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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-23
WHO CHAMBERLAIN IS.

General Joshua L. Chamberlain. now
so prominent figure in Maine, was, as
a Republican, elected governor of that
state in 1866, receiving 69,696 votes to
1899 cast for E. F. Pillsbury, Demo
crat. He was again elected in 1867, re-
ceiving 57,649 votes to 46035 for Pills
bury, Democrat. He is now president of
Bowdoin College. The legislature last
winter, consisting of Republican SEN
ate and Fusion house, elected him major
general o. militia. He did not qualify
until few weeks ago; but he was not,
as some suppose, the creature or ap-
pointec of Garcelon. The retiring gov
ernor left him TO execute an order cover
ing the crisis, and he is simply doing
his duty. OF Chamberlain's war record
and general character the Boston Trav-
eller says:
major General Joshua L. Chamber
lain, commander-in-chief of the militia,
and just now dc facto governor of Maine,
has brilliant military record In his
youth he had been prepared for West
Point, having the inclination and the an
ment it was determined that he should
be sent to B0wdoin college Having
graduated at the latter Institution with
such high hOnOrs that he was immedi-
ateiy appointed to an instructors chair
therein, he was quietly pursuing liter
airy career when the war of the rebellion
broke out. Chamberlain at once offered
his services to governor Washburn, by
whom he was commissioned lieutenant
colonel OF the twentieth regiment, of
which Col. Adelbert Ames was command
er. Upon the speedy promotion of Col. |
AmeS, colonel Chamberlain was placed
In command of the regiment, which he |
carried through several of the fiercest |
battles participated in by the army of |
the Potomac. He was Desperately |
wounded at Fredericksburg, but received |
therefor brigadier generals commits |
sion During the following year he was |
promoted to u major generalship, and |
commanded division through the Will |
derness and concluding campaigns of |
the war; so marked was the gallantry |
and military ability displayed in him
that he attracted the special attention of |
general Grant himself, who pronounced /
HIM one OF the first soldiers of the army.
This distinction was made manifest at |
the close OF the war, on the occasion of /
the grand review held in Washington.
General Grant was seated on the review
ing stand with the president and other
hlgh officers of the United States, and
While returning the salutes of the yari-
Gus commanders as they went by, it was
only to few that he paid marked dis
tlnction. Among these were generals
Meade and Chamberlain, to whom Grant
rose from his seat and lifted his hat as
they passed. The state of Maine is in
good hands as long as il remains in those
OF general Chamberlain. He will see to
1t that life and property are preserved
from violence in the present crisis, and
he will otherwise perform the duties of
his office with conscientious impartial
ty."
1t Is Il curious fact that Chamberlain,
placed in power by the votes of Fusion
lists, becomes the instrument to thwart
The conspiracy led by his old political
opponent, L. T. Pillsbury
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say shine, but there's no shine then-and
is OIL Immediately to the neWspaper of
noes. He sells about 456 papers a day
64I OF the morning and l15 of the after.
noon issues. He has made as much as
SO In day, on such occasions as cleo.
tons or great calamities A daily earn
ing OF $40 is not uncommon with him.
Every week he gives his mother SO and
she has received as much as S15 a week
from him. The day is far gone when he
spent more than three cents for an arti-
Gle outside the necessaries of life. He is
member of the Sunday school in the
northwestern part of the civ and at
tends 1t regularly"
While Mr.. Cummings was speaking
bright, understanding, fair-haired how
with an unmistakable expression of can.
dor ana honesty upon his intelligent
lace, sat alone on front bench, and TO-
ward him every eye was directed when
he arose to receive from the speaker an
order from George w. Childs on John
w annamaker for a firSt-class suit of
clothes. The general applause which
1ollowed among the lads would indicate
that they We're not envious of their for
tunate comrade. Supplementing this
gift the mayor leaned over the platform
and Jlngled four quarter dollars into the
boys hand, remarking, with a smile.
that II would answer as little nest egg
for another bank account.
The lads parents are German. He
attends the Methodist Sunday school at
Iwenty-eighth street and Girard avenue
1t is known that one reason why the bow
asked to have his name withheld was
that his mother, if she knew that he kent
back cent from her, would whip him
until he delivered up all.
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they are worse than spectators to dc
business with. They are perfectly crazy
on the subjects offs high price of wheat
and n you approach them to buy, they
would refuse 10 sell at any price. They
see the quotations to-day say $1.5O per
bushel, and see the following months
namely, February and March, quoted al
from 2 to cents higher, and they at
once determined not to send their grain
to market till the last moment The
correspondence from Baltimore saws
The country is selling That
means the farmers. Heretofore
when farmers in one part of
the country begin to sell, others immedi-
ately follow, and sometimes very fool
ishly. / sincerely hope they will all fol-
low and sell now. One thing is very
certain; the syndicate will not give way
they have plenty of money and can Dor
row all they want. If they succeed in
holding the market, which they will,
without doubt, they will compel Europe
to pay the price demanded for the cereals
they control. The quotations to-day
from Chicago show the syndicate are de-
termined IN their actions to maintain
high prices. The price of wheat has ad-
vanced one cent per bushel from yester-
day. The whole question is very unset
tied, and what the ultimate result will be
is beyond my comprehension"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-23
NEW LAW FOR TOWNSHIPS.

