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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-28
Obituary notice.

Mrs. Catherine Townsend, wife OF AIva
Townsend, departed this life, at her late
residence, near Stafford, Chase county, on
May 9th, 1879.
She was born September 9Th, 1923, I'm
ArgyIeshlre, Scotland and removed with
her parents TO America in the year 1853.
She was united in marriage TO Mr.. AlVa
Townsend on the l4th of August, 1856.
In 1887, with her husband, she removed
10 Burlington, Coffey county, Kansas,
where she remained till the year 1865, At
which time she came to Lyon county. In
1870 she removed to Chase county, where
she remained till the day Of her death
The disease which caused her death
was lung fever. From the beginning it
was malignant in form. Every effort to
physicians and friends, but all unaVail-
ing. The hour came. The Master called,
~AriSe and come away.o Obedient 10
His call, she cheerfully and calmly pass
ed from the shores of time to the ever
blooming fields of eternity.
Raise my pillow, husband, dearest,
Faint and fainter comes my breath;
Ana these shadows stealing slowly
Must, l know, be those OF death.
But your God and mine-our Father,
Thence shall ever lead me on,
Where upon a throne eternal
Sits his loved and only Son.
There's no shadow DER the portals
Leading to my heavenly home
Christ has promised life immortal,
And tits He that bids me come.
Deceased was kind and an affection
ate mother, a loving and eonfiding wife,
and highly esteemed and useful member
of society. But her place in the family
and community is now vacant; she will
be missed. A husband and four children
are lett to mourn her absence. A large
connection OF friends feel that loved one
is missing. But why mourn? Is not our
earthly tolls, and her works will follow
her. May her mantle fall upon Borrowing
friends. whole community sympathiZe
with the bereaVed family.
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Our report last week of the bills acted
upon by the county commissioners con-
talned the following: 81. a. Moore, whIs-
Ky for county, $50" AS some captious
criticism seems to have been called forth
by this item, it is due DIR. Moore TO state
that he simply received, and as in duty
hound, filed the following order:
TRUSTEES OFFICE, Center Twp,
March IL, 1879.
JOHN A. MOORE, EmpOria, Kansas -
Please furnish w. II. Bali one quart of
whisEey on account of poor for Lyon
county. DANIEL BITLER,
Trustee Center Twp.
He then sent in bill for $3.50 for the
same, AS merchandise, and also bill Of
S7.2 for lamps, oil, &c, furnished for the
court house. The commissioners allowed
the 1920 bill, but disallowed the $1.5O.
The record from which we copied read !:
-. A. Moore, whiskey and sundries for
poor, &c., 1870; allowed 1920" We
then knew nothing OF the above particu-
lars, and condensed it all as sswhiskey
for cOunty"-tO poke fun ut the county
officers, who are n good sett of fellows,
and can take joke as well as anybody.
DIR. Moore did perfectly right to I'LL an
order from an overseer OF the poor. and
all the injustice in the case, to our mind,
is that OF refusing to pay his bill. We
make the explanation simply to prevent
any Que from INDUCING in captiOus criti-
cisms in regard to him, or to the county
officers, who, rs we sand before, can not
only take joke, but are as temperate a
sett of gentlemen AS can be found in a
years travel.
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NEosHO RAPIDS

