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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The committee sent by the House to
investigate the Insane Asylum re-
turned on Saturday. They have evil
IDENTIFY unearthed terrible state of af-
fairs, which leaves DR., Knapp, Super
lntendent OF the Asylum, in anything
but an enviAble position. The com
mlttee were engaged this morning
taking the testimony OF q lady, tn.
last witness. The testimony as far a,
can be obtained shows that DIR. KNAPP
Is charged with decidedly improper
conduct In regard to female employees
and patients. There are also other
very damaging charges concerning
the inmates by the doctor. Although
the evidence does not fully clineh the
charges, still it looks very bad indeed
and there certainly must be founda-
ton. During the taking OF portions
OF the evideAce, some of the ladies
who testified refused to testify before
the full committee and only two were
allowed to remain, as the evidence
was two nasty for delicate ladies
handle.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
mrsTE.
Now plant your trees.

Don't burn the grass null the
grasshoDpers can jump.
The roboin and the blue bird have
arrived N Wilson county.
Lssvenworth county has decreased
1900 in population during the past
year.
A young man wanted three-cent
postal card at La CygHe, and thought
it funny the postmaster could net ac-
eommodate him.
Three hundred farmers in Montgom-
cry county failed las. week in catch
ing single wolf.
The dogs on Big creek, ALLEN Co.have
hydrophobia, and the neigh borhood is
greatly alarmed. Forty of the dogs
have so far been killed.
The Sabetha Advance mentions 8
bunch OF blue grass and clover fully
four inches in length-:his years
growth.
A young woman with thirteen chill
dren passed through Topeka on her
way frow Illinois 10 Hutchinson last
week.
The Parsons Eclipse says the men
at work in the stone quarry at that
point last week killed twenty-five
snakes from two and a half to four
feet in length.
s. farm of so acres in Jackson coun-
ty, worth 81 900, was sold at sheriff-s
sale for $3.50, last week.
A nau in Nemaha county has found
90 grasshopper eggs in one and q hall
inches square of dirt.
Jack Mccall, the murderer of Wild
Bill, is to be hung on the LIST of March.
The many old friends of Bill at Hays
City, talk of celebrating the occasion
by big drunk.
There were 1000 sisners to a petit
ton against the herd law in Donipha an
county, to 474 names in favor of it.
The Board now leave the question to s
vote of the eople. next November.
Rev. Mr.. Martindale, of Topeka.
agent of the American Bible Society,
is now totally blind.
At the Catholic Fair just closed at
Topeka, a chair was voted to the most
popular citizen; 1858 votes were cast,
realizting S765 80, and the chair went
to c. r. Jones, liquor dealer.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The telegraphers of Chicago gave
their annual ball on the evening OF
the 18th inst. The Chicago papers
have a full account of it. We no
tice it only to reproduce the follow
ing, showing that people in Chicago
did not dance to a tune which was
played for them in Milwaukee, So
miles distant:
The dancing programme included
the usual number of waltzes. gall
lops and quadrilles, and the Tele-
phene waltz composed for the coca
SIGN by George F. Root, and per-
formed on Mr.. Gray's telephone,
description of which has appeared
in the columns of the Inter-Ocean
The instrument was erected at the
lower end of the hall over the mu-
sic stand, and connected by wir,
with Milwaukee. where the per-
former played his finger-board in
strument 10 the wire designated
The music was heard distinctly il
the hall, but owing to a deficieuc,
OF battery power, il was scarcel,
loud enough TO accommodate the
dancers. Further, the performers
time was scarcely as regular as thu
emergency demanded. No attempt,
therefore, was made to dance to the
telephoneiic measures.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

