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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
FURNITURE !! i UIREall UERE! /! I!
ANOTHER GENERAL REDUCTION IN PRICES
Anderson the Cheapest Furniture Market in the State
PRICES TGsAT DEFY COMPETITION

prices ,win,
Il rd-of low - t = 80 SN"A's
ROOM consisting $3.50
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md 60
cor sandd drawers +
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hand large Stock Of nrnure oil kinds
c2NNoT fN6GssoIp & M gee io
May 49, 1915 s' DeSssssiEss Ss e: Tz9LdsX. zS9sLsdgasXs
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
Southern Home School

nm Is ssse.sI, :. = ~ q. g.
FEHHE Fall Session will open TUESDAY.
a August Il, 1877, and continue twenty
weeks. i,iiE -
Terms, due half i'll advance, the remain.
der, November Z: Board, $63.O0; Tuition,
$500 to $500; French, $1,000; Inatrnmen.
tai Music, $1,000; Wax and Leather Work,
each, $1,000: Kindergarten, 5000. A Nor.
mali Glass OF Ladies' in Calisthetiics viii be
taught ct tho ''Sch6ol House. every after
ncon---tcrms, 81 90 per month. For Circn-
lar, address annfj
L. JANE c. WADE, Principal. I
July'29, 1877 ,i.i.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
s. n. RICHARDSON,
Grand Worthy Patria cb

A resolution of thanks to the raj. dads
and Williamson Division was passed, AID
the Grand Division formally adjourned to
the annual meeting in November next.
AT NIGHT tln
meeting was held in the Baptist Church,
ana ar 1oquent speech upon the subject of
temperance was delivered by Rev. 8. NJ.
Richardson. tn, Grand Wnrthv potr;orc,,
Mr. Richardson Is pleasant and forcible
speaker and his remaiEs upon this occasion
combined logic with parnos In an emineni
degree. The meeting was exceedingly pless.
ant throughout its continuance.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
sAHDY SPRINGS.

.SlaLtOlcM, JuIy %, 1877.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
Amer,Cu. rown.h,p A..es,mant

EDITORS NKWS.-I herewith submit to
you for publication my report as assessor
Of Americas township, also some other
items which may be Of interest to your
readers, especially those OF the eastern
states. The assessment OF personal prop
erty stands to wit: 655 head Of horses,
valued at $4,000; average, $26.s7; 1885
head OF cattle, valued at $50, 4OI; average,
$1O.19; per head; SO mules, valued at
$l.69S; average, $26.96; hogs 629, valued
at $1,4S9; average, $3.50; farm imple-
ments, valued at $4,67O.5S; wagons and
carriages, valued at $2,634.5O; gold and
silver watches, valued at S315; musical
instruments, valued at $418; merchant
stock, valued at 81, $40; moneys and cred.
its, 90, 161.16; all other personal property,
$S,SSS.25; total value of personal proper
ty, 79,266.79; exemption, $26, leo; total
taxable personal property, 90, 1G6. 70. E;
old corn on hand March list, 49, $50
bushels; corn planted, 5000 acres; fall
wheat that is in an average condition,
9O4 acres; spring wheat, 525 acres; rye,
3l3 acres; oats, 500 acres; potatoes, SO
acres. This does not include potatoes ex-
cept fields in excess Of one-half an acre.
There are probably five times that area in
the township. Sorgum, 43 acres; number
Of horses, TAB; cattle, 1895; hogs, 2,2Ss;
number of persons assessed, 2S5; making
on an average over three head Of horses,
twelve head Of cattle, nine head Of hogs
and 40 bushels OF corn to each assessed
person. Enough to feed quite a while
during grasshOpper raid. There were
made In factory 81, 900 pounds OF cheese;
~ 900 pounds Of butter made in families.
There are quite a lot OF grasshoppers
Matched out but they disappear from
some unknown cause about as fast as they
hatch. AS general rule our farmers do
not have any fears Of them, but go march
ing on to the held Of labor thinking, and
undoubtedly expecting, TO reap a bounIi.
fut harvest. Fruit Of all kinds will be
in abundance. and in general everything
in the township is In q thriving condl-
tton. To our eastern friends who think
we make figures IN Kansas to suit the
times and eXagerate them, if they think
these figures are exaggerated. am ready
to prove them correct. Militia of the
township numbers 1875 able.bodied men
+. s. Dom Y, assessor.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
THE ELLINwoOD ACCIDENT.


