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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-25
JOHN HANCOCK
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ARE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES soUNDl
TIIE PUBIC DEMAND LIGHTl

The question boar is the millions OF assets re-
uCrtrd by life companies VIII they stand investigation
THE JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE OF BOSTON
steps the front boldly and meets this question ul,
cquiyocaly. The following persons alter thorough exam
nation ts and liabilities inclu ling bonds ana mort
cages, certify that the JOHN HANCOCK Is SOUND no
THE CORE 10 wit: Hon. stephen IL Rhodes. Insurance
COMMISSIONER Of Massachusetts, Hon julius L. Clalk ate
Of Iowa also, Messrs. Henry o..
Houehon Clemens LiershelL and John hogg special
committee policy holders also H. f. Holmes, late Actu
AIRY OF Y Insurance Department and r. W. Bryant Actu
arr OF St LOUIS, Mo- ....-. . .
Inc John Hancock saved 100000 10 its policy
losses Tor which n Other companies
would lost It has Just paid nearly $4,000 10 the
widow Of Alexander gbee Of Springfield L. IT, on policy
1877 l. the last semi annual premium which was
paid In November 1872 similar constantly occur
ring company under the wise provisions Of the Mdss
chusetts hfe law. BY way Of con-
tTas of the late Hon. II o. Evens proprietor
of The oboken Democrat who had been insured and paid his
premiums regularly for nine years In of tho oldest eo
panes by accident he deprived OF his reason
resulted his death his premium not rendered I'M
Ill day after due when was refused $1,000 insurance
forfeited and lost the widow Had MI Eyens been insured
in the john Hancock hs policy would have remained ~ In
force for additional years without further premiums
900 surplus under the N. y. standard OF Liability.
In viii be this company furnishes tnsur-
onehat the usual cost For iull particulars
apply the undersigned N " General Agents OF the John
--A"'''N' ''''N' HARPER q PIERPoNT.
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Announcements

poRTER's CoUGH BALsAM Is the oldest and
one of The best remedies in use. Try H.
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NFw.YoRK RELIEF COMMITTEE.

The New-YOrk Brooklyn Relief Commit
See being satisfied that sufficient sum has been Sc
cured for sufferers by the Brooklyn theater fire. has
ceased further collections and submit the following re-
,.ort 4 tho treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-25

BETWEEN 26TH and 26TH.sTs., BROADWAY.
OBSERVATIONS on Nasal CatarTh and Ca:
W tanhal Deafness" Issued by the ". Y. THROAT
AND EAR INSTITUTE, III H. 2shst Mailed for 10 cents
CTRICTURE, Impotence, and Diseases of the
- Decorative Organs radically and speedily cured Henry
A. DANIELS NJ d., l44 Lexingtd Office hours TO B.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-25
HOME NEWS.

THERMOMETER YESTERDAY AT HUpNuTs IL
BROADWAY
Ga m. go. Noon. 2ls 8 D M az Midn,sas le''
Average, 1872. same day. 1870 3ss'.
CENTRAL PARK METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY.
kvHR ] y II.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHINGToN. Aug, 8, lS76


The long drawn out agony of the
Belknap impeachment is now over,
and he has been acquitted as was abb
solutely known beforehand that he
would be. Out of 81 Senators present
and voting, SO voted guilty and % not
guilty-4l votes being necessary for
conviction. 1t is said he has made
over 100000 while in office, and re-
tires rich man. Ifhe accepted brides
from Marsh, no one will believe that
he did not do so from others also. He
came to this city poor, and certainly
he cannot still be as poor as when he
came, as his wife has rented a cottage
for the summer at fashionable wa
taring place. The criminal indict-
ments are still in force against Bel
kuap in the courts, and he will soon be
brought to trial there.
The treasury department has Just
published list of defaulters to the
government, from the year 1880 up to
the present time. Neither pontical
party can say a word to the other, for
it is nip and tuck between them.
The largest sum due from any one is
from S. Swartout, who was the colIec-
tor of the Port of New York in 1929,
and who owes 81, 205, 035. The largest
sum due from any military officer is
that of Maj. Hodge which is SAP, $50.
Hodge was convicted, and sent to the
penitentiary, but after being kept
there short time was pardoned by
the President, and given at once an
81 800 government position. Con
Mcguire, the revenue collector who
was recently convicted in st. Louis, is
set down for $154, 5S7. Robert Schenck.
of Little Emma, and Draw Poker no.
toriety is down for $4,000. The emf
nently pious Henry ID. Cooke is down
for $lS7 800; and so the list runs on in
TO millions of dollars. INDEX.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18
From the London Telegraph.

