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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-01-09
EMPoRIA NEWS.
FRIDAY, JANUARY Q, 1874.
Words For DuII Psnnls.


Remember, my dull friends. this
doctrine of mine, that a thing
may have value without having
the first value that thing NAV be |
good without being the best, is in |
harmony with nature and revelae
ton. Did the All-Wise make a
world in which every object was
of equal value and beauty2- No.
He filed the tropics with COR
geons trees and flowers. He
painted the sky in its tints Of
beauty. But he made the violet
and the daisy. Who dares de-
spise the daisy2 Who would have
the banks without yiolets? God
has orders and degrees of value,
yet all are very good-a glory of
the sun, another of the moon, an
other of the stars, terrestrial glo-
~, celestial glory-one star differ
ing from another star in glory.
What does revelation say? The
Master tells of servants TO whom
were given respectively. tep tai
ents, Eve, and one. 2 The ten gain
ed other ten, and the Master said,
We'll DONE" The five gained
other five, and again he said, .sNelI
done" No one else would have
said SO; the clever folks would
have said. why did you not make
ten as well, you rascalS' But the
Master said, "Well done" And if
the trembling defaulter had
brought but one added talent to
the one given he would have heard,
with no change Of tones, no les
sening OF glory, the same ''Well
done"
My dull brother, i want you, in
the race or life, to take Courage
you are running the race of life
side by side with others whose feet
are swift and strong. Don't fail
ter. You cannot be first; try moi
to be last. But you say, al shall
be last, 1 fear; in spite OF my best
efforts, cannot keep up with 9th
ers." Never mind, Tom; some
body must be last; only don'i
leave the race in despair, and
throw your crown away. If you
must be last, run your fastest, bG
In as soon as You can, and, spite
OF the wise folk with their wisC
notions, / know one who will come
to you and put his cool hand upon
your heated brow, and speak in {
voice so full of music that the an
gels will stop their singing to list
en-: ''Never mind Tom; he hath
done what he could. "-Londor
Methodist Recorder.
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BLACKSMITHING,

YON9 Il PERRET, are prepar-
IL ed 20 do all kinds OF bIacksmithing
on short notice and on the most reason.
able terms. -.-r-
One OF the firm has had long erper-
fence In all kinds OF pillow work, and viii
guarantee 70 Farmers Satisfaction in this
line.
Shop on Filth avenue, opposite the
Central livery stable. SO
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Farms for Sale.

II HAVE two or three small farms, for
u sale at real bsrgalns--good lana. par
tally improved, At from go TO Sal per
acre. Come and see them. n
r. W. RANDALL. =
Americas, Kan, May 10, 1873. 2Otf
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When the negro down in Louis
lana was hauled up for stealing
bacon, he put in as q defense that
he was told by his political teach
ers, that now, when he had the
right to vote, he must take "sidesn
somewhere. lu
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EMPoRIA PORK HOUSE
Ready for NTarIxa+

