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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-01-28
OVER THE COUNTY.
Americus News

TUESDAY, Jan. %.
Mrs. Lizzie Jaquith is spending few
days IN Emporia +. "A young man is
visiting at Ed Swartz' He thinks OF
making Kansas his permanent home.
Master Harry Royal is quite sick.
Miss Oracle Jaquith is visiting
friends in town. a violin has q chm.
rest. 0 that some people were like q
violin. Last Tuesday evening some OF
Mrs. Maria Smiths friends gave her a
pleasant surprise party. Rev. j. A.
Collins made trip last week to the
southwestern part of habitable Kansas
-. Uncle Joseph Frost met with a sad
accident last Friday. He was driving the
horses TO water when one OF them kick
ed him, striking the lett tibia just be.
low the knee, and breaking the bone
=. Rev Ii. w. Chaffee, former pastor
of the church here, will have charge
of the Methodist quarterly meeting nexi
Saturday and Sunday morning. Rev
Chaffee is great favorite here and will
no doubt be greeted with large audien.
ces. Elder Rice will be present and
Officiate Sunday night. We are in
formed that there was young man IN
town Saturday night who had evidently
bought his liquor for mechanical pur
poses" At least ii acted so strongly on
his mechanism that he thought himself
like Fitzhugb, "a bigger man than Ole
Grant" He got on the war-path and
wanted 10 wrestle with somebody. We
suggest that be wrestle for while with
the tact that he made fool of himself
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The Greatest Remedy known.

DIR. Kings New Discovery for con,
sumption is certainly the greatest medi
cal remedy ever placed within the reacl
of suffering humanity. Thousands o.
once hopeless sufferers now loudly pro
claim their praise for this wonderful
discovery to which they owe their lives
Not only does it positireEy cure consump
ton, but coughs, colds, asthma, bron
chitis, hay fever, hoarseness and all affec
tions of the throat. chest and lungs, yiel6
at once to its wonderful curative powers
as if by magic. We do not ask you tC
buy large bottle until you know what
you are getting. We therefore earnestly
request you to call on your druggist, b
Wheldon s. Co, and get trial bottle fol
ten cents, which will convince the mos.
skeptical of its wonderful merits, and
show you what a regular one dollar size
bottle will do. For sale by. B. Wheldor
g To
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The attendance at the Presbyterian
Sunday school last Sabbath showed a
large per centage of increase over that
of the preceding Sunday, and the off,
GERS and teachers are greatly encouraged
over the prospects of the school.
The colored Baptists will continue
their meeting through the present week
The result of the revival thus far has
been one accession to the fold, to whom
the rite of baptism will be administered
as soon as the parties who are engaged
in cutting the Ice get down to water.
At the annual election of officers OF
the Sunday school of the First Baptist
church s. Richardson was reelected
superintendent; Miss Stanley, assistant
superintendent; Miss Mary R. Bacon,
organist; Mr. Lyman, secretary; Mr.
Wright, librarian, and Mrs. Hennick
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THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
Preliminary Steps Taken to Secure an
Organization and Eighty-eight Shares
of Stock Subscribed.

Preliminary Steps Taken to Secure an
Organization and Eighty-eiHht Shares
of stock Subscribed.
Pursuant to announcement the
business men and other citizens
of Emporia met at the Office
of the central land and loan
company on last Saturday evening. to
consider the feasibility of establishing a
telephone exchange in this city.
Captain s. B. Warren was elected
temporary chairman and C. w. Cleayer
secretary. The object of the meeting
was stated by the chairman, and after
general discussion of the
matter it was moved by L. T. Heritage
that committee of five be appointed to
correspond with the Bell Telephone
company in relation to franchises, terms,
etc, and to organize a telephone ex-
change. The desired information was
furnished by Mr. Cleaver, who had been
in correspondence with the company,
and a committee was appointed by the
chair, consisting of Messfs. Heritage,
Hood, Whitley, Soden, Cleaver and
Feighan, to effect an organization.
1t was moved by Mr.. Feighan that a
subscription be opened for the purpose
of subscribing stock to a telephone com.
pany, to be organized with a capital
stock of 5000, shares to be par value OF
$25 90, no member to subscribe for more
than five shares. Carried.
The following was then submitted
and received the appended signatures:
We, the undersigned, hereby agree to
take the number of shares set opposite
our names in the telephone company
hereby authorized by a meeting called
for that purpose, $25 share.
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Whose fame has lived through nearly
half century, and who has held thous
ands OF audiences spell-bound by the
power of his matchless elocution, will
honor Emporia with visit on Monday
evening Of next week. His recent en-.
gagement at Kansas City was perfect
ovation, and the press showered upon
the veteran actor its highest encomiums
The following we reproduce from the
Evening Mail, Of that city:
Mr.. Murdoch retains in a ripe age
much of the vigor of youthful days
His voice retains its fullness, and only
in the softer passages is tremor shown
His reading of the Lords prayer was
extremely beautiful, and well repaid
those who listened to it for long walk
from comfortable homes in q below-zero
atmosphere. The petition was a. once
devotional and tender, and if any fault
there was in Instrumentation, il may have
been that 10 SEINE the lines were read {
little too hurriedly. This, after ali may
only have appeared so, as the prayer II
so very short that hearts touched by 1t!
pathos were 10th to lose its sweetness 81
quickly.
The trial scene from the Merchant o
Venice was rich treat TO the student
of elocuticn a. well as to those WHIT
were present to be amused. In fact, the
varied program was highly entertaining
and instructive, and the audience scenes
to appreciate the reading TO q degre'
that marked the superior intelligence 0
those present
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AMERIcus NoTEs.
BIZ "BURIow."
FRnax Ian 9

