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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-04-18
ALLEN.

Farmers Of Lyon cou nty, EmpOria
wants one hundred thousand dollars
to build another railroad. Great God,
when will they be satisfied. We have
already voted them $500, 900, and still
the cry is more. We have all the rail.
roads now that are necessary in the
county. The more we have after hay
Ing enough to do tue business, the
worse we are off, when we have to
pay so dear for them. The facts show
now that railroads are combining to-
gether for the purpose of keeping up
freights instead of making a COMPETE
ton. There Is a great contest now
raging in some of the States between
railroad monopolles and the people in
regard to high tariffs. We had better
wait and see who will win before let
ting the railroads get more power.
The richer they are made out of the
earnings Of the laborIng class by way
of donations in bonds, the more they
viii ride over the rights OF the people.
Look at the facts. Iowa burnt six
million bushels of corn last winter for
fuel, SO high are the expenses of trans-
portation charged by the railroad
whose very existence is
due to the charity OF the working
class. Iowa, like some of her sister
States, has got too much railroads
about this time; too much taxes; too
much real destitution. Although its
crops have been good, and the person.
al expenses OF the industrial COM
munity low, and necessitated so under
the grinding operation of railroad |
Some fifteen years ago
the people of Iowa had good opinion |
Of railroads, but subsequent exper-
fence, with enormous taxes that have |
from their construction,
with the subsidies that have been
granted them, have changed the pub
lie opinion. The people are actually |
groaning under the oppression, and |
from their necessity, supply
with the moderate conven-
ences OF civilized life OF the day. |
AS General Grant says, "Let US have
seace," for q while, at least, and not
egislate to make the rich richer, and
he poor poorer. 1t is to the interest
't every man in Lyon county, living
outside of Emporia, to vote against the
bonds. CIV.
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l. -:
RAmROAD MEErINGs.

Meetings will be held ut the follow
ing times and places to consider the
proposition submitted by the County
Board of Commissioners to aid the
Kansas City, Emporia and Walnut
Valley Railroad. Speakers will he at
each of these meetings promptly, and
it Is hoped the people will turn ont
and reason together for the best inter-
ests of the county.
The meetings will all be held in the
evening at ~ O'Clock.
Forest Hill school honse, Friday, Is.
EImendaro school house, Friday, Is.
Reading, Friday, April 18th.
Bunker Hill school house, Waterloo
Township, Saturday, April 10Th.
Mason's school house, Badger creek
Saturday, April 10.
Emporia, Monday, April 2lst.
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FARMERS OPINION

EDITOR NEWS: The speeches OF
the Emporia members OF the Kansas
City, Emporia and Walnut Valley
railroad show that they have a special
pecuniary object in view. There was
a pair of ears ut the board of trade
meeting that heard Mr.. Eskridge say
that If the bonds were not voted there
was money enough in Emporia to
build the road. So / believe its Just a
scare that the road will run around
the city. Or if it will, why don't they
so around, and quit bOthering the
whole county to vote bonds. The
Governor says he does not get any pay
for advocating the bonds. l suppose
may say l don't get any pay for
fencing my farm. So he gets no pay
until the bonds are voted and handed
overland then his share will be forth
coming.
Mr. Riggs shows some very nice
figures, but they don't make out his
case. The taxes on my farm has been
increasing over since 1867. In thai
year my land tax alone was $3.50
1872 IL was $40 So, of which ~ wa:
for railroad bonds alone. So my Ell
tire land tax in 1872 was over seven
times what it was in 1867.
Now let me compare the way casi
capital and a farm work. Suppose {
banker has capital OF 100000. II,
lends it at ? per cent a month, and il
five years the increase il 1920 900
without adding compound interest
But though farm may, at the end o
the same five years, be assessed a,
double or thribble Its former yalue. n
does not yield any more per acr,
than it did. Before thc railroads ",
sold corn for 81 per bushel. Now ",
sell It for 90 cts; oats IS cts. nov
is cts. wheat 81, now 81. Where ar
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Chase Countr.

