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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01
The MIDNIeHr SIN.

The spectacle of the sun shining at
midnight attracts many foreigners to
Swedish Lapland during the month of
June. For six weeks there is scarcely
any night In the north of Sweden; the
sun never sets and the soil, constantly
heated, produces, in month and half.
barley and other crops. AT that time of
the year the Laplanders pen mp their
RENDERS and move their hufs toward
the cultivated fields Being very
hospiiable, their greet with express
sions of Joy the arrival of tourists.
who generally meet at Mount Gal
laware, 148 kilometres from LuIea.
From that hill, which is $50 metres high,
the beautiful spectacle of the midnight
sun" cen be admired in better condi-
tons than from any other place. The
oath of June IS the day selected for the
ascension; il is the longest day in the
year, the sun being % hours above the
horizon. This year the 24fh of June
was not favored by fine weather, and.
owing TO the cloudy sky, the sun was not
visible At midnight, bat the following
day travellers were well rewarded for
their trouble, the sun shining brightly
at midnight
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HERE AND THERE.


The sea-serpent captured on the Paci.
fic coast is only six feet long. After all
the whisky in California cannot be so
very, very bad.
The Troy Chief took the first premi-
UNI al the Bismarck fair and is now
among the fossilized curiosities of the
State Historical Society.
General Grant and Senator Conklinp
will be present at a grand Republican
mass meeting at Warren, Ohio, on the
2Sth of the present month.
1t is when a man gets up and makes a
Grecnback speech that his wife, if she
be a truly sensible woman, thanks God
that he is not blood relation,
The rape of Eskridge, by the Fusion.
lists, is only equaled in atrocity by the
traditional outrage in which the wash.
tub served as adamnable accessory to the
accomplishment Of a fiendish purpose.
A petrified human heart has been dis.
covered in Wyoming. This will throw
some light upon the myterious disap-
pearance of an ancestor of Bill English,
of Indiana, WHO went west many years
ago. and has never since been heard
from.
When an American traveller in Europe
wishes to write home to his local paper
about the sights, he almost always be
gins by describing q cathedral Amer
that he tells about the vineyards After
that he says, 81 must leave the rest for
another letter"
Doc Struggled has swooped down mp.
on Lawrence, and the denizens of that
historic town have sent petition to the
capital half mile long, praying the
city council of Topeka to enforce the or.
dinance which provides for the proper
custody of jackasses, and prohibits these
tuneful animals from roaming at liberty
without keeper.
The Kansas City Times intimates that
the convention for the improvement Of
western waters, now in session in thai
city. is not needed half SO much as q
meeting for the amelioration of western
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POLITICAL POINTS.

Remember that the Democrats of the
United States senate voted, to man, To
pension Jcif. Davis,
Emory A. Storrs is working for Gar
field and Arthur on the Pacific coast,
and delivered another of his stirring
speeches at San Francisco on the 18th.
To THE POINr:-Placinga Union gen
eral at the head of the rebel forces is
like pinning a genuine greenback on the
outside of u package of counterfeit bills.
Keep in mind that the Democrats in.
creased the public expenditures over
$41, 100000 in five years. The official
figures of the treasury department show
this.
The Greenbaekers of Maine have been
strengthened for future achievements by
the reception of congratulatory messages
from General Hancock and Dennis Kear.
ney. Nexti
By the way, when did the superb
blossom forth as a humoristS A south
ener reports General Hancock rs saying
to him that he hoped the negroes were
behaving in a manner agreeable to the
people" a. .
The Democratic stump-speakers in
some of the more inaccessible and be-
nighted Bourbon strongholds are now
said to be claiming that il was the Re
publicans who first opened fire on Fort
Sumpter in 1861.
DIR. Struggled is pretty confident that
he will get al least one vote for governor,
providing, of course, that he does not
run afoul of the fool-killer between now
and November, and is able to get about
on the day of the election.
Globe Democrat: Ben Butler is CON-
ing west, and the safe deposit companies
of the large cities on this side Of the Al
leghanies are experiencing something in
the nature OF boom. The demand is for
boxes suitable for silverware.
A Democratic paper in Virginia de.
clared the other day that campaign
frauds are legitimate" Now, emulatine
Wade Hampton and Beltzhooyer, It says
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BLACKBURN,s BOAST.

Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky, the ia
nous "vestige- wiper of the extra SEES
sion, is giving wide range to his ora.
torical powers in Ohio, and his exuber-
ant mouth is having free course in the
advocacy of the principles for which the
rebel brigadiers commended in the Forty
sixth congress. For the benefit of our
extremely conservative readers, who
scout what they are pleased 10 term the
Republican bug-bcar regarding section
alism, we publish what the Cincinnati
Commercial says of speech delivered
by the great Bourbon leader at Batavia,
Ohio, u few days since:
He assaulted the election laws as he had
done in the extra session, denounced
Hayes for his yetoes, and declared that
the issue raised over those laws in the
extra session was "the issue TO be decid-
ed at the polls in November next"
He said that Senator COnkling's state
ments in his New York speech on rebel
claims "were false, and the New York
senator knew it," He used this Ian
gnage about the solid south:
"Let the Radicals howl about a solid
south. She is solid, thank God. She
tcds solid for JET DdDis in 1860, and are
loiH be solid for Hancock an 1890" He
charged that the Republicans caused the
war. This is his language Uerbatim:
1.-The Republicans are the hardest people
in the world To get along with. Up to
1861 we tried our best To get along with
them. We endured them just as long as
VIC could, and when we could endure
them no longer we said we would dis
solve the partnership, and we took our
grip-sacks and left the home of our faith
ers."
Again he said: "When we are in we
will have all we want We toiU Ioipc out
tie army" Then pausing n moment hNe
said, II mean we will wipe it out on
election day"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

1t was recentludiscovered in the treas
ury department hat after the breaking
out OF the late war the New Orleans mint
continued coinage Cor several weeks, and
about ono million and a quarter dollars
OF gold and silverof different denomina-
tons were coined from the bullion on
hand nj the time. IL is supposed the,
money fell into the hands of the Confeai-
craey aud has all been put into circuiA-
tion, increasing the amount IN cIrcnla-
ii N by lust so much.
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any wound or injury, or any disease, how.
~ sEns me DISABILITY. entities soldier Of
Az Snsitse S PENSIONS by new law begin back AZ
ny ny o. alsehaFge. Widows. Children unl;a,.
ea1tScn years OF age, dependent mot hers
1at9ers, also brothers and sisters under f1-ss,.s
sy-one years are entitled TO q pension- PEI
Elon laws are now more liberal thar forn..rl-r-
ena many are entitled to better rates NIX,
~ entiLleo 70 bounty and DON'T know IL
.,t. ~. Ptoeare patents for inventors both in
t. naslns mad several years experiences in the
~ "a kesS law and claim Office in WashiE gton
49, guarantee satisfaction and q Eayinr
~ y9n OF two or three months than By corres-
Roholng with an attorney in Washfnrfon
ssna sNo stamps Tor blanks and Instructions
TAYLOR FITZGERAIp
Attorney at law and solicitor OF m
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

Abe Steinbarger, OF the Howard Cour-
ant, is counting the muses., and will
henceforth devote portion of his valu-
able space to the promotion of poetry
and the line arts. He and Sol. Miller
are robust competitors for the Jack-knifc
To be awarded TO the most moral and
dignitied journalist in the state.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

A Greek poet implies that the height
OF bliss is the sudden relief of pain.
But there Is nobler bliss still. the
rapture of the conscience at the sufidan
release from q guilty thought.-Ruiyer
Nothing looks 50 like guilt a. fright.
ened innocence Kathleen O'Meara'
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

Following the advice and example of
Scion Chase and his followers in Maine,
the Greenbackers of Massachusetts in
convention assembled resolved, on the
22d, To reject the Democratic ovcrtures
for fusion and placed full electoral
ticket of their'own in the field. Even il
they had formed coalition with the
Democrats there would have been no rea-
son To fear Republican defeat In Mass
achusetis in November, but their refusal
To fuse will have brscing effect on the
Greonbackcrs of Indiana and other west
crn states, and will do much to put a
stop 10 all pending negotiations for a
Democratic rccnhack alliance.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01
THE NEWS.