FRIDAY, Jan. 81.
As mans liver is, so ishe. If out of
order, he imagines the whole world
wrong, and looks as cross as badger
Browns liver pills will make you all
right Sold by n. w. Gibson.
Felt skirts at so cents and laundried
shirts at only IS cents, at ]. D. Gibson's.
Mixed paints at Bonds drug store.
am selling heating stoves at cost.
What is the use of freezing when you
can buy good stove for almost nothing.
J. S. GIBSON
James Crock lost valuable steer and
$42 dollars worth OF tobacco and drugs
that he had given him being nearly his
entire crop oftobacco. The boys will
have to buy their own "weedY and we
hope it will he of better quality :. Hi
ram Ellwood ofthe Eiwood Pillow Com
pany, Of Illipois, was in town yesterday
=. Report of chronological lecture
| Number present, whites, 8; colored /;
lecture, none; present, none. There Is
again some talk and a good deal Of
thinking being done in regard TO mill
in this place. That is what we need and
with little cooperation on the part of
the business men of the town, some pro-
iect of the kind might be set on foni
which would result in success.
MospAY, Jan. "a.
Carpets at only 20 cents yard. Call
and see shem, At J. D. Gibson's.
We are siill here and doing as well
ever. at J. D. Gibson's.
| We are closing out our entiS~
stock of hoots and shoes at r wint
low prices. preparatory to uprising
cargo Of the latest sJr investing in
and take a look = ring styles. Ca
elsewhere, at Rsx sfore you purcha
i wil,ev.s A. nheisel s Lowry's.
Hon.. aendmsnt will be all rigi
| tn. and maple syrup at Lesh Bro
To-. j. l. Case salky pillow, for sale
! 5. Wiley, has many points of supe
or merit. Do not fail to examine it,
:. The type for The Americas Hera
= came through by express ana arrived
right side up with cars ss5zEslay. /
dropped wrong side up f51, alsE a. "a
u in unloading .Tenny Dzs l:ll.le
&C the old gent home Saturd1s sz'e ns.ill
rs of them was froze to hurl TIE 8.
story was badly mixed, and q tei.le
Il. the big aboomss of AmeFicus. surI:
- out 10 be ali wind. We have had
tean feet Of snow during the last +
g days according TO prophecy, but y
r. viii have 70 measure i horizon4a
aud hurry up before il thai
:. Some young men evidently thous
they were on the O -kigh-o', Saturday
ne Peter Rush rests easy since his sad
has got home. He has NOS been able
sleep nights for the last two weeks Z
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and through his efforts. supplemented
by those OF his brother ciezgymen and
Judge Culver, who with little practice
would make Kimball the celebrated
church debt raiser look to his laurels
the amount of $500 was subscribed,
leaving an Indebtedness of 500 to still
provide for. which the pastor thinks the
congregation viii be able to handle and
eventually liquidate.
Rev. Shoemaker has wrought q work
in Empcria which does him great credit
as christian minister and we feel that
We only reflect the sentiment Of the CON-
munity when we offer him our sincere
congratulations on the satisfactory re
suits of his earnest and faithful toll in
the interests of Zion.
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Ems. News: The following letter Wa
handed to me BY Jacob Jacob, Jr, :
week, with the request TO deliver Ias!
THE News Office u to
NEosHo RAFIDs, Kas., u
Nrve Co. Please dis N IL, 1881.
nouncement as a candt -ontinEe my an.
OF trustee Of Jackser date for the Office
respectfuIlv. "A townahip. Yours
Th;s lasfs. JACOB jacob, Jr.
;,.r. 800 = pebiished because vari
- - : have claimed that the repor.
Jacobs withdrawal was gotteS
> his opponents Is an electioneef
1g scheme.
i Several days amer the above letter va.
given We. Mr. Jacob informed me that b.
had decided 70 run.
| WAIpoA. WonsrEn.
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Our CITY schools