On Friday last as train loaded with
from SC0 to 40 exeursionists from vari-
Gus states was passing over the A. T. q 8.
+. road, serious accident occurred at 3
small creek near Ellenwood, which Is the
nrst station this side Of Great Bend. Va
rious reports have reached this city as to
the number OF lives lost and the number
OF people wounded. A report In the
Commonwealth said there was but one
person killed and six or eight wounded.
We have made every exertion to get at the
facts, following each report As far aspOs
slble 70 ascertain its authenticity. These
various reports give the number killed at
from i've to sixteen. After as full an In
vestigation as we could give the matter
we have arrived 1t the conclusion that
the first number named Is correct. Three
were killed at the time Of the accident
and two have since died. The number
wounded Is placed at from fifteen to TWEEN
tY-tve, and some OF these will probably
die. According to the best information
the accident was caused by the washing
Of the earth from under the track In such
y way as to leave the rails in position,
and give the track the appearance OF be-
ing all right. 1t Ii reDorted, Ia this con-
nection, that the section boss knew Of the
condition of the track and had gone to
the nearest telegraph Office to telegraph
the conductor. But when he reached the
office the train had passed the last station
by which 1t could be warned by tele-
graph. He failed to leave q man at the
wash-out to nag the train. We do not
put much confidence In this report, as 1t
hardly seems possible the section man
would have gone OF without leaving
soma OF his men to warn the train.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
Horse. Thiar Caueht

Last Friday morning Marshal Fleming
received telegram from Topeka asking
him to look out for stolen mare with q
white star in the forehead, which q
young man named Burnes had hired
to go out to brick yard to collect some
money, but instead Of going to said yard,
he alt out", probably for Wichita,
where he has q brother in-law. The
marshal showed the telegram to Sheriff
Conner, and the latter soon after met Mr..
N. Whittlesy, and spoke to him about it,
and Mr.. WhIttlesy replied that half an
hour before, while going to breakfast, he
had seen such a horse and rider going
south along Merchant street. Aessrs.
Conner and Fleming Immediately procur-
ed horses and dashed of over the Cotton
wood, overlook the thief and stolen horse
on the valley few miles south Of the city,
and brought them back to town. The
thief owned up and was put in Jail to
await an officer from Topeka, and the
horse was shipped on freight car that
went up that day. The animal was a
good one, but was terribly used up by
hard riding. That young man will In
definitely postpone his intended visit to
his Wichita relatives.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
Have the GrasshOPpers Omcers?
LENA VALLEY, GREENWOOD Co I
Nav 18th. 1877.

Ed. NEWS: 1t has been g long
time since have written to you from
our valley. We are all right yet,and 1
will write oftener.
Now for the hoppers: All that 1
have to say about Prof. Riley, or any
other man getting rid of them in the
ways that have been proposed, taht it
will fail unless they can beat old Pha-
raoh.
Now my plan is to kill the officers,
then it will be like the killing one In
old times that knocked the work into q
gin shop. Any person that has made
the hopper his study two hours, would
have found out that they have officers
as well rs any army.
When they were here I examined
my fruit trees and could not find 9
single tree but what had 8 captain on
il. When came near he would turn
round and look sternly at me as though
I was an intruder. found them on the
ground also. The boss is q very large
hopper, about as big as mans thumb.
1 trod on one of them and ground
round on him until thought he was
dead sure, but when let him up he
left without giving orders for retreat.
If the hopper is like the bee my plan
will work, If not, we are out. Let "a
hear from ssme of you hopper men.
JAKE ELLIS.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
The Cottonvvood on a Hieh.


Tim Cottonwood was a. well up" from
rains here on Saturday. On that day she
received supplies from the great ram
storm Of Friday "out west. 1" Sunday
she was " booming" and hundreds Of
people visited the stream at Soden's, the
hot sun Of that day having dried the mud
so as 10 make the road naVIgable for
boots" She continued to rise all day
Monday and Tuesday. She overlooked
her banks, full half mile wide. The
water broke arouLd Soden's mill on the
north, and covered the first floor Of the
building. On the south end large body
OF water ran over the approach to the
bridge, ana out oyer the adjacent fields.
Many persons contriVed to cross this up
to Wednesday. The approach is narrow
and In several instances parties went Ell.
Their to the right or left and were plunged
Into some ten feet Of water. There were
ing. The water at the mill reached very
near the high water mark OF fOur years
ago. The stream remained mp longer
period than ever before known, as it did
not commence to recede till Thursday.
Soden and his men worked hard for sew
eral days, by means OF . ska, saving all
the property they could. Hundreds Of
neople visited the stream each day up to
Wednesday. The mad rushing waters
formed grand sight.
We have the following card from our
friend J. ". Carter who lives on the bank
OF the stream . few miles above town:
May ed, 1877,
DEAR NEws:-The Cottonwood river
has been for forty -elght hours, eight inch
es below the highest high-water mark,
TO fall. The damage to crops will be
about as 1t was four years ago, when we
had the highest water on record for this
section. Has not overlooked 80 much land
but has remained so much longer on what
was overflow ed will damage It more.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