Gen. A. j. Pleasanton, who @wore
the blue" during the war and at time
when everything HsIooked blue'' on the
Kansas border, has been experiment.
ing OH the influence of the blue ray of
the sunlight and has published the re-
suit of his observations in book form.
He enclosed graperY with blue and
white glass, in the proportion of one
pane of blue to eight of white. The
vines grew forty-five feet in five
months, and two-year old vines yield
ed 1,20S pounds of grapes. Having
succeeded in the vegetable, Gen.
Pieasanton resolved to invade the an
imal kingdom. He selected as the sub
iect OF his experiments, the hog,
knowing that the natural obstinacy OF
that animal would lead him to do all
ne could 10 counterfeit the influence of
the blue raw. he selected two hog
pens. One he rooted over with white
glass, the other was tastily enclosed
with white and violet glass. Four
pigs, all of rather delicate constitu ton,
were placed in each pen. Swill of
precisely the same flavor was fed each
set, but the pigs who basked in the
gentler violet light ran up TO 100 lbs,
while the white-lighted pigs weighed
hut 600 pounds. The farmer will
readily see the advantage of blue light
pigs. Gen. PieasantOn found also that
blue light was good for various diseases
of men. women and children. One
lady who was as bald as q billiard ball
was nlaeed under blue skylight and
raised a fine crop of hair from the sod
the first season. A boundless prospect is
opeued in connection with Gen. Pleas
anton's inYeRtion. Doubtless the biue
raw will, if properly applied, affect the
mental part OF man. A glass ceiling
to our legislative halls, through which
the white and violet rays shall fall on
the No. 5 heads and No. II boots there
assembled, might have a wholesome
effect on legislation. a flood of violet
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18

TNUGENE A CUTTER and Ids E Bachel-
IA Ter will take notice that on the 18th day
commenced 3 civil actioE against q b. BACH
eller and Allie b. Bachelor (tho mother of
the said Ida E Bacheller) in the District
mortgage against them, the said C. b. Bach
eiler and Allie B. Bachelor on lot No - on
s1xenanfe street. II the city Of Empcria. Lyon
creed 70 be sold % satisfy q note then held by
the said Henry Wright against the said c. Il.
five dollars t$1125l and interest thereon, at the
rate Of twelve per cent per annum from ma
dated February the sOtI. a. d. 1872: in which
said action the parties thereto were the said
hhenTy Mragas Riiaiptln: and the SAD = -
that said action is still pending and undeter-
mined IN said court; that after the eommene-
Henry Henri = Wright, plaintiff therein. died and
Rachael Wright was, by the Probate Court Of
Of tbe stase OF he said Hem WEE ~
ceased, As aforesaid, and thereafter, at the
March term of the aforesaid District Court
ment Of said Court, daily revived in the name
Of the said Rachael Wright. adm inistratrix
Of the estate sf the said Henry Wright, de-
ment OF the said action as aforesaid, the said
Allie D. Bachelor married the said Eugene
said reyiFoF of the said action, the said Allie
b Bachelor, then Allie 3. Cutter, died the
on the first day of the September term, A D.
1876, Of the said District Court, to-wit, on the
1fsh day of September. A. D., 1875, the said
aforesaid. will apply TO and move the said
Court 70 revive the said action against the
said Eugene Il. Cutter and Ida z. Bachelor
and r. e. BacheIier and William 81 BaeheI-
/ Ter, the heirs Of the Aforesaid Allie B. Bach
eller, whose name 1t the time Of her death
was Allie B Cutter, defendants in said ac-
ton, And said plaintiff viii further move
| the Court 70 appoins . guardian ad1iten for
the sald Ida =. Bachelor snd William n
Hackeiier pFlls1 are minors "a f7efa,sd eafd a.
ton for them. JOHN v. SANDERS
az Atty for plaintiff
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18
Border Lie. Present and Past.

