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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-06-11

duets of the State at the great In
transitional Exhibition. TO be held
at Philadelphia, from May 10th, 60
November 10th. 1876, under the
auspices of the United States
Centennial Com. mission.
The exhibition being open to
the whole world, aud Kansas De-
ing emphatically an agriculture
State, it is of the first importance
that the exhibition of grains be 4
creditable one.
The Board confidently looks to
all citizens of Kansas for hearty
cooperation in the premises. 1T
will be a happy and important
event in the history of the county
that shall be able to carry off the
foregoing premiums, and thus gain
a worldwide reputation at the
Centennial exhibition for produc-
ing the best collection OF grains
and grasses, which were produced
in the State in 1875.
As everything must be in place
before another crop is produced,
the sole reliance of the Board,
therefore. sill be upon the crop of
the present year.
For further information adj
dress. ALFRED GRAY,
Secretary State Board of Cen
tennial Managers.
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County Warrants.

The laws passed by the last Leg
islature, to 90 into effect on their
publication in the statute books, be-
came laws yesterday. Among 9TH
ers, we notice q law which will put
an end to the favorit ism heretofore
exercised in redeeming county
scrip. 1t provides that the Treas
urer shall set down on q book, TO
be kept for that purpose, the num-
Der, amount aud date of all war
rants, to whom made payable, and
the date when presented for pay
ment and all county warrants shall
be paid in the order of their pre-
sentation fer payment, as appears
on the register. 1t shall also be the
duty of the County Treasurer,
whenever any Rmoney comes into
his hands, to set apart the amount
thus presented, which money shall
by him be kept until called for, and
If not called for previous to the
publication of his quarterly state
ments to be made on the first Mon
days of January, April, July aud
October Of each year, he shall en-
brace the same in his next quarterly
statement, fully describing such
warrants by giving their number
and amount, and interest shall
cease on each warrant after such
publication. The Treasurer, when
he goes out of Office, shall deliver
said book containing 3 list of the
county warrants so presented, to
his successor, who shall in all
things act as though the entries of
warrants were made by himself.
But every County Treasurer shall
receive in payment of county taxes
the warrants Issued in said county,
which may be presented in payment
of such county CHARACTERIZATION.
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One Kind OF N crop.

There is one crop of which
little mention has been made, which
rarely or never succumbs to grass
hoppers or other pests, and which is
the chief reliance of many q Kansas
farmer. We allude to weeds. The
prospect for this crop is like that of
fall wheat-''spotted." In some To-
calities it has failed entirely in 9TH
ers it is luxuriant and oYerwhelm-
ing. There is no need of inqniring
as TO the possessors of a good
weed crop. Take an inventory of
the farmers on The sidewalks !; in the
stores and in the beer shops about
their towns, and you can count the
entire lot as the happy proprietors
of growing lnxuriant weed crop
of all kinds. Nothing like q weed
crop to brace a man up for q days
whittle on store box, q general
discussion OF politics, finances and
other brain racking labor. A man
who is well fixed as to weeds, is
unusually gifted in prophetic way
and can he relied upon for startling
prophecies as to the dangers certain
to Overtake wheat, oats and corn.
Peace and prophecy are the sure re-
wards of him who turns with mer-
tied contempt from the tender oat.
the fragrant onion, the law defying
corn, and anchors his faith in what
he knows to be sure things crop
of weeds.
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A kind of glass has been invented
which is not brittle, and can be
thrown upon the floor without
breaking.
The Episcopal Bishop of Nebras-
kR and Dakota has directed PRAYER
to made in all the churches of his
diocese, morning and evening, until
harvest, for deliverance from the
grasshopper plague.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean says
that the srmy worm is devastating
the field throughout southern ILL
nois. The farmers are fighting them,
but the contest seems an unequal
one, for the worms are marching
on.
James Smith, the unfortunate
colored cadet, who after having
three trials was dropped from his
class at West Point, has been made
inspector Of militia in South Caro-
lima, with the rank of Brigadier
General.
A colored voter rather non-pluss-
ed Vice President Wilson, at Little
Rock, the other day. As he was
standing on the platform waiting
for the train to start, the voter
walked up and said: "Boss, is Mr..
Grant going to run for president
next time " The vice president very
politely informed him that he did
not know, as Gen. Grant had not
confded his intentions on that sub
ject to any OF his friends. And
then the inquisitor came at him
again: "Well. boss, if he don't
run, will your" just then the bell
rang, and that darkey hasn't got an
answer yet.
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For SPoRTsMEN. = Naturalists
claim, and with good reason, that
the laws of nature are meant to
provide for ga balance of life."
That is, that in any given
area, there is as much veg
etable, insect, and animal
life az can undisturbedly exist
there, and no more. To keep one
species from undue increase, nature
provides some destructive agency.
Man disturbs this balance. The
chiGch bug, for instance is a natural
denizen of the prairie, although on
the prairie in its normal state, there
is not much food for the bug, and
it is found in only small numbers.
Man comes and plows up the sod.
and plants and cultiVates just those
things which the chinch bug thrives
upon. So the bug rapidly increases,
and would increase to all extent
sufficient to eat up all the crops man
provides, were no destructive agen.
cies employed to kill the bugs. Ma
Iure comes 10 the rescue by proVid-
ing birds. Man welcomes the birds
with shot guns, and kills and drives
them away all over the state, In
mere wanton sport. Then the bug
laughs in glee. and fessts upon the
crops. II is easier, o man, to let
the birds alone, than it is to catch
and kill the chinch bugs and grass
hoppers. Beware how you rashly
and ignOrantly disturb the natural
balance of life. For every bird you
kill, 100000 insects live and destroy
the croDs.
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..~rRATEGY. Mx RON.
How 10 KIN <srn--s.opper..

