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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-12-01

the same, the Government of the United
States and the public have been, and
still are being, damaged and deprived
of their just and lawful rights and
privileges. stipulated, defined and
agreed upen in said Acts aforesaid.
Therefore, be. it resolved: That the
President of the United States be, and
he is hereby requested. to inform the
Senate what legal impediments. if any
exist which prevent him from executing
laws in accordance with the obligations
accepted. and agreements made by said
Union Pacific Railroad Company and
branches, with the United States as
stipulated and agreed upon in the
several acts aforesaid. Ordered printed,
and to lie on the table.
Natlonaf Grange Proceedings.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 80.
At the session of the National
Grange, the Grange Bulletin, edited by
the National Executive Committee, was
ordered to be discontinued. The
Grange adjourned to meet next year in
Richmond
Custom House Conspirators.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 80.
"a
Thomas Walsh aud w. X. Patrick
were put under So, 900 bonds each, to
appear for trial on charge of conspir-
acy to defraud the Government, in con.
nection with the new custom house.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-12-01
Custom House Conspirators.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES,

Conflic Between Turks and Ser
viaas Denied.
vienna, Nov. 80.
A. telegram from Belgrade denies
that there has been any conflict between
the Turks and Servians at Proternltza.
French Affairs.
PARIS, Nov. 80.
According to intelligence from an
authentic source, negotiations for a
settlement of the crisis are temporarily
at standstill. President MacMahon.
after his interview with Grevy and
De'Audfferet Pasqulre yesterday.
evinced conciliatory disposition, but
it was thought expedieut before pro-
ceeding further, to ascertain what the
Left demanded. NJ. Lesseps presented
to the President the conditions insisted
upon by Gambetta, namely: That the
night of dissolution be suppressed, or
emily exercised with the approval of
two.thrds of the Senate. The Marshal
exhibited some irritation on hearing
this demand. declaring that it il out of
the question.
Grant Takes Leave of MaeMahon.
General Grant took cordial farewell
of President MacMahon and Dntchess
of Magenta to-day.
The Sc. GOthard Railway.
BERnE. Dec. /.
Germany has informed. Switzerland
that subject to ratification by the Ger
man Parliament. il, win contribute an
additional loan toward the st. Gothard
Railway.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-12-01
TIE RA.PHIc.
WESTERN DISPATCHES

Thanksgiving at San Quentin.
SAN Francisco, Dec. l.
Thanksgiving Day vas celebrated by
the prisoners ut the Penitentiary. The
exercises were short aud appropriate.
and the table was loaded down with
good things
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-12-01
EASTERN DISPATCH ES-
Kellogg and Butler Sworn in.
WASHINGTON, Dec l.
Kellogg and Butler were sworn in at
3 clock this morning.
Paris Exposition Bill Passed.

Paris Exposition Bill Passed.
CHrcAGo, Nov. 80.
A Washington special to the Inter-
Ocean says: The Paris Exposition bill
passed in Is minutes to-day. Herman
stated that if the amount was increased
the bill would fail in, the House.
Therefore the increased appropriation
of $3.50. 0G0 was not agreed upon.
Booth, and Jones Of Nevada. were the
only Republicans who voted against
the bill.
senator Blaine Goes 90 Warrington :.
AUGUSTA, Me-. Dec. l.
Senator Blaine left for Washing to-
day. sTEs
Railroad Inquiry.
..f WASHINGTON. Nov. 80.
Senate Paddock. submitted the fol.
lowing: Whereas. it is alleged that the
Union Pacific Railroad Company and.
IFS branch companies, have heretofore
neglected, and still do neglect and re
fuse to operate their roads in accord.
ance With the Acts of Congress under
which their construction was ,autbor~
lied. and whereas. it is alleged by rea-
san. of said defaults. andon account of
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-12-01

III you want nice. sweet bread, bis
euifsand roiis> use .Leef's Yeast Cake.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-12-01
MILL FOR SALE.

A NEW Ten-stsmp Quartz Mill. with
IA Pans ami Fixtures complete, within
~ miles of Winnemucca on d good road.
fer sale. - a.I
For terms apply 90 FRANK NARAMoRE,
Winnemneeas Nevada. Sep. ~, 1877. II
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
We RIaa To ExpIain.

