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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-22

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November, 1880.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2.
Proposing amendment to section one of arti-
Gle eleven of the constitution Of the state OF
Kansas, relating to property exempt from
taxation.
Be 1t resolved By the Legislature of the stat
or Kansas, tt0o-t thirds Of all the members
elected to each house coSlcurrin0 AereiR:
SECTION The following proposition 70
amend section one of article eleven of the con :
stitution OF the state OF Kansas, shall be SUBJ
mittcd to the electors of the state for adop
tlon or rejection. at the general election to be
held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Mon
day ia November, A. ID. eighteen hundred
and eighty: That section one OF article eleV-
en- Of the constitution OF the state of Kansas
shall be SO amended as to read IS follows
"Section 1. The legislature shall provide for
q uniform and equal rate of assessment and
taxationi but all property used exclusively
for state, county, municipal, literary, esluca-
tional. scientific. religious. benevolent and
charitable purposes shall be exempt from
SEC. ?. The following shall be the method
OF submitting said proposition: The ballots
shall be either written or printed, or partly
printed and partly written. thereon, .For the
proposition to amend section one of article
eleven OF the constitution OF Kansas, striking
ont the clause exempting two hundred dollars
l5oO) personal property from taxation;" or
against the proposition 10 amend section
state OF Kansas, striking out the clause eK,
emptIng two hundred dollars ($sO0) personal
property from taxation"
SEC 3. his resolution shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication IL
In the statute book.
hereby certify that the above bill origin.
ated in the senate. January 2Ist, 1879, and
passed that body February 18th 1879
LYMAN u. HUMPHREY,
HKERY BRAEDLKY, rresd't OF senate.
Secretary OF Senate.
Passed the house February 18th, 1879.
SIDNEY CLARKE,
WET " WALToE, Speaker RI House.
Approved March 18th, 1879.
JOHN r ST. JOHN,
Governor.
TIE STATE OF KANSAS,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY or STAEE,f So
i, James Smith, Secretary of State of the
State OF Kansas. do hereby certify that tbs
foregoing is q true and correct copy OF the
original enrolled joint resolution now on nls
in my Office, and that the same took effect by
publication IN the statute book May 31th, A
ID. 1879.
In testimony whereof have hereunto sub.
scrIbed my name and affixed my Of
lsEAL.l fetal seal Done st Topeka, this Isl
day Of July, A. d. 1850.
JAMES SMITH,
Secretary Of State.
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THE FOX AND THE ASS.
A Fable That May be UndesIgnediy Sug.
gestiVe to the Republican Green
hackers of Maine

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gestive to the Republican Green
hackers of Maine.
From the Detroit Free Press
One day fox who had wandered afar
from his den found his return cut off by
a stream of considerable depth and cur
rent. He could not swim and he cudgei.
ed his brain in vain for some method by
which he might get over. Inthis diem
ma 3 donkey suddenly appeared in
search of q drink.
ooh, donkey, am delighted to meet
you'll" exclaimed the fox as he came for
ward. 81 was just wishing for good
company, for the forest is very still and
night is coming on"
1.-THE donkeys and foxes have no fra
ternal feeling. While you bark bray
while you lope 1 galiOp; while you love
flesh prefer grass. Go your way and
I'll go mine"
at is true we do not mate" quietly
replied the fox, "but that is NO sign do
not appreciate your intelligence and
beauty. l could not help being born a
fox, but oh! how often 1 wished that I
had your beautiful ears, your thunder
Gus bray and your elegant shape"
"Eh, what's that?" queried the de
lighted donkey.
'See what beautiful long legs you
havel" continued the fox.
do you really think so?'
"And such beautiful long ears! If
only had your feet would be as proud
as a peacock"
The tiattered donkey began to gambol
and show off, and the fox continued:
ACROSS the stream and beyond the
swamp is my den. / should really like
my children to behold you and heal
your VOICE, They haYe heard me tell o.
you and they cry for you; One of them
is i'll, and can not let him die until hi
has seen the greatest ass in America"
A little more flattering and coaxing
quite won the heart of the donkey, and
he agreed to go.
AS he entered the stream the fox leapeG
lightly to his back and passed over with
out wet foot. When they entered the
swamp he renewed his fiatterY, and wa;
finally carried on dry land.
You are not going 2" asked the donkey
as the fox jumped down and started off
YES"
"But thought you wanted me to bray
to your childrenS"
"But have changed my mind" re
piled the fox. ~ have concluded to dc
my own braying after this"
but am far from home and cannot
find my way back"
"Then it is your misfortune that you
were not born fox. Let me give a few
words of advice. Be what nature de
signed you to be. Never take a dollars
worth of flattery in place of a shilling's
worth of pork. While you can bray
never do so without realizing that q bray
always gives away the location of don
key. II is more easy to fiatter than to
buy. A donkey who can be Aattered car
be duped. In brief. don't knock down
persimmOns on shares before you have
found out whetheryou like them OF not
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Post ONCE Notes