The Futility of Fusion.-Soion Chase
Repudiates the Coalition Ticket, and
Cuts Out and corraIs the Straight
Greenbackers.-TWo 0pposi-
tion Tickets in the Field
in Maine.
A Genuine Sea Serpent Captured on the
Pacific Coast.-The Cheyennes Be-
coming Hungry and Discontinued
in the Indian Territory.
Schwatka's Scheme.-Failure to Find
the Franklin Records, but Many
Relics of the Party Found
in the Arctic Regions.
Marriage of Jesse Grant and Miss Chap
man, at San Francisco.-The Gun
nison Country TO be Opened
up by Railroads.
Meeting of the Grand Army of the Re-
public at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Saengerfest at Toledo, Ohio.
The Official Result of the Maine Elec-
ton to be Made Known on
the iSt of January.
Fearful Railroad Accident on the Van
dalla Line. An Engineer and Fire
man Instantly Killed.
Scheming for SpoiIs.-What is Proposed
by the South in the Event of
Democratic Success.
Democratic Tactics in Indiana and Ohio.
The Fight to be Made in the
October States.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

The report ofdis,ensions in the Demo
cratic ranks In Indiana should not
blind the Republicans of that state OF
the country to the real difficulties of the
present canvass or induce that sense Of
false security from which the result IN
Maine should arouse every true Repub-
lican. The Republicans may AS well
face the fact that they are engaged in
one OF the closest contests in the politi-
cal history of the country, and that
while the record Of the party, and the
better sentiment of the American people
favor the election Garfield and Arthur,
the fruits of victory can only be secured
by un,iring zeal and interchangeable labor.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

The Story of Herald Correspondent
Concerning the Schwatka Expedition.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01
Does , a General Banking Business.
A TXEO 3 HERMAN,
Dealers in Meats of all KindsI
The Best and Cheapest Meat Mrket In
Emporia.

Have now on hand and for sale cheap large
tnofonghiy salted, cured and smoked. and
equal 70 the very best that can be found anv-
lard. by the barrel or pound Call snd Ssye - ~
IA Al 10 Orders receive prompt attention, and
deatefs are particularly requested 10 r-fv.e 1,e
call The best OF Beef hutton sn6 vi
as usual. kept at our market. on sixth ayenne.
glst west 81 the Eskridge BLOCK, Emporia
Kansas. Tl0tf ATYEO & HERMAN
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

Meeting of the Grand Army of the Re-
public at indianapolis. and
Saengerfest at Toledo, Ohio.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

Fearful Railroad Accident on the Van
dalla Line. An Engineer and Fire
man Instantly Killed.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

Scheming for SpoiIs.-What is Proposed
by the South in the Event of
Democratic Success.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

Democratic Tactics in Indiana and Ohio.
The Fight to be Made in the
October States.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01
A veritabIe Sea Serpent.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept GA Victoria
dispatch says: A genuine sea serpent,
six feet in length, with an orthodox
name, head shaped like panther and
tail whitfield down to sharp point, was
brought in by the Indians yesterday,
who caught it in the deep water of the
straits of Deparo. Its appearance Gre
ates interest among savants and old fish
ermen, who can't place the monster.
The serpent has been photographed, and
the body Will be preserved in spirits and
sent to Ottawa for Classification.
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effort used to as good advantage as in
those two states; and the managers in
send to concentrate their energies there.
leaving the balance of the country 10
take rest until after October.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

Dies MONIES, Iowa, Sept. 23.-Levi
johnson, of Norton county, Kansas, is
here soliciting aid for the people in Phil
lips, Sherman, Decstur, Sheridan, Raw
Inns and other counties. In Norton
county !, 800 people are in absolute want
of food. The wheat crop in the above
named counties failed and in June was
plowed up and planted in corn which. has
been destroyed by the web worm. Mr.
johnson says one family lived eleven
weeks on wheat bran, and another three
weeks on corn meal. He says the local
state papers suppress these facts as it
Will iniure the state
4 public meeting called here this
evening to procure supplies for these
people,
Democratic Tactics.
WASHINGTON, Sept 24-The Republi-
cans of Ohio and Indiana should be
warned that the Democrats intend to
spend all their money and force in those
two states for the October election A
gentleman high in the councils of the
Democratic committee said to-day that
they intend TO concentrate their force
and money IN Ohio and Indiana TO car.
~ those states, and thus practically set
tie the presidential contest before No
yember. He said that nowhere could
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The Ohio Mining TroubIes.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. GA special
from Corning says the saloon keepers
there have been notified by the miners
from straitsVille and Sharon to close
their bars to-day and tomorrow. This
is taken as an indication that the miners
are contemplating a further attack upon
the troops. The miners complain that
the drunkenness of some of their men on
Sunday last interfered with their plans.
A large meeting of miners is being held
near Corning.
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ATTORNEYS.
C. u. srEREY

SCOTT 4 LYNN,
ATTORNEYS AT Law viii practice in
all the State and Federal Courts. wIOtf
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IAnIAEAPoLIs, Ind, Sept. 22.-The an.
nual encampment G. A. r., and the sol
diers reunion, convened in this city, yes
terday. The first day was spent In the
reception of visiting posts To-day the
exercises opened with parade, partici-
pated IN by the several posts, the COVER
nor and state officers, mayor, city officials
aldermen, common coucil, fire depart
ment, and the Mexican cadets. The
bands of the Terre Heute and Indlanap-
OILS light infantry were at the head Of
the procession In carriages. Gen. Louis
wagner is commander-in-chief. Edgar
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The Official Result of the Maine Elec-
ton to be Made Known on
the Ist of January.
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PHYSICIANS.

