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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-07
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Omaha, Neb., season so backward
that the frost did little damage.
The prospects for wheat, oats and
fruit the finest ever known in the
State. 1t is thought the embryo
grasshoppers are destroyed.
Charlottesville. Ind, previous
cold has killed all the fruit. Wheat
will be half crop.
Logsnsport, Ind. Not much
damage. No small fruits expected.
Apple crop will be good.
Indianapolis, Ind. No material in
jury to wheat throughout Indiana.
Fruits badly damaged by previous
cold weather.
The interior of Kentucy is severe
ly damaged. Last year drouth and
chinch bugs destroyed the crops,
and this spring the frost has killed
about all the fruit aud seriously
dam aged the growing wheat.
Kansas City, Mo. Western Mis-
souri, and Southern Kansas will
have a one half wheat crop, and q
big corn crop, grasshoppers disap-
peaaing. Fruit safe.
Detroit. Mich, May 3.-Carefnl
inquiry throughout the State re-
garding the effect of Saturday
nights frost on wheat, gives the
general opinion that it suffered no
iujury, having been fully protected
by several inches of snow, which
fell during Saturday. With few
exceptions our reports indicate the
prospects of much better crop oil
wheat than has generally been ex-
pected.
Spring field, Ill. Wheat not dam
aged. Fair crops IN some local.
ties.
st. Paul, MINI. Dry and cold
weather favorable TO planting,
Grasshopper scare over. No spec
ial damage by the freeze of Saturday
night in this State.
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Notice to Breeders.

OUR popular young Clydesdale horse.
" Dick Wagner, may be found the first
three days of each week at our farm six miles
east of Emporia. The last three days of each
week ut Davis livery stable in EmpOria.
where We Will take pleasure in showing him
to all DESTROYS of breeding good horses.
16ti ID. A. HUNTER y BRO.
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TREES AND PLANTS.

T HAVE for sale three thousand cottonwood
L trees, two years old, two IA ouSand aspAra-
gus plants, two years old. aud Two hundred
Houghton seeding goosberries, two years
old. Cottonwood trees. So 80 per 100; aspara-
gus $9.50 per 600; gooSeberies. 500 per 100.
JAS DOLE.
Tiff miles north OF EmpOrin.
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FURNITURE.

T WANT the people TO know that 1 am
L making new and repairing old Office and
house furniture cheap rs il can he done
elsewhere, ami will call and get it and return
il without extra charge. Carpenter and join
er work done also. Picture frames made
Shop on west Side of Commercial street, sd
door north of eth avenue.
40 l.. F. BAILEY.
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RETAIL DEALERS INVITED
LYON COUNTY TOWNS.
Hartford Nursery,

WE offer large quantity OF home grown
wv fruit trees. eYergreens and ornamental
shrubs at very low rates One hundred choice
varieties OF apples. Trees 2 &c years old az
from seven 10 ten dollars per hundred, ami
bearing trees at $12 % per 160at the nursery
Como and examine orr stock. 1t is 2rst-claSs
CHAMBERS & DAYSINGER
Hartford, Lyon County, Kansas. 1sm2
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GEo. WATE

GEO. WAITE
Wishes 20 announce to the public that he Is
now ready 70 supply Hll the above plants and
vegetables they may desire Orders or for
from 100 70 10000 promPfly iilei, He Is
really for b.zTun on plants and vegetables
he wa5S y - ., 1on that lse cannot
cannot be exeeiicd n quality His potatoes
are Red NaaseIa0nd. Teflow NaBsemoHd, ana
wslte's garden adjoining the city on Che
southeast. GEO. WAITE.
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Plants for Sale.