SATURDAY, Oct. 10.
Only one solitary corset has made its
way through the mails for two weeks. 1t
must be that Democrats are fearfully
discouraged.
An order for goods is not third class
matter and can't go for cent. Don't
try. 1t causes delay.
"Now, see here, mister, believe
somebody's liftin' my mail right along.
l haVp't got o letter for six weeks. Is
there another john amylax Mortimer
Strongbutter heref I'm sure somebody
is gettin' my mail. If you will put an
other lock on that box I'll pay you the
forty cents owe you for it. got let
ter the other day and they said they had
writtin four letters and I've only got
three of them. I'm sure somebody's got
another key for that box" Strongbut-
ter got letter No. from the dead letter
Office this morning. It had been misdi-
rected to EmpOria, Nebraska.
Thirty-four thousand two hundred and
ffty-six postal cards have been sold at
this Office during the last three months.
1t msksth the average postal clerk
mourn to think, it was imPossiRle to
read all Of them.
An average of about fifteen orders q
day are received at this office to forward
mail and there have been as many as
seventy-five forwarded in one day. II
requires a great deal of attention, q
good memory and judgment, in order
to make this branch q success. When
an order is received Ike this: "Please
forward all the mail there is in your
Office here at once" it would
not be policy TO do it.
Once In q while we receive an order like
this without any name signed to it: "If
there Is any letters there for me send
them here to me as soon as you get this
from me-" The following order came
N the mail from the west that arrived
here at eleven last evening;
"IS any letter should come for me
Send them on TO Santa FeJ
Iyour friend have always been,
sign myself "Pea-soup Green l."
A letter IN plain white government
envelope with an extra three cent stamp
thereon, was dropped in Tuesday with
out being addressed, A letter addressed
to Miller Bros, Usage City. rs, 4Rseal-
ed, with q one cent stamp on it, won't go
until o two cent stamp is added
The following iettOEs are held for
postage:
Mrs. c. B. Campbell. Conway. McPher-
son county, Kan.
Bittman, Taylor & Co, Leavenworth,
Kansas.
NJ. B. Price, West Las Animas, Col.
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GEN. GARFIELD's SAYINGS.


The speeches of Gen. Garfield abound
in striking epigrammatic expressions
freighted with truth of peculiarly fore
widest application. Some one has, &C
cOrdingiy, done reading people favor
by culiing many OF these sayings Of the
Republican nominee, and sending them
out in pamphlet form. A few of these
we subjoin, believing that we can not
put portion of the space in our to-day's
issue to better use:
would rather be beaten in right than
succeed in wrong.
A pound of pluck is worth ton of
luck.
Growth is better than peFmanence, and
permanent growth is better than all.
Things don't turn up in this world un-
til somebody turns them up,
In order to have any successes in life,
or any worthy success, you must resolve
to carry into your work a fullness of
knowledge-not merely a sufficiency,
but more than sufficiency.
Great ideas travel slowly and for n
time noiselessly, as the gods whose feet
were sh0d with Rool,
Liberty can only be safe when suf-
frage is Illuminated by education.
We should do nothing inconsistent
with the spirit and genius of our insti-
tutiOas. We should do nothing for re-
venge. but everything for the present
and the future.
We confront the dangers of universal
suffrage by the blessings of universal edu-
cation.
Our national safety demands that the
made pure by intelligence and kept pure
by vigilance.
While il Is true that no party can
stand upon its past record alone, yet ii
is also true thai lie past shows the spirit
and character of the Organization, and
enables us to judge what it will do in
the future.
An uncertain currency that goes up
and down hits the laborer and hits him
hard. Itheips him last and hurts him
first,
Let Hs haYe equality Of dollars before
the law, SO thai the trinity Of our poiIt-
ical creed shall lse equal states, equal
men and equal dollars throughout the
union When these three are realized
We shall have achieved the complete
pacification of our country.
The Republicans insist that the Unit
ed States is a nation, with ample power
of self Representations; that its constitution
and laws, made in pursuance thereof, are
the supreme law of the land that the
right of the nation to determine the
method by which its own legislature
shall be created can not be surrendered
without abdicafing one of the funda-
mental powers of the government; that
the national laws relating to the election
Of representatives in congress shall never
be violated nor eyaded; that every elect
or shall be permitted freely and without
intimidation to cast his ballot at such
election and have it honestly counted
and that the potency of his vote shall moi
be destroyed by the fraudulent vote OF
any other person
The reason there is no political con-
aict this fall (S73) is because each party
Is firing at q mark, each in its own way
the Democratic parry firing TO the
rear; the Republican party To the front.
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jail Delivery.

