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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05
THE SANTA res SCHEMES.
GREATEST PROJECT OF THE AGE
An Extension which win make the A.
T. i ). l.. Railroad the Greatest CorpO-
ration of the Age

T. i ). T.. Railroad the Greatest CorpO-
ration of the Age
New YORK, Fen. zS.-The designs of
the Boston owners OF the AtchisOn, To
peka 81 Santa Fe road have hardly be-
gun TO be understood. Not content with
the projected extension of their line TO
San Francisco. they have succeeded in
obtaining from the Mexican government
franchises which Will probably give
them "A monopoly of the Australian,
New Zealand and South and Central
American business, and steps have ali
ready been taken TO turn the concessions
to immediate use. In May last was in
corporated in Boston the Sonora Railway
Company, limited. Its president is Il.
p. Checny, lis directors are directors
of the Atchison. Topeka Il Santa Fe
All its stock, has been subscribed foF by
the stockholders of the company. 1t viii
run from Guymas, a seaport ON the Gulf
of California. in nOEtheriy direction,
through Sonora. via HeFmosille
aud Tres, TO the Arizona from
tier, where connection Will be
made, at a point not yet determined,
with New Mexico and the Southern
Pacific branch of the AlchiSon, Topeka
and Santa Fe, which is being constructed
euerque, and has been surveyed, and Il
force of men are 10 begin work within
the next six weeks 1t will be between
$50 and 200 miles in length. Last week
rails sufficient for the first thirty miles
were purchased in England, where Que
of the directors is now engaged in max
ing arrangements for 4 monthly supply,
10 he delivered regularly until the road
is completed. The rails VIII be allow
Cd To enter Guymas rec of duty, which,
il is estimated will save the company
5000 per mile in cost of construction.
Those interested claim that this route
viii be 800 miles shorter than the pres
ent route from New Mexico 10 San Fran
cisco. and will bring Australia and New
Zealand, / 600 miles nearer yhis city than
nov They thus expect 10 moa0polize
tias great and growing wool trade OF
those countries, and 10 build up with
them n large business IN American
manufactures On the river Zaglu, IL
Sonora. seventy miles from the line oi
the road. are what are asserted TO be the
largest anthracite coal fields in the wcFid
outside of Pennsylvania. The coal
is true anthracite, said to be superior
in quality to the Lehigh product
IN addition TO supplying themselves
cileaply, The company expect to furnish
vessels at GuyInas 1T 81 pc ton tor the
Australian trade, rs web as the whole 81
Arizona, California and far west, where
anthracite ci,al has never yet feen found
in paying quantities Another industry
viii consist in supplying southwestern
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05

Senator Dan Voorhees, is an old fash
toned Democratic negro hater, but seems
TO have overcome his pTejudices so much
as to become ashamed of his objection
to taking up bill admitting duty free
foreign contributions for HE relief of
the colored exodus refugees, when il hin,
dered the distribution of supplies lying
in our harbors for the aid of the suffer
ing. So after an evasIve statement tn
the effect that he did not oppose the bill
on its merits, he asked that il be passed,
which WAS done
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05
RypuRIIcAN STATE CONVENTION.

A delegate convention % tie Eepuhiicans
OF the state Of Kansas VIII be bed In Repre-
sentative Hall. in the city of TOPEKA ON
wednesday afternoon, March aist, 49, at
u'cloek, for the purpose OF 'ei.etins Ten aeie-
gates and ter alsernates 70 the SationA nc
,.,,h,ira, conyention, 10 be held In Chicago,
'yupe 3. 1850. and nominating five presidential
electors. TO be voted for at the next Nosemoei
election. The basis OF repre cntation IN uh'
said state convention shall he one deiegat'
and one alternate for every two hundred al'
nny votes east, aad one ,ielegate ani ons AZ
ternate Tor each fraction OF lSS or more vote
east for Albert II. Horton, Chiei Justice .
the November election in i59s, ana one aeie
CUTE anu one alternate for each ether rssu
iarly organized county. or county Win
township organization, attached 10 anothe
county for school purposes. which delegate
and aiternates are apporiiaae'i 70 the fevefa
counties as follows.
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sIsTRicr NO. IS.

