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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-01-14

THE EAGPoRIA LIBRARY.-A strong ef-
fort Is being made by the officers and
friends Of the Library Association to get
the concern out Of debt, and 80 reduce
its expenses as TO keep It out. The Ii
brary will soon be moved to the office Of
F. e. Smith, over Wicks d Benefits store
The reading room will be discontinued, and
the Library kept open for members only,
every afternoon, and Saturday evening.
Messrs. Z. r. Bruner and A. A. Baker
have been appointed COMMITTEES TO call on
the business men for annual memberships.
Let there be q general response. There
will be humorous lecture for the benefit
Of the association on Friday evening Jan.
2lst, by j. G.. Waters, Esq.,-subject, 90
nah and the Whale" The ladies are also
an entertainment for Feb. 22d,
In aid OF the same good cause. We hope
they will both be well patronized, for the
sake OF this worthy institution.
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A twenty-six inch vein of coal has
been discovered in Ellsworth county.
The-coal has been tested, and pro-
nounced of excellent quality, and the
supply inexhaustible. -
The Democrat says: "There is a
man, in Council Grove, when asked If
he proposed to attend the Centennial,
replied that he did not, as he had been
to several, and they didn't amount to
much"
The Democrat urges the farmers of
Morris county to utilize the wind pow
er by employing wind-miIls in pump
ing water, threshing, saving wood,
Smelling corn, grinding feed, etc. ETC.,
and remarks that the cheapest motive
power in existence is the wind. Its
suggestions are good.
One of that class of loud mouthed
brawlers, who rush into q new thing
as fast as they peter out of another,
Joined the grange for the purpose OF
crushing these odd monopoiies.' He
hadn't brushed the manure off his boots
before he rushed to a monied man and
said, sHNow, you furnish the money,
and we will control this wheat busi-
ness r'-[Junction City Union.
F. P. Baker, of Topeka, has resign
ed his position as secretary of the State
Historical Society, and Judge F. G..
Adams has been appointed to fill the
place. Judge Adams will carefully
preserve all newspapers of the State
that are sent to the Society, also ali
documents, records, books, etc., that
contain any information about Kansas.
According to the Kansas Farmer the
State Grange Is in the hands of ring
which is nismanaging the order. That
paper says:
The fact that the State Grange
treasury was empty, that fifteen hun
dred dollars had 20 be borrowed on
individual account, to pay the expenses
of the late session of the State Grange
that the executive COMMITTEES could
present little or nothing to show fol-
the expenditures Of the funds
of the order Is proof that Their.
was reason in the suggestion of thi.
Journal, that the Kansas State Grang.
needed new, competent executive.
scommittee.
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Tho Marrow Gauge sxstsm.

The article on our second page from the
Emporla Real Estate Register should be
read and pOndered by every man In Kan
sas. 1t embOdies the matured experience
or some OFT best railroad men in the
nation. It is too common y remark that
eve do not care how much the railroads
cost, 1t Is not our money that builds
them" The exact reverse Of this remark
Is true. Every man who uses q railroad,
or anything transported by q railroad,
must pay HRS proportion Of the expenses
Of that road, and the interest on ITS cost.
The merchant or shipper cares but lit
tie what his freights are, the producer
and consumer must pay 1t. The farmer,
more than any other man, is virtually in
terested in cheap freIghts, and cheap
rates cannot be had, In the nature OF
things, on expensive roads. A multiple
ity Of expensive roads cannot make cheap
freights, but rather tend to advance them.
AS there is at any given point, but GER
tain amount Of business to be done, which
one road is abundantly able to do, how is
it possIble that several roads can afford to
do it less than one? In order to have
cheap freights, we must have cheap roads,
no matter whose money builds them.
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HERD LAw.-The little agitation of the
herd law question in this county, devel-
ops the fact that about tour-fifths OF the
solid m en- in Lyon county are opposed to
that law. There is just no use in talking,
as between more people and cattle, they
take the cattle. We wish we had few
COWS, and one or two we'll improved
farms.-Emporia News.
The opponents of the herd law think
counties will grow In wealth more rapid
ly without a herd law. Cattle bring
more money into the country than any
thing else we have to sell. Some of this
money is spent for grain, some for win
tering cattle, and some for labor. AL
most all of it finally gets to the farmers
who are just beginning, and 1t helps
them. Without it they could not get
along. In a short time they in turn will
become employers, and thus make room
for others. This process of settling up
was exceedingly slow at first but is going
on more rapidly each year. In Green
wood county the gain is considerable each
year. Even during 1874 and 1875 Green
wood county gained In population, while
the reverse was the case in many OF the
herd law counties.-Eureka Herald.
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THE NEW BoARD,s PROCEEDING