Eureka Graphic: Tuesday night as
Smith Wallace was passing bucket of
water into the main room OF the Jail,
Orange Hill, colOred, one of the inmates,
sit.zed him and held him until the other
prisoners came up, when Smith was
thrown down, chOked and pepper rubbed
in his mouth and eyes. Three of them
escaped. Orange Hill, charged with
robbery, Whalen. charged with rape, and
the depot burglar 1t was already dark
and although pursuit WAS Immediately
made neither of the escaped prisoners
were captured There WAS consider
able excitement among the citizens for q
time and many Joined in the pursuit.
The prisoners went west into the timber.
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The October number Of Brainard's
Musical World contains in addition to
the usual large amount of interesting
reading matter six new pieces Of music,
viz: Sweet Susie Gray" song and
chorus. byJ. NJ. Hubbard, "Darling
would you miss me thenT' song and
chorous by John T. Rutledge, "Let me
dream again" arranged for violin and
piano, under the Snow waltz" by E.
Mack. Nigh bell galOp," by Chas.
D'Albert, and "BOccOccio March," from
the popular new opera, "BoccacciO," ar
ranged for piano by Edward Hoist.
This music alone would cost over e2.OO
in sheet form. but can all be obtained in
the October number of the World for
only is cents. For S150 the publishers
offer to send the World from October
1880 10 January 1882, fifteen months. to
all subscribing this month. Single cop.
les IS cents or for % cents three sample
copies will be mailed TO any address. b
Brainard's Sons, publishers, Cleveland,
o., or Chicago, Ill.
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sENArE JOINT REsoLurIoN 10.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. g.
Proposing an amendment to article fifteen Of
the constitution Of tine State OF Kansas, re-
lating to the manufacture and sale of intcx-
ic9ting liquors. by adding section ten to
said article
Be it enacted By tAs Legislature Of the Sat.
Of KGasns, sSeo-EAistfs Of an tie members
elected 20 edca House 0offn0 kA<r.for:
SECTION 1. The following proposition 20
shall be submitted to the electors OF the state
for adoption or rejection at the general cleo
ton 70 be held on the Tuesday sncceeding the
hundred and eighty: Propositio1-ArticIe
fifteen shall be amended by adding section ten
manufacture and sale OF Intoxicating liquors
shall lie forever prohibited in this state ex-
cept for medical. scientific and mechanical
SIC > The following shall be the method
OF Submitting said proposition to the electors
The i.allots shall be either written or printed
or partly written and partly printed; aad
those voting fcr the proposition shall vote
.'FOr the proposition 10 amend the ConstItu-
ton !, End those .otiPg against the PropsI.
amend the constitution" : ~
SEC 9. This resolution shall take eject and
be in force from and after its publication in
hereby certify that the shove resolution
originated in the senate, February sth, 1879.
and passed that body February 2Ist, 1873
LYMAN o. HUMPHREYS
HKEEY BEANDLEY. Presd't or Senate.
Secretary OF Senate.
Passed the House March Sd, 1879.
SIDNEY CLARKE,
WHIT w WALTON, Speaker Of House.
Chief Clerk OF House
Approved March Sth. 1879
JOHN r. ST JOHN. Governor
TaE STATE OF Kansas,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE -
I, James Smith, Secretary OF stats ef the
state OF Kansas, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is 9 true and correct copy Of the
original enrolled joint resolution nov On aie
in my ONCE. and that the same took eject BY
publication on the statute book. Nay 80 1872
In testimony ghercofG have hereunto sub
scFi6ed nay name and affixed my Of
isEAL-l deial seal Done 81 Topeka, this lat
day OF July, A. D. 1855
JAMES SMITH.
Oct - Secretary Of state
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Fremont Items.
ACAAAOAsS AtCAAAss
SATtIRnAy Oct

