The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-01-30

and what shape they have given
it: The idea thst one political par
ty Is more virtuons than another is
all nonsense.
The Atchison Champion has pick
ed sp great story about one black /
Snow who was twenty-five years
cid at the beginning of the Revolu-
tionary war His Christian name
is Fortune, and he lives on Forky-
deer river. Gibson county |
Tenn. The oldest of his thirteen
children is a centenarian. Are
these things SO?
KaIlcch's vAledictory appears in
the Lawrence Tribune OF the 18th.
he promises to aid the Tribune by
correspondence. We give one SEN
ltence: "For the exhibition of any
unchristian or unkind spirit on my
part towards any human being, I
desire to express my sincere and
hearty regret The publishers iay
"We have the immediate prospect of
the editorial services of an eminent
and able writer"
| The Wilson county Gazette speak
ing OF Col. York's new party speech,
says: s'To the twelve or thirteen
hundred Republican voters (among
whom was numbered our humble
self) in Wilson county who helped
York into The position which en-
sbled him 10 achieve worldwide,
but unenYiable notoriety, and blight
the bean business. we would re.
mark. in classical way, that If yos
have any tears TO shed prepare to
: let 'em rip"
: We quite agree with the Law.
renee Journal in the statement thai
! we have too much special legislation
r some one wants his or her name
changed or minor wants to eH
j srcise the rights Of majority; come
. dry town wants street or an alley
j. vacated, and so on; and the pre-
). cious time of the legislature is con
n sumed In doing, at the expense o
the state, what q court might do q
the expense of the parties concerned
In these days of reform special legis
lation is out of order.
What does our Senate mean b,
passing prohibitory law to q thirt
reading without q penalty for it
: violation. 1t would be worse thai
" no law. Let rs have free Whisk,
and be done with it. But Iegisla
l. tors are generally disposed to patel
- up liquor. laws in this way. I
, they can TX up some kind of q
impracticable affair, and call it
It prohibitory law, to repeal mex
.. winter, II would suit them exactly
p. Then ali the whisky men of tn
state would have another argumeu
70 for licensed saloons. We de
to nounee such ''Tom foolery" as q
ir insult TO the temperance men of til
: State. The Senate has a right {
10 treat temperance men with siler
:. contempt, If it pleases; but it ha
70 no right to spit it's whisky slobber
in their faces.
- A BRAVE BoY.-Yesterday Will
Q large number of the young folI
u of the city were skating on the rive
e two lads separated from the bod
"a OF skaters and ventured on the ne'
made ice near the south shore.
doing SO one (English) brok
ae through, unobserved for some tim
II by his companion, who was quite
n. small boy. They were some di!
lance from either shore or from hell
but the little, fellow no sooner hear
the cry for aid than he faced abou
ID and untying the scarf from aboI
. his neck, approached cautiously b
-, struggling companion, and fun
TX out the scarf to its full length. A
n ter several attempts to reach IL
scarf, each attempt breaking a la
ger hole in the ice, the half-drowne
~ boy succeeding in catching the en-
of it, and was drawn out by g.
ct brave little hero who so manfulI
q came to the rescue. We woul
gladly publish that boys name, bl
this was all witnessed from Il
zee bridge, aud we could not obtai
"a it.-Lawrence Journal.