The legislature last winter passed the
following, 20 amend chapter 90 of the
law of 1919, relating to townships and
township officers, which is new to many
of our readers, and We publish it entire
BE it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Kansas:
Section l. That section one of chapter
ninety-two Of the laws of eighteen hun
dred and seventy-five be amended so as
to read as follows: Sec. 1. The an
nual township elections in the several
townships shall be held ON the first Tues
day IN February of each year. Pr0cid-
Ell, That the several township officers
whose terms of office would expire up-
on the election and qualification of their
successors in the office at the November
election, 4. ID. 1879, shall continue to
hold their several offices until their sue
ccssors are elected and qualified at the
election provided for in this act.
Sec. ?. That section two be amended
so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. The
board of county commissioners shall
constitute board of canvassers. They
shall assemble at the Office of the county
clerk IN their respective counties, on the
second Thursday of February of each
year, and proceed to canvass the vote for
NAAS Us BSNbiHS w men
a new township shall have been organ
lied, and the time and place of holding
the election therein fixed by the board Of
county commissioners, such board shall
meet on the Tuesday succeeding such
election to canvass the vote.
Sec. 8. That section three be amended
so as to read as follows: Sec 3. The
township trustees shall, annually, on the
second Tuesday in January, settle with
and audit the accounts of the township
treasurer, and of all road overseers in his
township, for all moneys discussed by
them, and he shall, within ten days there
after, cause the township clerk to record
at length such accounts on the township
record.
Sec. 4. The township trustee, clerk
and treasurer of each municipal town
ship shall meet on the last Saturday in
January, April, July and October ofeach
year as an auditing board, and no bill
against any township shall be paid until
allowed by majority of said auditing
board, and all bills allowed by said board
shall be recorded by the clerk in a book
kept by him for that purpose. The
township officers mentioned in this sec
ton shall receive for their services in
attending to the township business the
sum OF two dollars per day for the time
actual y and necessarily spent by them:
PrOCfded, That this section shall not be
construed to include the services of the
trustee for assessing his township,
who shall receive therefor the same com
pensation as heretofore allowed.
Sec. >. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
in the Daily Commonwealth.
Approved March II, 1879.
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of the original
enrolled bill now on file in my office,
and that the same was published in the
Daily Commonwealth March II, 1879.
JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State.
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School Grounds

