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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

A delegate convention OF the Republi.
cans Of the State OF Kansas Will be held
in representative hall, ia the city OF To-
peka, on Wednesday the oath day OF May,
A. d. 1875, at the hour OF two o'clock p.
M, for the purpose Of choosing ten dele
gates and ten alternates TO represent the
Republican party OF Kansas in the Union
Republican National Convention to be
held in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 14th day
OF June, prox. for the purpose OF 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
ed be held on Saturday, the 18th day OF
May. 1875, at such hour as may be desig-
mated by the central Committee Of each
representative district, or In the event
that there be no such committee, by the
Central Committee OF the county. It is
also recommended that in addition to the
delegates herein provided for, one alter.
nate be elected for each delegate.
No person will be entitled to a seat or
vote in the convention by virtue Of hold
ing the proxy OF any Of the delegates.
BY order OF the committee.
JOHN GUTHRIE, Chairmbn.
J. JAY BUCK, Secretary.
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Henry Ward Beecher has disgust
ed every sensible person in the
country. He made q speech on the
18th, before the advisory council, /"
Of Congregational churches, and
ended in his most dramatic style
with these blasphemous words:
"lf there is any man on ear tn that
has anything to say TO my detriment
now challenge him to say it,.
(Cries of good! goOdl and hear I
hear came up from the various
parts of the church.) If there is any
angel OF God, challenge him to say
aught against me; aye, l 60 far be-
yOund. l challenge the truth from
God himself"
Henry would no doubt have smil-
ed q complacent smile if the AL
mighty had appeared in obedience
to his call, to testify that Beecher is
the most pure and perfect of ali
created beings. He must have been
disappointed that the angel Gabriel,
at least, did not Immediately light
on the pulpit, with a crown of glory
for him. Beecher's conceit, AFRO
gance and impotence, would shame
the devil
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A handsome structure is to be
erected on the Centennial grounds
by an association of dairymen re-
siding in Philadelphia and the adj
joining counties. 1t consists of an
ornate building of unique design,
after the Marie Antoinette style,
and will be so feet wide and 100
feet long. AN acre Of ground laid
out with shrubbery, statutes and
fountains, and with tables and
chairs for the accommodation of
visitors, will surround the building.
Over 100 young ladies will be in at
tendance, dressed in the picturesque
costume of Normandy dairymaids.
Milk, cream, buttermilk, curdr-and-
whey, pastry, and berries will be
dispensed by the attendants, and
cows will be kept for the purpose
OF furnishing fresh milk for those
who prefer it. The upper portion
OF the building will have . hand
some covered balcony for prOmi.
nadein0 or sitting. The structure
is situated In one Of the moat ro-
mantle and picturesque portions of
the Exhibition Grounds, upon the
hill overlooking Lansdowue rayine,
which is spAnned by . fine new
bridge leading to Agricultural Hall,
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THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Summary Of its Proceedings.
TUESDAY, Febr uary l5, 1876.

TUESDAY, February 10, 1876.
The Legislature is still fOOliDg
away time on unimpOrtsnt bills and
leaving those Of moment till the last
days of the session.
SENATE.-Declined to legalize the
acts of the Larned Town Company.
StraDgel
8. c. r. No. Sc, asking Congress
to pay for losses caused by guerrilla
raids was adopted.
1t was recommended that G.Wash-
ington Debson be hereafter known
as Doc. Dobson, and respected &C.
cordingly.
S. B. 159, requiring railroad COM
panies to construct crossings on pub
lie highways was recommended for
passage subject to amendment.
On S. B. No. II, an act to repeal
an act relating to the sale of prop
erty without appraisement, the ar
guments hitherto published were
repeated at length. The bill was re-
commended for passage subject to
amendment.
s. B. 1872, placing the benevolent
institutions of the State under the
charge of q board of three trustees,
was recommended for passage.
S. B. No. ITO, was recommended,
1t makes the auditor ex-ofdcio reg
lister of the State land Office. This
Office will preserve the records of
the surveyor generals Office when
turned over on the discontinuance
of the office; the State land Office
will also preserve all records, etc
relating to State lands.
HOUsE.-The House commenced
it's serious business by considering
the question of assistant clerks. Mr..
Benton said there were more assist
ant engrossing and rolling clerks
than there was work for, and after
some debate the matter was referred
to the committee on retrenchment
and reform.
H. B. No. %, is an act designed to
suppress the practice Of standing
treat" on election days, and the "set
'em up" question was discussed with
great fnllness. The bill was finally
ordered printed.
The House in committee of the
whole went to work on the appOr-
tionment bill and made some pro-
gress.
Topeka got on big scare about
the Capital removal. The people
turned out en- masse. There were
seventy-three Topeka men and wO-
men "dogging" around after each
member. No wonder the poor thing
was killed.
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SATURDAY, February 10.

