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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10

Eaton, Wisconsin, lumber town.
was destroyed by fire, on the 9Th, and
thirty families made homeless and q
large number of animals burned TO
death.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10

Gen. Hartranft's platform that
athe firing will continue until the
mob disappears" meets with gem
eral approval.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10

Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
and Ohio, all report very fine wheat
crops. The corn in Illinois is doing
poorly in many sections, owing to
continued rains.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10

Gen. Campos, the Spanish COM
mander in Cuba, asks for $4,000
"more troops" The Cuban rebel
lion is evidently costly one for
Snain.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10

The poOrhouse at Simcoe, Ont.
was burned on the night of the 5th
and seventeen of the paupers per-
ished in the flames and four others
were fatally burned.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10

The number of locomotives de-
stroyed at the Pittsburg riot was
lO2, and of freight cars 1000.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10
NEW YORK MARKET.

FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK, August ..
GoLD-Opened at 105K, and closed at 1O5N
LoAEs--B0Trowing rates, nat to per cent.
SILvRR--Bars 81 23x in greenbacks; 81 Tx
In gold; silver coin k@Kc discount.
CONVENIENT B0NDs-Steady.
RAILROAD BONDS-Quiet-
Stair BOEDa-Dull.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10

The st. Louis Times thinks Bro.
Beecher should spend his vacations
at bread and- watering place.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10
EMPORIA NEWS.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 10. 1877.

In the Black Hills greenbacks are
worth eleven dollars more on the
hundred than gold dust.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10
KANSAS CITY MARKET.

KANSAS CITY MARKET.
LIVE sToOE.
KANSAS CITY. August 8.
CATTLE-The receipts OF last week exceed
ed those of the previous week, and at present
there is a good demand for thrifty yearlings
and two-year olds. The fact that an abun.
dant corn crop is assured will no doubt make
the demand for stockeFs and feeders active all
the season.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10
Administrator's Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given: That Ii. Malone
IN has been appointed, by the Probate Court
of Lyon county, as administrator OF the estate
of Charlotte Triggs, deceased. All persons
accounts. 32-3tl II. MALONE.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10

OF the four German newspapers
in Cincinnati, three support the Re-
publican state ticket.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10
TN sEDGwICK.
HARVEY O: BATEs

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Emporia, Kansas
IN Office over J. n. Buffers store, CONNER
cial st. Legal business of every kind prompt
ly attended to. 32-tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10
HORSES.

HUHbB AND hUAB BAAAEf
The following are the current quota4io
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10
FOR SALE.

WYHISK BroOms, hair, cloth, MAJ. tooth
wv shoe and paint brushes, at feriey 4
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10
FOR SALE OR TRA11T

ENuiNE factory needles-Wheeler &
NJ wilson, Florence. Grover 4 Baker,
Weed. Singer. New Family, at
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-10
WHITE RYE-FOr sale by e. ID. Hurdle
w Fremont 39-Its

Nok SALE.--A neat and comfortable res
- luence with four rooms for sale cheap
S2-St CUNNINGHAM 4 MCCARTHY
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14

sent to the Dead-Letter Office contain
ing money was AZ, TAG; and the aggre-
gate amount contained in them was
$51, 957.41. This is a reduction from
the previous year, when there were re-
ceived 35, 612 letters, containing currency
to the amount of $54, 721. Last year
owners were found for 20, 1884 letters, in
closing $37, 1852. The year previous the
proportion was about the same. The
money is held in the Dead-Letter Office
for one year, to the credit of the writer,
but at the expiration of that time it goes
into the United States treasury. Nearly
81, 400, 600 was found in IL, 941 letters,
in the shape of drafts, certificates OF de-
posits, bonds, and other paper repre-
senting money. OF these, IL sos letters,
with Enclosures valued at 81, 204, 400,
were returned to their owners. There
were 261, 1856 letters that came in con-
tanning jewelry and other articles of in
trinsic value. OF these, 141, 126 were
delivered to their writer's with the in
closures. Over $1,000 letters were
found to contain photographs, and over
3S, 900 contained postage stamps. A
great portion of these were returned
either to the writer or the person adj
dressed " ashington Cor. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
He Quit Right There.