In Hayden's dictionary of dates,
nnder the heading "Locusts." we
lind the following. In addition
might be added the statement of A.
G. Pierce, Of this city, that in his
time he has known trains to be
stopped by grasshoppers IN Wes-
tern New York:
"Locusts (grasshopper) formed
one of the plaques of Egypt, 149I
B. G. (Exod. x Owing to the pu-
trifaction of vast swarms in Egypt
and Libya, 100000 persons are
said to have persisted, 128 B. T..
Palestine was infested with such
swarms that they darkened the air :;
and after devcuring the fruits OF the
earth, they died, and their intolera-
Die stencil caused a pestilential fe-
yer, A. u. 406. A similar catastro-
phe occurred in France in S37. a
rem arkable swarm of locusts settled
upon the ground about London, and
consumed the vegables; great num-
bers fell in the streets, aud were
preserved by the curious: they re-
sembled grasshoppers, but were
three times the size, and their COL
ers more Yariegated. August 4, IT.
4S. They infested Germany in IT.
40, Poland in 1850, and Warsaw in
June 1916. They are said to have
been seen in London in 1857.
Russia was infested by them in Ju-
ly, 186O"-Ex.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The superintendent of the Agri-
cultural College farm gives the cost
of all articles raised. All the work
on the farm except the foreman has
been done by the students. The
cost per bushel to grow corn has
been twelve and half cents; win
ter wheat, sixty-four cents rye, fif-
ty-nine cents; oats, twenty-four
cents; barley, twenty-nine and a
half cents; timothy seed, $2.65 /;
mangolds, ten and half cents; tim
Othy hay, per ton, S2.22; millet,
So so.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The President is engaged in pack
ing up his effects preparatory to
retiring to civil life. Fer sixteen
years he has not been vested with
iull civilian rightP, and he proposes
10 regain them once more by becom-
ing again an American citizen.
When the bitterness of personalities
involved in present political con-
tests has died out, no president will
stand higher in the estimation OF
the people than Gen. Grant; and
the White House has never had =
mistress more worthy of honor,
than the outgoing one, Mrs.. Grant.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

A Washington telegram of Tues
day says it is stated upon the high
est official authority that the Presi-
deaf has determined upon the pros
scution of Don Piatt, editor of thF
Washington Capital for libel; and
also for seditious writing, indicta-
ole under both the common and
statutory law. District Attorney
Wells has been directed to take the
necessary steps in the matter, and
he arrest was to be made Wednes-
day. The article in Sundays Cap
ital principally melted the official
action Just determined upon, but IL
10 understood that previous articles
IN the same paper, regarded as libel
Gus upon the President, wilt be of
dcially noticed in criminal prose-
;utisn for libel on the President. Il
is about time that the law. stepped
in TO punish and prevent assaults
upon personal character simply be-
cause man is in public Office, and
Don Piatt, q chronic editorial black
guard, will do as well as anybody
20 begin on.
LATER.-Don Piatt publishes 8
card saying that he never meant to
counsel the assassination of the
President or rebellion against the
government. He takes it all back,
rather than be sued fur libel and
sedition.
The democrats in Congress have
concluded to let HAYES be President.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

An Illinois legislator Eas intro
duced bill appropriating $4,000 to
be offered as a reward for the dis
covery of the cause of hog cholera ;
also appropriating a like sum for
che discovery ola remedy for that
malady. The bill also appropriates
$4,000 to be offered as a reward for
the discovery of the cause of milk
sickness, and like sum for the dis
coYery of a cure therefor.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The Louisiana case before the
electoral commission was managed
by the Democrats with more skill
and Judgment Though with no more
success, than the Florida case, but
they had to leave their own party
to secure their champions. Matt.
Carpenter has been induced by a
large fee to take the already lost
case of the sham reforme-, Tilden
and try 10 save it from appearing
ridiculous but one and one halt
hour was enough to make Mr.. Car
penter sick, and he was compelled
to ask the commission to adjourn
until next morning. Judge Trum-
ball has also added the weight of
his Influence to the cause of the
despairing Democrats. Mr.. Slough
ton, of the Republican counsel,
made terrible hits upon these men,
who for little paltry gold surren-
der the convictions of their lifetime,
and advocate for hire, q policy they
honestly and earnestly condemn.
When Mr.. Stoughton produced the
report made by Mr.. Trumbull,
when he was a Senator from Illi-
nois, and read the arguments by
which he secured the passage of the
civil rights bill, there was evidence
Of excitement, and possible danger
IF scene in the supreme court
room. The arguments of Mr.. Trum-
Quill so well answered Mr.. Trum-
bull, that Mr.. Stoughton might Iave
rested his case upon the arguments
made several years since by the
gentleman from Illinos, at a time
when be was not paid for being q
Democrat, and the leading counsel
for Mr.. TiIden.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The rinderpest is making haYoc
among the cattle in England, and
there will be in consequence some
thing more of q demand for Ameri-
can beef. More than three hundred
tons are now shipped to Loudon
from New York every week, and
the experiment has thus far proved
SO successful that the enterprise IL
to be prosecuted on large scale.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
Abou Sam Tuden.