SENATE.-This body was informed
that Col. E. w. Dennis, A. J. North
and D. G. Evans had resigned their
positions on the Centennial board of
managers. Dennis belongs to the K.
p. railroad and was objected to on that
account.
A grist of unimpertant bills were
passed.
A bill was passed in . hurry to pre-
vent "nuisances' around the capitol
building. The bill does hot apply to
members of the present legislature, as
it was feared, if it were enforced, there
would not be constitutional major
ity" lett to finish the business.
Went into the committee of the
whole and struggled with the
question OF printing addition.
ii copies of the report of the State
board of agriculture. Various num-
bers were proposed, then the commit
tee decided not to print any, and then
the report was disagreed TO. so every.
thing stands as it was at the begin
ming.
s. B. No. ia, making the secretary
Of State the State weigher and meas
urer, was recommended for passage,
subject to amendment and debate.
S. B. No. 20, providing for the re-
moVal of public officers who get drunk,
was recommended for passage.
s. B. No. 10, providing that. stray
hogs shall become the property Of the
taker-up after two months possession,
was recommended for passage.
Senator Maltby's measure, 5, 3. No.
no, requiring railroad companies to
fence their roads, was recommended
for passage.
HoUsE.-Got interested in the tenn
perance question as presented in 81. B.
IS, which Furnishes the furnishing of
liquor for eIectioneering purposes, and
there was Il flood Of talk on the matter
and, after all, the bill was passed over.
ii. B. No. 68, raising the fees of ju-
rors In Justices and coroner e courts,
from 90 cents 70 81 day, was recon-
mended for passage.
A long debate took place on 81. B.
No. 134, compelling people owning
hedges on highways to tinr them, and
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state Printing.

The matter of the prices of State
printing has attracted much atten-
ton this winter, especially among
legislators and the craft. A bill has
passed the State Senate raising the
prices on the work, the Legislature
of last winter having very materi-
ally reduced them-to such an ex-
tent, IN fact, that Mr.. Martin claims
to have lost q considerable sam of
money last year. This bill created
q long and rather heated contest, be-
ing recommitted to the committee,
with instructions to get the sworn
testimony of various practical prin-
tiers, from different sections of the
State. We have before us pamph-
let from the State printing house,
containing the testimony. 1t gen.
orally sustains the prices fixed in
this Senate bill, which was urged
through by Senator PETER in an
able and conscientious manner. We
have no doubt, from what knowl-
edge we have on the subject, that
this bill is q fair one to the State,
and fixes the prices as low as they
ought to be. Some members of the
Senate were puzzled to know just
what they ought to do, from state
ments of persons who call them
selves printers, that the work can
and ought to be done at rates even
less than those fixed by the law OF
last winter. To those who know
something of the character of work
required, and Of the cost of print
ing, the statements of such people
have no weight.
We see by q late number of the
Leavsnworth Times that it thinks
the work can be done for twenty
five per cent. below the rates fixed
in the bill just passed. The man
who conducts the Times book and
Job Office, in his testimony, fixed the
rates for the different classes Of
work higher than those in the SEN
ate bill. He is..a printer of long ex'
perience and knows all about the
State work. He differs materially
from the editor. When the editor
of the Times thinks the work can
be done twenty-five per cent. lower
than the rates in this bill, we are
inclined to think he don't know
what he is talking about, and if
next winter, when the time comes
around for the election of a new
printer, he shows a disposition to
take the work at twenty-five per
cent. below the prices now asked
for, and will give good bond to
that effect, the Legislature had bet
ter give him q chance at the job.
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portionment bill. The basis of rep
resentation agreed upon was 1880
inhabitants for a member of the
House. This text was not, however,
very closely stuck to. 1t gives one
hundred and twenty two members.
They started out with the idea of
forty senator's, but wound up with
fOrty-two which, of course, will
have to be changed when on the
third reading. AS the bill will be
torn too pieces two or three times
before it becomes law, it is hardly
worth our while to give details now.
In the evening the time was spent
in discussing bill to make school
districts buy text books, and to have
no difference in educating children
because of their color. The bill was
recommended for passage.
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Speaking of the pungling sppor-
tionment bill which passed the
House the other day, the Common
wealth says:
ga bill for instance which gives
Atchison county with population
of 10000 one senator, and Lyon
county the same with one-third
that number of inhabitants, cannot
be justified by men who wish to do
right"
We hope the Commonwealth will
be fair enough to state to it's read
ers that Lyon county does not ask
for senator by itself; and also,
that our population is not one-third
of twenty, but one half.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