CHICAGO MOUND, Feb. 2}rd 1880.
Report of district No. 80 for the month
ending February 90 Number of pupils
enroll, 81; average age OF female, ia /;
average age of males, Ill; average
daily attendance 3slf Names ofpupils
who have moi been tardy during the
month; Myers Townsend, Jimmie
Simpson, Maggie Davis. Hattie Davis,
Lulu Flack, Ncnvie Townsend Emma
Pratt. Eliza Albright, Kittie McCliniich.
Names Of those who have hot been alb
sent: Johny Main, Willie Main, Arthur
Rvens, Myers Townsend, Berthe McClin-
tick, Belle Martin, Nevvie Townsend
EFFIE AIcCoIN Teacher
T. S.--Chicago Mound literary society
meets every Tuesday evening. Ii is
now we'll organized and in good running
order. The exercises coniist of debating
and literary work of all kinds. f. VI.
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AN EXTINCT FLORIDA KINGDOM
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.


The other day | went down on the boat
to the Island OF Fort George, at the
mouth OF the ST. John's river. The Is
land OF Fort George, embracing some
ten square miles in its area, is grown up
with palmettoes, dates, palms, live OAK
and oranges in a close forest. The
ground is grown over with casters, and
on every side is to be seen the wealth Of
color, and the gorgeous forms of veget-
able growth, that one sees in pictures Of
equatorial life. Here on this little IS
land an old planter named Kingsley
formerly relgned with absolute sway.
To he sure, he had other plantations,
three or four OF them up the river; bat
here WAS the scat of enlpire-hare the
Whitehall or the Windsor Castle Of his
despotism.
Did Kingsley want slaves for his plan
tation, he ordered his fast sailinc aioop
and sailed 10 Africa and got them. Did
he have cotton or tobacco or sugar to
sell. he sent them To the foreign markets
ut Liverpool or Manchester in his own
vessels. Was justice to be administered
to any of his hundreds of rctainers,
Kingsley sat in his Judgment hall and
pronounced il. His wife, indeed, was =
! princess of royal African blood as black
{ rs coal, but every inch queen. Their
/ children, when they grew up, asserted
their equality, or rather their superior
I ity, spite Of color, and one daughter
married wealthy merchant Of New
/ York, while another a son, went
/ abroad, entered foreign courts
ana is to-day a diplomat
/ Of acknowledged position. Another
, son was to have succeeded him in hI-
dominion on the island. hut he died, ait
! The house which the old man built foI
him 10 occupy as 4 palace is said to b,
haunted now. Some twenty years ag,
old Kingsley died, his wife having gou,
before him, and the property has nov
been divided up.
Fort George Island belongs principal
ly to eX-congressman Rawlins, of New
. Hampshire. Three or four New Gorl
gentlemen have orange groves on the is
land, bat RaWlips is It's principal owner
The KingSley empire, however, has beer
divided, and no longer enjoys its old-tim
position. The sceptre has departed from
it, and now it is simply reminder q
what it once was-a dream Of the tropic:
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05

II Is recommended that the delegates from
each county be selected in such manner on
the 2Otn day or March, 1850, as the vaFioHs
county central committees may determine
and that such committees IN counties having
more than ono representative district shH''
distribute the delegates between the districts
50 that each district shall have NJ least one
delegate. II is also recommended mat the
state delegate convention select the delegates
10 the national Republican convention so that
the four be chosen from the st=te at large. and
two from each OF the congressional districts
and that each congressional district have ut
Ieast three Of the whole number chosen.
Nv order OF the Republican state ceutral
comI2ittee. CYRUS LELANp' JE
At,est Chairman
WILLIAM rnoMPsoS, secretary.
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HERE AND THERE.
One dress does Victoria three months.
The fame Of Mrs. Langtry. thc London
beauty, i on the wane.

One dress does Victoria three months.
The fame Of Blrs. Langtry. The London
beauty, Is on the wane.
The next astclnpt on the Cars life
will be successful, and he will be killed
b,' hands he has trusted
Three million coffee mills were made
IN this country last year. and the sound
OF their grinding was lew
Soft solder mends many hole in a
hard pan, ard tally heals many a wound
Ell spirit, If jadiciously applied,
A skeleton is said to be found in the
closet of every household. Cowiey seem
ed TO have had dozen or more in his.
When a girl is twenty she feels very
easy on that score. It's only when sh,
scores another that she begins TO wonder
WHO invented wrinkles.
Eureka, Nevada, boasts of one-armet
man who makes living by choppins
wood The fellow is a good chopper
and YIELDS his AK with as much dexterit,
as the best woodman in the country,
1t is estimated that the time wasted b,
women Of the United States in lonkini
under beds for men at night, if devoted
To work, would result, in years time
in making over 1900 pairs of suspend
I ers for the heather.
Anthony Trollopc has a high, roun,
head, bald on the forehead and borderei
by curly. fluffy hair He las larg
moustache and ala immense full beard
/ lie is not over sixty-five years old, and
somewhat Overbearing in his manner.
+ Prof, Peters announces the discover
ny himself, on the 18th ult., of ncN
/. planet of the eleventh magnitude. "
were afraid the planet business was bein
neglected, but are glad to see that NJ
Peters is sticking to business ut the oil
stand.
4 carpenter who was AWAY prognost
eating evil 10 himself was one day apo
ihe roof of five-story building upo
which the rain had fallen. The roof b.
ing very slippery he lost his footing, an
as he was descending towards the cave
he exclaimed: Just as | told you
Catching, however, in an iron spout,
kicked off his shoes and regaIned plaC
Of safety, when he thus delivered hin
self: Il know'd il; there's pair of shoe
rom
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05
4 FIERCE coMBAT.
The Life Rnd Death struggle Between n
Cat and RattlesEaize
Amer:eus Ca ReuuillIsan


