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Arsestsd for Marrying a Negroes.

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George Stuart and Kohcna 3Irpherson were
marrlc,t d lew werks ago under peculiar clrcunl-
stances. stuart IL an intelligent wLItr man, uf
respectable character, and has lived in sanrhcs-
ter two Or three years. lie is blacksmith. A
mouth or 81 aso le applied to tbs riork VI tito
Nust!,a:s Court Tor. litense to marry l1obena
Mcpherson; but the license, In scrorsianeu Will.
q ntatusc 81 Virginia. was denied, because It as
alleged that tho intended tEtlu was u ncyruas.
Subsequently tile tist> wcFc ,nartlca In WusllIils-
tu, anil came tak to Manchester IL live, Stlark
rcs uuin!: his trade. Yesterday tic Graiid Jury
FUND true bill uEafnst Stuart aud ts!4 Witv sor
u1iawful cohablfat!ou, inns.nuch =. shs lava Of
ViTgiuia fu1tll them to marry. C},!cf Of Pultce
LiYaconib served the capias oi, tho couple. Buth
were baIted.
, 1877-01-29

CHICAGO, Jau. 2,t-Ail Intelligent Americans
have been surprised and chagrincl Lcrause "by
hook or by c-ook II our country has dr!ltcd Into
sub complication, inbrogtlo, Or "polittcI
mudJic iuauy ulay y4!l it. 1t has continued so
long, anl the subject 4as BECOME ~ stale, That
people only Aicssily aux nov who Is suing to
hhu next Ireshluuti" +" aid are va ting for su ,!e
new Muddlu to turn ul, uInt hsre It 10 III tbs
shape Of uic4lieal lnu.il]r, und DR.. q.
u. Hcehu Ynd TIE CHtgAou TRlBuaY
, 1877-01-29
ANOTHER ONO PENt1ENTlARY.

ToLEDo, o., Jau. .s.-1s has tecu determined
to crcst another renltentiary In this Statc ut
sons point not LESS tl.sn slightly 'nlles frusa
Columbus, aud the people Ut luIclu arc making
clgusts to seuuro It's lutution here. A meeting
Of prulnlncnt citizens was hc!l ut tic Mayors
ut'iro last nght to consider p!an Of action to
attain this cunsu,nIl 4ttun. The principal argyll
'ncnt Is lat there u ho State Institution luat. 4
here. Nothing tieIinitu MAS .lune lust night be-
you'd I'll interchange Vi views.
, 1877-01-29

TO He EdIEdF q 71x 3f18dH9.
CHICAGO, Jan. o7.-1 wEto to correct state.
rnens In regard to d.. Condu's value Of bella
donna Ms aprophylacslcfn In scarlet fevcr. He docs
mt believe in It. aud exnrcsscs himself AZ fol.
Iowa: lie "ncyer found II to exert tho slight
est influence III mitigating the character or pre-
venting the occurrence OF scarlet levpr.h Lie
stctana az advising it, use. C, n.
, 1877-01-29

Nero glitter and LIP scsscc deceive for awhile.
Int III the hug rau fall In thaIr influence. rcuplu
learn 10 hee beneath the tecnl,n.. Hus H. T. Dab-
ntts Iolisl s9ap j. prsclscy wt J. CLAIM, To- bs:
In tllr nursery. u,iI consequently thu beat article
fur ''cll4rcn Ut larger growth
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SCARLET rKvEE AND DtPurIfERtA.
Ia fhe Etffar af .cAa t1.tAnnA

CK1cAao, Jan. 27.-Thc statement OF your
yesterdays paper, eaying that triad to crawl
out OF 'ny prIor statement that bcllatlonas
killed all my patients, is untrue. In reply
VIII *tntc tflat Was misunderstood. BcinI q
sell IN English. aavs treated oycr 15O cases t,f
scarlet lever and diphtherta from Sept. 10, 1873,
np to date, and Iou'y lost of that number
sevgn essc6, under ny treatment. in that timo,
a. the record Of the Boanl of Health will stloW.
Yours, WILLIAM ii, W'LKE, ii. b.
, 1877-01-29

used freely. A 1istio bag, containing sotc tt,ort
powder and the two 1ast-nautd medicines,
fhottsl be saturated with. carbolfc actd mot
enough to make a fluid or soft soiid},
II, being fesaturated rfcnarcr: pcrcdsary:
Numerous ncrsons have rcsortcd to this means
of prevention, and know OF no instance In
which L has failed. During the tt1nets ot ny
two children, there werd three other chillrsu
living In my house on another floor, whose pa
rents were perfectly confident that they would
contract the tllsease. Precautionary measures
were promptly resortcd to, owevet,--catboIIo
acid being used fscely ~ 1lsInfeytaut, ID eqJs4
Th!s family Is still at my houec, and, atthor9I,
communication between the two portions at 3ho
housc va: never absolutely cut oil, the children
hare not had the fever.
/ hciiorc that wherever thn preventive and
bc employed only good results vii, Ge attained,
EH0s TuRNEn. 1lUQ I1dIana ayenua.
, 1877-01-29

