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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
CHEAP TELEGRAPHING.

Time will tell whether a western con-
temporary takes counsel of its calm iudS-
ment or only of its hopes, in the follow
ing upon a reduced scale of prices for
kilograms:
"The progressive movement of the age
now seems to be in the line of cheap tel
'egraphing. There is no question but in
very short time the cost to the public
for telegraphic messages will be reduced
IN cost one-half, if not to one quarter
what we now pay. There is no doubt
but within the near future the entire
business correspondence of the country,
or at least the bulk of it, will be done by
wire, and that the rates will be reduced
to that point where the business men can
send a dispatch that now costs one dol
lar Tor twenty cents. The American tel
egraph company, located in New York,
have already announced the completion
OF their arrangements to construct and
operate lines throughout the United
States, and by their new patent to trans
NIT minimum of one thousand words
per minute. These Improvements, with
the great marvel they work in ocean tel
egraphy, are subjects which we expect to
refer to in detail hereafter. This new
company propose rates to be charged
which will be about one-tenth of those
AAO"3 oAAO Vi
transmission are put at about one hun
dred times greater. Anything that will
cheaper telegraphy will be hailed by the
people of the United States with delight,
as we are progressive people and the
time has come when even our fast mail
trains are too slow. The business men
OF this country want 10 sit at their desks
and converse upon the great commercial
and monetary matters of the world, with
their correspondents in New York, New
Orleans, San Francisco and London, all
at the same time, and at cost within
their reach. At present the telegraph is
in the hands of a monopoly of which
neither the history nor the policy is eth
er favorable to public morals or public
rights. The Western Union telegraph
company have swayed dOmineering
sceptre over the country for long time
They have starved out, choked off, or
bought up all its competitors, and die
tated rates at will. 1t is confidently be-
lieved that this new company will fulfill
the promises they make; that the enter
prise is in the hands of men who will
not surrender to the Western Union as
all others have done. 1t is also hoped
that congress will pass an act enabling
all railroad companies to go into the tel
egraphing business on their own account,
without restriction. The Western Union
company would have more friends if it
deserved more"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
BUSINESS ITEMS.

AT the latest reports (1879) the debt of
France was, in round numbers, 81 700,-
600, 600; of England, $1,000, OOO,O 600, and
of the United States, in April, 1879, less
cash in the treasury, $2,027, 100, 265.83.
The report of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue makes out that during
the past year no less than 1 ,905, 063 600
cigars were smoked. These, at 10 cents
each, would amount in value to $780,
SOC, 300.
The following are said to be about the
prices of locomotives in this country in
1874 and 1879: Consolidated pattern,
1874, $4,000; 1879, $500; Mogul pat
tern, 1874, $4,000; 1879, 5000; stand-
ard S-wheel passenger and freight, 1874,
$1,000; 1879, $1,000.
Although the existence of petroleum
in several of the provinces of Japan is
said to have been known for twelve hun
dred years, the japanese did not know
how to refine it till about six years ago
Now, however, refining establishments
are springing up rapidly, and its manu-
facture is becoming an important indus
try.
1t is stated that New South Wales,
Queensland, Western Australia and the
northern part of Southern Australia, are
all well adapted to the growth of the
sugar-cane, and that the cultivation of it is
extending. In Queensland, $4,000 acres
are devoted to it. In New South Wales
the production of sugar during the past
year was 80, IA pounds against 1890
pounds during the preceding year.
There are 5O,OOO,O 600 acres of land in
California fit for cultivation, but not over
), 00O, 900 in actual use for that purpose
and not over 100000 are enclosed.
Over 5000, 900 are held by land-rings or
individual monopOlists for speculative
purposes in tracts of 125, 600 to 300 600
acres. This state of things has long been
felt to be a great check to the prosperity
of the state. Under the new constitu-
ton, proposed to be adopted, such a tax
will be put upon these large tracts as
will compel the owners to sell.
The deepest mine in the world now
worked is said to be the Adalbert lead
and silver mine in Austria, which is
3, 28O feet deep. The next is the Vivers
coal mine, in Belgium, 2,S47 feet 1t was
sunk to the depth of 1886 feet, but no
coal having been found, the working is
at the former level. The deepest coal
mines in England are the Dunkirk col
Iiery in Lancashire, 1884 feet, and the
Rosebr1dge, In the same locality, 2.458.
The deepest mine in this country is the
Yellow Jacket of the Comstock lode. It
is now 2, 800 feet below the surface ut the
mouth of the main shaft, and 1888 feet
below the Gould & Curry Groupings.
The Savage stands second on the list. and
the Imperial the third, both being nearly
as deep as the Yellow Jacket.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
FROST IN NEW YORK.

