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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-28
GoIne for the Oat Fields.

CHICAGO, July 2f.-A pest that resem.
bles the army worm and goes by that
name, though substantially the differ.
ence between the two is discernable, has
made its appearance in the oat fields of
Illinois. Fall wheat was seriously
damaged by the severity of the winter,
and spring wheat was retarded by the
lateness of the season. Farmers have
had To pillow up their wheat fields TO a
large extent and SOW them with other
crops in order to get anything
from the soil, and now comes
the army worm and devours the oats.
The worm is chiefly found in the north
ern part of the state. The rapidity with
which it works is shown in the state
ment of one correspondent. The field
of forty acres of oats was destroyed in
forty eight hours. They appear to be
governed by considerations that are un-
fashionable, for they will completely
destroy one field OF oats and leave an
other field, separated only by rail
fence, untouched Unfortunately,
however. the fields left untouched are
not very numerous In the fields that
arc ravaged the worms discriminate
carefully between tender and succulent
stalks and those that are comparatively
old and dry. The latter they avoid.
Estimates of tue loss cannot be made
with any degree of accuracy, as the
worms are still at work, and nobody
knows what they may accomplish before
they get through. 1t is impossible TO
tell exactly how much harm they have
done in the fields that they have visited,
because as stated, they do not destroy
every stalk, and not until the crop is
harvested will they know how much in
the raYaged fields was too dry TO suit
them, but it is certain that the damage
is immense. In VIII county it is be.
lieved that it cannot fall below million
bushels and if the worms move faster
than the oats ripen the loss will exceed
that. Although oats are their favorite
feed, the worms will not go hungry
when they can find none of this grain
In default of oats they attack young
earn stalks
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OVER THE STATE.

The Santa Fe is completed to Augusta.
Caldwell is to have $4,000 school
house.
J. N. Hollingsworth killed himself
near Augusta ON Tuesday last.
Colony, Anderson county, shipped
5000 tons Of hay last year.
Salt City expects to manufacture 7O0.-
600 pounds OF salt this year.
Douglass will celebrate the completion
of the railroad to that point.
100 people have gone plum hunting
from Cowley county towards Texas.
The mercury all over Southern Kan
sas last Saturday and Sunday WAS l04 10
log.
The saloons are 10 full blast in Wichi-
ia and the drunkards are having car
nival
The front of the remodeled Tclrt
house, Topeka, is to be finished in Cow
ley county stone.
The colored people of Quindaro will
celebrate the recovery of the President
on the 4th of August.
w, j. Brewer contemplates the cree
ton of an elegant brick house on his
farm in ColTey county.
The Farmers Alliance, of Cloud coun-
ty, has appointed man 40 ship gram
aud stock for that county"
The A. o. U. W. of Kansas has paid
SO, 900 in death losses since the state has
been set apart as a separate jurisdiction.
Thomas Martin is under arrest at
Leavenworth for robbing United States
Paymaster Broadhcad's safe of 100000 q
year ago.
A coIored person appeared in Augusta
the other day, and created quite an ex-
citement, 'as he was the first arrival of
that race.
Mr.. Martin of the Aichison Champion,
says that during long residence in
Kansas he has never heard of a fatal case
of sunstroke.
The Paola Republican is making il
lively for Judge Stevens, of that district,
who wants to be reelected for the fourth
term this fall.
The county. surveyor of Morris county
was buried Thursday under the auspi-
ces of the Odd Fellows, of which order
he was a member.
A number of Reno county farmers
who had their crops destroyed by the
hail storm are sowing the ground with
millet. There is sufficient time to get a
good crop from millet sown during the
month of June.
Arkansas City Traveller: Indian trains
are getting to be the rule rather than the
exception in our city, from ten to fifty
teams being in town all the while. The
melody of their pow-wow may be heard
in the stiffness of the twilight most
every evening.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