NEosHo, May %, 1876.
EDITORS NEWS A few items from
this section will probably not be out of
place. The farmers of this section are
all through with their first planting of
corn, but unfortunately there is .
great deal of replanting to tie done,
owing to the cold and backward
spring; but this is mostly the fault of
the farmers in the way they pat in
their corn. The majority of them
used hand planters, and the conse-
Quence was their corn was put i'm too
deep, and it rotted in the ground. ]
planted every hill of mine the old
fashioned way-that is, dropped it by
hand and covered it with hoe, and ]
never had better stand of corn in my
life. All the replanting have had to
do was caused by the cut worms, and
1 contend that the old fashioned way
is the best yet. think it is far ahead
of the han1 planter or the horse plant
es, either. 1t is true that it costs more
to plant old Virginia style, but I be-
lieve 1t will pay every time. 1 could
give my reasons for it if 1 had time
and space, and if anybody doubts that
the old fashioned way is not the best
way, will try and convince them in
the future.
Now, in regard to the grasshopper
and chineh bugs, l hear great deal
said about them. Some say that we
are going to be eaten up this year by
them, soul and body, but see nc
cause for any such fears. There are
too many that always ''climb the hill
before they come To it." It is true
that there were some young hO2pers
in this neighborhood q few days ago
but they have all disappeared. In re-
gard the ehinch bug, have seen but
one this spring, and saw that one on
one of my horses back bands, after
coming to the barn at noon to feed
and think that was the only one on
the place, and it jumped on the horse
TO ride out of the field.
The oats are looking well, and pota-
toes also; but there viii not be much
fruit in this neighborhood.
Now, in conclusion, let me say to
my brother farmers, let us tend our
crops just the best we can, and trust
something to Providence, for firmly
believe that Lyon county will be bles-
sed with abundant crops this season.
]. r. w.
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Positively the Last P0seponenent.
The Concert and Grand Distribution of
$3.50, 600 in Gifts viii positively take place
Monday, Nay 3ist, 1915. or the
Money WILL BE REFUNDED.
The Texas Gin Concert Association, in
aid Of public improvements in the city OF
Denison. Texas, stands to-day the first
and foremost OF such enterprises. It's
managers are men OF characteristic ener-
gy and enterprises and have the nnquaIi-
fed endorsement Of the best citizens of
Denison and Texas Their list Of gifts
to be distributed is unequalei. $2ea,O00
In cash, and so. 600 In val liable improved
real estate, will be distributed. Their
capital gin Is $5a,soe. This is most en-
phatiealIy an enterprise for the people
Tickets are put at the low price OF one
dollar TO allow all an opportunity to take
. share in this Texas aBonanza.'. The
time is short. Send In your orders for
tickets at once. III you cannot buy CT q
local agent send orders direct, or send for
special rates TO clubs. See advertisement
IN another column. 1ew4
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STATE NEWS.

Samuel Marshal is acting postmaster
at Leavenworth.
Neosho county sheriff seven thous-
and dollars behind on his tax warrants.
The Guerrilla Claims Commission al
lowed 81, $50 in the neighborhood of
Olathc.
Susan 3. Anthony is at Leavenworth
watching by the bedside of her
brother.
If we are not mistaken the western
members of the Kansas Legislature,
asked the eastern members last winter
to vote $50, 1000 to aid the western
gIasshopper sufferers, but they could
MT see it. From indications Mr.. Eas t.
ern member will want the west to help
vote aid for them this coming winter,
but they will see them in pnrgatOry
tirst.-Eldorado Times.
Correct. $4,000 saved to the state
Treasury.
During severe hail storm In Law
renee, on the Goth, a stroke of light
ming knocked downtWo men on Bridge
street, and singed the arm of another
one. All will recover.
1t is said that the microscopic para
site attacks and kills the spring grass
hoppers, and this accounts for their
mysterious disappearance.
1t is said that new German Saw
ings bank has been lately started In
Quincy, H., the capital, of which was
furnished by Mr.. Simon Abeles, the
Leavenworth lottery man.
General William Larimer, died at
his residence in Delaware township,
LeayenwOrth county, on Sunday, the
10th instant, aged sc years.
A party of eastern capitalists repre-
senting $4OO, O0O, goo, were in Atehison
the 10th. They are on a grand tour
through the country, and especially on
the line of the Atlantic & Pacific rail-
road.
ChetOpa has raised $50, and proposes
to have the grandest Fourth of July
celebration ever held on the American
continent.
The tract of land lying along the
southern line of Kansas, known as the
"Cherokee Strip" which has been adj
Vertised to be sold in August, has,
through the inhnenee of Senators J.
j. ingalls, and J. NJ. Harvey, been
postponed.
BY the 18th of August, at which
date the new baIlding is to be finished,
the State Agricultural College win ac-
cOmmodate tire hundred students.
Mrs. Pauline Liebert, of Leyen-
worth has invented q combined table
and refrigerator.
A Douglas county lawyer would not
sit down when the Judge told him to,
and was fined SIS.
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NARROW EScAPE.-Last Saturday eve
ming about . O'Clock Mrs. McAfillon, wife
ofJohn Mcmillan, living just east Of the
city limits, met with an accident, and
narrowly escaped with her life. MIR. and
Mrs. Nc MILAN, and several other parties
had gone TO the Neosho on = hand car on
the Santa Fe track. On returning, Mrs.
81. was the first TO see, mile away, the
head light Of . train approaching. She
Immediately took fright and before she
could take time for the second thought
jumped from the hand car. which was co.
Ing at good speed. In some unaceOunt-
able way she fell Immediately in front OF
the ear, and IL ran directly upon her, and
stopped. AT first she was supposed 20 be
killed. The ear was ltGted aud she was
taken out and brought 70 her home, and
upon examination Il was found that no
homes were broken, and that she was
probably not internally injured. she
was bruised terribly, and has suffered a
good deal since, but is all right, or was at
last accounts.
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Ills NAME IS NO DOUBT BgRNHAM.-
Last week the Topeka police arrested two
young men, who gave their names as
Pratt and King, as Migrants. Pratt was
fined Si2 and ordered to work it out on
the streets. which he refused to do and
was put Oh diet of bread and water.
Saturday y MIR. Barnum complained that
"Pratt" was one OF the men who robbed
him AT the Topeka foundery few days
before. Thereupon Pratt declared
that his name is Oliver Durham; that
his home Is at EmpOria. and that he
wOI Led whenever he could lind emplo Y-
ment." II seems he had "a mistress at
Topeka, In whose room = coat was found
like the one he had on when the robbery
was committed. Burnham is well known
here, and is of very respectable parentage,
but those who know him will not be sur
prlsed u. the above Intelligence in regard
to him. He has been committed TO stand
trial.
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PLYMOUTH.