Western New York was visited by a
destructive frost on Saturday, the oath
ult., water in exposed places being froz.
en- over. This seems hardly credible, in
view of the summer-like weather that We
have had in this vicinity for two months
past, but it is true, nevertheless. The
Rochester Express says:
Although the air has partaken of the
eager and nipping quality for the last
few days, yet the severe frost which early
and even late risers saw this morning
was nearly or quite unexpected. Water
was covered with quite film of ice, and
all sorts of vegetables susceptible to the
chilling influences of cold-breathed Jack
were more or less injured, and many va
rietles of fruit have been damaged TO n
greater or less extent. Especially is this
true of strawberries, many fields ofwhich
are ruined beyond repair. 1t is feared
peaches will suffer somewhat also, but
possibly this may not prove true From
all quarters come the same reports, and
undoubtedly the frost was widespread
in its extent, as its results will be wide.
spread and lasting
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
CRIMINAL CARELEssNEss.

Eleven of the seventeen children who
drank of the poisoned brook in Vermont,
have died, and some of the parents have
become insane from grief A farmer by
the name of Cheney had field of pota-
toes last season ON which he used Paris
green very freely to exterminate pota-
toe bugs. These poisoned potatoe-tops
were dumped into his barn-yard from
whence he made drain to the stream.
He also buried dead horse in swamp
in the vicinity, from which the water
ran into the brook. From these two
causes 1t is supposed the water has been
poisoned. The farmer knew that the wa
ter was used for household purposes, and
public opinion runs high against HIM.
He seems to have acted partly from NAL
ice. Legal proceedings will be institut-
ed against him, and the matter thorough
ly sifted. The children were attending
school at the time they drank of the wa
ter. An example should be made of this
criminal farmer. The pollution of
streams and rivers, is of deplorably fire.
quent occurrence.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
ETNA AND vEsUyTUs.

The eruption OF mount Etna bids fair
to become one of the most notable of the
century. Piedmont, at the foot of the
northeast slope of the mountains, is re-
ported in almost total darkness from the
cloud of ashes. Biancavilla, directly op-
posite, or on the southwestern slope,
is threatened by the lava currents, as is
Randazzo, on the northwestern slope.
The road from Aci Reale, on the south
east to Catania on the south, is reported
blocked, and the assures or new craters
have increased rapidly in number.
There is some confusion in the dispatch
es, but the whole Etna district is evil
IDENTIFY in state of excitement and alarm.
The points mentioned indicate that the
eruption is not confined to the northwest
ern slope, but has extended to others
endangering towns and districts north
as well as south. Aci Reale is a city
of about 10000 inhabitants, located on
the coast, fifteen or sixteen miles from
the great crater of Etna. Biancavilla
is about twelve miles from the central
crater, Randazzo about ten, and Pied.
mont about eleven. Vesuvius is also re-
ported to have begun an eruption, and
with two active volcanoes Italy will not
be surprised at anything that may hap
pen this year.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13

How TO SEE THE WND.-Much ad-
vice has been given as to how to raise
the wind" The following information
about seeing the wind is not uninterest-
ing: Take polished metallic surface
with a straight edge-a large hand-saw
will answer the purpose. Choose a windy
day, whether hot or cold, clear or cloudy,
only let it not rain or the air be murkY /;
in other words, let the air be dry and
clear, but this is not essential Hold
your metallic surface at right angles to
the wind-namely, if the wind is north,
hold your surface east and west, but, in
stead of holding the surface vertically,
incline it about forty-five degrees to the
horizon, so that the wind striking glanc-
IS and flows over the edge excepting it
straight as water over a dam. Now
sight carefully over the edge at some
minute and sharply defined object, and
you will see the air flowing over as wat
er flows over dam. Make your obser-
yations carefully, and you win hardly
fail to see the air, no matter how cold
the result is even better when the sun is
obscured.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13