Abou sam Tilden (Aay his tribe decrease),
Awoke one night with a stentorian sneeze,
And saw within the blue light OF his room,
Making it rict and like the viOlet's bloom,
An evil conscience made sam Tiiden brash,
And to the presence iH the room he said
''W hat writest thou?' The goddess tossed
her head,
And with u smile betokening i'll intent.
Answered: 1.-The name OF our ne Xt resident
And is it mine2'' asked Sammy. NAY not
sou
Replied the goddess. Sammy's head dropped
low.
But cheekily still, he said: ''By Cronin's nose
An honest count I'll have, or come to blows 10
The goddess wrote and vanished. The next
night
she came again in great flood of light,
And showed by honest count, as sure as fate.
That Slippery Sam stood seceH and Rutherford
si0kf!
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The national banks of the entire
country, by herculean effort, have
raised Sl2,602.O6 for the family OF
Haywood, the brave cashier who
was murdered by the James and
Younger gang at Mortified, Min
nesota, last year. This is over SO
each for every national bank in the
country. The Mortified bank also
subscribed $1,000, and Haywood
family are therefore we'll provided
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

Burlington Hawk Eye: off in
the coming ages of the future some
ambitious DIR. Schlieman will dig
down into Mr.. Tilden's tomb, he
will net report progress to scien.
tihc asSOciation. He will simply
build . foundry and advertise for 9
foreman, under the impression tina.
he has strRck brass nine"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

A dispatch to the Boston Globe
was transmitted from Salem, Mass,
to Boston by the telephone ON the
18th inst, the Salem reporters
voice being easily ecognized in tht
Office there. This Is the first instance
Of press report being orally trans
mitted, and shows the use to which
this wonderful invention may in
the future be put.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

1t Is proposed to extend thu Kan
sas central (uarrow gauge from q
point near Winchester, Jefferson
county, via OskalOoss, Topeka, and
Council Grove, to Great Bend, Bar
ten county. Meantime the direct
line would be pushed westward
from HOlton through the uorth-
western portion of the State, with
Denver a. it's ultimate destination.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

Moody ana Sankey are holding
q great revival In Boston, and the
Times, . Sunday paper, says tina,
the irreverent boys sing a new YER
sion Of Hold the Fort" like this:
Hold the forks, the knives are coming,
The plates are on the way;
shout the chorous TO y0ur neIghbor,
Sling the hash this way.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
VOICE OF THE PREsSI