EDITOR NEWS:--We voters who went
against The bonds would like an expla-
nation OF why THE NEWS did not oppose
them, as We believe 1t should have
done. They would not have carried
unless TBE NEWS had supported them as
1t DID. For my part, l say THE NEWS is
responsible for tue result, and that good
many OF your old subscribers in this part
the OF county have right to an explana-
tion. OLD SETTLER.
fremont. Feb. %, 1871.
We have no objection to answering
the queries Of ''Old Settler" whom we re-
gard as q personal friend, and one CT the
best citizens and farmers OF Lyon county.
rHR NEWS supported the narrow gauge
proposition beeause after careful inVesti-
CATION We believed, 1st, that the road and
its shops, and the capital and enterprise
II would bring here, are worth the bonds.
II, that the extortions Of our present rc4ds
could not longer be submitted to, and the
only way to stop them was to vote for q
narrow gauge; and Sd, because the time
has come when roads were bound to 90
past US into the southwest If they did not
come here, and we could not afford to
have Emporia oyartaken and passed by
other towns that We have always kept
ahead Of. We believe the final results will
Vindicate our course, and therefore
we do not shrink from shouIdering ang
responsibility for the result OF the vote
last Tuesday. Had it been for y broad
gauge under such proposition as we OPP
posed In 1874. We should have opposed il
again; but We believe the narrow gauge
VIII pay to invest In, and are gratitied TO
have been able to influence very many Of
our readers In Its favor.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
SOU rHwEs-r.

An artificial cave has been found in
Marion county.
A farmers club in Harvey county
has decided that the grasshopper lava.
sion of 1874 was benefit TO the State,
as it drove away an indolent and
worthless class of farmers.
The editor of the Marion County
Record took some of the numerous
grasshoppers that have Matched in
that neighborhsod and exposed them
to the cold rain of the 9Th inst, and
they died in a short time.
.Eldorado Times: IL weighed Go2JS
pounds and Belts IL Frazier bought il
at s. 80 per hundred. "It" was a hog
and was raised and fattened by j. G.
Riley, OF Chelsea Township. 1918
isn't bad for one hog.
On last Sunday night the family OF
Mrs Glaze, six miles below Eureka on
Fall river,were aroused by the burning
of the house. The house was entirely
consumed. Origin of the fire is un-
known but locks very strong toward
being the work of an incendiary, irs
starting point being Old the outside.
Several parties planted garden peas
last week. Wellington Press.
The proposition to vote county bonds
to the amount of S95. 000 in aid of the
extensive of the Kansas. City, Ottawa,
Burlington and Santa Fe Railroad to
Burlington, was carried Tuesday by
over = two-thirds msjoFity. Elsewhere
is tabular statement by townships,
with vote for and against, shswing
1923 for TO 402 against. The vote ia
Burlington was 455 for To 3 against
Patriot.
Saturday, Feb. 18th, the engine at
the Peabody feedmill exploded. Neal
& Campbell owned the building /:
Charles Smith and James Nellans the
engine. Charles Smith an the epgi-
neer were instantly killed; the body
of the former was thrown twenty feet.
that of the latter one hundred and fif-
ty, and terribly mutilated. Two other
men were injured, but not seriously.
Damage to engine 81 800; to building
$500. The building was 24x4O feet :
The shock moved it six inches west
ward.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
Bogus Halr Dollars.

The genuiness of a half dollar is some
thing worth looking after to all of us, and
especially to storekeepers who are taking
them often through tie day. 1t is, there.
fore, worth the trouble to have on the
counter one or two witnesses easy to be
had.
First. A balance, which need be no
more than thIn strip of wood eight OF
ten inches long, neatly poised. Place a
good piece on one end, and the suspected
one on the other, and have a weight of
three grains at hand. II the difference is
more than that, decline taking the piece.
Second. A liquid test, composed as fol-
lows: "a grains Of nitrate of silver in
crystals,one gramme (say fifteen grains
Of nitrate of acid, and one Of water. Any
druggist can put this up in a small bottle,
with patented glass stopper made Tor
lifting drop, taking care TO use pure in
gradients. Remove 4 little OF the surface
OF the coin with a knife, and then touch
the place with drop from the stopper.
If COED, there will be no action; if bad, il
blaekens st once. Some persons use nj
trio acid alone, which will dIscolor good
coin as well as a bad one. in. W.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
EmporIa WIN Grow.