power l.as utrluilAly dIn,sAlsllcd Turkey H.
rcs well for cotton lalrirs, but otherwise shows
\ great falling n1. bu, the Wander 1icru
Il tnAt II u nat much gTcatrr' hu.s.a t::kea
much less wsniiGn E.H,st AfHl the Argentine
Republic shows general t1inlfuutluit nf hu1I.
HISS, u natural rtactun from the uvcrtrIlnS uf
lalr years. Ot coHrse the worst syniplous Aro
shown BY the Iron and steel trades. Tue eess..
building ot fresh Railways could not hut almost
put stup to thu export III rAiErual lr III mil It
!. not surprising, therefore, to tiui the rcatliest
borrowers tr'ln US Iow Tue nloSt t'osphlious
absentgcs iTols. our market. This branch uf
.rl'lt must, VIC fear, HI toni,lettl TN tnuch
lIwcr scaLe !ur many years tn come, anil IL IL
probably s4na thing that 1t should l'o 30.
Among customers who 1nay be rlassssl Us
Australian Cul lolTs, titr!nany, Frantr, ltaly,
Holland, and lula and China. Germany, It Is
True. tahes less iron Il!anuflrturts from LIZ,
Francs considerably less rutton tat,ries, while
Holland iIrcstIss father clcrkrEc.l list ut Ill
rEr~sea An,4 decreases: but. III tho wtntc, uur
tr.Ie WltH t1lrsu Nations aupeArs T. Us suli unu
go"l-llkcly, f'ldec1, to r., ,gless wllcn Tue tide
again turnsto tI'o Low. l'hc En'piro .. Brazil
and thu South American StAtes generally afc not
~ Eoul rustoners ~ they have been for the
twu prcreIlu. years but, considering the la,,i-
tuu af ul's,t of tho Republics, business taunot
Ls pr5nounvct bud; uni, lu st'ort. # wc except
tho United Stites a:rl SUNS st'll!l 4Anlrrlnn
ltrpuhlis, Canaia, llusssa, and Turkey und
EgyIl, there ART fcw countries which iu:llrae i
tleritcti and permanent lowering VI their deal
tpxs with lis.
etgp tra1v, VIC lnu that the demand for cut
ton yarns has been guM during the year
from Germany, Iloll md France, Turkey,
tta1y and an,Ia WI t!,,rs fssngy o.,, IT,
vi, Turkey, thy sorth Auscrlsan st4tcs, a'lss
Chns, thero Is, however, u fallnS away IN tao
dcnla4l fur roitun 42bs.cs Irol tlcst ot our All-
puEta1It customers. III soaie lnstancss this d.
4H tf1rkrI dFtftH
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28
reacher'. A..ocIatIon.

AMERICUs, Dec. %, 1877.
An association of teachers was an
nounced to be held at Americas, on
Saturday, Dec. 22nd, at 10 a. M, but
on account of Indictment weather no
meeting was held until 2 p. M.
Meeting called TO order by Supt.
Wharton, who announced the object
ofthegatheriDg,snd temporary organ
izstion was effected by the election OF
DR.. T. A. Wright, President; j. Il.
Hill, Secretary.
A brief discussion on uniformity OF
text books" was participated in by
Messrs. wharton, Clayton, Piper,
Wheeler, Kits, Mime and Hill. a..
On motion a committee ON peTma-
nent organization to report at next
meeting was appointed as follows
Wharton, Mime and Hill.
Adjourned to meet at the same place
on Saturday, Jan. 5, 1878.
Prof. Delap will lecture on the even
ing previous. A full attendance OF
teachers, school officers and others is
earnestly desired. j. II. HILL, Sec.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28
Our Market Report
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS.
Emporia Markets.


