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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

an Act TO establish, locate, and endow
q State Normal School," section 2d, al
ter arranging for selecting the pi1I "f 20
acres donated by EmpOria, declares that
Ion the site thus selected by the commits
sioners aforesaid, the State Normal
School shall be forever located" Sec
ton Sd, declares. That all lands granted
to the state Of Kansas and selected by
said state adjoining. or as contiguous as
may be to each of the salt springs of said
stale, and granted by the fourth subdi-
vision of the third section of an act Of
congress entitled IAN act for the admiS-
sion of Kansas into the Union" approx
ed Jan. %, 1861, save and except the salt
springs and the section of land upon
which each of the salt springs Is located.
and one additional section, are hereby
set apart and reserved as perpetual en-
doWment for the support and mainten-
ance of the normal school, established
and located by this act" See. 1, after
providing for the investment of monte
derived from the sale. rent or lease of
these lands, declares that the moneys
invested shall constitute permanent
fund, the principal of which shall re-
main forever undiminished, and the in
tercst of which shall be inviolably APP
propriated by the legislature of The state
Of Kansas to the support and mainten-
ance eff the Normal School. established
and located by the provisions of this acI. ="
Sec. 9th, providing for the amendment
OF repeal of this act, declares, but such
alteration, amendment or repeal, shall
not cause q removal of SAID Normal
School, or operate as diversion or di-
minution of the fund herein provided
for" Relying upon this solemn plight
ed faith of the Legislature, when provis-
ion was made in 1872, for the erection of
the new Normal School building, En-
pOria gave its bonds for $1,000 TO aid III
erecting and furnishing said building.
In the light of these facts, il is mani
fest that the state of Kansas cannot re-
move the Normal School from Emporia,
or divert or diminish its endowment
without violation of sacred compact
and the scheme which openly proposes
to- effect this violation of faith is dishOn-
est and should be Indignantly repudi-
atpd
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28
THE RAILROAD BILL.

The bill now before the legislature
providing for the appointment of a board
of three railroad commissioners, and reg
ulaung the railroad business in general,
is calling out much discussion in that
body, and creating some public interest
We are among those who desire to see
some fair bill passed at this session of
the Legislature regulating fares and
freights on railroads. The most that is
needed at this period of our history is
law forbidding the unjust discrimina-
lions and advantages which the railroads
sometimes take. The bill before the leg
iSlature is a measure which we do not
believe Kansas is yet prepared for. 1t is
TOO stringent and sweeping i'll its powers.
1t appoints three commissioners with
u salary of $4,000 each, and clerk of the
commission with salary of 81 800, and
provides for other expenditures out of
the state treasury which may run the
amount mp TO $l5,O00 or $4,000 year.
Yet il is hard for one To imagine what
duties the three men would have to per
form TO enable them To earn $4,000, and
u clerk to do the work. The bill gives
them immense powers. 1t puts the rail
roads literally in straight jackets. Such
IA law would do, perhaps, for an old state
ready for the fencing and white-washiug
process, but will hardly answer for Kan
sas. 1t is believed by its opponents that
its passage would be severe blow to the
railroad projects in counties where there
are no roads, but which are now making
efforts TO get them.
The people Of Kansas are not the enc
mics ofrailroads. They know what rail
roads have done for Kansas. They know
that to-day were il not for railroads
we would De struggling territory
with perhaps fifty thousand people in
stead of a fast settling, rapidly develop
ing empire of over half million popula-
ton. They fully believe that the own
ers of the thirty or forty millions of dol
lars of capital invested in Kansas rail
roads, much of il when the enterprises
were nothing but a risk, should have fair
play
In the absence of an immigration bu-
reau, or any systematic effort to secure
settlement by the state, the railroads took
the subject in hand and it is stated have
spent $1,700,O00 for this object. The
people remember this, aud no one de-
slres that they shall be treated as enc
mics of the people. All that is asked is
fair play on both sides The reduction
which the roads recently made In pas.
senger rates, and which we are assured
are 10 stand permanently, was n conces-
sion 10 the demands of the people, and
the times, which largely satisfied the
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

