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igoes' Store a Saturday, tie 7th iast.,
Cor the purpose of forming . Tildea and
Hendricks' Club, Jas. r. ElEcoet wss
called to the Chair and Capt. Bsyne 9.
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President.-Dr. Jno. II. Bronze: =
Viee-President.-Benj. Pembroke;
: Treasures.-W. c. Bsyne; ss.-
SecTetasy.-W. r. Perry. ..s:
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mittee OF arrangements and reception.
consisting Of ten, BE- appointed and the
Chair appointed the following: J. Frank
Smith, w. w. Brady, J. T. k,chardsoa,
Edward Loker. w. II. Raley. w. r.
Pembroke, Sydney Magill, Oliver N.
Evans, w. r. Clarke, Sandy Beale.
The following gentlemen, to consti-
tute committee on finance, were also
appointed e. v. Freeman, z. r.
Bailey. T. Dameron, Alexander Bayne,
Thomas Pembroke.
On motion Of Mr.. Ellicott, it was or
dered. that the Secretary notify absent
members Of their election and appoint
ment on committees.
II vas also ordered, that the Secreta-
~ prepare Constitution for the menu
bers TO sign and prepare notices Of
meeting next Saturday. The meeting
then adjourned to meet Saturday, the
l4,h inst, At 8 o'clock. p. m, at which
time full attendance Of members and
those whose desire tn become such 10
requested. II is in contemplation 10
raise Tilden and Hendricks pole at
this place next Saturday and fling to the
breeze the standard Of riden and Hen
bricks, Henkle and Reform. Jas. H.
Wilson, Esq, and Capt. Geo. Thomas
are invited to be present and deliver
addresses on the occasion.
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-04
A New Weapon.

The Times, of India says: "a pis-
toll that can kill at five hundred yards
has been patented by Captain Burtone
The butt Is that of an ordinary pistol
the barrel is that of a good rifle, cut
short, but leaving sufficient turn to
send the bullet at an enemy or at
game without having to use the
shoulder, especially when on horse
back. To accomplish this, the barrel
is fitted with a steel handle to be
grasped by the left hand, while the
arm is extended as in archery. The
recoil is scarcely felt; it does not af-
feet the irer SO much as the kick to
the shoulder would do. The pistol
can also be used like an ordinary
pistol. The inventor has also provid-
ed a patent safety bullet which will
explode as q shell when 1t crashes
against the bones of large game, but
will pass through brushwood or
through the skin of a wild animal
like an ordinary ball. 1t will not ex-
plode If let fall upon its apex, but If
fired into a box of ammunition it will
blow up everything"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-04
BREV7TIES.

BREHTIES.
Five men of the N. Y. Seventh
regiment were overcome by the heat
in Philadelphia on Monday.
The weather in New York on SUM-
day was the hottest of the season.
The thermometer stood at SO during
the day and at "a during the night.
There was much suffering among the
poorer classes.
-Telegraphic advices from London
announce the commencement of hos
%tilities between Turkey andServia and
Montenegro. The latters' forces have
entered Turkish territory, after a
due declaration of war, which con-
tains a summary of their grievances
against the Porte. The English,
German and Austrian ambassadors
have informed the Sultan's govern
ment that the three powers had re-
solved not to interfere.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-04

"OuGHT TO BE SCALPED""-When
General Hayes was leading his regi-
ments on to victory in the recent war
of the rebellion, he received a letter
importuning him to return homo and
make a convass for member Of Con-
gress to which he had been nominated
from the Second Congressional Dis
trict OF Ohio. The General immedi-
ately replied as follows:
"IN CAMP, Oct, 2.-Yours Of the
Goth ult. received, Thanks. ! have
other business just now. Any man
who would leave the army at this
time to electIoneer for Congress ough'
to be scalped. Truly yours,
r. b. HAYES"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-04

Although a very quiet man. Gen.
eral Grant occasionally cracks a joke,
or makes a bit so very PaiPabie that
the whole nation ~applauds. His mes
sage in regard to Presidential absen-
teeism pleased eyerybody,i u was such
a capital joke on the ofieious and
ignorant Confederates in Congress.
During the war. and ia the hottest OF
the conflict, he issued an order which
was peculiarly feiiciteus as illustrate
ing this trait of character. General
John A. McClernand, the Presi-
dent of the st. Louis Democratic
National Convention, held a COM
mand at Vicksburg, and by his con-
duct was a serious nuisance. Gener.
al Grant abated him by quietly order
ing him to "report for duty at SPRING
fieId.n- The job was done 50 very
neatly that McClernand hardly knew
how fatal was the stroke. The oh
streperous officer dropped into obscur-
ity, and stayed there twelve years.
1t was very appropriate that the off,
Ger who was squelched twelve years
ago at the same time that the Demo-
cracy was branding the war as a fail
ure. while the genius of Grant was
making it a glorious success, should
be chosen to preside over the centen-
NAL convention of the party. 1t is
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-04


