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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
The Normal school DefaIca-
ton.


Our local page to-day contains q
statement of the main facts relative
to the recently discovered embez-
element of money belonging to the
Normal School fund. We learn
from the prosecuting attorneys,
Gillett Sc Forde, of this city, that the
case will be prosecuted thoroughly,
and that they will call it up for trial
this month, at the present term of
the district court. The defense
state their readiness and desire to
stand trial now, aud are not with
out hope Of success. The journalistic
duty of reporting this matter is q
painful one to those who have for
many years known and respected
Major Bancroft as q worthy and
useful citizen, both of this city and
county, and of the State, and we
desire to refrain from any COM
ments which might tend to preju-
dice either the interests of the State
or OF the defendant. The people Of
the State, as matter of course, will
be sAtified with nothing less than g
full Yindication of the laws design.
ed to protect public school funds
from defAlcation, and the people o
EmpOria and Lyon county, wher,
the Normal School is located, can
not afford to be less firm on this i'm
pertAnt question than their fellow
citizens throughout the State. Tn,
fact that no bail Las been furnished
indicates the sentiment felt here il
regard to the default, and that tn
people of this locality are unani
nous in their desire to have tn
case brought to trial, and o verdiC
rendered in accordance with tn
law and the facts.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
KANSAS SILVER MINES.
They are Pronounced 10 be a
Fraud.


Humboldt Union, March ..
We visited the ALLEGED silver mines
one day last week, for the purpose
of ascertsiDing whether there was
any foundation for the marvellous
stories in circulation about the rich
leads of silver. The country is
very rough one, and consists of long
ridges and rocky hills, yet not show
ing evidences of any strong volca-
mic action at any time. The alleged
discovery was about Is miles from
Humboldt, and in addition to the
hills, you have the muddiest roads
ever seen in Kansas. In fact it is
an all days ride to reach the place.
The excitement in the adjacent
country is intense and is still in
creasing, while the crowds are flock
ing in from distances OF forty or if
ty miles. Some three hundred
claims have been staked of, and a
town site has been located, survey
ed and plated.
Now, without further description
or preli minaries, we give il as our
opinion, that there is no silver or
gold in the hills, nor, in fact, any
other metal in paying quantities.
There was an old experienced miner
in our party, and he could find no
tracing of gold, nor in his opinion
was there any silver bearing quartz
The nearest thing to quartz rock is
a hard copper granite. We think
that the sooner the excitement is al
layed the better it will be for all
parties, and we candidly advise all
kr tn m 10
ing TO find silver. A good deal OF
the excitement we think is due to a
fellow named Dunbar, who is either
crazy on the subject or else don't
know anything about mining, not
withdrawing he claims to be an old
successful prospector. If he has
discovered SO many famous mines
In Nevada, he has no business here.
If he hasn't, then he is a regular
built fraud. He will get upon the
hills and look for fiat rock sticking
perpendicular in the ground-a
Thing you can find on any rocky
hill-which he says is a pointer
thrown up by volcanic action to en-
able some men to tell where pre-
cious metals exist. Having found
his rock he then looks wisely
around, steps off at right angles TO
some other pointer-snd they are
plenty-and after twisting about in
this way for awhile he will locate a
place where half q dozen valuable
leads center. He announces his
name as Dunbar, the prospector,
and claims to have been with FIRE.
mont and Kit Carson, which would
make him about sixty years old,
whereas his appearance would not
indicate over forty. The excitement
is not gotten up as a swindle, and
we have no hesitancy in saying that
the owners of the land are earnest
in their belief that valuable miner.
ais exist, but they have been delud-
ed by others. Don't go to the hills
expecting there are any valuable
mineral deposits there.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

We received no copy of Senator
ingalls, speech on the silver bill un-
til It arrived in pamphlet form last
Friday. We give to-day what we
consider some Of its best portions.
They will be read, understood and
approved by nine-tenths of the farm
ers In Lyon county.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

Prince Gortschakoff, OF Russia, is
80 years old; Prince Bismarck is GO !;
Lord Beaconsfield is 10; and Mr..
Gladstone is 90. Old men in Eu.
rope are not generally supposed to
know much under sixty years, and
If they are 80 years they arc SO much
the better qualified for important
public service.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
EMIGRATION no KANSAS.
An Unprecedented EkaAh 10
1he Central state.


