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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-14
rha CoIninr House

MIR, Eskridge evidently follows the
scriptural advice about building houses,
rs his foundation wall proves. 1t is be-
eXcavated under the entire building, to 4
depth or31s feet. The wall then goes up
1 feet above the surface, making total
heighth Of IA feet for the cellar. At the
bottom is first placed a layer of broken
stones. six inches deep, upon which is
poured cement, making the layer solid
throughout. A row OF stones one foot
| high and three feet wide, are set upon
this cemented bed, and then the wall is
continued up, of irst-class stone, to the
top. where it is two feet wide, and the
brick work goes down between the joists
and behind the sill to meet the stone,
thus bedding the house completely into
the WALL The brick wall will he the
same thickness all the way up as that Of
the Normal school building, l6 inches,
! with sn air chamber Of two inches, max
| ing Is inches in all AT every fourth
course the brick will connect the outer
and inner walls together. The caps and
stills will all DC OF dres sed stone, OF course,
and the roof is TO be set on in such = way
that it will stay there.
! We have not seen the plan OF this resi-.
dence, which was drawn by Haskell, OF
Lawrence, N accordance with Mr.. Esk.
ridges outlines, but understand it is tc
be one of the largest and best residences
in the state. The heighth is two full sto.
RIGS. The foundation viii be inished by
| ,Iulr lsf and II Mr. Eskrid0e con.I,,1as e.
enc lose the building this season, the
brick walls will he started not later thar
August LIST. 1t may be, however, that he
will defer doing more than the founda.
ton work until next spring, when the
residence will be pushed TO eomn!etior
without fail.
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Some Of our citizens take an interest in
water works, and Topeka is figuring on
that question. From the report of the
Topeka city council proceedings of Mon
day we clip the following, as the esti-
mates would no doubt answer closely for
EmpOria:
The Mayor introduced i. M. Mahan,
president Of the National Water Works,
which company hal put in such works in
some tifty cities.
Mr.. Nahan said he had not had time vet
to give full details, but would to-day eX.
anime further. He spoke in general terms
OF the value of such works, the decrease
in the rates OF Insurance, etc., and asked
tor an expression as to whether the city
wanted TO own the works, or desired TO
grant u franchise to some company to
supply the city with water He thought
| there was no place high enough for q res
ervoi-, and therefore the direct pressure
or Holly system would have to be used.
III franchise was granted, it wonld be
expected that the city would guarantee a
certain net revenue, but the amount he
could not now state, but thought II would
be about 500 Kansas City guaran-
teed the sum of sixty-eight thousand dol
lars. lie estimated the sOst for family
purposes ut 81 per year for each room in
| house. Bath rooms and water closets 50
per year. Business houses, for the nur.
poses OF sprinIling streets, washing floors,
ETC., and use OF water at first, 1928 for n
lot ~ feet wide. The cost OF pipe from
the main To the house 30 cents = foot.
The cut OF 81 and the other expenses a.
cordins TO the taste of The occupant. 1t
is more expensive than gas fitting. 1t is
usual when franchise is granted To give IL
for 20 wears with privilege of renewla.
the city 10 have the privilege OF buying At
any time. Will expect donation Of land
for works and exemption from taxation.
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GOVERNMENT AID FOR LYON COUNTY.
Sergeant Johl Staby, of Co. 10th in
fantry, Fort Riley, has been in the city
for several days distributing the portion
Of government aid allowed to this county.
He has his headquarters and supplies
over the sample store of the Elevator and
Milling Company, and we found him at
his post and everything in readiness to
relieve those whose names were on the
list. He brought here 9,435 lbs. Of corn
meal, 1916 lbs. OF shoulders, and 1,4l5
lbs. of beans. This is TO be distribut-
ed to LIPS persons. The Sergeant
had list OF the sufferers made out
by townships, which we believe were
Furnished by the trustees. We were rath-
er surprised at the array of names in this
county who could take the necessary
oath 10 get this aid. or course n large
proportion OF them We're women and
children. The names OF several gentle
meni appear whom we supposed owned
good farms. 1t is estimated that the pro
visions will furnish ten days rations for
| each individual on the list, and saves
them from buying over $1,000 worth OF
provisions
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City Finances,

