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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-06
THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PRO
GRAMME

The Democratic members of the house
and senate held joint caucus Tuesday
afternoon in the hall of the house of rep
resentatives at Washington to receive
the report of the joint advisory commit
tee in regard 10 the appropriation bills.
After several hours had been devoted TO
lis consideration. Il was adopted with
substantial unanimity. This program
me is a partial surrender of the prOvi-
AOs heretofore attached to the appropria-
tion bills. Instead of undertaking to
repeal existing laws relative to using
troops or supervisors of elections at the
polls, the new bills will simply omit
any appropriation for and forbid the
payment Of such troops, or supervisors
or deputy marshals, for such work. Tho
present democratic idea appears to bG
10 give President Hayes good oppOr
tunity to back down from his position
He will probably decline TO take any adj
vantage Of the opportunity. If he We
toes the new bills, the democracy will
claim that he vetoes all appropriations
simply because congress failed TO make
appropriations for the special purpose,
referred to, and they think that on this
argument they can afford to go 10 the
country and await the decision of the
the matter by the coming election.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-06
INDIAN SCHOOL.

Report of Quapaw and MOdOc Mis-
sion school: Enrolled, So; read under
standingly, IS; write legible hand, 81
read in fourth reader, 10; read in third
reader, 81; through mensuration in
arithmetic, Rays third part, 2; in partial
payments, 2; to percentage, 4; through
geography (Monteith's intermediary
10; study U. s. history, "a; nearly
through grammar (Clark's Normal), /;
speak the English language, 70; orphans
"a; half orphans, 80; those whose parents
are both living, Ia half breeds, IL; under
twelve years of age, 43; tribes represent
ed in school, @; viz: Ottawa, Modoc
Quapaw, Cherokee, Indiana, Miamii
and Peoria. Nearly all can speak theil
own language. The department mo-
eqalled by many white schools.
From our experience and observation
among several tribes, we are fully con
vinced that the erroneous idea, "ThC
Indian can never be elevated and re
formed" is truly absurd.
+. ]. and MATTE MOORE, Teachers.
May 31st, 1879.
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ANOTHER TRAMP LAw,-The Mich
igan Legislature has passed atramp Law
about as stringent as the one recently
enacted in Wisconsin. If a tramp re
fuses to work in return for food, clothing
or lodging supplied, he can be fined SIC
or imprisoned not more than thirty days,
and hard labor for from one to five years
is the penalty for procuring food. by
threats or maliciously injuring any per
on or property. If five tramps gather
together to encourage vagabondage, oil
for any other unlawful purpose, they
must endure two years at hard labor
and any town or village can hire their
labor on the highways OF other public
improvements. The law exempts those
physically unable to work and females
under 10 years of age.
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and the eggs are deposited in pairs with
a strip of wood between. The twigs fire.
qeuntly break off and become dry, when
the eggs perish, but usually they hatch
in about six weeks after being deposited
AS soon as our little cicada has extricat-
ted itself from the egg, it drops deliber-
ately to the ground, its specific gravity
being so insignificant that il falls through
the air as gently and as softly as does a
feather.
Many persons believe that the cidada
has the power of inflicting injury by
singing or otherwise, and many sensa-
tional reports are circulated of the dread
full and poisonous effects of the sting or
bite, all of which is simply nonsense, as
the insect has no power of doing damage
further than pricking the skin with the
OvipositOr or beak, the effect of which
would he no more painful or dangerous
than the scratch of pin. No person
need fear any injury from them as they
are as harmless IN the image or perfect
state AS common hOuse-fiies 1t is in the
Larvae state, during the 1854 years which
they spend in the ground, that they do
the real damage by feeding upon the
roots of the trees. True, where they are
very numerous they cause some injury
to timber and orchards by puncturing
the branches, causing them to break of
in high winds, yet they are not much &c
be dreaded.
/ have heard doubts expressed by in
telligent people, since they have matched
out, regarding the length of time requir
ed to complete the metamorphosis-tha
it is not II years. Upon this question
there is the most abundant testimony
Establishing the septendecim character
of this brood, but showing that there il
13 year brood also, occurring in small
areas in various parts of the country.
In 1868 professors Riley and Walsl
published an elaborate chronological
history Of the cicddd, in which the &C
currence of the insect in Kansas is pre-
dicted in these words:
"BROoD X-Septendicim-1 1879
lin the year 1879, and at intervals of L
years thereafter, they will, in all proba
bility, appear in all northwestern Mo.
commencing south about the line o
Henry and Johnson counties, and ex
tending in Il northwesterly direction Il
Lawrence, and beyond, in Kansas; ais,
in central Ohio. The occurrence of thi
brood in 1S45 and 1862 is we'll remem
bered by several of our correspondents
l-American Entomologist, vol. 1, p. 20
Many other broOds, occurring in va
rious sections of the United States, ar
gwen with their chronological history
enough to convince the most skeptica
of the periodical character of the insec
IN its changes.
should be pleased to learn any new
facts regarding the insect, and have N
doubt large part of the readers of TIL
News would be benefited by the same
therefore would suggest that the read
ers send in such facts as may come III
der their observation, more especial
bearing upon the destruction of timbe
by the insects in their work of depositin
eggs. Very respectfully,
ROBERT MILLIKEN.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-06