Americas lGa] Repuul.saa.
About three weeks ago. during the
beautiful sunny weather We have had,
which induced the trees L bud and
bloom. vas walking in nay garden one
morning, thinking about preparing for
an early start in spring vegetables, when
| saw a large rattiesnake summing Ny
first impulse WIS 10 70 to the house, get
a gun, and kin IT. But looking around
L saw q very large house cat cautiously
creeping apoa tie reptile. Anticipating
a fight. and equally DESTROYS of getting
rid of the cat. which Killed chickens, ]
concluded 10 witness his attack upon
the snake. The cat crawled upon its
stomach, pulling along on its feet, whisk-
ing its tail from side 10 side, and every
now and then stretching its neck 10
view the snake. When about eight or
ten feet Off the snake suddenly eoiled
up, sprung Its rattle, faced the eat,
and darted its tongue out rapidly.
| The cat commenced rapid circle
around the snake, so fast in fact
| that The eye could hardly keep up with
| it. At last il got near enough and made
. dart at its enemy, but, through prayi-
Dental reasons, it went high above the
snake, which also struck at the cat thus
; breaking its coil The cat went too far,
foe the reptile was again coiled and ready
4 for the attack. The same method was
adopted aud carried on Tor four or five
times, occupying at least half an hour
1 The eat wished to catch the snake, tui
seemed aware that if 1t missed the neck
it would be certain death At the sixth
assault they met, and instantly the snake
was wrapped in several folds around the
body of the cat, which used It's SHARP
claws with deadly effect. The cat haC
been bitten on the head and neck several
| times, and both continued 10 fight
The snake was torn nearly to shreds
bnt did not unloose its coil around liz
victim. The poison was swift ant
deadly, but before the cat died it caugh
the snakes head in lis mouth and crushed
it, aad fighting they died. the snake en-
wrapping the eat in its coils. Tee SNAKE
measured four feet. eight inches, and hai
thirteen ratIlcS.
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Charles Scieock, Gala Lady. Students
absent ono day-Jolin Bennett. Clara
Miles, Clara scIscock, Samuel Gilbert,
Alice Sell, John Tabor, Joseph Tabor,
Charles Harris.
The names Of Martin Hayworth and
Ohio johnson woald doubtless have
been in one of the above lists had
they not been attacked with the preva.
lent epidemic, tho measles" However,
they are with us again. bright as ever.
On Monday OIho's face might have been
noticed rs hearing melancholy look
jus, after his familiar hat vanished like
u meteor in The strong wiad which was
blowing that dag. His only exciama
ton was in tie language OF our late
poet: ITS oyer the hills and far away
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The Ncw York sun and Philadelphia
Times (Democraticj open Ere on pr.
Eayard. aad both papers publish his
speech, made during the war, in which
ls expressed sympathy for the rcbels,
This Che Times considers "a fatal weak
ness and on the same points the Sun
says:
Grant. o. any other candidate run by
the Republicans Is certain 10 be elected
aaless he is opposed b. Democratic
candidate who was an Oui-aDd-out war
nan. II is in this respect that some
would consider even SIR. Horatio Sey-
/ m0ur, otherwise allpoweFful to be
/ slightly lacking. To win we must have
a strong war Democrat. Without such
"A candidate the battle for the presidency
viii be losi before il is foaght.
S-rhe Republicans would Ike to have
the fun of laying Air. Bayard, or even
/ Mr. Seymour, in their little beds. All
We fear now IS that it won't be either Of
These respectable togies. This IS not Z
fogy country. We suppose the same OBJ
lection as That urged against Mr.. Bay
ard VIII lie against Thurman. We SEE
notbiDg for the Democracy but 10 nom
mate Tilden.
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS
For Election of Delegates to state Com
yention.


