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

The more honesty man has the less
he affects the air of a saint. The affec-
tation of sanctity is q blOtch on the face
of piety-Lavater.
A poem Is not alone any work or COM
position of the poets in many or few
verses, but even one lone verse sometimes
makes a perfect poem--Ben johnson
l beseech you to treasure up in your
hearts there my parting words: Be
ashamed to die until you have won some
victory for humanity.-Horace Mann.
Hath any one wronged thee! Be brave
ly revenged; slight it, and the work is
begun; forgive it, tits finished: he is be-
low himselfthat is not above an injury
-Quaries.
The table of life is abundantly sup
piled. If we don't eat so fast it will
taste all the better; if we don't eat too
much, we shall be better nouriShed; if
we don't snatch, there will be enough for
an.-C. g. Ames.
In the depth of the sea the water is
still: the heaviest grief is born in silence
the deepest love flows through the eve
and touch; the purest JOY is unspeaka-
BILE; the most impressive preacher at the
funeral is the silent one whose lips are
cold.
The Rev. A. B. Kendig, pastor of the
Trinity NJ. f. church in Worcester, Mass,
in his prayer just before his farewell ser
mon, asked the Lord Ito bless the one
who, although hidden from sight, yet
contributes So much to the musical part
of our worship" and then, as if fearing
he would be misunderstood, added: 40
Lord, l mean the boy who blows the or
gan
The colored Methodist praying band
of Macon, Ga, undertook to bring about
miracle that would cure Minerva Bow
en- of fits. They met at her bedside and
prayed by by turns for nine hours con
tinuously. During that time the sister
was quiet, although she had previously
been cOntorted as often as once an hour
but as soon as they went away she fell
into worse state than ever. The eXper
iment is to be tried again.
What does your anxiety do? 1t does
not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; but
ali! it empties to-day of its strength. Ii
does not make you escape the evil; il
makes you unfit to cope with it when il
comes. 1t does not bless tomorrow, anG
rObs to-day. For every day has its bur
den. Sufficient for each day is the evi
| which properly belongs to it, Do moi
add tO-morrow's to to-day'S. Do no
drag the future into the present. Tit
present has enough to do with its OWL
proper concerns. We have alway:
strength to bear evil when it comes. We
have not strength to bear the forebOdins
of it.-Anon
A farmer at Collamer, n. Y, named
BOstwick, some little time ago lost hi.
wife, and being a devout spiritualist anX
iously awaited message from her, bn
none came. The idea that his own tax
ing off was near at hand took possession
of him. With this solemn thought II
his head he contracted with the sex
ton of the cemetery to dig his grave, pay
ing out ten dollars for the labor. On
day last week he made trip to the near
est undertaken, and on paying down $9t
closed an agreement with that personag,
to properly inter his bones. On his way
home Bostwick fell from his wagon anC
died, and on Friday last he was buried.
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Part of the city conncil of Leaven-
worth and of the commissioners of that
county and of Douglas county, have to
go 10 Jail to-day, unless they give bonds
that they will not resign, and will in
August levy a tax to pay off the indcbt-
edness of those places. This is in ac-
cordRnce with decision of Judge Mil
Der, OF the U. S. circuit court. The
Judge in rendering his decision said it
was painful duty, but it was the law,
and he must enforce it. The Leaven-
worth Times tells the officials that they
were elected because of their pluck, and
It is their duty to go to Jail. The the
DRY Ofthe Times is, thatIarrangements are
being made for a compromise of the in
debtedness, and if they go to Jail it will
show those having claims that the peo-
pie are in earnest, and then this COM
promise can be effected.-CommOn
wealth, 10th.
AS will be seen by our kilograms, the
people of Lawrence have instructed the
commissioners not to obey the court
and if they have concluded to follow the
popular advice We suppose they are com
fortably quartered in the Jail.
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THINGS.

A gentleman walking with a lady re
turns bow made to her.
The headline "a Fatal Fatality" ap
peared in one of the country papers the
other day, and it was matched yesterday
by "a Mysterious Mystery" in another
In Norway the longest day lasts three
months. The man who six months ago
promised to call in a day or two, and
settle his little bill must have gone to
Norway on visit.
