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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09
FIN ANCIALs.
CINCINNATI. Jan. $3.50 P. NJ.

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Gold at par.
Eastern exchange is in fair demand, and the
markets. steady at par buying and lilo premium
selling.
Sterling continues firm with moderate inquiry,
and rates nncnnng"d. Sight is quoted at 81 S.,
and sixty days bills at 81 So per in gold.
There Is ngnt local demaPd for Government
bonds and market steady a9 follows:
The following are the local buying and selling
rates for Government bonds:
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09

An old colored woman, said to be one
hundred and nineteen years of age, was
found dead in her cabin near Evansville,
Indiana, the other morning, having been
burned to death.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09

This latitude has no record of so low a
temperature for four consecutive days as
that indicat ed by thermometers on the I'd,
Sd, 4th and 5th insts.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09

Calvin Butler silently left his recent
home, Elizabethtown, Indiana, yesterday.
He carries with him the equivalent of many
bushels of wheat belonging to neighboring
farmers.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09

The house owned and occupied by Mr..
Gardner Collins, ten miles east of Kokomo,
Ind, was burned yesterday, with its entire
contents. Loss 81 900.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09

Prof. Henry Dirk, attempting balloon as
cension at Jonesboro, Arkansas, few days
since, fell from a trapeze distance of a
thousand feet, and was instantly killed.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09
Read one Of Our Numerous HONE
Testimonials:

Testimonials:
We have been running Wheeler Gs
Wilson'S No. Machine ON ladies',
misses, and children's shoe uppers
during the last thrsc years, and
have fifty-six of them in constant
use. We find them superior TO any
other Sewing Machine in the fol.
lowing particulars:
1t will close seams in leather,
without puckering, tighter and
more rapidly than any machine OF
which we know, and that with
heavier silk or linen thread and
smaller needles.
1t runs faster and makes more
regular and better stitching ON fine
leather than any other machine we
ever used.
They are very durable. We run
them by power fully up to 700
stitches per minute. They are all
i'm excellent condition., and they do
not cost US fer each machine 25c
per year for repairs.
STRIBLEY & CO.,
Cincinnati, nhiO.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09

CINCINNATI. Jan. 90 P. M.
The following are the receipts and shipments Of
live stock for the past "a hours
Receipts. Shipments.
Cattle. tle.........................6 651 155
Hogs ...... .........................-105l5 ..... 1041
Sheep.....,........ .................... 1892 $50
HOGs-Market steady. Common at 50 25g2 65,
fair to good at 50 7093, and selected butchers at
SO 05a3 10 per Genital gross.
CATTLE-The demand is only moderate. We
quote common at 81 50@2 medium at So 25a3,
good to choice at S3 25@4, and shipping grades at
S461l 60 per GENITAL.
at So 25@3 2 and good 10 choice at So 50@4 so per
GENITAL gross
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
SIGNS OF WEAKENING.

The Democracy in congress shows
signs of backing down. After many weary
hours of caucusing on the situation, they
decided, on Saturday, to modify their po-
sition somewhat. The question was
whether the political portion of the ap-
preparation bills should now be passed as
reported at the last session, or whether
the repeating clause in regard to federal
election laws should be modified so as to
repeal only those sections which author
ize the appointment of supervisors and
deputy marshals for elections, together
with the section comforting police pow
er on supervisors; thus continuing the
authorization for the appointment of two
supervisors of different political parties,
to serve in testimonial capacity at each
poll as Witnesses of the count of the vote.
After an exhaustive discussion, it was
decided to recommend the adoption of
the modified proposition. The vote was
IA against 1.-TWO senators and two rep
resentatives favoring a total repeal. The
fact is the Democratic party IS wading
in deep water just now, and there is not
leader III either branch of congress that
would not pay premium to be kicked
into the middle of next fall, and have all
the intervening time blotted out.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
THE REBEL YELL.