Good growing weather. Every
body busy.
The juvenile part of the commu-
nifty have been enjoying p a siege OF
the mumps.
Wesley Haworth started for Ore
gOn one day last week. He expected
to join a number of emigrants at
Council Grove and proceed in company
with them.
The grasshoppers seem to have q
particular relish for cabbage plants,
and ''garding sass" generally. Have
damaged a few fields of spring wheat
considerably, also oats and hungarian
grass to some extent.
We have seen no chinch bug and
heard of no damage yet down by them
Crops of all kinds promise an
abundant Yield, except few cases.
Fruit badly killed, will not be
more than one half crop of peaches OIL
cherries. Small fruits mostly killed
will be a few grapes. Us.
May "a.
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SOUTHWESE.

Greenwood county talks about hay
ing a fair. All right, but just hold it
at Emporia.
Cottonwood Falls is very vigorous
rival of junction City in shipping
building stone.
On Tuesday, the 18th, John Birkett,
a fair young man, 90 years old, was
drowned while bathing in Fall river,
near Eureka.
A small white worm is damaging
the young corn in Sumner county.
From our correspondence, and from
careful inquiry, We find that the crops
OF Butler county are not being molest-
ed by grasshOppers or chinch bugs.
We have been very careful to make
diligent inquiry during the week and
1t affords us great pleasure to make
the above announcement. At the pres
ent writing we have every reason to
expect an immense crop ofeVerything.
I-Eldorado Times.
Mr.. Robinson, OF Florence, killed a
swan near that place, recently, meas
uring about eight feet from tip to tip
of wings.
From the Newton Kansan:
DROwNED.-Last Tuesday afternoon
the Newton and Mcpherson mail and
hack line team was drowned in at
tempting to cross Dry creek, on the
main hack line about five miles west
of this city. The water is said to have
been only about belly deep to the
horses, or ponies.
The ''devIl'' in the Winfield Courier
Office is ca years old.
The Wichita Eagle man has been
presented with an eagles egg, found
near Caldwell, and has it under a set
ting hen.
The Great Bend Register says that
VIM. Frost, of Deception creek, has
this spring put In AZ miles of hedge
10000 apple gratis, p acres of broom
corn, and has gone to Missouri to buy
100 cows.
| From the Peabody Gazette:
| In this part of Kansas there is Meth
er lear nor grasshoppers.
Mr.. r. f. Peabody, our foreman, re-
celVed q letter, yesterday, from hi:
sister, living in Denver. She write!
that the farmers there, anticipate tn,
loss of their entire crops from grass.
hopper raVageS. One man exhibited
on DenVer's streets, q half bushe
measure full of the pests, and all aliv,
and kicking.
Newman's new brick store at AR.
kansas City is to be 22X10O feet, will
basement and two stories high.
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AMERICUS.