The Ohio Democratic ticket, says the
Chicago Times, is skillfully made up
to catch soft money men, the soldier ele-
ment and the Welsh, Irish and German
vote, as each class has representative
on the ticket
The old gentleman looked out of the
front window the first warm moonlii
evening, and the faint vision of two
forms down near the sidewalk caused
him to rc:.,aTk 18th a sigh: "Ah!
they've strG. }. ii,i.i, old gate again"
The follo,.in- vas recently found
posted up in the lobby of a church
"Notice.-The person who stole the
81, should improve the opportunity OF
occasion to sing them hereafter"
Tommy came home from school, and
handed to his father the teachers report
on his progress during the month. "This
is very unsatisfactory, Tom; you've q
very small number Of good marks. I'm
not at all pleased with it." 81 told the
teacher your wouldn't be, but he wouldn't
change it"
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Judge Foster, of the U. S. Circuit
Court, has rendered an important decis-
ion in regard to the title of Pottawato-
ME Indian lands in Shawnee, Jackson,
Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee counties.
Some three years ago, Judge Morton de-
cided that certificates for lands issued TO
minors conveyed title, and that the pat
ent issued to heads of families, and COW
ering the land included in the certificates
10 the children, were void. This decis-
ion, in effect, was that the deeds given
by the heads of families to land covered
by certificates to minors were void
Judge Fosters decision reverses this
and brings Joy TO some 500 honest pur
chasers, who got their title from the
heads of Indian families who held the
patents
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Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that petition has
been presented 70 the board OF county COM
missIoners OF Lyon county, Kansas, asking
for the vacating Of . county road. as follows,
to-Wit: Commencing at the northwest cor
ner OF southwest quarter OF section -, town
shid Is Of range II thence rs far east as said
road Is located: also. commencing at a hedge
fence on the east bank OF. Dow creek, where
the said creek crosses the north line Of sec
ton g. township Is, OF range II thence TO the
northwest corner Of section 90, township 49,
range II, and locate ~ follows, 20 wit: Com
mencing 1t q point On the east bank Of Dow
creek, where said creek crosses the north line
Of section q, township Is, range IL, and on the
west side OF certain hedge fence, as above
described; thence In . GouthWester1y course,
following said hedge fence until point Is
reached where the said fence makes sharp
curve Westward; thence in the most prAct1c-
able route until it strikes the section line on
the wet side OF section %, township IL, range
II. far enough south On said west line OF sAio
section - from Q certain bridge, 70 make t
practicable for said road 70 approach SAID
bridge. And upon said proposed road the
board Appointed the following viewers: John
h. Gown. VIM. Wells and T. D. Achi-
Con. 70 meet at the beginning Of said
road On the 7th day Of July, A. ID. 1879.
Al 10 O'Clock q m and In conjunction with
re countY surveyor, % view. survey and To-
go I'D road, and 20 give all parties hear
fnS nv order Of the board,
Tas1&. Nm. r. EWING, Co. Clerk.
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CATWG DOETH's LETTER.

EDS. NEws.-As there is no paper pub
lished at Emporia belonging to the Dem
ocratic party, l made up my mind to
write to THE News and let the people
know what l know and think in the
present crisis of the 10Th century
l was born Democrat, and have great
sympathy for that grand old party, and
l am glad that our leaders in congress
are doing as good work as they do at
present. Too bad that we can't induce
President Hayes to sign those bills that
congress passes. Too bad that we can't
get our own way for a month-we would
annul all the laws and amendments made
in the last eighteen years, and would
have no blue coats in the land, to bother
us in time of elections; so that we could
fix the ballot boxes as we please; and
would make all the state governments
superior to the general government, and
if any of the states should like to drop
out, let 'em drop, and have govern
ment of their own. And the cussed
nigar-well, we don't like him at all /;
lCJ NC uIlNCu Oub
We ask for more money-yes, paper
money-let us issue enough paper mon
ey that all of us can get some. Now
they talk of running Samwell ]. Tilden
again for President. 1 say no, sir! Don't
run him. Get some good, straight for
ward man, like Ben Butler or Dennis
Kearney-both of those men will suit
Dennis, they say, was born in or near
Killkearny, Ireland, but that is no differ
ence; we can change the constitution,
you see, to suit ourselves. We wish to
take the revenue off the whisky, that ev-
erybody can make whisky as they used
to in old times, and that we can get our
tavOrite drink at ten cents a quart as we
used to. think we ought to make that
President Hayes sign those bills we pass
ed in congress-because he acted as
though he was going to do everything
we wished him to do at first. He gave
North Carolina and Louisiana to us-as
we asked-but now he turns his back on
us, and tries to shake all and every Law
that our dear boys in congress are trying
to enact. CATwG DoETH.
