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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-30

RAILRoADs.-The proposition sub
miIted by the Kansas City, Emporia 4
Southwestern railroad company, wa.
not accepted by our people. LIST, be-
cause they ask 81 900 per mile. Pad.
because they wanted the bonds issued
and placed in escrow. Our people,
Notwithstanding they desire above all
things TO have railroad, will not vote
81 600 per mile to any road, much less
n north and south one, without speci-
Tying the probable number of miles Ii
will build across the county. The
people of this county do not propose
to build road by every little town in
the county at cost of S4,0Oe per mile
Again We will mot issue bond. and
place them In escrow or any other
crow BUT just as the law requires. for
any road nvrIh, sOuEh, Cast or west.
We propose TO keep our bonds in the
hands of our county officers in whom
we have full confidence, until the rail-
road company have complied with
their part of the contract. We are
terribly hungry for railroad bat we
do not propose to eat escrow or any
other kind of crow to get Twin
field Courier.
j. Penrod has been arrested and
taken TO Topeka, for running an Illicit
distillsry at Matdeld Green, Chase
county, and confssses the charge.
A Russian family in Marion Center
uses suHnowers exclusively for fuel.
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The EmpOrIa Narrow Gauge.

The Eureka folks have agreed To
submit bond proposition TO take
stock in the above road to the amount
of 81 900 per mile for the number OF
miles proposed TO be built in GREEN
wood county. The petition calling
Tor an election to be held abnut the
oath OF April Is being circul ated
they propose to vote aid TO the road
coming in at the north line OF tile
county and extending south through
Euieka To the soath line of the county
n the direction OF Howard City, dis
lance As miles; and from Eureka TO
the west line OF the county, distance
l5 miles. Total number of miles of
road TO be built in Greenwood county.
about 60. This would reql ire from
1925, 900 to $250,000 in bonds, from
Green wood county. Elk and Chau-
tauqaa counties will probably vote
aid TO the road.
In this county it is proposed to vote
TO take the second mortgage bonds OF
the road, by townships. Uuder q new
law passed last winter, narrow gauge
roads may Issue $4,000 in mortgage
honds-$6,000 first mortgage and 81
600 second mortgage. The second
mortgage b nds to be exchanged at
par lot IONH sup OF COUNTY OOQuS'
townships within i've miles of the
proposed line can extend aid If they
so desire, by q majority vote. The
friends of this enterprise propose 70
ask nearly all the townships in the
southern portion of the county to
take stock in this road in
amounts varinS from $4,000 to $4,000
for each township Total number OF
miles of road in Butler county, forty !;
at $4,000 per mile, $3.50, goo.
1t Cowley county refuses to vote
the amount required, is is proposed
TO extend the road through Sumner
county. 1t has been reported here
that Cowley county refused to give
anything; then again that she offers
$100, 900 and no more. A large meet
ing was held at Douglass last Satur-
day and considerable enthusiasm was
manifested. From the information
we can get we conclude that bond
propositions will be submitted soon
in nearly all the townships In the
southern portion of the county.
We have endeavored to rive in
this item the exact status of this
proposed road. without Offering an
opinion as to its merits or demerits.--
Walnut Valley Tines.
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Al o,a Esditor EleasI.

The dailies OF Tuesday contained
Ihs startling aud sad news that r. b.
Toy ior, for many years the editor os
sne Wyandotte Gazette, was dead. He
lad been in the state about eigh-
cen years, most of the time as editor
II the Gazette. He was extensively
known, and was everywhere aeknowl-
edged TO be an honest and pure man
tie was one time in the House of Re-
representatives.. He was man OF ability
md opposed fearlessly what he believed
% be wrong in public men and meas
ures. He will be missed and mourned
by his editorial brethren, and especial
Iy by those WHO knew him best and
by many friends throughout the
State. His family have cur heartfelt
sympathy over their irreparable loss
lie was fifty-fiVe years old.
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LOCAL MATTERS.
linz Lee.ures.


Di. w. w. King, who stumped the
state for the r epublican party las
fall, Is now working in the cause of
temperance under the auspices of the
State Temperance Society. He came
here and delivered course of lectures
on temperance last week at the Pres
byterian church. We oniy heard that
of Sunday night. bur his effDrts are
well spoken of. He had a very large
audience Sunday night, the church be-
ing filed TO his ustermost, and ex tr.
seats being brought into requisition.
de talked effectively and held his au-
dience with the deepest Interest for
over an hour. Dr.. Kirg is a 1orcibie
and eloquent taiker.
On Monday night he delivered a
lectsrs on "a Century's Experiments. ;,
This was devoted to pointing out the
errors in our ways of doing things.
We did not agree with the Doctor in
all his statements, but he told many
unwelcome truths, and gave MANY
hard blows for reform in various par
ticulars. This lecture ought to have
been heard by all. It was a rare treat
both in style of delivery and literary
merit.
AS will be seen by an announce
ment DIR. King is to come back TO de-
liver further lectures on temperance,
an we advise ali to go and hear him
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-30
Central school.

