii
please to call AT once and prove property.
3it2 " II NICTOIJS
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o. K.-Thc Eldorado Times Is
"in sympathy with the farmers
movement" Its editor is 81 years
old, has never been n candidate
for any Office, don't know where
Copenhagen is and wants to write
the obituary of the editor who start
ed the story of his being a candi-
date for the Office of consul. He
has other reasons to be happy
which arc not mentioned.
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Engineers are at work to see
If a channel can be cut to let the
Pacific ocean reach and fill
great natural basin in California.
which extends from near tho head
OF the gulf of California to tie
southern boundary of Utah, aud is
below tide water. If the channel
can be cut, nayigable lake six hum
dred miles long would be the result.
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The idea Of government railroad
upou which aay man could run his
own cars by paying moderate toll,
is adopted by Ben Builder. as worthy
of application 10 existing roads.
He claims that il is proper for the
several legislatures to compel rail-
COads TO haul cars for any person,
between any points, and charge on
ly reasonable rates. 10 be fixed by
law. This makes u railroad line
like q canal, open 70 everybody, and
of practical use 10 the people. As
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for the "Sesicd rights ~ railroads
or aBy other corporations, Ben
don't propose 10 bother about them.
Nothing that is averse to the peo-
pies rights can be beyond the peo-
pies control.
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In the absence of anything else to
tax their valuable time and worry
their Astute lntellects about, some
of the papers are seriously discus
sing Grants prospects for "the third
term" Such proposition is "too
thin" to think of during such pleas
ant summer weather. We had rath-
CIR muse over the prospec Is
of making a fortune bv pub
fishing country paper.