Monday and Tuesday January 10th and
18th, 1875.
Present-D. S. Gilmore, Isaac A. Tay-
lor, L. A. Wood. The board organized
by electing D. s. Gilmore chairman for
the ensuing term.
The board approved Of the Official bond
Of B. F. Hull, constable, EImendaro town.
ship.
The board made personal examina.
ton Of the poor house, jail, court house,
aad Investigated matters generally, be fore
proceeding to further business.
The use OF the west cell of the county
Jail was rendered to the City of Emporia
as calabOose, for one year, at the rate OF
"a per month, subject to revocation at
any time, by said board of county COM
missioners.
On motion the board ordered the coun-
ty attorney to proceed to collect all sums
due the county from the City, CT Emporia
or other parties for rent.
The sheriff was authorized to appoint a
janitor for the court house at q salary of
ten dollars per month and jailer at sal
airy OF $15 per month, including fire wood.
On motion the board ordered that the
legal advertising of Lyon county be pub
nshed In THE EMPORIA NEWS. on con-
dition that the proceedings of the board
Of commissioners be published gratutious-
ly.
On motion the board ordered that all
accounts for costs OF county or other Of
ticers be approved by the county attorney
before presentation to the board for al
lowance.
Daniel Bitter of Center township, and
Lewis Haber Of Americas township,
were appointed to assist the probate
judge In his examination of the affairs OF
the county treasury.
The following bills aud accounts were
allowed:
N. T. Nix, filling at Cottonwood bridge,
$50; John Bay, sheriff and bailiff's fees,
%; Thos. Beers, boarding prisoners, etc.,
claimed $l1.00, allowed $1,000; Thos.
Beers, janItor. jailer and baiIiff's fees,
claimed S12.S3; allowed 1922; j. s. Wat
son, coal for poor, So; J. l.. Rltford, re-
pairing fence, so; N. Lockerman, wood,
$133.S7; Almern Gillett, county attorney,
salary, S125; G. W. Frederick, clerk fees,
claimed 90, allowed 80; e. T. Nichols,
special constable fees, Ss.25; Emporia
News, Driating, SeS.67; Ellen Dix, poor,
(order Of the former board), $11.25. To-
tai, $S75.16.
Board adjourned to Monday, Feb. LIST,
at 10 9. m. j. s. CRAIG, Co. Clerk.
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STATE ITEMS.

