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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-11-15
Road Notice.


Notice is hereby given: That petition has
been presented to the Board of County Com
missiOners of Lyon county, asking for the 10
cation of a county road as follows, to-wit:
Commencing at the southeast corner of the
southwest quarter section a. township Is,
range IL thence running on the quarter sec
ton line 1865 feet to point . feet north of
the northeast corner of the southwest quarter
of said section 4, township Is, range II; thence
west parallel with quarter section line 2OIS
feet to q stake; thence north 2y7 feet TO
stake; thence west 64l1S feet; thence north
37o 30' west 226 feet; thence north 80 west
1l75k feet, to within 25 feet of the east line of
the west half of the northeast quarter section
WITS d. angg line on ad sSesa par Of
northeast quarter section 5, township IS. range
IL, 6l9 feet to point % feet south and 25 feet
east of the southeast corner of the west half
of northeast quarter Of said section 5, town
ship 49, range IL; thence west parallel to the
south line OF the west half of northeast quar-
ter of said section g. township Is, range II,
1870 feet, more or less, to point 20 feet west
and % feet south of the southwest corner of
range II; thence north 25 feet to quarter sec
ton line; thence west on quarter section line
| to the southwest corner of northwest quarter
of said section 5, township Is. range IL, which
| is the termination Of said road.
And we would further ask for the vacation
| of all that portion of a county road already
established, commencing at point rods east
of the corner to sections 4, 5, 8 and 8, running
32o west 10 rods, across a small branch, to a
point in line between sections and 8; thence
north with said line 45k rods; thence west u
rods; thence north parallel with said section
line A rods; thence north $40 lG' west 1I1S
rods thence north 800 15f west 40K rods !;
thence north 14o east IS rods; thence north
43e 15' east to where 1t intersects the already
And wheareas, A. p Kelley, VIM. n. Fields
and 8. e. James were appointed and ordered
to meet at the beginning of said road on the
18th day of Nov 1873, at 10 O'Clock a. m :, to
view, locate and survey said road according
to the above petition.
BY order OF Board of Co. Commissioners.
Oct. Z, 1873. WIN. F. EWING,
1896 County Clerk.
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PERSONAL.

A new volume of poems may be ex-
pected from John G. Whittier this Fall.
Edison expects to visit the White
mountains this summer, when he will
experiment with his new instrument for
conversing at long distances.
Marshal MacMahon has intimated to
Gen. Grant that he may visit this cOun-
try couple of years hence, when his
present term of Office is ended.
The battle of Lookout Mountain, says
Gen. Grant, was one of the rOmances of
the war. There was no such battle and
no action ever worthy to be called bat
tie on Lookout Mountain.
Young Mr.. Ralston, son of the late
California millionaire, is at Narragan-
sett, and seems to have secured enough
of this worlds goods from the wreck of
his fathers fortune to enjoy life luxuri-
ously.
Prince Louis Napoleon is said to have
set out for Denmark on matrimonial In
tent, but his religion stood in the way OF
an alliance with the royal family of that
kingdom, and he went to Sweden a dis
appointed youth.
The Duke of MOntpensier was oppos-
ed to the embalming of his daughter,
the late queen of Spain, and she was not
embalmed. The king of Spain himself
closed his wife's eyes and then took her
wedding ring and for time would see
none but an old servant.
The Shah's little bill at the Paris no
tel was about $4,000. AS originally
drawn, the bill amounted to $50, 1000, but
his Persian majesty had been in Paris
before, and knew how to obtain reduc-
ton. Among the items charged was
one of $12 for a melon, one of. $24 for a
dozen peaches, and another of $500 foI
flowers.
Mr.. Forbes, the war correspondent OF
the Daily News, is in a fair way of max
ing a fortune. He is clearing $500 q
week by his lectures, and all the while
is in receipt of handsome salary as a
kind of half pay from the Daily News
no small one, it may be imagined, when
his present, on returning from a sue
cessf'ul campaign in $500.
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EDUCATIONAL.

The Missouri Valley State Teachers.
Association will meet in Kansas City,
Dec 26th and 9th.
Russia has now q, 3O9 elementary pub
lie schools, in which are instructed
1, 152,712 pupils, 1913, 871 of these being
girls.
