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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18
C0NCIUaION.

l have endeavored in the above hur-
ried notes To comply with your request
and have necessarily left much of in
terest unsaid. Altogether, the pros.
pect is much brighter than 1 had dared
to hope. There is some apprehension
from the winged insects that have been
for some time leaving Texas, where lit
tie was done to fight the pest, and
where much injury has been done in
spots, particularly from DenDison
so1thwestwardly. But in passing from
the south, the injury done by the wing
ed insects is never materially felt.
They are unhealthy and less vOraciOus,
and the crops are well advanced. They
also pass mostly over the western part
of your State. Permit me to remark,
in conclusion, that / have met with
few persons who do not feel that if
taken in time the young insects are
easily mastered and need cause little
alarm in future-a fact which I have
long since insisted on, and which is
generally admitted by all who have
had experience. When the locust
sconrge is fully understood, and the
farmers unite in determined effort 10
counteract it, it will cease to be so much
of bugbear, and no longer interfere
with the settlement of the beautiful
and productive western plains which
| it visits at irregular intervals.
L have the honor to remain,
Yours truly, C. V. RILEY.
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roads were described in January as
wretched, the rails very poor, and
only single line. They may have
been improved. Where the main
line ends, on the SerVian frontier, is
CherneiS, considered the point best
adapted for crossing the Danube.
They would cross into q friendly
Safe, and by following tie roads
from Servia TO Sophia and Adrian
ople, would avaid the most fcrmid-
able passes of The Balkan, and the
principal Turkish fortresses.
This Balkan range runs parallel
nearly with the Danube. and consti-
tutee the second line of defense. 1t
is crossed by FIVE passes, some OF
them very difficult. Near the sea,
the etronghoIds of Varna and
Schumla guard the approaches to
it, and must be taken or held in
check by an army. So IN crossing
the Danube the Russians have 10
consider first, the river; secondly
the access from it to the mountain
passes. Turkish gunboats on the
Danube add to its difficulties, and
would threaten the line of commu.
nication at any point below Servia
as they could destroy the Pontoons
unless kept off by tOrpedOes.
The part of Roumanis lying along
the Danube, formerly called Wal.
lachis, is an inclined plane from the
Carpaihians on its northern frontier
to the Danube. Most of the rivers
and highways, both there and be
tween the Danube and Balkans
run about north and south, render
ing it difficult to cross either region
in line parallel with the river ant
mountains. The railroad in ROu
mania runs east aud west.
I. j, RoCHUssEN.
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STATE.

The sheep shearing season has be-
gun.
Lead has been found four miles west
of Fit. Scott.
The Parsons Daily Record is among
the things of the past.
Topeka claims, by the assessors re-
port, population of 6, SEQ.
The city of Thayer allows her citi-
zens % cents each for trees planted
this and following years.
A horse thief was recently drowned
while attempting to swim q horse
across the Marmaton.
A man named Wook, on Oak creek,
Smith county, recently lost seventeen
head OF cattle in the mud of that
stream.
j. B. Broadhead, Linn county, has
a colt one year old which weighs 900
pounds. Gotten by a herd-boOk sire.
One week ago last Wednesday night
lady gave birth to child while sit
ting in the car-seat, on All A., T. & s.
F. train, when near Great Bend, going
west.
A writer to an eastern paper, from
Atkinson, says the rain there never
reaches the grouRd, as the grasshop-
pers stand on their hind legs and drink
it as fast as it falls.
The Augusta Gazette says that the
A. T. q S. F. offers to extend its
branch road to the south line of But
Ter county, if 5000, 900 in county bonds
is voted for it.
Sumner county is soon to vote on
bonds for the Kansas City, Emporia
and Southern railroad, to run via Ok
ford and Wellington to Caldwell.
Hon. Alfred Gray, Secretary of the
State Board Of Agricultural is searOus-
ly i'll, from over work at the Centen-
NAL and since his return. Hence the
reason of the delay in the publication
of the Centennial report and of the
agricultural report for 1876.
]. z. Mead, of Wichita, one Of the
Oldest residents In Southwestern Kan
sas, says that the grasshoppers which
hatch out in the spring always die be-
fore doing any serious damaged that
they Matched out enormously in the
spring OF 1867 and soon died, and are
doing the same this spring. He thinks
farmers who fail to plant on account
of the grasshoppers make q bad mis-
taken.
a span OF horses attached to q
spring wagon, and driven by Mr.
Cochran, at Iowa, became unmanage-
able, and while going at full speed the
pole dropped upon the ground and
burrOwed, throwing wagon and driver
high in the air. Mr.. C. was danger
ously hurt internally.
Lighting struck the shed on D. E.
Bowen's farm, eight miles northwest
of Lawrence, On the 9th, and killed
his valuable horses.
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Gladstone's resolutions in the Eng
lish House of Commons, protesting
against England interfering in be-
half Of Turkey, were rejected on
the 18th, by 355 to 223 and an amend
ment, offered by Henry WOLF of
the Conservatives, to the effect that
the House declines to entertain any
resolutions which may embarrass
the government in its maintainance
Of peace and the protection of Brit
ish interests without indicating any
alternative line of policy, was adop-
ted without discussion. This leaves
the ministry free to Interfere in be-
half OF Turkey whenever it thinks
It best to do SO. The monied inter-
ests have very naturally carried the
daY.
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EnlpOria Markets.
ExroRIA. KS, May IS. 1877

