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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-07-14
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, D. C. July Sth 1876.
Estimates of Sitting Bulls force
range from 5000 to 10000. The au-
thorities apprehend that this Indian
victory will induce many heretofore
neutral Indians to join the standard
of the revolted tribes and make their
subJugation a much more formidable
task, and it has also strengthened the
party in Congress favoring a transfer
OF Indian affairs to the War Depart
ment.
The Pacific railroad lobby suffered
a fatal defeat yesterday by the passage
of Mr.. Lawrence's bill requiring the
Pacific railroads to establish a sinking
fund. He (Lawrence) declares its
passage would save to the Government
$3.50, 000, 900, the amount to become
due to it in 1898, when the subsidy
bonds mature. The vote on the pas
sage of the bill was 159 yeas to nays,
members evidently shrinking IRON
putting themselves on record in oppo-
sition TO the sentiment of the country
against special privileges to heartless
| corporations or individual extortiou-
ers.
Senator Logan yesterday gave no.
tice that he would, If possible, call lip
the bounty bill recently passed by the
| House and fayorably reported by the
Senate military committee few days
since, TO day. The house, on the 9Th
refused to pay the claims of insurance
companies under the Geneva award
| Much excitement and also a good
deal of bad blood between the s'hards'
and ''softs" in the Democratic House
has been Occasioned by the refusal Of
Mr.. Gibson of Louisiana, and Mr.
White of Illinois, Democratic mem.
bers of the House Banking and Cur
rency Committee, to unite with theil
political associates on that committee
in demanding the repeal of the re-
sumption act, at the dictation of thu
st. Louis convention. Much pressure
will be brought to bear on these two OBJ
ldurate Democrats as it is the intention
to attempt its repeal next Monday o.
Tuesday. 1t is generally understood
that Hendricks acceptance is contin.
gent upon its repeal or, at least, upoI
an earnest effort in that direction
But it is a question pregnant with ma
ny ugly possibilities and threatens
a disruption of the unstable compro
mise of the st. Louis convention.
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got pick, and with this broke in
one of the pannels of the safe, and
its contents were also put into the
sack. The robbers then took the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
road letter box and broke it open,
but, finding nothing they wanted,
they scattered the letters over the
floor of the car. They also went
to the Adams express freight car,
but found nothing there that seemed
to be worthy of their notice. While
these acts were being performed,
the remainder of the robbers were
making night hideous by marching
up and down outside the train, vel
ling like devils and shooting off
their pistols.
In this way the passengers were
completely terrified, and not the
least resistance was made by them.
When their work was done, they
left the scene of their daring ex-
plot and departed in q southerly
direction. It is understood that q
party of citizens are in pursuit of
them, and up TO the last accounts
were only ten miles behind them.
So far as can be learned, the
Adams express company lose some
four thousand dollars and United
States Express company about
twelve thousand, but these amounts
may prove to be too small. Reports
are in circulation that the loss ls
much greater than the above, based
upon the supposed fact that this
train had four days express matteI
from Texas on board, but the ex'
press officers here deny this and say
that during the break in the M. X
81 T. road their valnables had been
brought from that state by another
route.
ST.. LOUIS, July S.-The Railroad
company started the sheriff of Pet
tie county with 3 posse of men, il
pursuit of the robbers. Gen. Bs
con Montgomery, another fighter
of guerillas during the war, hal
also gone in pursuit with party o
picked men, and struck the trai
some ten miles south of Otterviile
Another party has been sem
from Clinton, on the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railroad, and still an
other from Lebanon, on the Allan
} tic and Pacific railroad.
The country between point
named will be thoroughly secuted
ana from the well known characte
of the men sent out there is goot
prospect at least of some of tn
miscresnts being captured. All Of
the robbers were masked while 8
the train. None of them, therefore
were recognized, and SO far as
now known no clue to their identi
ty has been ATTAINED.
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By ga card" in another colum it
will be seen that Rev. j. II. Clark
takes exceptions to our former items
to which he refers, and then asks US
to explain. He misquotes, in some
degree, our language in the first art
icle, as we did not say there were
but two, but that there were at least
two boys engaged in the burning
Of the President in effigy. He is
right in his inference as to the young
man referred TO as "the son of one
Of our ministers" and we had no
idea that any one acquainted in our
town would have any difficulty in
determining to whom we referred.