For Election OF Delegates to state Con-
vention.
The Republicans OF the respective VoAns
precincts OF. Lyon county Will meet az their
usual places OF voting on Friday. March H.
mt . O'Clock D. NJ. teXcepl in tho various
wards Of the city OF Emporia, where the
meeting shall be held A. 80 y. IN Ter rue
purpose Of choosing the delegates u whieh
they are entitled 10 the Republican county
convention, which shall be held Ia tie cour;
house ut Emporia on saturday March 2osh'
at 10 O'Clock a m, for the purpose OF choosing
six delegates to the State convention ut Io-
peka, on the 3lst of March
Il shall be optional with the delegates
wnea assembled, whether the convention
shall be held as Il county or as representative
district conventions, but IL IS rceoninended
that each of the two representative districts
of the county shall have three delegates AM
three alternaies. The different precincts a''
entitled to the following number oIdelezhte
if said county convention;
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05

In vies Of the persistent and migra-
tory predictions gegarCling senator In
gals, with which Mumfg.d, the cham
pion ally of the Memorialists, bag daily
embelliehed his columns for weeks past,
it seemed diaieIlt TO realize. upon reach
ing Atchison Tuesday. that 50 large a
proportion of the citizens efenr ycnng
and growing commonwealth. should. in
defiance of the rarest Journalist aeumen
within the valley of the Mississippi,
have assembled to welcome their distin-
guished representative to his home IN
that city, where, incredible as il may
appear, he stiIl lays nndispu,ed claim 10
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05

The notable feature about the clearing
house returns last week was the enor-
nous increase of business in the manu-
featuring cities shown by the figures.
At Pitisburg the increase in the eXchang-
Is was 95.7 per cent. over the correspond
ing week last year ut Philadelphia, 94.2
and at Providence, Sc. OF the other
cities, New York shows an Increase OF
$50; Chicago, 278; Baltimore, 400; Gin
cinnati, $40; ST. Louis, 1858; Milwaukee,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05

That old wretch, Cowley, was taken TO
the New York peaitentiary Monday.
He was at one time chaplain of thai nee
essary institution. lie is there now in
the capacity Ola layman, and ought to
be good subject. Try him on the bread
and water diet with an abundance of the
latter and Il little of The former.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05
4 ,eleprom from London veste

\ telegram from London yesterday
gives the shameful intelligence that
'.At an inquiry into the Tay bridge
disaster, on Saturday, several mould
ers employed by the contractors
OF the bridge, testified that the quail
ily ofiron used for castings was very in
ferior; that the columns were frequently
defective, of unequal thickness, cracked
and scabbed, and That the cracks and
holes were filled with putty or cement
and painted over
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05
CHANGE OF PROJECTORS

On the first of March the firm OF SLOT
or & Graham, as proprietors OF The
EMPoRIA News, was dissolved by the
retirement of Mr.. Graham, and The news
paper and land business passed INFO the
hands of new firm, consisting of jacob
Stotler, Alexander Butts and Frank Il.
MacLennan, under the style OF THE
EMPoRIA NEWS Company"
The policy and editorial management
of the paper will he unchanged, and the
business will be carried on as
heretofore, TO keep full pace with the
growth and prosperity of this city and
part ofthc state The only reason for
the change in partnership is that Mr.
Graham has decided TO go to Colorado 70
engage in other business. The firm OF
Stotler & Graham began in April, 1919,
and the paper has prospered and the
business steadily increased under their
management The land department
was added in the spring Of 1878, and the
DAILY in the following November, and
both of these enterprises arc now regard
ed us successfully established, and like
the WEEKLY News, are among the per
manent institutions OF Emporia.
Our business relations with Mr.. Ora
ham have been of the most pleasant ma
ture, and il is with feelings of regret
that we part with him. We have always
found him devoted TO II interests of the
paper and of our people, as well as one
of the most honorable men we ever knew
irulll his transactions and convictions.
There will be general regret among the
readers of the paper that he has sold out
his interest and severed his connection
with it, and we know all will join us in
expressing the hope that success may
attend all his undertakings.
Mr.. Alex. Butts will be associated in
the editorial work and general business
of THE News. He comes from Canton,
Ohio, where he was, for some years, con-
nected with the daily and weekly Re
pository, one of the oldest' papers in
Ohio. He brings with him the highest
testimonials as newspaper and bust
ness man. His experience rs a practi-
Cal newspaper man, di1 MS NhNHN0i''AAa
for the work, will add strength TO the
paper, and render him a valuable addi-
ton 10 the establishment.
AIr. MacLennan has resided in Empo-
ria for ten years and is known 10 most
OF our readers. He has had control of
our land department most of the time
since its establishment He will have
the general business management of the
office His integrity is known 90 nur
citizens, and his abilities rs n business
man will be of great value to The
NEWS. Having assisted Mr.. Graham in
the business department of The. News
he rs well posted rs TO charges Tor adver
Using, and the general business of the
Office.
The new firm asks "A continuation of the
patronage so literally bestowed on the
paper heretofore, and promises it will do
all in its power to deserve well from the
community.
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AGES OF CANDIDATES AND PREsI.
DENTS.
II FIOIiT 80 ToPEKA.