EkPORIAs kS.s May Is, 1871.
The very bad condit ion of the roads pre-
vents the farmers from bringing in grain
and the shippers are having an easy time.
Corn is steady at SIS cents. Wheat and Aour
are weaker than last week, and slightly low
er. Beef is up, the butchers claiming that
they have to pay more now than ever before
for good fat cattle. Freights came up just be-
fore grain advanced. SO that the railroads
could absorb large part of the eastern ad-
vance in prices, and are now as follows: Corn
and oats, by the car load, per 100 lbs, II cents
to Kansas City, 80 cents to Sc. Louis, 40 cents
to Chicago, and 20 cents to Baltimore. This
is 80 cents higher per 100 lbs. to Baltimore
than the rates of a. year ago, and considerably
higher to the other cities named thon before
the advance in grain. Wheat bv the car load.
Is cents per 100 lbs. to Kansas City. IS cents
TO st. Louis, and 60 cents to Chicago. Live
hogs are $50 per car &c Kansas City, $40 to st.
Louis, ana $92.5o to Chicago.
Fresh vegetables will soon be quite plenty.
Peas are in pod at Hallberg's nursery, and
will be in market in ten days. We quote:
WHOLESALE.
Wheat-No. 5 81 55; No. 4 81 20; rejected
81 10 to 81 90.
Corn-35 cents.
Oats-25 to % cents.
Hays 90 per ton.
WOOd-$S 80 to 81 for soft and green wood;
81 and 81 80 for dry hard wood.
Coal--Lyon county, Fort Scott and Usage
shaft 800 per ton; McAllister, So so.
Cattle--On foot 81 to 81 cents for fat COWS
to AZ for fat steers.
Hogs--$s75 to 4 90 on foot; S 90 dressed,
per 100 pounds.
RETAIL PRICES.
Flour-Fancy -four, s. IS per 100 lbs.
Soden's -four Emporia Eagle S. Go per 100;
xxx IS 40; xxx 1915; Xxx 81 80; Snowflake
81 20, Beauty s. 10
Armor's-AA, S 20 xxx. 81 so; xXxA, "a 20;
xxxB. s. 60. Rye -four s. co.
Corn meal-bOlted, 81 %; unbolted. 81 % per
100 lbs.
Stock Feed-Barley and oats mixed, 81 10
per 100 lbs; corn and oats, 81; ship stun, 20
bran Coo, bran and middlings mixed, 20 cents.
PotatOes--$1 50 per bushel. and very scarce.
Butter-Grocers pay 10 aud sell for 12K cts.
Eggs-GrOcers pay and sell for 10 cents.
Cheese--15 centss
Apples--$1 so per bushel.
Cranberries-l5 cents per quart.
Pfep1ant-3 cents per Id.
Lettuce-5c per bunch, or 2Gc per Id.
Maple Sugar-2h cents per lib.
Maple Surup--$2 per gallon.
ANCs CcupS per ID.
dressed, 10 cents. Chickens, grocers pay
81 Is and sell for 50 per dozen.
Fresh meats--l5 cts. per pound for steak ;
to 12H cts for rOasts; to cts for boiling
pieces. Pork 8 to 10 cents. Hams Is cents
l2k cents.
Veal and Mutten--6 to l21< cents, according
to cut.
Lard - Rendered 12K cents; leaf lard. 10
cents.
Clover Seed-$l0 per bushel.
Bluegrass Seeds per bushel.
Hungarian seed--50c per bushel.
Millet seed--6Oc per bushel; German millet
70 cents.
Cabbage and Tomato Plants. assorted-4Oc
per 100.
Sweet Potato Plants--25c per 100.
Radishes and Fresh Onions--6c per dozen.
Asparagus--10cp per bunch.
Fresh oranges--per doz., a to rs cents, &C.
cOrding to quality.
Fresh Lemons-.per doz, 20 to 75cents ac-
cording to quality.
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A Plea tor Rest.