Wegive below some items which ought
to be of interest TO the patrons of our
public schools We would call special
attention to the per cent. of attendance.
Some parents are. imbued with the idea
that If their children are present one
half of the time they ought TO advance
as rapidly as those who attend regularly.
Tardiness is another great evil in our
schools. The tardiness varies from I'VE
minutes to half an hour and sometimes
more. We do not think there is one
legitimate excuse in a thousand for tar
diness. The general excuse is I'VE got
up too late or had to go on
an errand. For the latter there may be
the possibility Of an excuse but in
the former none. The following is the
per cent. OF attendance on the average
belonging: Mrs. Higgins, teacher It'll
grade. 20 pupils, SO per cent: Miss
Wood, 9Th grade. 80 pupils. 90 per cent. /;
Miss Bartholomew, 18th grade, So pupils,
o. per cent; Miss Tandy, 7th grade, As
pupils. 50 per cent; Miss Merrill, It'll
grade, "a pupils, 95 per cent; Miss
Park, It'll grade, 60 pupils, 02 per cent.
Miss Smith, 9th grade. 81 pupils, IS per
cent; Misses Maynard and Carswell,
9th grade, SO pupils, 90 per cent; Miss
Merrill. 9th grade, IL pupils, 95 per
cent; Misses Maynard and Carswell,
5th grade, II pupils, 81 per cent; Mrs.
Miller, 9th grade, SO pupils, "a per
cent; Miss Merrill, 9th grade, Is pu-
pills, 90 per cent; Miss Edgerton, 4th
grade, Al pupils, % per cent; Miss
Riggs, 4th grade, 46 pupils, 95 per
cent; Mr.. Hodge, 4th grade, Sc pupils,
90 per cent: Miss Watson. 3rd grade,
40 pupils, 90 per cent; Mrs. Wharton
Sd grade, 81 pupils, 30 per cent. I'd
grade, 90 pupils, 90 per cent; Mrs
Morse and Mr.. Hill, 1st grade, Al pu
pills, 96 per cent. junior class, % pupils
90 per cent; middle class, 4 pupils, 95
per cent. senior class, z pupils, 81 pei
cent The whole number of pupils en-
rolled for the month ending January
14th, is 912. OF these 1853 are in the
Union street school; ga in Constitution
street school; 1872 in the boarding halls
141 IN central school; so In Second
avenue school and so in the west school
We will publish soon list of honorary
pupils, which includes all who have mo-
been absent or tardy and not below OF
por rant
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w. s. McCauley, prominent Z. p of
this place, broke through the ice and had
to walk home with his wet clothes on
distance of about three miles. He says
that ROW he has less use than ever for
the doctrine of immersion. i. New time
table last Sunday The freights are
about twenty minutes earlier each way,
and both the passengers are earlier, pass
ing this place at five minutes past one.
THURSDAY, Jan %.
You will find the heaviest stock of
patent medicines in town at Nj. W. Glib
sons.
Paper collars at three cents box. at
]. d. Gibson's.
Spring is coming, and with it the
much dreaded ''spring fever" Obviate
it by eating light and using old-fashion-
ed "Cherry Bounce" For sale by NJ.
w. Gibson.
Fur-lined water proof shoes and leath-
er shoes, only $3.50, at ]. D. Gibson's.
School books at bonds drug store.
T. W. Brownlee, of Youngstown Penn
sylvania, is visiting the Stuarts. lie is
the father of Pat Stuart's wife, and looks
hale ahd hearty TO be in ms sixty-fifth
year. The infant child of Gordon
Hurst died yesterday at IL o'clock, of
diptheria. All three of the children
had gone through seige of it before
the nature of the disease was discovered
=. Frank Wood is quite sick. Lille
Swim is visiting friends in Emporia.
Bert Swim was out yesterday, the first
| time in five weeks. Some more of the
printing Office arrived yesterday, and
the proprietors propose to issue paper
Oh next Tuesday. All the type and ma,
terial is new, and we may hope for q
'clean and a clever looking sheet. :.
Lesh Bros have a bologna sign out and
the meat market is running opposition,
at least we noticed d sign of the same
kind, but on a much larger scale.
Much amusement was had at the lyceum
| last night and many good hearty laugh
INDUCED in The question was finally
decided in favor 0f the negative and q
question was then proposed and accept
| ed for the next night, 'Resolved that the
press exerts greater influence than the
pulpit. Some of the boys have been
singing the carcasses of dead dogs
around to the discomfort of Dutch Pete
and others. BURLow.
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wright's Creek.