DR. F. II. DOUGLASS,
OFFICE over Lutz's hardware store Resi-
dence, corner 18th av. and Merchants St
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01

M, vorI A,b,,t,o cIuh. n n Fieldinp Harlem
No"-ioin "' ' - ..,,..,. Gil,
Athletic club; r. H. ChariocR. Empire htn'e"o 'i"'
and W. J. Kendrick, Harlem Athletic Club.
Tho nrooramme was n very long one and there we're
900 -. 1,, d., o, ,ao hro,vi,g tho hammer
lou enHles' i"e "se e'c"' was '",'"s 49,. I,,
James McDermott. Scottish American Atheuo Oiup'
threw II "a feet 10 inches
-. - - 80, ., 1855, ,ou vr,r,ers ~ trials at
Ne&t cahc " IooSaius run ioi """'' vs.
Mott Haven In this there were three trial meats "ho
thirteen councillors The first heat was won by j. f.
MeiDtyre, O.; time, dVs oeconds and The
n daily III, npie . n, a. u 'ie; lime II seconds
th1ru on y FhpreRon. y a. ~, ia Orion Athletic
~, ne aiFt ,SIo,,c Cnb which was won by
NV au vi, e. ~ Tot half mile run I'm which the re
.ne former Dv 2 et, Sn i in each to run in the flna
, wv n ,hs neyt event on the proeramme W. f.
WIS Wy ,r'otto fIrh. n Mccarthy putna m
tarh,; hmpne h' " Wtrore Eno,re Athletic Cub
anieue o,un; o. =, ,,oarap athietic Cinb won
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01
gig O'CLOCK TO 3 O'CLOCK.
SATURDAY, July 31-P. \
THE GENERAL LIST.

SATURDAY, July 31-P NJ
The stock speculation to-day came very near be-
| ing dull and nsipid and what activity there was
was confined 20 few special stocks. Out of a total
business that amounted only to 1920 shares five
stocks-Eric. St. Paul Northwest, Michigan Central
and Union Paeifc-cOntrbuted 100000 shares. The
opening prices were weak and there was decline
ranging from % to III per cent. After that the
market was excessively dull, bu5 there a gradual
Hardening OF prices until about 1 o'clock. After
that time tie prices of st. Paul aud Northwest
rapidly advanced to 80 and 99ls respectively from
SG3l and 97l2, the early figures. At the same time
Michigan Central moved MP TO 074 against 90
early III the day. Rock lslaI d with few transactions
advanced TO 1854, and Union Pacific,
v hch had sold at 90 ut about II o'clock, rose to
o. The remarkable feature OF these sudden move
inents is that they hardly caused ripple of demand
tor other stocks, an Improvement Of g or Il per
cent in the general list being the fun effect expert
cnced. Ere declined from 4ls to 43i2, but had re-
covered to Al before the above related movements
were made. and closed at 44ls. Lake Shore soldas
low as 10a l2 and then went up to 1O93S. closing at
1921. n gain OF Il per cent Missouri, Kansas and
Texas rose - ana later declined 4, but Wabash
closed with an advance of % and tho preferred
stock with an advance OF II per cent. The
ger era list of faneies such as Ohio and Mississippi
Mobile and Ohio ST. Paul and Duluth. ETC.. show
little change in either direction, such as there are
being about evenly divided between gain and losses
Northern Pacihcs were strong, even in the early
dealings. when the general market was weak. A
notable advance in Illinois Central to 1l1al10ai is
worthy OF mention. Central Pacific sold up TO 742.
The coal stocks declined sharply about per cent in
the morning and failed TO make full recoveries In
the later dealings. There seems TO be good bor-
rowing demand for the coal stocks, particularly for
Delaware. Lackaw anna and Western, but it is easy
30 trace n large proportion Of the demand 20 the
pools engaged Iii manipulating the stocks The
" short interest probably Is very small. Western
Union was dull, but its price was IS higher at los.
Pacific Mail sold no hi CHER than yesterdays closing
figures, 43ls but declined to 42l29427s. The mar
het closed dull and steady. excepting for the sDe-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01