Will the sanguine, sandy complec-
ted and sandy haired editor of the
EldoradO Times please to give US q
rest about the But End railroad.
We have had about blow, buster
and Standardization enough. For
a yesr we have heard nothing else
from that sheet but NE and the
railroad, and the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe company, and cross ties,
and right of way, and ali that. We
open the paper in search of some
thing of interest for our " South
west, aud we glance up one col
umn and down another, and find
nothing but pUffs for the aforesaid
sanguine and sandy completed edi-
ter, and something about Eldorado
being nearly; about where the
little depot is to be located, and
that some deluded individual from
the cast who had been beguiled to
that region had arrived in town and
was looking at a town lot with a
view of making purchase; that
"some of us" had made terrible
sacrifices by locating there seven
years ago when there was little be-
side prairie grass and buffalo chips,
etc. We have a great deal of re-
spect for the editor Of that little pa
per and desire his prosperity, and
out of q feeling of the purest friend
ship it falls to our lot to advise him
to dry up-to give us rest-a
change-if he can. We are like the
old lady's -boarder-we can stand
dried apples for sixty meals. but af-
ter that we want a change. We
know it is big thing to get little
But End railroad, and it's q great
compliment to q mans brains and
power to be vice president of
But End company, without any SAL
airy, but you see, Higginbotham,
we have heard enough about it al
ready to do US. The Times has for
years been blowing about the wealth,
enterprise and development of But
Ter county, materially and in popu-
Iation, and yet.the people there have
all stood still for esyht gears with a
railroad passing by their very doors,
Gnd now, after the expiration of
eight years of slow-going old fogy-
ism, and quarreling over county seats
and county lines, they have walked
up and got side track. Had EN-
poria been either Eldorado or Win
field she would have had a railroad
down that rich valley to the mouth
of the Walnut seven years ago, or
within year of the completion OF
the Santa Fe road. Emporis was
the principal town in forming the
railroad system of Southern Kan.
sas, and got two great through lines
to come here, and yet she never
made half the blow about it the
Times is making over side track.
Of course we would not snatch q
single lpurel from the massive brow
of the aforesaid editor, but we do
want a rest mighty bad. Shall we
have it, or will we be compelled to
leave the State till after the Edo
RADIO railroad drunk?
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

The Secretary OF War has receiv-
ed from Drexel, Morgan s. Co., of
Now York, . proposition to furnish
sufficient means, at Aye or six per
cent. interest per annum, to pay the
army fr0m the fret OF July until
the army appropriation bill passes,
but the Secretary declined the Offer
ON the ground that he cannot enter
into such . contract without a VIC
lation Of the law. He, however, ia
Vors the plan to so advance pay to
the officers OF the army, but desirs
Il TO be understood that the War
Department can have nothing to do
with the transaction which must be
q private matter between the officers
and firm. The high priVates not
being Able to resign, caR afford TO
wait for their pay.
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Prospects Brighter Iiaan An
GicipaGed.
Imnorfanf HnTormnlIon.

Important Information.
The following correspondence ex-
plains itself:
STATE OF KAN, Elk ECUTTyE DEPARTNRNT,t
TOPEKA, May 5. 1871
To Professor C. Y. Riley, Of q. s. EAto-
moIogscaI Commission, EBsporiG, Kan:
SIR: 1t is now impossible for me
to join you in vour tour of observation
through the state as promised. l feel
deep interest in the results of your
examination, and have to urge upon
you the Importance of passing over
as great breadth of territory as pos
sible in the time you can give TO this
state. I desire from you, for publica-
ton, statement of the true condition
and prospects as you find them.
have feared that the reports of adj
died eggs and disappearing insects,
are based on hope instead of facts. If
so they cannot fail to work injury by
quieting the people with belief in q
false security. If the eggs in the soil
are still unmatched aud in a sonaition
to produce in Obstructive numbers
when the weather shall be propitious,
it is far better that the people knew
the worst and prepare for it without
delay.
am satisfied that determined and
systematic effort will exterminate the
locust and save our growing crops
even IL the worst be true as to the
present Matching. An organization
under the township law, or unanimity
of volunteer action, with the means
now known to be effective in the des-
truction of these insects, cannot fai
of substantial success.
To this end 1 hope you will favor
me with fall report of your tour Of
observation, together with such sug.
gestions as to mode and time OF des-
stroying the locust, as your obse rva.
ton and experience shall warrant
This statement from you will be &C.
cepted as authentic by the great ma.
iority of our people, and will allay
fear if there is no danger, and awaken
to action if pending peril exists.
Very Respectfully,
GEO. T. ANTHONY.
Governor of Kansas
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18
A Chicken Tradgedy,

