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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09

Secretary Bristow decides TO stop
work on the Chicago post Office,
and let it stand until the next meet
ing Of Congress.
Beecher says he is good for TWEEN
ty years work yet, and trusts to
time to vindicate his reputation.
O'Leary, of Chicago, walked 100
miles last week in IS hours and 43
minutes.
Lawrence, June 29.-MeDaniels,
the train robber, surrendered him
self this morning to the sherifi's
posse, about q mile frOm this city,
and has just been brought in. He
was wounded yesterday by q shot
fired by citizen, when he was first
discovered in The brush, the shot
passing through the lower bowels.
He concealed himself all day and
night in the brush, but this morn
ing he came and gave himself up,
and died at 3 D p. 10.
The National Grange will remove
its headquarters from Washington,
D. G., to Louisville, KY.
California has an independent re-
form and te importance state ticket.
The Mexican troops at AIatamo-
ras, on the Ist, arrested the maura-
der Cortinas, by order of their gov
eminent. The residents gathered
to rescne him, but the troops hold
him so far.
Boston, Mass, has abandoned
prohibition and returned to the IL
cense system. $S8,000 were paid
for saloon licenses July LIST. A spe-
cial effort lie TO be made to seize
adulterated liquors.
July 1st the New York Evening
Post moved to its new building. It
was just fifty years since VIM. Cnl-
len Bryant began to write for it.
Wagner and Gordon, convicted
of murder, were hung at Womas.
ton, Me-, on the 25th, and Henry
Costly, for the same offence, wai
hung near Boston, on the same day
Gordon attempted suicide just be-
fore the hour of execution, and was
led to the gallows in an inse nsible
state.
Ottumwa, Iowa, Monday, June
ga desperate named Smith
while being taken to Jail, shot and
killed deputy marshal w. Logan
He boosted loudly of his exploit in
Jail, but that night 500 men tool
him out and hung him.
| The American rifiemen have wol
the great shooting match at Dublin
Ireland. Score 857 to 929.
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SOUTHwEsr.

SUI EE " EES
The A., Il. & S. F. bridge over the Ar
kansas is q bout . mile east of Granada.
not Fort Dodge. Wagons cross when the
trains are not on it, and pay toll, as also
do horsemen or footmen, or cattle. East
of the bridge the Arkansas river runs
south of the railroad, and west of the
bridge 1t runs north of the railroad.
Saturday, June &c, VIM. Bogarth, OF
Wilson township, Marion County, was
struck by lightning near his house, and
instantly killed, He had resided there
three years. and leaves a wife and
three children. Lightning also knock
ed down Mn Ballard and Richard
Hunt, and killed j. B. Beekly's horses.
The wind tore down a two-story adj
dition to James Stewards house.
j. X. Zimmerman, Esq, of Barbour
county, wintered fifteen hundred head
OF cattle in that county last winter
without losing head.
Col. Cook, in digging for the race
way of his mill at Oxford, found "a
tree four feet through at a depth Of
five or six feet. Under this was the
skeleton of buffalo, Ashes and char
coal showing the location of aR Indian
camp, was found at seven feet deep.
Another I'VE days Government RAJ
ti0ns were received in this city Tues
day afternoon, for those needy in tlIe
county, and which it Is desired to is
sue out as soon as possible. Parties
upon the list are requested to attend To
the matter at once. The supply is of
meat, meal and beans only.-Newton
Kansan.
MasOns and the friends of Masons,
who went from here 70 Florence on
st. Johns day returned in good spirits,
aud all report pleasant days enjoy
ment. Col. Plumb, of Emporia, made
the principal speech, and his effort Is
complimented highly.-Peabody Ga
Zetse.
For the information of some of our
readers, who are doubtless unacQuaint-
ed with the fact, we would say that
the railroad company keeps up no reg
uIar telegraph offices between Dodge
City and Granada. The trains which
run between these places are provided
with an OpeI ator who also ofiiciates rs
brakeman and who is provided with
an instrument, which he attaches to
the wires at each switch station, and
makes his report and when through
takes mp the same and proceeds on
with the train TO the next, where the
same labor is gone through with
Newton Kansan.
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FARMERS ACCOUNT BOOK !