The glorious vote of Tuesday settled the
question as TO whether Emporia and Ly-
on county are going TO grow or not. They
are going ahead. 1t can't be helped. The
! flood of immigration which will pour into
Kansas during 1871 will be largely dI-
rected 10 this city and county, because
Emporia will now stand on the map as
the best actual railroad center ofthe State,
and as the center of the settled and fertile
portion of the State. Enterprise viii see
our advantages afar of, and come here to
help develop them. Ca pital Will sec our
central position and sSlIdity and certain
growth, and come here for Its base Of op-
eratIons. Travel will come here. People
who wish TO see the State, aud AS certain
whether or not it will pay to locate in it,
will come here as the best place to reach
the central, southern and southwestern
portions That the emigration this
year to Kansas is to exceed any prev ious
year, We have no doHut. The results Of
the centennial exhibit made by Kansas
are already apparent to Us, in the receipt
Of at least six times the number Of appli-
cations from other States for specimen
copies Of The NEWS than we ever received
before. They write from other western
States, from the east. and from the north,
81 expect to move to Kansas, and want a
paper TO learn all can about you- State"
The situation of Emporia, its alreay ac-
quired prominence and good name, and
its now future promise, cannot but have
their natural effects. The building of the
narrow gauge will make us the low
freight commercial center, It will enable
US TO keep ami increase our lead over all
would-be rival towns, it will give as an
impetus that will be permanent. We
had started to reach our goal by means
OF railroad bond poiicy-we had gone
just far enough in that so as to be absO-
luteiy unable to retraee our steps and take
any other road. We had to either stick in
dependency half way through the slough.
or put on ar extra squirt and go through
to reach dry land. We have now voted
TO go ahead, to have three railroad lines
entering and leaving the city in SIX differ
ent directions, covering the country east,
north, south and southwest. Hereafter
other roads will not try to go around En-
poria. They will come to it. They have
no other choice. The city will grow, the
county will settle up, more land will be
opened up to cultivation, more crops will
be raised, more business will be done.
and our $500,00 bonds and three rail-
roads will be lighter upon the tax payers
than S400,0 900 bonds aud two railroads
that '.pOor' their earnings and deny US
low freights.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
The school Book Fund.

EDITORS NEWS: The compulsory pur-
chasing of new school books every few
months is the expense which poorer class
es find hardest to meet, and nine-tenths
of the changes made are perfectly useless
and only made in the interest of rival
publishers. The school book field has
been the bonanzA OF purchasers long
enough. and teachers, directors, superin-
tendents and controllers, who are gener-
ally supposed not to lose anything In the
transaction. have imposed this idle tax
long enough. A live and competent
teacher is and viii be the main instru-
ment in the business of education, and all
unnecessary expense in other directions
should be avoided. A law to prevent she
frequent change of school and text books
(say have a change once in six years)
would be universally approved by the
people Of this state, think. J.H.W.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
Council proceedings.