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The Lawrence Standard tells the fol-
lowing in connection with the bidding
for the erection of the west wing OF the
capitol at Topeka:
An interesting incident of this bid
ding was that the Babcock bidders had
agreed at IL O'Clock TO put in their bid
at $136, 1873. The bids were to be opened
and awarded at p. m. Meantime Bah
cock got a communication" or some
thing, that he says kept drumming in
ing below $135, 900. So strongly did he
become impressed by this something,
that at five minutes before 3 o'clock he
called his partners together, and induced
them to agree to a reduction of $4,000,
and thus saved their bid.
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CHARLES FOSTER.

Incident in His First Campaign Evil
dences of His Popularity.
Mr.. j. V. Smalley, writing the New
York Tribune from Fostoria, the home
of Charley Foster, Republican nominee
for governor of Ohio, says:
1t was the Vallandigham campaign,
and party feeling ran high. The Ohio
Democracy at that time openly sympa-
thiZed with the rebellion, and many of
the young men wore pins made of but
ternuts to symbolic their disloyalty.
At one of Fosters meetings a squad Of
Democrats decorated with these badges
of treason interrupted the proceedings.
A wounded soldier who accompanied
Foster in his stumplng tour tore the pin
from the shirt-front of one of the assist
ant rebels, and a row followed. Foster
and his brave friend narrowly escaped
with their lives from the Infatuated Dem
ocratic crowd. The result of the can
vass was the election Of Foster, but the
Democratic officials in one of the coun-
ties in the district threw out the soldiers
so he did not get the seat His lively
experiences in 1868 gave him no great
taste for politics, and he did not come be-
fore the public again until 1870, when
the Republicans of his district insisted
OA llo WIFI uOkltlcSS
race for congress. The Democratic ma
jority was over 5000, but Foster made
the fight and won it by his personal
popularity, and by a remarkable talent
for practical political work and organ
ization which nobody had suspected him
to possess. In 1872 he had still hard
er contest, the Democrats and Liberals
uniting on candidate to run against
him. His victory was even more bril-
liant than before. In 1874 he was re-
elected once more, and again in 1870,
though the district was still heavily
Democratic. In 1873 this county of
Seneca was thrown into a new district
with a Democratic majority of 1000
He was solicited to run in the adjoining
Toledo district, where there was chance
of success, but he decided to stand by his
own people and make a hopeless fight
for the sake of the state ticket. He put
Just as much hard work into the contest
as though there were a prospect of sue
cess, and reduced the hostile majority to
loo. 1t was in that campaign that he
took the ground that Hayes policy of
| Cancellation toward the south, which he
| had sustained, was failure, because of
the refusal of the southern leaders to
carry out their promises of respecting
| the constitutional amendments, and of
protecting the colored prople IN the ex-
ercise of their political rights. Like
most of the friends of kindness, Mr.
Foster is now one of the most stalwart
of Republican In his views of the south
ern question.
In person Mr.. Foster is a little above
the medium height, broad-chested and
broad-shouldered, with large head,
brown hair and whiskers, bright hazel
eyes, heavy brows, a wide, high forehead,
nose just little disposed to be aqui-
line, and an expression of strong viii,
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The question of whether the govern
ment can reissue United States legal
tender notes in time of peace will soon
be decided in the Unied States supreme
court. The present test case is founded
on a genuine transaction between Mr.. J.
b. Chittenden and General Butler. The
plaintiff In this test case refused to re-
ceive certain United States notes which
had been redeemed subsequent to Jan. 1,
1879, and reissued and kept in circula-
ton, under, and in pursuance of the act
of congress, entitled can act to forbid
the further retirement of United States
legal-tender notes." Judge Batchford,
of New York, gave judgment Saturday
for the defendant. An appeal was taken
10 the supreme court. The decision will
be of gre at interest and importance.
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THE WICHITA STORM.