The surroundings of child make up
the education which determines his
character. This statement, we believe,
no one viii deny. But one Of the most
important and lasting influences-the
school house and grounds-is often very
much neglected. The school and its
surroundings should be as attractive as
our homes. We clip the following from
the IndustrialisL which gives a practical
hint of what should be done to make
the school grounds more pleasant:
1t is, perhaps, twelve years since your
school house was built; and It stands
now as then solitary and alone on the
bare, monotonous prairie. No shade
trees, no plants, no shrubs, no picket
fence, no gravel walk around it. The
hot, burning sun beams down upon il
from May TO October, and mud invests
il from fall to spring. Dust and mud
follow each other with punctual regu-
larity. How can you expect to cultivate
taste in your children, when they are
compelled to spend their early wears at
an educational institution thus surround
ed How can you expect, with such
examples, TO create habits of order and
cleanliness in them?
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Written for THE ENPoRIA NEWS.
WEARY OF LIFE.
m tvearv nf Iifa and ifS b.tfIae

L.
l am weary of life and its battles,
Tired of learning so oft
That our fairest and sweetest flowers
Perish first in the blasts of the north;
That our hopes, like whitening rose leaves,
I Fall one by one, quickly and sure,
And not even our loves and our friendship:
In adversity's winds will endure.
1 am tired, two, of LIES envies,
Its quarrels, its frauds and its strifes;
And fain in the grove would be lying,
If death were the end OF life.
The friends that loved and trusted
Have failed me one by one;
And my loved ones, too, have vanished,
Like the mists from the rising sun
once had a dear companion.
With = heart of affection and love;
But cold, by the death shades was taken
To his home in heaven above.
A sister loved and cherished
Passed from me first OF all;
And now all that is nearest and dearest
dare not love at all
But into my heart steals no echoes,
The sunrise of life has fed;
The joys of my childhood have ended,
The hopes of my youth are dead.
So am weary, weary and tired,
Fain would 1 lie asleep
Where the grass in the cemetery swaying,
Where the willows forever weep.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-23
TWO STATE FAIRS.

We are threatened with two state fairs
this year, one by the state agricultural
society, and one by an organization made
at Lawrence some weeks ago, which
proposes to hold a fair at Bismarck
grove, near that city. Now it is our
opinion that there is no earthly use of
attempting two fairs. If this is under
taken one or both will he failure Ii
the people are united undoubtedly fair
can be held which will be credit TO the
state. If we are correct in our recollec-
ton the Bismarck project was started
first. If that is so the state board of ag-
ricullure had better keep out of the field.
Every attempt it has ever made proved a
failure, and some years ago it went out
of the fair business, and has remained
out since.
We are satisfied private enterprise
like the one at Bismarck will be
much more successful than one
gotten up by the board of agriculture.
We are not well enough acquainted with
the case TO advise as to what ought to
DC done, but certainly believe the ener-
gies of the state should be concentrated
ON one grand effort in this direction.
The Bismarck organization has gone so
far us to complete its premium list, as
we learn from the Lawrence Journal,
and has raised $4,000 in cash to be cx-
tended in this way. We learn from Il
private source which we deem entirely
reliable that ample provision has been
made to pay the premiums in full. The
organization has the best fair ground in
the state, and better than all il seems to
have enterprise. From what we know
IL would seem the most sensible thing
for the state board to join hands with
the Bismarck proposition, and thus
make Il fair which we shall all he proud
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THIRTY CENTS WORTH OF REAL
STYLE.

j Oh
] A couple of young ladies who went II
Dubuque to spend the HOLIDAYS conclud
ed to couple style with economy. and did
SO effectually. They left Chicago in .
common coach on the Illinois Central
railroad, sitting with their eyes towards
luxurious palace car trundling along
at the rear, envying the halfdozen ladies
who had it to themselves When the
train arrived at Freeport the two stylish
young ladies concluded to engage seats
IN the palace car, and entered it for that
| purpose.
| The seats in this car are extra, ladies, u
politely remarked the conductor
I'VE are aware of that, sir. What do
you charge to Dubuque?''
"One dollar
Zone dollarI That's too much.u
The price diminishes, ladies, as we
approach Dubuque"
What is the price from Galena?"
Thirty cents'
well, we will occupy two seats from
Galena."
"All right"
The young ladies left the Pullman, and
as they made their exit they were heard
to remark:
Jane, it would be horrible to enter
Dubuque in common coach. STYLE is
everything, and as it wont cost but thirty
cents each Well go into the city in style ;
they won't know but that we came ali the
way from Chicago in the Pullman"
And sure enough upon the arrival of
the train their friends who were at the
depot to meet them found them in the
palace coach.
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THE INTER-OCEAN.