300, 900 Sweet Potato Plants,
100000 Cabbage Plants,
1000 Tomato Plants,
10000 Pepper Plants.
And all kinds of vegetables in their sea
son, at my residence, four miles southeast
of Emporia, at the lowest rates. A Iiber-
al discount will be given when purchased
in large quantities. All orders promptly
filled. Address
A. q. WILHITE,
lime Emporia, Kan.
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A TTORNE;H At LAW, Emporia, Kansas
IA probate Judge Lyon county. Office in
SPws black, EmPOria. 1877
TESSiE V. FLEMING will take notice that
- she has been sred in the District Court OF
Lyon county. ia the state Of Kansas and that
the petition OF the plaintiff is now on 1le in
the Cierk's ONCE OF said District Court; that
the names of the parties to said suit are iona
than Fleming. plaintiff, and Jessie v. TIem-
ing, defendant; that she will be required to
answer said petition on or before the cath day
of June, 1870, or said petition will be taken rs
true, and Judgment rendered accordingly, di-
Vorcing said plaintiff from said defendant
and decreeing that she, the said defendant be
forever barred from setting mp or claiming
any right, title or interest in or TO the follow
ing described real estate, sitna te, lying and
being in Lyon county, in the state of Kansas.
to-wIt: The northeast quarter IN G "a of sec
tion TWENTY-FIVE t22), township nineteen 40.
range thirteen (13).
RANDOLPH & sEDGwICK,
1924 Att'ys for Plaintiff
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WINnSOR HnTEL.

AR. LUTHER, at 3 heavy expense, has
IH1 just completed new hotel, opposite the
depot. He Is now prepared to furnish better
accommodations than any hotel in the city.
Boarding by the day. Sc 90.
- W. r. LUTHER.
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County Scrip.

nARTIES wishing TO realize Immediately
i IN county scrip, at reasonable rates. may
lind IL to tkier advantage to send me memo
randum OF smount they have to sell and
Io7crSf price they will take
T. WILDER,
Topeka, Kansas.
AuriI 9th 1917 Iotf
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THE GREAT FREEZE OF
MAY FIRST.
Not much Harm done In Kan
Sas, Effects -ElGe where.

Not much Harm done In Kan
sas, Effects -EISewhere.
The Commonwealth of Monday
had many special kilograms relative
to the effects of the same part of
Saturday night, SIay LIST. That frost
appears to have visited all the west
ern and northern States at least.
Kansas escaped pretty well. We
condensed the reports:
HUTCHINSON, KAs., May /, 20.
Another fine rain yesterday serves
to confirm the confidence of farm
ers and business men, that q fruit
full season will repair the losses of
last year.
The large area of winter wheat in
the Arkansas valley looks superbly.
No county ever had better pros
pect for sTnallsgIains, including oats
and spring rye. Ali hands are hard
al work, and some new settlers are
coming in. No grasshoppers are to
be seen here as no eggs were depos-
tied last season. Building proceeds
rapidly in Hutchinson. Congress
man Brown and Mr.. Hegwer have
commenced a double store building
eighty feet deep and two stories
high, making the fourth brick and
stone business house going up on
Main street this spring, together
with fifteen dwellings within the
city limits.
Sedalis, Mo-, reports much injury
done in that section, and crops gen.
orally backward.
Atchison, rs, wheat in that part
of the State, good, and wet weather
of past three weeks repaired Jam
of the winter. Not as many grass
hoppers as in 1867. Frost of May
1st did but little damage.
Lawrence, KS. Frost hurt garden
vegetables, but not wheat or oats,
and little to fruit blossoms. Crops
all looking well and large area of
land planted.
Fort Scott, KS, frost did no ma
terial damage. Every indication of
good crops. Not much wheat in,
but plenty of corn.
Leavenwortb, Ks., little harm by
frost, and fruit and wheat uniDjur-
Weather keeps cold.
st. Joseph No., not more than
half crop of wheat on the upland
in counties north of here. Early
sown wheat stood the frost. Large
corn crop being planted. Although
the ice was half an inch thick Sat-
urday night, the fruit was little in
iorad
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6lO0.00 hedge plants for sale, two year olds
% at one and one-haif and two dollars per
Thousand, [carefally handled) half mile south
west of Emporia JV RANDOLPH.
1911
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
l.. KELLOGG.
&c. w. CUNNINGHAM,

A TTOGNElr AT LAW, EmpOria, Kansas
"A Ofiee in NEWS block, mp stairs. I9tf
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Money to Loan.
Hedge Plants for Sale.
Hadga Plants For Sale

360.OOO good two-year old hedge plants
for sale. b. +. MYER j. BRO,
81 miles east of EmporiA
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FROM NKosHo I:APIDs TU HART
FORD.