Some months since a fond Detroit
father imagined that his only son, q
young man of 20, was going into con-
sumption. A doctor was consulted,
and he advised that the son be put
through course of gymnastic training.
The young man seemed to like the idea,
and fer two or three months he was in
daily attendance at a gymnasium. Then
he began to grow careless, and
finally quit it altogether. The father
thought he could see signs of failing
health again, and, to induce his son to
go back to rings, bars and gloves once
more, he fitted up private gymnasium
in the barn, and began a course of exer-
else himself. The other morning he re-
membered that he used to be boxer in
his young days, and he remarked that
he'd give his son few lessons. He was
balancing himself on his heel and feel
ing out with both hands, when some
thing hit him, and half minute after
ward he dimly realized that some one
was bending over him and saying:
Father, dear father are you dead ?"
He sat up, looked around, and hoarsely
inquired:
Jim, what on earth happened ?"
Why, father, L got in love-tap on
your nasal-iust little feeler, to see if
you We're solid on your pins.
Didn't you strike as hard as you
could ?"
"No-not half-not quarter. 1t was
what the boys call feeling for claret.
Your nose will spring back into position
in less than half day."
The father got up, let the gloves fall
from his hands, and, as he caught the
trapeze to steady his legs, he said:
"Jim, your mother and thought you
were going into consumption, and DR..
-, he backed us up in it. That's why
l sent you to learn gymnastics. Jim,
I'm fool, your mother is an awful good
woman. and if we can get the doctor up
here long enough to let you feel for his
claret, / don't care how soon / die |"
Detroit Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
A FerOciOus Horse.

A Petroleum (Cal. } paper says: "Last
night the Man-eater, a valuable but
savage stallion that was brought here
from the East some time since, heavily
ironed, with shackles on his feet, on ac-
count of his well-known ferocious ma
ture, got loose and escaped from his
stable. At o'clock thismorning a man
by the name of Kenny was sent out to
look for the horse, and two hours after
he was discovered dead in the race-track,
where he had been killed by the stallion
while trying to catch him. The body of
the man was frightfully mutilated, his
breast being bitten and torn in the most
shocking manner, and his upper extrem-
tiles were greatly SCARED and disfgured
by the hoofs of the fierce animal, that,
after throwing him down, had evidently
jumped and trodden upon him, crushing
in his chest, and attacking him with his
teeth. The wicked and dangerous Man
eater, that seems to be appropriately
named, was subsequently captured by
two Mexican vaqueros, and is now Sc
curely lodged in his stable"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
Killed by Lightning.

Breakfast was over, and Mr.. Wise
man had gone to his business down
town Mrs. Wiseman and her children
were seated in the sitting-room, the
mother at the window facing north,
while her two smaller children were at
play near by. Laura, who was stand
ing nearly in the middle of the room,
picked up shovel and said she was
going out. The words were scarcely
spoken when severe flash of lightning
came, binding and stunning all within.
The thunder following this flash was
most terrific, and upon the partial re-
covery of the mother she clasped her
two smaller children to her side in per-
feet bewilderment. Upon fully recover
ing she Immediately called for Laura,
when the youngest child exclaimed,
Mamma, Laura is dead |" and on re-
stretched upon the floor.
From the appearance of the body the
fluid had entered the south window and
struck poor Laura in the lower part of
the body first, as her shoes and stock
ings were literally torn into shreds.
The face retained it's natural color. The
shawl which she had on was cut in pieces
a piece was found in the flue in the roof
of the house. The window was COM
pletely taken out and a part of the frame
work, and as the fluid passed upward
the wall was plowed up and the floor
torn open. 1t is a mystery to all who
have examined the room how the rest of
the family escaped with only slight
shock, as some were nearer to the win
dow than Laura. Joseph NO. Ga
zette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
A COunterfeiter's Proposition.