Kansas has 1897 Oranges.
Bees are swarming at La Cygne.
| Potters clay in Greenwood county.
There are 1929 Pennsylvanians il
Kansas.
Salt is manufactured in Greenwood
county.
Two hundred and forty spindles in
the Enterprise mills.
Twelve hogs were sold in Independ-
enee last week for $427.3O.
The Atchison lottery scheme sells at
the rate of / 800 shares per day.
They have mineral we'll in Oswe-
go, for which they claim great medi-
cal virtues.
The farmers of Mitchell county are
getting up their summers wood.
The Oswego Independent claims
that cotton is a perfect success in La
bette county.
Considerable blowing for spring
crops is being done in different parts
of the State.
The Lawrence Tribune thinks it bad
logic to argue that a man won't steal
because he is rich.
The premium corn of 1879 was rails
ed in Greenwood county. The yield
was III 1-2 bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Collins of Cloud county fell out
of his Wagon on New Years-nose
mashed and three teeth lost.
Crawford county will vote for bonds
on the 22d of January, to aid in the
construction of the Joplin railroad.
Baxter Springs has an accession to
her colored population; large party
of immigrants from Tennessee.
Atchison county has an apiary that
yielded 3,071 pounds of honey and $50
pounds of comb; an average of ia
pounds to each swarm.
The salary of the secretary OF the
State Grange is 81 900 per annum, to
include clerk hire. The Masters sal
airy is 500 and expenses.
The Kansas Pacific trains no longer
run to Wyandotte, SO that passengers
by that route will leave the X. P. rail-
road either at Armstrong or at Kansas
City.
There are only nine papers now in
the Missouri and Kansas Associated
Press. Six years ago there were
eleven in Kansas alone. The monop-
ly thus strengthens.
The new Board of Commissioners in
Davis county is going to adopt the
herd law right away.
Lappin, ex-State treasurer, reported
to have absconded, and will fail to
stand trial.
1t is rumored that the L. S. supreme
court has decided adverse to the Usage
land settlers, and in favor of the rail-
road, by vote of seven to two.
At Independence, on the 10th, Mrs.
Landon, while alone in her house, fell
IN fit, got her clothes on fire, and af-
ter wandering from the room, fell
hurned to death on the doorsteps.
Advices from all parts of the State
represent winter wheat to be in fine
condition. The mild winter and late
rains have brought out the late wheat.
With favorable spring the largest
crop ever produced in Kansas will be
as almost double the area of
former years have been soWn.
An analysis of table. salt manufac-
tured at Solomon City was made at the
agricultural college. The result shows |
less impurities than the Saginaw arti-
Gle, which has a wide reputation for
purity. -----.
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Mr.. Bay retired from the sherif's ONCE
at ths close ofhIs second term, on the 10th,
with an excellent record and as popular
as ever with all kinds Of people. He had
already gone into the grain commission
business, and was running the restaurant
In Bancroft block, but wishing to keep
right busy, he last week bought out J. c.
Hall . Bros dry goods business. and will
give his special attention to that line Of
trade, keeping also lot OF boots, shoes,
cts. As will be seen by his advertise.
ment, Mr.. Bay proposes to sell for cash
only, and sell cheap. he has . very de.
sirable stock Of goods, new and in style
and will see that Bays dry goods store
keeps up with the best.
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If you want pure and unadulterated
drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, dye
stuffs, fine toilet soaps, fancy hair, tooth
and cloth brushes, perfumery and fancy
articles. select lot of pocket CUTLERY,
razors, shaving cream, stationery, pocket.
books and wallets, trusses, supporters,
and choice medical wines and liquors for
medicinal use only, call at the old and e.
liable drug store of
25-tf DIR. j. A. MOORE's.
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NEosHo RAPIDs CHIT.CHAr.

Railroad son the BRAIN is what is
the matter with us down here, and a
junction is all that we ask, little
enough to be sure. 4l,r,
Miss Maggie Davidson and BROTH
er, Master Willie, Of Americas, are
spending a part of the holidays at
Mrs. j. E. Jones', their sister.
---Our Christmas tree was a grand
success. We cannot mention the
many valuable articles on the tree ;
suffice it to say that Superintendent
Kelley received large scarf of many
colors, from the pupils OF Mrs. John
E. Jones' testament class, and large
family bible from Mr.. John E. Jones'
bible class, and Rev. Wright hand
some pair of slippers. The children
were not forgotten, everyone getting
something. The purchasing commit
tee made wise and judicious selec-
ton in their presents, as was made
manifest by the children. The COM
mittee on arrangements, Mrs. j. E.
Jones, Howard, Hancock, Taplin,
Richmond, and Misses S. Bierly and j.
YOlton and Mr.. Richmond, did their
work in due season, hence the success
OF this our first Christmas tree Every
body came happy and expectant, and
went away the happiest OF mortals save
the writer who was so small that San
ia Claus failed to see him.
MIR. Traylor, ST., is lying danger
ously i'll at his residence on the Cot
tonwOod.
"A literary society is in progress at
the Junction school house.
Mr.. Tolford, of this place, has a
cow that weighs 1922 lbs. and girts
about feet. Who can beat it?
The old year went out, and the
new year came in with glorious two
days rain. Respectfully,
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Following are correct rules for measur
ing the weight of cattle:

Following are correct rules for meRsur-
ing the weight Of cattle:
The only instrument necessary is q
measure with feet and inch marks upon
it. The girth Is the circumference Of the
animal, just behind the shoulder blades.
The superficial feet are obtained by null
tiplying the girth and length The fol.
lowing are the rules TO ascertain the
weight OF the animal:
Ii less than one foot in girth, multiply
superficial feet by eight.
Ii less than three and more than one,
multiply superficial feet by eleven.
IL less than I'VE and more than three,
multiply superficial teet by sixteen.
II less than seven and more than five
multiply SUPERFICIAL feet by twenty three
II less than nine and more than seven
multiply superficial feet by thirty-three.
If less than eleven and more than nine
multiply superficial feet by forty-two.
Example: Suppose the gtfth OF . bull
lock be six feet three inches; length, 6ye
feet six inches; the superficial area VII
then be thirty -four; and in accordanct
with the preceding table, the weight VII
be seven hundred and eighty-tWo pounds
Example: Suppose pig 20 measure II
gtrth two feet and length one foot ntn'
inches. There would then be three and
\ half feet, which multiplied by eleven
gives thirty-eight and 3 hall pounds .
the weight OF the animal when dressed
In this way the weight Of the four guar
ters can be substantially ascerteined d0
ring life.
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AGNES CITY ON THE HERD LAW.
AGNES CRY. LYON Co., KAs.