The centennial anniversary Of the
day on which the people Of the
United States declared their right to
Independence, seems to demand ex-
ceptionai observance. The founders
of the government, at Its birth and
its f~eebleness, invoked the blessings
and protection Ofa Divine Providence
and thirteen colonies and three mill
ions Of people have expanded into a
nation of strength and numbers COM
manding q position which then was
asserted and for which fervent pray
ers were offered. 1t seems fitting hat
on the occurrence of the hundredth
anniversary Of u existence as a
nation, grateful acknowledgment be
made to Almighty God for the pro-
lection vouchsafed to our beloved
country. i, therefore, invite the good
people of the United States on the
approaching fourth day of July, In
addition to the usual ~observances with
which they are accustomed to greet
the return of the day, further, in such
q manner and at such q time, as in
their respective localities and relig-
ious associations may be most con-
venlent, to mark its recurrence by
some public, religious thanksgiving
to Almighty God, for the blessings
which have been bestowed upon us as
q nation during the centenary Of our
existence, and humbly to invoke the
continuance Of His favor and of His
protection.
U. 8. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
Washington, D. G. June 18th, 1875.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-04

U-our Authorized Advertising Agents for the
LsApER are. in New York, 8. NJ. Pettengin a Co.,
i7.Psrk Row, Geo. p. Rowell q Co, 20 Park Row,
81. Louis, Rowell q Chesman. Cor. Third and
Publishing Agency; Chicago. H. II. Chandler,
ia south Clark Street,; Phiiadelphia, n; W.
Aver 4 Son, 73a SAneom Street; and coe. Weth-
erill q Co. Bulletin building.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

A delegate convention Of the Republi.
cans Of the State Of Kansas will be held
in representative hall, In the city OF To-
peka, on Wednesday the 24th day or May,
A. ID. 1916, at the hour Of two o'clock p.
IN, for the purpose Of choosing ten dele
gates and ten alternatsA: represent the
Republican party OF Kansas in the Union
Republican National Convection to be
held in Cincinnati, Ohio. on the 18th day
of June, prox., for the purpose or nomi-
mating candidates for President and Vice
President OF the United States. Each
representative district entitled TO repre-.
sentation in the legislature Of 1877 shall
be entitled to two delegates.
1t Is recommended that the district con.
ventions for the purpose Of electing dele
gates TO the State Convention herein call
Ell be held on Saturday, the 18th day o.
May. 1876, at such hour as may be desig
mated by the central Committee OF eacl
representative district, or in the event
that there be no such committee, by thu
Central Committee OF the county. 1t II
also recommended that in addition to TIT
delegates herein provided for, one alter
nate be elected for each delegate.
No person Will be entitled to a seat Of
vote In the convention by virtue OF hold
ing the proxy Of any OF the delegates.
by order OF the committee.
JOHN GUTHRIE, Chairmhn.
j. JAY BUCK, Secretary.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24

We have received q pamphlet
copy of the new tax law, and had
intended making synopsis of the
principal changes made by it. But
we find this work done in an arti-
Gle published in the Commonwealth,
which we copy, below, from that
paper:
"The following are the material
changes in the old law. The inter-
est on unpaid taxes is raised from
% to so per cent. Railroads, instead
of being assessed by township as
SCISSORS, are assessed by board con-
sisting of most of the State officers.
When an injunction has hereto
fore been granted TO restrain the
collection of taxes, there was no
penalty if the injunction was not
sustained. Under the old system
large corporations would get out
injunctions for frivolous reasons
and keep them in court for q long
time merely for the purpose of stav-
ing off the time of payment of tax
es. Under the new law ii an injunc-
ton is not sustained, the party get
ting it has to pay 80 per cent inter-
est during the time the Injunction
stands. This will put a stop to that
business.
Assessments of real estate are
only made every other year. Under
tie old law, parties who held Unit
ed States bonds on the lst of March,
got rid of paying taxes on the
amount so invested for one year.
Under the new law they have to
show what proportion of the year
their money was invested in bonds,
aud escape taxations only in proper
ton to the time that money was so
invested. Under the old law, the
State board of equalization could
only raise or lower the assessment
of land in a given county so much
per acre one piece of land might
be worth $500 per acre, and another
$l0O. aud the beard might raise it,
cay fifteen per cent. an acre, which
is Unfsir. Under the new law the
State board says that q county must
raise SO many dollars for State pur-
poses, and the county clerk will fix
the per centage that 1t will take to
raise the amount required. Under
the present law there is nothing
made by low valuations. II Doug
las county actually has, say ten mil
lions of property, and Shawnee the
same, they will have the same
amount of State tax to pay, without
regard to the amount returned by
the assessors. The State board have
the equalization to make, and the
law is go that there will be no dodg-
ing it. Property can be put at it's
actual value end then the rate per
cent. will be low, but If any county
chooses to return its property at
Aalf its value the rate per cent. will
be double"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24
The Normal