EMR0RIA, KS. December 81, 1877.
Roads bad and very little produce coming
into market. We quote:
WHOLESALE.
Fall wheat-$1 90.
Spring wheat-75 cents
Corn-Shippers pay Is cents
Oats-Shippers pay L. to u cts.
Rye-20 TO 80 cts.
Barley-15 to IS cts.
Hay--$s.O0 per ton.
Wood $50 to 400 for soft and green wood
s400 and SEQ for dry hard wood
Coal--Lyon county and Fort Scott $500;
Usage shaft s. 90; McAIlister. $3.50.
Cattle on fOot-Butchers pay az to az for
fat COWS; ~ to * for fat steers; calves. &c;
sheep, 81 cents.
Hogs on foot-s to sy<c; dressed, 4c..Y
RETAIL PRICES
FIour-Soden's Eagle. $s.65 per 100 lbs; IL
$s.26; sx. $500; Little Beauty, 81 81. era
ham. $500
Arm0r's FIour-A A So so; Ak fall So 20; AZ
spring s. 90; sx a So 80; PIX 50 Is; graham
$500.
Corn meal per 100 Ibs.-BoIted. 500; un-
bOlUed. as cents. Bran, IS cents, shorts 20 c
mixed feed 75 cts.
Fresh meats--steak. 10 to l21k cts. per lb
| roasts. 8 to l21< cts; boiling pieces. to cts
Veal and Mutton. to lex cents.
Fresh Vegetables per bushel-Peach blow
potatoes, 500; onions, 80 cts; turnips. IS cts
| cabbages, to 10 cts. each; squash and pump
| kins to 10 cents each.
Best butter Is cents; eggs 20 cents; apple:
81 to $1.25; cranberries l25S to Is cents
Live chickens, 70 to IS cts each.
Maple Sugar-20 cts per lb.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28
G-aose orYolume Twent,

Close OF Volume Twenty.
This issue closes volume twenty
of THE NEWS, and the next issue
will be the nrst Of volume twenty
one. Few papers, even in the old
err States, can say they have hed 3
continued and successful run for
twenty years. THE News has al
ways been guided by the desire to
do the right thing by this peoples
and its continued life and prOsperi-
ty show that they have apprecia-
ted its humble efforts. Notwith-
standing the hard iimes we are glad
to say the paper was never on q
more solid foundation than it is al
the close of 1877. 80
We had hoped to purchase new
dress, and make some needed i'm
provements during the last year
but failed TO do so. We know ouI
readers had rather we should con-
tiuue in our old clothes thansto Sc
in debt for new ones. These i'm
provements are still in contempla-
tion, and will be made just az soon
as we can reach them. a
We enter on the new year with
our friends with thsnkfuIness for
their patronage and kindness, and
with determination to work with
them for the best interests of all.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28
TO LANDLORDS AND 9TH
6EkSs gt-sf

Important Postal Decision.
A Chicago paper having stated
that the hotel keepers of Chicago
regard as an unjust and burdensome
discrimination Postmaster Palmer's
rule that letters left at hotels for
travellers must be restamped when
forwarded, while in all other cities
such letters are forwarded without
being stamped again, Postmaster
Palmer OF that city wrote to the
Postmaster General for instructions
on the subject, and received the fol-
lowing reply: h 1
"Referring to your letter of the
4th'inst., have to say that under o
uniform ruling of this department,
the right ts forward letters by mail
to q second destination without adj
ditional postage applies only to such
letters as have not left the custody
of the postal officials. When a let
ter carrier, calls at q hotel with let
tiers for parties who have given the
proper instructions to forward their
mail to another address, the propri-
etor should at once redirect such
letters and return them to the carri-
ers, in which case they may be for
warded without additional postage.
But if the carrier is allowed to leave
them at the hotel, or if they are TAX
en- out of his presence, they are re-
garded as having been legally deIiv-
cred and they cannot be mailed
without prepayment anew of at
least one full rate of postage, three
cents, by stamp affixed. If the prac-
tice of your Office accords with the
fores DING, the result is approved,
and the criticism referred to is re-
gsrded as unjust, and upon the 9th
er hand. if postmSsters in other cit
les pursue different course, as stat
ed in the article in question, they
are in error. Yours respectfully,
JAS. M.TYNER,
First Assistant p. NJ. General.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28
rhe ConklIng War.