1he Central state.
The A. T. & s. r. aud X. p. rail-
roads run special excursion trains
every Friday, from Kansas City and
Atchison. carrying emigrants to
Western and Southwestern Kansas,
and these trains grow lar ger as the
spring advances There is no ques-
ton but that the immigra ion into
Kansas this year will be beyond all
precedent, aud that it is going to be
very great for at least several years
to come. The following telegrsms
give an idea of the rush for prairie
homes now going on:
TOPEKA, Feb. % The immigra-
ton to Kansas is simply immense.
Twenty-seyen coach loads of pas
sengers, aud i've car loads of bag
gage passed through this city to-
day, on the Atchisop, Topeka 81 San
ia Fe railroad, bound for South ~ est
ern Kansas. The roads are lined
with teams and it is estimated that
Kansas will increase her population.
this year, from one hundred and fiji
tY to two hundred thousand.
$4,000 MORE.
LEAvENwoRTH, Feb. % The
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R.
r. brought in, this morning, over
400 emigrants for Kansas, under the
direction of the agent, Mr.. Solomon.
This road, as we'll as all others Gen.
tering in this city from the East, are
daily bringing bundreds of emi.
grants. 1t is estimated that Kansas
will receive over 100000 population
from the East this year. The emf
grants are generally well-to-do
farmers.
| ANOTHER DAYS ARRIVALS.
TOPEKA, Feb. 29.-Twenty-sever
car loads of passengers came in to-
day from Atchison and Kansas City
on the Santa Fs road carrying 1,25(
passengers, mostly for settlement in
the Arkansas Valley. Besides these
large number came in on the Kan
sas Pacific.
| STILL THEY COME.
| ATCHIsoN, Kas., Feb. 2S.-The i'm
migration now passing into this
State is without a parallel in the his
tory of the West. Over 1,200 immi
grants arrived in this city to-day
destined for the interior of Kansas
The Burlington & Missouri Rivel
railroad brought nearly four hun
dred the Chicago, Rock Island s
Pacific road brought as many more
the Hannibal & st. 10. road brough
in three hundred and fifty, and TIT
Missouri Pacific brought nearly /,
hundred. The A, 7. u S. F. road
was compelled to send out an extr.
train to haul those going to point
ION that line.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

The $500 Chicago liquor saloons
take in $l5,0OO.O00 per year for
drinks, and the bell punch tax of
one cent per drink would bring the
city in 100000 revenue, whereas
the license system brings in only
$500.000. AS the city treasury is
empty, the council is seriously con
sidering the bell punch profit.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW xoRK MONEY MARKET.

NEW xoRK MONEY MARKET.
NEW YORK. March c, 1878.
GoLD-Opened at 10l5<, advanced to I01 X
and closed as I01x; the bulk of the business
was at 1%Gl%.
housekeeping rates 41<@2 per cent.
6ILvER-Hars, ! 191z in greenbaeks; TX
goidi cola %0lX per cent discount.
GOYERgHKBE BONDG-ActiTe and firm.
RAILROAD Enthusiastically irm
STATE BoEDe-1uiet.
Since the passage of the silver bill business
has generally improved, and the feeling in
Wall street. Is more cheerful than for long
time past
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE
m e w
DRESS GOODS
j. ID. Gibsoss's?
Rnnh Notfee.
Amsricus. Kan.

NOTICE is hereby given: That q petitlou
IN was presented 70 the Board OF Coun :
~ Commissioners Of Lyon county, Kansas.
as now established, that lies between ffss
southeast corner OF the southwest quarter o Z,
section i've, township nineteen, range ten
and the northeast corner OF the northwest
quarter OF same section, township and rsDge
and Te-estaSlishtng the me-commsn eng
at the southeast corner OF the northeast o1Ier5
ter Of section eight, township nineteen. Ta1sec
ten; thence north on the section lire 10 fho
northeast corner OF section Eve, tow nsllEn
nineteen, range ten, which Is the sefTnirlft.
ton Il said road And that =. e. Lynch. 81
Campbell and j Y Carter were aDDoI=1fr.I
viewers and ordered 70 meet at the Der
Ding Of said road, to view and loeafc ~ !.
same, on the 18th dey Of March, 1878 Al 1z1,
O'Clock A ms and 70 give 70 ali parties :
By order OF Board OF Co. coara,ssio,,. q 5.
l0&n VIZ. =. EN1kGs County Clerk
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

The treaty of peace between Rus
sia and Turkey has been signed
congratulations have passed be-
tween the Gar and Sultan, and
everything has q peaceful look.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

There is one liquor saloon for ev-
cry 200 inhabitants in the United
States. This is staggering statis-
tic, but the commissioners OF inter-
nal revenue vouches for 1t.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

Secretary Gray reports the wheat
crop of Kansas twenty-five per cent.
better than ever before at this season
of the year, and the acreage forty
Der cent above last year in the State.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
FIne-.Jemqs smith's Imperial cigars.