Radishes are in the market. Now
lettuce have peas.
The chinch bugs are Matching out
in countless millions of myriads dur
ing this fine weather.
j. 5. Gibson our hardware mer-
chant has sold 5000 pounds of fence
wire this spring. This speaks well
for the general spirit of Improvement
that prevails among our industrious
farmers.
In our last We failed to mention
the arrival the Rev. Mr.. VanVOris and
family, of WilmOt, Herrosha county,
Wis. We believe they intend to make
this their home. Mr.. VanVoris has
been member of the annual confer
ence OF Wisconsin for a number OF
years, and we understand he has been
appointed pastor Of the NJ. +. Congre-
CATION of this place.
"A mistake occurred in last weeks
items in reierance to j. A. Collins,
pastor of the u. r. Church, it should
have read pastor of the u. p. cOngre-
cation, instead of Congregational.
"A boy sixteen years old, living
with his parents few miles north
west of town, got quiXohc the other
day and took a french leave of absence
He had not gone farther than Empo-
ria, however, until he got hungry and
concluding his folks could not get
along without him, he went back
home again.
Josh. MeNeal caught % lb. cal
fish in the Neosho this week. He is
doing good business in that line.
Press Brown only got $50 insur-
ance on his household goods and none
on the building. We failed to learn in
what company he was insured. g.
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INV REsIDEHCE.-T. +. Little is build
ing large two story stone residence on
his fine farm on Allen creek, some four
miles north Of town. O. Douglass and
son are doing the mason " ork, and Rus
seal X icaInan the carpenter work. Mr..
Little is one OF our oldest and most es-
tesmr.i citizen, aud by Industry and
good management Of himself and wife,
they have made one OF the most valuable
farms ia this country, anL we are glad to
sec this evidence of prosperity. Long may
they live 10 enjoy the comfort Of new
home
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QUITE a JUMP.-Last Thursday after
noon, as Mrs. ID. l. Ferbeck,. living on
Rural street, was planting some flowers
in front Of her house. she saw her baby, a
boy of 10 moaths, in the act ofiumping
out OF the upper story window, and
sprang to catch him, but was not near
enough, and he struck the ground upon
his knee and head. The little fellow
having been left alone II minute, had
crawleh up stairs, toddled to the open
window, and seeing his mother below,
forthwith jumped out without the slight
est regard to the eternal principle of grav-
itation. DIR. Hibben was called, and DIS
covered that the baby had broken its
right leg between the knee aud hip. 1t is
getting along nicely.
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Report Of Plymouth school for the
month beginning April 10Th and ending
May 18th:
Average attendance, ninety per cent. Of
humber of pupils enrolled. The follow
lowing Is the standing in department and
attendance OF all pupils who have a grade
OF ninety or upwards in scholarship:
Annie Lindley, 100 80; Laura Harris.
100 30; Otto Walker, 100 100; Fannie Os.
borne, 100 100; Ada Pugh, 100 100; Law
Mamie Pugh, 100 100; Ida Dillon, 100 100:
AchSah Harris. zoe 100; Nettie Lynch, 81
100; Michael Weesner, 100 %; Viola Hew-
EFT, 100 80; Hattie Pugh, 100 %; Ella
Weesner, 100 %; Luella Pugh, 100 100.
HATTIE WARD, Teacher.
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To Farmers and Country Dealers.
E. Epstine q Co. have taken a contract
to deliver 800, 900 pounds of wool to east
ern manufactures during the present
spring, and therefore will offer higher and
bigger prices in cash, for all grades of
wool than any house in the west.
Special attention paid to wool dealers.
We therefore advise all farmers and
wool dealers not to sell until they have
investigated our prices, as it is to their
own benefit to do SO, if they wish to re-
alIze the outside figures in cash for their
stock.
Place of business, 1876 COMMERCIAL
STREET. 45tf.
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As We remarked last week, our kan
sas Farming Items" contain each week
great deal Of valuable and timely Inform
alton, including various methods of catch
ing grasshoppers and other insect pests.
The kind of farmer who cannot find time
to read newspaper, Is very liable 10 be
grasshOppered.
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1t is now said that while the Coy
ernor of Missouri has called for q
day of fasting and prayer ostensibly
on account OF the grasshoppers, the
real cause of mourning in that State
is the capture of the whisky ring,
and the consequence rise in the
price of that beverage.
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We would respectfully invite the Ia
dies, one and all, 70 come and examine
CAR dress goods department, among
which are to be found choice selections OF
camel's hair plaids. invisible plaids, sum-
nier silks, pongee lusters. serge suitings,
poplin, Alpaca, Irish pOplins, gros-grain
silks, Grenadines, black hernannis,
Scotch bingham, percales, English and
French lawns, together with q large line
Of linen cuttings.
q. ". NEWMAN & Co.
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IcIs CHEAP.-I will sell and deliver ice
this season at n cent per pound. Amt If
any responsible parties thiak that my
stock will not last until next Janu: ry,
will contract to wait for my pay until the
season is closed, charging interest on
their accounts. and if the ice gives out
will not charge anything for what l fur
nish them. Give me your orders.
1914 FRANK SCHMIDLING.
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EUROPZAN TTcKErs.-H. E. Norton
Real Estate Agent, is agent for the
Anchor ltRe Of steamers, and is ready
to supply ciekets to all persons who
may wish 20 vislt at any point in Eu-
rope, both to GO and return. Special
inducements offered to those who may
wish to bring friends to this country,
from any point in Europe. He is
agent for the sale Of tickets to all i'm
portrait points east or west, north or
south, over the II. X. & T. railway.
II you are going east it win pay you to
see Norton before purchasing ticket.
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Excursion rates, Wis, 1 ID fare the
double journey, has been secured ON the
d., Il. a. L. railroad from Emporia, June.
ton City, Burlington and Humboldt TO
Council Grove, from May 31sI TO June 9th
inclusive. This kind favor has been
granted for the Grand Musical Conven-
tion, to be held in Council Grove from
Jnne list TO June 4th inclusive. Singers
from abroad entertained free.
ALBERT SIMcocK. See.
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4 X B. Hurst, OF this city, having a
hne farm in Labette county, wrote
down to learn If there was any
basis for the reports that the grass
hoppers had literally DESTROYED all
the crops there, and received the
following reliable answer;
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j. NJ. Anderson started out 10 Badger
creek ruesdey TO build house for Mr..
Watson. His next contract is TO put up
a stone school house on AZ creek. Mr.
Anderson Is competent builder, and
will give satisfaction to that school dis
trict
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OswEGo. KS, Nav 20, 1873.