"We Have Captured the CapItOl!"
The Southern States, published al Okla
Iona, Miss, in its rejoicing over the adj
vent of Democratic congress, says:
Eyes; thank Godi WE HAVE CAPTUR-
ED THR CAPITOL, and in 1880 our man
CThurman) will walk up the White House
steps and take his seat in the Presiden-
tial chair.
"Then will our glorious triumph be
complete!
"T'hen soiH are proceed to tear yOur
amendments from the Constitution AND
TRAMPLE THEM IN THE MIRE!
"Then will we reorganize the RIGHT
OF SECESSION RIGHT THAT IS NOT
DEAD, But sLEEPINGi
'Then will we decorate the Capitol
with the pictures of DAVIS, and LEE,
and STUART, and all the glorious lead
ers of a CAUSE THAT Is NOT LOST But
LIVING STILL!
'Yes, thank God! we HAVE the Cap
itolr'
But Democrats will say the States is
not representative journal, and does
not speak the sentiment of the south. On
this point the Hon. J. r. Clymer, lead
ing Democrat of Ohio, says in letter to
the States: II am greatly pleased with
the States, IN its peerless ability and con
scfcnttOus deUOtiOn to PRINCIPLE. Broth
er Harper and you both WELD trenchant
and powerful blades. The cause of JET
FERsONIAN DEMOCRACY needs such men
qchO haze the brain to PLAN and tie 6rGaon
to STRIKE" Even a northern Democrat
approves the spirit of this southern pa
per, which marks out the Democratic
programme after 1880.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28

$4,000 appropriated by the state, if not
used, will revert TO the state treasury.
And remembeF, We cannot draw a cent of
it for the purpose of building until our
$50, 500 is on deposit in the state treas
uryl We urgently advise our people
never to risk the appropriation before
another legislature. If we do we will
either lose it and the endowment, or
else we will be required to raise the
whole amount sufficient to erect the new
building. five do not accept the terms
offered, the obligation to keep the school
at Emporia will be gone, and we will
then come on a footing with other towns
who want it, and will have TO take our
chances with them. Put up the build
ing now, and its permanency here will
never again be doubted or disturbed
The whole Normal school question will
be settled, and the institution march on
to that success which it will surely meet
in the near future if no further acct
dents overtake it.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
A SENSIBLE LAW.

The Legislature has passed law which
will put an end to the annual raids of
the school book fiend. Such action
ought to have been taken long ago, and
we are glad to give the late legislature
credit for this sensible movement The
act referred to is as follows, and is now
in full force, having been published:
SECTION 1. That section % of arti-
Gle of chapter 122, entitled IAN act for
the regulation and support of common
Schools" approved March 4, 1876, be
amended so as to read as follows: Sec
ton 90. The district board, each board
of education, and each and every school
district board shall require n uniform
series of text books to be used in each
separate branch of study in each school;
but each board shall determine for itself,
within six months from the passage of
this act, the particular series of text
books which shall be used, and when
such selection of text books which shall
hereafter be adopted and introduced in
pursuance of the provisions of this act
by said boards, is made, no change shall
be made for a period of five years from
the date of the Introduction of any par
ticular series of text books, unless four
fifths of the legal voters of any such dis
trlct shall petition for change in the
series of text books adopted; but no
member of the said boards, or either of
them, nor any teacher, while employed
as such teacher, shall act as agent for
any author, publisher, or bookseller, nor
shall any member of said boards, or any
of them, or any employed teacher, direct
ly or indirectly, receive any gift, emOlu-
ment, or reward for his or her influence
in recommending or introducing any
book, school apparatus, or furniture of
any kind whatever"
SEC. 2. That any member of any
board of education, who shall violate
any of the provisions of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanOr, and
on conviction shall be punished by a
fine not less than $2j nor more than
800, or by Imprisonment in the county
Jail for period not less than SIX months,
or by both such fine and Imprisonment;
and any teacher who shall violate any of
the provisions of this act shall be liable
to immediate dismissal
SEC. 3. All fines collected for any
violation of this act, shall be paid to the
treasurer of the county where the suit is
brought for the support of the common
schools.
SEC A. Said original section twenty
eight of said article four of the act of
which this act is amendatory is hereby
repealed"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
GOLD SURE ENOUGH.

