The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-26

cOuvenliOn on the lUln OF june 10 Select
delegates to the Cincinnati convention.
The Irish of Chicago held no parade
on ST Patrick's day. but laid themselves
out ON banquets and balls in the evening.
The lower branch Of the Connecticut
Legislature has passed bill by vote Of
100 to 90 for female suffrage on license
matters.
The president made an end of the case
of Major Reno By confirming the SEN
tence of the cOurt-martial dismissing
him from the army.
The cigar makers lockout, which has
kept nearly one thousand men out of
employment at Cincinnati for the last
four weeks, will end to-day.
The Democratic papers are now hav-
ing lots of fun kicking poor Garcelon-
A few weeks ago he was the choice of
many of them for president.
The peculiar hardship OF Den MS
Kearney's condition is, that he can't
retrieve his fallen fortunes by going west
and growing up with the country.
When the great Gladstone spoke at
edinburgh on the 18th the anxiety To hear
him was such that five and six guineas
were offered for single seats III the. hall.
Bishop Foster decided at the recent
conference in Topeka that unorduined
ministers IN the Methodist church do
not have the right to celebrate matri.
mony."
A brace of Boston wrestlers have just
divided the price Of their exhibition
which amounted to nearly 5000. Thi.
is pleasant commentary ON Boston
"culchaw."
A horrible tradedy is reported from
st. Louis, in which an insane man named
Herman, killed his wife, assaulted his
infant child and then attempted his OWE
dertruction.
The parade on ST. Patrick's day il
New York was conducted by the An
cient Order of Hibernians who alon'
took part, and the display was small ant
poor in extent.
The oleomargarine business has at las
attracted the attention of congress. 4
bill has been introduced in the hous
providing for the establishment of lega
tests to regulate its sale.
MIR. John NJ. Palmer, of Illinois, at
recent meeting of the club bearing hi
name, at Springfield, accepted the posi-
ton of candidate for the Democrat,
nomination for the presidency.
The A. & p. telegraph company ma
taken possession of the property claime'
by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad com
pany. The latter, however, are now il
possession, and have the poles guarded
The great southern railroad jubile
was celebrated at Cincinnati on Il munif
cent scale, and eliminated in a gram
banquet ON the evening of the 18th, til
cost of which was fifteen thousand do
lars.
A sensible resolution was passed b
the recent temperance convention i
Ohio. 1t was that no separate pTohib
ton movement should be made, but
labor at the polls and primaries to secur
sober men for office.
\ Liverpool special says Parole wa
not placed by the judges, who gave tn
race to Advance, Strathblane SECOND
Emperor Titus third The owner of AZ
vance obtained the stakes. Parole swer'
ed on the home stretch.
The American Gold Mining compan
, at Montague, sent $500 worth OF gol
, 10 Halifax, on the Sd inst Speakin
metaphorically, very large propor,io
. of the funds invested in mining stock
, consigned to that port.
, Secretary of the navy Thompson 81!
the Constellation cannot bring baC
' emigrants on her return voyage fro
S ireland, as there is no authority for suC
action, and the vessel possesses no a
commodations for passengers.
In order that popular indignatio
! in its lax intervals, may have some stroI
focal piont around which to rally, '
u volunteer the statement that U. p. Cha
: man is the name of the guilty wret'
who invented the nefarious 15-14-13 ma
trap.
The strike among the employees of q
:, Missouri Pacific machine shops at
Louis still holds out, and number
;, men in the yards. of the Wabash,
g louis & Pacific, western division, stru
- on the 10Th, for an advance Of TWEEN
" cents day.
% Clarence Davis, uXorious individu
IS having six wives, has come to- grief
n- Chicago. He has given evidence OF
u keen appreciation of domestic harmon
IA by always allowing at least one state
il intervene between the respective partn'
ct of his evanescent joys.
Is The Reno county convention, viii
y, met at Hutchinson on the 10Th, appoi
n ed Fletcher Meridith, editor of the NcV
c. Hon. w. II. Brown, III. ID. Freeman,
B. Lotter, VIM. Wallace and Paul Sill
delegates to the Topeka conventit
5. They were instructed for Grant
The Republicans of Rhode Island II
u at Providence on the 18th, and nomil
70 ted Alfred Littleheld for governor, a
IA Henry II. Jay for lieutenant govern
" Delegates were also chosen to the
w tional convention at Chicago, whe
ir said to be unanimous for Blaine.
IL We suppose the trade dollar I'M
Is CO." Nine stately, statesman-like a
g stiff bills have been introduced in C
n gress about it. These ought to squel
al it, II is a nuisance and we are g
re there is still left nine patriots who
e. vote their talents to suppressing it.
st At a meeting of the Wenton Nail
We ISOLATION, held in Pittsburg on the II
We resolutions were adopted almost una
De mously to stop every nail machine
two weeks, commencing Monday Mt
Opposition was manifested in the mt
60 ing by few persons having no stock
IN hand.
81 "a The Illinois state supreme court
90 decided that the election last fall VIII
90 resulted in vote for the consolidat
az az of the three town governments of Chi
50 go into one was not regularly held un
90 the statute, and was therefore void. I
"a "a will necessitate keeping up three exp
so sive governments another year.
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