James Parton, the author, and
husband of Fanny Fern" is now
happy. He recently married. in
Boston, his stepdAughter, Miss Ed
ridge, a girl Of about 40 years of
age. Next morning he found that
the Massachusetts, law prohibited
marriage between . man and his de-
ceased wife's children. Saturday
last the couple went to New York,
and were there remarked. When
Parton married Fanny Fern" she
was then q widow, and this daugh-
ter was quite q young lady, and liV-
ed with her mother until the latter
died. 1t is a family affair, sure
enough. Parton found Fanny so
good that he naturally wants to
have q wife as near like her as pos
sible, and therefore msrries her
daughter.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

A Philadelphia mechanic out of
work. writes to the papers that him.
self and family have experimental
on food, and that oatmeal ia the
cheapest and healthiest thing in the
business. Seven cents per day will
buy all the Oat meal and syrup that
one person can eat, and an OCCASION
al treat in the way of a meat and
vegetable stew. On this diet the
family keeps in good health, and
maintains a good appetite. People
who wish to avoid expensive hotel
fare at the Centennial, can adopt the
oatmeal diet with perfect confidence.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE

MY Farm of 800 acres on Gilmore creek,
VH1 Morris county, Kansas, miles north
west of Council Grove, the county seat, and
miles from Parkerville, on the M, K. q T.
railroad. 80 acres under cultivation. Good
timber and water for stock all along the creek
and three good wells. One large, well built
painted frame house of rooms and cellar
One substantial stone house, 16x30. Two large
stone wall corIals with stone stables and well
in each corrall. Good granary and tool house.
Good Ice house and smoke house. The stone
walls on the farm cost 81 500. The range is
very dne-equal to any in the State / am
now breaking 100 more acres.
This is in all respects one of the best located
and best improved farms in Morris county.
VIII sell 1t for part cash and part on time, or
trade for property that suits me.
ANY party who wants to locate well in Kan
sas should look at this farm. Address at
Council Grove. [s-Sml W. B. LUTHER.
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EsS8SAORRDCESs
The following letter was received
in this city a few days age. by 8
business man. It halls from New
Haven, Conn, and gives a lively
picture of the condition of things,
financially, in the nutmeg State.
The author has been for twenty
years q church deacon. Those who
have been looking eastward will
please read.
NEW HAVEN, Feb. Il, '76.
81 told Mr.. - to 60 to Emporia
and zee what the chances were for
him there. He had not better
come to New Haven unless he has
made up his mind to stsrve to death.
Business is entirely ylayed out, al
though provisions are as high as
ever, -four Sill per bbl., beef-steak
% cts. per pound; ham 18; sugar
10 and II, and every thing in the
same ratio. And what men with
families and no work will do bat
starve I cannot tell. What little
business there is left with 3 breath
of life in it is kicking Its last kick.
The best men and the best paying
houses are apparently going under
soon. (Here the names of a number
of leading business firms lately sus.
pended, are given, but we omit
them.) expect the way things
look now that by July first New
Haven will be dead and buried
financially. Three months ago I
considered myself worth $4,000
hard money, but the way things
look now / don't know that in three
months more / shall be worth 20
cents. can't get days work, or
if by chance you get 9 job you must
do it for nothing, and furnish all
material and pay the owner . COM
mission for letting you do it, as
there lie enough that will do it for
even less than this, and times here
l0Ok as much blackeF than last
spring IS midnight IL blacker than
MONDAY. Now if you have seen
anything worse than this out west,
l wish you would send me sample,
and I viii send it to the centennial
If government will pay the freight
on it. ] think the people en- TaGsse
would move west If they could
raise money enough to take sec
ond class car half way and lead
mule on the tow-path for passage
the balance of the way, but money
east is gone mp, and the people have
learned to live without work or
money and now they are trying the
experiment Of living without Wet
uals and clothes, and Q good many
have succeeded wonderfully, and
the rest will reach il soon, so you
see the happy family IL getting to-
gether for . good time.
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The legislature will ego west"
after the adjournment, on an excur-
sion over the Santa Fe. road. Some
of them would do well to stay there
and "grow up with the country"
We have no doubt but that the peo-
pie would endorse an appropriation
that would bring about such good
resulta.
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AN EMPORIA FARM
OF 43 ACRES.

