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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
THE WAY THEY CHURN IN TEXAS

LIE nj AhGA OAOLbN AN ASAEAO
thought that had seen a good many
kinds of churns before l came down
here (says a New England Yankee,
writing from Texas)-crank churns,
dasher churns, and chemical churns."
But l will now describe a mode of
churning butter that will, | think, make
New England folks open their eyes.
Commonly, they do not make butter in
this county, and the settlers here come
to get along without it; but, by the time
| had been at the poesta two or three
days, | began to want some butter on
my bread.
M had herd of twenty five or
thirty cattle which he kept for beet, and
among them were a number of milch
cows Ed. was hidden to set the milk
for twentyfour hours, and the next
morning Nj told LiZadO, or Liz"
as we called him, to churn. They had
done such a thing as churn butter be-
fore, it appears. Liz went out and
brought a bag of rawhide, about as large
AS common meal bag How clean it
was inside am sure do not know, but
he turned the cream into it, and poured
in new milk enough to fill it two-thirds
full, and then lac tied il up with u strong
strip of hide.
M stood with broad grin on his
face | was already too much astOnish-
ell To make any remarks. Liz now car
ried the bag out of doors, and then got
his horse. Taking his Assoc off the
saddle, he made one end of it fast To the
cream bag, the other end, as usual, be-
ing attached to the ring in the saddle.
This done, he jumped on the horse and
tucked spurs to him. Away he went
and at the first jerk that bag went ten
| feet into the air, and fell with a squach,
| close up TO the horses heels. At the
next jerk it went higher still. He soon
went out Of sight, with the bag dancing
after him. Sometimes it hit down
alongside the horse, and sometimes it
struck slap ON the animals rump. M
was convulsed with laughtcr-at me,
suppose; for / must confess that this
upset all my previous ideas of butter
making. In the course of twenty or
thirty minutes Liz came back, the horse
looking pretty hot, and the bag very
dusty.
as matica" Cutters Gomez, said he.
Ed. united the churn, and, sure enough,
there was good hOmely chunk of but
ter in it; and it proved tO be very de
cent butter, too. / asked if that was the
way they always churned. They said it
was, and Ed. declared it was "a dale asi.
er than turnin' crank" So l respect
! fully submit the method" to all our
! good people up north. Everything
needed for il is a sole-leathcr bag, a
| clothes line and q horse.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
RELIEF For HOMEsTEADERs.

The editor of the Topeka Common
wealth received the following dispatch
from Hon. Thos. Ryan yesterday;
WASHINGTON, ID. C., May 81, 1880.
To +. p. Baker:
The relief bill, granting leave of alb
sence to settlers in Western Kansas, has
just passed finally, and becomes law.
Settlers should not leave until they com
ply with the regulations TO be issued by
the local land officers.
The text of the bill Was put lished
some weeks ago in THE News, and
gives settlers in the frontier counties of
Kansas the privilege of leaving their
claims till October, 1881, without the
forfeiture of any rights thereto. As it is
important that settlers conform to the
conditions stated in the above dispatch,
namely, that they shall not leave until
they comply with the regulations to be
issued by the local land officers, the
press throughout the state will recognize
the necessity of putting the public in
possession of the information as speedily
as possible
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

Post Office changes in Kansas during
the week ending May, 90, 1880, furnish
ed by VIM. Van Week of the post office
department.
stablished.-Adrean, Jackson coun-
ty, Mrs. Hattie II. Cowles, post master ;
Advance, Sheridan county. Alexander
ID. Urguhart, post master; Bird, Rawlins
county, Alexander Bird, post master
Bosnia, Trego county, Frank w. ZOman,
post master.
iscOntined.-BrIght, Ness county
Jarvis View, Rice county.
Post Masters Appointed.-Big Bend,
Phillips county, Charles Cook; Britts.
vile, Cloud county. George w. Little
John; Inman, Stafford county, Isaac II.
Dix; jacksonville Ncosho county, John
w. Owens; Menoken, Shawnee county,
j. d. PattisOn; New Liberty, Republic
county. Charlie NOrthrup.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
THE POWER OF A CYCLONE.