SENATOR BRUCE AND WIFE.-A cor
respondent describes these distinguished
Americans as follows; Mr. Bruce before
her marriage was Miss Josephine Viii
son, daughter of DIR. Wilson, 1. wealthy
citizen of Cleveland, Ohio. She gradGl-
ated with high honors at the Cleveland
high school, and speaks French and Ger
man fiuently. She is of fine presence;
her complexion 10 rich olive; her hair
jet black, silken in quality and lustrous
in hue; her eyes are full and dark and
teeth perfect. There is a grace in her
movements that any lady might be proud
of of, and. better than all, there is aquiet
dignity in her manners that bespeaks the
perfect lady She resembles clearly what
we all imagine a beautiful Spanish lady
to be. and no one cogniZant of her birth
could trace any signs of African blood.
/ have often heard in the south that these
signs were unmistakable, and, no matter
how fair the complexion and how far re-
moved from the negro, the marks of AZ.
rlcan blood were always visible. Mrs.
Bruce puts such theories to fight. Sen
ator Bruce is Of the color designated in
the south as "saddleeolored, . and is q
$50 pounder.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28
ACROSS THE MISSOURI BY RAIL.
The First Train Crosses Over on the Ice.
Bismarck Tribune.

Bismarck Tribune.
A party of about twenty of Americas
prominent business men, inspired with a
greed for fame and a relish for notoriety,
jumped aboard chief. engineer Rosser's
car, Wednesday noon and started west
ward to take the first trip across the
Missouri river on a Northern Pacific
railroad train. The newspaper fraterni-
ty were largely represented, the Q. NJ.
department, L. S. A, ranking next, fol-
lowed closely by the American Express
company, the city Judiciary, and steam
boat men. The rails were strung upon
the ties across the ice to the sand bar, and
as-the engine neared the ice, shout
went up from the side track where the
observation car, containing the party,
was stationed. The pioneer engine No.
81, with George Eastwood at the throttle,
observed the danger to which human kin
was subjected while opening their mouths
to shout with mercury ranging between
Is and 20 degrees below, and began to
blow its own bazoo boisterously. Its
joyous hurrah echoed and re-echoed from
shore to shore, falling upon the ears of
the soldiery at Fort Lincoln, and the civ
ilians at Bismarck.
With all the modesty appertaining to
the rules of etiquette, the
ENGINE BACKED UPON THE ICE
with two fiat cars of railroad iron in the
rear, and as she left the hank the frozen
earth on either side smiled grimly as it
thought of the feasibility of such per-
Torrance two months hence. The dense
ice, three feet in thickness, wore a look
of satisfaction as it pondered over its ere
alton and its usefulness. Man had work.
ed years on the big bridge" at ST. Louis,
but Nature had made bridge at Bis
marck in two months which stands un-
rivaled in the history of bridge building.
The fiat cars having been unloaded,
the engine returned for the observation
car, and in few moments train of six
cars was gliding over the Missouri, de-
spite the raging water underneath, which
rushed on to carry the news TO New Or
leans and Port Eads.
The train reached the sand bar on the
west side of the river and the party de
scended from the car. Then it was that
each became conscious that Bismarck
could no longer boast of the terminus of
the Northern Pacific.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

The Ohio prohibition state convention
met at Columbus on the Goth, 200 dele
gates being present, and nominated full
ticket as follows: For governor, Gordon
T. Stewart; lieutenant governor, J. w.
Sharp. The platform adopted fayors
laws giving laborers for corporations q
first lien for wages; for reserving public
lands for homesteads; the suppression of
gambling in stocks; prohibition of labor
of children under u in mines and facto-
ries; universal suffrage; issue Of small
interest bearing bonds; compulsory edu.
cation reduction of Official salaries, and
local options.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28
FORY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Wednesday, Feb. 10.


