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The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20

The harvest in Russia has this year proved
almost fabulously rich, and the quality of the
grain is excellent; but in many instances
there is no one to gather in the full ears, and
large percentage of the yield must therefore
be left to rot upon the ground, Owing to the
war there is great scarcity of labor. The
railways and the post and telegraph services
have lost thousands Of their officials, and the
joint stock companies and the manufacturing
establishments are also deprived almost en-
tirely of their employees. The state of trade
and industry throughout the Empire is ex-
ceedingly gloomy.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20

The Grand Jury of Kemper County, Mis-
sissippi, have been solemnly charged by the
Judge to diligently inquire into and true pre-
sentiment make of the murders which, still
unpunished, have lent an infamous luster to
the county and the state. The Judge neg
lected to add that there were probably two or
three of the murderers on the Grand Jury = a
very important circumstance in estimating
the chances of justice.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20

AN Englishman who has made a bet of
e50,O00 that he will in six years walk through
France, Germany, North Russia, and Siberia
to China, has started from Calais on his jour
neyiag. His bet obliges him to return
through India, Persia and Southern Russia,
and from there over Greece and Italy to
France. He must be in Liverpool by the 1st
of July, 1883.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20

PIUs *, now in the 31st year of his Pom
tificate, and who has falsiied the prediction
that no Pope can reign longer than st. Peter
is alleged to have reigned Us years., has long
been engaged in the preparation of the history
ofhisPonti6cate. 1t has been in course of dcta-
ton for several years to Jesuit father, who
revlses and prepares it for the press, under
the inspection of the Holy Father himself
1t is already carried down to the present
time, and is even printed in several volumes.
Every year new volume is added. 1t will
not be published, however, till it is completed
by the death of the Pope.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20

A NEW attempt to watch the watchmen
has just been inaugurated at Washington.
Sundry holders of policies of life insurance
met there, a few nights since, aud organized
society for mutual protection. Speeches
were made in which a great many hard
things were said about the insolvent COM
panies, and the proposition made and agreed
to that all insolvent companies as soon as
their failing condition was discovered, should
be thrown into bankruptcy rather than into
the hands of receiver,
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20

IT is said that English merchants in China
have almost ruined the reputation of their
goods by substituting limitations and adulter-
ations. IF this is a fact this market can soon
be reopened for American manufacturers, for
even now our cottons are the only imports of
that class that can be disposed of there at a
profit.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 20.

We do not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20

EVERY regular attaehe of the PRESS Is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersgned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
ion1rn
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20
LAGER BEER.

GyTANEEY & CO.'S CELEBRATED
- EAVARAHN LAGER, orders for which
by the keg or case, addressed STANLEY IL co
ju2S dit
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20
Caution.

TEIHE public are hereby cautioned against parties
4 who are canvassing this city at the present
time pretending to sell the Ellis Gas Burner Tbe
genuine article has stamped upon it "Ellis Patent
May 26, 1S74.'' G. L. MARSTON,
seps Gen. Agent for Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20

WILL return to Portland from Boston October
W ist and will be happy to see her customers at
sep17d2w 81 BRACKET STREET.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20
COAL YARD FOR SALE.
Miss MI. G. McGuire

nNE half, or the whole ofa Coal Yard which il
~ now doing good business. Address Box 97(
Portland Me. my11dtf
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

by =. YOUNG & CO, Practical Horse
shOefs, 30 Pearl ST. Price 81. so per set
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-20

Booksellers and StatiOners.
HOXT & FOGG, No. 81 Middle Street.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06
STATE.

The Winfield Courier bitterly OPP
pOses the voting Of bonds by Cowley
county for the proposed narrow gauge
railroad from Emporia.
Horace Greeley on his last visit to
Kansas prophesied that the State
would have 1000, 600 of inhabitants at
taking OF the national census in 1880.
Our own State census, taken in March
1873, showed q population Of 528, 437.
The two years which have elapsed
since then have added largely to our
population, and should We have favor
able seasons for the three years to
come, We shall crowd closely upon Mr..
Greeley's figures in 1880.
Adjutant-General a. T. Beman, Is
notifying county clerks, that the mill
itia census must positively be taken
this year by the assessors. The census
requires the name Of every white citizen
between the ages OF 81 ami As years,
except such as are exempt by law.
ANY one refusing to furnish any In
formation he may have, when request
ed by the assessor, can be fined SIC
for every offence. The clerks will
supply the assessors with blanks In .
few daya.
The Ottawa people are strongly
sgitating the project OF resHcitating
the Ottawa University. There is q
small debt on the Institution, but as
sets enough to wipe it out. It will
require shout $4,000 70 put the build
ing 10 - good shape IS it was before
the flre. Pref. Williams is to take
charge Of the school
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06
The sou,hern PROBLEM