In discussin the tow cyclones which
visited the Bay of Bengal in October,
1879, Mr.. Elliott, meteorological reporter
to the Government of Bengal, incident
ally gives some idea of the cyclOnean
forces which are developed by such
storms. The average daily evaporation"
registered by the Bengal Instruments in
October is 1.-TWO inches The amount
of heat absorbed by the conversion of
this amount of water daily over SO large
an area rs the Bay of Bengal is enormous
Roughly estimated" said Mr. Elliott.
at Is equal TO the continuous working
power of 500, 600 steam engines of 900
horse power :" A simple calculation will
show that il suffices TO raise aloft A..
600 cubic feet Of water in twenty-four
hours from every square mile Of the
bosom of the day, amp transport il to
the clouds which Overhang il When
we extend the calculction from a sin
gle sQuar mile to the area of this whole
Indian. Gulf, the mind is lost in the
effort to conceive the force which, IN a
DAYS time can lift 50,OO0, 600 tonsi Yet
il would be easy to show that such
figures fabulous as they seem, do not
adequately represent the cyclonic forces
of q single storm.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
MORE MAIL FACILITIES.

The Washington correspondent of the
Atkinson Champion has this to say Of
new mail facilities for Kansas realized
by Senator Plumb:
Sol Plumb has secured postal car
service 10 be put on the Kansas Pacific
road, and ON the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco from ST Louis tO Wichita, common
cling July L. AS the Santa FEE Is already
supplied with this service. three Kansas
lines are thus favored, which | under
stand Ia be without precedent in the his
tory of the new western states. Besides
this, regular route agents are TO be put
on the night trains leaving Kansas City
ON the X T. and Santa Fe roads. which
will give increased facilities to all points
supplied by these rOads."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

Ex-Governor Yarmouth, of Louisiana,
has been interviewed ut Chicago, by a
reporter Of the Albany Evening Journal,
To whom he communicated his views in
relation TO the prospect of making a
break in the solid south in favor of Grant
at the November election. He says that
with the Democrats in power in the
southern states, there is not ghost of a
chance for any Republican to carry a
single one of them, and pronounces, III
substance, the reports to the contrary,
circulated by thirl-term organs, the
mcrcst tally
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

The Kansas City Times. with an in
telligent appreciation of the demands of
the readers Of u religious daily, has
come out with Monday morning edi-
ton, a very popular feature Of which
will be reports of the sermons delivered
in that evangelical center on the Lords
day This exhibition Of enterprise
commends itself to the numerous
readers of the Times, and has extOrted
the confession at the heads of its politi-
cal antagonists that, though the barge
line may fail. the OklohOma scheme
cease, and the Seymour and Hendricks
boom vanish away, the pluck Of this
daily never faileth and its enterprise en-
dureth forever.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

Kansas City Times: ''Sam Iilden is
still ciphering on the returns from Mis-
souri, and Kansas. Every time he puts
down one lac carries o." This only
demonstrates his fitness 10 lead the hosts
of the great unierrified in the campaign
Of 1880. 1t VIII be conceded on all
hands that one of the essential cOndi-
tions of Democratic success in Novem-
Der is the nomination of a man who has
"A facility for carrying ciphers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

The Journal of Education criticizes
those who condemn the public schools.
and says:
There never WAS and there is not now
in this world, great body of children
and youth doing so much and so good
work, and bearing themselves in a man
ner 50 praiseworthy as the mass of the
pupils of the public schools, who have
any fair chance of good supplementary
training in the home and the church.
There are plenty of idle and wicked boys
and slip-shOd girls in our cities. They
are the vagrant class that swarm the
streets of every city beyond New Eng
land; the multitudes who are being
gathered into the inferior parOchial
schools by sectarlan priests, the cOnsid-
cradle crowd for whom the daily disci-
pline at school is persistentIy baffled by
a low, reckless or restless life at home.
To thousands of such neglected children
the public schoolmistress is now q soul
mother, and the master a spiritual father
indeed"
A joint school picnic was held last
Saturday in Bates grove, on Eagle
creek, by the pupils, teachers and
patrons OF district No. 4S and rs
The exercises consisted of music,
declarations, essays and dialogues by pu-
pills of these schools. The teachers,
Messrs. Butcher and White, gave an in.
teresting history of the cold time school"
Annie Ray and Parr Butcher each re.
ceived prize" for good attendance. de
pertinent and scholarship in district
No. AZ
After the exercises were over, dinner
was announced. which was a feast OF
good things
We needn't say that all enjoyed them
selves finely, and went home feeling that
they had improved themselves intel
lectually and socially, and had become
better acquainted with each other, thu.
being able to see and appreciate the good
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