The percentage of attendance in the
public schools of Richmond is in favor
of the colored people. 1t is 99.6 against
the white 97.3.
Mr.. A. A. Low, who is native of Sa-
lem, Mass, and went to the Latin gram
mar school there when a small boy, has
given that city 5000 for educational
purposes,
DIR. Rufner, superintendent of public
instruction in Virginia, publicly charges
that 1855, 900 collected and set apart for
the public schools has been Illegally ap-
propriated to pay the ordinary expenses
of the state.
A committee of three Protestants, ex-
president Woolsey, the Rev. DR.. Har-
wood, and the Rev. j. e. Todd, and two
Roman Catholics, fathers Fitzpatrick
and Murphy, have agreed upon a manu-
al of devotional exercise for the public
schools of New Haven. Il is a cOmbin-
alton of Catholic and Protestant IituI-
gies. 1t has not yet been decided upon
by the school board 1t seems to have
been constructed especially for Epico-
palian and Catholic, and win probablg
be criticised by members of other de
nominations. 1t is a question to be con-
sidered whether repetition of the Lords
Prayer, and few short, pithy, simple
worded sentences from the teacher on
true and noble ways of living would not
be more convenient exercise than q
long liturgy which several sects will OBJ
iecf to-
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SPEAK Low.-In one of the New
York newspaper buildings, there are
cards at the entrance, in the counting
room, in the editorial rooms, so that
whichever way visitors or the occupants
turn, they read this injunction, "Speak
Low" Upon this injunction the Chris
tan at Work hangs the following adj
vice:
1.-THE truth is, as a people we are get
ting to be q nation of loud takers. Fa-
ther talks loud. Mother talks loud.
Auntie talks loud. Uncle John talks
loud.
"And as for children-well, will some
one tell US what has become of the quiet,
low speaking, orderly boy and girl we
used to meet with Have they all grown
up, and did they never perpetuate their
species?
Scientists tell us no one can distin-
guish the sound of ones own voice; and
hence most if not all, the loud talking
in the world is due to Inconsistencies.
But parents can hear their chiIdren's
voices, and apply the remedy.
There Is an inscription under one Of
Turner's most famous pictures, deserved
~ eulogized by Ruskin, which reads,
''DGtur bora guieti''-'sThe hour is given
to quiet" We wonder where that hour
has gone to-
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A GREAT DAYS WORK.
Lawrence Daily Journal.

Lawrence Daily Journal.
The significance of the elections which
have taken place this year may be seen
in the fact that, had there been a presi-
Dental election with the same result in
each state, the Republicans would have
elected their candidate for president by
a majority of sixty electoral votes. The
transference of New York alone from
the Democratic to the Republican COL
umn makes a difference of seventy votes
in favor of the Republicans; that is, it
diminishes the Democratic electoral
vote by thirty-five and adds that number
to the Republican electoral vote. In ad-
dition TO New York are New jersey and
Connecticut. These states are all subject
10 the same general influence and may
be counted upon to go together. The
solid south" does not cast votes enough
to elect a president into forty-three.
Without the vote of the state of New
York, it is safe to say that the Democrats
cannot elect president. The net result,
therefore, of the Democratic coQuetting
with the gFeenback business is that they
have lost those states at the north, with
ont which it is impossible for them to
elect president. And they have gained
nothing by it. Michigan, Wisconsin,
Kansas-indeed, the western Republi.
can states generaHy-are today more
bAu IQaH
they would have been if the money cues
ton had not been forced into the polite
al arena The discussions of the cam
paign through which we have passed
have enlightened the people and have
shorn the money question of its terror
1t can no longer be made to serve the
purpose of demagogues. On the con-
trary, it has become an element of posi-
tive strength to the Republicans.