The Chicago lnter-OceaE's Wash
ington correspondent writes, on
March 9th:
An interesting interview took
place st the White House a day or
two ago between the President and
Col. r. A. Aston, OF Georgia, one
OF the candidates for United States
marshal of that State. Aston ia q
native Georgian, a former slavehol-
der, q fighting ex-Confederate, and
distinguished from the bomb proof
kind, and Democrat. The Presi-
dent asked him; off l should APP
point y GU marshal OF GeOre ia, would
you obey the constitution ?" "Cer-
tAiHly," was the answer. 81 mean,"
added the President, "strict obserV-
ance of the spirit as we'll as the let
ter of the thirteenth, fourteenth and
Fl lteenth amendments 2" Aston re-
spODded: AZ may as well be frank
with you, MIR. President. We south
ern people have accepted those
amendments as absolutely as the
people of the north, but the negro
must always occupy just the posi-
tion in society to which his brain
and muscle entiile him, and no
amount of legislation can change
it," The President said that was as
far IS he intended to 60. 81 may
as well say" continued Aston,
''that the people of the south never
n'ended to be governed by a negro
President" He was then asked b W
long a man had to live in the south
to escape the stigma of being carpet
bagged. Aston replied by saying
what had been so often said before,
that 1t was not a question of time,
but of the motives and purposes OF
The men who went south. The
President inquired what would be
the effect upon the parties at the
south if the ,dminist ration disre-
garded party lines in appointments
to Office, and abstained from inter
ference in State affairs. Such 9 poll
icy, Aston assured him, would be
hailed with universal joy. The ap-
pellation of Democrat" in the
South had for the last ten years
meant simply opposition to the
Federal policy of forcing upon the
south as rulers men who were aliens
ana enemies to the best interests of
those among whom they lived. If,
as the President had promised in
his letter of acceptance and his in
anguFsl address. that obnoxious pol
icy was to be abandoned: there was
no part of the United States where
the administration would receive
heartier support than in the south.
The President here remarked with
emphasis: Well, you certainly
shall not be disappointed" and
subsequently said: Gall you gen.
tlemen have got to do is to be lit
tie patient and it will come cut all
right. am stesdfast in the course
1 have marked out, and you shall
not be disappointed"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06

TIE EMPoRIA NEws accuses the
Commonwealth of wanting an extra
session of the Kansas legislature
next winter for the benefit of To-
peka hash houses; on the contrary
The News don't see any further use
for the Kansas Legislature at ALI
since they quit making Normal
School appropriations. - Winfield
Courier.
Perhaps if it is any part of the
Courier's desire to represent people
truthfully and fairly it will do US
the justice to state that The NEWS
has advocated biennial sessions of
tho legislature from the time we be-
came q State, Normal school or no
Normal school. We have always
considered annual sessions of our
legislature as worse than foolish
ness, and great waste of money.
Perhaps we don't feel near so bad
about the failure of the Normal to
receive an appropriation as tho
Courier thinks we do. 1t don't hurt
US to the amount Of cent. thurta
the State and the cause of education
vastly more than 1t does any mere
local consideration.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06
Our WashlngtOn Letter.
WASHINGTON d. CT