The Ohio Democratic convention met
at Columbus June 4, adopted platform
approving the Democratic legislation in
congress, denouncing President Hayes
vetoes, and advocating silver and green.
backs. Thos. Ewing was nominated for
governor, with the expectation that the
Greenback convention, in session there
also, would acquiesce in the nomination
We will give the platform entire next
week, not having time to get it into type
this week before going TO press.
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LOCUSTS.

And the lOcusts went up over all the
land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts
of Egypt."-EX. X, II.
Many uneducated persons believe that
the insects so plenty the last three or
four days in the timber, and known pop
ularly as "locusts," are the same kind
which are referred to as one of the
plaques of Egypt. This is a great mis-
take, the Egyptian locust being species
of orthOptera or grasshopper, (Edipoda
nigratoria), closely related to our well
known Rocky mountain locust, or Col
Orado grasshOpper (Caloptenus spletus.)
The present insect belongs to an entire
~ different natural order, the hemnipte-
ia, and has no connection with the To-
Gusts of the old world whatever.
There is probably no one American IN
sect more intimately connected with the
history of the.United States, and of which
more has been witten, than this seven.
teen year locust (Cicada septendecim.)
The nanae septendecim implies that il
requires II years for the insect to under
go its complete transformation, remain
ing the whole of this time, with the ex
ception of about three months, under
ground. No parallel case is known in
the whole range OF natural history. In
Gteele's Fourteen Weeks in Zoology is
given the following brief summary OF
their natural history:
The females, with a saw-lIke ovipos
itor, filrrOw the twigs of both forest and
orchard trees lOngitAdinally TO the length
of fifteen or eighteen inches, piercing ev
cry twO-thirds of IA inch 10 the pith, and
depositing two eggs, side By side. with i
thin LAYER of wood between. 1he layY,e
On haiching, drop TO the ground, in which
Ghey live for seventeen years, feeding
upon the roots of trees. When ready Il
enter the pupa state, they make cylindri
cal burrows, eemented Water-tight, anC
At length issuing forth, in appearance
like the image, except the want % wings
attach themselves 20 any object at hand
particularly the trunks of trees. In
short time, the throax splitting on tn
back, the perfect Image crawls out: ate
pairing, the female deposits its eggs, anC
tie male fills the air with the noise o
the esr-piercing kettle-drum beneath il
wings"
The eggs are deposited In the greeI
tu6xs of almost every kind of deciduou
tree, but never ip eWergreens.
In the process Of OWipOsiting the fe
male takes her position on the twig will
her head upwards, or towards the poin
ct the twig, and by peculiar thrustini
or saving motion, an incision is mad
10 the pith, with the scimeter-shape'
ovipositor with which she is provided
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-06
Tn Rridre Builders