II and plat arc out." -R. Coakling.
Pocket-bookwalter is the metaphor
cal name of the Democratic candidate
for governor of Ohio.
The agony at Albany is finally over
This observation, of course, has no spe
cial bearing upon Mr. Contingencies.
Guiteau complains of @the heat of bis
quarters" Poor fellowi But, then, be
had better get used to 1t, for it will bs
hotter for him after awhile
Guiteau is said to be engaged in writ
ing his autobiography An authentic
obituary of that gentleman would b,
read with much greater asidity by the
Amencan people
Like the boy who was kicked by
mule, Mr. Conkling is not quitcso hand
some as he was, but man Of his meta
bic personal attractions can afford Il
purchase knowledge at the expense d
comeliness.
The prohibItionists of Ohio hayl
placed in the field full ticket. Tn,
candidates think if they can excite III.
antagonIsm of few such papers as tn
Topeka Commonwealth their chances 70
success viii be virtually assured.
The news of the shooting of the Presi
dent greatly shocked Mrs. Abraham
Lincoln. Weeping. she repeatedly mul
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INJURED 4Poor Mrs. Garfield. = ana retired
to her room. remaining there Frustrated
until the next day. Mrs Lincoln is
gradually growing stronger. and seems
to take pleasure in recalling incidents 81
travel and her life in Washington.
William Penn, if he could be consult
ed at the present moment, would gladly
have what remains Of his personal cor
porosity transferred to Philadelphia and
placed under great and durable monu-
ment A committee stands in The way,
however, and it is not probable that
without the payment of goodIy sum
the body viii be removed from IFS long
resting plnce.
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We are told that some Of the jurymen
In lhe case Of Fritz SnEiZler which was
recently tried in Wichita for violating
the prohibitory law. said, after they
had hung the jury and were discharged,
that they would not as jurors convict
any man under this infamous law, what
ever the evidence. We have only 10 say
the iuryInan in such case who says that,
proclains himself perjuFer aud low
villain who will not be believed under
oath hereafter. even by his beer and
whisky selling fricnds.-Winiield Cour-
Ter. F
Does the Courier not know that it is
lawfully awful" to talk about jury that
way: The first thing it knows it will
receive a slectuP' from Father Baker.
The jurymen take the ground, some
times, that a newspaper has no right TO
criticise their action, no matter how
much the public Is interested in a ques-
lion they may be called upon 10 decide.
The jury is the palladium of our liber.
ties" you know. Mr.. Courier, and if the
palladium" takes il into its immaculate
head that a law upon the statute books
must be ignored, why what arc you go
ing TO do about it? That's the question.
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THE NEW SENATOR FROM
NEW Work

The following brief Biographical
sketch of Warren Miller, recently elect
ed by the Sew York legislature to fill
the Plat vacancy, is of interest at the
present time:
Hon. Warren Miller was born in Os-
wego county, N. Y, August 10, 1898,
and was graduated at Union college in
1860. After leaving college he began
teaching in the Fort Edward Collegiate
Institute, but when the war broke out
he enlisted as private in the fifth New
York cavalry. He served in the Shen-
andoah valley with distinction, and was
promoted TO be sergeantmaior and lIeu-
tenant. At the battle of Winchester he
was taken prisoner, and remained in
captivity till the close of the war. Mr..
Miller then made a trip TO Europe,
but soon returned and estab
lished himself in the paper manufactur-
ing business in Herkimer county, and q
few years ago he erected mill at Lyons
dale, Lewis county, for the manufacture
of pulp and paper. Mr.. Miller made
his first appearance in public life in
1878, when he was elected to the assem-
bly, as q Republican, from Herkimel
county. he was reelected in 1874. Dur
ing his two years in the assembly hC
was an influential member. In 1878 he
was elected to the fortY-fifth congress:
from the twenty-second district, and il
1880 he was elected to the forty seventh
congress. In addition 20 his large man
ufacturing interests, Mr.. Miller owns
| fine farm in Herkimer county, which hC
manages himself, and all efforts for thu
/ promotion of the interests OF agricul
tnral laborers find in him a warm ant
i generous supporter.
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unnnah for .Inr,ier