How 10 kAItL esrMs~taODperA-
On Sunday last it was found
that the grasshoppers in North
Lawrence were all moving south
ward and had nearly reached the
river, where the ground was coy
cred with them to the depth, on
an average, of some four inches.
II was inferred that, as they could
not cross the river, they would
soon turn about and move north
ward, devouring all before them.
According Mr.. Prescott Under
wood, an extensive gardener and
fruit grower, enlisted = brigade of
of men, who reported with SHOW
els and picks on Lincoln street at
day break on. Monday morning.
This able bediod indus trioussbrig-
ade had by Monday night dug q
trench, about two feet deep, and q
foot wide, along Lincoln street
from the Kansas river to Bis
marck, being more than a mile and
. half long, and extending entire
~ through the city from west to
east. In the bottom OF this ditch
there were dug, at Intervals OF
some two rods, more than L hun
dred pits. about four feet deep.
The ditch, when dug, WAS in the
rear of the enemy, who was be-
tween it and the river, "bottled
up" as Gen. Butler, was on one
occasion. True to the expecta-
ton, the 'hoppers finding they
could Aot cross the river, having
no pontoons, and neither balloons
nor wings, came to the about face,
and yesterday morning commenc-
ed moving northward. By noon
they commenced falling into the
ditch, counting the number OF
holes, and the amount in each
hole, it is believed that at least
$50 bushels of the common
enemy lay dead as the result OF
Gen. Underwood's ''short, sharp
and decisive" campaign. This
shows what can be done to rid the
country of the destroying pest
Lawrence Journal.
$50 bushels contain As, 10000
grasshoppers. All the damage
this immense multitude could
have done, was thus averted.
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EeEs.EGEOUS ENrEI4a.lGENCE.