Peabody cries for cemetery
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We learn that the authorities of the
A., T. C S. +. Il. r. have made II tour
of their road, and find that all reports
of grasshoppers along the line are
without foundation. They have had q
meeting east, at which they agreed to
take passengers who are seeking
homes, at Z cents per mile instead OF
five cents as heretofore, reduction
which is sure to gain many passengers
and a great number of settlers along
the line of the road.-Newton kansan.
Peabody cries for a cemetery
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Hartford, April &c, 1875.
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Judge Pierrepont, OF New Y ork
has accepted the Office Of U. s. AT.
tOrney General.
, 1875-01-23
KILOGRAMS BY ENGLISH MAIL
OF PRINCE
ALFONSO AS KING OF SPAIN.
PARIS, Dec. 81, 9.55 AM.

ANS O6C, o. 500 AMI
A despatch received here from Madrid Of this
mornings date announces that Prince Alfonso
has been proclaimed King of Spain, and recog-
Missed by all the armies Of the North and Gen.
ire.
The Journal des D65ats of to day publishes
intelligence from Madrid, stating that the agi-
tation produce i by the Alphonsist party pre-
walls in that city, and that the troops have con-
sequently been confined to barracks.
The ex-Queen Isabella has received the fol-
lowing Geographic despatch from Madrid, dated
Wednesday, midnight:
1.-THE armies of the Centre and North and
the g~arrisons of Madrid and the provinces have
proclaimed Prince Alphonso as King of Spain.
Madrid and all the towns Of Spain respond to
this proclamation with enthusiasm. General
Primo de Rivera is Captain, General of Madrid.
M. Canovas del Castillo is leader of the AL
phOnsist party. We beg your Majesty to trans
NIT this Jews to your august son, as we do not
know where he is at present to be found. We
heartily congratulate your Majesties on this
great triumph, obtained without conflict and
without bloOdshed."
The above despatch is signed by General
Primo de Rivera and Senior Canovas del Cas-
tillo.
PARIS, Dec. 81, Evening.
General Martinez Campos entered Valencia
at the head Of the troops, which had been sent
to oppose him.
At the first news Of the pronunciamiento
Marshal Serrano quilted the Army Of The North,
and returned to Madrid.
The Government instituted at Madrid under
the Presidency of Senior Antonio CanOvas del
Castillo is composed as follows
, 1875-01-23

It is announced that Marshal Serrano, the
commander in-chief of the Army Of the North,
warmly accepts the proclamation of Prince Al
phonso as King of Spain.
Queen Isabella has repliedt to Senior CanOvas
del Castillo and General Primo de Rivera that
the new King will proceed at once to Spain.
Prince Alfonso has telegraphed to the Pope
for his blessing, assuring his Holiness that, like
his ancestors, he will defend the rights Of the
Holy See.
Prince AlphoDso has not passed through
Paris, but has gone direct to Spain, and Will
enter that country by way of Cadiz, OF perhaps
by Valencia.
S~ANTANDBs, Dec. 81.
Prince Alphonso has been proclaimed King
of Spain by the troops. The o is quiet.
The Civil Governor has resigned. The Navy
is also In favour of Prince Alfonso.
S|ANTANDER, Dec 81, Evening.
The proclamation of Prince Alfonso as King
of Spain is supported by the Navy. The mill
tary have taken possession of the public Offices.
Some merchant ships in the harbour are deco
rated, but the population of the tow generally
appear Indifferent. Marshal Serrano is stated to
acquiesce in the Alphonsist prorunciamiento.
The Minister of the Interior has telegraphed
to each of the Governors of the provinces as.
follows
"Alphonso XII. has been unanimously pro-
claimed King ofSpain by the nation and Army.
A Ministry acting as Regency has been form
ed under the presidency of Senior Antonio Can
ovas del Castillo, without portfolio, who have
possessed for some time the confidence and
powers of the Monarch"
The message proceeds -" I hope that, in.
spired by the duties of your charge and your pa
triotism, you will continue to maintain firmly the
grave interests which society has confded to
you"
The Alphonsists consider that Oarlism has
received its death-blow.
MADRID, Dec. 90.
The Carlist band, under the Cure of Alcabon,
has been overtaken and routed a second time
in La Mancha.
RECEPTION AT THE ELYsEE.
PARIS, Thursday Night.
The diplomatists, some of whom are accredit-
ed by South American republics, who fastened
from the Elys6e to congratulate Queen Isabel.
la. found her saloons thronged with persons
, 1875-01-23

are apprehensions lest the military element
should after all insist on the original text of
Article 3, which authorises drafting from the
Landsturm into the Landwehr; and the rapid
progress Of reorganization in the French army
will be used as an argument.
The fate Of Herr Leonhardt, the Minister of
Justice, is still in suspense, and it is not i'm
probable that he may ultimately be forced to
retire.
, 1875-01-23