Nothing is left for the Democrats in
] the country TO do but TO abandon the
aOhio idee" as to basis for the presi-
Dental contest in 1880. Should they 90
into the fight on that platform, thev
would be doomed from the outset. New
York would go against them by fifty
thousand majority. Give them a solid
| south, and Ohio, Indiana, and Oregon
and they would still be beaten. Thew
must take some other tack. The fraud
issue, as embodied in Mr.. Tilden. has
been ruined by cipher dispatches. The
economy and retrenchment issue il ali
that is left, and this it viii be hard 30
maintain In the face of clamorous and
! hungry south. In fact, the partv is All
at sea After the 4th of March thew will
| be still further embarrassed by coming
| into power in both branches of CONGRESS-
They will be responsible for legislation
They can no longer stand of and criti-
else. They must act and take the re-
| sponsibility. We shall see how we'll
they get along with that
On the whole, the work of last Tines
day was one over which every patriot
may we'll rejoice. Il leaves the RepubIi-
can party stronger and in better condi-
ton than at any time since 1879.
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HOTEL DIRECTORY

PARK PLACE HoTEL-w. B. Luther, pro
prIetor. Three story brick hotel, near the
A, T. & S. +. depot, with excellent accommo-
dations. Transient rates, 81 90 per day.
MERCHANTS HoTEL-H. Ii. Innes, proprie.
tor. corner Merchants street and 4th avenue,
one block north OF the A, T. g. s. Il. depot.
Excellent accommodations. Three sample
rooms. Transient rates, 50 90 per day.
WINDSOR HoTKL-Emerson & Sons, Proprs
This is a large frame hotel, near the A., L. Il
S: f. depot. Good accommodations. Tran
sicnt rates, 81 so per day.
EAPoRIA HoUsE-C. Human, proprietor.
New frame hotel, on Commercial street. a
few rods south of the t. y s. F. railroad.
Good accommodations. Transient rates, 81. 90
per day.
SHERMAN HoUsE-Capt. Sanford, proprie-
tor. Two story brick hotel, on Commercial
railroad. Good accommodations. Transient
rates. 81 90 per day.
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL-W. 3. Powell
proprietor. Large frame hotel on 5th ave-
nue., few rods east of Commercial street, and
close to the business center Of the city. Good
accommodations. Transient rates, $200 per
day.
INDIANA HoUsE-Van Mccullough, pFoprie-
tor. Two story frame hotel, on Union street,
q few rods south of the A, L. q s. railroad
GOOD accommodations. Transient rates, 100
per day.
FULLER HoUsE-A. Fuller, proprietor. A
large frame hotel, at the Emporia Junction of
the A, Il. s. +. and NJ, h. u. 4. railroads.
Good accommodations. Transient rates, 81 80
per day.
WILSON'S HoTEL-W. B. Wilson, proprie-
tor. This is new frame hotel at EmporiR
Junction Fair accommodations. Transient
rates, 81 90 per day.
NATIONAL HOTEL. This is frame hotel
at the Al :. K. & t. depot. FAIR eccommoda-
lions. Transient rates, 81. 90 per day.
Ivy PLAcE-Two-story hotel on Sixth
avenue, one block east of Commercial street.
Firstciass accommodations. Transient rates
$3.50 per day.
MISUNDERSTANDING House on Sixth
datiOns. Transient rates 81 90 per day; $3.50
per week.
CENTRAL PLAcE-Two story brick hotel
south OF A. I. 4 S. +. railroad Good accom-
modations. Transient rates 81 90 per day.
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Road Notice.

State of Kansas, Lyon county-ss.
To whom it may concern: " hereas, applica-
ton has been made, by petition, to the Board
Of County Commissioners of Lyon county,
Kansas, for locating county road as follows,
to-Wit: The place Of beginning Of said road
Is at or near the northeast corner Of the south
west quarter OF the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter Of section Is township 10,
range Ii, on the established road running
north and south; thence west 140 rods, more
or less, on or along side of the subsection
line to the northwest corner Of the east half
of the southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter Of the northwest quarter of section
16, tow rship - range II, Lyon county, Kan
sas, this point being the terminus of said road
And whereas, 10. Grant. Geo 3. Cooper and
Chas. Fletcher, road viewers, and j Il. Htb-
bens county surveyor OF said county, have
been appointed and ordered by said County
Commissioners 90 view, survey and locate
said road; Therefore, you ara hereby notified
that said viewers and surveyor will proceed
on the 18th day Of November, 1878 atI9o'clock
D m.s At the place of beginning OF said roed,
to view. survey ara locate said road, and per-
form whatsoever other duties as are required
OF them by law. And unless You file writ
ten application for damages sustained, and
compensation claimed, with said viewers
giving . description Of the premises on which
you claim such damages or compensation
your application for and recovery Of the
same viii be farever barred.
