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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30
ALASKA.
Atchison Champion .


Some months ago we had talk with
an old friend, now a resident of Port
land, Oregon, who gave us an interesting
account OF the territory of Alaska and
its resources. His statements were, in
many respects, Il revelation. We had
regarded that region as the nations white
elephant, bought at big price, likely TO
cost US still more to keep it and no of
possible use. This gentleman, however,
declared that il would prove to be of
great value; that it was not a region of
eternal snow and ice; that III portions Of
the country all the cereals Of the north
ern states could be grown; that its for
ests were illImitable in extent, and its
fisheries the most valuable on lhc globe !;
that il had river wider and longer than
the Amazon; and that along its extended
coast were numerous and well protected
harbOrs
These statements are abundaEtly con
firmed by those recently made by AIessrs.
Dali, Of the Smithsonian Institute, and
Baker, of the L. s. Coast Survey, by
Professors Powell and Monroe, and Rev.
DIR. Sheldon jackson. They declare that
nearly onc-haif of theG00, 900 square miles
comprised in Alaska is fertile and salu-
brious, and that lis climate is as temper
ate as and more equitable than that of
ductions of the northern and middle
states grow ON its soil is luxHriantly as
anywhere III the United States, and its
resources of everything necdful for
civilZation--of timber, coal, cop
per, iron. gold, plumbagO and
other minerals, are some OF
them iiIimitable, others sufficiently
abundant TO give full employment to en-
| terprise, and 10 insure n prosperous fn-
| ture To the country. 1t has numerous
broad and deep rivers; bOundicss fer
ests cover its mountains; and these
abound in seal and fish, or fur-bearine
animals, which already give profitable
employment to large numbers, and
make AN important contribution to ths
commerce and industry of the nation
Alaska is as large as all of the United
States east of the Mississippi and nortI
Of Alabama, Georgia and South Caro-
| lima. Its EXTREMIST island, Alta, in thu
| Aleutian Archipelago, is rs far west o
| San Francisco as the coast of Maine i
| east of that city. Its extreme breasltl
| from east 10 west is 2,20G miles, ans
from north To south 400 miles; and IL
east shore-line up and down the bays ans
around the islands, is $4,000 miles. s,
that its coast. if extended in straieh
line, would belt the globe 1t is IN
great iSiaH0 region OF the tinted States
The harbors afford perfect shelter iron
the swells of the ocean. The voyage
may enjoy among them an ocean sail q
a thousand miles without encounterin
peril or even sea-sickness.
Il Mr.. Stewards purchase of Alaska wa
generally regarded, at the time, as a
absurd investment. But that far-seeIn
statesman always asserted that the da
would come when no one would Que
ton the wisdom of this acouisitio.
t And he was not mistaken. Time hi
]. lvindIcated his wisdom Alaska is wort
: a hundred times more than it cost. an
! its value to the country will increase
7 the years go by.
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WILL BE AT BISMARCK.
Topeka Commonwealth.

Topeka commonwealth
Col Keeney, President of the Bis
marck Fair Association, has, among the
other things he has worked up, cOnclud-
ed an arrangement which will bring to
Kansas 1875 of the most noted men in
the world. Col. Forney has been given
authority to select these 125 men from
all parts of the world. 4 special train
has been arranged for all the way
from New York to Kansas. After
spending n time at the fair grounds,
the train and party go over the X. p. to
Denver, and return on the Santa Fe. A
representative of the London Times and
prominent men of England, France, Bel
gium, and other European countries,
will accompany the party; also Senator
Blaine, Whitelaw Reid, of the N. Y.
Tribune, Dana, of the Sun, and men of
that class, will be of the party. Col.
Keeney is exhibiting great energy, and
he is so far advanced that he feels aud
knows that the Bismarck fair will far
exceed anything ever held in the west.
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FRONTIER DEsTITUTIoN.