A private letter from Wichita, dated
the 10th, gives the following interesting
notes on the late storm there: at was
the most fearful hail storm that we have
ever heard Of 1t was not accompanied
by much wind, but the hail stones fell as
thick as flakes in a snow storm, and as
large as goose eggs, some actually wigh-
ing So ounces. The hail broke all the
windows in town ON the north and east
sides of buildings, and tin roofs and
shutters are badly battered up. The
storm extended west a mile and half,
east nearly to Augusta, south beyond FL
PasO, and north eight or ten miles. Sew
eral persons were killed in the country,
and many houses blown off their foun-
datiOns"
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tracing much attention. Information
received here last night is to the effect
that Judge Bowen, of the Fourth Judi
cial District, had granted an injunction
against the A, T. i s. f. X. r., as prayed
for by the Denver & Rio Grande road,
and that the state. through Attorney Gen
eral Wright, has issued wrlts according
~, and placed them in the hands of the
different sheriffs through which the road
passes, and this morning the d. u X. Co.
took possession of the line, and started
passenger trains out from Denver. The
doors of the railroad office were broken
open with cross ties by the Denver &
Rio Grande people. L. ) District Judge
Hallett has issued an OrIier transferring
the hearing of the case 10 his court
Argument will be heard tomorrow as to
whether Bowers writ is elective The
Denver & Rio Grande rail. nad was leas-
ed TO the Atchison, T@peka s. Santa Fe
company about six months ;:.sn, but il is
complained that the pr s'isions of
the lease were not conn ,s.l with,
hence the present complication. If
the Denver & Rio Grilnoe remains in
possession of the line, which crosses the
southern part of the state and controls a
good portion of the trade of New Mexi-
| co, it will be operated in the interest of
the Jay Gould pool including the Union
| Pacific and Kansas Pacific, and the Atch-
| ison, Topeka " Santa Fe cut out of DEN
yer. The sun involves the possession of
337 miles of road several important
| mountain passes. and many million dol
lars worth of property. 1t is fought
| strongly on both sides. 4 dispatch lust
deceived by governor Pitking reports a
collision between the sheriff's posse and
the AtchisOn, Topeka IL Santa Fe at
taches at Pueblo.
Iowa Republican Convention.
Dies MONIES, Iowa, June 1.-THE
Republican state convention met at II
O'Clock, with 7S2 delegates-John n. c.
Irwin temporary chairman. In taking
the chair he made ii speech which pro
duced great enthusiasm and applause
the most radical utterances bein" those
most lively cheered, In making up the
prospective candidates in 1880. and nam.
ing COnkling, Sherman, Blaine and
Grant, the latter names were met with
particularly loud applause, that foI
Grant being several times repeated, and
ending in cheers. The convention, after
appointing the customary committees
adjourned till O'clock
Clicked to Death by Gag.
NEW YORK, June 11-Mrs. Jane S
ID. Hull, aged SO, wife of DIR. AlonZo J
Hull, was found dead in her bed, at No
40 west FOrty-second street, this morn
ing. Her hands and feet were tied and
she was blind-folded; gag was in hel
mouth. A trunk at her bedside was opeI
and rifled of its contents. Examination
of the premises showed that an entrance
had been effected through front door
which was open, and all the other part:
of the house were securely fastened
Her fingers were badly torn, and friend.
say one large diamond ring and one EN-
erald have been taken therefrom. Tit
neighborhOod is in state of the wiIdes
excitement, and the police are withou
clue.
Profitable Water.
New YORK, June 1.-THE milk sup
ply of the city is stated to be one-fourtl
water, at a cost of four million dollar
per year.
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tempered by sunny, genial disposition.
He Is frank, cordial and sociable, and
has iGcnlty of turning his acquain-
tances into fast friends by his familiar
hearty ways. Those who have known
him longest and best speak of him as "a
whole-souled man." "a broad gauge
man, v "a man you can tie to-" "a glori-
Gus good fellow" His admirable per
sonal qualities, his unassaiIable record
and his talent for political organization
and work make him an exceedingly
strong candidate. predict his election
by $4,000 majority.
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The Russian question has taken a new
phase, by the representations of the Hon
Edwin w. Stoughton, United States
minister to Russia. He declares that
these troubles have been grossly exagger-
ated, and that nearly every meterial
statement made about them is absolutely
false. Many of the letters dated in Rus
sIa were not written in that country, and
contained statements which he knew
from personal knowledge to be false.
He further declares that it is not true
that the Russian people were deeply in
fected with Nihilism; it is not true that
whole troops of students have been ar
rested by the police and sent off to ST.
IBERIA or tortured In dungeons; it is not
true that whole regiments of the army,
with their officers, were tainted and it is
not true that any women of respectable
~ had been found among the Nihilists.