The present city government Inherited
floating indebtedness OF 81, 1885. Let tas
see what it VIII do with it.-Real Estate
Register.
It can probably, with a license revenue
all the year, clear of that Indebtedness.
We think so for the following reasons:
The city government which began opera
ton April 90, 1874, inherited floatiug
Indebtedness, OF outstanding general fund
scrip, Of $l,2G7.3S. The first claims it
passed, May 4, were for expenses incur
red by the previous administration, to
the amount of S325.14. Add tn is to ST.
26T.3S, and its entire inheritance OF un.
paid scrip was S1,599.52. During the
year the license revenue was suspended
several times, and unusual legal bills, in
GLIDING some from Messrs. RuggIes,
Buck, Bay AMI Hunt, all on account OF
old suits begun in 1872 and 1873, were
paid TO amount of about $1,000. 1898
were also appropriated as legal fees for
the old float suit. 1t is therefore evident
that had not it been for the settling OF
these old claims, the city government
which went out last month would have
left little or no floating Indebtedness, and
~ it is, it seems that it left $IOG.2 less
such indie btedncss than it inherited.
We get the latter figures from the facts
that when the present city government
began, April 10, it found outstanding gen.
eral fund scrip to amount Of Si,O54.37
The bills, $4Gl.S1, 1t passed Monday even.
ing, May D, were incurred under the pre-
| ceeding administration. Total, 81, 4S6 "a
or S106.20 less than was outstanding MAY
8, 1874. The city therefore did not ruI
into debt last year. 1t was also lucky
year for the city, because the court.
quashed its s., 900 manufacturing bonds
and it won the liquor and improvement
SUITS, including judgments of severa
thousand dollars. The improvement
bonds have not cost more than q few
years interest, and at least resulted il
the establishment OF a permanently sue
cessful foundry under its present man
agement, so those who issued them NAV
take due credit.
Taking the financial results of the pre-.
Vious year into consideration, and every
year since Emporia became 4 city. anC
comparing its debt and that of other elite.
in the state, we know OF none which ha,
done better from the beginning after all, o.
is Llore lightly burdened for what it pos
sesses. We believe that the present city
| government will have and wisely improve
many financial advantages, and shoulC
not sbe surprised If it closed its yea
free of floating debt and with scrip at par
II 1t has not TO incur any unusual ex
penditures, and we do not now forese
any large ones OF that description. s,
mote il be.
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SOUTHWEST.

A party Of Texans who passed
Through Wichita last week, Ell route
for the Black Hills, reported that the
ranges in Southern Texas were giving
out, the cattle there were being moved
to northern Texas. where about25 new
ranges will be established this season.
No herd had crossed Red river up to
April &c, because the grass on the trail
to Kansas was behind time, making the
drive later than usual this year.
Meigs and Kline of Arkansas City,
have contracted to erect 4 substantial
stone mill at Dexter, to have two sets
| Of bIrrs, and be ready for grinding
next fall.
The Cottonwood Fails leader says
We understand that Il gentleman
| from Missouri has broughG one or two
| thousand head OF Sheep into this
| county and is pasturing them in the
neighborhoOd of Jacobs mound.
25O.car loads of stone were shipped
from here during the month OF April.
The stone company pays ont to their
hands, over $4,000 per month.
During the progress of 1t case before
| Squire McWiiliams, yesterday, lawyer
Sock found it necessary to cuss Jones.
In answer, Jones cussed Sock and the
| Squire. Whereupon, the conrt laid
! aside his etitt2a catn9 dig. for a few mo-
| ments, and the way he cussed both at
tOrneys satisfied every one within
hearing that chat court don't affirm, it
swears.
McDermott, whose arrest on charge
Of stealing cartle, as we reported last
week, has been held to $500 bail.
| Several gangs of desperadoes camp
| ed on Medicine Lodge and Cinnamon
creeks, rob settlers. steal cattle, and
commit half the outrages that are
charged upon the Indians. The leader
of one gang is named Hurricane Bill,
J, and he is now being pursued into New
Mexico by a party who want to recov-
er 200 head OF cattle recently stolen
from Il party which wintered on the
Arkansas above Fort Dodge. Another
! gang is led by william named Ander-
son.
| 4 Wichita man named Charley Cor
derio has returned home with rich
specimens of gold and silver, lie says
he took out of the Black Hills
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From Greenwood county.
LEM VALLEY, MAY s. /.