MAPLEWooD Conner
Is the authorized agent for the sale of
lots in this cemetery, located north
west of the city. He will attend to
having graves dug for those who de-
sire him to do so. ian1-t
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

There is no earthly boon more precious
than good health, and 1t beh0oves Its pos
SCISSOR TO endeavor to retain 1t. If you are
assaiied with such provoking ills as sick
keadache, torpid liver, sour stomach and
q general feeling of WEAKNESS and dis
gust, don't go and commit suicide but
take Eilert's Daylight Liver Pills and be
cured. Sold by all druggists. 9-tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

Two hundred and fifty buildings,
composing most of the business part
Of Hot Springs, Arkansas, were de-
stroyed by FIRE Tuesday morning.
Loss estimated at 100000.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

Miss Bertha Won Hillen has walk
ed 100 miles inside of % hours, at
Washington, and now demandS the
right to vote.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO, March Q, 1873.
Flour-Nominally unchanged.
Wheat-Dull, weak, lower and unsettled:
No. spring. 81 Ok No spring giIt-edge,
81 OK; regular 1 O79S91 OT5< cash: No I;
spring, 81 Of.
Corn-Dull, weak and lower; 421Sc cash;
42k942k March and April.
oaTs-Dun and lower; 24c cash; 245S cents
Rye-Eirm and unchanged.
Barley-Dull and a shade lower: 456451sc
Pork = Demand light and holders firm
50 % cash; $l0al0 O21S April.
Lard-Quiet and steady; 81 071Sa7 10 cash
or March.
Bulk Meats-Steady and unchanged
w. lskey-Steady and unchanged; 81 o..
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

4lc Aprih
o9ts-steady and firm: as,sc cash and Mich;
Rye-Lower; 541<c cash
w hlskey-Advanced; 81 03.
Pork-Dun and lower; offered at so 50
cash; SIG . bid; $40 So bid April
Dry Salt Meats-Dun and nominal
Bacon-Nery dull; not enough doing to
Lard-very dull; s. 10.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
FRIDAY. MARCH 8, 1873.

Ex-senator Ben. Wade, of Ohio,
died at his residence in Jefferson, on
Saturday last.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
81. LoUIs MARKErs.

ST. LOUIS, March 6, 1873.
F1our-DuIl and lower; fancy s. a5a6 75;
choice, IS 75aes family, S 41AE TO-
Wheat-5c lower and very dull; No. red,
81 1ax ceshs 8 l9< Aasebs spring dull and
lower 81 o bid cash.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
Road Notice,

NOTICE Is hereby given: That petition
IN has been presented to the Board OF Conn
" Commissioners OF Lyon county, Kansas,
asking for a county road, as follows: Com
menstng at the centre of the north line OF
section thirty-six, township nineteen and
range ten; thence south on said line 10 the
centre of the north line of section thirteen,
township twenty and range twelve. the place
Of termination Of said road, being the centre
OF the north line OF section thirIeep, town
ship twenty and range ten, to intersect pub
nc Ioa ~ on sald me running east ana west,
w. Pearsall were appointed and ordered 70
meet at beginning of said road on the 10Th
day OF March, 1873. at 10 a. N +, TO view and
locate said road, and 70 give to all parties q
hearing.
BY order of the Board of Commissioners Of
ioxf wv. +. EWING, Co. clerk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
Proceeding OF Congress
WEDNESDAY, FEE. q.