This is as contrary TO the spirit of the
London dispatches as is Mr.. Stoughton's
declaration that the Emperor-the gov
ernment of Russia-is really DESTROYS of
goverening the country through repre-
sentative institutions, and Mr.. Slough
ton certainly ought to be a reliable man.
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OVER THE STATE.

Salina is to have a new hotel.
Dodge City has population of 1,O99.
Eldorado claims population of also.
The census will show Salinas pOpula-
ton TO be in the neighborhood of $500.
Grading has commenced on the Mar
ion & Mcpherson railroad from Flor
ence.
Salina still refuses the right of way
through that place for the Lindsburg
railroad.
Over $4,000 have been subscribed for
the erection of new Methodist church
in Manhattan.
An unsuccessful attempt to burn the
Christian church at Manhattan was
made recently.
ID. b. Long, fish commissioner of Kan
sas, has ordered the prosecution of par
ties catching "shad" at the Kaw.
The Central Branch railroad has sur
veyed n branch road from Cawker City
to Kirwin, a distance of forty miles. 1t
will be built.
A sycamore tree 80 feet in circum-
ference and 100 feet high is reported
still growing on Crow creek, one mile
above Rossville.
Fort Scott has grOcer's protective as
sociation, members of which send in the
name of any customer who does not pay
his honest bills.
By returns of the assessors of Leaven
worth county to Hon. Alfred Gray, sec
\ rotary, it is shown that LeavenwOrth city
has population of 16,643; and thai
within the year there have been eighty
three farm houses erected in the coun
try.
Sheriff Pickrell, of Franklin county
had one side of his face bitten off by /;
Hambletonian stallion, at Ottawa, las
Saturday. The horse caught the sheriff
| by the left side of the face, tearing on
almost the whole of his lower lip and 1
portion of his cheek. The wound ex
poses the teeth and jaw, and is one o
the most sickening looking wounds seen
He will be disfigured for life.
Post office changes in Kansas during
the week ending June z, 1879, furnished
by VIM. Van Yleck, of the post Office de
partment.
| ESTABLISHED.
Atwood, Rawlins county, Thomas A
Andrews, p. NJ; Fair Lawn, AlleI
| county, Adolph E. Fehlivzen, p. M.
Hebron, Clay county, Mrs. Lucinda L
Orr, p. NJ.
NAMES CHANGED.
Graham, Graham county, to Whitfield
Samuel N. Coder, P NJ; Port Lands
Norton county, to Edmond, Alber
Weaver, p. NJ. Prags, Rawlins county
to Kelso, james NJ, Phelps, p. NJ.
PosTNAsTERs APPOINTED.
4 Freedom, Butler county, Hiram II
Fowler; Harris Mill, Chatauqua county
w. w. Anderson; Long Branch, Nortol
county, James Galley; Meadow Brook
Johnson county James McElwain; Milo
Lincoln county, John Broadwater
Pleasant View, Cherokee county, Chas
N. Wager; solomon City, Dickinso
county, Louis B. Rogers; Toijabe, De
caiur county, John s. Crawford.
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Road Notice


Notice is hereby given that petition has
been presented TO the board OF county COM
misstoners OF Lyon county, Kansas, asking
tor the location of q county road, as follows
to-wit: Commencing at point on the sec
ton line on the east side OF section I6, town
ship IS, and range IL, where q county road
running through the north half of section 10
tntersects tsaid section line; thence south on
the section line to the southeast corner OF the
northeast quarter OF section I6, township 49,
and range II; thence east on the half-section
line as near as practicable, to the southeast
corner OF the northeast quarter of section II /,
ready established road running north on the
east line of section II. township IS, and range
appointed the following viewers: H. H.
Gray, Z. McHardy and Chas. T. Cayaness,
TO meet at the beginning of said road. on the
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. VIZ. r. EWING,
W24&z5. County Clerk
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A BAD CYCLONE
monday In Butler County.

AUGUSTA, Kansas, June 1.-THE cy-
clone in Butler county on June 9th was
very severe. Three lives were lost. Mrs.
Thomas Hawkins and two children, and
a number of others were wounded few
of them seriously. Thirty seven farm
houses were blown down and completely
wrecked, and large number of others
blown from their foundations or twisted
out of position. There was general de
struction of out houses in the course OF
the storm. Corn is badly shattered, but
will grow out again. Wheat is serious
ly injured. No damage done in Angus
ia, save the breaking of window glass by
Eay eUOS