The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-07

Mr.. Squires, of Oregon, will
furni>l, rare specimens of timber
or thu Centennial exhibitions fir
.,lsuk twelve feet wide and one
hundred feet long, spruce plank
light fee; wide, cedar and Iarch
even feet, and hemlock five feet.
He can furnish larger planks if
transportation can be furnished, and
huge planks of hard wood, includ-
ing the famous Chittem wood, of
Shich Noah is said to have built
the Ark.
a good joke is told of a certain
DOu6lin professor stickler for
ventilation. Being put in a room
ut hotel with another guest, he
asked the latter - raise the window
st night. es the air was so close. 81
can't raise it," eaid the guest, after
working at the window for a while.
Then knock a pane of glass out"
said the professor, which was done.
After q while the professor got up
and broke another pane, then he
could sleep; but in the morning he
discovered that they had only brok-
en int Il bookcase.
Col. Sam Bnckmaster was Speak
er OF The Illinois House of Repre-.
seDtatives in 1868, and he had great
difficulty IN maintaining order
among the members, some of whom
took particular delight in annoying
him. One of the leaders in the
leaders in the sport of worrying the
Speaker was q member named
Haines, and 10 him Col. Sam one
day pointediy addressed himself in
the following vigorous language !:
''Look-a-here, Hanes, Pm Speaker
of this House, and by God I'll keep
order in it if have to use g shot
gun for n gavel." The Colonel's
looks showed that he meant what
he said, and he had no further
trouble with uaines.
The Toledo Blade tells a story of
married pair who set out on their
wedding trip from that city, with
the understanding that on their re-
turn they should board in q hotel.
When they got back the husband
suggested that before going in the
hotel they should call upon q friend
of his. They were accordingly
taken to a neat dwelling, where 8
servant ushered them into q pleas
antly.furnished parlor, with fire
burning in the CRATE, and every
thing cosy and home-like. The
wife sat down and the husband
said he would go into an inner
room to look for the gentleman of
the house. He came back shortly
alone, and the lady of the house
was also not forthcoming. The
young wife wondered at her abb
sence, and thereupon the husband
informed her that the house was
hers. This surprise party is repre-
scented as having been exceedingly
pleasant.
Last year some of the Oxford and
Cambridge students celebrated the
boat race by drunken row i'll the
infamous Argyle Rooms in London,
This year they rioted at Evans As
sefnbly Rooms, the other resort be.
ing closed against them, and began
by breaking the furniture and
throwing the pieces at the singers
on the stage. John Galloway, a
Cambridge man, and the champion
boxer of his university, was the
leader in the disorder. He defied
the employees of the establishment,
and thereupon q waiter named
Newbury accepted the challenge.
A ring was formed, and the fight
was begun, the student in evening
| dress and the waiter in white Jack
ct and apron. At the close of the
first round, however, they were
stripped to their waists. Both were
athletes, well trained in boxing, and
the fight was bloody and desper-
ate. The Hornet says: "In the
midst of the fourth round, the time
for closing the room having arriv-
ed, the proprietor attempted to put
out the gas, which gave rise to sew
eral other battles, the gentlemen
defending the lamps as if they were
guns. A gas man was seriously
wounded and q waiter badly hurt.
Su Galloway and Newbury fought
on, blood flowing freely. When
at length the gas was put out at the
main, the ring was still kept, and
wax tapers and matches were light.
ed. AT least one hundred men
struck up lights in this way, and by
their fiitfHl glimmer Caldwell got
his final blow and was doubled up.
He was carried away insensible bv
his friends, and Evans was not
cleared of the mob until half past
one in the morning.