The terrible fate of Custer and his gal
liant three hdndred adds another tragic
chapter to the great book of border events,
whose beginning dates from the earliest
settlements of our country, whose end
will be only when the Indians as q race
shall have become extinct.
The horrors OF the M0doe campaign are
yet fresh in our memories. The historic
Lava Beds, Indian cunning battling the
skill of our soldiery for so long o tIme,saV-
age malignity and treachery eliminating
in the death of the brave Candy and 9TH
ers whose mission was honorable treaty
and peace-all these are still remem bered
with a shudder. Their parallels in device
and atrocity are only found in the deeds
that compose the history of the EsDark
and Bloody Ground" or among those
which mark the bloody tracks of the
treacherous Mingoes. descending from
their Great Lake Businesses upon the un-
suspecting tribes and settlements of the
Susquehanna and Allegheny
So with this heart-rending story Of
Custer and his men, which has been
sprung upon the country so suddenly,
and which is being read amid tears Of
end of the land to the ether. Some may
find its parallel in the history of Leonidas
and his three hundred; many may seek
| for like sacrifices amid the annals OF the
Scottish Chiefs or Polish Patriots. But IL
| is only when we turn to the thrilling
I
we read and re=read, in intensified form,
the bloody story Of Rose Bud and Big
Horn rivers. Custer and his three hund-
red, ambushed by willy foe and melting
away IN death before odds rendered
dou6ly and terribly formidable by bewil-
dering shrieks and stealthy mode Of
| fighting, recall with vivid effect the trays
| edy of Braddoek's Field, whose detail
are so graphically and fully narrated in
that wonderful book, 'tOur western Bor-
der One Hundred years ago.,+
| Or If other parallels be sought, they
| abound in the same brilliant, stirring
| and faithful volume; for Custer and Big
Horn, Candy and the Lava Beds, ModoC
| and Sioux, are but repetItions. now fain-
! ter, now dercer, of Daizell and Bloody
Run, Crawford and Battle Island, Har-
mer and the Miami Towns.
The new story, whether of victory or
defeat, massacre or escape, cunning or
/ adventure, treachery or dash, hardship
1 filled with its quaint and primitive por-
| traitures. haleed about by thrilling ira.
ditions, and sanctified TO us by the facts
/ that our fathers were q part of it ano
these our dwelling places were scenes
/ in the midst OF It.
sour Western border One Hundred
Years Ago. a new and rare Historical
volume Of Border Life, Struggle and Ad
venture, by Charles Mcknight, Esq, so
pages, price $500. Published by j. c
MeCurdy & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa, Gin.
cinnati. Ohio, Chicago, H., and st. Louis
No., and sold by agents. For terms ane
illustrated Circular address the Publish
| ers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18

The Republican caucuses last Sat-
urday seem to have excited much
interest all over the State, and to
have been more largely attended
than ever before. 1t is one of the
best signs of the times that the
people arc taking hold of the pri-
mary caucuses. We cannot even
guess who the nominee for Cover
nor will be, but the Office will be
filed by one of TIRES or four good
men, tO-wit, Guth RE, Anthony, st.
John or Adams. In the first dis
trict Phillips seems to be ahead for
Congressman. We are not suffi-
ciontly posted to guess at tho result
in this di strict.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18
THE NEW TOWING POWER.
a Revolution About 10 Take
Place ON the Erie Canal.

The Lockport IN. " Times recalls
the fact that two years ago a company
laid in the canal, between that place
and Buffalo, small wire cable, which,
attached to a peculiarly constructed
power, upon tugboat built for that
purpose, was used as means of tow
ing boats. "Last season. says the
Times, sowing to embarrassments
which seem inseparable from new I'M
dertakings, little or no success attended
the enterprise. This season, however,
the results have been more satisfactory.
A portion of the cable was taken up
and relaid toward the east, and it has
been in operation from the Guard
Lock west to Middleport east, dis
lance of about twenty miles, for the
past two months. The results have
been SO satisfactory as TO induce its
projectors, and many others, to believe
that they have solved the problem of
cheap and rapid transportation.
The depressed state of canal business.
and the fact that nearly all boats car
ry all their own teams, has operated
against its power, but Notwithstanding
its greater speed has caused many
boatmen to avail themselves of its use,
es pecially in the narrow channel and
rapid current above the locks, where
horse-propelled boats have a difficulty
in making only two miles an hour.
The cable boat will take a tow of five
or six boats and propel them easily
against this current at the rate of four
or five miles an hour. It does this
without creating an unusual swell in.
the canal aud with astonishingly
small consumption of coal. The great
power which this cable tow possesses
was illustrated short time since very
effectually. A boat had sunk in the
deep cut, and it defied the efforts of all
the teams that could be attached to
move it from it's anchorage. A rope
was attached to the cable tug, and the
first pull snapped the rope ike Irvine.
Chains were then employed, and the
tug towed it down to the locks with
out any difficulty. We have not the
date from which to state accurately
the amount of its towing powers or its
costs. These facts will undoubtedly
be furnished to the public in an au-
thoriZed manner in due season, but
the judgment of all who have wached
its operations is that The extent
and cheapness of the power it is able
to furnish will astonish canal men
when made public, and that it will
solve the long-sought problem eff cheap
and rapid canal toWaYe."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18