State bonds were as quiet as usual, the Only
transactions being in Tennessee "a. old, at 49,
Louisiana consols are quoted offered at A.
OF city bank stocks the only sale was forty shares
of Chatham at 10.
There was some activity in few issues OF rail-
road bonds but generally the market was dull ana
prices were firm. Erie second consols, with sales OF
1888, 600 rose from 903i TO 9135, and the funded
6s with transactions to an unusual amount
1906, O00), rose from s5l2 20 S6ls Missouri Kan
sas and Texas first censols dull but Is higher
at 1O5ls and the seconds a higher at 6O4
Ncw-Jersey Central income rs rose To S2l4 an
advance of - per cent. Mobile and Ohio first
debentures rose 10 per cent to So and the second
incomes rose to 40. The price of the first deb' ~
lures is based upon an expectation that per cent
will be declared as due upon them out of the earn
ings for the year ended June 80 but 1T is more than
probable that the interest declared will amount to
as much as per cent st. Louis and Iron Mountain
second mortgages were l.. higher at 1881, and the
second incomes sold Mt 80. advance OF per cent
from the last previous sale metropolitan irsts were
firm at an advance to 100ls Oregon Railroad and
Navigation firsts improved to 97Si. Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern IS to 3D. and Toledo
and Wabash convertIbles to 104 Denver and RIO
Grandc frss were steady at 104l the constructions
being 81 lower at 95ls, and Kansas Pacific consols
held steady at OCH Texas and Pacific incomes rose
from 81 to 90.
The principal feature of the weekly bank state
ment is the further expansion Of T3,26l, 900 IN
loans The total reserves are reduced S74l 100, and
the surplus reserves are reduced $750,22J. The
following are the totals of the statement and changes
of the week:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01

In London, British cOnsols were lle easier at 98
i9s were unchanged at 1O5 and 1145s respectively
but the is were lshigher 1924. Ere shares We're
steady at 45os second consos rising Il to 81. Il-
nois Central was active, advancing to 11112, aDd
closing at / 1884 against 113is yesterday Pennsyl-
vania was STEADY mt 59lsGj9, Central of New-Jer-
sey consols l2 lower at l0S, Reading ls higher at
ga and Central and Hudson unchanged at 1861.
aiTer being 1864 In Paris, French per cents sold
at $3.50 against Si.65 yesterday
The Engineering GHd Mian5 journal reports the
July 24'and year from January rs follows:
Week. Year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01
ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
fIxTH ANNUAL GAMES OF TIE sCOrnSH-AMEBICAN

CLUB.
The sixth annual games of the Scottish
American Athletic Club. which were postponed from
July on account OF after part OF the programme
hat heen nertormed were finished at the club grounds
at EIghthave. and Fiftyfourths yesterday afternoon
The circumstances were favorable as could be de-
sired the weather cool and pleasant and the track
was in an excellent CONDITION. An enthusiastic audience
Of almost 200 persons loudly expressed IFS approval OF
every successful feat nOppaying audience
also enjoyed q view OF the games from
the rear windows and balconies Of al
iacent tenement and, in conjunction with the r
rcpressibe small hey, who had perched himself upon
the high board surrounding the grounds gave va
rieiy TO the scene.
Tue referee David FOULS of the Scottish American
Athieuc Club. Ind the indges pre: Hila@ u. CuIts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01
AMATEuR SWIMMING RACES.

Dexter's Swimming Academy, at the foot of
Twentiethst., North River. crowded yes
terday by amateur swimmers and spectators
TO witness the announced TO take place
At4 p. ten boys started in $50 yards swim for
silver medal. Harvey Heene won in minute, 40 Sc
conds; William Campbell second in l minute, AZ Sc
cOnds. The amateur handicap swim, distance 800
yards was by william Brady 90 seconds starD
i'll 2n., rs; I. F. Donaldson second in IN, rs a
silver cup given 10 the second boy in each race
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01
AFINE PIGEON SHOOTING MATCH.

ST. LOUIS, July 31.-Ap pigeon shooting match
worthy of note was shot here tins week between
Joseph b. Lucas an amateur, of this city, and Gwynne
Price WHO time had a contest with Bogardus for
the championship. The match for purse OF 5000,
100 birds thirty yards rise ground traps English
rules. The birds were strong Lucas shot 81 birds 10
Prices rs. This is the beat score ever made except
mat made during the match OF BOgardus with
Rmmell. the crack English shot.