SATURDAY, Oct. 16.
WANTED-In Fremont township, by
a gentleman from Indiana to see Dem
Ocrat. If good specimen can be OBJ
tanned. he viii be Immediately placed on
exhibition. The Republicans held a
meeting last Thursday evening at the
Rosean school house which was largely
attended. The meeting was addressed
by Mr.. Riggs, who made a good speech,
followed by MIR. j. w. Feighan. This
gentleman produced good effect and
made an excellent address. One p. B.
Maxson being present, he was given
time to address the meeting. He pro-
ceeded to hold up the Republican party
in very unfavorable light for man
who was an active mamber as long as
Mr.. MaxsOn was. Mr.. w. L. Little
and daughter, Mr.. Joseph James and
wife, of Vermiliion county, Indiana, are
visiting their brother Mr.. +. F. Little.
EBRUS
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WORTHY of CharIty,

Information reaches US that the wild
Ow of Mr.. Wilcox, a brakeman on the
Santa Fe road, who died a few days
since. at his home near the round house
is In very slaughtered circumstances
and having been left without means
with two little children, the youngest o.
which is only a week or ten days old
is really worthy of the charitable Office:
of the christian people of the town who
should lose no time in searching heI
out, and ascertain what her necessitie!
are. We believe that the simple know
ledge of this poor WOman's situation
will be sufficient to warrant prompt &C
ton in ministering to her relief.
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State Constitution Constitutional
Convention Recommended,

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. Z,
Recommending the calling of constitution
al convention.
Be it resoEred by the Le0isLItars of the Stats
Of AGnsGs, tsoo-fhirdS Of al Ehe gnsnl6ers
elected to each house cORcw,risg therein:
SECTION l. That il is hereby recommended
to the electors of the state of Kansas, that at
the general election to be held fer the election
of members of the legislature, on the Tuesday
succeeding the first MOI day in November. a.
ID eighteen hundred and eighty, they vote
for or against a convention TO change and re-
wise the constitution of the state of Kansas
SEC That the ballots at such election
shall be printed or written, or partly printed
and partly written. The form of the ballot
shall be. "For a constitutional convention. -
or, Against a constitutional convention -
SEQ 8. This resolution shall take effect and
oe IN force from and after its publication 10
the statute book.
hereby certify that the above bill origin
ated in the senate, February goth. 1872 and
passed that body February sstb, 1879
LYMAN u HUMPHREY
HENRY BRANDLEY. President of Senate
Secretary of Senate
Passed the house March 9Th, 1879.
SIDNEY CLARKE,
WRIT w WALTON, Speaker of House
Chief Clerk of House.
Approved March Sth, 1879.
JOHN p. ST. JOHN, Governor
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Eureka,s EbuIlltion.
EUREKA, Oct. IA.

Our city is ablaze with enthusiasm.
One hundred guns are being fired as q
feeble token of joy felt by the loyal peo-
pie of the place at the signal union vic
tory IN Indiana Heaven bless the
patriotism OF thR Hoosier state. Such
heartfelt expressions of gladaess have
meyer been attested by the people of
Greenwood county as the news of the
glorious triumph In Indiana brings
forth. PHERIs.
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The walls of the new hotel are rapid.
ly-nearing completion, and the proper
tions of a very handsome Improvement
20 the town already stand confessed. As
soon rs the brick work is finished and
the building is under roof. the inside
work viii be vigorously pushed forward,
and it is hoped the house will be ready
for occupation by the list of January.
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Mister. Here,- Yo1- 7z,,

The nRle stolen by Jack Lindsey from
Mr.. Mason, Of this city. on Saturday of
last week, was found on Thursday. By
Mr.. Dsvid Butcher, at the farm Of w. A
Smith. twelve miles west of Emporia.
Lindsey had traded it or for q pony TO
Mr.. Smith on the same day that he took
IL from the farm OF Mr.. Mason and he
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AMERIcUs NoTEs.
WEDNESDAY. Oct.