Tom Ballard, the famous counterfeiter.
who is now serving the third year of his
thirty years term at Albany, has renewed
an offer he made in 1875 without its re-
ceiving any attention from Secretary
Bristow. He proposed to reveal to the
Government, without promise of reward
or release, unless it should be volunta-
rily offered him after testing his process,
secret which would render counterfeit
ing impossible. The greatest secret,
Ballard says, in the making of our pres
ent paper money is the weaving in OF
the blue and red fbers; but this kind of
paper is now too easily made by hand.
His remedy is machine (which would
cost $50, 1000, which would make pa
per OF so superior a quality that it
could not possibly be initiated by hand.
At present when the ink is washed from
the face and back of 81, 000 bill it does
not differ in appearance from 81 bill.
Billiards. idea is to have numerous de-
signs worked in, in place of the red ink,
and in place of the blue localized fiber
to insert line or stripe of stars of a
peculiar metallic substance, and in the
center of each star to insert in minute
figures the denomination of the note, so
that in case the ink is erased, or the note
reduced to pulp even, its value can still
be told. All these secrets, together with
one in relation to engraving, which he
says will excel anything now known in
photography. Ballard offers to the Gov
eminent if it will accept them He also
promises to make aquantity of the paper
without cost to the Government to ex-
pertinent upon. --NeW York " orld.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
Dead Letters.

From the annual report of Mr.. Edgar
J. Dallas, Superintendent of the Dead
Letter Office, some interesting statistics
are gained to show the amount OF care
lessness that exists among letter-writers
in this country. The whole number OF
dead letters received at the Dead-Letter
Office during the year ending June,
1877, was 1924, 800, which is 1894
less than the number received the pre-
vious year. Of these 1904, 1913 were
merely letters of no special Importance,
about half of which were returned to
the writer's, or forwarded to the persons
for whom they were intended. This is
a reduction Of about 100000 from the
number received the previous year.
There were 121, 165 letters received,
which were properly addressed, but on
which the sender had neglected to place
a stamp. The number of letters re-
turned to the United States from foreign
countries was 160,599, the persons to
whom they were addressed not having
called for them within ninety days, the
time allowed. The number OF letters
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
THE roYs.


My little son, who looked from tnougnuul eyes
And moved and spoke In quiet, grown-up WI Use,
Having my law tine seventh time disobeyed,'
/ struck him and dismissed
With hard words and unkissed-
His mother, who patient, being dead.
Then, fearing lest his grief should hinder sleep,
I visited his bed;
But found him slumbering deep,
With darkened eyelids, and lashes yet
From his late sobbing wet.
And /, with moan,
Kissing away his tears, left others Of my own;
For on table, drawn beside his head
He had put, within his reach,
A box of counters, and red-veined stone,
A piece Of glass, abraded by the beach,
And six or seven shells,
bottle with blue bells,
And two French copper coins, ranged there with
careful art,
To comfort his sad heart.
So when that night prayed
To God, I wept and said
An when at last we lie with stranded breath,
Not vexing Thee in death,
And Thou remembered of what toys
We made our joys,
How weakly understood
The great commanded good,
Then, fatherly, not less
Than whom Thou hast nodded from the clay,
Thou1t leave Thy wrath, and say
~ will be sorry for thy childishness."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
Another Ship Canal.

New Orleans desires shorter route
to the sea than that formed by Mr.. Eads
by deepening the South pass. 1t is
proposed to dig a ship canal between
New Orleans and Barataria bay-an es-
tuary of the sea that penetrates far into
the land ON the south coast of Louisi-
ana. The distance from New Orleans to
the gulf of Mexico by this route would
be only fifty-eight miles. The cost OF
digging the canal, it is estimated, would
be $1,000, 900. Neither Government nor
State aid is asked the advocates of the
canal solely ask Congress to grant them
the right to use the tidal waters of Bar
ataria bay.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
4 Dangerous Counterfeit.

A new and deceptive counterfeit $50
legal tender has made its appearance in
the city. 1t belongs to the series of 1874,
letter A-the only one of the three series
of $50 legal-tender notes that had hith-
erto escaped imitation. The left-hand
end of the face of the bill is well done.
The plainest defects are on the right
hand side. The interlaced lines around
the figure 80 are blurred, and the same
fault is noticeable in the engraving OF
the arm of the female figure. The bill,
on the whole, is so well done as to have
deceived several bank cashiers.
c0OO Tribune
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
THE OLD GARDEN.
by EDGAR FAwcErr.