COUNCIL CHAMBER, Feb. 20, 1877.
Regular meeting Of City Council. Pres
ent E. r. Brncroft, acting Mayor; Messrs.
Baker, Perley, Davis, Henson, Borton,
Nichols.
Minutes OF meeting held Feb. 9TH read
and approved.
Communication from City At:or ney in
relation to claim of Ruggles d PLUMB tor
erroneous tax, was read.
Communication of City Attorney in re-
lstIon to claim of james Dute for witness
fees, was read and laid on the table.
Com. on Ways aud Means, report the
Police Judges report for January. 1871,
correct.
Com. on streets and alleys report the
petition Of t. L. Davenport aad others,
and K. Beck and others, COR sidewalks,
recommending that the prayer OF the pc
titioners be not granted. Report adopted.
Mr.. Henssn moved the adoption OF rae
folio wing:
Resolved. That the COMMITTEES on streets
and alleys be, and they are hereby direct
cd to cause cross walk to be constructed
across 9Th avenue, on west side OF Consti-
tuition street. Adopted.
Mr.. Hensen moved the adoption OF the
following:
Resolved. That the Com. on streets and
alleys be instructed not to construct any
more cross-walks than are now actually
laid down, and all action Of the Council
heretofore to the contrary is hereby re-
scinded. Motion Lost,
On motion OF Mr.. Perley the following
were adopted:
Resolved, That the City Treasurer is
hereby directed TO pay Whatever 1und,
there may be on hand In the curbiug and
guttering fund, towards the payment Of
bonds iHBued to Champlin & Hugehs fol
curbing and guttering.
Resolved, That the City Treasurer i,
hereby directed TO pay whatever fund.
there may be in the special sidewalk FUND
towards the payment OF bonds issued u
}. Q. Reed for building sidewalks.
CON- on claims introduced an oFdinane,
providing for the payment OF the follow
ing claims:
VIM. Evans, hay, S3.15; s. Fleming
removing nuisance, $1.OO: Lyon Co.. rem
Of calabOose, S4s: ID. c. MeMurtIIe. wood
S2.26; s. Gill, special policeman. sa.eO
T. J. French, election polls, Ist ward, So
J. 5. Watson, s7.s7; A. A. Baker 4 Co
oil, 1851; Manuel Brown, for eoustruc.
ton Of cross-walks, $sIS.u7. Rugyles &
Plumb, erroneous tax refunded.
On motion, the ordinance was consider
cd under suspension Of the rules anc
adopted by unanimous vote.
Claims on clerks desk r,terred to com.
mittee on claims.
Claim OF o. Douglass, for errone.u,
sidewalk tax collected on lot IL, Make,
street. referred to committee ON .,rea,,
and alleys. Adjourned.
] e. n. FoRDE, City Clerk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
DUNLAP ITEMS.

The great Dramatic Association per-
termed last Saturday. During the
whole day q large portion of the citi-
zens of Dunlap and vicinity were per-
calculating the streets in holiday at
tire, and before the sun had disappear
ed behind the western horizon the
house was crowded. The stage was
very creditable, and the curtains
evinced great taste. The acting of the
various dramas displayed an unlocked
for perfection. The admission was
free. Some of the performers who
excelled, desire their names withheld
publication lest their less fortu-
nate companions should have their
feelings wounded. Although this is
an unusual course to adopt, we acqui-
esce; but those who appear as actors
or speakers in public, become public
property SO far, and cannot complain
If they are noticed in county and me-
trOpOlitaR papers. The Dramatic
Association is q success. When il
was in its embryo state few said that
they should rule or ruin, aud when de-
feared it was said that the anger was
so great that the head would have
answered for heating q blacksmith's
iron. By coup de tat they were set
aside. EnVious of the increasing
prosperity of Dunlap they would fam
degrade the city and call it a theater
instead of an exhibition.
Mr.. John Dunlap has sold bic
claim and moves to Joplin, Mo.
r. N. Clark, the newly appointed
justice Of Dunlap, alled that Office in
another part of the State for six
years. He is no novice in the BUSH
ness.
There are some business changes
on the tapis in Dunlap.
About two miles east of the city
there Is q colony Of colored persons
who hail from various States. They
ara good, hon est, industrious class
OF citizens, and are worthy of any
country. They have minds and are
intelligent. e
MIR. Reed has sold his farm in
Sumner county, and has purchased old
Mr.. Piatt's claim a few miles from this
city.
"A new school house is in process
Of erection near the confluence of Ca
hOlA and Neosho.
MIR. PIatt proposes going to the
Pacific coast, and seeking q home in
Oregon.
Prof Shank spent last week with
his old friend Gov. Anthony, at Tope-
ks, not having had time while he was
making Col. Plumb u. 8. Senator
de makes his headquarters at the
American house in this city.
A new leaf is turued over at Hahn s
mill and new miller is employed who
has spent oyer week In putting the
machinery in order, and nov produces
the best -four In the State. He offers
TO return the price If the customers do
not award the verdict.
-Diptheria is fatal between Dun
lap and Council Grove.
PnGRIN WARRIOR.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
School Rennrt