Sealed proposals will be received 1t the
County Clerks oolce I'm the city Of Emporia.
Lyon county, Kansas, until II m. Of Tuesday,
July Sth, 1873. TO build and place in position
the superstructuTe Of two wood and iron truss
bridges. one across the Cottonwood river, At
Lockerman's fords and one at what IL known
- the Snow ford. across the NeoShO river;
said bridges to be one span OF l25 feet and IS
ieet, respectively, and to be made substan-
tally IS required and set forth In the plans
and specihcations on nle in the oelce Of the
County Clerk Of Lyon county. Bidders must
be prepared 20 close the contract on day OF
letting, and give bonds % 1ui1lt conditions
Of same. Payments will be In such funds Is
Lyon county may have on hand, and no pay
mert will be made until completion and &C.
ceptance OF the bridges At the same time
and nlac0 Is above stated, sealed proposals
vim Sc receiued for the necessary abufmenIs
10 support said bridges: the plans and sPeci-
6cations Of which are fully set forth in the
once OF the County Clerks in the city Of En-
Dorfa where they can be seen by any one
wishing to make bid on the same9 The
right % reject any and all bids Is reserved By
BY order Of the board Of county commits
sioners OF Lyon county, Kansas:
VIZ =. EWING, County Clerk.
June 8rd, 1879. W8t4
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Roa6 Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a petition has
been presented to the board OF county com
for the location of Q count road. rs follows,
to-Wit: Commencing at the northeast corner
Of the southeast quarter OF the southeast
quarter Of section 8, township % and range
l3; thence directly west to the north west
corner Of the southwest quarter Of the south
east quarter of said section. township and
range; thence directly north to the center Of
section 6, same township and range; thence
west TO the northwest corneF OF the south
west quarter of section 9. township 20, range
II. which ia the termination OF said road
And upon said proposes TOah the board ap-
pointed the following viewers: Il T. Snediker.
ginning OF said road, on the 18th day Of JuGe
A. d. 1879, at 10 O'Clock, q. m, and in con-
junction with the county surveyor, to view,
locate and survey said road, and to give all
parties q hearing. By order of the board
Wz3694 WV. r. EWING, Co. Clerk.
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The Buffalo papers are full of an ac-
count of how one Harmin p. Peer jump
ed from the new suspension bridge at
Niagra Falls into the river below, dis
lance of 100 feet, Thursday, May 22d.
He had light coil of wire around his
body to rescue him by, if the fall should
stunned him, and boat below Opick him
up. He went feet down, striking the wa
ter straight, and was not injured by his
big Jump which he is TO repeat July 4th
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Road Nafiee.

Natice Is hereby given that q petition has
been presented to the board OF eou0ty com
for the location Of Q county road, as follows
to-Wit. Commencing ut . point where the
bridge is 70 be located, on the left bank Of the
Neosho river, near what Is known aS SHOWS
lord; thence in northeastefly direction on
the most practicable route, 70 the north west
corner Of the southeast quarter OF section O.
half section line. as near as practicable. two
miles, to the southwest corner OF the north
east quarter Of section IL, township -, OF
board appointed the following viewers: ia.
cob Jacobs. H. b. Lowe and Van X. Holmes
18th day Of june, A. D 1879, at 10 O'Clock a
m, and in conjunction with the county sur
Veyor. to view, locate and survey said road
and to give all parties hearing, By oFtleI
Of the board. Nm. r. EWING.
Wf3& IA County C7ark
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-06

If General Chalmers has actually been
so wild as TO advise the Governor of
Mississippi to intercept all steamboats,
carrying colored passengers northward,
and TO arrest their captains, il is barely
possible, after all, that he may, in a mo-
nent of inadvertence, have got mixed up
in that Fort Pillow unpleasantness.
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Qht 4m'por1a Ntrus.
EMPoRIA. FRIDAY, JUNE G, 1879
Thurman,s factotum. Thompson, a

Humans factotum. Thompson, adj
mits that the former has not consented
to be the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Ohio, but says the party will
force him to he whether he wishes to or
not. Poor Thurman! He claims'that he
is sick now and does not feel able to en-
dure the canvass. If he runs he will
feel a good deal sicker long before the
campaign ends
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Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that q petition has
been presented to the board Of county COM
missiOners of Lyon county, Kansas, asking
for the location of q county road, as fellows,
towwit: Commencing at point on the west
line of the east half of section IL, township Is
Of range 10, on the north bank OF the Cotton
wood river; thence running north on the
Intersection line, as near as pract cable,
70 the northwest corner of the northeast quar-
thence east on the section line one half
mile. to intersect the already establis he'd
road at the northeast corner of section %,
tow ship Is, OF range 10. And upon said pro-
posed road the hoard appointed the following
viewers: James B. Hinkle, j, T. Stratton
and e. T. CaVaness, TO meet at the begin
ming of said road, on the Path day OF June,
A. u. 1879, at 10 O'Clock, g. m and in con-
junction with the county surveyor to view.
locate and survey said road, and to give all
parties . hearing. BY order OF the board.
w23&2t. WM. +. EWING, Co. Clerk.
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nRs ALLEN 2 THoMPSON.