DMBRACING separate accounts for all
Ia cereal products, stock. orchard, dairy,
garden, family expenses. labor, seed, receipts
ana expenditures In every department OF
farm business. with the pages ruled and
printed directions over each column in such
manner that any person can in this book
easily keep a full, clear, and correct account
Of all the various transactions Of a farm and
family, and see at glance his exact financial
condition ut any time. IL Is pronounced by
all who haye seen it just what every farmer
needs, and IL is selling very rapidly. The
price Is only three dollars, and the book VIII
last twenty years, and save thousand times
its cost IL Is manufactured by Day, Egbert
4 Fldler, book binder, Davenport Iowa, in
their best and most substantial style. The
following endorsement speaks for ftselfs
EMP0RIA, KANSAS, July 6, IS75.
Z. 7. KEREs-Sfr. Having examined the
Farmers'Aeeount BOok, - which you have for
sale, we do not hesitate 70 commend e To the
farming community rs one of the most adj
mirable methods Of booking ever devised II
enables the farmer TO keep an account OF each
crop and all property peculiar to his calling
as well as every bus mess transaction. in such
= simple and concise manner that every &C
eosht may be kept with but small expendi-
turs Of time. Every farmer should have one
and keep His accounts posted.
j. r. SFRATToE, j. s. CRAIG,
GHAs. r. PAINE B. - PABKKR,
JAcOs METzGEk, JOsEPH ERNST,
H, H. GRAY ID. A STALL,
T. p. HALL.
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL CHAMBER


July D, 1875.
Present-W. w. Hibben, President
of council; Messrs. Baker, Davidson,
Lowe, Epstein, Bancroft.
Minutes of meetings held June 21st,
July Sd, read and approved.
The petition of Weaver Sc Bill for
wholesale liquor license business to be
conducted at No. 162 Commercial ST..
was read, and, on motion of Mr.. Ep-
stein, was granted.
Committee on city property, to whom
was referred the resolution in relation
to public well provided with wind
mill, reported as their opinion that wa
water can be obtained in convenient
localities within the city, at a depth of
from so to 40 feet, and well that will
afford an abundant supply of water
can be constructed and provided with
windmill pump, tubing, &C., at cost
not exceeding $500.
On motion of Mr.. Bancroft. the re-
port was laid temporarily on the table.
Mr.. Nichols then took his seat in the
council.
Committee on claims introduced an
ordinance providing for the payment
of the following claims, to-wit:
Myron Baker, guarding prisoners,
So; special police, 50; n. Birdsall, pO-
liceman, and killing dogs, $44; E. Tip
ton, city teamster, $40; E. III. Forde,
city clerk, $25; E. T. Nichols, marshal,
and killing dogs, $45; II. Weaver, pO-
lice judge, $16.G6; d. S. Gilmore,
meaiber of special committee $l2; j.
Jay Buck, salary, $I00-3I E. 1. Mich
OILS, for special police, Sc; w. o. Fur
gnson, room for election, So; D. C. Me-
Murtrie, fire department, s63.2T; H. 3.
Lowe, error in license, $13.
On motion of Mr.. Bancroft, the or
dinanee was considered under a sus-
pension of the rules, and adopted by q
unanimous vote.
Mr.. Bancroft reported the ordinance
in relation to sidewalks, which was re-
ferred TO the committee on ordinances,
at the last meeting of the Council,
overriding the same and providing for
the construction of the following side
walks on the south side of Ninth ave-
uue from Constitution to Congress
streets, on the west side Of Congress
street from Ninth avenue to the south
side of lot Ia, Congress street; on the
south side of Seventh avenue from
Constitution street to Neesho street
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The Texas hell"-as the state
prison of that state is called-is be-
ing investigated, and the reveal
ments of brutal treatment of the
conVicts are fearful. Here is one of
the instruments used: "Imagine q
post standing erect, and in that post
holes bored at two, and perhaps four
inches apart. In one of them is driV-
en- peg Gas nearly as can remem-
ber) as large as my wrist, perhaps an
inch or two inches in diameter-and
the convict is then put astride of
this peg. The peg projects distance
of twelve inches in some and in
others not more than eight; ten in
ches would be the average. He is
seated astride with back to the post ;
his hands are fastened behind him
in some way, tied or ironed l sup
pose, and as this peg is sufficient dis
lance from the ground, his feet are
brought down tight and stretched
until the tension must be intense,
his whole weight being brought
down On the peg. In that position
he cannot move except to writhe or
twist about. 1t is a horrible thing.
No man who has seen it onca would
wish to see it again."
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ENIPORTA.
From St. Joseph CnIo.l Daily Herald.