The diplomatists, some of whom are accredit.
ed by South American republics, who fastened
from the Elysee to congratulate Queen Isabel
la. found her saloons thronged with persons
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THE REWARDS.

After all, the rewards offered by the
Board Of County Commissioners OF
Williamson il something" The Of
fetal order is published in the
Marion Monitor, and Is tina,
arwsrd Of one thousand dollars he paid
by the county of Williamson, for the ar
rest, apprehension and conviction ofeacl
and every murderer of David A. Bull
ner, James Henderson, Vincent Hinch.
cliff and William Spence. IF rewards
had been offered when Bulliner and Hen
derson were killed, very likely the other
murders would not have occurred, from
which we may learn that little extrav-
agance in efforts to secure the punish
meni Of any murderer may, and very
probably will be economy. If now all
the murderers implicated in the vendetta
should be arrested and convicted, Will
hanson county will be bankrupted; but
the little word, convicted is sure
protection of the county treasury.
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JACKSON COUNTY LAWLESSNEss

The jackson county papers of last
week contain an account OF the opera.
tons OF the ku-kluX in that county lately
which shows that, in some respects, Jack.
son is not far behind its sister county of
Williamson. With not much embellish.
ment, the revelations of the jackson
county papers might be transferred to
the pages Of q Observation-Disclosures novel,
where they would compare lavorably,wilh
the thrilling accounts OF the daredevil
adventures Of Mnrrill or Duyal.
About week ago, two farmers, Reu-
Den jenkins and Vim. Anderson, living
near Ava In Jackson county, went to
'na' village and disposed of a load of
wheat On their return, as they were
driving along the country road. thew
~ere confronted by two men, wearing
olack suits. all made in one piece. with q
wnHs stripe down the outside Of each leo
enrge white star on each breast, with can
osd u'ask VII In one piece, the only open.
ing being sye-holes." One Of these men
stopped the team. the other, in approved
hishwsyman style, drew revolver and
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IS a late speech at Syracuse, New York.
Gov. Tildcn said that in his journey in
the state he had been frequently followed
by persons, asking for their friends, and
Tor those in whom they were Interested.
pardons from the prisons and pcnitentis.
rcs. 81 have" he went on, sheen com.
PEELED to look into such eases and see
who are the inmates of these institutions
and of what they have been accu.ed--to
sec what II is that constitutes the wrong
TO society of which they have been con-
victcd. When have compared their Of
fences in their nature, temptations, and
circumstances with the crimes of greal
public delinqucnts who claim to stand
"mong your best society and are confess
jscdly prominent among their fellow citi-
zens-crimes repeated and continued year
after year. am appalled, at the Unequal.
ity of human justice"
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demanded Of the farmers their money.
The farmers denied having any, the rob.
bers were memorable, and after little
parley. fourteen dollars and watch
which one of the farmers had, passed
into the possession OF the robbers. Amer
| this the transactions were brought TO n
close and the robbers permitted the far
mcrs TO move on.
The next victim was Mr.. Andrew
Chew, whom the highwaymen relieved
OF few dollars. They then made their
way to the farm house of n Mr.. Morgan.
compelled him to sit down in n chair,
while they searched the house. but found
nothing they cared to take. An old man
working in field next claimed their at
tcntion. They went to him and de-
inanded money. lie told them he had
none, but If they would 90 with him to
the house, he would give them some.
They went. the old man entering i'm adj
vance of them, but when they saw him In
the doorway, not with purse but with a
shot gun In his hand, they ran away.
subsequently, these two men were ar.
rested and lodged in the Jackson county
Jail at Murphysboro where they now are.
The name of one is Montgomery Stevens.
who has served term of three years in
the State pententiary for horse stealing
and who has been home from Joliet only
about three months. The identity of the
other one appears to be not well estab-
lished. Reports conflict rs to whether he
Is one Brown who stands indicted for the
murder of his father-in-law In 1872. or
william Flood. who lives near Ava.
The arrest ofthc two men was brought
about by the operations of n vigilance
committee TO which the people of Jack
son county. in the neighborhood of Ava.
have at last rcsorted as u more efficient
protection against kll-kluxism and h,w-
lcssncss than the slow and uncertain
working of the law. Twenty disguised
men went to Stevens house. made him
get up and 90 before them to n cornticld.
ana there, by order of the captain or
'~"'N's nv wac siiot uuiu uc WAS WOulltlpu
In both arms and otherwise crippled
lie then, according 20 statement made
aitcrward by himself, sought Flood, his
in crime-both made their
way to Murphysboro where they were
arrested by the sheriff of jackson county.
This last ku.kluX operation in Jackson
county Is of piece with many similar
outrages which have been committed in
Saline and Williamson counties.
Robbing men, whipping them, compel.
ling them to dance and sing on their own
porches, &C., &C., arc old-time amuse-
ments with the ku-klux of Southern Iii.
nois. limo one instance has single one
OF them been brought to justice. The
vigilance committee of jackson county
mean business. Since legiti-
mate means have either failed or have
never been applied to the wiping out of
the disgrace of Southern Illinois. not
even law-abiding citizens will complain
ut the irregular manner in which punish
ment is indicted upon the lawless.
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IsCAPT. HAMILTON ArOOL Z.