The EXpositor, an extcrprising jour
nal of the southwest, runs up the name
of Sol Miller, editor of the Troy Chief,
for governor Now, this is really getting
serious. 1t cannot be thought of for a
moment There is no earthly sense in
spelling an editor like the proprietor OF
the Troy Chief, to make such n governor
as material of that sort would turn out
There are plenty of men in Kansas who
would grace the gubernatorial chair with
average efficiency, but if the state Can
trot out man possessed of the peculiar
journalistic attainments that have made
Sol Miller famous, we would like TO see
him
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

A Montana butcher recently killed an
OK whose stomach contained five or six
dollars worth of fine gold mixed with
sand. The OK was evidently good
prospector, and found pay in the grass
roots. The singular event created Il stir
at Fort Macleod, and number of par
tics have stampeded in the hope that
they may be able to find and jump the
dead bovine's claim before his heirs
intermediate.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
A GRAVE QUESTION.


The list of delegates to the national
convention is now complete, the con-
tending political forces of the Republi-
can parties are assembled at the city of
the lakes, and the news from Chicago
grows more intensely interesting with
every vibration of the speaking wires
which are flashing their momentOus
intelligence To the utmost boundaries of
the Republic. The ablest politicians
which this OF any other age has pro-
duced are now engaged in fertllizing
their plans for the pending conflict upon
which the country hangs with such
breathless interest, and the struggle
promises To he one of the longest and
fiercest ever known in the history of
political conventions.
The vital issue, as every one knows, Is
joined on the question of u third term,
and as the time for the formal assembling
of the convention approaches, the con-
test ON this score wakes hotter, and the
advocates and antagonists of the scheme
become more openly pronounced in the
declaration of their views from their re
spective standpoints- Difficult as it is to
| forecast the result of this determined
struggle, enough is now definitely known
to establish the conditions of Genera
Grants success, and the defeat of the
anti-thirdterm movement, which pro
tests so emphatically against his nomi
nation.
1t is readily conceded by the Gran
managers themselves, that on = free anC
unhampered ballot at Chicago, thei
candidate can entertain no hope Of sue
cess, and that the enforcement of tn
unit rule, which is contrary 10 all estah
lished precedents, is the only means b.
which his nomination can be secured
Conceding Illinois TO Grant, and givinl
him the benefit in all cases of doubt
save in the contested delegations o
Pennsylvania and New York, the anti
Grant portions of which declare thei
unalterable hostility To q third term, b
lacks sixty-four votes of the numbe
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
PUBLIC SALE


There will he sold at public auction, with
out reserve or by-bidding. at Plymouth,
eight miles west of Emporia, Lyon county,
Kansas, on
Wednesday,, June 80, 1880,
the entire herd of cattle, horses and hogs, and
also the farming implements, belonging to
Malcolm Campbell, viz: 50 cows, calved or to
calve; 30 three year old steers; - two year
old steers; 40 one year old steers; 30 one year
old heiferS work horses 9 young horses !:
20 stock hogs; ono wagon; sulky pillow: with
bi eaking attachment: CultivatOr; Woods
mower; sulky rake; corn shelter, &c.
NOTE.-The one year olds are by the pcdi
greed bull, Basil Duke, and the calves by
1rcfoil Duke and Young Mary Duke, from
the Hamilton herd, KenFucky-
TERMS OF SALK.-1hre year old steers to
be sold for cash; other property, six months
credit; on all sums over ten dollars, an APP
proved note with ten per cent. inteIe Five
per cent. discount for cash. Sale to COM
nence at 10 O'Clock n. m Lunch at ~ O'Clock,
noon. MALCOLM CAMPBELL.
H w. PEARsALL, AuctioneeT.
n. B.-Conveyance will be provided for
persons who come by railroad to Plymouth
station. w23t4
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