SEED CoRN-A man who has had long
experience writes: al have made a great
many experiments with corn within the
last fifteen years. had fourteen differ
ent kinds, and this year l got some of the
largest ears ever raised. I always Sc
lect my seed corn in the fall at husking
time, and in the spring l sort them over
again. Last spring 1 took no ears that
were less than twelve inches long then
took off three inches at the tip end and
two inches at the butt end, and from
these central grains 1 got ears fifteen
inches long and from fourteen to sixteen
rows. Several years ago selected ears
from stalks that had two ears, but the re-
suit was not near so satisfactory as from
planting only central grains. My opin-
ion is that If farmers would be little
more careful in selecting their seed corn
they could raise from FIVE to ten bushels
more per acre than they do when they
pick 1t out of the crib in the spring"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.

The Ohio Democratic resolutions
make it evident that a practical unity of
opinion has been arrived ut by the lead
ing Democrats of the country in regard
To the new appropriation bills to be
passed by congress. Instead of attach
ing provisOs repeating present laws to
regulate elections, they will simply re-
fuse to appropriate any funds for the en-
forcement of those laws. They do not
forbid the President from using deputy
marshals, supervisors, and even troops,
to protect voters IN their right fair
ballot. They merely say that no funds
shall be raised to pay for any such serv-
ices. The positions of supervisors and
deputy marshals will, therefore not be
much sought after. The troops are in
service anyway, and could probably
stand the loss of days pay once in two
years. The Ohio Democratic resolu-
tions no doubt express the intention of
the democracy to stand up solidly for
their form of appropriation bills, and we
are inclined to think that if President
Hayes vetoes the new bills being pre-
pared on this basis, that the Democratic
congressman will be willing to adjourn
and appeal TO popular decision at the
coming election.
The Ohio resolutions are also signifi-
cant as showing that the Democracy of
the west at least are thoroughly imbued
with the belief that silver and green
backs should be legal tender for all pur-
poses, and the nomination of General
Ewing for governor is square bid for
the Greenback endorsement and sup
poIt. If the Greenback convention re-
fuses to endorse Ewing, the Democratic
leaders in Ohio will still hope to secure
the bulk of the Greenback vote at the
polls, on the ground that combination
is the only possible chance of beating
the Republican ticket, and that anything
that accomphshes that is benefit to the
success of the Greenback cause. The
nomination of Ewing will disaffect the
hard-money Democrats, of course, and
on the other hand his war record is good,
and he will not encounter the political
opposition that democratic candidates
generally have to meet. The Ohio cam
paign will be very earnest and import
ant one, and will be fought with extreme
bitterness as soon as all the parties get
fairly warmed up to the work If, as in
1875, the Tilden hard money Democrats
of the east turn against the party in
Ohio because of its greenback heresies,
the chances will of course be that Foster
will secure vistory equal to that which
Gov. Hayes achieved over Rise Up VIII
liam Allen.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that petition has
been presented to the board of county CON. .
m1ssioners OF Lyon county, Kansas, asking
for the location of q county road. as follows,
to-wit: Commencing at the southeast corner
OF section 81, township lS and range II, at q
point near Horton station, on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad; thence run
ming due west on the said section line to the
southwest corner OF section 10. distance OF
miles, all of said road being in township Is
of range II. And upon said proposed road
the board appointed the following viewers
J. q. Klock. Owen Davis and VIM. Wells to
meet at the beginning of said road on the
I'D day of June, A. D. 1879, at 10 O'Clock q.
m and in conjunction with the county sur
veyor, to view. locate and survey said road,
and TO give all parties a hearing By order
OF the board. WIN. +. EWING,
W53624. County Clerk
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
A GOOD TIME TO QUIT.
From the Pittsburg Telegraph