Only seven of the sixty-one
Cardinals who witnessed the
Pope's elevation to the Ponti1ical
throne are still living.
At recent wedding in Ohio,
the minister was about to salute
the bride, when she stayed him
with, "No, mister, 1 give mp them
vanities now~
In a certain Sunday school in
Rensselaer, county, every scholar
who experiences religion and joins
the church before August 1st, is
promised n cromo.
A preacher 80 years old has de-
livered q sermon an hour and for
ty minutes long. This is, of
course, a very commendable feat,
and it suggests the question: How
long were his sermons forty-five
years ago?
A motion to strike out the So
called ''damnatory clauses" from
the Athanasian Creed has passed
the laity and clergy Of the Irish
Episcopal Synod, and been con-
firmed blythe bishops. SO the
clauses are out
Mr.. Geo. w. shelton, of Biz
mingham, Conn.,, and others, offer
800 premium for the best tract,
not covering more than sixteen
pages nor less than eight, on Civ
ing a percentage Of ones annual
income to charity.
During the year 1874 agents of
the American Bible Society ~ IL
lineis visited in the State 1854
families and places of businesss
1910 families and individuals
were supplied with Bibles; $43, 049
were collected in the State for the
Society.
A lady has Sunday school
class in one of the churches. Two
brothers attended it alternately.
One Sunday the lady asked one of
the boys if he would be there on
the following Sunday. "Oh, no."
said he; 81 can't; its my turn to
saw wood"
The salary of the Rev. DR.. Sun
derland, Chaplain of the United
States Senate, as pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church OF
Washington, has been reduced
from SIS, 600 to $4,000 per anuum,
on account, it is alleged, of the
debt brought upon the church by
his injudicious conduct.
DIR. Theodore L. Cuyler has lost
only two Sabbaths through sick
ness in q ministry of twenty-nfne
years. During fifteen years as
pastor of the Lafayette Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn,
he has received into church fell
lowship 1872, baptized S57, bur
ieI 1873 members, ana made more
than 10000 PASTORAL visits.
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Of the sixty-four medical gradu-
ates of Michigan University, at the
recent commencement twelve were
ladies, some of them in the front
rank of excellence.
Rochester, New York, claims to
produce more flour to-day than at
any previous period in her history,
and actually manufactures more of
the higher grades than any other
city in the United states. There
are sixteen Touring mills, which
last year manufactured SIS, 600 bar
rels of -four; bushels of wheat con-
sumed, !, 33I 900; men employed,
Ill ; runs of stone, 81. In addition
to this, GOO coopers find employ
ment in N akiDg barrels for these
mills.
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sHERIFF's SALE.
Rces Howell,

Evan W. Williams,
District Court, 9Th Judicial District, Lyon
County, Kansas.
DY virtue of an execution issued out of the
ID District Court of the 5th Judicial Dis
trict, sitting in and for Lyon county, Kansas,
wherein ReeS Howell is plaintiff, and Evan
w. Williams IS defendant, will, on Monday,
the 9Th day OF July, 1875, at IL O'Clock a. m,
at the front door OF the court house, in En-
pOria, Lyon county, Kansas, offer for sale at
public auction. to the highest bidder for cash
in hand, all the right, title and interest of the
defendant, Evan W. Williams, in and to the
following described Eeai estate, to-wit: The
undivided one-haif "a Of twenty acres of
land in the northwest quarter (lzl of section
two ~; township nineteen t19). range twelve
u2), in Lyon county, Kansas. commencing
at the southeast corner OF the northwest
quarter t1zO of SAID section, running west
eighty 800 rods along the south line OF said
northwest quarter (IO; thence north forty
t40) rods thence east eighty (s0) rods; thence
south forty (40) rods to place of beginning.
Said real estate is levied upon rs the property
of defendant: Evan w. w iliiaIhs. and will be
sold to satisfy said execution.
Sheriff's Office, June 4th, a. D., 1875.
JOHN BAY,
1921 Sheriff Lyon Co.. Kan.
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ConsOIEnE TO California Emil
grants