This wonderful traveller iirst made his
appearance At . point west Of the Miseou-
ri river December 21st. 1876, and the fact
will pass into history that the route Sc
lected for his eastward journey, WAS dt.
rectLs 01er the Old Reliable H0aaibdI &
st. Joseph Il. Il. and connections, being
visible from all points on its line, thus
showing conclusiVely that the Old RelIe-
bic II. 4 st. 10 route East Il the first
choice Of all hedseRLv as well IS earthly
bodies. We are told that signs and won.
ders shall appear, &c. So when people
are travelling East choose the Old Reli4.
BILE Hannibal and ST. 10 route, the sign II
they wiH have pleasant and safe Jour.
ney, with no VexaftOus delays or hindran.
ees. Through Day Coaches and Pullman
Sleeping Cars are run between Kansas
City and Chicago, scithosst change, Also
through coaches from Kansas City to To
ledo, and Pullman Sleeping Car from
Atchison and St. 10, 70 Cleveland, Ohio
1oitkout change. Also close connections
via. Quincy tor Indianapolis, Cincinnati
1870 =. PENTmLD, G. p. & T. A,
Hannibal, He.
N. CLAYTON, Western Pass Ag't
G2-tr -S Kansas CITY, No.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

OUR BAND.-The Emporia band has
been christsned @The Knight Templars'
Band" 1t has been decided to purchase
new instruments Of the best class, to ne
made for this organization on order.
These and the uniforms will cost in the
neighborhood Of $500, and it il proposed to
ask the citizens to aid by such amounts as
they think proper. A subscription paper
is now being circulated by Thad David
son, and we trust it will meet with liberal
treatment by our people. With the new
instruments Emporia will have the best
band in the State. The new horns and
uniforms are to be here by the Attn of July.
II the members OF the band can afford to
give their time and money to keep up the
band, certainly the citizens ought to show
their appreciation Of its Nork and ser
vices by helping buy the new instruments
and uniforms. Give the boys good send
oR
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

A GREAT SUcCEss.-Starr & Williams
have found that the Jones Truss gives
such excellent satisfaction, and sells 50
rapidly, that they have secured the sole
agency for 1t In Western Kansas. They
are also well satisfied with the result Of
advertising IL in TIE News. They sell
from two to i've Of these trusses every day,
and cay that 1t hiss superseded all the
other makes they have. The Jones Truss
is made ut Syracuse, New York, and is
nowhere more popular than In that city.
The: Syracuse Daily Standard says that
persons come from all parts OF the State
to get them. We did not know that rup-
ture and kindred ailments were 90 CON-
mon as they are, but the number Of truss
es sold proves that considerable pro-
portion OF people In every community
need theae useful instruments. We adj
wise all who need anything In that line to
call at Starr 3 williams. and examine
Jones' Metallic Adjustable Truss and Sup
porter. It is . great success and no mis-.
take
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

Tinware IN all shapes, ornamental and
useful, was in abundance at the spacious
residence Of A. N. Hams, near the city,
on Tuesday evening last. 1t was the 10th
anniversary Of the marriage Of MI. and
Mrs. Hanna, and large number Of their
friends assembled to celebrate the occa-
sion. A fine supper was served, and the
weather ''spread itself" to give the Oc-
casion the benefit of 3 beautiful moOn-lit
night. The large and airy rooms and
porches, as well as the elegant grounds,
were enjoyed by all the attendants. May
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanna have allotted to them
many years to enjoy the good things OF
this world, and may they encounter few
Of its shadows.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

McMURTRIE's STOVE SToRE.-It would
be hard to ind in any city = neater, more
complete, and attractive stove and tin
ware store than that OF D. G.. McMurtie,
OF this city. His stock is well arranged,
and comprises about everything in that
line Of trade. His leading cook Btove il
the Superior, and It is certainly q most ex-
cellent one, and seems to be as nearly per.
feet as q stove can be. His new styles
toilet sets, nickle-platsd granite ware, and
nickls-plated sadirons. and refrigerators,
are handsome and useful. The sadirIons
have q smooth and perfect finish, impossi.
BILE to give the ordinary iron surface, and
cost very little more. Mr.. McMurtrie n .
reliable, accommodating dealer, has q fine
stock OF goods, and 1t will pay buyers t.
give his store q call.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
senator Plumb.


