The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-03
NEWS RY TELEGRAPH.
Condensed Summary OF Telegraph
Reports In the Daily Papers.

THURSDAY, FEE. Z4s
Col. Dyer made the closing argu-
lent in the Babcock case and his
peech was the strongest of any
lade during the trial.-Ffres sleep
az car on the route from Louisville
, Memphis took fire, and the pas
engers barely escaped in dis habill.
Hills Block, Davenport, Iowa. loss
20. O00.-Metrepoiitsn meat mar
ct, Tarry-town N. Y.,Loss SIS, 900.
Orphans Home, near Buffalo, n.
Failures Elijah Shaw, of Bos-
On, owner of five wooden mills,
2l5 operatives liabilities
900, 900. Mills closed. Carol
'aper mill, Mill river Mass.
FRIDAY, FEB, %.
Judge Dillon delivered his charge |
o the jury and in two hours the |
ury returned a verdict not guilty. |
There was great rejoicing in conrt |
md at Washington, and congratula-
DRY kilograms reached General
from all parts of the coun-
ry.-Tremendous foods in Saxony
Ind Siberia. The rivers Elbs, Vistu-
a, and Danube are doing much
grand jury at Spring
ield, ILL.,, in dicted five more men
ior whisky frauds.-C. 8 E. Dixon,
of Liverpool, England,
failed ; liabilities So, 500. O00.-There
Is q great rush for the Black Hills
from all parts of the country-Fires:
Stark 8 Cos. commission house,
Indiana loss SIS, OOO.-
81 houses at Coffeyville, Indiana
saw mill at st. Clair,
Ind. loss $4,000.
SATURDAY, FEE. 26.
Fires Simmons s. Bros Packing
house at Greebush, n. T.: loss $25-
900. Perkins horseshoe nail facto-
ry at Providence r. L. loss S. 00, 600.
"A large building at Lemar, lows,
occupied by four families, burned,
and one family of 4 wife and three
young children were found burned
to clnders in the ruins. The hus-
band has become q raving maniac
War is threatened between China
and Japan.-The news of the over
throw of the Csrlist instruction in
Spain is confirmed. King Alfonso
is now master of the situation.
MONDAY, FEB. %.
The inundatiOns in Germany
have subsidized, but hay caused great
damage at scores of places.-Mrs.
General Sheridan has a daughter.
TUESDAY, FEB. %.
Sunday 3 terrific tornado strucl
st. Charles, Mo-, did $4,000 dam
age by destroying buildings-kill
ed three and wounded twenty per
sons.-A very severe storm pre-
vailed on Monday night at Chica
60, and most of the telegraphit
wires blown down. 1t also stormet
terribly at Milwaukee.-A TORNADO
struck Princeton, Ind, Sunda.
night, blew down. ten houseG
and severely injured q DO,
and an old Iady.-The larges
steamboat on the Mississippi, tn
Mary Bell. was destroyed by fire q
Vicksburg; loss on boat and cArgt
$5O0,C0O. The boat was 325 fee
long and l5 feet wids.-The steam
boat Oscela was sunk by snag 4
miles below Memphis.-The Su
preme court having decided in th'
st. Louis maYoralty case in favo
of OVerstoltz, Britton steps dow
and out and Overstoltz runs tn
machine. They declined to quarre
with or BLACKBOARD each other
General BabcOck has returned t
Washington but will not renal
the President's private secretary
Col. Fred Grant takes that place
and Ulysses Grant, Jr., takes secrC
tary Lucky's place. The Presiden
is not going to be fooled any longer
The Louisiana House impeache
Gov. Kellogg, by a vote of 81 to 4!
Don Carlos has given up his wa
for the Spanish throne, and th
Carlist Instruction is virtual
closed.-The U. S. Supreme CouI
has decided that the terminus of th
Union Pacific railroad is on th
Iowa shore at Council Bluffs, an
that the Omaha bridge is part {
the road aud nj ust be operated j
connection with the whole line.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH, 1.
Genral Babcock delivered q me-
sage to the Senate as private seer
tary to President Grant, and the n
port that he is to be supplauted b
Fred Grant, is now contradicted.-
The great storm which struck seV
eral places in Missouri and Indians
also did immense damage
Henderson aud Christian countie
. KY. It made q clean sweep aloE
q tract eight miles long and half
mile wide, south of Hopkinsvill
destroying all buildings and killG
and wounding several persons.
] MenoWn's tea store st. Loui
: burned, loss $55. O00.-Memphis
holding its annual carnival, 81
} having . high old time.-A.
Mcdonald arrested in New Yol
on charge of swindling the COVER
3 ment out of 500, 900, by false swea
{ ino ON a claim for cation slleOaf7