T HAVE now on hand and ready for
sale, new Hams. shoulders, Bacon,
sold Wholesale and retail, al low a.
urc0! Persons wishing any OF fhe
above articles will find Il to their acyan-
tage TO give me q call.
Sons WIN, GRAFFENsTEIN.
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Palace sleeping ears, owned and opera
ted by this line, accompanying all night
trains.
Connections are as FOllOws;
at Burlington. with Chicago. Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad for Chicago, Peoria.
Cincinnati and Louisville, Keokuk, Quin.
ey and Kansas: with Toledo. Peoria, &
Warsaw railray for LoganspOrt, Column
bus, PIttsburg and st. Louis, via Rock
ford, Rock Island & st. Louis Railroad I;
with Burlington & Missouri River rail-
road for Ottumwa, Red Oak, Nebraska
| and Kansas, and with Burlington &
Southwestern for Pennington, Bloomfield,
Missouri and Kansas.
At Columbus Junction, with Chicago
& southwestern Railroad for w ashingtOn
| and LeavenwoIth.
At West Liberty, with Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad, for Iowa City,
Des Moines and Davenport.
At Nichols, with Muscatsne Div. B., e.
r. e. NJ, for Muscatine.
At Cedar Rapids, with Chicago & North
western Railway for Omaha, Council
Bluffs and Chicago, and with Dubuque &
| Southwestern Railway for Dubuque.
At Waterloo and Cedar Falls, with
| Illinois Central Railroad for Indepen-
dence, Dubuque, Fort Dodge and Sioux
| City.
At Nora FUNSTON, with Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway, for Mason City and
Charles City.
At Austin, with Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway, for all points in Minnesota.
at st: Paul, for all points on Northern
Pacific Railway, the great Lake Superior
region, and all points north and north
| west.
W. II. PETTIBONE, WIZ GREENE,
| ASST (ien'I Nup't GIen'I STINT
Cedar RapIds. Iowa.
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A newspaper Office in western
Iowa rents part of the Office for a
cheese factory, and thus exhibits
a double claim to the power of the
press.
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-
= SKY SCENERY. = Perhaps the
main characteristic of the sky is
its diversity open TO the enjoy.
ment and admiration of all, even
of those pent in city dens, where
between close walls and from
noisesome alleys, may some CLEANS
be caught of hasting clouds or the
far expanse OF blue. Community
OF interest pertains to the sky.
Choice spots of earth and open
freedom of the sea may be given
to the few for admiration; but the
sky knows no restriction, and re-
veals scenes of grandeur and low
illness to all who arc watchfuI for
its display. The poorest peasant
from the pillow may gaze on the
matchless combinations of form
and color which even q Turner
may not fully express. Much
room for study is there in aerial
effect, not only in an psthetical
point of. view, but the practical
one of weather forecasts. Again,
no two skies, short of perfect blue
and complete cloud, arc ever pre-
cisely alike; but day after day,
change follows change in the form,
coloring, height, and massing of
clouds. This feature of the sky
is peculiarly interesting, since we
may be assured, rs we llnger to
look on the glowing west, that no
other sunset with clouds was ever
precisely like that, which so be-
comes peculiarly ours.
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CARRY THE NEWS

s.
THE Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas Rail.
for bushes sksir Eorfh Tes1ern ExtsT.
Eion Missouri Divislenl nom Sefalia &c
Hannibal, are new running their elegant.
Y equippsd trains 70 Hannibal WithOu t
0n Pas: 81. Cor M Il, - No-.h.-, M.
souri,, lows, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the
Upper Mississippi Region, Northern anS
Central Ilnn0is, Chicago, MichiRan. anc
the Great Northeast, Will ind tkis tho
shortest, cheapest and quickest route.
through 60 Sc. Louis without change. via
Sedalia rs heretofore. =
For full information ~ to time. ana a
correct map o. this line and It's connec-
j. b. Brown, THos. DoRwIN.
0eag TicketAg'l 0en,I PasS. An
SedEIia. No. 70 81. Io1Is, 10. ,
The Missouri, Kanssy& Texas Railway.
with as connections, IL the ehortest,
QUICKEST aH4 only direct route from all
Roants IN Zexass the Indian Nation ana
Southern Kansas, 70 st. Louis, HANNIBAL.
Chicago and all prominent easterf 5oirtf'
Rates allow and time quicker than nv
other read In the market, All claims for
loss, damage or over-Eharge promptly
set1eo. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS goods from
the east VIII save tune and money by
"a 4g50 d. A. FRBER
Geu'l Eastern Ag't, el9 Broadway, NY.
- tsI9l. ID. r. WILLIAMS
+. Agent, IS Clark Street, Chicago.
9EE w. L1LLEY,
Contrasting Gr,s Agent Ao4 Walnn. s., St.
2 : ~ ;Aeest, a Y; SaSl 10.
GEO. B. HOYT,
rF> Contracting Agent, psIlas, Texas.
" w. P.ROBNSON.
Gen'l Freight Agent, Sedalia, No.
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Hedge Plants for Sale.

n 10000 Hedge PHnnts for
sale. Leave orders at the store OF
q. ". Frederick, or at the nursery OF ID.
l.. Myers, Q miles west Of Hartford.
b. +. MYERS,
NJ. MYERS. u 4
EmPoria' Dec. 10, 1878. SONS
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Hartford Nursery.
Fruit Trees and Plants.

