The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-19

cents.
Bricky Pomcroy is both a bold
and logical Democrat. He openly
advocates the reputation of the ma
tional debt.
The report of the Great Western
Railway Company, of Canda, an
nounces that there will be no divi-
dend for the last half year.
Mr.. Adams received a centennial
vote for Governor in the late Massa-
chusetts election-1,775. The Adj
amses need more votes or they will
never get into Office.
A New York physician has written
to Moody and Sankey, offering If he is
allowed to speak, to convince them
that there is no heaven and no future
state. They reply by praying for the
restoration of his sanity.
The election of a United States
Senator will be one of the impor-
tant duties of the Iowa Legislature
this winter. Ex-senator Harlan,
Gov. Kirkwood, Secretary OF War
Belknap and Congressman McCrary
are prominent candidates.
The result of the late elections, ac-
cording to the Springfield (Mass.)
Republican, Is to show that "the
Democratic party cannot beat the
Republican party next year. But
the Republican party can beat itself,
without half trying either.
The Commonwealth claims
that IS members of the new legis-
lature are Republicans, IL Refor-
mers but also republican, and only
z Democrats. The next legislature
will be much more decidedly repub-
lican than the present one is.
In sections OF the Northwest
where corn is so abundant, nearly
all the farmers are taking from six
to a dozen head of cattle to herd
through the winter. We may &C.
cordingly look for some very fine
cattle in the spring from that direc-
ton.
The New Yord Herald calculates
that subsidies to the amount OF
$4O0,000,O00 will be asked of Con-
gress this winter. Seven of the ten
jobs are Southern. The Gland OF
the orange and vine" will have a
particularly hungry gang at Wash
iDgton this winter.
ii. w. Cook, of Nyandotte d. G.
Haskell, of Lawrence: NJ. w Rey-
nolds, of Parsons; u. j. Waters, OF
Fort Scott; c. v. Eskridge, of En-
poria; and p. T. Elder, of Ottawa,
are all candidates for the Speaker
ship of the next House. Any OF
them are equal to the emergency.
Governor Osborne asked Attor-
neY-General Randolph whether, in
view of the adoption of the Consti-
tutional Amendments by the peo-
pie, the legislature could hold le-
gal session this winter. We have
before us the reply of the Attorney
general, and he decides the legiela-
turc can meet and hold a legal
session.
Rev. Monteure Conway fixes up a
nice thing for fat people, as follows /:
"There never was fat devil" and
then proceeds to spoil it immedi-
ately with this: "On the other hand,
the world is full of fat hogs" When
Mr.. Conway comes TO Kansas will
he please call at the State Treasur-
er's Office at Topeka. We can at
tend to what there is left of him
when Sam and Dave get through
with him.
Last year Cusey, the "Reform"
candidate for Governor, carried AL
len, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chero-
kee, Crawford, Douglas, Franklin,
Jefferson, johnson, Linn, Miami,
Neosho, Phillips, Wilson and Wyan-
dotte counties-sixteen in all. This
year the Republicans elect their
tickets in Allen, Bourbon, Butler,
Cherokee, Franklin, Linn, Miami,
Neosho, Phillips, Wilson and Wy
andotte-eleYen of the sixteen car
ried last year by the Opposition"
The hog disease now prevailing
in some sections of the West, is said
to be totally unlike the cholera,
which it was at first supposed to be.
1t makes its appearance by a slight
cough, and in the course of an hour
or two the victim chokes to death.
Post norton examinations have
shown the presence of great num-
bers of worms in the intestines, and
microscopic inspection is said to
discover the cyst of the spiralis in
the flesh.
The ravages of the epizootic,
which, fortunately, have been very
mild in form, appear to be wide
spread, though from all accounts,
abating. There have been but very
few, if any, fatal cases, and traffic
has been in no wise interfered with.
While most of the horses have been
troubled with cough, none have
had to be provided with a coffin,
and the general condition at present
as compared with last week, is de-
cidedly favorable.
There is hot community in the
American republic where, at the
very lowest estimate, half the male
portion, married and single, are not
adulte-ers in every sort of life
Chicago Times.
This is q most Infamous and
abominable SANDER, and the brute
who penned it is either gibbering
idiot or besotted and totally de-
prayed and rotten hearted monstros-
ity, one of whose parents, at least,
must have been a scavenger, and the
other the vilest canine that any scav-
enger ever owned. The truth is
that not one person in fifty in any