Beyond the quiet homestead's la"n'
In drowsy peace II lies ,,,
We'll from the passing gaze withdra"n'
Its matted hedges rise. ,.,.
10 reach its gate we press,
Ere softly breaks upon our sisn'
lie halcyon loyelinessl
noao-r,mmed with box, the paths we take
Tbrouqh realms of plenty range,
when summers mellowing fervors wake
Perpetual charms of change;
And tender sounds, not told IN WORDS
Forever haunt the breeze,
sense Of epicurean birds
And bacchanalan bees
For bloom ami fruit in blended way,
Here brightly CLEAN by turns;
Beside the currants crimson spray
The tiger-lily burns;
Or roses raise their balmy lips
Near purple plums; or yet
The gooseberry's rounded amber slips
Among the mignonette!
We see the ancient arbor loom,
That bounteous vines enwrap,
And hear, within its fragrant gloom,
Pale-glancing foliage flap;
Or when the wind of autumn grieves
Round pomps her power shall strew,
We watch the grapes from furnished leaves
Hang dusty and dark-blue!
Shrewd wasps, in yonder jungle, haunt
The backberry's beaded gloss;
High stalks of maize IN vigor haunt
Green flags and silken floss;
And here broad apple-boughs once more
Hesperlan wealth unfold,
Whose dragon is the worm at core
That reyels on their gold
Now emerald melons wax immense,
Or now with grandeur glows
The pumpkins yellow corpulence
In smooth rotund repose;
Here, too, all homelier life occurs
That household aims can please,
From curves of pimpled cucumbers
To bowers of tangled peas
So, thronged by growths of many grade,
The calm old garden lies,
Half raaptled with monastic shade,
Half barred to altering skies,
While sleepy spells are round il cast
That gently brood and muse
Dead songs and sunbeams of the past,
And immemorial dews
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14

THE longest drought that ever occurred
in America was in the summer of 1862.
No rain fell from the first of May to the
first of September, making 1913 days
without rain. Many of the inhabitants
sent to Englandfor hay andgrain.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14

ISAAC LEONARD HESS, of Edinburg,
Pa. a man of 30, being aggrieved be-
cause his father called him a lunatic,
shot and killed the old man, and carried
the body into his house and sat down
by it "in an unconcerned manner" The
neiqhbors waited fearlessly till he had
gone to sleep, and then rose in their
majesty and bound and jailed him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-26
A Sense of WEAKNESS

Is often felt by persons who cannot locate
any particular disease. If they work it
becomes labor; if they walk they soon
tire; mental efforts become burden.
and even joys are dimmed by the shadow
of this WEAKNESS which is cast over their
lives. Recourse is had sometimes to
stimulants of dangerous character. The
advice of physicians to refrain from ac-
tive labor produces no happy results.
Why? The system is debilitated and
needs to be built up properly. PERUVIAN
SYRUP will do this very thing. Like the
electic current, it penetrates the entire
system, and harmonizing with the corpo-
real functions, it raises up the enfeebled,
and brings the color to the cheek again,
and hope to the respondent. 1t does its
work promptly and we'll. Sold by all
druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-26

How IT IS DoNE.-The first object in
life with the American people is to '.get
rich; the second, how to regain good
health. The first can be obtained by
energy, honesty and saving; the second,
(good healthy by using Green's August
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sufferer from any of the effects of dyspep-
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such as sick headache. palpitation of the
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dizziness of the head, nervous prostratlon,
low spirits. &C., you need not suffer an
other day. Two doses of August Flower
will relieve you at once. Sample bottles
10 cents. Regular size rs cents. Pos.
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the U. S. For sale by E. F. Dutton and
L. D. Wilson. o2l
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-26
CAPTURE OF KARS.

