The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-17

circle; picketing the horse and campir,
out nights His feet are frozen but il !
believed not seriously. The only thin,
that passed his lips was tobacco an.
snow; the thermometer the whole tim,
being below zero.
Boston, Jan. 10.-Tremont Temps
was packed tonight by Il cultivated All
dience, in attendance at memorial meet
| ing in honor of Bayard Taylor Tn,
features of the occasion were: Readin!
an original poem, written by LOngfellOw
by Oliver Wendell Holmes; speeches 10y
]. Boyle O'Reilly, of the Pilot; j. i
COggswell; President Mears, Of the Sen
ate; Curtis Gould, of the Commercia
Bulletin Richard rockingham, the his
tOrian; DIR. Cornell and MeSsrs Bronson
and AlcOtt; reading LOngfellow's poem
King Robert of Sicily. by Lowell Mason
interspersed by the reading OF letters from
President Hayes, George William Curtis
w. d. Howell, S. E. p WhlEple, JAS G
Fields, Whitelaw Reid. the poet Whit
er, Benz. F. Butler and many others. A
male chorus of one hundred voices furn
ished the music. Ralph Waldo Emer
son was enthusiastically called on for :,
speech, and at last forced to rise and bow
his thanks. Smith & Forbes, shoe deal
ers, failed for 1925, 900.
and gales in Scotland, and a fearful
storm in north Ireland Ice is flowing
down the Thames in great quantities,
and many river barges are frozen in, and
steamboat traffic between Chelsea and
WOOlwich emit rely suspended.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 10-The How
ard Association report for 1878 has been
completed. 1t shows that the receipts
from all sources amount to 1898 449 dis
bursements, 1891 1875, of which 1921 $50
was expended in New Orleans, and the
balance for the relief of other infected
places, 81 PA patients were relieved, 49,
112 of whom were white and 6,732 col
ored.
SAN Francisco, Jan 1O.-The consti-
tutiOnal convention has refused to eX-
pei O'Donnel, 62 to 20. The Republican
members of the Nevada legislature have
re-nOminated Senator Jones. The re-
markable cavern discovered near Column
bia, Inslumne county, has been explored
over mile. Some of the chambers are
described as being of remarkable beauty
anu grandeur Crowds are visiting the
cave daily. Flood & O'Brien have not
purchased the Central Racific railroad
That road has been sued by the govern
ment for $4,000 for refusing to render a
statement of its business to the auditor
Oh railroad accounts.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Madame Ander-
son made her 2,370 quarter mile at noon,
in min. 8 sec, and there is no doubt
she will complete her 9, 700 quarter miles
in 2, 700 quarter hours. j. & l.. NJ Liv-
ingston, dry goods, have failed for $100,-
900. The picking and carding rooms of
the Troy factory at CahOes burned to-day;
loss $780, 900, and $50 people thrown out
of employment. Timothy G. Hands
was fatally and other employees slightly
burned. The express and post office at
JeddO, Pa, burned: loss $4,000. Hull.
who stole the 100000 bonds from Fields
" James, brokers, here. was arrested in
Canada yesterday, and jailed at Montre-
al.
CHICAGO, JAN. 1O,-George Guyon AMI
the stallion Heislng, ir. are walking Il
match at the exposition building, to see
which can walk the longest distance in
% hours. The animal was IL trifa
trial begins here Monday The Mutton
company works at Ellsworth,
Illinois burned; loss $S5,000.
CINCINNATI, JAN. 10 Wilson &
Sons carriage factory and Weeks build
ing, on Main street, burned; loss $780,
OOO. Thermometer at zero, and water
freezes on the front of the burning build
lngs, Weeks wall fell in and demolished
the national bank building. The coro
ner's jury at Bloomington, Ill. has found
that j. ii. Rodgers was killed New
Years night by Henry Felter, proprietor
and Julian Wentworth, an employ of
the Bloomington Courier, all parties
being drunk at the time. The heaviest
snow storm for 20 years visited southern
Ohio and northern Kentucky, stopping
fTsnI 4 IL, - III
deep.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 9.-The state cen
trail committee of the National Green
back Labor party met here to-day, eigh-
teen out of twenty districts being repre-
sented. 1t was decided to take steps for
more thoroughly organizing the party
tor the next campaign, and to hold
state convention in this city the first
in next June.
CENTRALIA, ILL.,, January 9-Thieves
broke into fourteen houses here last
night getting their chief booty from
postmaster Hubbart, amounting to $500
in money and jewelry. They were heard
and driven at every place, hut left no
trace or clue to the police.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. at Avoca, Wis
consln, Wednesday, an examination was
held over the body of Henry DOty, aged
w
er. 1t appeared the father of the boy
was hard character, who, when enraS
ed, was in the habit of whipping the boy
terribly. Evidence showed that the
father struck the boy on the head with
some weapon, killing him, and then,
fearing detection, shot a pistol ball
through his head and to give it the ap
pearance of suicide, threw the body and
pistol in the river. The father and neph-
ew, Wilson Doty, are in Jail at Dodge
vile
CINCINNATI, Jan. 9.-James Atkins,
the Kentucky outlaw who recently es-
capped from the Elliott county iaii. at.
tended turkey shooting match at Rlair's
Mills, Morgan county, yesterday, and be-
coming engaged in an alteration with
Pen Perry, farmer, he was shot and
killed. Perry was badly wounded in the
head