We understand the prospects for
Il good attendance the ensuing term
of the Normal are fisttering. Ev-
cry one who can possibly do so
should attend, and all should unite
in every effort to help the school
through its present crisis, as the
cloud under which it now rests,
without reason, will clear away
and the institution go on TO agrand
or and broader field of usefulness.
The magnanimous and self-sacri-
ficing spirit which the majority OF
the faculty have displayed in propo-
sing to keep the school going right
along, with no other regard or
promise of remuneration than that
which may accrue from the meagre
amount charged for tuition. should
meet with all the encouragement
the people can extend.
So high does Miss Gilbert stand
as teacher that the patrons of the
model department have determined
to retain her, and several of them
have subscribed literally for that
especial purpose. No higher COM
pliment could be paid to her abili-
ties as an instructor.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24

In the L nited States Senate, on
the 10th, Mr.. Boutwell, offered the
following resolution, which was
adopted:
ReSOlred, That the secretary of
the treasury be requested to furnish
for the information of the Senate
the annual product of gold and sill
YER in the United States from 1916
to 1875, inclusive; also, the amount
of gold and silver in other parts of
the world for tho same years, and
an estimate of the gold and silver
in the United States at the present
time.
The anti = resumptionists claim
that there is only about $50,OOO,OOO
in gold in the U nited States at pres
ent. The secretary's reply will be
looked for with much interest.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24
Political Notes.

Both party platforms in New
Hampshire were alike on the finan-
cial question.
The New Orleans legislature has
voted down the motion TO impeach
Gov. Kellogg.
The Massachusetts Senate has
passed a female suffrage amend
ment, I6 to l, but the House refuses
to agree.
The Mississippi Senate, % 10 4,
has found 1t. Gov. Davis guilty as
charged in the articles of impesch-
ment against him. He will have to
step down and stay out.
A majority of the Democratic
members of Congress have finally
decided to support 8 biz repeating
the specie resumption act, and au-
thoriziDg the secretary of the treas
ury to lock up all tue gold he can
get until he has about SI50,000, 600 to
resume with.
The Republican victory in New
Hampshire.is overwhelming, for so
close a State. The total vote is Al
6SS for Cherry, rep. 81, 975 for Mar
cy, dem. and 40 for Kendall, pro-
tibition. The Republican majority
over the Democratic vote is there
fore 1908.
The Globe-DemOcrst don't want
office holders to have anything tC
do with the National Republican
convention. That's right. 1t il
well enough, also to denounce then
all as a set of plunderers. and as /
class who can be bought with sn of
fee. They would undoubtedly ru
in the country for the sake of of
flee, and the public confidence il
them should be destroyed. The da'
is now at hand when . man who &C
cepts office should be given to uu
derstand that he is but little, If any
above the average "penitentiar.
bird" and even if he is disposed 4
behave himself he ought to be dis
franchised anyhow. And we re
gard it as especially appropriate 70
q paper which occupies large build
ing which it has been repeated.
said was built by the "perquisites
of the concern in a political cam
paign, and whose "leadiug man
has been found guilty of the Grim
of conspiring to defraud the govern
ment, and who will probably go T.
the penitentiary, to sling column
of slime at tie Office holders, and t,
sing peans to virtue whenever
sees fit. Wade in, CD.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24

An exchange says: ga gentleman
who knows the facts furnishes us
the following items about the route
to the Black Hills: Harney's Peak
is 1S2 miles from Sidney City, Neb.
the nearest railroad point. Six six
horse stages run from Sidney to
Custer City, making the trip in thir-
ty hours. From late Sidney paper
we take the following items and
Sidney prices: Flour is $3.50 and
So, and corn meal $2.75 to So per
hundred; butter, 40 cents; eggs, 40
cent?; sugar, 121. to ID cents; po-
tetoes, $l.00.
Custer City is situated In email,
picturesque park, hemmed In By
mountains, Harney's Peak rising on
one side, and near by. The town
site covers GAO acres, and this area
embraces the whole of the parK.
The entire site has been laid off into
lots, 5Ox15O feet, the prices ranging
from $25 to $500 each. The primer
pal street is named after Gen. Crook
aud is 200 feet wide. The other
streets have a width of $50 feet, end
the alleys are so feet wide. -Four
hundred buildings have been erect
cd in Custer" -s@St9 y
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24