WEDNESDAY, FEE. %.
The Senate debaGed the House bill
to allow the President to fill pension
agency vacancies, and passed it 4s
to 8.
The House passed a bill to have Ex-
Surgeon General .Hammond's court
martial reviewed, and debated the bill
to pension all soldiers of the Mexican
war.
THURSDAY, FEB. %.
In the Senate the resolution of Mr..
Plumb, submitted q few days ago,
directing the Secretary of the Interior
to inquire of the government directors
of the Union Pacific railroad as to the
nature OF the securities taken or held
by that company for aid granted by II
to the Colorado Central and Other
roads, was agreed to. The Presidents
message vetoing the silver bill was re-
ceiYed from the House and the bill
passed on the vote, 46 to Is. Bill tC
authorize q special term of the u s
circuit court for the southern district
OF Mississippi, was passed, 80 to 25
and Senate adjourned to Monday.
In the House a bill to appropriate
$50, 900 for q north pole expedition
was passed. The Presidents message
vetOlng the silver bill having been
passed, was received aAd read, and pres
ented over the veto without debate
l9e to 73, and sent to the Senate. The
bill to pension soldiers of the Mexican
war was debated, and the House ad.
journed.
FRIDAY, MARCH 1.
The Senate bill to allow the Presi.
dent 70 temporarily fill pension agency
vacancies. was concurred in; thirty
i've private bills were passed. A bill
to subsidIze q railway through Floridl
and Georgia, was reported. Hous,
adjourned to Monday.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
THE BOOMERANG.
The silver Bill as Amended
and Passed,
Is the Worst Ofau Contraction
LAWS.

Is the Worst of ALI Con traction
Laws.
The New York Daily Tribute,
the hardest of all hard money pa
pers in the country, thus candidly
explains how the Senate amend
ments to the Bland silver bill trans
formed that measure into a scheme
for contracting the currency, and
how its passage over the Presidents
veto is really a victory in disguise
for the class of people who want to
see the cure ncy contracted and the
resumption law enforced at all haz-
ards:
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08

TWO horses, a wagon, harness, and cattle
L pony, for sale. Enquire at Indiana
House. 1925 L. PIERCE.
The Van Buren press., 1878-09-10
Tie Result.

The result of the election in Crawfort
shows that the ticket nominated by the
Democratic Convention, is successful
with the exception Of Sheriff and the
Member for the Legislature. The indie.
pendent republicans elect the sheriff by
90 majority, and tho representative BY
80 majority, We lose both of these Of.
fees through the raukest pcrfdy OF
men WHO were in the convention, and
obligated themselves to support the
nominees While tho Democratic party
has received blow from men in its own
camp, it will recover and purify itself ;
but the men who have proved treachor-
GUS to every honor and trust, will hard
ly ever be able to restore themselves to
the confidence and reliance heretofore
placed in them by the democratic party.
Personally, we have nothing against the
men who are elected; but, as a Demo
orat, we preferred other men, who were
the choice of n largo majority of the
Democratic party Of Crawford county.
AS test vote, Van Buren shows 81 dom
ocratic majority, and in the county 80.
The Van Buren press., 1878-09-10
A Charge.

The Arkansas Democrat of the ID,
has card from Messrs Webb & Bur-
rows, announcing the sale of their print
ing establishment to Hon. j. n. Smithce.
Col Smithee, in connection with it, says
"By careful and strict attention to
business, l hope tc merit and receive a
liberal share Of The public patronage.
AS announced in the first number of the
Democrat, it is my aim to make the pa
per truly representative Democratic
journal, fully up with the times on every
question OF public interest. Above all,
il will be my aim to make it neuSpaper.
The past course Of the paper must be
its own guarantee as to the future"
The Van Buren press., 1878-09-10
New York Relief Contribution.

A Now York city dispatch of the 3D.
says:
This city has raised 100000 for the
roliof Of the yellow fever sufferers, and
Robert Bonner, of the Ledger starts the
second 100000 with another check for
81 ,000. Thcatcr benefits and church col
lections are now beginning, At the ben
eft in tho Fifth Avenue Theater, on
Thursday evening, Mary Anderson,
John Mccullough, Edwin Booth and Jo-
seph Jefferson will appear. Mccullough
and Jefferson delay their departure for
Chicago SO that they may play. fho
grand officers of the Masonic Fraternity
of the State, and Masters of the City
Lodges, held communication tonight,
and $1,000 was collected lodges
throughout tho State were appealed to
for aid. Other organizations are also
receiving funds.
The Van Buren press., 1878-09-10