Immense Excitement in COwley County.
We published brief letter from an
EldOrado correspondent yesterday in re-
lation to the excitement about the dis
cOvery of gold south of that town. Not
knowing the exact location of Dutch
creek, where our correspondent said the
gold was, we got it located in Butler
county, when it should have been Cow
ley. We threw some doubt on the mat
ter in our remarks, but the following
specials to the Commonwealth and Globe
Democrat seem to confirm the statements
of our correspondent;
WINFIELD, KS, March 24-Gold has
been discovered in five different places
in Minnesota township, COwley county.
Immensely rich quartz rock; free gold.
Immense excitement; hundreds rushing
to the scene; claims being taken rapidly /;
two hundred men at work. ALI of Win
field, Douglass and Bushnell visited the
scene Yesterday. HENRY ALDEN.
ST. LOUIS, March PA Globe-Demo-
crat special from Wichita, Kansas, says
gold has been discovered thirty miles
southeast of that place, and great excite
ment exists among the farmers and 9TH
ers. A New York company is said to
have bought a mile square of land, and
trying to secure more. Four companies
already organized. Ore from a shaft sunk
some time ago is said TO have assayed
over two thousand dollars to the ton
One farmer has been offered thirty thous-
and dollars for his farm and refused it.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
DOING VERSUS TALKING.
g. the men who speak
With the lOudest tongues do least -

Win the IOuueSC tongues DO least"
1t was favorite remark of an old sea
captain, that he learned in youth never
to talk about anything he had determin-
ed upon. MEN waste their energy in
talk" he would say, "and have none left
wise enough to keep still, and devote
themselves to doing, they will find that
their actions speak for themselves, and
that talk is unnecessary" Good advice
this, but many find it hard to follow.
Man is a social animal, and there is a
certain pleasure in discussing ones plans
with a friend and enjoying their fruits
id anticipation. Some go through the
world in a cold Hooded, calculating way,
seeking advantage at every turn, and
doubtless finding it, but are they, after
all, the best models to pattern after? Is
not little human weakness of this sort
rather amiable, on the whole? 1t GER
tainly is true that he who keeps his
mouth shut and ears open, lays deep
plans, and watches his opportunity as
cat watches to take the fatal spring,
stands better chance of what the world
calls success than the more cOnfiding
kind. But what is success Is it sim
ply to lay up store of this worlds goods |!
The many view it thus, but those who
have looked deeper feel that he is most
truly successful who has borne his share
Of lffe's burdens and troubles; who has
opened his heart to his fellow men !;
whose thoughts have not been of self
alone, and the workings of whose mind
have not been wholly concealed. Of
course prudence is to bs observed, and
care must be taken In the choice of con-
fidants. And moreover,
still keep something to yourself
! i scarcely tell TO any"
but dom seal up the windows of your
soul too-tishtIY, It needs an occasional
airiRg.-l.dza1n Transcript.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
TROUBLE IN 1881.