Temperance men seem to have
little faith in the value of temper
ance practices. The Centennial
Managers have been very DESTROYS
of having one or more first class
temperance restaurants on the
grounds, but as yet have had no APP
plicatiOns. No standing bars, how
ever, will be allowed in any of the
restaurants. In the machinery bull
ding there will be five cafes in
which no malt wines or spurious liQ-
uOrs will he allowed. In the main
building four cafes in which there
will be no spirituous liquors. In
the agricultural building, as yet but
one has been determined upon, and
that is restricted to the golden
"wine of California" The regular
restaurants are without other than
the general restriction of no stand.
ing bar.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24
Narrow Gauge pathways.

Major E. p. Bancroft, of Emporia,
is probably the best posted man in
the State on the subject of narrow
guage railways. He has wrote and
iectured and talked narrow gauge
for some years, and now that the
legislature has passed a mario "
gauge railroad bill, and the people
of the State are likely to again turn
their attention to railroads, the facts
and figures he has collected will be
of incalculable benefit to the pub
lie. The Major in a late issue of
The EMPoRIA News, shows that in
the last five years that in annual
construction the narrow guuge has
actually overtaken and passed the
broad guage system, and that they
are not only cheaper, but carry q
greater number of pounds of pay
tng freight to less number of
pounds of dead weight. There is
no doubt but that the mario W gauge
system is destined TO prove a great
boon to the shipper, and that under
it railroads can be built with a great
deal less money, operated at great
deal less expense, and at the same
time afford ample facilities for all
the transportation that will be re-
quired at greatly reduced rates.
Our State needs more railroads, and
badly; next to that it needs that
kind of road calculated to do the
carrying business required at a
much lower tariff than is at present
exacted fran shippers. If we ever
succeed in getting our large sur.
IF rHn1nafa RO fhA de-
at rates that will pay both producer
and shipper, we believe 1t will have
to be contaminated through the en-
couragement of narrow gusge rail-
ways.-[CouLcil Grove Democrat.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24

KANSAS CITY JoURNAL.-A. b.
Greene, agent and correspondent OF
the Journal OF Commerce, Kansas
City, called this week. The Journal
is, aud always has been, one of the
ablest and most reliable papers in
the West. No paper has done more
TO develope tine real true interests
of this region of country. We have
been a reader of the Journal for
eighteen years, and know of no
paper which has been more univer-
sally sound, politically, and on all
questions affecting the interests OF
the West, than the Journal. 1t is 9
paper of character, ability aud in
nuence, and always has been from
the start. Its counsels are wise and
safe, and 1t does not indulge In SEN
sational and catch-penny practices
TO get subscribers. Moreover, it has
always been a steadfast friend OF
Kansas. If our people desire q
straightforward paper from Kansas
City, we can now, as we have done
before, recommend the Journal OF
Commerce. 1t will do to swear by.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24

In the House at Washington Mon
day, Mr.. Akin moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill repeating
the specie resumption law. The
vote was $50 to los, not q two
thirds vote, and therefore the rul es
were not suspended. The vote,
however, indicates that when the
House gets a chance to vote on the
bill, 1t will vote largely in favor OF
repeating the resumption act. Two
months ago it was different, ana the
greenback men claim that they are
gaining every day.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24
o of the laws passed at the late

Two of the laws passed at the late
legislative session, provide that:
All locomotives shall sound a steam
whistle three times within so rods OF
all street or road crossings except in
towns and cities. Suits for violation
OF this law must be brought within one
month. The penalty is $40; one hall
which goes to the informer, and one
halt to the county for support of pub
lie schools.
The poisoning of domestic cattle, or
the malicious exposure of poison fol-
such purpose is punishable by con-
finement in the county Jail not less
one year; or in the penitentiary AT
hard work not more than three years
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24
WEDNESDAY, MARCH %.

The recent shower of flesh in
Bath county, KY, has provoked
quite religious revival among the
colored population there. They seat
themselves i'll little groups, with
their faces turned upward, as if the
heavens were full of mutton chops,
and sing:
''kum set yere, hungry niggah,
Kun set yere on de groun',
DE Lawd he am a gwine
10 frOW do Vittals down
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24

Marsh is in Washington, aud is
going TO tell not only what he knows
about Belknap, but about Pendleton
aud other prominent Democrats.
The Democratic committee let him
escape to Canada. The President
has induced him to come back, nav
ing concluded to let one guilty man
escape in order to prevent a dozen
guil.ier men from escaping.