WASHINGTON d. CT
April End, 1877,
Postmaster General Key is under
stood to favor the appointment of
Judge Freeman of Tennessee, as So
licitor OF the Post Office Department.
They are reported to be old and init
mate friends, alChough Nr. Freeman has
been prominently identified with the
Republican party since the war. Like
Mr.. Key, he was in the real service.
MIR. Schurz, it is also said, will desig-
nate an assistant secretary for his de.
partment, and that his name will not
be Henderson. Diety, the reckless
Michigan lover of Mrs. Stores, who
sought TO force reeiprocation Of his
attachment to that lady by sending
bullet through her a few days ago,
In the Treasury, where she is employ
ed, was yesterday sent to the insane
asylum on the certificate of DR.. Mich
OILS, Super intendent of that institution,
and another phyician. Mrs. Stores
testified that Diety, after conversing
pleasantly with her a moment, sud-
denly drew a pistol and discharged
it at her, almost in her face. She sup
posed herself tat ally hurt, but on
looking for the wound, the bullet was
found, having been detected from its
course striking piece of steel in her
corsets. To this circumstance she
probably owes her life, as the pistol
aimed at vital part, and q mailman
is never restrained by a contempla-
tton Of disagreed BILE consequences.
Lem Weeden and one Goodman,
two gam bling house loafers, stool pig
cons, have embraced every opportuni-
ty offered during the past two or three
years TO kill each other. They have
several shots within that
time, usually In the streets, severely
wOunding each 9th er. Their hostile
of fire arms were SO W ell known that
wherever they were thought likely
70 encounter each ether the public
avoided the place of meeting. We'd
nesday, they were both before the
court TO receive sentence for their
murderous assaults. They were pro-
fessedly watched by several bailiffs.
Yet under their very noses Goodman
deliberate walked out of the room,
and though he had only q minutes
start of the officers, all efforts at
recapture have proved unavailing up
70 this time. There will probably be
. vacaacy or two among rhe subodi-
mates of Marshal Douglass Office.
LOGAN.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06
EmpOria Markets.
ENPoRIA, KS, April

WHOLESALE.
Wheat-No. 3$1 20; No. 4 81 Is; rejected 81
Corn-S2 cents.
Oats-1s to 30 cents.
Hays 90 per ton.
WoOd--$3 80 to 81 for soft and green wood
81 and 81 50 for dry hard wood
Coal--LyOn county. Fort Scott and Usage
shaft 81 so per ton; McAIIister, So
Cattie-On foot AZ to cents for fat COWS
4 to ~ for fat steers.
Hog>--$S so to 10 gross; IS dressed, per lOO
pounds.
RETAIL PRICES.
Flour-EmpOria Eagle, per 100 lbs, q Is;
xxx s. rs; XXX s. 10; XIX g. IS. Graham Flour
- % per 100 lbs
Armor's-AA, s. 80 per 100 lb; xxx, s. 50;
xxxA, S. 10; xxxB. 81 so.
Stock Feed-Rye and oats, go cents per 100
lbs; corn and oats. 80 cents; ship stun, 6
cents; bran, IS cents.
Corn meel-$i per 100 lbs
Bran and mixed-60 to 20 cents per 100 lbs.
Butter-Grocers pay 20 to IS cents and sell
for Is cents per Id.
EGGS cents per dozen; 10 cents.
Cheese--2o cents for late cheese.
PotatOes--75 to 81 90.
Apples--$I so retail.
Crsnberries-l5 cents per quart.
Maple Sugar-2h cents per ID.
Poultry--Turkeys, live. 8 cents per lb ;
dressed, 10 cents. Chickens, grocers pay
81 ~ and sell for g. per dozen.
Fresh meats--1o to isT cts. per To- for steak I;
to cts for roasts; 5 cents for boiling pieces.
Pork Q to 10 cents.
Lard - Rendered IS cents; leaf lard, 10
cents.
Seed Potatoes--7s 81 25.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06
captain nsada, succeas.

Captain Esds has received the
first iDstsllment, $500, COO, in Uni
ted States bonds, on account of the
payment for his Missis sippi jetties.
which have proved, as we always
predicted they would, q grand sue
cess. The United States ship Ply
mouth has passed through the line
of jetties at low water, aud il the
first war vessel to traverse the new
channel. She drew II feet OF wa
ter, and the least depth found BY
the sound was Is feet. The passage
Of the upper jetties was made By
the ship under full steam power in
eight minutes and seven seconds.
Between the jettles there is q chan
mel d feet deep and 200 feet wide.
At the head of South Pass the re is
q minimum depth of q feet. On
the chart Of 1873 the last mentioned
sounding was but Is feet and at
the head of Pass, at mean low wa
ter, :hs lead showed but three, four
and five feet. -Sclentific American.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06