Wichita Eagle.
United States Senator, P. B. Plumb,
spent last Friday In Wichita. During the
day he called upon many Of our citizens,
and took IAde about the city In the after
aeon. In the evening quite large num-
Der OF our leading men paid their respects
by calling on him at the Occidental. His
old-time faith in q great future for our
valley has not abated In the least-but
from the many evidences OF our rapid
growth and development it was the more
emphatically confirmed, drawing from
him the expression that SedgWick county
returns, I'VE years hence, would show q
population Of twenty-five thousand. Our
Senator, being no mere theorist, given to
fanc1es or pIat1tudes, but keenly OBJ
servant and intensely practical man, pos
sessing mind stored with the experiences
that encompass the political and material
history Of our State, as an entirety, from
its earliest infancy, the opinion thus Civ
Young commonwealth, with her great am
Oitions and Unreasonable possibilities,
which hailed z. 3. Plumb'S elevation to
the exalted position Of United States SEN
ator, for 70 the place he brought not only
the faculties mentioned, the experiences
incidental to prosperous business career
and . successful lawyer, but an adherent
faith and energy 90 fixed and constant as
TO falter at nothing. Z. b. Plumb enter
ed upon public life as an editor in his
seventeenth year. A beardiess boy he led
. company Of full grown men to Kansas
Territory, and promptly and effectively
squelched q mutiny upon the part Of his
followers, while en- route. The first time
we ever saw him was In q Free-State con-
VentiOn at Topeka. in the spring of 1857.
he was then . mere youth, not yet having
attained his majority, but as q delegate
from the then 'tGreat Southwest" he dis
Sented 10 q proposed action Of the older
heads with whom he was associated, and
By timely and vigorous speech over
whelme6 the opposition and carried his
point. So In all his subsequent life he
has known no such word as fail, and In
nObody's estimation does he stand higher
than In that OF the men who served with
and under him during the war. Having
such q friend in the councils Of the ma.
ton, acting with concord, or in concert
with the brilliant spirit and dashing cour-
age possessed by our other young Senator,
the Hon. John j. Ingalls,, Kansas will hold
her own and more too.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
wabash Railway.

This road has become famous for Its ex-
cellent steel rail track, good cars and fast
time. Ali express passenger trains Of the
Hannibal d Sc. Joseph, Missouri Pacific
or st. Louis, Kansas City q Northern rail.
ways make connection in union depots At
Quincy or St. LOUIS, with the fast train Of
the Wabash Line. Pullman's Sleepers
and Day Cars are run through from Kan.
sas City. Atchison and st. Joe to Toledo
and Cleveland without change, connect
ing At Fort Wayne with through sleepere
to New York via Pittsburg, and at Cleve-
land with thF ough sleepers to New York
line Is actually So hours quicker from st.
Louis and Quincy 20 principal Eastern cit
les than Is made via Chicago or Cincinnati.
We advise ali who value time and COM
fort to patronize the wabash Line. It
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
Respectfully submitted,
H DUNLAP Cisy Treas'f.

Committee on ways and means reported
City Clerks report for quarter ending
March Is, 1877, eoETece.
Committee on ways and means report
ed Police Judges report for month Of
February, correct. Also, the Police
Judges report fog Aprli.
The foregoing reports Of committee on
ways and means wers all adopted.
Bills on Clerks desk referred to coE-
mlttee on claims.
On motion, the bid Of TIE EAPORTA
NEWS, for the city printing for the ensu.
ing year, was accepted.
Council went into executive session.
The Mayor nominated E. A. Cooke fer
policeman the ensuing year. Council PRO
coed to ballot on the nomination, and the
nomination was- confirmed by . vote Of
yeas and nays
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