ST.. LOUIS, July pa dispatch to the
Associated Press from Clinton, Nilsson
ri, says John w. Patterson, who muir
dered James G. Clark near Leesburg in
December, 1868, was hanged there this
morning in the presence of about 5000
people, who assembled from all the sur
rounding country. Patterson was taken
from Jail at II 10 O'Clock and arrived at
the gallows, half mile from the town,
at II So Religious services were con-
Quoted by Elder Pierce, the prisoner
standing with uncovered head. After
the prayer was concluded Patterson,
in a very low voice, thanked the sheriff
and his friends for the kindness they
had shown him. Sheriff Hopkins then
read the death warrant and the prisoner
shook hands with the sheriff, attorney,
clergyman and others. His arms were
then pinloned and his legs tied during
which operation he gazed out at the
great crowd before him. The black cap
was then put on, the rope adjusted, and
at II SO the sheriff with upraised broad
AK in hand said: patterson, may the
Lord have mercy on your SOUL" and
with the last word the rope was cut and
the soul of Patterson went hence.
In thirteen minutes he was dead, and
in fifteen minutes the body was cut
down, put in coffin and buried at the
public expense, he having no friends in
this country. His neck was broken.
After committing the crime for which
he was executed to-day, and while in
confinement awaiting trial, Patterson
broke Jail and eluded arrest for ten
years. He was then found living in
Stone county, Illinois, taken to Henry
county, Missouri, and under new in
dictment tried, committed and sentenced
10 be hanged July 10th, but his case
was taken to the Supreme Court and a
stay of execution granted till to-day.
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Snrrender or sl,tInr Rull.

ST.. PAUL, July 20-The Pioneer
Press has the following special from
Fort Buford, detailing the surrender of
Sitting Bull: Sitting Bull and about
two hundred people arrived at exactly
12 o'clock to-day, and surrendered their
arms and ponies to Major Bratherton.
No speeches have yet been made. rs Sit
ting Bull and his orator are fatigued
and hungry. They We're placed in a
compartment between the post and the
boat landing, and are as securely in Ma
ior BrathertOn's charge as il in irons
The Pioneer Press correspondent visited
Sitting Bull after his lodge was
erected, and cheeFed the old man
mp by informing him that he
had seen the lost daughter, whom the
Canadians said was in chains, only q
short time before, and that she was well
and happy. The chief expressed de
sire TO have n talk, after he had rested
and had something 20 eat. The cayal
cade as it filed TO the garrison attracted
much attention. It consisted of sixty
army wagons loaded with squaws and
children, followed by a number of cart;
we'll filed with baggage.
A dispatch was forwarded to Standing
Rock. informing Crow King and Low
Dog of Sitting BULBS arrival, and it wa:
believed that this news will remove any
desire the Indians there may have e
leave the agency.
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The Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal publishes an article which has
attracted much attention. supporting a
theory that the Presidents wound does
not involve the liver. The article rea-
sons that the ball must have been de
Elected from u straight course by the
ribs, the edges of which were splinsered
in its passage, and that a DETECTION,
either to the right or left, would have
prevented the laceration of the liver.
The article reasons, further, that there
has been no passage Of bile with the
discharge from the wound, as would
have been the case had the liver been
injured. Still, doctors always will dis
agree, and DIR. Bliss still adheres. as
doctors are apt 10. TO his first opinion
that the ball passed through portion Of
the liver
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New York Tribune: The admins.
tralion has made a pretty good record OF
less than five months. II has saved a
round million in the postal service, and
has reduced the annual tax on the public
debt more than fiflecn millions. The
stalwart wing of the party, previous "a
its recent demise, kicked up a good deal
of noise, but It's record does not bear thu
entry OF u single service TO the nation ol
of a single dollar saved TO the public
Il does, however, bear the entry of pro
longed session of the senate ut Washing
ton, and prolonged session Of the legis
lature at Albany, both at the expense o
the public. To offset this expense Their
is nothing save the vindication that MI
Conkling didn't get,
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We take very little stock in the bosh
INDUCED in quite largely by the whisky
papers about the check in immigration
on account OF the prohibitary law. II
there is any class Of people who don't
like the way the people run things in
this state, they have the privilege Oi
staying away or going somewhere else
If prohibition proves success. there
will be such an immigration so soon rs
that fact is ascertained, Of sober, indus
trious, temperate and peaceable people
as never was heard of before. tsrohibi
ton viii be the best Immigration meas.
ure ever adopted. We doubt very much
IL more whisky sellers and more guz
zlers would be Of any particular benefit
70 the state IN the long run
The platitudes about keeping away
immigrants, II the law is enforced, Is 9
good thing TO rattle in the ears of. PEG
pie who do not reflect but TO those who
want 10 see the state built on the firmcs
and best foundation Il is the thinnes
sort OF tally.
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reecding wave is instructive as TO the
conditions which favor the origination
of such disastrous iempests, and shows
the necessity, especially in the West. Of
more extensive and local weather warn
ings at periods when a single blast may
tlemolish an entire town AS yet there
have been no great disturbances on the
British coasts and on the Continent re-
sulting from the thermal extreme, but
they will not be long exempt The eff
feet of the exceptional temperature in
the Northern Hemisphere will also. in
all probability, be seen little later in
unusually destructive hurricanes in the
tropicaI oceans.
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A Fiendish Act