HOMRPATHE PHYSICfANsAND SUR
GEONS.-HnVing located permanently an
Emporia, one Of us viii be In constant at
tendance at our once, oyer the grange store
M ALLEN " III give special attention 20 dis
eases OF females anu ctiiidrehs W33tf.
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Notice.
Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that q petition has
been presented to the board of county com
missiOners OF Lyon county, Kansas, asking
for the location of a county road. as follows,
to-wit: Commencing at the southeast corner
OF section 81, township Is and range II, at Z
point near Horton station, on the Atchison
ming due west ON the said section line to the
southwest corner OF section -. = distance Of
miles, all of said road being in township IL
of range -. And upon said proposed road
the board appointed the following viewers
j. &. klock. owen Davis and VIM. Wells, to
meet at the beginning of said road, on the
2Sd day Of June, A. ID. 1879, at 10 O'Clock a.
M and in conjunction with the county sur.
Veyor, TO view. locate and survey said road
and to give all parties hearing. By order
of the board. WIN. =. EWING,
W53&24 County Clerk
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along with the bowl part close to the
ground, but frequently bounding up and
almost disappearing in the air for a
space of several seconds, when 1t would
again drop to the earth. The storm was
accompanied by
HEAVY FALL OR RAIN,
and in the vicinity of Blue Springs the
rainfall was accompanied by large
showers of the black sulphurous mud.
The storm was plainly visible at indie
pendence, Buckner, and other adjacent
points, but no effects of 1t were felt.
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See. MeCrary and Judge Dillon.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The president
to-day sent to the senate the following
81 nominate Geo. W. McCreary, of Iowa
to be Judge of the first q. s. Judicial
circuit, in place of John F. Dillon, re.
signed. Resignation to take effect the Isl
day of September 1879, and this nomin.
alton is to be for the vacancy thus ere
ated.
Nathaniel Niles. of New Jersey; Geo.
B. Smith, OF I,,1a: Daniel Chadwick, Oi
Connections: a. u! auckland, of Ohio
and G. G. Hs.Ilsa sol Nebraska, have been
appointed a b 'asSl nf government direc-
tors of the u. p. railroad. Niles is the
only new member.
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Terrible Death

WOBURN, June "A fire in the Mer
rimack Chemical company's works, last
night, caused loss CT $4,000; insured
A. V. Weeks, bookkeeper for the compa
ny, fell into pool of vitrol, and was ia
burned with vitrol.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-06

.M M BEE fAATF ER1TKD FUNNEL,
OF dark, blush cast, end seemed 10 be
continually whirling and grinding with
in itself. The funnel seemed 10 float
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SECOND MISSOURI TORNADO.
At about the same hour when the cy-
clone was playing havoc in northern
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-30
Colonel Keitt's Libel Suit,