EF Hon. W. w. Mansfield, Judge of
the 9th Circuit, has rendered his resig-
nation to Governor Miller. 1t will be a
long time before the 9th, or any other
Circuit, has better Judge than Mans
field.
EE- Vermont goes Republican by
from $4,000 to 10000 majority.
v Hon. W. D. Jacoway is elected
Judge in the 5th Judicial District by a
largo majority. This is just as it should
be.
ET Death has invaded the family oi
Hon. J. L. Cravens, of Clarksville, and Ia,
ken his infant child
Sa' Chauncey I, Fillcy, Postmaster OF
St. Louis, has been removed, and Col
Sam. Hayes appointed in his place.
EF- Orville Grant, the ex-president's
brother, was recently sent to the insane
asylum, at Norristowu, New Jersey. His
mind runs on immense speculations, and
starting new business on an immense
scale. He was sent at the request of his
friends and DR.. Morton.
ET Bishop Ryan, of st. Louis, trans
mitted, by telegraph, on the 4th inst
twelve hundred dollars 10 the fevcr-suf,
ferers, south, and sent to Mayor Over
stoltz, Of st. Louis, o check for one thou
sand dollars, being the amount collected
in the Catholic churches of that city, on
Sunday, the lst inst.
HJudge Rogers is holding Court at
Greenwood.
EF Circuit Court, for this County
meets on Monday, the 23d inst, and vii
be held in the new Court House.
A despatch Of Sept. 4, says: Six hun
cred employees of leather firms hav,
denounced Dennis Ksarney in speeche
and resolutions.
ET The Gazette of Thursday, says
The numerous friends of Major Gala
CHER will rejoice to learn that he is rap
idly improving, and the prospects for hi
early recovery very hattering.
ES- Gen. Lew. Wallace, of Indiana
has been appointed Gov. of New Mex
co, vice Axtem suspended.
Es- The House of Bishops of tn
Episcopal Church convened in Ne,
York city, in public session, on the 8
inst, unanimously deposed Bishop NJ
Coskrey, of Michigan.
s@r Col. John f. Hill, G. NJ, of tn
Masonic Fraternity of Arkansas, h:
drawn on the Treasurer for 5000 for Ii
relief of the Memphis Masons.
fvSt. Louis has given over s25. .OC
- The fever suffer rs, and Chicas equa
iy as much.
The Van Buren press., 1878-09-10

Arkansas Democrat James L. Mat.
thcws, charged with embezzeling regis.
tered letters of the Little Rock postof
fee was again brought before United
States Commissioner Goodrich, waving
further examination, whoroupon the dis
lrict attorney filed criminal informa-
ton in the circuit court, charging him
with the embezzlement of Si20 from
registered letters. To this charge the
defendant plead guilty. Gen. Bishop ap
peared for the prisoner, and represented
that full restitution had been made of the
stolen money,and that the previons char
acter OF the prisoner was good. The
Court sentenced Matthews to two years
imprisonmenta hard labor in the House
of Correction at Detroit, Michigan.
The Van Buren press., 1878-09-10

ts2~ How applicable is the following
fable TO the yellow fever districts of the
South AT the present time \ fable was
current, after the great London plague,
that the angel OF health was entering the
city, and met the demon of death depar-
ting. How many have you killed ?
asked the angel of health. Twenty
five thousand responded the demon
" But demonstrated the angel" it is
known that one hundred thousand have
died, since your visitation" Wen,
was the reply. | killed only twenty
five thousand fear killed the others.
This is u strong illustration OF fact ia
miliar to physicians that fear 81 fatality
is one Of the active promoters Of disease
The Van Buren press., 1878-09-10

A San Francisco despatch of the Sd
announces that the Farmers and Me.
chanics' Savings Bank closed its doors
that morning. 1t will go into liquida-
ton. Due depositors, about S364,000
Assets, including $4,000 paid up capi,
tai, is probably sufficient to pay the dc,
positors, and, perhaps, leave a small mar.
gin for the stockholders. The bank has
been doing Il mixed commercial and sa-
wings business, and the suspension is at
tributable to bad loans on commercial
paper.
The Van Buren press., 1878-09-10
Take Notice..

HNHE VAN BUREN BOARD OF HEALTH
taking into consideration the epidemic
seourge of yellow fever raging along the
Mississippi River from below New Orleans
up to Memphis, would recommend that some
precautionary measures be taken at once
and respectfully ask the cooperation OF all
good citizens. in cleaning up streets, alleys
and back yards raking up all trash and burn.
ing it; spreading lime and dry earth over
damp and wet places
The street Committee in conjunction with
the Board of Health, are earnestly at work
and in our OPT nion there is no present neces-
ty for alarm or establishing strict quarantine
regulations around our beautiful and healthy
town. All the Physicians of Van Buren, are
cordially invited to join u.s. and assist in the
watchful care of our healthful town and her
citizens. Respectfully
II. PERNOT. CHM.
W. T. MERRILL,
FRANK ADAMS,
Board of Health of Van Bnren.
Van Buren, Ark, Aug. 10, 1873.