LAWRENCE, July 23.-A freight train,
quarter of mile below the AtchisoD,
Topeka & Santa Fe station at 3 O'Clock
this morning by rail having been re-
moved from the road-bed. It was ev-
identity the work of wreckers who were
attempting to break up the through
express from the west, which would have
passed through an hour later. Near the
place where the rail was removed were
found a wrench and a bar, which were
evidently the instruments used in per.
forming The atrocious act. But for tile
fact of the freight having been two hours
late, the passenger train would have been
the one 10 suffer. Five cars were demol,
ished and the engine greatly damaged.
The wreck has been cleared away, and
trains are running through all right.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1857

now completed clear across the Terri
tory, and is well into Montana. In the
southern portion Of the Territory two
railroads have reached the Missouri
river in their western progress, and are
making for the Black Hills. The eastern
section is trayersed by rail from the Ne
braslka line almost to the Manitoba From
tier, and many local roads arc finished
or are in progress of building. As set
Element advances the bad lands rccede,
just as the ''Great American Desert of
the old maps did in Kansas twenty
years ago. A large portion Of Dakota's
vast domain Is found to be excellent
grain and grazing land. From this do
main we shall see created during the
next decade two agricultural states Wy
ing in resources and population with
lows and Minnesota and n large Terri
tory comprising the Black Hills. where
mining and stock raising will be the
chief industries.
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The following sensible suggestion i
from the 81. LOUIS Globe Democrat:
An enthusiastic correspondent OF the
day OF general thanksgiving for the re
coVery OF the President, collection bt
taken mp In all thechuFches TO complies
the fund for Mrs. Garfield. We move q
amend. by substituting the poor OF each
city for Mrs. Garfield.
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The Old Stnrv

CHEToPA, Ks, July 19.-Yesterday
afternoon as a countryman was passing
the door of grocery store, man by
the name of Chas. McLannahan acct
dentally discharged a revolver he was
foOling with. and the ball entered The
bowels of the farmer, MF. Knott by
name, about one inch below the naval.
The wound did not seem to be serious
one at first, but to-day IL is feared, ON
account of the intense heat, that mortifi-
cation has set in. Can't this fool busI.
ness ofcarrying weapons by street loaf
eTs and worthless galoots be abated.
One good farmer killed by such Grimm
al carelessness is worth score of these
dead-beats, who do nothing hut lounge
around and keep their revolyers in good
trim.
The heat is intense 10I to i04 in the
shade. Several have died with the heat,
and others arc sick.
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THE Storm at Chirago

CHICAGO, July 22.-Thc storms of thu
last three days have been marked by al
unparalleled display of lightning which
has illuminated the sky for hours at O
time in one continual flash. A very
considerable quantity of rain has fallen
and reports from outside cities say thai
there have been many deaths from light
ming strokes, and that storms have beer
wide spread and sometimes disastrOu.
TO property and crops. TO-night's storm
began about 8 O'Clock, and has been n
progress for. three hours, and shows no
sign of abatement. II has been accom-
panied with frequent and terrific peali
of thunder tlt.
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sewer Nineys iRn,led