The conflicting nature of the reports
which have appeared from time To time
an the Earious journals of the state,
touching 1he condition of western Kan
sas and the situation of the frontier set
tiers. has had manifest tendency TO
confuse rather than enlighten the pub
lie, and, we feel warranted in saying, has
interfered to no inconsiderablc extent
with the dispensing of aid, which GER
tainly would have been promptly volun-
tecred had the real facts been made clear
To the jewellers IN the more favored por-
tions of the state. All sorts of represent
ations have been made regarding the cf-
fects oi the drouth on the frontier, and
the narrowing accounts published one
day of the painful destitution alleged to
exist in the Temotcr counties, would be
contradicted the next, and branded aS
exaggerated statements by Journals SUP
posed to be possessed of equal facilities
for ascertaIning the situation rs their
cotemporaIie with whom they radically
disagreed. In face of these facts we sub
NIT, for the benefit Of our readers, in
substance, the testimony of Senator In
gals in regard to this perpleNing ques-
tion, as it appears in the Atkinson Cham
pion of the BED.
Mr.. Ingalls, has made this matter one
of personal investigation, having left
Beloit on the 14th, and traversed the
counties OF Mitchell, Smith, Phillips,
Norton, Decatur, Rawlins, Thomas,
Sheridan and Graham. He reports that
west of Phillips county. and north OF
the lower fork of the solomon river
great distress prevails, many of the set
tiers having already left their homes
and those who remain being dependent
upon charity for subsistence till anoth
er harvest. More than two thousand
people are suffering for want of lmmedi.
ate relief, many of whom have been sub
sisting upon meagre rations of corr
meal, and 1t has been so long since they
have had meat or vegetables that scurvy
in many places is becoming prevalent. NJ
rain has revived the country since Octo
Der, and the desolate sweeps of persisted
vegetation are indeed desolaie to behold
Even the water is failing, and if tn
winter proves severe, the distress will b.
simply terrible 10 contemplate. TIT
drouth has been so intense that the whea
sown last fall failed to terminate, ant
there has not been a bushel of an,
kind OF small grain raised. In consC
quence, the urgent necessity at presen
is to supply this need, as, in default @
seed, nothing can be raised next ycal
even though the season should prove (,
vorable. The corn is more than likel
to prove a failure, in which event thes
unfortunate people will be left withor
anything upon which to subsist.
Happily, the area over which tn
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30

The irrepressible conflict still goes on
between the New York Democrats of
Irving and Tammany Halls. The beau
tiful tableau in which the world was
electrified by the engaging spectacle of
John Kelly and Mr.. Fellows embracing
over the bloody chasm, turns out 10 have
been a id barren ideality," impro-
vised for the occasion and to add TO
the eclat of the Cincinnati circus. This
is one OF the cases in which coalition
does not coalesce
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30

The Ohio Democrats have made their
annual llipilap on the currency question.
Last fall they ran rs their candidate for
governor, Tom Ewing, the sOlicst of soft
money fanatics, who filed the air from
abe Ohio river 10 Lake Erie with his
rhetoric of despair touching the conflict
of labor and capital, and the ruinious re-
suits Of the financial policy of the Re
publican party, and now they adopt us
their own, a platform which brazcnly
demands honest money" and defines it
20 be what the Republican party has es-
tablished, gold and silver and paper
convertible into coin on demand" With
Senator Thurman at their head, us the
phenomenal Buckeye straddler,thc Dem
ocratic acrobats in Ohio ought to be
able to organize pretty respectable sort
of financial circus, TO take the road in
the interest of the hurrah campaign.
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elevated nor particularly dry, but the
greater portion of it lies along the sur
face of high table lands. 1t Is stated
that the cost of raising four year old
steer, which will sell al the depOts at an
average of $50, will not exceed $3.50.
The increase is about 80 per cent. year.
1t requires, however, round sum of
money to successfully start the business
of cattle raising, which is gradually fall
ing into the hands of large droVers.
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That must be a well posted man who
gets up the kansas Kernels" Tor the
Kansas City Journal. He announces that
lyons county has population of O,215.
We suppose the figures refer to Lyon
county, and they represent just about the
increase in our population in the last
ten years. Then, in speaking of the fact
that Parsons has called an election To
vote on bonds for water works, he says
"Emporia wants EN-" Bless your ig-
norant head, Emporia has had 'cm all
summer. and the Journal published an
account of the celebration of their com.
pletion a month ago. Emporia is the
only point in the state that has 'em. II
you'll come out here we'll put you IN,
der ten inch stream and wake you up
But we want it distinctly understood w'
don't feet "snubbed. D"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30

We believe that Garfield will be elect
cd because he represents the sentiment
Of the party which has given TO the
country its present unequaled degree of
prosperity, and we have too much faith
IN the common sense of the American
people TO believe that they will risk a
change in the satisfactory condition Of
affairs for the mere purpose of satiating
the wolflike hunger of mob of Demo
cratic place seekers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30
HANGoCK's sFATEsMANsHIP.