THERE IS NOT country mere pic
turesque and richly beautiful than
that through which the Missouri Kan
sas Texas R'y runs, aud no road in our
experience has smoother track, neater
coaches more c0mmodious sleeping cars,
better eating houses and better accom-
nodations generally, or more courteous
0.ieers and employees. Every one connected
with the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway
seems TO take particular pains 20 make the
sasseDger comfortable, and 70 point out and
dasc Fibe the various points OF interest. Have
on ever been to Texas. the land OF sunbeams
beautiful pTairseS and lovely valleys! limo I.
then you have missed grand trip. We went
ard We took the hi souri,, Kansas & Texas
railway, the Great Pioneer Line. and the first
70 enter Texas from the north. sonnet cd
was wise when they chose its route. The TItle
through the picturesque Indian Territory Is
grand; it Is one OF the most beautiful coun-
tries We ever laid our eyes on; in fact. the
whole route from Hannibal, sc. Louis or Kan
sas City is one continual pleasure "trip, pass
ing through rich valleys teeming with grain
across magnificent pralFies, dotted here and
there with clusters OF timber and pretty farm
cottages, past enterprisIBg cities and towns,
over great iron bridges canning deep rivers
and so on down towards the pebbIed shores
of the Gulf of Mexico. to, the &c IA Of the Sea,
Galveston .-TRAyELER.
Enter Texas at Denison
s-tf JAS. .. BRoWM.
Gen. Passenger ASt-, SedaIia, NO.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The Kansas Agricultural College,
at Manhattan, reports that during
the year 1877, 3O3 students were en-
rolled, being the largest number
ever received, and an increase in
attendance, over the previous year,
of % per cent. Sixty-one per cent.
were males and 80 per cent females.
Fifty three counties of the state
were represented. OF the Sl,601
acres of land received from the Uni
ed States government, all but 81
461 acres have been sold. The in
crest on the investments made OF
he funds received for these lands
amounted to $20,49O96. This in
crest, under the law of congress,
IAN only be used to pay running ex-
penses, and cannot be used for the
erection of buildings. The gross
receipts from the farm, nursery and
mechanical departments were $4,-
761.54, making, excluding the state
appropriations, the income for the
year So, 252. so. 1t can, therefore,
continue in operation whether OF
not it receives an appropriation
from the state treasury.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The New York Herald sent out b
reporter with instructions TO dis
cover a volcano in FLORIDA, and the
explorer reports "mysterious
smoke in the Pinhook swamps." Ii
IL column of Yapor that has been
observed arising from the middle OF
the swamp for the last forty years,
and ne one has ever been able TO
reach 1t or ascertain what causes 1t.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The year 1877 has thus far in Eng
land been distinguished by rains
and floods of . frequency and VIC
lence altogether unprecedented. For
. month the rainfall has been al
most continual, while the Thames
and other rivers have been more
than bAnkfull, sweeping over tn,
lowIands and destroying the grain
In thousands OF fields. So greaI
has been the amount of moisture,
and SO unhealthy has the country
become In consequence OF the lose
continued dampnese, that the out
break OF a general epidemic il
feared.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

HENRY A. CHAMPLIN will take notice
II that he has been sued in the District
Court OF Lyon county, Kansas, in which court
the petition Of tine plaIutiG is dled against
nim In said suit; that the names OF the par
ties in said action are Eliza j. Champiin,
plaintiff, against Henry a ChamplIn, defen-
dant; and that he must answer said petition
On or before the 24fh day of March, A. ID 1871,
or said petition will be taken IS true and
judgment will be rendered accordingly. di-
Forcinz said PLAINTIFF from said defendant
aad restoring her to her maiden name Of
Eliza j. Kenaey.
RANDOLPH & sEDGWICK,
Z ffsrT .faf,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The Providence Tool Company IL
at present filling the largest con
tract for arms ever given to a pri-
vate armory. 1t is making six hun
dred thousand Martini Henry RI
fies for the Turkish Government.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

A law authorizing new Atlanti,
cable, between Baltimore and En-.
rope, rates of message not to exceed
one English shilling, has passed
both houses of congress.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
ST. LOUIS MARKET.
ST I.nuIs- Eai,rnaru %

ST. LOUIS MARKET.
ST. LOUIS, February o.
Flour-Firm and unchanged
Whea'-Lower; No fall. 81 4Sa1 so cash +:
81 IS April; No. 3 do, 81 AZ cash; 81 451s
March; No. 4 do. 81 40.
Coru-Lower at 3Sx a39s<c cash; closing Al
inside hguresj 39zSc March; 41L<a4i<c April
Oats-Firm at 355<c cash.
Rye-Steady at CSC.
Barley-Duil and weak. bnt little doing.
Provisions-Pork, lower; $l5 90 Mar; SIS 90
April.
Bulk Meats NominaIly lower; nothing
doing.
Bacon-Unchanged.
Lard-Eutirely nominal.
Butter and Eggs Unchanged.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Quiet and anchau ged Receipts coo
Hogs Lower; light s. 0oa5 30; packing
- SSa5 20; butcheFs' IS 65a5 IS. Receipts JOG.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The engineers appointed to ex-
anime the Washington monument,
recommend that it be taken dowi
and rebuilt near the capitol, in sui,-
able style.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

