The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-09-26
By TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
Very fine marble has been found
in Lawrence county, Tenn.

About one-fourth of the letter
reaching Peoria, Ill.,, are directel
to "Perora-"
The Columbus, Ga, factorie
consumed 1927 bales of cottol
during the past season.
There were shipped from Angus
ta, Ga, this season, 239, s69 water
melons, against 6s, 222 last year.
Ten thousand two hundred anG
fifty books have been copyrighted
in this country since New Year.
There is a proposal before the
British government that trees shall
be planted in the streets of Lon.
don.
Three new war vessels have been
added to the British navy, and So
others are building.
A New York woman being in
want of a needle overhauled heI
old pincussions, and two of them
yielded AT needles.
The demands for the new Amer.
lean trade dollar are increasing,
and additional orders have been
received from China and else
where.
It is stated that the lords of the
british treasury are about to issue
an order by which civil service
employees will be prohibited from
editing or sub-editing public jour
nails.
A young man named Turnbull,
for many years a sailor and adven-
turer, has sued for valuable coal
lands in Luzerne county, Penn,
amounting to 1000 acres, and said
to be worth 100000.
Mr.. Charles Gearing, of Pitts
burg, Pa, is the inventor of a pro-
cess for making Illuminating gas
from crude petroleum, and its sue
cess has been practically demon
strated, and company has been
formed to supply the city.
One hundred and forty girls, all
under thirteen years of age, pick
ing over rags in New York ware
house, struck for higher wages the
other day, made speeches, passed
resolutions, and went back to work
at the same old figures.
Another fatal accident has just
occurred to an Alpine climber. A
gentleman of Lausanne was as
cending the Dent du Midi, when in
reaching over the precipice to gath
er some flowers, he slipped and fell
into the abyss, and was, of course,
instantly killed.
The most appalling case of deaf
ness outside of an asylum, was
that of an old lady who lived just
across the street from n navy yard.
The other day they fired salute
of twenty-one guns. The old lady
was observed to start and listen
just as the last gun fired, and then
exclaimed, "Come inp'
In view of the proposals for an
equestrian statue of the late Major
General Thomas, several artists of
Washington have started for Pitts
burg with their models. 1t is pro-
posed to erect the statue in Wash
ington, the bronze for it having
been appropriated by Congress, in
the shape of old canon.
The German soldiers now evac-
uating France return to Father
land heavily laden with spoils. A
gentleman present at the evacua-
ton Of Nancy writes that he saw
one Prussian with a bronze clock
fastened to his back, and another
with q rare collection of birds.
"All things are fair in war;" we
suppose.
A blacksmith has succeeded in
changing rhe gait of a pacing
horse to q trotter, by simply fast
ening an extra pair of shoes heav-
Ter than usual, to his fore feet
whenever he wants him to trot,
and taking them off at all other
times. The sudden change of
weight on his fore feet forces him
to change his gait.
The resident population of the
United Kingdom in TIC mid
die of 1873, is estimated at
32,131, 4SS, that of England
and Wales amounting to 3d.
366,414, of Scotland to $780,
923, and of Ireland to 5,344.151.
The corrected death rate of the
quarter was 20.7 per 1000, the birth
rate 35.6, and the marriage rate in
the first quarter of the year was
1875 per 1000.
The production of coal in Swe-
den has not increased very rapidly.
In 1870 the quantity raised exceed
ed only by five per cent. the guam
tity raised in 1866. There is a
prospect, however, at present
that the production will be great
II increased by the discovery of
large fields in the province of
Skara, laying in the south OF the
kingdom, and through which the
railroad from Goteberg to Stock.
holm runs.
The first instance of failure of
q divorce suit ever chronicled in
Indiana occurred the other day, in
the case of q lady whose husband
died just before the Judges deci-
sion could be rendered, and there
is strong feeling in favor of COM
hitting the attending physician for
contempt of court, in not keeping
the defendant alive long enough
for his matrimonial career
to be terminated in the regular
way.
Petroleum gas as an illumination
promises to surpersede every kind
of gas now muse, on account OF
its cheapness and superiority
Means have been discovered by
which it can be generated and used
in private houses, halls and church.
es. It is now very generally used
in Pittsburg, and the churches OF
Sharpsbnrg, Nd, were recently
lighted up with it to the great sat.
isfaction of the the respective pas.
tors and congregations.
By means Of the drill, wheat is
sown regularly and all the same
depth. If the seed is good there
need be no allowance made fol
wastage, as in sowing by hand
One bushei and peck per acre il
| a plenty, and, if the grains b
small, one bushel. It is planted
regularly and at q proper depth
| and it all has an equal chance e
grow and to fasten its roots firmly
In the soil. By drilling, fertilizer
can also be soWn At the same time
II Wbonevar 1ood land Il 81,