OSW EUUs hs'J MY -OJ 4OIJ.
The grasshoppers have not de-
strOyed one-tenth of the wheat in
Labette county. Near the edge of
the timber they have been very de-
structiVe, but ont upon the prairie
they have done very little il any
damage. j. +. WAsKEY.
And yet Labette county is the
most grasshoppered one I'm the State,
by general report.
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Is Yeur Life Worth. 10 Cents.

Sickness prevails everywhere, and
everybody complains of some disease
during their life. When sick, the object
is to ger wells now we say plainly that
no person in this world that is suffering
with Dyspepsia. Liver Complaint and
its effects, such as Indigestion, Costive.
uess, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Heart
burn, Palpitation of the Heart, Depressed
Spirits, BilIousness, &C., can take Green's
August Flower without getting relief and
cure. If you doubt this, go to your drug
gist, Spencer & Cutter, and get a sample
bottle for 10 cents and try it. Regular
size 70 cents. Two doses will relieve
you. 1S.Y1eow
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We have just added to our stock an en-
tirely new line of carpets, oil-clOths,
mats and mattings, The goods were all
bought since the reduction, and we are
ena bled to sell them at extremely low
prices. G. W. NEWMAN & Co.
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Cheaper 1Ieat and Cheaper Goods.

To our friends (if we have any }, We
would say that we have dug out,' and
taken up oar quarters in the building
once occupied by b. T. Wright. corner
OF Com. street and 4th avenue, where we
expect to sell goods (gOod goods cheap
er than any other man can afford to do,
and keep it up forever. Call and see ouE
psoNs, planters, cuItIyators, machines,
farming tools, &C., sc.
left S. j. SMITH s. CO.
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WHog-There is a broken package I'm
the post Office containing a fancy work
hanging basket, for some lady OF this city
or vicinity. The address is all destroyed
except the words "Mrs. Clara"-
The owner will please call and identity
the package and take 1t away.
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Saturday lively shower here gave the
picnic parties n ducking. Monday it
rained heavily in Americas township.
Tuesday 1t poured down there again, and
at other points. Italso raIned so heavy
on The Nerdigris, up to within 10 miles
south Of town, that the stage was two
hours late. There were general rains here
and all around Us wednesday afternoon
and Thursday mornIng.
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IcE.-Persons who wish ice will please
leave orders with Frank Schmldling. Ice
constantly on hand at the meat shop at
the lowest market price, and delivered to
any part of the city. All orders guarsn-
teed through the season. lift
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MAPLEWoOD Conner
is the authorized agent for the sale of
lots in this cemetery, located north
west of the city. He will attend to
having graves dug for those who de-
sire him to do so. ianI-tf