grants
DIR. William Smith, of Geneseo,
Illinois, father of Charles b. Smith
of this city, arrived in Topeka on
the train from Denver yesterday,
direct from California. He went
to the Golden State about six
weeks ago simply for pleasure and
sightseeing. He spent the most
of his time while there in travel
ing through the southern portion
OF the State, and he says that dur
ing his travels he saw at the least,
one hundred thousand head of
sheep that were being driven to
Arizona to obtain pasturage. No
portion of southern California is
suitable for agricultural purposes
which has not the advantages of
ira igation. The Doctor says that
California is the worst State in
the Union for poor man to go.
All the land worth having is own
ed by wealthy stock men and kept
by them for grazing purposes.
There are thousands and thous-
ands of people who have been at
tractcd to California within the
past few months by the glowing
Representations Of land and town
lot brokers, who are now cursing
their stars that they ever heard of
such a place. At Evanston, sta
ton on the Union Pacific Railway
in Utah, a landlord informed the
Doctor that he had fed hundreds,
men and women, within the past
few weeks, who had walked all the
way from California on their way
back TO the States. The eastward
bound trains on the Union Pacific
Railway contain as many passen-
gers as those bound for the Pacific
coast. A large proportion of the
returning passengers are disgust
ed and disappointed emigrants.
The Doctor says it is the unani-
nous opinion of the recent travel
ers in California, that Charles
Nordhoff, who has written so
glowing1y and eloquently about
the agricultural riches of that
state, is the biggest liar unhung.
He also says that since daylight
yesterday morning, he has seen
more wheat and more verdure than
he saw during all the travels in
California:
We would advise everybody
who have the California fever, to
converse with the Doctor. He
NAV be found at+he Tefft House
Commonwealth.
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We have q cherry tree in our
garden which bore all the fruit the
tree could hold last season. The
grasshoppers stripped IL Of its leaves,
and after their departure the leaves
again came forth and also . good
complement Of blossoms. The
fruit was as large as good sized
peas when the frost came. This
spring the gallant young tree is
again ON duty aud will be loaded
with cherries, as its numerous blos-
SONS would now indicate. II. C..
Union.
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NUMBER "a
LEGAL.
FINAL NOTICE.

T1HE untIersi gnet. administrator of the es-
Monday July 9Th. 1873, at the Office of the
probate Judge, at Emporia, Lyon county,
kansas, make final settlement of said estate.
sos JACOB BUCK.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.


J. X. 4 IreAa Z. Miller.
District Court, 5th Judicial District, Green
wood County. Kansas.
ID virtue OF Sn order of sale issued out of
ID the District Court of the 9Th judicial
District, sitting in and for Greenwood county,
Kansas, wherein Thomas Miller is plaintiff
and j. h. Miller and Irena Il. Miller are de-
PENDANTS, will, on Monday, the 21st day of
June, 4. ID. 1875, at II O'Clock m, at the front
door of the court house, in Emporia, Lyon
county, Kansas. offer Tor sale at public auc-
tiOn, to the highest bidder for cash in hand,
all the right, title and interest of the defend
ants, James X. Miller and Irena 3. Miller, in
and 20 the following described real property.
tO-wit: The southeast quarter OF section
thirty one t31) and the west half of the SOUTH
west quarter of section thirty t32), town
ship twenty-on6 (2i), range eleven IN and
the southeast quarter Of the northeast quarter
OF section thirty -four (34). township twenty
one (21), range ten (10), all in Lyon county,
Kansas. Said real property is levied upon as
the property of defendants, james X. Miller
and Irena Z. Miller, and will be Sold to satisfy
said order of sale.
Sheriff IS Office, May 9lst. A. d. 1875.
JOHN BAY,
21-w5 Sheriff of Lyon Co., Kan.
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From she Southern CoantIe..

=
EMPoRIA, Jnne Z, rs.
EDITOR News: Travelling as l
do, almost constantly over so large
q portion of Southern Kansas, my
opportunities for observation on
the grasshopper question are excel
lent. My impression is that
throughout Southern Kansas west
of the eastern tier of counties, the
area occupied by grasshoppers is
not more than one twentieth of the
whole. Where they are thickest
throughout the region referred to,
they are no thicker than they were
last fall over the whole state. We
all know their tendency to an even
diffusion of themselves when wing
ed. If they should remain with us,
1 doHbt whether they would be
more than one twentieth as thick
over the state as now in localities.
With the start the crops now have,
these numbers cannot appreciably
affect them. They are not likely to
be more numerous than indicated,
unless they come in on us from all
Missouri. This, it is not probable
they will do, as they seldom travel
before an east wind, which is almost
always raw and chilly. In the To-
calities where thickest, they are be-
ing thinned out rapidly by the raw
ages of storms, birds and parasites.
Taking the state at large, their
breeding in Kansas has not been a
success. 1 am sure the farmers in
those localities where they did not
breed need not give themselves any
great amount of uneasiness, as the
chances are not more than one in
fifty, thkt they will strike any COM
munity in numbers sufficient to de-
vastate, unless they strike corn in
silking time. A. X. JOHNSON.
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edm;n;strator,s Notice.