We give the young man tho full
benefit OF his explanation in anoth-
or column.
We never heard il intimated or
limited that Mr.. Clark, either as an
individual or . pastor, had ever
written or dictated q line on the
Normal school controversy. and We
gladly give place to his swift denial.
80 that should any in the future
imagine such thing, they will find
that they were grossly mistaken
thsrein.
We are glad he deprecates the
mixing Of the churches in this diff
ficuity, and that he proposes lend
ing his aid TO prevent such thing.
We are very glad, also, that Mr..
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Samuel Lappin, the late State
Treasurer, who has been confined
in Jail at Topeka for the last six
months awaiting trial, on the
charge of forging district school
bonds aud purchasing the same
while he was State Treasurer, es-
capped from Jail Wednesday morn
ing in company with two colored
prisoners. They effected their es.
cape by saving the bars of the cell
doors and the door to the outside.
Several parties are in pursuit of the
fugitives, but nothing yet has as YET
been heard from them. Gov. Os-
born has offered reward of $500
for the apprehension of Lappin,
and Sheriff Wade has offered ar
additional reward of 5000. Var.
ious people feel easier now that
Lappin can't be made to tell all he
knows.
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Ohio news and Politics.

WILLOUGHBY, o., July 6, 1876.
EDITORS NEWS: The spirit moves
me, and here's Whit from the Buck
eye State. A little concerning busi-
ness and little on politics, as they
seem in portions of Northern Ohio,
will perhaps be acceptable.
With regard to the first G.e bust
ncss) little that is encouraging can be
written. At the present there is but
one response to the question, chow is
trade" and that is, 'fdull." This COM
plant (it it can be justly called COM
plaint) is not confined to any particu-
lar locality, but comes from every
town throughout Northern Ohio
comes from the city as well as the
country merchant, and from the
wholesale as well as the retail dealer.
IG is no uncommon thing to enter
some of the wholesale houses of Cleye-
land and find the clerks of said estab-
lishment busily engaged in perusing
the morning papers, or interested in
conversations on important subjects.
Nor Is it an uncommon thing for
heavy dealers to send out circulars
announcing "great drives" etc; many
of said firms actually offering goods at
a discount of 80 or 40 per cent. There
can be but one reason assigned for
any such sacrifice and that is a scare
ity of funds, occasioned by the falling
off of trade. The past year has been
hard on that class of merchants who
have done a heavy business on the
credit system. Many have already
gone under and with other firms its
but aquestion of time. With that
other class of merchants, how
ever, those who have bought and
sold for cash, principally, the dull
season has Ibeen less destructive; and
though they have not cleared much,
they have at least escaped the curse
of bankruptcy.
1t Is now time to turn to politics :
The nomination of Hayes by the Re-
publicans occasiOned not little sur
prise throughout this section of Ohio,
as it was universally believed that
Blaine was the stronger candidate for
nomination of the two. Still, when
the wires MADE known the result of
the last ballot, cheers were given for
the gallant Hayes and the enthusiasm
of the Republicans was intense. The
heavy deadened report of cannon
reached as from Cleveland as the
Hayes men of that city welcomed the
tidings from Cincinnati. Even Dem
ocrats displayed a little enthusiasm
and confessed man had been nomin-
ated whose character is above re-
proacb. Him, both parties recognized
as man fit to watch over the destiny
of of nation whose second century
of existence is come. Tilden, the
Democratic nominee, will probably
not receive the entire Democratic vote
of Northern Ohio, as not q few of the
party are opposed to him and are not
backward in making it known. His
financial position does not suit the fol-
lowers of Alleni H.F,C
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Clark takes the occasion to deny for
himself, and those he speaks for,
that the fight made upon Prof Pom
eroy is in any way prompted by Sec
tartan differences, as it has been the
public opinion, to q large extent,
that such was the case. And we are
especially grstified to have brother
Clark join US in the good work OF
extinguishIng whatever there may
be now of sectarian feeling, and in
snppressing it for the future, be-
lieving If we are successful in such
endeavor, there will be less of these
disgraceful fights made upon the
presidents of the Normal. Mr..