cision in regard to the superiority
of thcao articles, when a French lady
began urging II It'll great deal of
persistency that hers were the best
of them all. because they fit the
form better, braced the body, and
were superior in every respect.
"Yes," said the Judges, Shut we do
not know thai" whereupon the lady
offered to unrobe and prove 1t to
them by actual test, but her test was
politely declined. INDEX.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18
Road Notice.
STATE OF KAHsAs,I
LYON COUNTY. 90

STATE OF KAHsAs,} &c
LYON COUNTY. 90
ITO whom it may concern: Whereas, appli-
4 cation has been made by petition, to the
board of county commissioners of Lyon coun-
ty, Kansas, for an alteration in a county
road, as follows, to-wit: The place of begin
Ling of said alteration is n point 60 rods south
of the northwest corner of the southwest
quarter of section IL, township 30. range 10,
and running thence in southwesterly dfrec-
ton from said line to a point 81 roads, or
Whereabouts, west of said line; thence south
SO rods to the next section line. And whereas,
James Miles, ii. III. Coppock, and Il. III. Phil
lips, road viewers, and j: III. Hibben, county
surveyor of said county, have been appointed
and ordered by said county commissioners to
view, survey, and locate said road; therefore,
you are hereby notified that said viewers and
surveyor will proceed on the Goth day of Au-
gust, 1876, at 10 O'Clock a. m, at the place of
beginning of said road, to view, survey, and
locate said road, and perform whatsoever
other duties as are required of them by law.
And unless you file a written application for
damages sustained, and compensation claim
ed, with said viewers, giving description OF
the premises on which you claim such DANA
ges or compensation, your application for and
recovery of the same will be forever barred.
Dated August 10th, 1876. 32-2t
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falling on the mugs of board oil
county commissioners NAV render
their proceedings Ineligible and in
teresting. No city council room, VIC
venture TO say, in the age when Gen
Pleasanton's invention shall have
come into general use, viii be without
its Darti-eolored windows, roof and
floor. The people will insist upon it.
More blue glass windows and less blue
grass whiskey is the hope of the fu-
ture.
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Road Notice.

STATE OF KAEsAs,l 60
LYON COUNTY. o.
ITO whom it may concern: Whereas, appli-
L cation has been made, by petition, to the
board of county commissioners of Lyon Co.,
kaS., for change in county road, as follows,
to-w1t: The place of beginning of said change
is where the Americas and Allen creek road
intersects the cast line of section %, township
II, range 10, and the place of termination of
SAID change is the intersection of another road
leading east from Americas, on the south line
of section /, township IL, range II. And
whereas. John w 10y, e. Bonsberger and
George Baird, road viewers, and j. III. Hib-
ben, county surveyor of said county, have
been appointed and ordered by said county
commissioners to view, survey, and locate
said road; there fore, you are hereby notified
that said viewers and surveyor will proceed
on the 24th day of August, 1876, at 10 O'Clock
u. m, at the place of beginning of said road,
to view, survey, and locate said road, and per-
form whatsoever other duties are required OF
them by law. And unless you file a written
application for damages sustained, and COM
penSatIOn claimed, with said viewers, giving
description of the premises on which you
claim such damages or compensation, yOuT
application for and recovery of the same will
be forever barred. j. S. CRAIG, Co. Clerk.
Dated August 10th, 1876. 322t
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18

The next International Exposi-
ton is to be held in Paris in 1878.
This will be eleven years after the
great Paris Exposition. There are
but two years to get the buildings
ready, and We sfe--lnformed that
ninety-four Partisan architects have
submitted plans for them in re
spouse to an offer of prizes. For
the best six of these plans prizes OF
5000 each have been awarded. $500
being paid for each of the next
best six. The principal palace OF
the Exposition will be built on the
Champs de Mars, where the former
Exposition was located. In the
center of this palace will be fine
art gallery, which will be sur
rounded by the Industrial depart
ment. These structures are to COW
er sixty-eight acres, and their con-
templated cost lie seven millions OF
dollars. France reserves one-half
the space for French displays, the
other half being allotted among the
foreign nations that will be repre-
sented.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18
Road Notice,
STATE OF KANsAs, S..