The San Francisco Chronicle is
authority for the statement that citizen
of Frisco" has in his possession manu-
scripts of one Peter Hansen, a nephew
and pupil of Tycho Brahe, who was
able, by astrological rules, to predict the
success of Gustavus Adolphus from the
appearance of the comet of 1877. The
Hansen manuscripts, which have been
in the family of the present owner for
more than two centuries, threaten woe
to the world in 1881. They contain very
minute prophetic accounts OF the plague
and fire of London, the rise and fall of
the Napoleonic dynasty, the earthquake
at Lisbon, the Crimean war, the war of
the rebellion in this country and sundry
other matters which were foretold by
Hansen from astrological rules. The in
teresting point for us, however, is that
in the year 1881 ''the lurid rays of three
stars will impinge on the central area of
Europe, circling westward and passing
over the sea to the Western continent y
which shall suffer from ''gFeat convul-
sions of nature; seas and rivers shall go
dry, mountains sink and new lands ap-
pear" AS a matter of fact scientific
men have recently been considering the
probable results Of the conjunction of
four of the principal planets In 1881, such
a phenomenon having never yet been
witnessed by man. Seeing that two of
the planets which are then to take part
in the work of destruction were discov-
cred long after the days of Tycho Brahe
or Hansea, his pephew, the coincidence
is at least remarkable. Il may be that
1881 will verify the predictions of the as
trologist which have so siRgulaFly been
duplicated by the scientists of today.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28


The Washingtonian says that ''the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway COM
pany require every man entering their
employ to sign the following pledge: 4
hereby promise and agree that, while 1
am in the service of the G. and N. w. r.
r, Co., will entirely abstain from the
use of intoxicating liquors of every kind,
including ale, beer and wine, and that l
will not frequent dram shops or billiard
saloons or otherplaces where such liquors
are Sold The railroad company seem to
think their engineers and conductors see
better without 'eye-openers.' The fact
is, there is no person or corporation ear
rying on business who is willing to trust
important interests to a man who is in
the habit of using intoxicating liquors.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
HERE AND THERE.

General Gordon is dangerously and
painfully i'll in Washington with acute
rheumatism.
tends To buy or build himself a house IN
Washington. He has been occupying
ex-senator Frelinghuysen's house.
A Chicago policeman testified in court
as evidence that a prisoner was drunk
when arrested, that he was trying to
warm his feet at grating in the side
walk, supposing that he was standing on
Il register.
Miss Emma Thursby has been singing
to a very pleased audience at the concert
of the Philharmonic society in London.
Joachim was the violinist ofthe occasion.
The house applauded Mis- Thursby wild
ly, and the Times observe dnext morning
that she evinced technical accomplish
ments, of the highest order.
Some practical jol<ers encased the car
cass of horse in red flannel. set it afloat
in the Ohio, just above Madison, Ind,
and passed the word by wire down both
banks of the river that Boynton was COM
| ing. Skiffs shot out for miles along the
river as the dead steed drifted down, and
at Madison the entire populace crowded
| TO the WharveS The ''Sell'' was a sue
cess.
| Friends of Gen. Grant in New York
city have received letters from him from
Bombay of dates down to the 18th of Feb
ruary. He is the guest of the governor
of the government house. He writes thai
1.-The hospitality of the officials, foreign
residents and natives is boundless. Some
thing takes place every day and evening
for our entertainment. Every type oftht
Asiatic is found here, and every variety
of dress from no clothes to well clad
He says he has had no news from Amer
lea since he left Paris. He expresses him
self anxious lest congress should do some
thing ito disturb resumption
David Peters, a negro who is about Il
be pardoned out of the Rhode IslanC
state prison, after having served clever
years sentence is said to have becOm,
an accomplished lingust by study dur
ing his leisure hours. This fact is cred
liable not only to Peters, but to the OF
| ficials who have given the once ignoran
colored man facilities To improve his
mind. Rhode Island seems TO be a
far ahead of some other states in tho
humane treatment of criminals as sht
was over Two centuries and a half ago il
advocating the grand principle of 1ibert!
OF conscience. Rhode Island abolished
| the gallOws many years ago, and Seems
to get along very we'll without capita
punishment, and the plan pursued il
Rhode Islands chief of giving work Il
all tramps who are willing To toll 70
food and lodging is said to he more ei
ficient in suppreSsing vagabondage thar
the severe penal enactmentS of New
| Hampshire and Connecticut.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28