The following is the report of Cen
trail School for the month ending
March 23rd, 1877.
Number of days in which school was
in session, 20.
Whole number enrolled, Al.
Average daily attendance, 81.
Average scholarship, 1913.
Pupils whose grade was 90 and
above: Lizzie Cowan.
Pupils whose grade was as high as
Minnie aud David Foster, Mary, Anna
Flora and Charlie Rudisill, Matte
Munger, Ida, Eddie and frankie
Nicklin, Clara and Edible Abraham,
Bertha and Frank Mountjoy, Sallie
Morgan, Roilin and Roscoe Miller,
Charlie and Homer Snow, James Cow
an and Eddie Jones.
Pupils not tardy or absent during
the month: Mary, Anna, Flora and
Charlie Rudisill, Ida and Eddie Nick
lin. Clara and Edible Abraham, John
Childers, Eddie Jones, Maggie Davis
and Anna Stevenson.
Pupils not Cardy but absent: Min
ME, Kittie and David Foster, Lizzie
and Freddie Cowan, Sallie Morgan,
Eddie Stevenson, James Childers and
Frankie NickIin.
Pupils not absent but tardy: Mat
tie Munger: Rollin Miller, Johnny
COwaD, Charlie and Homer Snow and
SUlie Davis.
Visits. By member of the board,
R. j. Rudisi!l, j. Nj. Miller and A.
A braham. By ciiizeas of the district,
Miss Minnie Cowan, Mrs. Miller and
Mr.. Snow. III. G HODGE, Teacher.
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Obituary
J. E. WHAEroS,j Teachers


DIED.-On the I7Ln inst, at the res
idence OF her father, in Nensho R4pids
Kan, Ms. Jennie Hageman, wife o.
j. w. Hageman, of Mexia, Texas, and
daughter of John and Sarah F. Page,
OF Neosho Rapids, and sister of Hos
F. r. Page, in the thirty eighth year Of
her age.
81 will not mock thee with the poor
worlds common
And heartless phrase,
Nor wrong the memory of a sainted
woman
With idle praises
'Yet, would 1 say what thy own hea-.
apprGveth:
Our Fathers will,
Calling to Him the dear one " iom H.
loveth,
Is mercy STILL"
angel
Hath evil wrought:
Her funeral anthem is g glad cyan
The good die not!'
"God calls our loved ones, but we lose
not whelly
What he hath given:
They live on earth. in thouobt and
deed, as truly
AS in his heaven"
BROTHER.
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DUNLAP.

Aessrs. Clark and Bulen sold about
two hundred dollars worth of goods
duriNg the past week.
"A library association has been or
ganized, and subscriptions are In or
der. The incorporators are Messrs.
Sherborn, Aldrich, Battelle and ShanK.
It cost five dollars TO have the articles
recorded with the Secretary of State.
Prof. Shank has become so enthu-
siastic about the prospects of Dsnlap,
that he has reconsidered his determine
alton to go east, and has cast In his
lot with the citizens OF this place. He
says that in few years Dunlap will
be the central town of Kansas with
six rhouand inhabitants, and th at with
such splendid water power on the Ne
osho, its rich timbered banks, with the
fertile tlleys of the Cahola, Wright,
Bluff, Rock, and other creeks centering
in its vicinity, it must prosper. We
do act share his enthusiasm. and
while We consider the site favorable
for good town. We shall be satisfied
with AS many hundreds as he antiei-
pates thousands. The Prof. Is about
TO canvas the principal towns In the
State in behalf of an eastern firm that
paints enlarged portraits from pheto-
graphs. We have seen some speci.
meas and consider them as great i'm
provements of the original. He visits
this week at Emporia, Peabody, New
ton, Wichita, Hutchinson and Great
Bend. We wish him success.
PILGRIM WARRIOR.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-30

The Indiana National Bank was
robbed of $4,000, on the 21st, dur
ing business hours, by an unknown
man, who successfully escaped with
his booty. 1t seems that the rail-
ing above the counter was not very
high, and the president of the bank
recently had his attention called to
the fact that q man could stand on
. box and grab money from over
the railing, but he replied in presi-
Dental bank style, Sab, but where
Is the box?" The day of the rob-
berry he aud several other officers
were behind the counter, and not
very near the money, when a man
quietly walked in the bank with a
good sized box, tied with cords, Oh
his shoulder, and carefully set it
down on the floor. Nobody thought
anything of this until he stepped
on the box, leaned over the railing,
grabbed some packages of money,
and "lit out" and was lost in the
crowd of passersby before the as
tonished bank officers could get to
the door and give chase. The Pres
idsnt of that bank now believes in
high ratings, and a man with a
box instantly excites his suspicion
and indignation.
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Emporia Markets.
EMPokIA, KS. SIarch 90, 1877.