The ages Of the prominent candidates
fortke presidency at the present time, and
the ages of the several presidents nj the
time they came into that high Office, are
as follows: Elaine touched 50 on the
last of January Grant was 81 last April.
Sherman was sc last MAY. Washburne
WAS 6} in September. COnkling was 80
IN October Garfield is IN his 10Th year
Bayard was 81 IN October Thurman
reached lis 6drli birthday in November.
Hendricks WAS Coin September. Tilden
viii b. 90 this February, and in the same
montia Gen. Hancock wall he %. Sew
nfour w!ll be 20 in May. Washington
was in bis-J7lh year when lac was first
elected. and had just entered his Goth
year when ne cfiof1ice. John Adams was
81 when he was elected Jefferson
81, Madison in his 53th year, Monroe
in his Ssh. and John Quincy Adams in
his 18th. jackson Was 81 when chosen
the first time, and therefore 05 when re-
elected, while lie had neached his 10th
year when he quilted office Van Buren,
vas d, and Harrison 81, when they were
elected, while Tyler. when he took Office,
had jast passed his aist birthday Polk
was elected on almost precisely his 10Th
birthday Taylor was not quite So when
elected, AID Fillmore was in his 5lst
wear when he succeeded him. Pierce
had no, vet completed his 18Th year
whesI elected, and he was The junior of
al who had taken the presidential chair
exeep: Gen Grant Mr.. Buchanan was
elected in his Goth year. Lincoln in his
52si and 5isz!il, while johnson succeeded
II his 57th Mr. Hayes was % years old
when he came into The presidential
chair
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-05

At Topeka Monday in one OF the
drive we'll" suits, Judge Foster refused
TO grant an injunction To restrain the de
PENDANT from the use of the well Large
numbers of farmers and stock raisers in
Kansas. particularly in the southwest,
are interested in the decisions, and have
formed associations for protecting their
interests, There are four organizations
III the state. One NJ wichita. with about
two thousand members; one AZ Topeka,
one ut Lawrence and one at Manhattan.
Il looks as though the defenders would
rarrY their points.
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The Kansas City Mail says Col. Van
Horn, of Tue Journal, is a Pennsylvania
Dutchman. but lac had lived long enough
IN the west to be nuturalizea. 1t adds {:
"He may be still little particular about
seeing the new moon over his right
shoulder, hut he no longer calls himself
Wan Horn, or his native state Pennsyl-
Nnnv~
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school Reports

Ivy, Kas., February 10, 1880
SUIT. WnARToNi send my monthly
report for The fifth month Of the term;
Ms. Fem's Total.
No Of pupils belong
ing II Il
days. ......,..... 2o2 1l5 at7
Average daily attend
ance. .....-.-..... lO-l 90 l3.S1
Neither absent nor
tlrdy. ....... g
No. Of days in which school was in
session this month, 20; No. OF daily
reciiations, 81 The names of those who
have been rcrfcc, IN attendance are ST
mon Wilbur, Benjamin Ogieby, Clarence
Paine, William Paine, J. Earnest Scott
Evan CLAYTON, Hetuc Wilbur and Mary
Clayton. The attendance the past months
has been the most regular of the term 81
far, and the coming mnnth will very
likely Le liic most irregular. on account
of the measles in tiia district.
JosEPH CLAYTON.
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The alarming prevalence of chicken
cholera in the rural districts contiguous
TO Ottawa, this state, has suggested the
proprieiy OF postponing The annual NJ
Z. conference, announced 20 convene in
that city this week, till more sanitary
condition reigns among the poultry OF
that usually favored section.