AGNES CITY, LYON Co., HAS.
The principal objection to the law as il
now stands is that it practically destroys
all grazing, and robs the State Of its pros
pective beauty. Looking forward to the
time when this State shall be feneed-aIl
the tilable and much OF the grazing lands,
If you please, also, with good substantial
stone and hedge-thus making it one of
the most beautiful countries on the globe,
thus inducing more moisture, giving
greater certainty Of crops. Would also
put stop TO the greatest drawback to
our State, tO-wit: prairie fires, as stone
walls, or hedges, properly protected
would make good fire breaks.
But, to the herd law. The law gives
protection to all decided land, whether
railroad or nonresident SPECTATORS
land. How many persons within this
county would have a common within
reach Of them with such law. Now
Mr.. Editors suppose we make a hedge
fence law in place of a herd law. So that
any person who will break and properly
prepare the ground for hedge and put
out the plants, then give notice to the
town trustees, who shall appoint fence
viewers to view aud report said embriO
fence. which shall be partition to said
land for five years. II at any time with
in five years any person "a eitizen) shall
see that said fence is being neglected may
complain to the town trustee, who shall
order fence viewers to view said fence
and report. II complaint should be sus-
tanned, and the owner Of such fence shall
not within q reasonable time comply,
such farm shall be by the town trustee
declared to be a common. Thus you see,
that ali land not so nor otherwise fenced,
would be common. 1 have very little
faith in any one fencing, unless there is
some inducement. / think such law
would induce more and better settlers,
than the present herd law.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-01-14

There are in existence great many
musical instruments which are sadly neg
lected in the most important part Of their
construction, that is, tone. More time is
taken, and too much labor and expense
attached to the case, and the tone sadly
neglected. This Is not the case from what
is said by the most credible parties OF Mr..
ID. +. Beatty's instruments. The tone he
considers the most essential part, and he
spares no pains to make il durable, rich
and perfect, and then constructs its case
to correspond with price. See his adYer-
tisement elsewhere.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-01-14

GOING EAST, Oh TO CoLoRADQ.-Take
the Atehison, Topeka s Santa Fe railroad
via Kansas City or AtehIson, where de
reet connection is made in Onion Depots
with all the great trunk lines for the
East, North and South without tedious
delays or transfers. The shortest route
to Pueblo the Grand Canon, Colosado
Springs, Manitou, Pixies Peak, and all
places Of note in the mountain regions.
The favorite route to Denver and all
points in Northern Colorado. The best
route to Southern Colorado, New Mexi-
co, AMI Arizonia. The only direct route
20 the famous San Suan mines. Through
tickets to all points. Baggage checked to
destination, sleeping car berths, sections
or staterooms secured on application.
For full descriptive circulars, maps,
time tables, etc., address or call On
s. L. SARGENT,
If Agent, Emporia.
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PAY UP TO JANUARY 1st, 1879.

1t is necessary that all Of our transient
advertising accounts be settled so that we
can balance our books up to Jan. list, 1875
We have therefore sent bills to all par.
ties who owe for transient Advertising
stray notices, 3 cent column advts., etc
We ask that these little accounts.E mall in
each case, but numerous, be prompt,
paid. It is simply impossible to allow 9
lot Of little accounts to drag along aftel
the year is closed. Parties we do moi
hear from will hear from US again, but
we trust that all will attend to the mat
ter on first call.
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PEARL WEDDING.-Rev. John Rankin
of this city, reached the Goth anniversary
of his marriage on Sabbath, January I'd
On the Thursday following, this event
was celebrated by family reunion, at
the residence OF his nephew, Hon. John
x. Rankin, Of Lawrence. Sixty years OF
unbroken companiOnship, as many in the
ministry, u large family, nearly ali living,
and such well preserved vigor, make an
instance Of preservation and constancy
rare indeed. Where among million is
another its equal? Mr.. Rankin is now
in has eighty-fOurth year, and his wife is
only about a year Younger.
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The wheat market continues very
quiet The railroads having put up
frelghts again, larely, our shippers can
not pay more than 20 cents per bushel
for corn, for Baltimore, their best mar
ket now. They cannot pay 20 cents to
ship to St Louis. One firm here offer
ed TO ship 100 car loads of corn to Bal
timOre per week II the A., T. & s. F.
railroad will return to its recent
rates. but the road sticks to its high
tariff.
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Closing of Mails ut EmPOrIa.
EMPORLA.