10000 APPLE TREE8,
Seventy varieties, one, two and three
years old. Black berries, rAspberries,
straw berries. gooseborries and currants,
In large variety. twenty-five varieties Of
budded peach trees. Plums, pears and
cherries. Grape vines, thirty varieties.
Ornamental trees and shrubs. Evergreens
and deciduobs trees. Climbing, monthly
and hybrid perpetual roses. LiIies, pRO-
mics, glsdioluses, altheas, Japan ounces,
and other lowering plants and ehru be.
Linneus and victoria rhubarb.
We sell our stock nc leNest market
rates. All our stock II propogated and
grown by us, and customers Visiting the
nursery can choose their trees, vines and
plants, and see them taken up from the
ground where they grew.
The nursery Is near the Hartford Depot
Of the Missouri, Kansas b Texas railrosd.
and the road runs through our nurSsry
grounds. Give us 8 call.
CHAMBERS 3 BAYsINGER
Hartford. Lyon ossnty, Kansas
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The captain of an English vessel,
on a voyage to Singapore, noticed
recently a peculiar white light,
such as he had not previously
seen during his twenty-six years
of maritime life. At distance
of about twice the ships length
ahead, and coming from the south
east, there appeared as it were
milky waves of light; they
advanced with great rapidity
every moment and seem
cd as if they would deyour
the ship. These waves rolled over
the vessel at intervals of about
two seconds, losing themselves at
about twice the ships length away
ia the northwest. After n short
time they came in an easterly di-
rection, diminishing gradually in
size, till, toward 1l:3O p. m, they
disappeared. The light resembled
fakes of snow when driven over
the rocks by n strong wind, or
when in winter . sort of white
mist is blown along the Gulf
Stream over the sea. A shudder-
ing feeling was experien ced at the
sight, and the intense light made
the eyes ache. s..
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RAILROADS.
ARRIVAL AND DEPART
URE OF TRAINS.

Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota Railway.
ON and after Dec. sth, 1873, Passenger
trains on this line will run as follows:
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MILWAUKEE DIVISION.
500 A.A.le Cedar Rapids 1870 P. NJ. ar.
1O:40 N ar Center Point 1880 a II lie.
$3.50 a NJ lie Postvilie 7:40A NJ ar.
IO:45A NJ ar West Union 6:I0 A NJ lie.
PACIFIC DIVISION.
$40 A NJ lie Cedar Rapids $3.50 P N ar
1905 A NJ lie Nintou 3:25 ar
IL ID ar DysaFt las PM lie
MUSCATINE DIVISION.
$3.50 Mle Muscatine 1915 ar
30 a II ar Nichols 1l:42 A NJ lie
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Read | READ | READ | READ

! have now ready for dsliysrx the lar0.
est and finest stock OF Trees ana Vine h
Cen1ai and Southwestern Kansas,
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A-M.le P.M-ie
$50 $3.50
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For the convenience of farmers we an.
mex the following table, showing the
number OF feet board measure) it takes
to build fence:
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12
Newspaper Postage.
THE BILL A&RRRD UPON BY THE HOUSE COM
 MTTEE ON POSTAL AFFAIRS.

WARRINGTON, June 5.-The House post oftice committee has agreed to report bill fixing the postage on newspaper and peri odical publications mailed from the office of publication or from . news agency, and addressed to regular subscribers or news agents, as follows: For such publications issued weekly or oftener l 1.2 cents, and for those issued less frequently than once a week cents for each pound or fraction thereof. Such publications are to be weighed in balk at the office of mailing, and the postage paid thereon by special ad- hesive stamp. Newspapers to each actual subscriber living within the county where she same are printed are to go free, but they shall not be delivered by letter carrier unless the postage is paid thereon as pro vided by law; and newspapers and maga- zines reciprocally interchanged between publishers not exceeding sixteen ounces in weight, to be confined to single copy oi each publication, are also to go free.
 All mailable matter of the third class
 Aay weigh not exceeding four pounds fol each package thereof, and postage shall be charged thereon at inc rate of one cent fol each tYo ounces or fraction there. of; but nothing herein contained shall be held to change or amend section 1s4 of sad act. Afadavits are to be made by publish era or news agents to secure their adher- ence to these provisions, for the violation or which penalties are prescribed.
 The committee agreed to report an amendment to the statutes fixing and pre- acnhing the method of adjusting the sala. ries of postmasters.
 The committee also agreed to report a hill to insure the better execution of mail contracts. It provides. among other things, that before the bond of bidder is approv. ed 1t must be shown that the sureties are owners of real estate worth sum double the amount of the bond.
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12
Connecticut Western News.