Z. p. Bruner has made u couple OF
grasshopper exterminators, for Col.
Plumb and DIR. Tandy, who report mil
Hons OF young hoppers on their farms
near the elty, and more coming. This
'sxterminator is q shallow sheet-iron pan
about nihe feet long, divided into three
compartments to hold Kerosene oil, and
having standards at the rear side for 9
cloth backing. 1t Is to be drawn over the
ground, or carried BY two men, one at
each end, and the hoppers are expected
20 jump into the Kerosene and die imme
SiAtely. These machines can be made
for three dollars each, and for less in large
numbers. One firm In SalIna is said to
have made and sold GOO this season.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
The Naw Fast Train

To New York, via Wabash, Canada
Southern and New York Central Rail-
May 14th, leaving st LOUIS and Quincy
In the morning on arrival Of trains from
the West, and Will arrive at New York
and intermediate 19ints eight hours in
advance OF compe1g lines. Pnl1man's
Sleepers VIII be un through, leaving
Kansas City every afternoon, via 81. & st.
Joe BY, TO Toledo without change, and
from s.. Louis TO Cleveland without
change. Chicago papers. backed by Chi
eago railways, have made vigorous eE-
fort to kill this train, 50 iS operates di
rectIy against the interests Of the Chicago
lines by . shorter line East. tt
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
A Kina sugeestIon

VIII the street commissioner and City
Council please hold meeting on the side
walk, Immediately adjacent TO the two
stagnant frog ponds north Of the Episco-
pal church and west boarding hall, ap.
point thetI olfactory organs an investiga-
1t Is, for three or four months Of the year,
each resident or passer by Is exposed
to chills, fever and doctors bills.
SIMOOL.
And after the meeting adjourHs, let 1t
be to congregate at few Of the foul and
terrible cellars in town. There is sweet.
scented one under THE NEWS corner.
Does nyoody remember the terrible
fevers Of last fall said to have come prin-
cipally from foul cellarsl
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

A Roumani4n General is In town, and
his name is General Satisfaction with the
harness and saddles bought at A. P. Mar
TINS harness store. Remember that Mar
tins harness store is on the west side OF
Commercial street, few doors south OF
Bancroft block.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

The place to buy dry goods, boots and
shoes, hats and caps, and all kinds of notions
such as fans and parasols, laces, edging,
coilaretts, lace bibs, ribbons, gloves, hose
and also full line of paper collars. in
buckets or in boxes to suit the purchaser,
at e. Beck and Abraham's.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
PaintaI PaintaI. Paintsit

To parties interested In painting thi
season would call their attention to my
extensive ''stock of Paints.'' best brands
white lead, linseed oil, mixed paints, var
nishes, and q full line OF paint and var
nish. brushes, and everything pertaining
to the paint trade. Am prepared to Ill
orders in any quantity. at the very lowest
prices. l10-6ml DIR. JOHN A. MOORE.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25
1s77Juet ThinI< ore.

And save yourselves Vexation. When
you are going to the North, to the East,
to the South or West on business or or
pleasure, and want to make fast time and
close connections, just cali upon the I'm.
dersignej and procure through tickets 81
lowest rates, and have. your baggage
checked to destination by any route de-
sired. Trains leave Emporia IS follows:
Daily through EXPRESS East, 9:23 .. N.
Daily through express West. sos p. N.
For further particulars apply to
JAHEKs PATTERSON, Agent,
3tf A, T. 3 s. r. q. B. C.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

Rev. Mr.. Taylor, the dapper little COL
Ored gentleman who lately came here to
establish q churh, and was soon after ar
rested for having various wives, was tried
Tuesday, plead guilty to bigamy, and
was sentenced one year to the peniteutia-
ry. Sheriff Conner took him up on
WeJnesdAV
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

Miss Amanda n. Way, of Lawrence,
will deliver free lecture In this city some
evening next week-time and place not
yet settled. Subject: "a Strong minded
women-a goddess SET" Miss Way is said
to be a good speaker, and a lady respect
ed by all who know her. She is on her
way to a temperance lecturing tour
through the southwest.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

Ne,cBldn has introd uced new feature
in his boot and shoe department, by the
addition Of line of Philadelphia custom
made shoes, in variety Of styles, for
ladies and children. Their goods are
unsurpassed for variety Of styles and
first-cIass in every particular, and while
they cost little more than ordinary
shoes, their durability will more than
compensate for the difference in cost.
Every pair is fully warranted.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-25

G. ". Durrin has tine largest assert
ment Of pumps in Emporia, and 1t will
pay every citizen and farmer to cali on
him before purchasing elsewhere. He
sells at very low margin. Remember
he occupies Newman's old stand on 9Th
avenue, east of the post Office.