'fluence. And, so far ~ we are con
cerned, we would much prefer to note
his steadfastness to principle whose
advocate he has been, 10, these many
years. than to see him Withdraw from the
field where he has been doing battle for
IA noble cause, with the ignOble purpose
of silencing invidious comment and I'M
lust criticism.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

Dennis Kearney and Sam Wood will
both be present at the convention of the
National Greenback Labor party which
will meet in Chicago on the ninth of
of June. The architectural solidity Of
that city will be subjected to test
which the most enterprising cyclone
would be utterly powerless to furnish.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

According to Chicago preacher of
radical views, the Lord never prospcrs
n minister who wears mustache. This
may DC SO; but 1t will scarcely be con
troverted that his popularity among the
female members of his flock invariably
increases in an inverse ratio 10 the square
of the divine displeasurc
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

Secretary Sherman has written letter
in which he says he is a candidate for
president only, and proposes to stick,
and he wants his friends To support him
~ long as he has ten votes. So, it seems
that General Grant is not the only man
the field, and that the author of resump-
ton hasjust as good staying qualities as
the hero of AppomattoN.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

Taking it all in all, we do not see how
any man could bear himself more
creditably than has Governor ST. John,
in view of the trying situation in which
he is placed. While he has incurred the
imputation of counting political favor
by his jealous advocacy of the cause of
temperance reform, it must not be for
gotten that, had he failed TO identity
himself with this side of the question,
he would have been charged with equal
justice of trucking to the whiskey ele-
ment with view of securing their in
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

The Christiancy family linen. which
is being washed at the National capital,
could never have been hung out ut more
opportune season for the morals of the
country, than at the present time. The
eyes OF the world are so universally and
firmly bent on Chicago that II scandal
with even all the savory features of the
Christiancy case hasn't the ghost of
u chance for sharing in the pre-empted
interest of the public mind.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

The cheerful assiduity with which
Freddie Grant, Robbie Lincoln and
Slcphie Douglass spit ON their hands
and take their turns ut the machine"
crank will doubtless so great ways to-
ward strengthening Unpopular convic-
ton that "strong government is the
only salvation for the country and the
Republican party.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
Rrannnt School

The following is report of the Ere
mont school for the term ending April
20, 1880:
The term of four months passed of
pleasantly and profitably. Total mum
Der of pupils enrolled, 80; number with
drawn, IL; average attendance. 1872;
number of pupils neither absent nor tar
dy, 2; number of pupils in primary
grade, IL; intermediate, 70; advanced,
7; average age IL. The general deport-
ment was good, averaging 90. Number
of daily recitatiOns, 81.
linda KELLER. Teacher.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

Amid the raging of the contending
political factions at Chicago, it is reas-
surfing to the least degree to learn that
Freddie" Grant has declared officially,
that he will support The nominee of the
Chicago convention, although father"
is his pronounced preference, first, last
and all the time. 1t is certainly consol-
ing to reflect that Freddie is no kicker,
although the size and peculiar contigur-
elton of his ears have natural tendency
to excite apprchensions as To the la
tent bowers located in his heels.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

The increasing volume of the exodus
from this country via the hemp line, has
very rightfully suggested The necessity
of professional hangman like Calcrait,
Of England. who can be relied upon for
neat and expeditions work, and thus
avert the horrors which attend the aver
age execution in the hands of Mortified
and inexperienced shcriils.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
Inn.,ion S.I,ooI