From st. Joseph (AIO.) Daily Herald.
Before arriving at this city. one hum
dred and eleven miles out, a gentleman
distributed dinner tickets to each per-
son, and when the train rolled into the
beautiful city, its men and women were
there to greet us, and its caterers fur
nished splendid dinner to the hungry
ones. We were quartered upon Major
Bancroft of the DelmonicO, and Jared
sumptuously.
Here is published one of the best
papers in Kansas, the Emporia NEWS,
by Stotler Sc Graham. The city is large,
containing over 1000 inhabitants,
fiourishing; possessing broad streets,
neat cottages and many buildings of
substantial merit. The State Normal
School is located here, large and ele-
CANT building. EmpOria is surrounded
by fine agricultural country, a very
large area of which is directly tributa-
~ to this town. The county is travers-
ed by the Usage river, which rises in
its northern portion, and by the Cot
tOnwOod and Neosho rivers. Excellent
timber also abnunds here. 1t is a mag
nificenr country for stock, corn, wheat,
oats, rye and potatoes. Why, the far
mers say they average fifty bushels OF
corn and thirty of wheat to the acre.
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The government agricultural re-
port for May and June, says that
ain Kansas the grasshoppers have
eaten up the old meadows and all
the stacked tame grass hay, twenty
five per cent of the wheat and most
of the growing corn" While our
Kansas readers will probably doubt
that the agricultural report contains
such an absurd statement, yet it is
said to be positive fact The mood
les who edit it probably never saw
a haystack or a grasshOpper, and
we will bet they can't tell whether
Kansas is east or west of the Rocky
mountains.
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The KeeIeY MOTOR.

The Scientific Anerican does not
believe in the new "Keeley motor
in the stock of which so many east
ern people are Investing. 1t thinks
that Kelley and his assistants will
not be able to make their mysteri-
Gus "cold vapor" work in practice.
Even Kelley himself does not pre-
tend TO understand the nature or
composition of the vapor they are
trying to generate and manage.
They say that so far as they can dis
cover its properties, that it is COM
posed only of common water and
air, and these, simply by "mechan-
zeal manipulation" generate or turn
into cold vapor without the use of
fuel, heat, or chemical faction, said
vapOr having an expansive power
far exceeding that of steam or any
other known vspor or gas. The ap-
paratus employed to carry on this
mechanical manipulation of water
and air into vapor, consists simply
of series of pipes, MOBILES and
valves, and is yet in process of per-
lection. They have succeeded just
enough to feel sure that this incom-
prehensible cold vapor is q natural
substance, though so ETHEREAL and
intangible that nobody knows what
it is, aud that it can be generated
by pressing air and water together
with great force and suddenness, and
if they can only get their apparatus
TO work so as to generats and ma.
nipulate this mysterious vapor
cheaplY and manage its expansive
properties easily aAd certainly, they
will then hsv perfected discovery
that will supersede steam aud reYO-
lutionize the universe. On the
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09
Legal NOtice.

NOTICE is hereby given to all interested,
IN that there has been filed in the District
Court of Lyon county, Kansas, a petition. in
which the name of the plaintiff is BOurdett
Wood, and the names OF the defendants are
Walter j. Wall ana Anna 3. Wall, and the
said defendants are hereby notified that they
have by said petition been sued by said Bour-
d9tt Wood, and that they must answer said
petition on or before the 90th day of August,
or the same will be taken as true and Jndg-
ment rendered against said Walter j. Wall
for amount due upon note given by him
Sept. 2lst, 1874, for 81 ,OO0, to w. w. Williams
or order, which note draws interest from said
date at IL per cent, payable semi annually;
and against both said defendants for tore
closure of mortgage given by them To sucure
said note upon the N.1< 5. = sec.2, ownship
IS, range IL, in said Lyon county, and for the
sale OF said real estate to pay amount due on
said note and for 500 attorneys fees. And
said defendant Walter j. Wall, is further no
titled that an attachment has issued out OF
said court and been levied upon his undivided
one-thIrd Of crops growing upon said de-
scribed tract of land, and that the same will
be sold 10 satisfy said judgment.
T.. w. CUNNINGHAM,
2S-3G Atty for Plaintiff
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EsxOrbItnnt Freight ON Wheat
and Oats.