On the subject of currency, he is a
magnificent looking fellow.
On the subject of the tariff, he is q
splendid soldier.
On the subject of free trade, he wears
a brilliant uniform.
On the subject of river and harbor
improvements, be makes a grand ap-
pearance on horseback.
On state rights he,appears well in his
epaulets and brass buttons
On civil service reform he has fine
military bearing.
On the so-called reform in the admin.
istratlon Of the government, he Is a mod
ern Murat
On the subject of our foreign relations
he wears splendid mustache
On the school question he wears 1
handsome corset
Upon all other questions of public
policy he has = martial bearing.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30

Reports from Maine indicate that the
capacious Greenback mouth does. not
flow with its wonted exuberance, for
Hancock, while, on the other hand, The
Democrats find Plaisted, the initiation
candidate for governor, bigger CROW
than they care to swallow The honey
moon of the fusion nuptials is not likely
to eutlast the dog-days.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30

The eye of Alexander Stephens was
not dim nor his natural force abated
when he made substantially the same
prediction concerning the Hancock
dodge that he did in regard to the recent
extra session Of congress. To the pro-
phetic vision of the sirrcwd old Georgia
commoncr, the hurTah campaign of the
Democracy is assuming the proportions
of "A ridiculous farce.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30

The Leavenworth Times reaches our
table to-day ir bran new dress, and
looks as handsome AS its splendid typo
graphical construction can make it. The
accompanying supplement gives fun
history of the paper from the date of its
establishment up to the present time,
and contains much matter relative to the
paper that is of interest TO its many
friends. The Times is one of the most
able and influential journals in Kansas,
and in defiance of natural law grows
brighter and stronger as the years 60 by.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30
The cATTLE GRAZING ARIA.

The present grazing belt of the United
States wild lands) is said to be about
1900 miles in length and $50 in width.
Il stretches from the Rio Grande to Mani
toba. In the extreme southern and
northern portion, It is neither highly
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-30
PHYSICIANS.

DIR. +. II. DOUGLASS,
OFFICE over Lutz's hardware store Resi-
dence, corner 1lJh NV. and Merchants st
~
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MISCELLANEOUS.

ROBERT MILLIKEN.
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Office in rear OF Emporia National Bank.
WIOti
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DENVER, July 21.-Hon. Il. w.
Thompson, secretary of the Navy, deliv-
cred a speech here last night. lie read
a letter from General Hancock, written to
Hon. S, T. Glover, at st. Louis, July II,
1868, endorsing the platform and candi-
dates of the Democratic party that year,
which platform declared thai all the con-
stitutional amendments, the enfranchise-
ment OF the negroes and the entire work
| of reconstruction were null and void.
| The letter also endorsed Frank Blair's
| letter to Broadhead, advocating the send
| ing of the army south to undo the work
of reconstruction. Mr.. Thompson said
| Hancock was sent south by Andy John
son to nullify the acts of congress, and
and his order No. 40 was intended to put
rebels on top and loyal men at the bot
tom. Grant refused to permit that order
to be executed, and Hancock left New
Orleans in q milf Since the war these
are the only prominent points in Han,
cocks history. He paid high eompIi
ment to Hancock as soldier, but de
clared that he was no statesman
| MANCHESTER, n. H., July 21-AI
earthquake of considerable violenc,
visited this city shortly before O'Clock
Dishes and pictures were shaken down
in many places.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-11-18

CAPT. Eads's jetties have had a remarka-
BILE effect on the commerce of the Mississip-
pi valley. Since January LIST, st. Louis has
shipped to Europe twice as much grain by
way of New Orleans as has passed out of
the country by that route in the correspond
ing period of last year. 1t is said that the
shipments are at present limited by the
want Of barges, etc., with which to move
the grain, and fleets of boats are being built
to supply this want. The crop to be moved
is so great this year that in spite of the in
crease of shipments by water from St. Louis
the railroads eastward have been doing an
immense business at paying rates. The
prosperity of the country is based on the
sure foundation of an enormous crop, for
which there is a paying market.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-11-18
PRICE 3 CENTS.