A county agricultural society has
been organized, with the following
ofilcers: Presidedt, z. B. Croker
vice president, J. r. Blackshire; re-
Icordlng secretary, Hewitt Craik; cor
responding secretary, w. S, Romigh
treasurer, Arch Miller; trustees-W.
G. Patten, Wm. Prather, W. Fl. Shaft,
W. S. HargrOve and Leroy Martin
From the Cottonwood Falls Leader:
Diamond creek township has organ
lied Farmers Club.
Fox & Hadley, booksellers, Of EN-
poria. have purchased the store build
Ing formerly occupied by Mr.. B. F,
Strong. We have not learned what
thsy propose to do with their store In
Emporla.
ReY. FreebOrn has accepted the cal
TO the irst Congregational church o.
this city as permanent pastor.
A Mr.. Church. who lives north o
Toledo, ewns 500 acres Of land, vii
break about half OF It this sumner
Mr.. c. is enterprislng and proposes Il
test the fertility of the uplands.
| The following are the newly elected
officers Of Cottonwood Falls: Mayor
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Town AND Whatever hap
pens, the town and county must be
good friends. They have got to dwell
together. They can't get along with
out each other at all. They have got
to live together. There is no such
thing Us divorce. Consequently, we
must get along peaceable. We don't
want to see anybody, either in the
town or country, get ''rantankerous"
or rectangular" about the railroad
bond business. There Is no use of go
ing around threatening anybody with
vengeance because lie happens to diff
fer with you. We want fair and
square, sensible and impartial can
vass, ana full and honest vote, and
let that end the matter. There is no
use of talking about running the "iall
campaign" on this bond issue. That's
nonsense and humbug. What helps
the. country helps the town, and what
helps the town helps the country, and
there should be no attempt to array
one against the other. Differences
must exist. but the object of all should
be to build up both town and country.
We know there are a large number of
farmers who are proud of Emporla.and
II there is man In Lyon county who
Is not proud of living in it, we pity
him. The man who is always prating
about the "hOnest fal mers" and the
corrupt politicians OF the city" needs
watching. If he is not a demagogue
he is on the road to become one. You
may depend upon 1t that he has "an
AK TO grind. and wants somebody to
turn for him. Mighty little talk
about politics in connection with the
present bond contest will do us.
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THE EMPORIA TOWNSHIP FAR
MERS' CLUB


EDITOR NEws-Dear Str: The EN-,
poria Township Farmers Association
met at the school house In district No
40. The night being stormy the at
tendance was rather slim. The So.
ciety was called to order and proceed.
ed Immediately to business. iva:
voted that 1000 tickets should be
printed and distributed by the Asso-
citation in different voting precincts
in the county against railroad bonds
and stocks. Committees were also
appointed to attend the voting pre-
cincts as follows: G.. D. Humphrey,
to Beckes' mill; Eli Fowler and Jas.
Fisher, to brick school house, Emporia
township.
The following persons were elected
as delegates to the Lyon County Far
mers' Convention, to be held at the
city of Emporia, April 28tlI 1873, at /
O'Clock p. m: A. G. white and Har-
vey Fowler, of the Fowler district; B.
F. Parker and w. B. Ross, of district
No. 40; George Suddock and j. f.
Evans, of the Chalmers district.
We earnestly hope that every school
district will be represented the aGth
of this month. Farmers of Lyon
county, will you come together that
day and show by your presence that
by united effort you will be some
thing. Organize, is the cry all over
the land. Omitted We stand, divided
we fall
Society adjourned TO meet at the
Fowler school house, Saturday even
ing, April 10th. All members are
expected to be present, as important
business will be transacted.
w. B. Ross, Sec.
EMPoRIA, Kansas, April 10.
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@. w. NEWMAN q co.'s DRY GOODS
HOUSE.