There was pathetic scene at a rail-
way crossing in Patterson, N. j., the
other day. An old hen with large
erOod of chickens was crossing the
track in front of an approaching train
chickens Ioitered behind until the i Ioo
was almost upon them. The
mother, with lowering wings and open
bill, ran upon the track and began to
drive them OF one by one by sheer
force. Several Of them she got clear
of the track in this way, but others of
them ran up the track instead of from
it. The old hen followed, trying 10
save them, but without avail, and the
engine ran into them all, killing the
hen and seven Of her chickens whose
lives she was trying to save.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

Elsewhere we nave the pleasure
of presenting an editorial written
by Major 1. J. Rochussen, editor of
the Halstead Record, on "The Are
ma of the War in the East" 1t is
a palmer and clearer view Of the
seat of the struggle than we have
seen anywhere, and we are glad to
lay It before our readers. By the
aid of map clear idea can be
formed of the situation of the ar
mics at present, and the field of
conflict. There is perhaps no man
in Kansas who is better posted on
foreign matters in general than Ma
jor ROchussen, and we thank hlD
for the use of this well written ar
ticle.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

proclamation OF the President Calling
Rn Extra Session OF Con .ress on
the 18th of October, 1877.
By the President Of ths United States Of
America:
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, The final adjournment OF the
Forty-fourth Congress without making
the usual appropriation for the support
of the army for the fiscal year ending
June Both, 1878, presents an extraordinary
occasion requiring the President to exer-
else the power vested ia HIM by the Con-
stltution to convene the houses OF Con-
gross in anticipation OF the day fixed by
l. W for their next meeting:
Now, therefore, j, Rutherford Is. Hayes,
President OF the United States, do, by
virtue Of the power in me vested by the
Constitution, convene both houses Of
Congress 10 assemble at their respective
chambers at twelve O'Clock, noon, on
Monday, the 18th OF October next, then
and there to consider and determine such
measures as in their wisdom, their duty
and the welfare Of the people may seem
TO demand.
In witness whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF
the United States to be affixed. Done
Mt the city Of Washing, this 18th day
OF May, In the year Of our Lord. 1877,
and Independence OF the United
States OF America the 1O1st.
(SIgned) r. b. HAYES.
By the President:
WIN. N. EvARTs, Secretary Of State.
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The banks, also, do not seem to
have been accumuIating specie very
rapidly during the past year. For
instance the banks of New York
city had on hand, May 9th, 1876,
SIS, 80, 400, and May 9Th, 1877, S24.-
1l9, 100, in specie which is of course
largely concentrated in that city.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

At 5 O'Clock Tuesday morning
tidal wave, FIVE feet high, came
rushing ashore on the Canadian side
of Lake Erie, accompanied by loud
kissing noise. 1t was followed at
intervals of an hour by waves n foot
high. The lake was otherwise quiz
ct, and there was very little wind
Has the sea serpent arrived by an
underground passage?
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

Ten regiments of Cossa cks are to
go in advance of the Russian army,
in European Turkey.
On the 18th a Russian corps with
cavalry and artillery, crossed the
Danube near Portbsck and entered
Dombrudsch, where 8 battle was
raging at last accounts.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

Jesse r. Grant, son of the ex-
President. and who accompanies his
father In the latter's European trip,
is to act as special correspondent
for the Chicago Inter-Ocean. That
is q great deal better than being
Preaidenk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

President Hayes and family visit
ed New York on the 18th, and were
given q grand public dinner by the
Chamber Of Commerce. The Presi-
dent in q brief speech, asserted his
confidence in the success of his poll
cy and the revival of business.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

Thomas Craper and wife are to
start from New Bedford, Mass, in
. sail boat Is feet long, on the 18th,
for London. They expect to arrive
there in forty days, and We hope
they will enjoy the trip.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