There ls no doubt but that the
New York Senator has the best of
his war with the administration so
far. His triumph in the Senate in
defeating the confirmation, of the
neutrality-suspicious. for tine nav
York custom house,slas givenShim
prominence and strength through
out the country. y Thsre Was no
doubt about Conkling's ability, and
now there is no doubt about his
personal power. \ The Presfdeht had
. weak c4se'in this instance, because
there were no charges of any kind
against the men he undertook to
tRrn out. Mr.. Conkling defied,
publicly, the Presidential party to
show any reason why they should
be turned out, under the Presidents
civil service rules, so repeatedly an
nounced. 1t was rather a matter
of surprise that their supereedure
should have been attempted under
the circumstances. There is large
proportion of the Republicans of
the country who believe inatbe civil
service reforms inaugursted by Mr..
Hayes, and they believe in his hon
esty and nprightness OF purpose,
but in this particnISr instance there
is no doubt but that Conkling has
their sympsthies.
1t is believed that the attempt to
change these custom house officers
was made at the instance of Secre-
tary Evarts, and since the victory
of Conkling in the Senate q move
has been made on the part of the
friends of the two gentlemen in
New York to conciliate them
Whether this attempt will prove
isuccessful or not, it is hard to say
and whether the, President will b
influenced by any arrangement they
may make is another question tina
could not be decided in advance. /
Cancellation should fail, and Mr.
Evarts should conclude TO step on
of the cabinet, we suppose the coun
try would survive the shock with |
considerable degree of complacency
While 8 majority of the Senators
: we have no doubt, desire to worl
in harmony with the President il
all matters that will raise the stand
ard of the efficiency and honesty o
the civil service, they have interest
at stake which cannot be ignored
and which the first law OF nature
self.protection, will drive them I,
regard. We hope, for the good o
} all, that no moro such serious diff
: ferences will aFise between tn,
President and Senate, as the on
which is now exciting the country
1 The Republican Senators sunl
, psrtisanism 70. = snrpEising exten
in CONFIRMING come of Air. Hayes
appointments. They have conceded
: mueh TO his policy OF Consolidation
and II IT. true, as charged. that th,
New York custom house officer
were q be changed at the Instanc,
/ lot Evarts, who desired to turn on
lkiends Of Senator ConkIi6g AMI
r put in his enemies, thus allowing
the cabinet minister to usurp th,
iprerogatives Of the Senator, the re
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28

CITY AND CoUNTRT.-In New York
city respectable family pays $500 an
Luaily for rent OF q house. A physician
charges from three to i've dollars for g
single visit and furnishes no medicine.
In the country it frequently requires .
long ride and great Inconvenience to OBJ
tain physician, and when found he may
not be able TO procure the proper RENE
dies. The most remarkable and unfail-
ing remedy the world has ever seen, and
one which is endorsed by all physieians,
is now placed within the reach Of every
family, where is can always be kept for
immediate use. Danger arises from de-
lay. One dollar or ffty cents invested IN
Centaur Liniment will last = family .
year. There is no pain which it will not
relieve, no swelling it VIII NOT suDdue,
wound it will not heal, or lnmeness 1t Will
not cure. 1T heals burns without . scar,
and renders The bites Of snakes aud stings
Of bees innOxious. 1883
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28

The great mass meeting in Chica :
go in favor Of silver, has been fol-
lowed by like meetings in Toledo
and several other western cities,
and on the other hand the Philadel.
phis and Chicago boards of trade
have adopted resolutions in favor of
gold and resumption, and the fol-
lowing petition has been extensive
ly signed by bankers and merchants
of Chicago:
We desire to express our sympa-
thy for and agreement with the
President Of the United States and
the Secretary of the Treasury, in
their financial views as recently
presented to Congress. We there
fore hereby respectfully request our
Senators and Representatives in
Congress to firmly aud earnestly
oppose all legislation concerning
the national finances and coinage
not strictly in accord with Presi-
deat Hayes message and the report
of Secretary Sherman. We believe
that the prosperity of the country
and the interests OF, the people will
be promoted by steadfast adhe-
renee to the single standard of gold
In etfecting the exchanges of the ma
ton and by the resumption of spe-
Gle payment of January 1st, 1880.
Several papers have been enthu-
stastically claiming the west as sol
i'd for silver reconciliation, but
they viii find that . very iDtiuen-
tial minority, It least, il, in favor of
gold and resamptiou. And this mi
nority will see that its Views have
SRst weight in party conventions
ana nominations.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28
W. b. STRONG.
The New approximations of
nIse a. II. q =. r. h. II.