EMPoKIA, KS. March 90, 1877.
We quote to-day as follows:
WHOLESALE.
rejected, soc to soc.
Corn-22 to.23 cents.
Oats-20 to p cents.
Hay--$3 90 per ton.
WOod-$s so to 81 for soft and green wood
81 and 81 50 for dry hard wood.
Coal--Lyon county. Fort Scott and Usage
shaft $3.50 per ton; McAllister. SIS.
Cattle On foot ~ to 8 cents for fat COWS
to 41s for fat steers.
Hog SO so to 8 IS gross; IS dressed, per 100
pounds.
RETAIL PRICES.
Flour-Emporia Eagle, per 100 lbs, $415;
xxx s. Is; xxx So 10; Xxx $245 Graham Flour,
So IS per 100 lbs.
torn meal-$l per 100 lbs.
Bran and mixed-5o to 20 cents per 100 lbs
Butter-Grocers pay 20 to % cents and sell
for % cents per ID.
Eggs-7 cents per dozen; cents.
Cheese--2o cents for late cheese.
Potatoes--75 to 81 90.
Apples-$1 so retail.
Cranberries--I5 cents per quart.
Maple Sugar-2h cents per lb.
Poultry--Turkeys, live. 8 cents per lb :
dressed, 10 cents Chickens. grocers pay
81 A. and sell for s. per dozen.
Fresh meats--10 to I2H cts per h. for steak :
to s cts for roasts; cents for boiling pieces
Pork to 10 cents.
Lard - Rendered is cents; leaf lard, 10
cents.
Seed Potatoes--75 81 IS.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-30
Legal Reform.

While almost all thinking men of
both political parties are advoca-
ting reform in the different depart
ments of our government, it is
quite refreshing TO note in that one
department of all others-the judi
cial "a substantial change from
worse to better has been brought
about, and mainly to the much
abused granger the honor is due
We refer to the late decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States
ia what has been termed the "gran-
ger cases." being an appeal from the
state court of Illinois, on the ques-
zion as to whether the Legislature
had the right to pass an eE post .facto
law, or in other words, law chang
ing the Obligations of contracts
whereby the people, through their
representatives, may take hand in
saying what a railroad or any other
corporation doing business upon
the franchises OF the state, may
charge tor the commodities they
have TO sell. After SO many years
legislation for special privileges
aud private schemes, attended, as
it has been in every state in the
Union, by corruption, fraud aud
downright steaiing-for the sale OF
the peoples interests can be but lit
tie less---has been brushed away.
The extreme doctrine of vested
rights that has so long burdened
the people has been the father OF
evils too numerous to mention, and
why 1t has so long survived seems
almost unaccountable, for it was di-
rectly opposite to the theory On
which our constitutions, state and
national, rest. They all have a
safety valve, as it were, in their
power to modify and amend them
selves, and thereby avert revolution.
While there was no power to amend
a contract, bare majority of the
Kansas Legislature, three genara-
tions ago, if it had then existed,
might have granted privileges which
no subsequent generation could in
terfere with, except by violence, no
matter what changes business and
society might have passed through,
nor how obnoxious they had be-
come. 1t seems verify as though
almost every evil had within it
the seedsof correction. Now that
the door is opened whereby the err
rors and abuses of our previous leg
islatures may be corrected, it is fair
to presume that much of the incen-
tive that heretofore existed to wear
political honors is defeated, and the
professional Lobbyist, with his cor
ruptiOn fund to work through some
self aggrandizing scheme, will no
longer be able TO command the
lions share of attention at the cap
ifoI
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-30

Names of those who have not been
absent since enrolled are as follows:
Annie Watson, Charley Watson and
Gotilieb Bamesberger.
Names of those who have been alb
sent but one day during term are as
follows: Ella 10y and jacob Srhope.
Total enrolment in schools I45.
Average daily attendance 81
Visits. By members of the Board,
). w. 10y and o. Lambert. b. 9TH
ers, VIM. Watson, c. Wise, J. W. STEM
son. Prof. Shook, Miss Susie 10y, Miss
Maggie Davidson and Mcs. John Glib
son.
Many pupils were Withdrawn from
school the last month on account of
scarlet fever, one or two cases being
reported.
0. B. WHARToNi ~
j. Z. WHARToN,} Aeaehers'
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T'he A.hlabuIa Horror.