There are some self-made men In
Turkey. Edhem Pasha, the present
Grand Vizier of Turkey, is q Mo-
hammedan by religion and educa-
ton and g Greek by birth. He was
sold as q slave to Turkish states
man, whs, discovering Lis abilities,
sent him to be educated in Paris.
Abdul Kerim Pasha, the Turkish
Commsnder-in-chief, received his
education at Vienna.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

The editorial association of Kan
sas is to meet at Leavenw orth, June
18th, and on the 14th start on the
grand excursion to Colorado by cars
of the A. T. s. s. F., and return by
the X. p. road. Each editor is ex-
pected to pay his hotel bills and 9TH
er expenses, except railroad fare,
and the cost to each is estimated at
$50. The only question is how ma
ny editors are going to be able to
raise $25 on only thirty days notice.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

The Buchanan Bank of st. Joseph, Mob
Josiah WoOten, Defendant. }
"HE said defendant, Josiah Wooten, Is
Il hereby notified, that he has been sued by
the said plaintiff; and that the petition OF
said plaintiff is on file in the oIice of the
Clerk OF the District Court of said county;
and that said defendant must answer the
same on or before the 9th day Of July, 1877.
or said petition will be taken as true. and
Judgment rendered against said defendant.
and In favor OF said plaintiff, for the sum OF
$275 90. with ten per cent. interest thereon
from April 18th, Lie, and interest on se!.50
from April 18th, 1877, at ten per cent. per an
mum, according to the terms of q certain note
executed by said defendant 70 one ii. A.
Avery, on the said 18th day OF April, 1915,
and sold by said Avery to this plaintiff before
its maturity, and for valuable considera-
ton. And ordering and decreeing that q
certain mortgage given by said defendant. 70
secure said note on lot No. one hundred and
eight [108l, on Neosho street, in the city OF
EmpOria, Lyon county, Kansas, be fOrecl0sed
and said real estate sold according to law,
and the proceeds applied In satisfaction OF
said Judgment, and In case of deficiency that
execution issue against said defendant for
the balance, and for saeh other and further
relief as the Court may deem just and
proper. CUNNINGHAM MCCARTHY,
cost Att'ys for plaintiR.
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The uormons are drilling night
and day, and Coy. Emery, of Utah,
calls en- the government for several
regiments of troops. If this war
breaks ont, it will be another good
chance for the millers to mark up
f1Our
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

The carnival business began in
New York city on the 18th, with q
grand procession of King Menus
and his court. Immense crowds
were oat and the spectacle was
greatly applauded.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

The fires in the forests of New
York and Canada extend for hun
dreds of miles, have destroyed an
immense amount of property, and
made hundreds of families homeless.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

The National debt was decreased
$455, l04, 642 81 during the eight
years and ten months from July 1st,
1868, to May 1st, 1877. This is a
great progress towards extinguish-
inD
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

There are now ain sight" about
six millions of bushels of wheat
less, and four millions of bushels of
corn more, than in May, 1876.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

It is stated that silver mines, once
yielding fairly, always do so, if
work is continued. Some paying
silver mines now have been worked
for many centuries.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

Mr.. Charles Francis Adams ap-
proves President Hayes southern
policy, and says it will prove sue
cess. That settles the question.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18
ST. LOUIS MARKEr.
PRoDuCK.

PRODUCE.
FIour-verT dull; only . small jobbing
trade.
~ y cssh onIv: g O5a9 O6 bid cssh at calf: NO
fail, 81 a8a<ai 95K cash; No. 4 do, 81 as.
Corn--Unsettied and GuctnatHng; 81 4 cash :
0ass. i'm but inactive; axe bideash; re-
jecEed sold at &C.
Rye-LoWer 1t sc.
ButteF-Unehanged.
E1xs-S4eady; ea95<c-
Pork.-puLl At S14 Is bid cash; sAias at 914 60
ais % July; sl5 - August
Lard--Eomfnal.
Bulk meats-hominat.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

Cholera il prevailing on the east
ern coast Of Asia, and $4,000 deaths
are reported in Chalena and Chetta-
gong alone.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18
OUR MARKET REPORT
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS.
NEW YoRK MARKET.

FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK, May II.
GoLD-OPened and closed at 107, with some
sales early in the day.
housekeeping rates, to IL per cent
and borrowing rates nat and las per cent
SILvER-Bars 81 @7x in greenbacks; 81 10
In gold; coin &c discount.
B0NDs-G0YerDment bonds dull and 6rm !;
railroad bonds steady; State securities same
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18

Senator Ingalls,, is now announced
as orator before the Kansas editors on
the occasion of their annual meeting.