VIZ z. EWING, Co. Clerk.
Dated October 7th, 1873 45&46
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Attachment Notice.

Henry DerneL, will take notice that he has
been sued by the Emporia National Bank
that the petition In said action Is 6Ied in the
once of the CLERK Of the District Court Of Ly-
on county, Kansas; that the names Of the
parties to said action are as follows: The
Imports National Bank, of Emporia, Kansas
plaintiff, and the said Henry DarnelI de-
fendant- That he, the said Henry DARRELL
mnst answer the petition Of the plaintiff on
or before the 18th day Of January, 1873, or the
said petition viii be taken as true, and tudg-
mene will be rendered against him &C d ID "a
vor Of the plaintiff, adjndgfng that there is
due from him 70 the plaintiff the sum Of I'VE
hundred and ten 1870 I dollars, with interest
thereon AZ the rate Of twelve tIsl per cent. per
aHnum from the 18th day OF October, 1875 and
also Judgment that the hereinafter describ-
ed property, levied upon by the Sheriff Of Ly-
On county. Kansas, under and by virtue Of an
the property Of said Henry Darnen. be sold,
or 30 much thereof as may be necessary, and
the proceeds arising from sneh sale be ap-
% be due from the defendant 70 the pfainffR
and also to the payment Of the costs Of such
sale and the costs % this action. The proper
~ sttaehed is described Is follows: Block
number nine fol in the town Of Hartford, Ly-
on county Kansas, according to the recorded
plat thereofs also about two hundred and
any Ez50l bushels ef corn also one corn crit; ;
also tive ii tanning mills. called @Unfoa
ritters, tanning mfllss also his interest N one
p1Lf Is Fairbanks scales. -, ~
& 6TE8EX g SEEGWEcE. cfT s .
{ 4sWs. AttoEneys for Plaintiff
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THE WHEAT SUPPLY OF FRANCE
Full harvest returns indicate that the
crop amounts TO 216,s60,OO0 bushels,
against 374 800. 900 bushels for 1877, and
256, 16S 900 bushels in 1876. With the
comparatively large crop of 1877, France
had to import q, 6O0, 600 bushels for the
year ending August 81, 1873, to supply
her deficiencies for that year alone, and,
ficiency in the new crop, in addition 10
the amount of her imports last wear.
This deficiency is 81, 92QOOO. and this ad.
ded to last years imports Of % SOC. 900
bushels, gives 80, 500 600 bushels as the
amount which she win probably have to
import for the year ending August 81
1873.
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not, will not be separated from her. 1
must return to her in my human shape
"Whether the doctors courage desert
ed him at this point or not cannot say;
but he spoke no more; and as the voice
was no longer audible, we remained
silent in a state of mind that battles all
description.
81 am morally certain that both of US
would have fed instantly from the place
had it not been for the poor creature
sleeping upon the bed. We could not
leave her TO face alone a mystery that
shook even nerves as toughened as ours.
After a hasty consultation as to what
course we ought to follow we resumed our
former seats, and waited in breathless
expectation for what was next to occur.
"Some hours were passed in this way,
and the first dim traces of dawn were
shining upon the eastern horizon when
with a simultaneous start we sprang to
our feet. The voice had again spoken.
This time it had proceeded, not from
some indefinite point in the atmosphere,
but from beneath the sheet envelOping
the corpse:
"'Helpr it cried, in faint, but distinct
accents; for Christ's sake, helpp
For an instant we hesitated-and who
would not then FASTENED to the body
and removed the covering. There was
no alteration in its pallor and rIgidity,
but we perceived that the lips, from
which a-faint murmur was issuing,
trembled slightly. Here our instincts
conquered our weakness. Whatever the
mystery involved in the matter, a human
being was struggling to regain existence
and our impulse was to aid without
question. A powerful restorative was
administered, and before many minutes
had passed, we saw the color coming
back to the wan cheeks and the sunken
muscles reshaping themselves with the
current of warm blood. Then, with a
faint sigh, the eyes opened and gazed at
us inquiringly. In word, gentlemen,
the dead was restored to life.
at is needless to detail what followed.