LENA VALLEY May 5, 1879.
This is the northeast corner OF
Greenwood county. We have changed
the name from Ellis Valley to Lena
Valley, the name OF orr agricultural
society to the Excelsior Farming Club,
and orr school house to Fairview. We
have preaching regularly every Sab
bath, and Sabbath school, and all feel
that We are brethren, and that is the
way we ought to live.
We have had rather close times for
the last six months, as we raised moth
ing last year. But let us stick 70 it,
boys, plant more fruit trees, watch
over them, and keep ont the borers.
Plant shrubs of all kinds. Don't be
discouraged, and you viii come out all
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WEST POINT CADErsHIP.

Having Cadet ut West Point 10 ap-
point from the sd Congressional district,
4 competitive examination will be had
before DR.. G. II. PomerOy, Pres't State
Normal school, t. ID. Jacobs, n. D., and
F. b. Hunt, ESQ, County Superintend-
ent OF Chase county, at Emporia, on Sat
urday, the 10Th day or May, A. D. 1875.
Candidates must be between the ages OF
seventeen and twenty-five, at least five
feet in heighth, and must be ply sicalIy tit
for the military service; they must be
wen Versed in reading, in writing, in
Guiding photography, and in arithmetic,
and have knowledge OF the elements of
English grammar, OF descriptive geogra-
ply, especially of our own country, and
OF the history OF the United States. The
candidate reported to me by the examin-
liners will Re appointed, and must report
At West Point on the 18th day of June
prox. WIN. Il. BROWN.
NJ. C.. Sd Dist OF Kansas.
Now then, here is = chance, offered in
the brOadest republican spirit. by our
member ~ Congress, which we trust the
youth OF tais district will appreciate.
The diIigent scholar may win the APP
poinfmenf.
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uARTFoHn.
Refreshing shOweEsnanc.

Refreshing showers-s4nc-
Frank Campbell is rusticating tx
Denver.
HOOK oas sor the. e,I,aIns mani.
the assessor.
Birds mag. nos indulge in their
harmless lays. Spring has come at
last.
-PrOmiRent Changers, in 4 good
church standing, viii please remembes
shat they are. getting outside OF, the
discipline by fishing on, the first day
Of the week.
Capt. Taylor and family leave this
week to spend coupleof months with
their friends in East Tennessee.
The fashionable game of croquet
is coming into vogue again since the
'spring time has come, gentle Ann!e.'
Why don't these gallant young men
invite ''gentle Annie" to take part in
their games?
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- NEoslso RarIps.nn .

aEtEr ~ EknaHt kHHz4E4
The slower Saturday night and the
warm weather Sunday nearly pulled
grass anfi corn mp ~ Inc Tssts. o
-Tii~e wfo have corn up report Il
fine stand generally. Every available
acre in This vi"tnitv is pasin cnrn, and
If we have 81 good corn year there will
be plenty.
Garden vegetables ellt dawn by
the frost, are coming forward again
nicely. ..s,.,.,s.
-Grasshoppers are thick in spots,
and where they are plenty, are dam
aging gardens, wheat and oats to some
extent. The farmers here expect 10
loose some corn b. them when they
get larger.
Your corrC spondent; was inerror
in one item. Mr.. Rector did not plow
up any of his wheat.
The first of May WAS as soon as
cattle could get u decent living on
green grass and tlsel same eoRld be
said of each of the last four years.
When farmers make calculations to
feed their stock till that time, there
will be less "tailing Hp' and SHINING
to do in the spring; but probably
when We have few warm. days next
March, there will be as many as ever
To say, 80, yes, wen have plenty OF
grass for stock by the 10th of April"
= "A large family OF small children
are convenient sometimes. 1 saw q
man II few days since using about a
dozen OF his children for weights on
his corn masher. That might be call
ed farming for pleasure and profit.
Fishing is getting to be quite a
business here. Some halt dozen par
ties have hoop NETS and seines, and
Several hundred pounds are taken
each week. August Hickman caught
q fine one weighing sixty-fonr pounds
| q few days since. JOE.
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Smoke James Smiths celebrated Impe
rial cigars, the finest in Kansas.