Among the Pittsburgers who Welded
10 the Leadvil!e craze, was a Young fel-
low who was always fond of a rowing.
reckless life, free from the restraints of
social etiquette. He belonged to a good
family, but was poor. He went to Lead
VILE and remained there quite while.
when he returned Ihome on a visit the
other day. He was talking about his
Leadvllle life the other night, and among
other stories he told the following:
After I'd been out around LeadviIle
for several months got to be toIerabIv
prosperous. had $500 in cash, a $500
horse, good watch and chain, a good
pack mule, rifle, two revolvers, a dog
and a meerSchaum pipe. One day /
came into town and drew all my money.
IN oder to pay for part of claim which
l wanted to buy. met a couple of feI-
lows L knew just after l got my cash,
and we resolved to have a quiet little
game of poker. Well, sir, never struck
such lead of bad luck since was born
as did that afternoon. 1t was a square
game, but If anybody won anything they
naturally intended to keep it. Men
don't have pity for each other out in
that country. Well, the first thing did
was to lose $500 on four queens. 1t was
my deal. L gave another fellow four
kings: In less than an hour / lost every
cent had, then my horse, then nv
watch then my mule, then my rifle, my
revolvers and my dog. l didn't have
money enough left to buy me a cigar.
l went out of the place and resolved to
borrow revolver and shoot myself. l
walked OF out to the edge of town. and
without thinking of what was doing
put my hand into my hip pocket to take
out my revolver. There was no revolver
there, of course, but my meerschaum
pipe was there, looking like piece of
shining coal, it had been colored so pref
uly. AS soon as felt that pipe l gave
yell of delight and started off on a run
Tor the house where the boys had won nv
money. They were still there. l got
$50 on my pipe, and sat down to play
again. l won a little money, and then I
got my dog back, then my revolvers,
then my rifle, then my mule, my watch
and my horse. 1t seemed as though
there was perfect revolution in nv
luck. At last won 81 200 on one hand.
The fellow who was betting against me
had an ace, king, queen, jack, and four
spot flush, and l had an ace, king, queen,
jack and five-spot flush. When 1 got up
from the table it was daylight in the
morning, and 1 had $500 in cash, be-
sides the money and things l had start
ed in with. l went down to the hotel.
borrowed the landlady's bible, and
sWore I'd never gamble again as long as
lived, and never haYe since and |
never will"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
To Bridge Builders.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
County Clerks once in the city of Emporia.
Lyon county, Kansas, until II m Of Tuesday.
July Sth, 1873. TO build and place in position
the superstructure Of two wood and iron truss
bridges. one across the Cottonwood river at
LOekerman's fords and one at what is known
as the Snow ford, across the Neosho river:
said bridges to be one span Of 125 feet and rs
leet, respectively, and to be made substan-
tally as required and set forth in the plans
and specifications on file in the ONCE Of the
County Clerk Of Lyon county Bidders must
be prepared to close the contract on day OF
letting, and give bonds to fulfill conditions
Of same. Payments will be in such funds As
Lyon county may have on hand, and no pay
ment viii be made until completion and ac-
ceptalce Of the bridges. At the same time
and place As above stated, sealed proposals
will be reeeined for the necessary abufments
70 support said bridges; the plans and speci-
ncatsons Of which are fully set forth in the
ONCE Of the County Clerk, in the city OF En-
Doria, where they can be seen By any one
wishing to make . bid on the same. The
right TO reject any and all bids Il reserved BY
the commissioners.
BY order OF the board Of county commits
0ioners Of Lyon county, Kansas.
VIZ. +. EWING, County Clerk.
June 3rd, 1873. W28t4.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13

The latest return of the bank of France
is the most remarkable ever issued. On
the 18th of April the note issue of the
bank was 2,187 million francs, and the
cash in hand was 9, 149 millions. There
was, therefore, a reserve of more than
$50 per cent. upon the note liabilities.
Moreover, the actual amount of money
on hand has never been reached by any
other institution in the world, and rare
ly or never by the bank of France 1t is
close upon 430 millions of dollars in
hard mOney-almost three times as much
as the bank of England reported as in
Its possession on the same day.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13