This old and favorite establishment
fully maintains its business. popular
ity under the management of Geo. W.
Newman. He has just got in the larg-
est stock of spring and summer. goods
which the house has ever opened.
Somehow our leading merchants seem
TO buy more heavily this season than
at any previous year, which shows
that their business is Increasing, and
that they are confidential the future.
Newman g Co.'s spacious shelves
and drawers and counters are all full
full and OVERLOOKING, with new goods.
Their new ladies' linen summer suits
are very neat. They are nicely made,
good styles, snowy, and sell for $3.50
upwards. These suits will be largely
purchased. The dress goods comprise
many new and pretty shades, as well
as patterns. The tact and good taste
of Mr.. Newman in selecting in the
east just what will please our ladies,
is proven bal. Among the new shades
a sage green, very pretty brown, and
several without special names but
very nice, will sell readily. The
new grenadine patterns are extra
pretty. Some have light stripes, with
lovely leaf or flower at intervals,
and will dress up very handsomely.
The white piques of last season are
continued, with large and very fine
assortment of white striped Victoria
lawns. These will make very popu-
lar house and promenade suits. The
same designs extend to blue and other
shades of silks. Some OF the neatest
patterns are in brocade japanese, and
the same in silks. They are very nice.
The lace covered parasol is the new
thing in that line. 4 very large val
icty of parasols is on hand. Ladies'
ties, and other fixings are profusely
displayed. In fact the wide reputa-
ton OF Newman s. Co. for dress goods
and trimmings will receive additional
triunphs this season.
In all other departments the store i;
full. In cloths, plain goods, boots and
shoes, house furnishing goods, notions
&C., the stock is very large ard first.
class. We advise all our readers whC
like to see and select from really bis
stock, sold at bottom figures, to call OF
| Newman q Co.
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EDITOR NEWS: / saw communi.
cation in your issue of the 18th pur-
porting to represent the sentim ent of
District No. Is on the bond question.
Now, the facts about that meeting are
these: That meeting was composed
of five voters in said district, four of
whom were opposed to the bonds i.
The resolutions were introduced and
adopted by parties outside, (most of
whom were boys) who desire to create
and excitement and thereby increase
the value of suburban city property.
That meeting amounts to little or
nothing so far as it represents the sem
timent OF district -, or Emporia town
ship. wish to say to the voters of
the county that because we are near
Emporia we are not all for the bonds.
/ would say to the voters of the coun-
ty that it is i'll our power to defeat the
proposition, and forever put quietus
tv the damnable business.
Farmers, let nothing keep you from
the polls on the 22d. A day spent in
defeating the proposition will be worth
more to you than whole years work
if they should succeed in increasing
our debt, Let not fiowery speeches or
figures (Which could be made tell q
different story deter you from doing
what the experience of the last few
years has taught you to be your duty.
The history of our whole country is
full of the i'll effects of this substituting
business.
| would suggest that the opposition
in each precinct get tickets printed
so that there will be no scratching,
and every vote may count without
any qtibbling about the phraseology
of tickets.
There is much talk among farmers
about hard times. Heavy taxes con-
tribute more than any other one cause
to Cypress the farmer. Let us try for
once what we can do. 1t is said that
in union there is strength.
DIST. No. Is.
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NOTIcETo FARMERS, TRAPPERs AND
FCR DEALERS. --Wanted, at the CHI
cago Branch Store, opposite Ban
croft & McCarter's dry gooods store,
5000 minks, 1000 offers, 10, goo rae
coons, 10000 skunks, 10000 wolf skins
AMI others in proportion, Tor which
We will pay Chicago prices la cash.
Call and see us before selling else
where, as It IS for your own benefit.
Also JOG, 900 pounds Of dry and green
hides wanted at the Chicago Branch
store, for which We pay Chicago prices.
Call on Epstein Il Co., of the Chicago
BranchStOre, 136 Commercial street.
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GRADE Ida Bailey, Sadie Hinkie
Mary Tandy. Naekie Brown, Ella Nix
James Emerson.
GRADE H.--Ida Basheller, Lulu Gill
liland, Lizzie Janney. Flora Reed, Bell
Carswell, Anna Goddard. May Over.
street, Lizzie Rockwell, Thomas Jones
Eddie Tandy, Addison Oycrstreet. Jes-
sic Wheelock.
GRADE lII.-Frances Cantrall, Bell
Clark, Laura Davis, Maggie Emerson,
Emma Goden, Alice Goden, Mary
Hughes, Ella Hlnkle, Gcrtie Miner,
Zillah Mccullough, Florida Nix, Nettie
Griffith, Mary Upton, Maggie Thomas,
Edgar Brown, II. 4. Abbott, Charles
Clark, Park l.. Morse, VIII Mcdonald,
Charles Hibbcn.
GRADE IS.-Maggic Banbury, josie
Brown, Clara Barsch, Jennie Coats,
Clara Hood, Fila Jones, Jennie Jones,
Cora Kelley, Matte Luther, Essie
Chittenden, Ida Chittenden, Willie
Clapp, Thomas Emerson, Charles Gill
chriest, Henry Haussler, Return Lutz,
John Russell.
GRADE V.-Mary McCrcary, Emma
GrafTenstein. Maggie Smith, oIlieLutz,
Rachel Morgan.
GRADE VI.-Josie Cleveland Hattie
Hughes, Emma Waymire, Flora
Kelley, Mary Peyton, MARCIA Sexton,
Willie Harry, Oliver Waymire.
GRADE VII.-Carrie Hughes, Caddie
McFadden, Roselyn Smith, Maggie
Henley.
GRADE VIII.-Grace Hood. Frank
Dunkin, J. Frank Dunkin.
GRADE IX.--John Love, Rufus Dam
kin.
GRADE X.-Emma Vernon, George
French. John French, Elmer Lutz.
The above list contains only those
who were 100 per cent. in department
and attendance. A great majority of
the pupils were above 90 per cent. In
department and attendance.
p. j. CARMICHAEL, Supt.
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RnfIar Cnnn4u