WEDNESDAY. Oct. Is.
George Washington Wright was up
from EmporIa. We recognized the
young man at first sight, but not SO with
the mustach. a refreshing shower
passed over town today. TIE citizens
of Americas gave the ministers a public
dinner in j. ID. Gibson's hall. A good
many ministers and physicians in town
makes things look little lively. John
Bond has curiosity in the shape of a
double apple. Two perfect apples grown
together. Weight ten and half ounces.
-. Good time to repost sale bills, since
the rain has demolished most of them.
=. Everybody is holding their breath
until they obtain the full returns.
THURSDAY, Oct IA
Cunningham VS.. James White, Re
plevin suit came off to-day with Judge
Cunningham and Col. harrington for the
plaintiff and the new law firm of Hol
land 8 Gronnell for the defendant. Il
is useless TO say that the new law firm
won the suit. i. . "A child at the hospital
by the name of stanFidge, died to-day
and was buried after shutdown. The
latest funeral we ever heard of. d. Green
lea says Indiana is $4,000 Greenback.
Gilchriest is up from EmpOria. Ask
Judge Cunningham about the graveyard
witness. BUnLow.
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We are informed thatthe Presbyterian
social 1t Mr.. POrterheld's Wednesday
passed OF very pleasantly. and was great
" enjoyed by those present Mr.. Por-
terield and his family are comparatively
new to Emporia, but they have already
made themselves valuable accessions 70
the church and are doing their full share
toward promoting the social interests Of
Ihe town.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-22

Thomas Smith, the colored man who
shot and killed Bob Thomas at Burlin
game some months ago was sentenced e
the penitentiarY for 81 years, by Judge
PeYton at the late term of District court
in Usage county. Smith was formerly
m employee of whitley & Henson in this
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A DaIay DOG.


Emporia has long enjoyed the proud
distinction of shipping more fat hogs
and big steers than any town in the state.
She has made successful professions
to growing the most sagaciOus COWS
which ever learned to open gates, and
has been the nursery of some of the
finest mules and Greenback orators in
Kansas. It will therefore not be regard
ed in The nature of surprise that she
should show up equally well on dogs,
and our readers will probably be pre-
pared TO learn that Harry Leibfried's
beautiful red Irish setter, Irish Kork,
took the first prize at the st Louis dog
show, last week, and that his brother,
bred by the same gentleman and owned
by a party in Parsons, took the second.
Emporia will always do to bet on
whether it he at band tournament, q
political hOodOo, cattle fair or a dog
ohouy
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Mr.. A. J. Dunlap, of Topeka, and Miss
Ada Crocker, of Chase county, who is
well known in Emporia, were married
Thursday at the Congregational par.
sonage, by Rev. DIR. COrdley. The newly
welded pair took the noon train for To.
peka, their future home.
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We have made arrangements with the
well known live stock firm of White s
Holmes, Kansas City, to furnish us each
day at l O'Clock, by special dispatch, q
brief report Of the live stock market
containing the latest and important con
dition of the market at Kansas CITY.
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rbs LYON County treasury


Tie following is report of tLs Pro-
bate Judge and the examiners appointed
10 examine the county treasury, for the
quarter ending October 23d, 1880:
To the Board er County Commissioners OF
We. the Undersigned, Probate Judge and
exam. neIs appointed % examine and count
the funds in the county treasury for the guar
ter ending October %3ts ISSo. report: That on
this i5l h tIay Gf October, 1850. without notice
70 the County Treasurer. we proceeded to his
| the funds in his hands We found the fol-
| Lowing funds IA the aRtls OF said County
Treasurer:
cold. ..... 81 oOo %
SarTe% Gauge interest 7.SOS o
| Total. -Sl5sUt0 "
We further report that the books of the
| County Treasurer show in his hands $If 9eJ II
making a surplus Of $4 50 found by as the
oO" T. il. KELLOGG, Probate Judge
d RIGGS.
4 NEIL CAMPBELL.
/ EmpOria Kansas. October ID. 1880.
STATE OF KANSAS
| LYON COUNTY.
| L. b kellogg. Riggs aud Neil Camp.
bell. being each severaily sworn, depOse and
say that the above report is true and correct
| L KELLOGG
1 5. x RIGGS.
/ NEIL CAMPBELL
| Subscribed and sworn 70 before me thi.
/ 18th day Of October, 1850
G. w FREDERICK. Clerk.
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A house two miles and half north
OF the city on Allen creek, was struck by
lightning Wednesday afternoon. The
chimney was thrown down aud the &C.
cupants considerably shocked, but no
one was injured.
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Alonzo Simmons, of this city, started
to Illinois on "Wednesday evening in re-
spouse to q telegram announcing the
death Of his little son, whom its mother
had taken east for the benefit of Its
health
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-22

The construction gang engaged in
building the telegraph line from EN-
poria to Howard have got up about
twelve miles of poles. The wire was
shipped from Worcester, Massachusetts,
on the 9Th