The New suPerIntendenG of
lIse a. t. ~ y. r. h. II.
Our folks ara interested to know
something of the new man with
whom they will have intimate bu-
siness relations, and we reproduce
from the Chicago Daily Times the
following personal of the Hon. w.
B. Strong, the new General Super
intendent of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe railroad:
W. B. Strong's connection with
the Chicago, Burlington u Quincy
as general superintendent termi-
mates to-day and tomorrow he will
start East for a vacation, to be fol-
lowed soon by his assumption of
the duties of vice president and
general manager of the AtchisOn,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, with
headquarters at Topeka, Kansas.
The fact that he mad accepted this
dual position was duly chronicled
at the time of its occurrence. All
that remains to be said now is q
word about Mr.. Strong himself. He
has grown into such favorable prom
inence in railway circles that person
al mention of him Is net amlss.
Mr.. Strong is, in the broadcast sense
of the term. q self-made man. He
governs with great vigor, always
aiming at fairness aud impartiality.
| He exacts, a. the first essential OF
fitness and competency, perfect and
absolute loyalty from his su6ordi-
mates. His career may be briefly
summarized as follows: His first
position of any responsibility was
that as station agent at Milton juno
ton, on the old Milwaukee s. Prair.
lie du Chen road, under the Broad.
head management. Next he served
the Chicago - Northwestern az To-
cal agent at GAINESVILLE. Then he
represented for q time the same
company at Council Bluffs, Iowa, al
general agent, and afterward held
the same position at the same place
under the Burlington & Missouri
RIVER railroad of Iowa. From gen
eral agent he was promoted to the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Iowa line
When that division was consolidat-
ed with the Chicago, Burlington s
Quincy he was made assistant gen.
eral superintendent of the Michi-
gan Central railroad. He remained
with that company two years, when
at the solicitation of vice president
Perkins and others, he accepted the
position of general SUPERINTENDENT
of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy. This Office he has hello
since year ago last October. He
assumes control of the AtchisOn
Topeka, & Santa Fe under a con-
tract that confers upon him great
and almost absolute power.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28

We are glad to see that Capt.
Henry Booth, of Larned, has been
appointed and confirmed as Re-
ceiver at the U. s. land Office at that
place, as successor to Mr.. Gilbert.
Booth is an old citizen, of Kansas,
was one of her true soldiers during
the war, and is capable and honest.
He was two terms chief clerk of thu
House, of Representatives, and has
been 8 member OF that body two OF
three sessions. By securing the ap-
pointment of such men as Captain
Booth our deIegation honor them
selves and the civil serYic.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28
ST. LOUIS MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS, December 81.
Flour-A shade irmer; superine western
and state, "a s5@5 .15; common to good, $3.50
565; good to choice, $5.7O96 90; white wheat
extra, $605@6.75; st. Louis, $5.50QS25.
Wheat-A shade stronger and fairly active ;
No. Chicago spring, $1.s4; No. Milwaukee
spring, $l.3s1S; No. red winter. Jan. $1.45.
Rye-Quiet; western, 73a74c.
Barley-Dull and unchanged.
Corn-New, dull; old, firm; steamer mix
ed, S9ka6Okc; steamer yellow. 6Ol<c; un-
graded new western mixei 1, 64a56c.
Oats-A shade firmer; mixed western and
state, S5a4Oc; white, do, 35kc.
Butter and Eggs-Unchanged.
Pork2Dull; jObbing, SD so.
Dry Salt Meats Dull; $5.l2Ka5.2 IS, $3.50
$655, boxed,
Green Shoulders-$4.25; clear sides, $6.12h
Bacon-Lower; clear rib, s.. so.
Lard-Quiet: kettle, 1928; prime steam,
nominal at $7.75.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-28

1t seems that the demonetizing of
the silver dollar was not completed
until the passage of the revised stat
ntes in 1874. The act of 1873 drop
ped il from the coinage, but il still
however, it was deprived of the le-
gal tender quality except in sumo
Of SIS.
the Revised Statutes, approved June
%, 1874, reads: "The siLceT coins of
the United States shsll be legal
tender at their nominal value for
any amount not exceeding FIVE dol
lars in any one payment" The pre-
ceding section, 1856, reads: E'The
gold coins of the United States shall
be legal tender in all. payments at
their nominal value etc.-.Law-
renee Journal.
The Revised Statutes were order
ed by Congress to be simply codi-
6cation of the mass of lily arranged
laws then in existence, and the re-
vision was not to create any new OF
destroy any existing statutes. Ex-
Treasurer Boutwell, was the mana.
ger OF the work of revision, and his
report was agreed to by Congress
on its faith in his statement that il
was simply an accurate codificatiou
of the laws, and that no omissions
alterations or additions of any i'm.
portance had been made. The work
was immense; and Congress could
not specifically investigate it. But
as will be seen, Mr.. Boutwell,, with.
out the knowledge of Congress Oh
of the country, altered tho coinage
PIaw so as to demonetize silver, and
yet Mr.. Boutwell, is as honorable 6
man" as any of the eminent and in.
fuential gentlemen who advocate
gold as the legal measure aud stand.
ard of all values. If this way, how
ever, of demonetizing silver, is not
the most brazen faced kind of fraud
we would like. to know what term
would correctly describe it. :