Clark, let US all unite in hitting a
"mischievous" head wherever we
find il, no matter what church II
belongs to-
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Colts may be taught to walk
fast or slow in breaking them for
tho harness, and fast walking for-
ses are always more valuable than
slow ones. For instance, suppose
you have a fast walking team
which will pillow half an acre more
of land In a day than ordinary
horses can do. Then suppose that
your fast walking team will go ten
miles to market with a load, and
get there an hour sooner than COM
mon walkers, you see the differ
ence in dollars and cents readily,
as, slime is money" Now, to
teach colt to walk fast, you hitch
him at the side of a horse of good
walking gait, and if he Iags behind
you must urge him on and make
him keep up. 1t will take some
time to teach your colt to become
q fast walker, but he can be made
to contract that habit, which he
will retain for life, if you do not
work him with q slow going ami
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The Custer massacre, is not the
first Indian victory over white
troops. The Braddock defeat when
Washington was young, is known
to most every body. In 1871, Gen.
st. Clair, with 1 400 effective troops,
infantry, cavalry and artillery,
campei on branch of the Wabash
river, ninety-seven miles from Gin
cinnati, then called Fort Washing
ton. AT close of the revillie, ON Nov.
4th, the Indians broke forth from
the surrounding woods on every
side, and engaged in a desperate
hand to hand contest with the
troops, and forced the latter to re-
treat to Fort Washington, with q
loss OF 270 wounded and 677 killed,
including 30 women, some of whom
were captured.
In 1866. Captain Fetterman and
80 men were hemmed in by 5000
Sioux, near Fort Kearney, and eve-
ry one killed, fighting to the last
gasp to avoid capture. 1t appears
~ II the Indians fought much more
skilfully, and bravely, than they
used to, before they were. SO finely
armed by the government traders.
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ANOTHER MISSOURI EN-
PLOT.
a Passenger Train Captured
by Highway men and
the Express Car
Robbed.
AN the Villains get Away.

ST.. LOUIS, July S.-Another dar-
ing railroad robbery took place in
Western Missouri last night, equal
ing, in all respects, and excelling in
many, any other one on record.
From the confused accounts given
by the passengers and railroad men,
the following facts are CLEANED :
The eastern bound train on the
Missouri Pacific road, left Otter
Vile, No., a few minutes past ten
O'Clock last night, and when two
and a half miles east of that place,
eer saw q signal light to stop.
the track, he applied the air brake,
and after running few yards, saw
pile of lumber on the track. He
comprehended the situation at once,
hut could not stop the train, and it
was not till the engine had climbed
partly upon this pile of ties that
the train came to q stand. At the
same instant dozen or fifteen men
appeared with terrific yells, and
discharging pistols, dashed at the
train proclaiming their Intentions.
Two jumped on the engine, and
with navy revolvers covered the en-
gineer and fireman, and threatened
to kill them if they offered resis.
lance. They were then marched
into the baggage Car and placed I'M
der guard. AT the same time three
other robbers climed into The ex-
press car by the side door, which
was open. Bushnell, the express
messenger, however, was too quick
for them, and had dashed through
the train to the rear sleeper, and
giving the safe keys 10 q brakeman,
made him put them in his shoes.
Mr.. Conkling, the baggage man of
the car, was in the express when
the robbers entered, and they de-
manded from him the keys of the
safes. He told them he was not
the messenger and had no keys.
Two of the robbers then put Conk.
ling In front of them, and with re-
volvers at his head marched him
through the tram, demanding
that he should point out the mes
senger.
When they came to him in this
way they passed through the entire
train, to the terror of women and
children and the great fear of the
male passengers, many of whom
had crouched down under the seats
and hid themselves in various WAYS.
Arriving at the rear sleeper, Conk-
ling pointed out Bushnell, and the
robbers demanded the safe keys of
him. Under the circumstances
there was nothing to do but yield,
and Bushnell took the keys from
the brakeman and handed them to
the robbers. One of the latter then
stood guard over Bushnell, while
the others marched Conkling back
to the express car, where they Open
ed the Adams safe and put the en-.
tire contents into q sack they had
brought for the purpose. Not be.
ing able to open the other safe with
the keys they got from BUSHNELL.
one OF the men went to the engine
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STATE.