The legislative com mittee appoin-
ted to investigate the Ashtabula
bridge accident, also makes q report
which will tend to make that cost
~ bridge for the Lake Shore rail-
road company. The committee
says:
First, there were from so to 100
lives lost by the falling of the
bridge. Second, the bridge went
down under an ordinary load by
reasou of defects in its eoastr0o
ton. Third, she detects in the or
iginal construction of the bridge
could have beea discovered any
time after it's erection by careful an
alytical inspection, such as the
character of the structure demand
ed, and thus the sacrifice of life and
property would have been prevent
ed. The truth Is the bridge was
liable to go down at any time DUR
ing the last ten or eleven years, un-
der loads that might at any time be
brought upon il In the ordinary
course of the company's business.
1t IL most remarkable that 1t did
not sooner occur.
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TRAGEDY Az TOPEKA.
;. Clarke sway4e. of the Blade, Krie


,. Clarke SwAyze. OF the Blade, Killed.
We deeply regret to announce
hat the bitter and inexcusable per-
4onal warfare which mas been kept
Ip in the Topeka Blade, for some
iwo years, on John w. Wilson, for
nerly of the Topeka Times, ended
in the killing of j. Clarke Swayze,
the editor of the Blade, on Tuesday
evening. 1t will be remembered
that we gave an account of the
beating of Swayze by Wilson two
weeks ago. Swayze kept up his ex-
asperatipg attacks on Wilson, aud
on Tuesday most abusive article
was published. After reading the
article Wilson started to hunt
Swayze. Ii does not appear that
he was mad or made any threats.
II is in testimony that he said he
wanted to talk with Swaize. He
soon found him, and accosted him
saying he did not want to beat him.
Swayze said he did not propose he
-hould, and told him he did not
wish to have anything to do with
MIN (Wilson). Al the same time
he drew his revolver and covered"
Wilson with it. The testimony be-
fore the cororner's jury is conflict
ing as to what was said and done at
this point, but soon Wilson drew
his revolver and both fired go close
together that it cannot be deter
mined which fired first. Two shots
were exchanged when the men
clinched. Wilson was beating
SwayZe over the head when by
ISLANDERS interfered and separated
them. Soon Swayze fell and being
carried up to his editorial room ex-
PRED. The fight took place in the al
ly between Poppendick's saloon and
Rowley's drug store on 9th street.
Wilson was arrested and taken TO
Jail. This is sad ending of a fight
which must have been kept up sole
ly through motives of malignity on
Swayze's part, as Mr.. Wilson had
for more than year been a private
citizen and had no paper in which
to defend himself against the char
ges of Swayze. The cororner's ju-
ry returned a verdict that Swayz.
came to his death "by a pistol ball
fred from a revolver in the hands
of one John w. Wilson, and that
felOniously." A judicial iuvestiga-
ton will undoubtedly throw fur
Their light on Wilson's intention
when he started TO hunt SwaYze
One dispatch says Swayzs believed
Wilson was going to kill him
While we condemned, in the sever
est terms, the course of the BLADE
towards Wilson, as we'll as its gen.
eral character, and believe that al
editor should not, under any cir
cumstapces, make his paper the
channel for the expression of hie
malice toward. any man, we as
readily condemn the resort TO vio-
lence as means of revenge or re-
dress by aggrieved parties. There
is law and there are courts for the
treatment of such cases, and to
these Wilson ought to have gone,
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a MASS sUNDAY SCHOOL
GOV VENHION.

To the Sunday school Workers OF the
Fourth sandsy school Disfrict OF
the State OF Kansas. Comprising
Counties OF Lyon. Morris. Chase.
Marion. Harvey, Sedgwick.R Re-
no. Butter, Cowley. sumner.
Rice. Barton PAwnee,
Edward and Ford
A Mass Sabbath School Institute I'M
der the auspices OF the workers of the
second district will be held at Law
renee beginning on Thursday, april
l2rb, and continuing three days.
Dr.. j II Vincent, of New York,
of National reputation as a Sunday
School worker,an author and manager
of the Chautauqua Sunday Scho Nor
NAL Assembly, will be there and take
Il conspicuous part from the beginning
TO the end of the lnstiutate.
Father Paxson aud Mrs Partridge,
of ST. Louis, both earnestly in the
Sunday School work, will also be there
70 assist.
Lawrence extends cordial invita-
Lion TO the workers all over the State,
and Brother Haskell, Vice President OF
the district, is urgent in his request
that the State should be fully repre-
Isented. 4 all, Dads will grant reduced
rates of fare, and hearts and houses
will be open to receive you. The ep-
pOrtunity for the enjoyment of such
advantages as will be found at Law
renee on the 18th, 18th, aud 14th of
April is of rare occurrence, and it is
earnestly hoped that every Sunday
School worker that possibly can will
be there to enjoy the rich treat, and
partake of the benefits which are
sure TO flow from that Institute.
S. B RIaGs,
Vice Pres't of State s. ). A.