MONDAY, Jan. "A.
Protracted meeting to be continued
indefinitely; four have Joined the church
and quite a number more are at the
mourner's bench. "A surprise party al
Elmir Ketchsm's last Friday night
oysters, supper and lots of fun, but no
dancing. >. Has been showing for 30
hours, but melts about as fast as it falls
"A lyceum has been organized in Sar.
geant's school district -. The head
light decided at its last meeting that
the Indian territory should not come into
market, and win decide next THURSDAY
night that capital punishment is wTopS
and should be abolished. /. c. MoAy
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OFFICIAL LIST,
Strays Taken Up in Lyon County.
Kansas. from January 1 l, to
January 26. 1881.
sEPoRTED EACH WEEK RY ". !
nnENTW rTrnR

REPORTED EACH WEEK RY w.. BHIsG
COUNTY CLERK.
COLT-By ii Finley, Fremont township.
colt. two years old, white strip in the face
some white on right hind foot, no other
marks or brands. Value, $40.
COLBY ID. w. Gibson, Fremont town.
ship, small bay pony horse colt. small star
in forehead, dark feet; eight or nine months
old Value, SO
STEER By ii. J. StrGtton, ElmendaIo town
ship, red steer, one year old, crop on left
ear, white face Value. $40
CALF BY same, sucking heller, red and white
spotted no marks OF brands. Value. Sc
HORSE-BY W, L. Riser, Reading township,
LAY horse colt. two years old, small white
SPOT in forehead, medium size, no marks or
brands. Value, SIS
MARE-By John Reeve. Fremont township,
one sorrel ally, three years old white
strip in face. little white on tail, an indie
scribable brand on left shoulder, about
10 hands high. Val $40.
HEiFER-By VIM. Gareghty, Reading town
ship. one heiser, year old past, red, some
white spots on back. star in forehead,
no marks or brands. Val Il.
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: sUccrssruI. ecHRlER.
sasssfaetory Results Of the Project In
Behalf Of the Clock and Bell

Satisfactory Results Of the Project In
Behalf Of the Clock and Bell
The entertainment given last Fri.
day night was grand success, both As
TO finance and execution. The object OF
the entertainment was to raise funds
with which TO purchase clock and bell
for our new school building. The exer-
cises consisted in the rendition Of one Of
Davis eontatas, Of recent publication.
The preparation was under charge Of
Prof Nutting, with whom the com
munity are TOO well acquainted
to need any special notice here
Much Of the success OF the
cantats and tableaux was due
to the wise and efficient aid render
ed by the teachers. Where all did so
well it is hard to particularize among
the scholars; they all seemed to be i'm
bued with the spirit that they were will
ling TO do anything that would aid in the
procuring of clock and bell. The can
tsta was followed by song by one of the
pupils, young Rice, that was well received
by the audience, as was evident by his
being encored. Mary Wright, daughter
Of our townsman, Dr. Wright. thanked
the patrons of our schools for the cree
ton of the new and commodious school
building which had been 50 much need
ed and asking them TO supply want
still unprovIded fora clock and bell.
The military burlesque in the form Of
the ''Skidmore Guards was quite anus
ing. While they did not conform to
military tactics, their evolutions were
well executed. and the song was sung as
if they too had caught the spirit Of the
evening. The different parts of the en-
tertainment were so distributed
as to give ample opportunity for voting.
Jennie Garfield was the young lady Of
the evening. she stood on 3 table in the
evening in the front part Of the hall; by
her side was blackboard, upon which
were the names of the candidates. Dur
ing the intervals In the entertainment
voting was lively, the vote being AM
nounced and the figures on the board
changed as the votes increased. There
was a great deal of fun and 10 little In
terest among the voters. At seventeen
minutes before IL O'Clock it was
announced and agreed to that
the voting should close at
II O'Clock. At IL O'Clock Mr..
McMurtrIe announced that the polls were
closed and that Rose Kirkendall, daugh-
ter of James Kirkendall was the sue
cessful candidate, having received 9, sos
votes being S14 votes more than received
by any other candidate. While un-
doubtedly some little girls were disap-
pointed, yet everything went off har-
moniously and each went home feeling
that she had done something for the
public good. The receipts at the hall
were $4,000. There Is considerable
money in the hands of parties who sold
tickets which will be reported as soon as
| COLLECTED.
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Buy nowl The bankrupt sale store IS
still selling an immense quantity Of dry
goods, clothing and boots and shoes.
Notwithstanding the recent rise In
goods, their prices are lower than ever.
They recently received several cases of
low-priced dress goods, ginghams, shirt
ings, prints, etc, which are selling at the
old Irices. This is positively the best
place 10 trade at in Emporia- "one
price, TO all Is their rule
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No more suffering from weak or lame
back, pain in the back or kidneys. a
package of California Kidney Tea will
cost you but so cents, and will cure you
of these distressing troubles. California
Kidney Tea is purely vegetable and is
les of the kidneys, bladder and urinary
organs. Price so cents per package
containing three weeks treatment. For
aale by b Wheldon & Co
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jackson Town-HIp F1aeae..