Countless thousands of toads passed
through Mcpherson last week.

Countless thousands of toads passed
through Mcpherson last week.
The recent vote at Lawrence of the
issue of bonds resulted in 20 for the
bonds and 491 against.
The mother of Damon Davis, at Be-
lott, according to the Gazette, was Bit
ten by rattlesnake ard put saleratus
and tobacco on the wound, and it did
not swell in the least.
The Lawrence manufactures COM
prise one foundry, three Touring mills,
one wooden mill, one shirt factory and
one mandatory ofagricultural imple-
ments.
A bad accident recently happened
in Lawrence to span of horses by the
driver wrapping the lines around the
hub of a wheel, when at a stand still.
Their mouths were badly cut, the
horses thrown, and otherwise injured.
The Manhattan Nationalist has the
following: "MFs. Thos. Wells has
night-blooming cactus which bloomed
last Friday night. There were 2 buds,
the largest, when fully opened, meas
aring nine inches. They commenced
unfolding about dark, and at twelve
had reached perfection of beauty
The flowers are double, creamy white,
and very delicate, though large. The
plant is quite rare and possesses many
peculiarities one of which is, 1t only
blooms once year, and never until
three years old, and as its name indi-
Gates, always at night. A large num-
Der of persons called to see this rare
flower show"
At Marysville, A. Barrett was hold
ing a cold chisel on 8 bolt head, and an
assistant with a sledge was going to
do the cutting. MIR. Barrett noticed
something on the head of the cold CHS
Ell and attempted to wipe it off. The
sledge came down and drove the hand
over the chisel.
The Howard City Courant, Elk
county, says: "On Wednesday last a
J little two year old son of Mr.. Miles, of
this city. got hold OF bottle of con-
centrated I've and drank several swal-
lows of it before he was discovered.
His screams attracted the attention Of
his mother, and he was carried into
the house. DR.. S. Lucas was called,
and he Immediately gave the little fell
low all the sweet oil he could pour
down him. AS soon as the oil came in
contact with the I've, it formed q SOAP
and boiled out of his mouth for hours
Every enc except DIR. Lucas thought
; the child would die, but feeling conf
dent that his remedies would produce
( the desired effect Dr.. Lucas continued
; his application and doses until the
child became easier, and now he is well
. so to speak,
The first steam thresher ever used il
Shawnee county was put in operation
on the farm of Mr.. Golding, about 1
mile east of Topeka Friday, morning
| The thresher is one of the largest mad,
and is expected, under favorable cir
cumstances, to clean twelve hundre,
, to fifteen hundred bushels of grain
day. 8s
\ A dispatch received at Topeka an
nounces that the Senate has passe
the bill appropriating fifty thousan,
dollars for public buildings at tina
place, and limited the total expendi
lures for that purpose to 100000.
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MANY CrIzE

w. L. Barton writes us from Lexing-
ton, Illinois, as follows: 'sFhe crops here
are seriously damaged with the wet
weather. Corn will be very near total
failure, SIS great deal of it has not been
worked over the first time, and the grass
and weeds have nearly covered it.n
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Norway rats. which were unknown
in this city year ago, are beginning
to be quite numerous, and are killing
a great many little Cotton
wood Falls COurant.
ARREsTED.-A man by the name OF
r. II. Randolph. who has been Q res
ident of Prospect Township for some
time, was arrested last week on the
charge of an attempt to commit q rape
on little girl less than ten years old.
From what we can learn, this man Is
charged with debauching, or attempt
ing to debauch four or five girls under
twelve years old. He claims to be q
doctor and is married.-Eldorado
Times.
10000 acres of oats in Butler county
The best field was planted last March.
Contract Signed.
The contract is signed by the Prasi-
dent and number of the Board of d.
rect0rs of the Atkinson, Topeka &
Santa Fee road, in which they agree
to build the Eldorado 6 Walnut VAL
ley road at once, if we will furnish
the right of way, and depot grounds,
and pay the sum eff three Thousand one
hundred and seVenty-five dollars per
mile of the thirty-one and one-half
miles of road from Florence to Edo
RADIO. They reserving the right to
change the starting point to some
sire and will notify US at once. A
largo portion of the ties for this new
Road have already been contracted for,
the balance to be obtained in this VAL
ley. A railroad company will be or
ganized, composed of six members
from Boston and three from this VAL
ley, who will go to work and build
this Road.