Report OF Pleasant Hill School for
laat two months ending Feb. 9th, 1877.
No. of scholars enrolled so; average
daily attendance 5l-9.
Roll of Honor.-Alva, Rufus and
Dorm Moon, lisa and Media Carter, 10y
Thomas, Mary Winnie, Sherman
Link, Sarah, Rachel, Alta and Eva
Stout, Mary and Ellis Bailey, Enoch
Davis, Willie Milton, Tommy and Ella
Stout, Luke and Liddie Parkes, Frank
Hodson. George Miller, Endre and
Jeptha Stout.
No of visitors, 20, 5s of whom were
present at the closing exercises of the
school. CoRNELIA SLACK, Teacher.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
Wahaah Ranuav

This road has become famous for Its ex.
cellent steel rail track, good cars and fasI
time. All express passenger trains Of the
Hannibal d st. Joseph, Missouri Pacific
or st. Louis. Kansas CITY s. Northern rail.
ways make connection in union depots al
Quincy or Sc. Louis, with the fast train OF
the Wabash Line. Pullman's Sleepers
and Day Cars are run through from Kan.
sas City. Atehison and ST. Joe to Toledo
and Cleveland without change, connect
Ing at Fort Wayne with through sleepers
to New York via Pittsburg. and at Cleve.
land with thr ough sIeepers to New York
and Boston via Buffalo, The time via this
line is actually 81 hours quicker from st.
Louis and Quincy to principal Eastern cit
les than is made via Chicago or Cincinnati.
We advise all who value time and COM
fort to patrOnize the Wabash Line. tI
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

LITTELL's LIVING AGE.-The numbers
Of this standard periodical TOR the weeks
ending Feb. 10th and 18th. have the foi
lowing noteworthy contents: Arctic He
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Mares, London Quarterly; Condition of
the Larger Planets. by Richard A. Proc
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The Geographical Aspect of the Eastern
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Genuine Autobiography of Modern lee
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Examiner; Scenery in Holland. Month !:
Weariness, Tale from France. by Ru-
dolpn Lindau, BIaekwood; The Shadow
Of the Door. BiaekWood; instalments of
George MacDonaId-s '.Marquia OF Lossie,,
and William Blacks new serial. and the
usual choice poetry. etc. The back num-
bers containing the first instruments of
Mac nonald's new serial are now senf
gratis TO new subscribers for 1877. For III
ty-two number, of sixty-four large naees
each or more than 3,000 pages ! vearI.
the snbScrip tion price (SS) Is low: while
for 1880 the publishers offer to send A ,
one Of the American 81 monthlies or
weeklles with thc Living Age for wear.
: both postage paid. Litteil & GAY, Boston
are the publishers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

sc. w. D." writes an article to the
Wichita Beacon in favor OF narrow
gauge road to that city, and ia the course
of bis arguments makes the following in
teresting statement:
We have only to re fer more to freight
tariffs Of existing lines when we find that
the Kansas Pacific charges fOrty-four dol
lars for transporting a ca load of lumber
and sXty-nine dollars for transporting q
car load of agricultural implements dis
lance OF l3S miles. from Kansas City to
junction City. From the same source,
however, we learn tn AT the same road will
take the same two cars, laden with the
same kind OF merchandise, over the same
I3S miles from Kansas City, and then send
them south over the Missouri. Kansas Il
Texas rallway-a cross road-65 addition.
al miles, to Emporia, and charging the
Emporia man but thirtJ -four dollars for
transporting lumber and but fifty-five
dollars on his implements. In other
words, the Emporia man pays twenty-t e
per cent. less tor fifty per cent. more SER
vice. Will not this pay for one or two
transfers! So much the Emperia man
gains for being at q competing point. Ny
experience on railways long since taught
me that such Is the result Of competition.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
FOR AG'sT
49, d.
Ral

These figures loot up 1865 votes for the
proposition, and 710 against It. If the
vote for the proposition had been but
1880, 1t would have carried, and it Is
therefore fair to say that the bonds are
carried by 2a5 majority; that Is. 2s5 votes
could be taken from the 1865, and still
leave enough to carry the bonds. The
victory for the narrow gauge is decided
one, and We are pleased to say that the
opposition, which made brave and ear.
nest fight, proposes to acquiesce graceful
fv IN tho raSuFf