The president of the brewers national
convention, which met in st. Louis, on
the 4th, stated that 9,473,631 barrels of
lager beer were sold during the year
ending June 30, 1878, and that the year
ending June 80, 1879. will foot up over
10000, 900 barrels. His address was an
argument in favor of beer as beverage
over all other stimulating drinks, and
favoring legislation discriminating in
favor of fermented over distilled liquors.
When 5O.OOO,OOO of people drink 10000
900 barrels of beer per year, it follows
that some must drink good many bar
rals
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
POLITICAL NOTES.

Ohio has sounded the battle-cry for
1880: Honest elections and honest
money.
Tilden to Thurman: ''Go in, brother
III see to 1t that you get handsomely
whipped"
The appearance of Springer at the
front is sure sign of a fresh Demo-
cratic blunder.
For the third time Mr.. Hayes kindly
gives the Democrats the opportunity to
commence over again
Who ever expected to see the Democ-
| racy become so bad that Fernando Wood
would run away from it2
The only question with Thurman is
whether there is less misery in a public
or a private political funeral.
1t is time for Senator Barnum to re-
wise his figures. A million votes will
not begin to cover the Democratic loss
If congress holds out much longer.
There is some talk in Ohio of resurrect-
ing Original Rise-up William Allen
again, to run against Foster Tilden
would be glad to help defeat him again,
doubtless.
The Democratic campain has begun
with energy. Negroes trying to get
away are detained on the banks of the
Mississippi, and steamboat owners are
threatened with death if they carry them
north.
Mr.. Foster is not the only Republican
who has become Stalwart from sad ex-
perience. The solid south has made
thousands of such converts during the
past year, and it is making thousands
more from northern Democrats and In
dependents each day.
The Iowa Democrats spread a beauti
full net for the Greenbackers, put choice
collection of bait inside of it, and posted
up notice that if the latter would en-
ter they would be permitted to have
their own way in managing the house
hold. Whereupon the Greenbackers
smelt around little, turned up their
noses, and started an establishment of
their own across the way. Total result,
an increased Republican majority IN
Iowa next fall
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13

COLLEGIATE AssIsTANCE.-This is the
joke the Yale cOllegians once played on
the clown of a circus which visited New
Haven-we think it was Dan Rice's.
The boys went to the circus in a body,
and sat together, 200 or more in num-
Der. The clowns Jokes were good and
the audience roared Justify as he made
his quibs and sallIes of wit. All except
the students. Apparently they would be
some minutes seeing the joke and when
everybody else had finished laughing
they would break out with one accord
into loud deep, regular haw haw haw
to the surprise and amusement of the
audience and the disgust of the clown
This performance was continued until
the audience became wild with merriment
and the clown frantic with rage He
finally called upon the officers of the law,
and the chief of police demonstrated with
the fun-makers. They heard his protest
silently and respectfully, and when he
had finished rose and solemnly marched
out, repeating their haw! haw! hawl as
they marched.-New Haven Register.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
Road Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that q petition has
been presented to the board of county com
miss1oners OF Lyon county, Kansas, asking
Tor the location OF q county road, as follows,
tow-Wit: Commencing at a point on the west
line OF the east half OF section IL, township 10
OF range III, on the north bank OF the Cotton
wood river; thence running north on the
quarter section line, as near as pract cable,
to the northwest corner of the northeast quar-
thence east on the section line one aaIf
mile, TO intersect the already established
road at the northeast corner of section %
town ship Is, OF range 10. And upon said pro-
posed road the board appointed the following
viewers: James Il Hinkle, j, +. Stratton
and Z. L. CaVaness, 10 meet at the begin
ming Of said road, on the z4th day Of June,
A ID: 1879. at 10 O'Clock, y. m e, and in con.
junction with the county surveyor to view
parties hearing. By order of the board
M23&A. VIZ. z. EWING Co llerk