The most important event, thus far,
in the progress of the war in Armenia,
is the capture of Kars by the Russians.
An official Russian dispatch, dated We
ran-Kaleh, Sunday. November IS, says,
1.-The Russians carried Kars to-day by
storm. The battle preceding the capture
commenced at o'clock, last night, and
terminated at this marning. Our tro-
phies and losses are at present unknown"
The following are the particulars of
the capture given in special dispatch
to the London Daily Neacs, dated Veran-
Kaleh (near Kars,) Sunday evening,
November 18:
"Kars was captured by about $4,000
Russians, who climbed the steep rocks,
ramparts and walls, and stormed an
equal number of desperately fighting
Turks over their bitches and parapets,
compelling them to die or surrender.
The escalade had been originally fixed
for the 18th, but it was postponed owing
to bad weather. The principal attack
was made on the Southern forts. Gen.
eral Lazaroff commanded the right wing,
consisting of the Fortieth Division, and
attacked Ha6z Pasha, fort browning a
steep rocky height.
"The attack began in the center at
$50 o'clock on Saturday evening, when
Count Grabbe led his brigade against
the Kanli redoubt, and himself fell dead
at the first onset, pierced by bullet
Captain Kwadmicki, of the seth regi-
ment, was the first to enter the redoubt
at l o'clock at night. The redoubt sur
rendered early in the morning, and then
the three towers, almost simultaneously
with the capture of the kanli redoubt.
"The citadel, Fort Suiwarri and Fort
HATS Pasha, were carried by assault
By daylight on Sunday morning, Gener-
al Lazaroff's troops had made progress
as far as the capture of Fort Kara Dagh
The other forts. especially the Arabia.
bia on the east, and the Tchakmak- Ia
bla on the west, maintained stubborn
resistance until 5 o'clock. when all the
garrison which could escape fed TOWARD
Erzerum. But these were subsequently
overtaken by the dragons and Cossack'
and brought back prisoners.
J The fortress and city of Kars, with
800 cannons, stores, ammunition, cash
etc., fell into Russian hands. The Turks
lost 5 1000 killed and wounded, 10000
prisoners, and many flags. The Russian
loss is about 200. The Russian sci
! diers made but triding booty, and spar
ed peaceful citizens, women and chill
dren. General Loris Melikof directed
the battle during the day. The Crane
Duke Michael was present also. Tn
} former entered the city at IL O'Clock
Sunday morning"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-26
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MoNIToR.1
WacuTNnrnN Nov % 1877

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MoSIToR.]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1877.
OF the several matters the President
enumerated in his message as demanding
immediate legislation, only the naval
deficiency bill has been sent him for his
signature at the close of the fourth week
of the extra session. The army bill and
finances monopolized most of the time of
the House and no inconsiderable portion
of that of the Senate during the week
ending Saturday, 18th. After debates,
participated in by many on both sides
and sufficiently pointed and emphatic to
clearly establish the present attitude of
both of the great parties striving for
national supremacy, the Texas backslid-
ers were brought to see the enormity of
their offense in voting with Republicans
against reduction, and have been re-
claimed. The menaced condition of the
Indian and Mexican borders of their
State was, of course. their defense, and
they made some very touching illusions
to the "old flag" in their arguments
favoring an adequate military force ;
but their regard for others outside their
constituents, quite as much in need OF
protection, was shown in their vote to
reduce to 10000, with the proviso that
of that number they should have four
regiments cavalry, 100 men to compa-
ny, for service in their State. In this
shape the bill went to the Senate Com.
mite, a majority of whose members
we're so bull-headed as to suppose thai
the constitutional provision, investing
the President with command In chief o.
the army and navy invalidated the Texas
bargain; hence it was expurgated anc
: the limitation as to number restored Il
the old fgure-25, 900. Atkins Com
mlttee voted to Lon-concur IN all thu
changes made save the former but in
, asmuch as quite number of Democratic
Senators voted for the amended bill, i
was adopted Saturday By solid Repub
t lican vote reinforced by several Demo
{ Gratis. General Garfield has made til
3 speech of the session against Ewing
{ anti.resumption bill which has been as