The Mound City journal ackuowl-
edges that Capt. Ilambleton agreed
with Mcssrs. Willis and Looney, in their
action about the soldiers monument. but
still insists that they are corrupt and he
is not.
"What Willis aud Looney did about
the monument, proves them," says the
Journal, "to be corrupt men: but, al
though Capt. Hambleton was Il party to
all they did, he is not corrupt"
"Why, how can such thing be! How
can YOU say Willis and Iooney are cor
rupt, and that Hambleton Is not If he Is
guilty OF what justities you in charging
them with corruption:' This we ask.
"The truth is" the Journal responds,
usually when two Radicals are appoint
Ell to do anything one Democrat of easy
Virtue--a stealer--is appointed with
hem, II the commission is of three A.: but
IN appointing Haiubleton, the Governor
missed his mark. Hambleton is not q
rascal he Is only fool He is boat
builder, but knows nothing about any.
h'hg else. lie is so stupid his wife can.
not trust him to buy load Of turnip'
e'eh' lie became the easy prey of hi
mNhed associates on the commission
Ahey persuaded him against his jndg
meh' that Emery Il Co.'s design wa
ICY uey persuaded him. live statute
, meie as good as four, at the price OF five
'n's persuaded him shabby workmanshi
was oil the best character &c.
NOW, this is downright insult {
capt Hambleton, and we have no doul
ne would prefer to be called a rascal tina
oe considered as great a TOOL a. Pottc
makes him.
On our part, We believe Capt. ilar,bl
ton was the ablest commissioner. and II
all were perfectly honest in the perlor
snce Of their duties while building
monument.
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TALKS LIRE policeman.

The Gazette says that Fourthwarlcl
remarked to hi, neighbor the other day:
"You shot at my dog, sir.''
To this the neighbor Replied:
I'D ontca Readam nifid ids lr. Whata
reyo nag Oingt odoab o,ltit!"
This is the kind Of Latin that is taught
at immense expense, to the great disgust
of all Tax-Payers' Associations, in the
Public High Schools, and being transla-
ted into English is as follows:
81 don't care a d-n if / did. What
are you going to do about it!''
We leave it to Mayor Winter, if that
Fourthwartler don't talk like q police
man,
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employed. But another question Is, how
did they ""''t exist. Animals a' " Sre
limited to countries, outside of which
they are never found In 4 natural state.
Here again. there are other innumerable
questions in connection with this subject.
which might he put. How did they Oct
light or air, bearing in mind, there was
only one small widow provided. How
did they subsist on coming out, consider
ing every living creature. executing
themselves were dead! How did the fish
and plants survive and we read Of no re-
creation? Whence came the water ?
Where has it gone? Bearing all the
facts have related. In mind. no intclli-
gent person can arrive at any other
conclusion than that there was no such
flood.