In the meeting which occurred between
these two poor young creatures, we felt
ourselves more than repaid for the start
ling experiences of the previous night.
1t can do no harm to add that we claim
ed and exercised the right of securing
their future prosperity out of our ample
means. We learned no more of their
former history than that the persecution
of those whose wishes their marriage
had opposed, had driven them to hide
their poverty and misfortune in the
wilderness. We have heard of them
since.
1.-THE young man, as we discovered on
questioning him, remembered nothing
of his sensations while unconscious, ex-
cept a vague, dream-like, and yet intense
sorrow for his young wife. He had no
knowledge whatever of the voice which
had addressed us, and appeared to be-
lieve that he had labored under a tenn
porary suspension of animation arising
from starvation. We did not combat
his belief, for we believed that he was
actually dead, and that he only returned
to life through his great love. Who will
deny that love is stronger than death,
and that it goes with us even beyond the
grave ?'-New York Times.
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THE YOUNG TRAMP.

Hello, thar, strangeri whar yer from2
Come in and make yerself ter hum;
We're common folks, amt much on style,
Come in and stop little while;
'TwOnt do no harm TO rest yer some.
Youngster, yer pale, and don't look weill
What, way rum BOsting2 Naow. dew tell
Why, that's "A hundred mil es or so;
What started yer, I'D like ter know
On sich a tramp; got goods ter sellI
No home. no friends? Naow that's too bad
Wall, cheer up boy and don't be sad
Wife see what yer can ind ter eat,
And put the coffee on ter heat
Wen FIX you up all right, my lad.
willing ter work, can't get job.
And not a penny in yer fobl
Wall, naow, that's rough, dew declared
What, tears2 Come. youngster. can't bear
Ter see yer take on so. ano sob.
How came yer so bad or my SOM
Father was killed. 'ShO': WHARF Bull RUM
Why. was in that rimmage, lad,
And got used up. too. iretty Dad,
shant forgit old sixty -onel
20 yer were left in Bosting, heyT
A baby when he went away
Those BOsting boys were plucky, wife,
Yer know one OF 'em saved my life,
Else would not be here TO day.
Twas when the "BIack Horse Cavalcade''
Swept down upon our small brigade,
got the shot that m ade me lame,
When down on me n trooper came.
And this ere chap struck up his blade.
Poor fe'Ieri He was stricken dead;
The troopers saber cleaved his head,
Joe Billings was my comrades name,
He was u Bos ting boy and camel
almost wish ed I'd died, instead.
Why. LAD what makes yer tremble 50?
Your father what, my comrade, Joe?
And you his sonr Come ter my heart!
My home is yours; I'll try, in part,
To pay his boy the debt l owe.
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The '.fatist" argue that the real value
of a greenback is given to il by the stamp
of the government If this was true It
would never have required $2.S7 In green
backs to purchase 800 in gold, as it did
at one time in 1864. The stamp of gov
eminent at that time did not make the
greenback dollar worth a dollar, and it
never viii. But today a greenback dollar
viii practically purchase gold dollar,
for it viii purchase as much bread, meat,
cloth or feul as gold dollar Why
Not because the government stamp is On
the greenback, certainly, for it has al
ways been there, In 1854 as In 1873 But
because the government has promised to
redeem the greenbacks In the coin fthe
civilized world because the credit-that
Is, the promise-of the government is
good; and because the civilized world
knows that the government can make
good its promise.
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THE GRAND CANAL OF CHINA.-This
canal is likely to share the fate of the
great wall. This waterway was con-
by Kublai-Khan and his success
sors of the Yuen race, and is 600 miles in
length. There are 10000 fiat-bottomed
boats on this canal, ana these are used
in the transportation of grain. The
Echo states that this great waterway is
an enormous white elephant" as 1t costs
an enormous amount every year for re-
pairs, the appropriations there, as else
where, not being entirely devoted to the
purpose for which they are meant, Junks
are delayed every month while channels
are cut for their passage. This year, for
the first time since the construction of
the canal, the grain from Marking, with
the consent Of the government, has been
forwarded by sea, and this fact has i'm
PEELED the Picking authorities to consider
the expediency of abandoning the canal
as commercial highway.