The following is an account of district
number 20:
Pupils enrolled, SO; average atten-
dance, 90; pupils neither absent or tar
dy, II.
Studies pursued-Reading, writing,
spelling, grammer, geography, history,
physiology, and arithmetic.
Pupils are examined in the above
studies every month. The following are
names of pupils, who have done the best
work in the second term of school year
commencing, April 10, and ending June
10, 1880: Ida Cook, John Cottron, Eva
Foster, George Schwager, Elsie None
Cora Davis, Guy Vangrend, Ell Van.
grend, Curtis Vangrend.
n. CUNNINGHAM,
Teacher
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

The Leavenworth Times presents the
name of Roscoe Conklng MS n compro-
mise candidate at Chicago, and sets forth
the New York senator as the embodi-
ment of all those superior qualifica-
tions which go to make up winning
card. Now, we do wonder what grudge
Dan Anthony has against the Republi-
can party, that would lead him to the
lengths of such II proposition.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
General News from All Parts of the
Country, &c.


The Convention Organized.
Special to the DAILY NEWS.
CHICAGO, June 2, 1880.
The convention was called TO order at
1:30 p. m. to-day. Judge George F.
Hoar, of Massachusetts. who is known
to be an Edmunds man, was elected tenn
porary chairman. The excitement runs
high and the friends of the different can
didates are feeling in high feather.
State Roll Call.
Special to the DAILY NEWs
CHICAGO, June 2, l go p. IN.
On motion of Eugene Hale, of Maine,
the roll Of states is being called of COM
mittces on resolutions and credentials.
Utah Included.
Special to the DAILY NEWS
CHICAGO, June 2, 2 :40p. m.
Utah being included in the roll of
states and territories, Frye asked that it
be included. Conkling objected, but
the chair decided that il should be call
ed
The Contested Delegations.
Special to the DAILY NEWS.
CHICAGO. June ., Q 80 p IN.
The credentials and protests from Ala
bama, Illinois, Louisiana and Pennsyl-
vania were presented and referred to the
committee on credentials.
Veterans COmplimented.
Special to the DAILY HKWs:
CHICAGO, June 2, 2 80 p. IN.
On motion of Senator Logan, a reso-
luton was passed granting 500 seats
daily To veterans of the war
Adjourned till Tomorrow
Special to the DAILY news
CHICAGO, June 2. 3 p. IN.
A motion to adjourn till IL O'Clock to-
morrow was warmly opposed by Hale,
but finally carried.
And Still the Fight Goes Bravely On.
CHICAGO, June 1, l 80 p. m.-There
has been a full meeting of the national
committee, in session all the morning.
II has been q very stormy meeting; high
words, il is said, have passed between
the members. Don Cameron, the chair
man. insisted on only recognizing states
and not individuals in all votes during
the preliminary organization. The anti
Grant men, of all shades, having 4 ma
| jOrity of the committee insisted upon al
| lowing delegates the privilege Of voting
| in accordance with their Individual
preferences, and the report which pre-
vailed for time and was telegraphed 10
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

If, as has been claimed for him, John
A. Martin is the author of the expires
sivc term, "boom," how infinitely sad it
is 10 think that he did not shut down his
word mint before he coined and foisted
upon an afflicted public the orthographi-
cal monstrosity of "Kansasms."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
LEGAL NOTICES.
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undersign-
ed will, on Monday, July 5. 1880. make final
settlement OF the estate of Benz. Brown de-
ceased, with the Probate court OF Lyon coun-
ty, Kansas, at the Office of the judge thereof
in EmpoFia. and will at that time ask said
court to make him an allowance for admin
istering upon said estate. JOHN WELLS,
W2Ota
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

The Princess of Asturias, the eldest
sister of the King of Spain. is a woman
of such executive force that Alfonso
calls her my brother in peiticoats."
The same idea is conveyed in this coun-
try by the expressive Americanism.-
my wife in breeches."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

The board of education of Chicago
has just passed the following resolutions
by a two-thirds vote:
Resolced, That corporal punishment
in any form in the public schools Of the
city of Chicago be, and the same is here
by, abolished and prohibited
ResOlUed, That the foregoing resolution
be added to, and made one of. the rules
this board