NEW ADvRRTIsEBENTs.-W present
this week the following list OF new adj
Vertisements, TO be found under that head
on our second page:
True a CO-Agents wanted.
w. ID. Slack-Cneap lands.
20 Vickery 4 Corr to agents.
Nat Pub Co.-Centennial History OF u. 8.
Geo. +. Rowell q Co.-Religious weeklies
Hitchcock q Walden ChriStion Advocate
John Carter-Administrator notice
q. q. Observation-Disclosures
Adam Mohler-Boot & shoe manufacturer
A. q. Observation-Disclosures notice.
Postonice-Letter list.
j. $. Craig-Road notices.
r. b. MaxOn-NOtice.
y. j. LehnhRrd-Turks and Chicks.
Il. Smith-Ailk for sale.
NEWS ofiice-Gloves found.
John Bay-Dry goods, etc.
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THE CESTEnIAI coNcHD-

At Fort Scott, Kansas, Has been Post
Poned to April 2Oths 1876.
AT which time it will positively come
on, or the money will be refunded. So
many tickets having already been dis
posed of, there is no doubt that the tick
cts will all be sold long before that date.
We offer to Agents in Kansas, q COM
mission of Is per cent, and IN addition
thereto prize of $500 to the one that sells
the most tickets in proportion to the pop
ulation Of his county. Send for tickets at
once. What We have left are being taken
rapidly.
For further particulars address
j. S. ENfNGERT,
Lat Fort Scott, Kau.
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NEW 0RFICERs.-The new county Of
tieers entered upon the discharge Of their
various duties on the 10th. Hi. Conner
already has the sheriff's Office we'll In
hand, with Finn Irwin, an old time EN-
porian, as jailer. F. r. Page is behind
the piles Of books in the registers ofice.
Tue new commissioners met Monday,
and organized by eIecting d. 8. Gilmore
as chairman. There is probably no man
In the county better posted on the affairs
Of the county than Mr.. Gilmore, ana we
believe he is the right man in the wight
place.
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JOSIE

Many of the Pianos and Organs now
manufactured will contrast well with
some watches we have examined, having
u massive, highly embellished case, and
when you ask them what time it is, they
don't know, something is the matter with
the movement. Such is not however the
CASE with the Beatty instruments, manu-
featured at Washington, N j., the move
ment, durability, and tone, is the first
consideration, and then the case construct
ed according to price.
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IA PENS FOR 75 CENTs.-Crider &
Brother, of York, Pa, will send box
containing one gross of their Superior
Blue Business Pens, by mail prepaid, on
receipt of &c cents, or they will send one
dozen of their assorted Pens, on receipt OF
10 cents. Send Immediately. Address
ORDER & BRO, Publisher, Booksellers
and Stationers, York, Pa. 2-4t
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DYsPRPsIA.-Amerieans arepartieuIar-

DYsPEPSIA.-America areparticular-
ly subject to this disease and its effect
such as sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Ha-
bitual Costiveness, Heartburn, water.
brash, coming up Of the food, coated ton
que, disagreeable taste in the mouth, pal
pitation OF the heart, and all diseases Of
the Stomach and Liver. Two doses OF
Green's August Flower will relieve you
at once, and there positively is not . case
in the United States it will not cure. II
you doubt this go to your Druggist, Spen-
Ger & Ryders Snd get a sample bottle for
10 cents and try it. Regular size 70 cents.
41ff
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When an editor gets a communication
the first place he looks at is the end of it,
to see If the writer gives his real name
aud if there is only an anonymous sigma
ture, he gently drops that communities
ton in the waste paper basket, remark.
ing ST should think the - fools would
learn after WHILE" Two more anony-
nous communications on the herd law
received this week. We are wiling to
generally publish only the anonymous
signature, but we always want the real
name furnished US.