The senate passed the house bills to
increase pay of letter carriers, and incor-
porate the u. S. railway mail service mu.
tual benefit association. TwO-cent postal
cards to foreign countries were author
lied.
The house debated the legislative APP
preparation bill, and agreed to repeal the
jurors test oath.
Thursday, Feb. go.
The army appropriation bill, with
amendments, was reported back and
placed on the senate calendar. 1t is di-
vested of all army reorganization sec
tions inserted by the house. The SO
called Butler railroad telegraph amend
ment is retained IN the bill Mr. Nc
donald called up the senate bill TO APP
point Spruide Braden an ensign in the
United States navy.-Passed Braden is
the young man who took the prize for
excellence in the English nautical school,
but refused a commission in the Eng
lish navy. as it would have compelled
him to renounce his American citizen
ship. Mr.. Shields spoke in favor of the
bill to grant pensions TO soldiers of the
Mexican war. The committee on for
eign relations reported in favor of do
mating $4,000 to the widow of Justin Z.
Colburn, late consul to Mexico, and
81 900 to Mrs. Bayard Taylor. The mo-
ton to limit the subsidy for Brazilian
mail service from ten to five years, was
lost. % to 81. After various amend
ments, the postoffice appropriation bill
was passed, % TO 10.
The house took up the contested seat
of Bisbee VS. Finley, from Florida, and
decided by party vote, 135 to 122, TO
admit Finley, Democrat who was sworn
in. Harrison and Turner, Democrats
voted with the Republicans in favor of
Bisbee
Friday, Feb. FL.
The cattle transportation bill was
amended so as to prohibit cattle from
beng kept in the cars over 45 consecu.
tive hours, when they must have seven
hours rest outside. The army bill was
amended so as to permit railroads TO tel
egraph for the government or for the pub
lie at rates to be fixed by the govern
ment
The house defeated several war-claim
bills.
Saturday, Feb 22.
Senator Chandler, of Michigan, was
sworn in, and discussed the army appro
priation bill, and defeated several war
claim bills. Ewing and Phillips advo
Gated an amendment to the bill to repeal
the third section of the resumption law
On motion of Mr.. Garfield the raid bill
was laid on the table, ia to 10. 1t then
concurred in the senate amendments 10
the Chinese immigration bill, 40 to IS
II now GOES To the President
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

centrally located, and accessible from all
parts of the commonwealth. / do not
know of any good reason for its removal
to any other point. No more quiet, NOR
al, nor orderly town than EmpOria can
be found in Kansas. In the past, her
people have done noble part by the
school They have made many sacri-
fees for its welfare. That they will do
more in the future than they have done
in the past. / am well satisfied. Can the
honorably and safely for the
welfare of the state, do less than erect on
the site of the former building struc-
ture that shall in every respect equal to
the one that was destroyed by fire: l
fI,inI-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

THAT LITTLE RIoT BILI--Pennsyl-
vania now proposes to walk up and
pay. The bill authorizing the appoint
ment of Commission of three citizens to
ascertain and adjust the riot losses of
1877, has finally been reported from the
ways and means committee in her legis-
lature. 1t appropriates $4,0O0,O 900 for
the payment of losses, and provides that
Allegheny county shall pay % per cent
and the State "A per cent of the amount
agreed upon by the commission.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

New York gives notice that as George
Washington was inaugurated President
of the United State April, 80, 1889, that
the centenary Of that event will be cele-
brated in that city by the holding of the
most gigantic worlds fair on record.
New York is in earnest, and proposes to
make the fair unprecedented for size and
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28
NO. 8.
THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE.


By HENRY W. LoSGFELLow
Is it so far from thee
Thou canSt no longer see
In the chamber over the gate
That old man desolate;
Weeping and wailing sore
For his son. who is no more!
. AbstlOln. my son,
Is it so long ago
That cry of human woe
From the walled city came.
Calling on his dear name,
That il has died away
In the distance of to-dayf
o AbSalom, my son,
There is no far nor near,
There is neither there nor here,
There is neither soon nor late,
In that chamber over the gate.
Nor any long ago
To that cry of human woe,
D Absalom, my son!
From the ages that are past
The voice comes like a blast,
Over seas that wreck and drown,
Over tumuit of traffic and town;
And from ages yet to be
Come the echoes back to me,
o Absalom, my son!
Somewhere at every hour
The Waterman on the tower
Looks forth. and Sees the fleet
Approach of the hurrying feet
of messengers, that bear
The tidings ef despair.
. AbsalOm, my SON
He goes forth from the door,
Who shall return no more
With him our joy departs:
The light goes out in our hearts:
In the chamber over the gate
We sit disconsolate.
o Absalom, my SOM
That tits common grief
Bringeth but slight relief.
Ours is the bittereSt loss,
Ours is the heaviest cross:
And forever the cry will be
would God had died for thee,
o AbsalOm, my sOnI"
Atlantic Monthly
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28
LEGAL NOTICES.

