The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-02-13

! k1T now Ctti.l1s - nave 10 recollection
OF the transaction. and will douiti.-
plead insanity. The physicians were ty;c
hours IN dressing the EouaI3 upon tha
heads OF Sir. ana Mrs. BalfcIi, and il
IS doubtful II eigLeT Of them recover.
sam. Goes Back en- Her.
NET YORK, Feb. 2.-TlacD's secre
tary furnishes tls following regarding
the report Of the sET.cac5IDE rnarrfaat
! Of Iilde1 10 Miss ROUGH, of T.eHisttlTr
Mr.. Tilden says tn. report IS as true Is
about nine-tcEths OF the statements con
corning him daily pubiished-that l..
without foundation ri all. tie presume.
that the authors Of the TualOr have acted
on the maxim OF equity Jurisprudence
that what ought 10 have been done has
IN fact been done-but unfortunately hC
never had the pleasure Of knowing Of
the existence q any such lady.
Grant ~ Blaine.
New NoEE, Feb. "A spccial to the
Evening Post from Harrisburg saws:
Senator Cameron Was about the hotel all
night, endeavorlnE to arrange a cOmpro-
mise, but his effort has been Of no avail
except in few Individual eases. Cam.
eron insists on carrying out his original
plan Of instructing the delegation 10
vote for Grant.
Through his clients this morning Cam.
eron freeiT makes the threat that if the
Blaine men so on win their fight in the
conv entioa net Blaine man will be a.
/ lowed in the CHICAGO delegation The
Blaine FOLKS make the counter hreat that
in this event they will 90 back TO their
districts and elect delegates by the pop.
uiar vote Of the party. and appeal direct
~ 70 the Chicago convention for rccog-
milton. They say this would destroy
90 -
packed delegation
Go and DO likewise.
| NEWARK, \. J., Feb. A.-Charles
| Decker, q prominent merchant commit
ted suicide to-day by blowing his head
off with q cannon constructed from q
large hollow piece Of iron, which he I'LL
ed with powder and siurs lie placed il
under his chin and fred it of with a
match.
4 New ROuaEza.
| DENVER, Feb. 4-There IS great OK.
element here over the new discovery OF
gold near the mouth Of the grand canon
o. the Platte, mile from the South
| Park railroad, and only twenty miles
west of Denver. y vein of mineral was
struck in the Dolly Warden mine at a
depth OF twenty feet, last Friday. 4
specimen was brought to Denver and an
assay obtained Saturday, giving the value
of the ore at S21, 100 per ton, go, III OF
ii being gold A publication OF these
| facts was made in one Of the papers Sun
day morning and before night a hundred
people were on the spot. Up to the pres
ent date, 500 have visited tile place, and
200 selections were made
On to LeadyilIc
! DENVER, Col. Eel, l-i,er.rrier 10
| the recent agreement hatuCea t',e Atc.I1-
son, Topeka q Santa Ee and Denver s.
Rio GraHGe companies. the $40 Graade
officials here state that they VIII push
their extension to the Grand Claoa. up
the Arkansas to Les2vi3s, ai-h ail pos
sible speed. They announce thcIc de-
termination to build 10 Leadyllla by
May 1St.
HARTFORD, Fc3. The Republican
state convention for eIgCtiag dsle-ass S 20
the national convention WiN &c held IN
New Haven, April Tth.
BosToT, Feb. 4. - The Republican
state convention viii be held 1T Worces-
ter, April 10Th, 10 choose delegates ~
large to the national convention.
a Cre5a-ryed Demon.
READIEG, Pa Feb. z-Fct-r Eto-'a
Jealous Of &:rs. Shackseu. with whom
ne. boarded, PTodEbiY fatally attacked
hei, with 2 hs,chci, and then Killed hin.
| vholesal, Butchery.
LCCAN, Ont, Feb. about twelve
o'clock last night masked men entered
the dwelling OF The somewhat Hcfo.ioas
BOnuclly family, and murdered the
father, mother, one son and = girl. y
boy named Conner, the only other in.
mate, took refuge under the bed and IS
capped. The band then set fire to the
house, which together with the murdered
bodies was totally consumed. Another
son residing about three mics from the
homestead was called to the door about
the same hour, and shot dead. The
township Is wild with excitement
LUCAS, Ont, Feb 5.-The cause OF the
wholesale murder here on the 81 is thus
explained: For some time past incen
diary fires and other misdemeanOTs have
| been of frequent occurrence In this
neighbOThood, and the DOnnelIy family
were suspected. In consequence an in.
tense feeling of enuizty vas against them
| throughout the township 4 vigilance
committee was formed some time ago
by the settlers, as means of protection
from these eatrages, which, with other
pTeca stationary measures, failed to bring
about remedy. The town is swarming
| with detectives, commanded by chici
| Williams, OF London. Twelve warrants
I were issued sad four arrests made, one OF
the four being : constable.
Secretary Borse Dead
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5.-Ad0lph T.
Borie, ex-secretaTy of the nay, died this
morning. SIR BoTie had been in iii
| health tor some time, and his demise Is
| attributed to a geaerai breaking down OF
the system. His death occurred at hall
past three this moruing-aged Il.
4 Girl who can Swim.
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 5.-This af
| ternoon John Sweeney and daughter
drove to the Douglas county mills for a
grist. Just south Of The mills is the
Santa Fe railroad track. while the mill
| itself sits over the Kansas river. A train
4 came along while the team was Standing
| in front Of the mill, and scared them 80
! that they backed the wagon, with Miss
| Sweeny, into the mill fume. the falling
! distance being twenty feet. Miss 5wce-
| ney swan ashore and was saved, but the
horses were drowned.
The Fire Eiend
BIDDEFoRD, Ne, Feb J.-Staais' mar
| bic block and Bry5nt's brick block were
badly damaged by FIRE Loss, S35, 090;
| insured for $4,000.
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 5.-The Dallas
county court house burned yesterday
morning. Valuable papers were also
burned, The building cost 100000.
| Loss, about $50, 600 The fire is regard
ed as incendiary.
SAN F'Rs.5GIsCO, Feb. s5.--Tiicre was q
fire IN Chinese wash lsoase. GA Pine
street, near Taylor, TINS morning. t Is
not known how DaaGy oecu;ssssfs there
were, but ten bodies % Gllil8mea have
been recovered from tIle Tuirz
C0LUslBIA, ). c., FEB. "a negro cab
IN, on the plantation o Caftaia VII
liam Stock, thirteen miles EoTLa e Co
lumbia, burned Tuesday night, and tsso
men, a wonlan and six children persisted
III the flames. Tho Ere Wss discovered
by colcred Gc1.ln WAC ran 10 tbs
burning house ille p.l.ieI o. Z. aoard,
when she heard Oac Of the Children at
tempting 10 waizcn Is father, bat with
out success. Before other assistance
arrived, the house and all in ii were
burned.
DESvER, Feb. IA disastrous FIRE oc-
cured at Fl. Collins, tais state, last night.
! At Il O'Clock Weeks block, e. the cor
ner of zoantaiz and College Avenues,
was discovered IN flames, and, nGtwith-
Standing every effort, wAs entirely cor
suHee. Tie erigin ef the Ere is az
kzows. Two persons sleeriag in the
buil6isg were baraca 70 death 1Er. 4.
/ T. Hopkins ass Biss Title krWiR. and
eight other persons, who also had rooms
IN the building. escaped. Loss, $50 090 !;
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