and Oats.
We are informed that tho present
rates of freight from Emporia TO St
Louis are $40 per car load of oats
and $50 per car load of wheat. This
we do not hesitate 10 pronounce ex-
orbitant and oppressive upon the
farmers of Kansas, who need and
should have the highest possible
price for their crops which the st.
Louis market, if reached by low
freights, could afford to pay.
A car load of wheat is 1873 BUSH
els, and of oats 625 bushels. $50 per
car is a freight tariff of "a cents per
busheI on wheat and SO per car is
a tariff of II :1-5 cents per bushel on
oats. The August price in st. Lou
is has boon set at 81 to $l.10 for
wheat aud 35 to 81 cents for oats.
The necessary commissions and
storage, waste, &C., at both ends OF
the route, cannot be less than eleven
cents per bushel on wheat, and five
cents on oats. Add eleven cents to
% cents and it makes 81 cents less
for wheat in Emporia than in st
Louis. Averaging the price in ST.
Louis at $1.05, the Kansas farmer
can get only IL cents per bushel for
his wheat crop. For his oats he
could get only 20 cents per bnshsl.
No farmer can afford to sell at these
prices, but many, too many, are in
such financial need that they must
sell no matter how low price they
get, and upon these a railroad tariff
of $40 and $50 per car presses will
crushing exorbitancy. 1t ought tC
be reduced at once to half these fig
ures, and then the railroads would
charge quite enough.
If the farmers are prevented by
unreasonable freights, from obtain
ing a living price for their crops
they will not be the intelligent ani
earnest men we take them for, i
they do not unite in electing leg
islature that will as other state leg
islatnres have done, regulate freight
and fares so as to make railroads
useful instead of burdensome upoI
the people.
But there is another view of tn
case which farmers should look al
and act upon. 1t is evident that i
will not do to depend upon getting
good prices for wheat or othe
grains by shipping them out of til
state. st. Louis, Chicago, or Gal
weston, are at too great distanc
TO ever be relied upon to pay goo
price for bulky produce from Kan
sas, be it wheat, corn, oats, pots
toes, or anything of which a FEY
hundred dollars worth fills up
freight car. Flour can be shippe,
better than wheat. The corn shout
be shipped in the shape of liv
stock. Better than all shipping t
other markets, however, is goo
home market, such as manufactuI
ing towns would supply. Whe
the products of Kansas soil ar
manufactured in Kansas into vari
GUS articles of merchandise, whic
are now imported, railroad freight
can be saved in both shipping grail
out and shipping manufactures in
and the farmer get good prices i
all seasons for all that he produces
The farmer who fails to encourag
home manufacture, neglccts a Wits
necessity to his OWE interests an
prosperity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09

Alfred Gray, the careful and re-
liable secretary of the state hoard
of agriculture, estimates that Kan
sas will this year harvest eight to
ten millions bushels of wheat more
than the people need for themselves,
and that the yield of other grains
will be nearly as favorable. A few
more such seasons will free Kansas
people of debt, and make 1t the most
prosperous state in the Union.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09
The Base BaIl Game.