The advertisements of Chicago
lawyers to get divorce for any
party in p days, without publicity
or the knowledge of the divorced
party,are not humbugs. It Is done,
and the Inter Ocean has unearthed
the nodass 0per0nds. The Congress
sional law passed June 22d, 1874,
authorized the probate courts of
Utah to grant divorces in whatever
manner the laws of that territory
may provide, ana the revised stat
utes Of the United States, 1873 4,
title IL, chapter Il, and 8 decision
of the q. s. Supreme Court, in the
case of Cheever VS. Wilson, 9 Wal.
lace, page I6S, ordaia that if a de.
cree of divorce is conclusive ia. q
state or territory where it is rem.
dered it, lie equally conclusive any.
where in the courts of the Uaited
States. A divorce rendered by q
Utah probate court in accordance
with the laws of that territory, il
therefore valid in any part of the
United States. Now the laws oil
that territory authorize those courts
to grant divorces and alimony, for
the usual reasons, and also In cases
where the court is of the opinion
that 'the parties cannet live in
peace and unison together, and
their welfare requires q separation, y
and all the notice court has to give
IL whatever the court thinks q
proper and timely notice" to the
defendant, which may be a notice
stuck up on . tree or the sheriff
calling out at the court door iust
before the divorce is granted. And
the law further empowers the courts
to grant divorces aud alimony not
only between residents of Utah,
but In behalf of any person any
where in the United States who
"wishes to become resident OF
Utah" The Inter-Ocean furnishes
the evidence to show that it is there
fore literal fact that any married
person in the United States can
now, at slight expense, in D dave,
procure divorce that is legal any
where, without the divorced party or
any body in the state where they
live, knowing about the matter. The
emily remedy seems to be by action
Of Congress, and meantime any
body VINO has from $IOO to $500 to
pay 9 divorce lawyer should be
carefully watched by his or her
wife or husband, and goodness
knows whether any of US can de-
pend upon remain ng in the mar
ried condition % days ahead.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06


The Commission to visit Louis
ana is complete, and consists of
Judge Charles B. Lawrence, of Illi-
neis; ex-Congressman Joseph r.
Hawley, of Connecticut; ex-G1V
ernor j. C. Brown, of Tennessee /;
Hon. John n. Harlan, of Kentucky,
aud Hon. Wayne McVesgh, of
Pennsylvania. Messrs. Lawrence
aud HawIey are Conservative Re-
Publicans; Mr.. Harlan Is q good
representa- tive of the kind OF Re-
Publicsns who compel respect from
Southern Democrats, an able, bosa
upright and candid man; Mr.. Nc.
Veagh is an Independent Repu bill
can, who has been in some sympa-
thy with the school of which Mr,
Schurz is leader; Gov. Brown is q
liberal ex-COnfederate, highly re-
spected in HE own section and thor
oughly Identified with the best ele.
ment of the Southern people. II
such Com mission cannot discover
mods of eff, cling peace in Leuisi-
ana which shall be acknowledged "a
be fair to both sides, it will at least
find why that cannot be done. The
President has show sagscitv, inde.
pendence, and sincerity in the
choice of the Commission, and has
given another proof of the sound
ness of his position with reference
to the Southern question. Every
decided step which he has thus far
taken in his southern policy is CAL
cnlaied TO increase the confidence OF
the country in his motives and in
his ability.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06
HAMPTON TO BE GOVERNOR.
President Hayes Turns sOuII,
CaFOlIna Loose.