subscription AccOunt.-The date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the sub scriPtiOn Is paid thus. R. B. Smith 5Jul74, indicates that MT Smith has paid for his paper to July 9th, 1874. It is hoped that subscribers will date on their papers, is always correct, and when they pay for renewal of their subscription, will observe whether their date is changed to indicate the proper credit and in the event of error, to inform us for correction at once. No claims for errors in these accounts will hereafter be consd- ered unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made as the regular receipt of the paper with the date to which the subscription is paid plainly printed thereon is prima facie evidence of it's ac ceptance as correct. J. l.. PEAsE.
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

A Little Late.-Nine barrels of letters received Wednesday night. all of which are just two days too late to be of service to us this week. No mails received from Falls Village this week till the time men, toned above, and the consequence is, we have had nothing but storm to write about. It is probably as well, as everybody is in terested in this terrible tearing up of things more than in anything else.
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12
The Fastest Railroad Train i'm
 America,


 The Newspaper Train on the Pennsylva. mia railroad now carries passenger coach It starts from Jersey City at 4.1oA. M. and arrives at West Philadelphia at 6.57. The section between New Brunswick and Trenton is run at the rate of mile min ute. The train has been in operation about year and has met with but one ac- cident, when it struck carriage, killing two persons. When the train was first nut on it was manned by an engineer, fireman and two men to handle the papers. They were volunteers, and signed paper re- leasing the company from all responsibility in case of accident. Upon no ,pretence or plea was any person allowed to ride. The company, finding that tho train was as safe as any other, and that an additional car would add to its safety by giving more bal last to the locomotive, have added pas senger car thereto and opened the line to the public.
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

A WESTERN HERo.-They have got new hero out Vest Jack Evans is his name, and there is good authority for say ing that he never heard of David Frederick Strauss or Herbert Spencer. He is an en- gineer on the Chicago, Burlington & Quin- cy railway, and thls is what he did. Seeing little child toddling on the track when it was too late to stop the engine before reaching it, he reversed the machine. ran out on the guard as nimbly as Q cat, jumped and caught the child in his hand and then threw himself sideways from the track, The pilot struck him and pitched him down the bend dozen feet or SO, but he saved the baby and gave it back to his mother. saying You had better take care of that young one.' We hope the young one will prove that it was worth saving at the risk of such brave mans life.
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

MOWERS AND HAY RAKEs. Wilbur & Van Benschoten, Salisbury, Ct., are agents for the Buckeye Mower and Reaper in the towns of Canaan, North Canaan, Norfolk and Salisbury. Extra parts constantly on hand also agents for the celebrated Wisner self-discharging sulky Hay Rake. This rake has no superior. (s.OO)-low4O
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

CHEAPEST CRoQUET IN THE CoUNTRy.-A complete set of 8 balls, mallets, Sc. hard wood, will be sent by express to any ad dress on receipt of $2 50, by BENJ. IF. HoYT < Co.,, dealers in stoves, tinware, &c., LAKEvILLE, CONN. 2w47*
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12
4utme Aelrs.

.*a We shall feel greatly obliged to any of our friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send particulars of any occurrences of interest which may come under their notice.
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

Advice to persons living in houses adapt ed for two families. When your bell rings, wait; the other people maygo to the door. When their bell rings, rush to your door and listen deyoutly.
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

Where Is He ?-Wont Wm. Ashman. who formerly received the CONN. WESTERN NEWS at Cornwall Bridge, please tell us where he is, or else pay his subscription
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12
Auction.

PURSUANT to an order from the Court of Pro- L pate for the district of Cornwall will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder. on inc loth day or June, 1874,at one o'clock after noon unless previously disposed of at private eale. so late Of said Cornwall, deceased, us will raise the sum of eleven hundred and twenty-four dollars ana Iorty-hve cents ($1l2445), with incidental
 Sale to take place on the premises in West SorhWali. GEO. A. WHEATON,,
 Cornwall. June 9th, 1874. iw4s
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Notice.