T OFFER for sale, on or 10 years time,
L with the privilege IL desired, Of paying it
on in yearly instalments, one of the best and
most desirable small farms in the State of
Kansas. 1t lies adjoining the city of EN-
porta, on the southwest. within less than ten
minutes walk Of the centre of the city. There
are about II acres Of excellent upland, the
soil of which is q sandy loan, very desirable
for trucking. The balance is as choice bot
tom as can be found in the county. On the
uplands are some hundreds of selected fruit
treeS-cherries, plums, peaches and apples
most OF them bearing fruit. New IL story
house, with an addition in the shape Of an L,
also ~ story high; large matched barn,
with stalls for i've horses, with plenty of hay
and grain room; q new frame hog pen, divi-
ded in two parts, with corn crib over it
shlngled roof: two wells of excellent water
one at the house, the other on the rear Of the
upland; q stream of never falling water run
ming through the place; hedge fence that will
turn stock. around the upland; the bottom all
fenced. 1t is most desirable locatian for q
man doing business in the city, who also
wants nice home where he can have around
him all the conveniences Of country life
have also for sale the puCiaoeu UnuUs
1913 Commercial ST p p IIsSS bI1l glSt
a lSo several dwellings, very cheap, on terms
or payment, If properly secured, To suit the
purchaser. 4-tf
WILLIAM JAY.
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Courier journal: Beecher says
that the churches which sent dele
gates to his council were edwin ely
guided" The Boston churches seem
to have been guided by Beecher,
himself, as he was there several days
before the council met, drumming
up recruits.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

On the second Tuesday in March,
the l4th, New Hampshire holds her
State election, and the eyes Of the
politicians are turning toward it
with much interest. At the election
OF last year Mr.. Cheney, Republican
candidate for governor, had a plur-
atty of l72 votes.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

The Virginia rebel, who named
his baby John Wilkes Booth Ham
bleton, and was made secretary of
the committee of ways and means
in the House of Congress, by it's
Democratic chairman, Mr.. Norris
SON, has now been discharged. His
presence was too brazen for even
the Democracy to stand.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

On Tuesday, the Indiana state
republican convention met at Indi-
annapolis, and adopted . platform
demanding the repeal of the specie
resumption act, and endorsing the
nomination of Sen taOr Morton for
President. The following ticket
was nominated:
For GoVernor-G. S. Orth. For
Lieut.. -Governor-Col. u. s. Rob-
ertson. For Secretary of State.
Z. v ats. For Auditor-W. NJ.
Hess. For Judges of Supreme
COuri-W. T. Edison, A. G. Yoor-
hies, II, e. Newcomb and Jno. r.
Kibby.
Mr.. Orth voted in Congress for
the specie resumption act, and II
he stands on the present state plat
form changes back on that point.
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hartford.