Col. Ellison S. Kc;tt, who sued the
New York Times for fifty thousand
dollars damages for publishing Il
despatch that "Col. Kcitt, Il relative of
Lawrence M. kcitt," had been arrested
for bigamy, WAS awarded nominal
damages. The day after the trial The
Times published an article making inc
amcnde honorable, from which we
extract the following:
Better acquaintance with that gen
tlcman has impressed us with The con-
vlction that he is totally incapable of
pursuing any object by mean or un-
dcrhand methods. His drmcanor on
the witncss-stHnd was that of an HON
orablc and upright gentleman, WHO
was perfectly careless what effect his
testimony might have on his own case,
but was scrupulol,Sly carc.u to avoid
any conccalmcnt Of the truth. lie
frankly admitted that his reputation
had not suffered from the publication
of the alleged libel, and he testified
without any hesitation to the faithful
manncr in which the mulutto Nciu
had discharged the functions of coun-
ty commissioner, keeper Of The DOOR
honSc, and legislator. lie had assisted
in the defense of his former slave on
the trial otb;gamy, and Thomas Kciii
on his recent liberation from the pcri-
tcntiary, got Il fresh Start in life from
Nlr. T.. s. Kcitt. That the lu.tcr gentle
man is not free from the charuclcris-
tic weaknesses ofthc Sou nrn planter,
MAY be inferred from his persistent
prosecution Of the suit which was de-
cidcd yesterday. For him, as for hi4
distinguished friends who testified TO
his character and his exclusive claim
to the designation Of "Col.' Kritt,
thcrcis but one society in South Caro-
lima where ''distinction" can orioinatr.
or whose recognition can raise Il man
above mmo,iccd obscurity. That So
clcty is, of course, all on one side Of
the color line. a kind master Mr..
Ellison 5. Kcitt obviously was: Il just
employer, u publc-Spiritcd citizen.
ana cultivated gentleman he I'M
doubtcdly is. But we should suppose
nm to be incapable of regarding the
negro III public life rs anything but an
anomaly, to be got rid Of us quickly as.
possible, and We have had proof how
kecniy nc resented the prctcnsion that
his former slave could possibly be
spoken ofin terms which were also
applicable to himself. The modcra-
ton with which q Northern Jury has
appraised tho damages which he has
sustaincdmay contribute TO the cduca-
tional process of which he and mon
like him stand so much in need. Could
that process be accelerated, we should
regard as one CT the most hopeful in
strumentalitics for the regeneration Of
the South the influence on public ai.
fairs Of men like Col. Kcitt, Of New
berry.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-30
50 ITH CAROLINA NitU,S.

The Charleston Ercning JoH,m07
suspended Oh Saturday last, after an
existence OF but four days.
a mare belonging TO MIR. T.. S. Cop
pock, OF Ncwbcrry county, gave birth
last week to two colts. They have
both died.
Gen. II. ii. Anderson has been COM
lniSsloncd as special agent for the
STATE in the phosphate district, and
has left for his field Of duty.
There is no money in the State
treasury, except what is put there to
be paida interest on the public debt.
All the appropriations made by the
last Legislature are exhausted, and
the various salaricd officers of tho
State will have to wait for their sala-
rics till the taxes come in in April or
May.
The Abbcvilc county fences have
been let out by townships at prices
ranging from $l05 to $lGO per mile.
Total lcngth of fence thirty-four and
thrcc-fourths miles; total cost $I,43l,
to pay which tax Of three-fourths of
one mill is levied on all the property
IN tho county, which will raise about
three thousand dollars, leaving a bal
ancc to be provided for by further leg.
islation.
Mr.. NJ. G.. Robertson, chief clerk in
the office ofthc Secretary Of State, went
TO Charleston last week, in obe-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-30
--"'----s -
Cardozo's Case.-A Sample of Jersey
Justice.

Tho mere mention Of q possibility
that CardoZo may bo pardoncd has
met with such unanimous and earn
est protest from press and pcoplc
alike, that if even seriously contcm-
plated, the effort will doubtless at
once be abandoned. The .Rc0:|cy
contained well considered article on
the subject, showing the utter absence
ofany cxtcnuating feature in CauloZo's
crimc and tho absurdity of any asscr-
ton that his conviction was unjust.
Tho Register mildly takes to task
those who argue that tho vindictivc-
ness of tho Federal government is a
sufficient reason for not extending
clcmency to Cardczo, and urges that
Cardozo is not hostage, but that he
must stand or fall on his own merits.
This objection would bc well founded
were the claims Of Cardozo himself
based upon any other ground than the
political position. We're ho merely q
common criminal, a chicken thief or
burglar, ho would have no chance
whatever Of pardon. 1t is only a
hope that the Democratic administra-
toh may be inclined to show clcmcn.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-30

PRESIDENT HAYES has signed the
new pension bill which allows disabled
Union soldiers to receive pensions
where their disability developed itself
after the time formerly allowed for
the granting Of pensions. Under this
law, if it be now shown that any
veteran has a disease, thc seeds OF
which were planted during service,
he will get back pay for all that time.
Great room is allowed for frauds, and
tho law may cost fifty millions Il year
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-30

A rn" W~""'" O. in j" h l'axs s'a'S It" ra.;% of Ss"n
Januury lst, 1879.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-30
D-QUARTERS

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