WHEREAS my wife Ellen c. Ball has left my V! bed and board without just cause or provo cation, this is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account as shall pay no debte or her contracting after this date.
 HORACE E. BALL.
 Salisbury, June 11th, 1874, 1w4S
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TO EUROPE.
The estate Line.o

NEW LINE OF sTEAMsHIPs-NEw YORK TO
 GLASGOW, VIA BELFAST, (IRRLAND)
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

Ministers of the interior-Thc cook and the doctor
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12
Special Town Meeting,

FTNHE legal voters of Salisbury are hereby warned Ma ~ to meet at the Town Hall in Salisbury on Monday, June 18th, 1874, at o'clock P. M to take such action as may be deemed necessary. in re. gard to repairing the damage caused to the roads ana bridges of the town by flood also to lay a tax 10 defray the necessary expense of the same ana to do any other busiuess proper and necessa. ry to be done at said meeting
 c. H. RESELL,
 DWIGHT ALLYN, SSelcctmcn,
 VIM. MILES,
 Salisbury, June Sth, 1874 1vas
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12
QOARD WANTED BY A MAN AND WIFE-

BOARD WANTED BY A MAN AND WIFE The advertiser, having vacation wishes to en. gage board for himself and wife from the 1st of July till about the 18th of August would like to secure place where there are few or no other ooarders-farm house preferred. Terms must be moderate. As the advertiser is fond of fishing. would like to be near the water, Address, stating terms, location, &c.
 ALFRED BURTON.
 Composing Room
 1wiS* Sun Office, New York City,
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12
THE RIGA LAKES.

There are two lakes on Mt. Riga which have been the occasion of the alarm to the inhabitants on the stream it's entire length to it's mouth below Lime Rock where it empties into the Hous. atomic river, and between these two lakes is dam which holds the water in the up, per lake about eight feet higher than that in the lower. This upper dam remains se- cure and perfectly sound, we are informed, notwithstanding the positive informa- tion received Monday from one who had s'just come from there and saw with his own eyes that it was gone." Had this up per dam broken, 1t seems positively certain that the lower one could not have with stood the extraordinary pressure of such a mass of water from eight feet above it, in addition to what it already had, ald which 1t just barely held till drained.
 THESE TWO LAKES COVER AN AREA OF TERRITORY OF MORE
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

THAN A THOUSAND ACRES, AND THE TOP OF THE DAM OF THE LOW. EST ONE IS 700 FEET ABOVE THE STEPS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN THIS VILLAGE, AND TT IS ESTIMATED THE WATER WIFI AVERAGE TEN FEET DEEP OVER THE ENTIRE AREA.
 These lakes are controlled by the Hon. Wm. H. Barnum to hold water in reserve for his works in dry seasons.
 Trains on the Conn. Western railroad did not succeed in getting through to Mil lerton from Hartford, till thls CThursdav) morning.
 THE STORM IN OTHER PLACES
Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

! FALLS VILLAGE
 A Herman's barn was undermined and fell over and down the embankment on which it stood. There were several horses in the barn, but received no serious injury.
 TWISTED.
 It appears from the following account, which we clip from the Hartford Courant of Tuesday morning, that Winsted experi- enced scare that corresponds in detail al most exactly with that of our village. The particulars are as follows:
 The village is situated in beautiful val ley. surrounded on all sides by high hills. It lies along the banks of little stream called not inappropriately Mad river, and the main street winds beside the stream in the shape of horseshoe, with numerous manufactories, for which the river with it's rapid descent furnishes the power by means of numerous dams and race ways. Upon the hills west of the village and 15O feet above it is situated beautiful sheet of wa ter called Long lake, extending some three miles in length and holding body of wa ter at least three times the amount con tained in the late reservoir above Williams burg, Mass. From this pond a small stream flows down the hills and empties h. to Mad river, furnishing power for half dozen or more factories situated along it's banks. This outlet IS called Lake stream. and it's ordinary condition is very valua- ble water privilege, the water of the lake forming reserve by which the factories are supplied during the dry season.
 About ten o'clock Sunday night & severe