We call attention TO an announcement
OF this paper.in our local notices Arrange
ments have been made by which month
ly subscriptions will be taken here as
well as weekly. We regard the Inter
Ocean as the most reliable and able pa
per in Chicago. 1t devotes no space to
trash or sensationalism- It's Republican
ism is Of the stalwart kind. lis special
kilograms, its market reports, and its
news and editorial departments are com
plete. The paper ought to have. large
circulation here
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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

oENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15-Senators Nc.
Pherson and Baldwin presented peti-
lions OF women, asking for constitu-
tional amendment giving women the
right of suffrage
on finance, announced that he was di-
rected by that committee to report back
the joint resolution of the withdrawal of
the compulsory legal tender power of
United States treasury notes. The COM
mlttee had made verbal amendment to
the resolution unanimously agreeing to
1t with the amendment, and directed him
to report the resolution adversely. He
understood that there was minority re-
port to be presented, otherwise he would
ask the indefinite postponement of the
resolution. He asked that it be put on
the calendar for the present. So order
ed. Senator Bayard, from the same
committee, presented the views of the
minority. accompanied by a resolution,
as follows:
The undersigned, believing that the
financial prosperity of the country, in or
der to be enduring and secure, must be
based on money of actual and intrinsic
value, and that our government has no
power and is incompetent to endow its
paper obligations with such value, and
the United States treasury notes in exis-
tence and in circulation and now redeem
able in gold or silver coin at the option
of the holder,do recommend the with
drawal OF the compulsory legal tender
power of such notes, and the passage of
the subjoined resolution.
FRANCIS HERMAN,
THOs. F. BAYARD
(Here follows Bayards resolution.
heretofore published, that treasury notes
shall be receivable for all dues to the
United States, on duties on imports, and
shall not be otherwise than legal tender)
Admitting the principle of the resolu-
ton as to the power of the government to
make paper money legal tender, 1 re-
serve my action on the resolution as to
the time of the withdrawal of the power
given heretofore.
WIN. A WALLACE.
deserving the right of amendment.
JUSTIN S. MORRILL,.
The minority report was also placed
on the calendar.
The memorial made by the majority,
IN the phraseology of the Blyard joint
resolution, merely changes the words,
II nlted States treasury notes. to United
States notes.
Senator Morgan presented the creden-
tials of Luke Pryor, appointed senator
lIoIn AIdDaina senator Pryor took the
modified oath.
Senator Morrill, called up for consid-
Grafton his resolution instructino the
finance committee to inquire into the
practibility of refunding the publict
debt at a less rate of interest than 4 per
cent, and made speech thereon.
After some miscellaneous business.
consideration was resumed on the bill
requiring one-half the reserves of the ma
tional banks to be kept in gold and sill
yer coins of the United States. Mr.. Price,
of Iowa, spoke in support of the bill.
In advocating the bill relative to bank
reserves, Mr.. Price declared himself Cd
posed to any tinkering with the curren-
cy, either as to the quantity or quality of
the paper which was circulating He
was opposed to taking away the legal
tender quality of grecnbacks. All pru-
dent men spoke in thunder tones, .'1et
well enough alone"
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II is not always the case nowadays
that talent goes unrewardcd. The name
and claim of Captain Eads, of jetty no
toriety, was before the cabinet last Tues
day. He has already received enormous
subsidies for his work ut the mouth of
the Mississippi river, which do not work,
and at which the requisite depth of wa
ter seems to be found only when the
river is at flood height. But he wants
more, and evidently is destined TO be IL
perennial claimant for that long period
for which government claimants invaria-
bly, survive. This time lie asks interest
on ore million Of the subsidy, payment
of which is withheld until the further
test of his works.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-23