CoNcENTRATING.-W whitley & Henson
have sold their store ut Cottonwood Falls
to c. &. Watson, of that place. Their OBJ
ject in so doing was to get Howard Rath-
bone back to Imports, as their force OF
salesman here was not adequate TO wait
on their customers. We are informed
that notwithstanding the hard times,
whitley Il Henson are selling goods faster
this season than at any time during last
year. The public can depend upon find
ing st their dry goods and clothing empo-
rum at all times accommodating clerks
and proprietors, ready to show all the
latest styles o seasonabIe goods. And as
for prices, W. & Il. can dive down lower,
and stay down longer than most anybody
else in that business. Their new sum-
mer goods are worth travelling u hundred
miles TO lcok at, or TO purchase.
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SEWING MACHINE SALES TOR I
YEARS.
TO6,a36 6T7, SOC 52s, 918 / ,sIa, GEO
A gentleman writing from Ohio 10 have

A gentleman writing from Ohio 10 have
his name put on our list, says:
81 am pleased with THE NEWS i'll all
respects. From its appearance / would
not think IL hailed from a country where
the grasshopper is burden
We would like to have some men tell
us their ioea As to how THE NEWS Gre
ates abroad the impression that this city
and section are alive and progressive. 1t
is simply because 1t shows large amount
of home advertising. That is what peo-
pie always judge the business and enter.
prise OF city by. 1t pays, too. to create
such an impression, because it attracts a
good class of new settlers. If you want
EmpOria to be judged favorably: east,
keep its papers full of advertisements.
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$50 In Advance.

Subscribers will please to remember
that our rates are 81 per year IL not paid
in advance; SL5O if paid IN advance.
There are number who have not yet
paid for 1870, and if they want TO save 20
cents, by getting TIE NEYs for $3.50 IN
stead ofS2, they will make note OF this.
Call and hand in OF send lis the cash
without much delay. We must have sub
scriptions paid up promptly.
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right. We came 10 this state to stay.
and intend TO stick to il.
Our corn is all in, and everything
looks favorable. have q letter from
Fulton county, Illinois, saying that
the Kansas fever is lively in that state.
We win have fruit in Kansas this year,
as the buds arc all right. We are look
ing for Childers back from Illinois in a
couple of weeks, and then We will tell
what he has to say about things there.
j. W. ELLIS
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We would respectfully invite the Ia
dies, one and all, 20 come and examine
our dress goods department, among
which are TO be found choice selections of
camePs hair plaids. invisible plaids, sum.
mer silks, pongee lusters, serge suitings,
poplln, alpaeea, Irish poplins, sros-grain
silks. GFenadiles, black hernannis.
Scotch bingham. percales, English and
French lawns, together with large line
of linen srutings.
G. W NEWMAN e 20
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OLE BUSINESS alRN.
A Card.

