The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-04-21
NEWS BIZ TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, APRIL ID.

~ UdTHF, &C., at ECoIOu1 lNWos AOSS
1O,OOO.-Lightning struck and set
ire to a 1900 barrel oil tank near
Parker's landing, Pa, aud the fire
spread to two other tanks. Loss
Sl25, OOO.-A fire at Fulton, No., de-
20 stores, and caused loss
of S75, OOO.-McDonald, Moody s.
Co., hatters and furriers of Mon
treal, Canada, failed, for $175, OOO.-
10000 miners in Yorkshire, Eng,
are on a strike against q reduction
of Is per cent. of their wages-five
per cent. more than they are willing
to submit to.-Gold 113L.
FRIDAY, APRIL Ia.
Freight rates further reduced five
cents per 100 lbs.-The Archbishops
of Capalinia, Patros and Messene,
and two ex-ministers of justice in
Greece, have just been fined In sums
of $4,000 to $4,000 each, and the
TWO latter to a years Imprisonment,
for bribery and corruption. Greece
is being purified.-The funeral of
A. T. Stewart on Thursday was very
impressive. The floral decorations
used cost over S5,00G.-A heavy,
wet, snow storm at Omaha, and at
Iowa City, and along the Missouri
river, from Fort Sully to St.Joseph.
Spring planting is temporarily sus-
pended, and the food in the Iowa
river has done $4,000 damage at
McGregor and $4,000 at Daven-
port.-The lower Mississippi con-
tlnues to break through the levees,
and is doing much damage to plant
ation.-Latonbere s. Co., merchants,
Liverpool, Eng, failed, for $780,
GOLDSMITH s. Parker's planning mill
at Minneapolis, MINI, burned loss
S25, 0O0.-Mrs. Sarah A. Walker, wife
of a Cincinnati saloon keeper, found
murdered in her room, and her hus-
band arrested.-Bsrney Williams,
the actor, fatally i'll with pnuemonia
in New York City, and his death
expected every hour.-Gold 113ZN.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10.
The bronze statue of Lincoln was
unveiled by President Grant, in
Lincoln square, Washington, with
great ceremony.-Riot at Massalion,
Ohio, between striking miners and
new miners, and tho owner of the
mine got struck over the head
Marvel, Duval s. Cos. machine
shops at Fall River, Mass, burned !;
loss 100000. - George B. Kuentz,
teacher of the German Roman Cath
Ole school at Norwalk, Ohio, has
fed, after debauching II girls from
8 to u years of age. He committed
similar crimes II years ago, but re-
pented, and the matter was hushed
up for the sake of the church.
MONDAY, APRIL II.
Bernard Flaherty, alias Barney
Williams, has concluded to get well
Dom Pedro, emperor of Brazil,
and wife, arrived in New York, and
ware received on board their vessel
in the harbor by cabinet officers and
other prominent citizens.-The body
of w. y. Harding, prominent cit
izen of Giadsen, Tenn, found muir.
dered in rayiue. and an absconded
empleye, Joe Houghton, is thought
to be the murderer.-Judge Hilton
says a new partner will take A. T
Stewards place in the dry goods
house, and the business continued al
usual. The employees number $500
Holmes boat shop, Westborough
Mass, burned; loss $6O,0O0.-Th'
Eads' jetty system at the mouth o
the Mississippi. is q splendid sue
cess, and there will soon be 20 fee
of depth betw cen New Orleans and
the Gulf.-Gen. Babcock has beer
indicted for completely in ''safe bur
glary" case at Washington, anC
gives $4,000 bail.-The House a
Washington decides that it can shu
anybody up as long as it wants u
for contempt, and that no court Cal
: interfere.-Gold 49,.
TUESDAY, APRIL Is.
The Emperor Of Brazil starte;
/ Monday on trip to San francisco
$1,000 people and the Brazilian
attended the closing Moody reYiva
meetings at the New York hippo
+ dro me, Sunday, and Moody an
nounced that he wanted q quartz
,, of million dollars subscribed 70
the young mems Christian Associa
! ZION, and feels sure it will be-
Bolivar county, Mo-, is being badI
overlooked, and many fine plants
tons ruined The tow boat Diets
e tor colided with the bridge at Han
9 nibal, No., and sunk; nine pesron
: being drowned.-Big row in Jim
|. erick, Ireland, between O'Conue
men and Nationalist, antod man
! dozen heads broken, bu no brair
. spilled.-The Centennial ground
have been closed to all visitors III
n til the final opening in May
# Rice Bro. fancy dry goods, Ne
e York, failed, for $lO0,O00.-SSO, 90
Q fire at Milford, Ind, and SIS, 900
= DAnville, Ky.-GoId lib 8.
d WEDNESDAY APRIL, 10.
IT The House Sergant-at-arms prt
y duced Kilbourne before Chief Ju
= tice Carter, and moved to hay
" the suit quashed on the ground tia
Congress had higher jurIsdictie