Before we married." said he to
a friend, ''she used to say bye bye
so sweetly when l went down the
steps" "And now what does she
say?" asked the friend. "Oh just
the same,' exclaimed the man
hny hurF -
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
Fac smile teIeoranl,ing

Fac smile teIegrapI,ing is the
latest Boston happy thought. A
zinc plate receives the Impression,
and q pencil point reproduces the
very form OF the letters, words
and sentences at the other end OF
other line.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

Gov. Newburn of Iowa, took hi
oath of Office, last month, and the'
delivered the following as his inau.
gural address: "I'll do the best
can"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

President Griffith of the Shor
Horn Association has, called meet
ing OF the Society to be held st lb'
Tefft House, Topeks, Feb %, 1877
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

The Cincinnati Enquirer, (Demo
crAt) thinks "the Democratic 1905
tiers look as though they needed
little blue glaze treatment"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
CENTENNIAL LAURELS!
a Triple Crown for
Wheeler & Wilson

Their New Rotary Hook Lock-Stitch Sewing
Machines, the Standard Sewing Machines
or the World.
Compare Wheeler & Wilson's Centennial
Awards with the Awards Tor
any other Machine.
lFRoh THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
FULL TEXT OF THE REASONS.
l: A Medal and Diploma for the NEW
HELLER & WILSON SEWING MA
CHINE Tor the following reasons:
Iock.stitch Sewing Machine, uusur-
passed IN the line workmanship of its parts.
ana possessing great originality, great adapt
,bllity to different classes of work, both on
rapldIty OF motion, and completeness OF dis
play"
2 A Medal and Diploma for the .sSEW
WHEELER = WILSON SEWING MAcHIEE -
FOR superior quality Of work in leather
stitching -
o Medal ana Diploma for SEWING
MACHINE SEEDLE-WOKK
superb display of Needle work execu-
TED upon the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Ma
chimes, exquisite in design'a0d finish, from
the lightest gauze to the heaviest leather"
The Wheeler Il Wilson MachIue WAS also
awarded the silver medal, and is Recommend
cd Tor the Gold Medal OF the
MECHANICAL INSTITUTE
Fair in New York city. which closed Nov
e5th, 1876. This IS the next hig hest award TO
that OF the Centennial itself
Z. b. SPRAGUE, AGENT.
ENPORIA, KANSAS.
street.
Machines delivered TO any part of the city
Or country. Call or write. Repairing ma.
chimes speciality. SIT
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO. February q.
Cattle Receipts, $3.50. Market dull, buy
ers holding on.
Hogs Receipts 1000, Market duh and
weak, 20a2Sc lower; closed weak with lower
prices still; sales light at IS 40a5 IS; shipping
IS 00a6 o5; PhiIadelphias, 80 50.
Sheep--Receipts 1.1e0. Market moderately
active. but steady at 81 50ae so.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
Markets by Telegraph.
NEW YORK MARKET.

NEW YORK, February %.
Gold-Opened at 1861, advanced to 1857
and closed at 1861
Carrying rates, las per cent ; loans also
made nat.
Bonds-Government bonds steady Rail
road bonds lower, in some cases. State bonds
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

Beautiful snow, white like a sheet,
Falling alike upon housetop aud street;
.oyering up cOrdwoOd, hiding the AK,
Making poor cattle hump up their backs;
coming 50 silently, softly and slow
The better we'll hke you the quicker you go
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

Iount, brothers, count-count with care
Count in the preaSence of the commissionaire:
y full. square count for Hayes and Wheelaire,
But no count at all for a bull -doZaire.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23

AS uncle Chester Thomas woulo
say, eight beats seven.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-23
KANSAS CITY MARKET.
kansas CRY. February %.

BALTIMORE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, February ID.
Corn-Mixed Western steady at E7s<a57IIc