State OF Kansas, county OF Lyon-ss: In the
District Court for said county.
In the matter Of the application OF Elisha
James Holderness to said court for rights
of majority:
Notice IL hereby given that ON Tuesday, the
18th day OF March, 1879, Elisha James Holder
ness. minor, by G.. Holderness, his next
friend. VIII apply TO said district TO have said
court confer upon him the rights Of m majority.
ELISHA JAMES HOLDERNESS,
BY G. Holderness, his next friend.
STERRY & SEDGwIcK.
HIS Attorneys. W7t3t
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

wm. Eikenberry will take notice that John
Henning. surviving partner OF Henning 4
Bunk. on the 18th doy OF January 1873, sued
ont an order OF attachment against him for
$2.55. with per cent interest from December
1871, and that said suit will be heard before
G. u. Bachelor. j. r., at his Office in Emporia
Kansas, on the I'd day of March. 1873, at . IN.
s d73S1-WSt5 JOHN HENNIN(s
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

A streak of cold weather struck the
northwest on Thursday, the thermometer
dropping to 50 degrees below zero at FIT.
Riley and 35 below at Winnipeg, accord
ing to StsPaul dispatch.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

The cOpious rains of last week in Cali
fornia have greatly improved the pros
poets of the wheat crop, especially in the
northern districts.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

Parents cannot be too careful In regarding
the health OF their babies. Only y good and
tain anything Injurious w9tI.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28
Assignee's Notice.

The creditors, and all persons interested in
the estate OF Robert AllIiken. are hereby mo-
to the district court Of Lyon county, KANSAS,
on the 9Th day of March, 1879 Or as soon there
after As q hearing can be had, to be dis
CHARGED from my trust rs assignee Of said e..
tate. W3te% Nv. TRuITF, Assignee.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

The musical people of Topeka are talk
ing up grand state musical festival to
to take place some time in May.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28
AssIgnee's Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that the uudersfgn.
ed, assignee of the estate of Beck & AbTa.
ham, viii, on Harch 4th, 1879, apply to the
District Court of Lyon county, Kansas, to be
discharged from his said trust.
3w0t J.B. HINKLE
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PHYSICIANS.

SURGEONS & HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS.
DRS: NELLIS & SHERBURN, I29 Com
mercial streeT, west side, between 1t and 9Th
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-07-06

A Pa en- from the town of Sutro,
yesterday, reports as follows: The
mountain tops overlooking the Washoo
silver region and the Carson Valley are
ablaze with bonfres, and the echoes OF
cannon aud discharge of giant powder
are heard in every direction. The
event which is being celebrated is the
final completion of the Sutro tunnel,
for the reception Of the water from The
Comstock mines after ten years OF
ceaseless labor day and night, and the
expenditure Of SO, 0O0, 900. The pow
erful engines Of the combination shaft
Of the Hale & Norcross and Savage
mines were started MP this morning Mt
precisely 6 o'clock. discharging their
water into the Sutro tunnel, at the
mouth OF which it made its appearance
in one hour and twenty minutes, show.
ing a temperature ut first Of l0l degrees.
which increased to llS degrees in eight
hours. The water in the long drowned
out mines was lowered 100 feet. Every
thing worked TO a charm. The wooden
boxes constructed Of three inch tongued
and grooyed Sierra Nevada pine. it
dhl not show O leak, and not even a par
ticle-of steam escaped from them, 50.
the tunnel after the hot water was
turned in. allowed barely m increase Of
temperature. An an engineering work
the success surpasees all expectations,
and while the people are rejoicing, this
must be considered the psoudest day i'll
the life Of Adolph Sutro.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-07-06
l,:atc U..yerrl,r Eund.

The Eureka kcdisr Of tho LIST, pub
fishes the following exhibit of the pres.
ent condition of the State University
fund. together with the proposed action
of tho Board of Regents with regard 10
the placing of the surplus amount on
hand, aud the general arrangement Of
the affairs OF the institution:
"Thero is now coin in the Treasury
uninvested, to-wit: In State University,
30, OOO.a acre grant. Fund, Sl2, 9S7 40; in
State University Fund proper. Sl9.-
s9i 80, subject to occasional rebate for
money paid for purchase OF land. This
fund is under the control If the Board
OF Regents. There will be II meeting
of the Board OF Regents held at Carson
City on the 18th instant. nt which time
arrangements will be made for tho iu-
vestnent OF at ieat $50. 900 of tho money
now idle in the Treasury. At the sane
meeting the Regents Will adopt u list
of books for use in the University, and
generally arrange the matters OF thoin.
stitutiOn. so rs 10 make it what il has
been intended 10 be, q irs.. 4sr inst.
tuition"
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-07-06