CarOlIna Loose.
Asw expected, President Hayes
has decided against further federal
Interference with the affairs of
South Carolina, and thus virtually
permits General Hampton to be-
come the Governor of that State
The following kilograms explain
the situation:
WASHINGTON, April AT the
cabinet meeting this morning the
Secretary OF War was directed TO
prepare an order transferring the
troops from the State House in Co.
Ium ola, s. c., to their camp.
WAsHINGToN, April 2.-The or
der TO Withdraw the troops from
the State House to the barracks win
not be executed until towards the
close of tais week. The President
SO informed Gov. Chamberlain to-
night. This is in accordance with
the request of the latter, who, hav-
ing some private business TO trans
act here, will not reach Coiumbia
until Friday or Saturday. Gov.
tion to the same effect
WAsHINeToN, April, 2.-When
Gov. Hampton was informed in adj
vance of the official notification that
an order would be issued for the
removal of the troops from the
State House, he expressed himself
much gratified, but said it was no
more than he expected from the
principles announced in the issug-
ursl address. He was somewhat
interested to know whether the or
der was TO take immediate effect, as
be wished to be present in Column
bia when the order was executed.
However, as 8 precautionary meas
ure be would at once telegraph to
friends in Columbia his earnest
wish that there should not be any
outward demonstration such as
might Disturb the public peace, aud
ne was satisfied that his advice
would be respected. On the with
drawaI of troops from the State
House he would direct a guard OF
two uBarmed men to be sent there
To guard it from improper intrusion,
and he thought such force would be
sufficient for the purpose. He felt
Satisfied that there would be no dis
turbaDce whatever, aud that the
people throughout the State would
take courage In the effort to repair
their shattered industries.
He called this afternoon to take
leave of the President and thank
him for the withdrawal of the
troops, repeating the assurance Civ
en- in his recent letter that all should
shsrs alike in the protection of the
law, and not doubling his ability to
preserve peace. He does not appre-
bend that Gov. Chamberlain will
take any action with regard to the
custody of the state House.
CHARLESTON, April 2-The news
of the determination of the cabinet
to withdraw the troops from the
State House in Columbia has csus-
ed unbounded Joy here. kilograms
from various points in the interior
of the State say the news is receiv-
ed with imprOmptu meetings, sa-
lutes of cannon and other demon
STATIONS of popular rejoicing.
WAsHINGToE, April 2 -Governor
Chamberlain, in response to what
he thoHght of the determination 10
remove the troops from the Colum-
bia State House, said: at ends the
struggle and makes General Hsmp-
ton practically Governor" Being
asked when he purpesed returning
to South Carolina, he said he would
start for Columbia to morrow night.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06

NEPoTIsM PLAYED OUT. A
Washington dispatch narrates a sig
nifeant incident which occurred al
the White House. Among the
unsuccessful candidates for the
United States Mlrshslship for the
Northern District of Illinois was q
Mr.. Stillwell, of Livingston county.
He was admitted to q private audi
sAce with the President and pre-.
sented his papers. The President
locked them all carefully through
and then looking Mr.. Stillwell full
In the face said, "YOur papers are
unexceptionsble; there is nothing
In your record which does not
seem to show that you are fully
qualified for the position, but there
IL one iusuperable objection to
your appointment to any Federal
Offlcs-that lie, your wife is q favor
lite cousin Of Mrs. Hayes" Mr..
Stillwell left the Presidential Office
convinced that the fact which ma
ny thought would insure his ap-
pointment had rendered his defeat
inevitable.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06

The supreme court of the United
States affirmed the decision of Judge
Dillon in the case of the township of
Burlington VS., Beasly. The court
held, that where the ststute of Kansas
authorized town or counties TO issue
bonds TO aid in building bridges, In
the construction of railroads, water
power, or other works of internal
improvement, and where another
statute declared all custom grist mills
to be public mills, and resula ted their
management, that bonds Issued by .
town of the state to aid in the con-
struetion and equipment Of 3 steam
custom mill owned by an individual,
were authorized by the statute.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06

tits officiallystated that no formal
or written instructions will be Civ
en- to the Louisiana commission, but
that they have by conversation
with the President been fully plac-
ed in possession of his views and
wishes in regard to their mission
and will keep themselves in very
constant communication with him
by telegraph after their arrival in
New Orleans. The general nature
of the verbal instructions given to
the members of the commission is
that they suggest and report but
not act.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul rail road runs . single line
from Chicago to Milwaukee, and
then DIVORCES and runs kalf across
Wisconsin as four distinct lines,
and - ten to the Mississippi river,
and two to ST. Paul. All Of the
prominent localities in the state are
thus reached by the main lines and
the several branches, including
Milwaukee, its chief commercial
city; Madison, lite caPitsl; and
Oconomowoe and Waukesha,
which are places of resort during
the summers on account OF the
clusters of small lakes in the vicin-
ity Of OcOnomowoe, and the Beth
esday springs at Waukeshs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-06

Tweed tells the story Of his es-
cape from Jail in 1875, and it is not
creditabl0 to the detective" skill Of
the country. His escape was
planned and managed by a gang OF
prSfes sional burglars, who spirited
him away from his own house, took
him that night, Dec. 4th, 1875, to
New Jersey, kept him there in Sc
crecy and safety until March 4th.
1876, and then sent him to Europe.
And all that time he was within q
few miles of New York, and not all
the detective talent in the country
could find him.