The game of base ball here on the 3rd
between the tHSrvey County Nine"-
composed of picked players from Newton,
Sedgwick, and Wichita-snd the Frontier
club of Emporia, began about p. m, and
was 4 splendid contest, witnessed by q
large number of spectators. There was
quite lively wind, which interfered
some with good pitching and throwing.
The Southwesterners went home vietOrs,
by a score of 81 to 10, as follows:
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The Omaha Heraid's specials from
ali parts of Nebraska gives, in the
main, very encouraging reports OF
the condition and prospects OF the
crops. The grasshoppers have al
most entirely disappeared and also
quit flying. The recent rains, which
have been bountiful, have done
great good.
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DIETER l. Cohenour. Francis M. CoheBonr,
II II. n. Chapman, John Cohenour and astin
Corbins Will take notice that Augustus Summer
filed his petition in the District Court within
and for Lyon County. State or Kansas, against
Peter l.. CoheHOnF, Francis III. Cohenouf H. A .
Chapman, John CObenour and austin C0rbin
defendants, You and each OF y0u will take no
tiee that You have been sued, aud that you and
each OF you must answer said petition, fled
by said plaintiff, on or before the 10th day OF
August, 1875, or said petition will be taken as
true and judgment rendered in accordance
Herewith. and egainst Peter L. COhenour for
the SUM OF $4,000 and interest thereon at the
rate OF 10 per cent per aBnum from August
list, 1871. and decreeing that said Judgment lie
declared q Hrst mOrtg lien On the north
east quarter of sec. -, town 20, range TO- in.
accordance with the terms of certain mort
gage, given by Peter l.. Cohenour and Francis
M CohenouF 70 secure the payment Of said
sum; that said land be sold and the pro-
eeeds applied In satisfaction OF said Judgment
and costs, and declaring the Interest OF T. n
chapman, John C0henonr and Austin Corbin
in said land, If any interest they have
inferior TO and subordinate to, the inteF-
est Of this plaintiff. and barring said defend
ants and each Of them from setting IN or As
serting any claim or interest whatsoever 10
said land. and for costs.
RANDOLPH q EDGWICK,
q ~ Attorneys for plaintiff.
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The Commonwealth has been re-
duced in size, but not in merit or
value. d. B. is not one of the
"glory" kind. He has some ''busi-
ness" mixed in with his other news
paper qualities, and will make the
paper pay. Now there is an exam
pie for other daily newspapers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09

The Northern Pacific railroad
stockholders held a meeting at New
York, June 80, and agreed upon 8
basis of settlement with the bond
holders. They also agreed 10 believe
that the road would yet be buill
through to the Pacific, and the stock
become valuable.
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We are informed that vote was
taken on the train which carried
the editorial excursionists to Ora
NADIA, the other day, on the question
Of the guilt or innocence Of Beecher.
He was decided to be guilty by q
vote of two to one.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09

The announcement is made, that,
owing to injuries received In the
recent railroad accident between
New York and Boston. ex-Speaker
Blaine will be unable to take part in
the political campaigns occurring
this fall. His physician recommends
absolute quiet and abstinence from
all excitement.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09

The army of grasshoppers. which
passed over Kansas and Nebraska,
bound northwest, haye been heard
from. June 18th the myriad legions
were flying over Dakota territory,
still travelling northwest. They seem
bound to reach the unknown wastes
of British America.
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Final settlamant.

NJ Office is hereby given to all creditors
IN and others Interested in the estate of II.
n. Abraham, deceased, that the undersigned,
the admins traitor of said estate, Intends TO
make final settlement OF his accounts with
said estate as such administrator, at the next
term OF the Probate Court of Lyon county,
State OF Kansas, commencing the irst Mon
day in October, a. D., 1875.
Dated this Sth day OF July, A. ID. 1876.
$3.50 X. ROBERTS, Administrator,
of the estate of Il. III. Abraham. deceased.
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THE WHEAT HARvEsT.--The Com
monweaIth of Sunday had reports
of the harvest from various coun.
ties. Montgomery county reported
10000 acres of wheat, averaging Is
bushels. Crawford county 20 bush.
els per acre. Leavenworth county
one-third of crop. Brown county
10 bushels per acre. Butler 10000
acres at % bushels per acre. Chase
10,639 acres at % bushels per acre
Marion county 90 bushels per acre
Coffey 5000 acres at Is bushels per
acre. Cloud 10000 acres at I5 BUSH
els per acre. Ottawa 20 to % bush
els per acre. Marshall 10 to %
bushels per acre on the upland and
g on the bottom. Harvey 1000
acres at % bushels per acre. Shaw
nee II, 1854 acres of wheat, 1886 OF
corn, 1876 of oats, 3,64S of rye; av.
erage yield not given. The coun-
ties that report under Is bushels
per acrel or less. than a full acre.
age, were grasshOppered.
Altogether crops promise splen.
didly, and the counties that failed
on wheat are nearly covered with
young corn.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09

whole, we advise people to hold on
tosheirmoney and let somebody..else
speculate in the Keclev motor pow
er company shares. Steam power
locomotives aud engines will have
to be used until further notice.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09

Queen Victoria is to be especially
invite to the Centennial. Why not
get up q royal excursion party, and
let as inspect ali the kings and king
esses at once?