The Augusta Republican remarks
The Republican is the official papel
OF the Kansas & Nebraska railroad
company, southern division, and al.
though We are making preparations tc
enlarge to an eight-co,umn paper the
price viii be the same.
Augusta is making soap.
We hear several of our citizens talk
ing of building block of stone bust
ness houses on State street.
The commissioners to assess damages
for the Kansas & Nebraska railroad
right of way, are Prof F. C. Buck,
John Il. Wentworth, and Samuel Ma
jor, three gentlemen of ability, all
farmers, and men alive to the rights of
our citizens as they are also to the
justice to the company.
THE BALL OPEsED.-In a letter to
Hon. E. L. Akin, of this city, Mai.
Duy, secretary of the Kansas & Ne
braska road, says that Col. Hale viii
return to Junction City the first of
next week and that Immediately upon
his arrival they wall together proceed
to Butler county and the shall will be
opened at once" Col. Hale las COM
pletcd the business details in New
York and everything is about ready
Tor the grand opening strike. There
Ia ne longer any reason for doubt, for
the road ID now actually on the move.
This is an appropriate time for reioic-
Ing. In few weeks this county as
well as Cowley on the south and those
on the north will be alive with tho
busy laborers on the K. & N, and the
valleys of the Whitewater and Walnut
viii be swarming with men and teams,
Piling the dirt and placing the timbers,
and in few short months the spien-
did passenger and freight trains may
be seen steaming down from the north
loaded with manufactures and other
products OF the east and with the in
evitatiy accompanying hordes of emil |
grants and capitalists who will seek
homes among us, and returning north |
With the immease herds of cattle and |
such other traffic as our young and |
rapidly growing country viii have to
dispose OF. The several towns along |
the valleys of the Whitewater and |
will be made to spring up /
with spirit heretofore unknown and
will afford to our Industrious farmers a
cheap market at their very doors for
III they may have to sell. Money
matters viii begin to assume an easier
md more profitable shape, and pros
oerity Will be the general watchword.
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sedgwiek County