Groceries and dry goods cheap, and
. large assortment always on hand at
T. Csmpbell's.
The Leavitt bell ringers gave an
entertainment here last week. It was
the best and sweetest music we ever
listened to.
MIR. Byron Blue died last week in
this place. He was good Christian,
and his works will follow him.
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Election Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that, at the spec
~ ial election to be held on the 7th day of
March, 1876, the polls will be opened for the
deposit OF votes in the city of Emporia, as
follows:
FIRST WARD-At Eskridge's exchange build
ing, on Commercial street. Judges appointed ::
James Bennett and q. w. Kirkendall. Clerks /:
Geo. Cooper and James Russell.
SECOND WAKD-At Central livery stable.
Judges: Thomas Murdoch and \. 7. Nix
Clerks: o. j. Russell and J. H. Davis
THIRD WARD-At Sheriff IS Office in court
house. Judges: VIM. Rawson, W. w. Whip
pie. Clerks: B. F. Irwin, j. H. Hibben.
FOURTH WARD-At w. o. Fergusons res
taurant Judges: VIM. H. Gilchriest and G.
" Kritsinger. Clerks: D. L. Clark and w.
o. Fergu sOn.
Mayors ONCE, City Emporia. Feb. 22d, 1876
SGT JOHN BAY, Mayor.
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A Frenchman who has lived in
America for several years, says :
"Whon they build a railroad, the
first ching they do is to break
ground. This is done with great
ceremony. Then they break the
stockholders. This is done without
ceremonY.n
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

We think, from all we have learn
ed, that when the ides of November
make their annual tour in Kansas,
said ides will find . large number of
Legislative political states" smashed
to pieces. Fixin' things for next
fall has been to q large degree, the
work of the present Legislature, but
the work has been so poorly done
that it won't stand the storm.
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MISSING HORSE.

GUPPOSED TO have been stolen from in
= front of the court house, EmpOria, Mon
day evening, February 2lst, q chestnut pony,
years old this spring: about IA hands nigh;
with white snip On his nose, and 8 white
streak about y inch down the hoof of one
foot. He had on saddle and bride with
double wire bit. Suitable reward will be paid
for Information leading to his recovery.
Address Sheriff Conner, or
S-9% GEO. SUDDOCK,
Three miles south of EmpOria,
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The Wisconsin republican con-
vention to elect delegates to the
national convention, was held at
Madison on Tuesday. 1t endorsed
Blaine, but left its delegates to act
as they thought best.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

A noted breeder N Minnesota re-
Gently sold a Buff Cochin for $50.
Evidently 1t pays that man to raise
poultry. His $50 Cochin ate no
more corn than q common "chick.'
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AdnetetstrGtOr's Notice.

Il Saturday March 18th. 1915. at 10 O'Clock
g. M, / will sell At public auction to the high
est bidder for cash in hand, the following real
estate, Of which Joseph Hiner died seized,
viz: The northeast quarter and sixty acres
on the entire north size of the southeast quar-
ter of section %, in township eighteen, of
range 10, in Lyon county, State of Kansas
:F. e. FEAR, Administrator
Of the estate of Joseph Hiner, deceased.
j. JAZZ BUCK, 4 ttorney. s-AL
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The Spanish Government says
that the insurgent army in Cuba is
composed of Chinese, mulattoes and
negroes, yet it manages 10 eat up q
good sized Spanish army every year.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

The House committee on military
affairs has unanimously reported q
bill to transfer the Indian business
to the war department July lat, '76
and abolish the Indian bureau.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

PAngborn the frothy, has been
discharged from the Kansas City
Times. He is wrothy. What will
the Kansas Reformes do for meat /?
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

All of the hogs slaughtered in
Texas this winter have been spoil
ed, owing to the warm weather.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

They have kissing fairs in Iowa.
They charge ten cents q kiss, and
won't let Teller bear on and roll
his eyes much either.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-25

No man knows how to manipulate
q gang of rogues better than the ex-
Boss.-Kansas City Times.
That's so. He got his education
in the Democratic party. He never
could find in that party any other
kind of a gang to practice on. By
the way, how is the Democratic
party going to run q presidential
campaign without Boss Tweed?