LYON CoUNTY. S..
ITO whom it may concern Whereas, appii-
L cation has been made, by petition, to the
board of county commissioners of Lyon coun-
ty, Kansas, for the location of a county road
as follows, to-wit: The place of beginning OF
said road is the northwest corner of section
81, township l9. range ID; thence east on line
between sections 30 and 81, township 49, range
ID, to the Neosno river, to intersect the road
running north and south, being the place OF
termination of said road. And whereas, Z. Il
Snediker, ID. L. Myers and Joseph Byerly,
road viewers, and j. HI. Hibben, county sur
veyor of said county, have been appointed and
orderedtby said county commissioners to view
survey, and locate said road; therefore, you
arc hereby notified that said viewers and sur.
veyor will proceed on the 21st day of August
1876, at O'Clock p. M, at the place of begin
ming of said saod, to view, survey and locate
said road, and perform whatsoever other du.
ties as are required of them by law. And I'M
less you file written application for dam
ages sustained, and compensation claimed
with said viewers, giving a description of the
premises on which you claim such damages Oh
compensation, your application for and re
covery of the same will be forever barred.
j. S. CRAIG, Co. Clerk.
Dated August 10th, 1876. 32-2t
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18

O00,O of National Bank circslatien
which would trouble Us as much as the
greenback ever did, and which would
have TO be got rid OF in the same way
In case any OF the former were TO be
preserved.
To resume thoroughly either green
backs or National Bank notes have to
be absolutely retired; it the green
back is retired the National Rank pa
per may remain. And 10 resume
thoroughly, six years is required, even
in mixed hard currency OF silver and
gold, and no definite date can be set
20 exclusive gold resumption.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18

An exchange says-we do not
know upon what authority-that
the Sioux Indians name their papoo-
ses after events transporting at the
time of their birth. AS illustrative
of this peculiar trait, Red Cloud is
known to have taken that name
from the fact that the western sky
was overspread with red clouds at
the time of his birth, while the
bringing of captive horse with a
spotted tail gave the now great chief
the singular cOgnomen of Spotted
Tail. Sitting Bull received this
name because buffalo bull was, by
n lucky shot, thrown. upon its
launches, in plain sight of his
mothers tepee at the natal hour,
while the cavortings of a fractions
pony furnishes a name for the re-
doubtablo Crazy Horse.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18
sherin's Sale.
District Court. Fifth Judicial District, Lyon
County, Kansas.
David Whitaker,

r. L; Morris. Maria Morris; Augusta Angel,
and the Emporia Agricultural, Mechani-
cal and Stock Association.
NOTICE is hereby given that, by virtue of
IN an order of sale issued out Of the Dis
triet Court of the Fifth Judicial District, sit
ting in and for Lyon county, State of Kansas,
wherein David Whitaker is plaintiff, and Z.
l.. Morris, ct ais as above stated, are defend
ants, Will, on Monday, the twenty-1lrst day
of August, A. d., 1876, at ten O'Clock q. m. at
the front door of the court house in EmpoFia,
Lyon county, Kansas, offer for sale at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash, all the
right, title and interest of the defendants, Il.
l. Morris, ct al. as above stated. in and to
the following described real estate-to-wit:
The south half of the northwest quarter of
section twenty seven l27l, township nineteen
49,, of range eleven III, and the south half
of a certain piece of timber land, purchased
by the said r. L. Morris of John H. Williams,
and by Williams of John e. Picket. and being
IN the southeast quarter OF section nineteen
ti9l, township nineteen ll9l, range eleven III
Ali in Lyon county, Kansas.
Also, lots No. ninety-one 1911 and ninety
three 1881, on Market street, in the city OF
Elm poria, Lyon county, Kansas.
Said real estate will be sold as the property
of the defendants, Z. L. Morris, ct al, to sat
isfy said order Of sale.
Sheriff IS office, July 90, 1876.
asst HIRAM CONNER, Sheriff
nfv
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-18

As we predicted, the gentleman who
was here a few months ago with a
proposition to navigate the Arkansas
river up to Wichita, has encountered
failure number one. His boat was
built at Pomeroy, Ohio, from which
point to the mouth of the Arkansas
navigation proved a success: but at
Fort Smith he struck, not & sandbar,
but In q swift current. His engine
was found too weak to compete with
the big catfish. The last heard from
the enterprise was q new engine had
been ordered, which will be but anoth-
er expense added TO q mOonshine en-
terprise.-Wichita Eagle.