The Wichita Eagle observes:
Eight car loads of stone arrived
On Saturday for the new hotel.
Wild plums are in full bloom and
their fragrance is very delightfsl.
a very fine, full-grown American
eagle sailed around over our town last
Tuesday about noon.
a little child of 8fr. Bensch, the
painter, accidentally got hold OF can
of concentrated I've yesterday and
swallowed portion of it. The suf-
ierings OF the little one are terrible,
and we believe it will not recover.
On the "gopher question" friend
informed us that the most successful
way that lie has yet discovered for
their complete destruction is to insert
a little strychnine or arsenic into pea
nuts and then throw them in their
run-ways. The gopher is exceedingly
fond of the peanut, and he says that he
has been killing them by hundreds In
this way. This issue contains other
suggestions from correspondents in
regard to this plague.
There Is considerable "cotton talk"
in Sumner county. The difficulty ap-
pears 20 be the lack of seed. II Is es-
timated that not less than one thous-
and acres will be put into cotton this
spring. If thorough tests should prove
this valley adapted to the raising Of
cotton, it will be but short time be-
fore valley lands will command from
forty to fifty dollars per acre.
The contract for building the bridge
across the Sennescah, one and one
halt miles south of Belle Plain, in
Sumner county, was awarded last
Saturday to W. j. Hobson, the sue
cessful bridge builder of Wichita.
The Humboldt and King bridge COM
panies were both present competing
for the contract. The bridge consists
of two spans, two abutments and one
pier, Is one hundred and fifty feet
long, and is to cost 80, 800.
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The NEosHo CoLoNY--BANooR Co
mo .AHEAD.-The newcomers to Bach
eller & Jones' Neosho Colony give evil
dence that they are the right class OF
men for n new country. They are
busily putting up their houses in Ban
gor and opening their farms. Mr..
Ackley's house Is already inhabited
Mr.. Tyler's house Is almost completed
Mr.. Larabee's will be ready for occu-
patton next week. Mr.. Ramsdell, who
has been busily aiding others, is now
at work on his own building. Rev.
W. Metcalf IL about to build. Mr..
Brooks, whose family joined him a
week or two ago, has them snugly en-
closed in his new house. The pros
poets of this colony are very cheering
and justify the good things said. Hem
ry Griffith is elected treasurer of the
school district No. IL, and Fred. Henly,
secretary. Henry Erret was elected
director. Bachelor & Jones have
made arrangmements by which Henry
Griffith has charge of showing the
colony lands and other matters per-
tanning to the colony.--Burlingto
Patriot.
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TIE Vox PoPULI.-We have receiy-
ed the first number of this new week.
iy papo', devoted to commercial, po-
htical and financial reform" It is
meant TO be the organ of tlie new
FARMERS movement" and will prob
ably attain large circulation and In
nuence. IL is issued at Lawrence.
The publishers aud editors names are
not given, but it is we'll gotten up,
very vigorously edited, and filed sole
ly with matter pertaining to the OBJ
ject of its publication. The "anti-
monopoly" war will be mighty lively
before next harvest, and "Vox Populi"
Is evidently going to take lively
hand.
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EMIGRATION TURNING. CHEAP
FARMS IN SOUTHWEST NIssOCRI.-The
Atlantic & Pacific railroad company
offers ! 1905 acres OF land in Central
and Southwest Missouri, at from 20 TO
$l2 per acre. on seven years. time, with
free transportation from st. Louis to
all purchasers. Climate, soil, timber,
mineral wealth, schools, churches and
law-abiding society invite emigration
from all points to this land of fruits
and flowers. For particulars address,
a. Tuck, Land Commissioner, st.
LOFTS, Mo. 1871
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CITY ATToRSEY.-To the surprise OF
almost every body Judge r. NJ. Rug
giles has heen appointed and confirmed
as City Attorney, under the new city
government. As the Judge is largely
interested In the suits against the city
which arose out of the city improve
ments year before last, and which so
far hive gone against those who re-
fuse TO pay their special assessments, q
good many people have asked us
whats upf" We cannot answer this
question, but will do 80 in the future
IL anything special "turns up" We
have been informed that the Judge is
counsel against the city in every suit
now In existence in which the city ia n
party, and In two of the suits he is one
of the parties plaintiff against the city.
we shall see what we shall see.'
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CITY SCHOOLS.

We give below list of those pupils
In the several grades whose deport-
ment and attendance has been perfect
during the month ending April 4th.
We consider such pupils to belong to
the "Honor Roll" ALI pupils main
tainsng their standing on the honor
roll for the remainder OF the present
year will have their names placed up
on the "Star Roll" Any pupil who
may have perfect standing fog any
one month, will have his or her name
placed upon the "Honor Roll.''
HON ScHooL.-Walter Angel, Jo-
seph Hill, Thomas Morris, Flora Ban
croft.