The Times Rtris1 having inst entered
upon its fourth volume, the Major steps
to the front, and brushing the noble
hair from his classic eyes, thus charac.
teristically makes casual mention:
"As its publishers are not yet hated
for their wealth. we think that We do
not exceed the bounds of journalistic
modesty in v~enturing the opinion that
the paper has done as much for the
town and district, as the people thereof
have done for it. We have no com.
plant to make and il those whom we
desire to please arc dissatisfied with our
efforts, the fact has never been made
known TO us. We are happy in tho
past and hopeful for the future. We
trust our patrons and readers feel the
same; il SO everybody is happy and con
tent"
That the Times Reris,c has been n val.
uablG auxiliary to the town by the per-
sistent advocacy Of its bcst interests,
will not be disputed, and the fact that
the journal is being literally sustained,
is In evidence that its usefulness is not
unrecognizsd.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-07-06
IDgr-s I,cmIrntion.

The Eureka Sentinel Of yesterday says
II turns out that j. T.. Duff. who depart.
ed so inysteriously last week, is n de.
faulter TO the Il. 4 Z. Railroad Com.
pany to tho amount Of nbout s26, 300.
He had been helping himself to the
funds OF the Company for n long timo.
His sudden exit IL now satisfactorily
accounted for. Mr.. Edgar Mills, the
President OF tho Company. left San
Francisco Sunday morning 1t is nm.
derstood that 10 will make an effort to
have the defaulhng Auditor brought
back from the Sandwich Islands.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-07-06


Tnp following is from tho Phoebe
Record: Richard Roscoe. of Phoebe,
bss Joined the Mormon Church, and
WAS baptized by Bishop Terry, ut shoal
Greek, last Sunday, AMI will shortly be
married to Miss Josephine Hamblin, a
belle Of Clover Valley. The wi Of
Roscoc's Joining the Mormon Church
10 this: He became infatuatsd With n
couple Of Mormon beauties, and not
knowing which no loved the best. de.
cided to join the church and marry
both. We first felt Inclined 10 80 after
Roscoe with y sharp stick, but upon
second thoughts aud second thoughts
being always best, concluded not TO, for
there is no telliug at what moment VIC
may DO ia tho boat with brother RIOS
coe. together sailing down tie came
stream Of glory"
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-07-06

THE story Of an alleged bargain for
the votes Of fourteen or fifteen Southern
Representatives. TO procure the passage
Of the Marshais appropriation bill with.
out Eiders has been entirely exploded.
A careful inquiry proves also, that
There is no prospect Of any break in the
Democratic ranks upon this question
for any cause or In my contingency at
al likely to arise. Democrats in both
branches Of Congress appear to DO
unanimous in favor Of not only adjourn.
ing - soon as the veto is received but
q sdjourning Sgain Immediately after
the possible call.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-07-06

ARNOLD. Democratic Representative
IN tho Legislature from Cortland county
New York, announces himself hence
forth as q Republican, being disguised
with the proceedings of what he calls
the Rebel Congress.
The desire to deserve the infahy at
taching TO the family name, was evi.
IDENTIFY strong within him.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-07-06

Tx Repubiiqus F~ranedise, considering
Seuator Burnside's resolution, combats
She idea that the United States should
view tho construction Of the Darien
Canal under European auspices with
disquietnde, and points out that the
undertaking is independent of official
support or contract; TINT no European
government will contribute a farthing
or man to its construction, and that the
Company will merely ask all loylies to
consider tho canal absolutely neutral
territory.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-07-06
Ncw York cn,ne Market.

The opening Of the seasons trade in
Western cattle is now near at hand.
Within the next fortnight the arrivals
of Colorado and Montana cattle are ex-
pected to be. larger than ever before.
More than tbrec.fourths OF the cattle
product OF that region find their way
to Chicago. The latest report from
the plains is that east OF ogallalla the
cattle wiu:cred poorly and will b. from
two to four weeks late. while west Of
that point they got through in good
condition mud will be ready for market
as early as last season.