DEADwooD, ID. T., July 2l.-The open
cut Of the CaledoHian mise, at Terra
vile, caved in last night, burying seven
miners Vim. Gill, Daniel Cameron and
Andrew Larson were taken out alive !;
Jno- CASTILLO. James Roach, Pat. Haw-
kins and L. II. Hamilton are supposed
TO be killed. A Times sreciaI says
Roach Is known 70 be dead though his
body has not yet been found L. g. Good
man foreman in the Desmet mine, was
instantly killed by the arch on which he
was standing. near the shaft, giving
away and precipitafing him two hundred
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The EducaslonaI AssoeIa,Ion.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 20.-At the meet
ing Of the National EsincatigasissAssoi
citation, to-day. the following papers
were read: "Some EsscnliaIsfn the De-
velopment OF the School SystenI.1 by ID.
w. DeWolf, of Ohio; ~The Teachers
Work in Development of Mental Pow
err" n. A. Calkins, New York; "a Pro
posed Mission of the Common School
Curriculum" NJ A Newell, Maryland.
at the meeting of the department of
high school education, the following pa
pers were read: Opening address. by
Lemuel Moss, of Indiana; "The Study
of Political Science in Colleges by j.
w. Andrews, of Ohio, and "'rhe Advance
ment of Higher EducatIon," by II. III.
Tucker, of Atlanta Gustavus J.. Orr,
state school commissioners of Georgia,
was elected president of the association
for the next year. Nearly 400 delegates
are here -
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st. Louis Globe Democrat: Conkline
evidently means 10 take the case before
the people II he can. We do not see
how he can expect To fare better at the
hands Of the people than he has Jared a
the hands OF the Albany legislature
The same faction fight will produce the
same results anywhere. It's bad thing
al ros.nd
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Notes From New Mexico

CHICAGO, Ills, July % -RepOrts from
Santa Fe say all the employees at the Ma
vajoe agency have left the agency owing
to The threatening attitude of the
Indians and fears of general
massacre. II Is believed at
military headquarters that Galien
Eastman, the unpopular agent, has been
murdered or forced To leave the rcserva.
ton.
The principal towns of New Mexico
are raising funds for Patsy Garrett, for
services 10 the territory in killing Billy,
the Kid.
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Bnrelars at Atchisnn.

ATcHIsoN, KAN, July 2O-The burg
lars struck it rich after l O'Clock this
morning. They succeeded in entering
the premises of seven families, taking
$3.50 in cash, besides iewelry. watches,
etc. The gang were bold, as they rob,
bed the jailor who occupies a room in
courage of the occupants. No arrests
but plenty of warrants
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Damaelns Rtorme.

CINCINNATI, o., July % The Storm
of last night and yesterday did consfd-
cradle damage throughout northern
Kentucky, southern Ohio and Indiana.
At Laurel, Indiana, the n. E. church
was struck by lightning and damaged
somewhat Near Camden, Ohio, fences
and trees were blown down and corn
leyelled for miles Near Belle Centre,
the storm was very severe. Alex
Thompson's barn was burned with ali
the ouIbuildings and the entire wheat
CROP Near Greenville, Ohio, Martin
Tillman suffered some loss, all out
buildings and crops being destroyed.
In kentucky the storm was accom-.
panied by large hail. at Sparta hail
stones were as large as hens eggs, and
did great damage TO fruit and corn Al
Cenferville, Ind, Geo. Rambo was xii
led by lightning, while crossing mead
ow. AT Moore's Hill, Henry Woods
outbuildings, implements, and wheat
crop were burned by fire from lightning
The storm or rather succession Of storms
seemed TO be general all over this sec
ton.
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Mnrdi Gras Festival.

BALTIMORE, July 19.-The Merchants
and Manufacturers Association of this
city, composed of all the leading MGR
chants, manufacturers and business men,
have decided 20 hold a grand martli gras
festival in Baltimore in October next in
connection with the formal celebration
of the introduction of water from the
gunpowder works. IL will be arranged
as to the time so as to precede or immed-
lately follow the Yorktown centennial.
The Board of Trade. the Corn and Flour
Exchange, and other organizations will
cooperate, and the display will be of the
most liberal and elaborate character.
Arrangements have been made with all
lines of travel leading south and west,
for half-fare rates. It is intended that
the coming festival shall equal the seoul
centennial of October last.