Chief Ward Coachman, of the Creek
Nation, Indian territory, is making war
on the liqnordealers. He recently is
sued the following order TO Captain
Brady's light horse company; "You
will proceed ut once 20 Maskogee and
notify all persons who may be engaged
In the whisky traffic at that place to
leave, bag and baggage, within two
hours. Failing to leave, you are direct
ed to furnish transportation and order
them to load their property at once. If
they resist you are TO forcibiy take pos
session, load them, and see that they are
drivea beyond the limits of the Creek
Nation The chief is something of a
crusader as 30 method and spirit. He
asks all citizens Of abe United States
legally resident in Muskogae 10 sustain
him IN his efforts to close out the Whis-
kv fraffic
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28

The Washington Republican does not
believe the stories that President Hayes
is weakening in his opposition to the
seditious attempt to open the way for
complete Bourbon restoration in the
government. Pursuing the subject, the
Republican says: "And we add, with
out the violation of any confidence, that
a majority, if not every member of his
cabinet, is in favor of retention of
these laws upon the statute books. The
man, or party of men, who account upon
any weakness in or about the executive
mansion pending the existing emergen-
cy will be sadly mistaken
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
FALsR REPORT.

There was general regret here when
the report was received, through the Kan
sas City papers, that Gen. w. B. Strong
had resigned his position as vice presi-
dent and general manager of the A, T..
s. s. F. railroad. All will be glad to
hear now, what we learn from the best
authority, that there was no foundation
whatever for the rumor. 1t was prob
ably started by some party who thought
point could be gained by its circula-
ton. Gen. StrOng's management seems
to be entirely satisfactory to the public,
and certainly the road was never doing
so much business.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION.

Inc Arkansas valley Editorial AsSocI-
alton seems to be alive institution. The
body met again at Hutchinson Saturday,
and the members were entertained by
the citizens of that wide-awake city. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, j. ). Collister, of the Harvey County
News; vice president, Cy Coutant, of the
Hutchinson Interior; secretary, II. d.
Morgan, of the Florence Herald; treas
urer, E. B. Cowgirl, of the Rice County
Gazette. Most of the day was spent in
discussing matters of practical interest
to the newspaper business, which ought
to result in good. The association adj
journed to meet in Newton the third
Monday in April.
We have for some time believed that
these neighborhoOd meetings of newspa-
per men would result in much more good
than could be expected by the state meet
ing alone, and have been on the point
for the Neosho valley. In the state meet
ing there can be no community of inter-
est. In the district meetings there can.
In the state meeting most of those attend
ing are strangers, and there is no time for
the discussion of questions for 'the good
of the order" The usual excursion alb
serbs everything else. Most of the at
tendants go for that and nothing more
In the state organization the interests
are so diversified, and the circumstances
surrounding the members from each 10
cality are so different that nothing like
union in any line of business policy
could ever be agreed upon. But when
you narrow down the space to a district
of country, all can be guided by general
rules affecting the interests of the bust
ness. We believe these consultations of
members of the press from the same re-
gion of country might result in great
good. We believe they should be run on
business principles, like other organiza-
tons, and that the dead-head rule gener-
ally should be done away with. A man
who has not interest enough in the sue
cess of these organizations to attend
them unless the whole thing is "free
blow out" is not of much value to them
In saying this we must not be under
stood as desiring the discontiRuance of
the state meetings. They would be more
necessary and could be made much more
interesting than ever by sytem of active
district organizations
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28

A large number of the laboring popula-
ton of England continue obstinate in the
determination not to accept the changes
which the course 0ftrade for the past few
years has efeeted in the labor market
Employers say that in order to meet the
competition of other manufacturing ma
tons, they must improve the quality of
their fabrics while diminishing the price.
The working people will not consent
that the process necessary TO bring about
this reduction of cost shall affect their
wages. This condition of affairs &C
coHAts for the prevalence Of strikes and
Ehe violent efforts of the strikers in some
places 60 prevent the filling of their va
cant places by other hands. These dem
constructions became so threatening among
the operatives at Preston last week that
the government was compelled to send .
strong military force to maintain order.