YoTICE is hereby given that the under,
T.ySn courty Kansas. appointed adminlStra-
tor to settle up the estate OF the late urn OF
Helwig & Lane. q. w. FREDEkICh.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given to all cre&iaOrs
IN and others interested in the estate OF
John w. Stevenson, deceased, that the under
dersigned Will make final settlement as adj
ministratriX' of said estate, at the next term
of the Probate Court of Lyon county, Kansas,
commencing on the first Monday in July,
1873. EMMA STEVENSON,
Administrators.
w. T. MCCARTHY,
Atty for estate. 1926
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N0TTCE

ITO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN: PusGie
/ notice is hereby given, that on Monday,
September 9th, ISIS, and for two days there
after, between the hours of O'Clock, a. M,
and 3 O'Clock p. m. ofeaeh of said three days,
at the law Office OF huggies 4 Sterry, in the
city OF Emporia, Lyon county, Kansas, i
will publicly proceed to hear. adjust and al
low demads against the estate of William
Clamp. Il. n. KUGGLES,
SS-:3m Assignee,
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NOTICE.

YIYo all creditors and others interested in
the estate of Benz Dpnmire, deceased, IS
hereby given that I, IS adminl stratrix OF said
estate at the next term of the Probate Court
of Lyon county, state of Kansas, commencing
ON the first Monday ia July, A. D., 1910, snail
make final settlement Of said estate.
ANNIE DUEMIRE,
RANDOLPH 4 SEDGWICks AdmpX.
AttYS for Ahmi'N. 2O-A
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Nohee.

HREDsTDRS and others interested in the
estate Of =. i. Ward, whose real name
was r. N May, deceased, will hereby take
notice that intend 20 make lnal settlement
as administrator OF said estate At the next
term of the Probate CoHrt OF Lyon county,
kansas, commencing on the first MONDAY IN
ai-s5 Adm
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Stock Sale.

an Friday, the 18th of June, 1915, at 1G
" O'Clock q. m, at the late residence of
VIM. Beynon. on Coal creek, six miles south
of Emporia, VIII offer Tor sale 81 head of
cattle and three head of horses, belonging to
the estate of said Beynon. a credit of nine
months Will be given, with approved security
and ten per cent, interest.
JOHN Il. MADDOX.
1914 Adm
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Prof. Snow, of Lawrence, one
day last week, killed 10000 grass
hOppers in twenty minutes, by
pouring boiling hot water on them.
They counted 1000 TO the quart. or
lbs, 600 per bashel. Gardens there
suffered severely.
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AdmiDistratrfx's Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
bate Iourt of Lyon county, Kansas, adminis-
tgatrix OF the estate of Daniel Main, deccas-
ed. and has duly qualified as such.
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DURHAM PARK.

What iG Isl Where IL Is, and
What it Consists of.
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Fiery bull.

Terms OF sale-The steers will be SOLD on 6
month time with approved security, At 10 per
cent interest; COVE, IL months, with approved
notes, also, - months time will be given to
the purchaser OF the BULL, ThreshEng Ma
chine and Carriage. CrownGuke Is not sur
passed by any Bull IN the West. and has taken
the sweepstakes premium WhereVeFexh ibited.
j. r. WALKUP.
II. W.PEARsALL, Auetionser. 2l-a4
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One OF Ihe Greaaesa stock
Farms Of Aansas.
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Ask MILE FARM, An ARMY OF
LABORERS AND HERDsMEN.
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a Full Line OF :the Finest BIooded
Stock.