II is to be hoped that Gen. Sherman
recommendation that the army be increased
will not add to the alarm which the timid
organs of the Fusion variety have already
been thrown into lest Gen. Grant shall seize
the government in 1884 and establish an
empire, for there are many signs that anxi-
ETY. on this subject has nearly unbalanced the
minds of the editors of several of these papers.
The editor of the Camden Herald was so
disturbed by it that Immediately after elec-
tion he suggested shooting the Republicans
out of power lest the government be con
verted into an unlimited monarchy, and rt-
buked the Boston Post for not "cutting
slash into the bowels of the Republicans
and for indulglng in ''good morning" style
OF journalism. The late editor of the Ban
gor Commercial too has caught the alarm,
and is going to the northwest, where no
body knows him, for the purpose, presum-
ably, of escaping into Canada at the first
movement of Grant in the direction of the
Capital. The editor of the Belfast Age also
has grown very melancholy over the subject
until his editorials soand like funeral ora
tions over the remains of the dead Republic,
and way up in Aroostook county there are
signs that dread of tie empire is producing
wakeful nights and troubled dreams. Know
ing the state of mind these editors were in
we confess that we read Gen. Sherman's
recommendation with regret.
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STATE OF MAINE.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
PROCLAMATION

By the advice of the Executive Council, l do
hereby appoint Thursday, the twenty fifth day of
November, instant, as day of Public Thanks
giving and Praise to our Father in Heaven, for His
kind care over the people of this State in the year
that is now closing. Living under one common
Government, that is grand and strong enough to
protect every citizen in the full enjoyment of all his
rights it is beftting that should unite with our
fellow.countrymen upon that day, at the invita-
tion of the President of the United States, in SOL
emn acknowledgment of the goodness of God,
wherewith our State and Nation have been so
abundantly blest May the hearts of our people
be moved to give earnest thanks, that peace and
plenty, health and prosperity, prevail throughout
all our borders, and that the principles of liberty
established by the Fathers who gave us this SER
vice, grow stronger as the years of the Republic
go by.
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta this
fifteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty,
and of the Independence of the United States of
America, the one hundred and fifth.
DANIEL f. DAVIS.
By the Governor.
S. j. CHADBOURNE, Sec. of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-11-18

THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. IS.
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.
BY the President of the United states,
A PROCLAMATION

At no period in their history, since the United
States became a nation, has this people had so
abundant and so universal reasons for joy AID
gratitude at the favor of Almighty God, or been
subject to profound an obligation to give thanks
for His loving kindness and humbly to implore His
continued care and protection. Health, wealth and
prosperity throughout all our borders; peace honor
and friendship with all the world; firm and faithful
adherence by the great body of our population to
the principles of liberty and justice which has made
our greatness as nation and the wise institutions
and strong form of government and society which
will perpetuate it-for all these let the hearts of
happy anu united people, as with one voice, ascend
in devout homage to the Giver of All Good.
therefore recommend that on Thursday, the
twenty-fifth day of November next, the peo-
pie meet in their respective places of worship to
make their Acknowledgements TO Almighty God for
His bounties and His protection, and to offer to
Him prayers for their continuance.
BY the President. r. B. HAYES.
VIM. M. EvARTs.
Secretary of State.
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Portland st. Sewer.
From Groce, to State Street.