The following is report of the fin
ances Of jackson township from octo.
Der 4sh, 1873, to January 18th, 1881:
Total amount Of receipts, township
and road fund. $1,676.l0; total amount
of Indebtedness of jackson township
October 18th, 1879. 1851 10. total amouni
Of township road fund. in hands Of
township treasurer, january 18th, 1881
above ell debts, eIie95: total gain
above all expenses. $6s114. The tools
scrapers and similar property belonging
to the township are in good condition,
and the roads and bridges IN good re
pair. JACOB jacob. in.
Trustee of Jackson Township.
jackson Townshin Ian d 1891
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The Congregational social Tuesdayeven-
ing passed Off with that measure of sue
cess which seems TO attend all ventures
undertaken by the members of that So
cieiy. Pending the presentation of the
operetta-"Mortgaging the Farm
which had been advertised as the prom
inent attraction of the evening, the re-
CITATION of Jane Conquest" by Miss
Joy. and several performances on the
guitar, by Mr.. John Henning, afforded
entertainment to an audience of very re.
spectacle size, which found the interim
far from irksome under such agreeable
auspices. The caste of the operetta was
finally perfected by the arrival of a tardy
member, and the well-worn, though al
ways suggestive little drama, in which
is contrasted the simplicity of habits o.
the olden time with the extravagances o.
to day, was rendered by the choir and
others, in manner which, while quit,
creditable, would, IN our judgment, anC
that of others present, have been i'm
proved by the omission of several fea
lures improvised for the occasion, which
might more properly have been intro
duced at place dedicated to purel.
secular purposes. We have no dis
position to be hypercFitical, but Their
is tendency. it seems 10 us, on the par
of many of the churches to permit a
entrenchment upon limits beyond whicl
a proper respect for the sancfity of God
house should never allow the advocate
of reverential decorum to pass TIL
refreshments were firstclass, an
the social, with the exception noted, ma
be voted worthy of the highest CONNER
dalton.
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Try TUE Rocky MoUNrAIN BTTTEKs-
They give tone 20 the stomach. stimu-
late The liver, relieve the oyer-taxed KID
news and purify the blood They create
4 healthy appetite, improve digestion,
iuvigorafe the muscular and nervous 81.
ZEN. and give brilllancy 70 the mind
Price. 81. For sale By TEimble q Irwin
drua eists, scle assus for Empofias Kan
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We hereby certify that Samuel j. Fish
was legally divorced at the September
term of the Lyon county district court.
I. E. LAMBERT.
4. N. SEDGwICK, Co. Attorney.
E.B PEYTon, Judge Dist. Court.
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RnokIen,a Arnica saIre.

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns, and all kinds of skin eruptions
This salve is guaranteed TO give perfect
satisfaction in every case or money re
funded. Price % cents per box. Fol
sale hY B Wheldon & Co.
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W. w. HIBBEN.

TEACHERS ExAMINATIoN.-Ane exam
ination of applicants for teachers ccitiii-
Gates will be held in the stone school
house in Emporia, Saturday, January
30, 1881, commencing at 0 o'clock u. m
Applicants who present satisfactory evil
dence of being regular subscribers to
some educational paper will be allowed
two per cent. on their. average standing
OBJ. WHARTON.
Couutv SUPERINTENDENT
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The committee appointed by the coun-
ty teachers association TO prepare ques-
tions for the teachers OF district schools,
the written answers TO which will go to-
ward making up the educational exhib-
1t at the next county fair, were in ses-
sion in this city Saturday.