1t is now intimated at Washington
that the Democratic members of the sen
ate committee on elections will let the
Kellogg -Spolford contest go over to the
next session. \ prudent apprehension
that the effect upon the country, of the
uuseating of Kellogg, would be dam
aging to the Democracy in the approach
ing presidential canvass is what suggests
the postponemept. The result of the
theft attempted in Maine seems 10 be
convincing them this is not good time
for stealing the Louisiana scnatorship.
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With regard TO the distress impending
in Ireland, says the Tribune, which Mr..
Parnell and his companions are depict
ing with such vivid colors, though vague
outlines, it is we'll that his hearers should
bear in mind the actual state of affairs.
The Duchess of Marlborough, speaking
with the authority of the wife of the
Lord-Lieutenant, has issued an appeal
for aid, written with singular moderation.
feeling and practical good sense. There
! Is no comparison, she says, between the
F, "present distress, either actual or proba-
BILE, and that of 1si6-'47." The dis
trict where famine is is impending
are, she states, comparatively cir
transcribed. But there "will be extreme
misery among the poor in parts of Ker-
~, Galway, Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo,
Donegal, and the southern part of the
. County Of Cork"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-23

Ii is feebly remarked by some of the
harassed Democrats that the Maine dis
turbance is purely local one, and that
there is no necessity of making ii ma
tional issue. 1t does not, they urge, con
Germ the Democratic party at large. Oh
doesn't it? The crimes of Tweed were
also local, but the country insisted ON
considering them rs developments which
did vitality concern the Democratic
Maine crime. The country looks upon
IL as n startling revelation of the tenden.
cies of the Democratic party and of its
real purposes in the coming contest for
cotrol OF the nation. This will be made
sufficiently apparent as soon rs the PEG.
pie get a chance To speak through the
ballot box.-New York Tribune.
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Low INTEREST BOND. Fernando
Wood, chairman of the house finance
committee, believes that the United
States can now float So per cent fifty
year bond, and cites Mr. Vanderbilt;s
investment of $20,OOO,OOO in our 4 per
cents, and Mr.. Floods investment OF
S2,OO0,OOO for his daughter in the same
security. On the other hand secretary
sherman conceives that the advance in
values OF money, caused by the revival
OF business, will prevent the floating of
375 per cent. bond, while the failure of
the plan would lnjure the credit of The
government. The truth is, the solution
OF the contest can only be determined by
a trial of the experiment Many pre-
dlcted a failure to float the 4 per cents,
but their success was marked.
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The colored people of Georgia do not
seem to appreciate the compliment paid
them by the gallant white men in at.
tributing to them the large amount of
property values for taxation. The say
their "old horses, blind mules, and di-
lapidatcd plows and wagons would be
considered valueless with white men as
owners" Upon the face of recent re-
ports there is great prosperity indeed
among the colored population. If ii is
untrue II is to be regretted; if it is for
the purpose of misleading the public as
TO the condition of the black man, or to
Cypress him by burthensomc and unjust
taxation, it is criminal.
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1t really don't seem to be good year
for Democratic advancement, except in
the downward line. Governor Garcclon
has just retired, after attempting, and
failing, to steal n state. Bishop, of Ohio
as closing act, turned loose from the
penitentiary noted convict, making up
list of 246 pardoned during his term.
Governor blackburn, of Kentucky, is
still resting under the disgrace of a
great crime. 1t is hardly likely that the
decent men of the Democratic party al.
mire such records. But what are they
going to do about ity-Inter Ocean
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-23

COLLAPSE OF THE STRIKE.-The dis
astrous collapse of the strike of the
workmen ut the packing houses, as will
be seen from our city columns. has al
ready come. Ii leaves the men impov-
crushed, and with what should,havc been
for them the best part of the season,
gone, 10 ponder the consequences of the
movement into which they were led by
INSCRIPTIONS leaders. who sought only
to accomplish personal ends. The theme
is one they can probably ponder, for,
when the workmen stop 10 consider the
matter, they cannot but perceive how
egregiously they have been misled, and
the result may he TO put them on their
guard for the future against the so-callcd
leaders.-Inter Ocean.