Beginning at and connecting with Grove St. sew
err at poin. in centre of Grove street the south
erly side line of Portland St. thence curve east
ery forty 4 it. to the easterly side line of Grove St.
in centre of Portland St: thence easterly through
centre of Porla land St. eleven hundred and seventy
eight Ql7S) fit. to point of curve fifty (5O) it.
westerly from the westerly side line of State St..
produced to centre OF Portland st. From this point
the sewer curves to northward rassing through Pub
lie Grounds where assessme mt is laid.
The sewer is of brick, "a inches in diameter from
point of beginning to centre of Mellen St., dis
tance of six hundred sixty-eight (668) ft thence
24x33 inches to point of curve and is ft. deep at
beginning ft. deep at easterly line of Grove ST.
712 it. deep at Meen St., and it. deep at point of
terminal curve.
This sewer forms part of the out-fal of the Mill
Pond system of sew erage and is larger and more
expensive than the locality in itself would demand
1t has therefore been deemed equi table to assess
on the abuttinel lands the rate of the sewers in
Grove and neiien ,ts to wit; 80 cts. per 10n sqr
it,, and that the several assessments be held in
allegiance until time of entry thereto
Area a. 300 Sor fl
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-11-18

COMMENTING ON the fact that it could
print the result of the Presidential election
on the day after election the Richmond
(Ky.) Herald recalls the incident that ''for-
ty years ago, when Henry Clay and James
Knox Polk were candidates for the Presi-
dency, after casting their votes a party of
Richmond gentlemen went to the noun
.ains to procure deer for grand barbecue
in honor of Clay's election. They calculated
that the hunt would last about three weeks,
and then ample time would be had to re-
turn home to receive the first news. The
deer were easily gotten, but history is silent
as to the barbecue"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-11-18
A Brave LADY!
She Endures the Pain of a Severe
Surgical Operation Without
Taking ChlOrOfOrm
{From the Courier.}

{Front the Courier.}
Mrs. Schoonmaker, of Creek Locks, Ulster Co.
N w. had the misfortune to entirely loose the sight
of one OF her eyes, through an accident and en-
dured painful infammatory action therein for two
long years:-the other eye finally becoming sympa-
thetcaly affected her general health seriously sutf
ering; indeed, she was a mere wreck, walking
skeleton. In this terrible strait she consulted Dr.
David Kennedy, of Rondout, New York, who told
her at once that the injured eye must be removed.
She quietly but firmly said "All right Doctor, but
don't give me chloroform. Let my husband sit by
my side during the operation and will neither cry
out or STIR The work was done, and the poor
woman kept her word. Talk of soldierly courage!
This showed greater pluck than it takes to face a
hundred guns. To restore her ge', raj health and
give tone and strength to the system, DR.. Kennedy
than gave the "Favorite Remedy which cleansed
the blood and impaired life to the long suffer-
ering woman. She rapidly gained health and
strength, and is now Well. The "Favorite Remedy
is priceless blessing to woman. No family should
be without it. Your druggist has it. If not send to
DIR. David Kennedy, Rondout, New York.
move ThT&S1m&w1m
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............ ............. "a 800 sqr ft.
If assessment. Scots. per 100 sqr. ft.
# assessments ntS.... S75S 40
City Civ. Eng.'r, Supt. of sewe
CITY OF PORTLAND.

In BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
November 5, 1880.
Ordered, That the assessments contained in the
foregoing Report of the City Civil Engineer be
made upon the lots adjacent to the Sewers therein
described. towards defraying the expense of con-
structing and completing the same, and that the
City Clerk give legal notice of such assessm ents
returnabe at the Aldermen's Room in City Bnild-
7fs O'Clock P. M. and certify the same to the City
Treasurer for collection.
And it is hereby determined that the lots assessed
as aforesaid benefited by such sewers in pro-
portion to the rate of such assessment and that said
assessments do not exceed such benefit, do they
exceed in the whole two thirds of the cost of said
sewers and we deem them just and reasonable.
Read and passed.
Attest: H. 1. ROBINSON, Clerk
A true coy.
AtteSt I'll, L, ROBINSON. CITY Clerk,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-11-18

The report of the Young Mems Demo
cratic Club of New York on the causes of
Hancock's defeat enumerates among other
things the alliance of the Greenbackers and
Democrats in Maine, (which cast susoicion
on the Democratic party as to the sincerity
of their pledge to adhere to the principles of
hard money"