The town and townships interested
will proceed without delay to raise
their portion of this money, so that
the Road may be completed TO Eldora-
do by November 20th.-Times.
The Marion County Record informs
us that DIR. Rogers of Marion Center,
captured on French creek and the Cot
tonwood, four antelope one day re-
Gently.
The Record says Mr.. R. T. Baker,
living in Risley township, Marion Co.,
while breaking, got among the holes
of an ancient colony of badgers, and
turned out so many rattiesnakes that
he and his horses had to fly for their
livet.
The Peabody Gazette notices the ar
rival there of some valuable imported
blooded stock, consigned TO the
Messers. Crane. Among the animals
we notice two cows of the Duchess"
strain, for which the gentlemen Eemed
paid s2l 900 and $2l, 900 respectively.
Both heavy with calf. The main OBJ
ject OF the purchasers was to secure 9
"Duke: bull.
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A terrific storm of wind and rain
visited northwestern Iowa on the
night of July 4th, in the vicinity of
Burlington, Davenport, DanYille,
and othcr places, and did immense
damage to crops, trees and build
ings over a wide extent of country.
The small village of Rockdsle, not
far from Burlington, was flooded
during tho night, and its houses
wrecked, and ten or twelve families
drowned. 1t stood at the junction
of two streams, and the flood was
80 sudden and unexpected that all
the people were drowned but one
family, and every building destroy.
ed. Forty-one bodies have been re-
covered, and the total loss of life Il
probably about As. .s..
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NAL. If you have no fast walker
to hitch your colt beside, he can
be made to acquire the habit of
walking fast, by leading him daily
for a few weeks, and with a whip
gently urging him to keep up a
lively walk. This training should
be persisted in till your colt will
walk feur miles an hour.
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The late Gen. Custer owned q
residence IN Topeka, which was
once occupied by D. w. Wilder.
Mrs. Custer is a cousin of G. f.
Kendall, and both the General and
Mrs. Custer have been frequent
guests of the Kendalls in this city.
Mrs. Custer has no nearer relative
than Mrs. Kendall, having neither
father, mother, brother, sister nor
child, and now no husband. Mr..
Kendall expects TO start for Fort
Lincoln, in day or two.-Topeks
Commonwealth.
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TRUE AS GosPEL.-All Democrats
are not dislOyal, but disloyal men
are Democrats. As the disloyal ell
ements is still powerful, the party
towhich 1t is attached cannot be,
and ought not to be trusted with
the administration of national af-
fairs.
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Conundrum by the Dayton Jour
nal: "If it takes q Democratic
Congress seven months to get eY-
cry thing into snarl, and leave the
departments without money, how
long would it take them to smash
the Government and re-establish
the Confederacy ?"
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Announcement.

We are authorized to announce the
name of D. B. Wharton of Reading as
candidate before the Republican coun-
ty convention for the office of County
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Knowing him to be competent and en-
ergetic teacher Of large experience, we
pledge him hearty support.
MANY CFTIZENs-
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The Democrats say that Gov.
Hayes is an obscure man, yet he
rose to q high command in the army
while Gov. Tilden never set q
squadron in the field. Gov. Hayes
has served in Congress Gov. Til
den has never been elected to the
National legislature. Gov. Hayes
has been elected Governor three
times, Tilden but once.
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Sixty people died in New York
on Tuesday from Gun stroke-being
the largest number for any day for
80 years, except July 2, 1872, when
~ died there from that cause. Ev-
cry eastern city records sun stroke
deaths this week, and the excessive
heat seems to prevail everywhere.
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Postmaster General Jewell was
Informed Monday by the President
that his resignation would be ac-
cepted, and it promptly followed.
Judge j. N. Tyner, of Indiana,
present second assistant postmaster
general, has been nominated to sue
coed Mr.. Jewell. No reasons given.
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Lieut.. Fred Grant belongs to the
7th cavalry Clusters regiment), but
fortunately for himself, has been on
detailed duty at Sheridan's head
quarters, and therefore did not ac-
company the regiment on it's late
disastrous expedition.