Eos. NEws:-SInce the announcement
two weeks ago In The NEWS that would
hereafter place leans on long time at ten
per cent. interest, payable at the end o.
each year after the interest is earned, il
has been industrously circulated til AT
this advantage is made up for by certain
outside charges. commissions, sc. /
therefore take this measure OF saving that
these loans will be made at as little ex-
pense 20 the borrower rs will be incurred
with any other loan agent in the city.
EDWIN WATERBURY,.
MAY 10, 1875. 2ot1
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q Lex CEIRAP.-I viii sell and deliver ice
this season At = cent per pound. And if
any responsible parties think that my
stock will not last until next January, L
win contract to wait for my pay until the
season is closed, charging interest on
their aerounts. and if the ice gives out 1
Wiz nat t.liarga anything for what fur
niSh Them. Give me your orders.
1874 FRANK SCHMIDLING.
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''IIe-why, he's one of The most intern
perate men in town."
what! does he drink
mo, but he ehews tobacco all the
time"
This is all we caught Of the converse
ton as we passed, but It suggested to us
the idea that intemperats chewing, smok-
ing, lying, swearing, and swindling, may
be rs Objectionable as Incorporate liquor
drinking. Yes, and back biting, SANDER
ing, and gossiping are more so than any
others Pity that all kinds OF intemper-
ance can't be suppressed.
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NEW SnoP.-James T. Eskridge has
opened q new shop in the old Dixon
building, corner Of Commercial street and
Seventh avenue, for making and repair
Ing boots and shoes. Mr.. +. is well
known workman, having been engaged
at William Clapp's for several years.
His work will recommend itself. He de-
serves 4 full share OF the patronage OF the
public, and we hope he will receive It.
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Below we give the statistics OF the
sales of the different sewing machines for
the last three years. AS will be seen, the
sales OF the Singer has steadily increased,
while the sales of all others have dcereas-
ed, with one exception. This shows the
preference the people have for the Singer
machines. j. C. Hall q Bro. arc the
agents IN this place, and they inform us
their sales this year will exceed the sales
of any previous one. They have some
machines in their store that are beauties,
and will do any one good to see them. II
you want a reliable machine, take the ex-
perence ofthousands Of others and buy o
Singer:
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EUROPEAN TIcKETs.-H. f. Norton
Real Estate Agent, is agent 1or the
Anchor line of steamers, and il ready
TO supply tickets TO all persons who
may wish 10 visit at any point IN Eu-
rope, both TO go and reCTrn. 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
portant points east or west, north or
south, over the NJ. h. & T. railway.
II You are going east it will pay you to
see Norton before purchasing a ticket.
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WOOL.
To Farmers and Country Dealers.

:" \ . TOT" ssEIN1 NONLHANIJ DG04OESs
f. Epstine & Co. have taken j contract
to deliver 100000 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-
siize the outside figures in cash for their
stock.
Place of business, 1856 COMMERCIAL
STREET. 45tf.
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r. y. Bancroft, who was in Leaven
worth Monday evening, and saw Col
Anthony few minutes after he was shot
says that unless Embry had soon been
well guarded in Jail, the citizens would
have lynched him. He thinks there is nc
chance for Anthony to recover, and that
1t was only his fainting which permitted
the blood TO coagulate and stop its flow
from the severed artery.
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ropeka Is summing AZ a fsarrnl rnle

Topeka is squirming ut fearful rate
over its anxiety TO get the Insane Asylum
located there, and its equal anxiety to
avoid paying any bonus, The trustees
have selected q SF,aO0 site, and will locate
u there IL the citizens buy and donate
said site, and they want to buy Il bad,
but don't want to pay anything for it,.
The way they wlggle is distressing. II
they can't donate a site, the trustees had
better come TO Emporia.
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cheaper Rent and Cheaper Cooas.

10 our friends (if we have any), we
would say that we have e dug out,' and
taken up our quarters in the building
once occupied by Il. t. Wright, corner
OF Com. street and 18th 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 our
.plows, planters, cultivators, machines,
farming tools, &c, &c.
1Gtf S. j. SMITH IL co.
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PATRoNs, TAKE NoTICE.-The next
regular meeting of Americas Distrist
Council of Patrons of Husbandry will lie
held on the first Monday in June, at lC
o'clock a. M. Installation of officers and
other important business TO be transact.
Ell. There will also be meeting Of the
directors of Americas Commercial and
Manufacturing Company on the same
day. Let us have good turn out.
l., j, MOORE, Secretary.
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EMPORIA BUILDER AHEAD. - John
Hammond, Of this city, has received the
contract to build the agency buildings at
the new Pottowatomie agency ON the
Soldier, twenty miles north of Topeka.
His bid was $500 on the work. 1t is IC
he done within two months, when BIZ.
Hammond will go to work on his $1,000
contract Of II similar character in the In
,!ian Territory. John generally gets
away with the baggage.
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5ocIABLE.-The ladies of the NJ. E.
church will entertain the members and
friends Of the congregation at the resi-
dence Of the pastor, on the corner of Con-
stitution street and Fifth avenue, on
Wednesday evening next, May 10Th. The
members Of other societies and the public
generally are invited TO be present Re-
freshments will be served.