The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-22
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,

The new Secretary of State is 81 years
old.
A son of Senator VOORHEES, is going
upon the stage
President Arthur Is overwhelmed
with callers and office seekers.
Miss Kate Kane has been admitted to
practice in the supreme court of Wis
consin.
An exchange says: The Democracy
are hunting for an ISSUE" Is Mr.. Til
den lost?
The phrase ''deyilish depraviiy" seems
to fit Guiteau as neatly as the hide on
his ballet head.
Boston has just elected Republican
mayor and city council for the first time
in many years.
Mr. Tilden is beginning to manifest
tender interest in the health of senator
Pendleton, of Ohio.
The press throughout the country Is
almost unanimous in lis advocacy of the
repeal by congress, of the arrears-of-pen
lions bill.
Mrs. Flood, wife of the Nevada mill
liOnaire, paid $1,4OO for a special car
to take her from New York to San
Francisco, last week. -
We should suppose that either Henry
Ward Boccher or Dewitt Talmage would
officiate at Guiteau's obsequies with
very acceptable measure of JUNCTION.
"Blaine is finally out of the cabinet,
but am not so certain that there is not
something prophetic in his exasperating
contentment over the situation."-R.
Conkling.
THE extremes of theology seem to
meet in the family of Col. Bob Inger-
soil, whose daughter, it is reported by
Philadelphia paper, has recently be-
come Calvanist.
schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, is lectur
ing in Kansas and Nebraska. The fac
may be recalled by some Of our readers
that Mr. Colfax was once vice-president
of the United States.
Chauncey 1. Filley continues to be
mentioned as the probable successor of
Postmaster General james. He is prob
ably not as big a man as the retiring Of
ficer, but he seems to be awfully willing.
Congressman Anderson, of this state,
has secured the eternal gratitude and
devotion of Private Dalzell, of Ohio, by
introducing bill providing for the re-
duction of postage on letters to two
cents.
Florence, the celebrated actor, is an
active and earnest Republican. and
wants a diplomatic appointment. He
and the president are personal friends,
and it is believed Florence will get a
place.
Senator Ingalls, introduced a bill in
the senate Thursday instructing the COM
mittee on pensions to inquire into the
pension of the widow of Abraham Lin
coin, and report as to whether it should
be increased. The resolution was adopt
ed.
John F. Foster, now on his way to
Washington, to testify in the Guiteau
case, said that in June Guiteau remark
ed to him: 81 expect to get the Paris
'cousulship. If don't will make the
biggest sensation in this country that
has been since '65.
A correspondent furnishes pen pic
ture of the new speaker of the house, in
which the fact Is noted that his ears are
exceptionally small. This popularity
might be reasonably expected in q
person so entirely devoid of sympa-
thy with the principles of the Greenback
party as General Keifer.
Queen Victoria is i'll. :. She suffers
much from the comparative mildness of
the weather, warmth always being par
ticularly depressing to her. Her Males
.y delights in cold, and u hot room or a
prolonged ceremonial involving a crowd
invariably causes her to feel i'll and faint
The hot air apparatus which is used to
heat Windsor Castle is never turned on
in the suite occupied by the Queen, how
ever severe may be the weather.