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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-08


No. 9.-Running race. Purse, $3.50.
Mile heats, best in 8. list horse, 500;
I'd, $35; Sd, SIS.
No. 10.-Trotting race for green stall.
lions that have never been in a race.
Purse, $50. 1st horse, $25; I'd, 10; Sd,
$12; 4th, IS.
FIETH DAY.
No. 12.-Double team trotting race.
Purse, $50. Horses to be owned by enc
man and used as driving team. 1st
team, SIS; I'd, SO; Sd, So.
No. 11-CItizens' novelty running
race. Purse, $500. $50 entrance 5 to
enter, or more to start. LIST horse to Il
mile pole, $50; 1st horseto = mile pole,
$40; lst horse to Z mile pole, $50; 1st
horse to mile pole, 800.
No. 13-Trotting race, free for all.
Purse, $3.50. LIST horse, $3.50; ed, $40;
Sd, $50.
No. 14.-SlOw mule race. open 10 all.
Purse, S15. Last mule out, $40; next TO
last mule out, So; third to last mule out,
Sc.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Races to commence each day at . p.
m, sharp.
All trotting and pacing races, best 8
in B to harness, and according to the
rules of the National Trotting Associa-
tion," except as otherwise noted.
All premiums paid in full and 10 per
cent. entrance fee charged on all cash
premiums.
Entries must be made in all races on
or before Monday, September 10, p
m, 1881. Entrance fee, 10 per cent of
purse per cent. to be paid at the time
| of making entry, and the balance by 10
O'Clock a. m. of the day the race is
started.
Records made after making entries
will not be a bar to these races.
Any horse distancing the field. or any
part thereof, will only be entitled to
| first money.
In heats where eight or more horses
start, the distance will be $50 yards
In all races there must be five entries
and three starters.
In all races where time is named
within five seconds of the time mention
| ed must be made in at least one heat oi
| the race to win first money; otherwise,
the Association will retain il aud pre-
rate the balance of the purse to the win
| ners.
All running races to be governed by
the rules of the Kentucky Association
| of Lexington, except weights.
The Association reserves the right &c
| trot, pace or run races between heats, OF
TO postpone for sufficient cause.
All entries must be made with the
secretary of the Association. Commun
ications shonld be addressed to w. K
Griffith, secretary, Emporia, Kansas.
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A very young tramp stopped OF here
yesterday on his way from New Mexico
to Illinois. He is only about ten years
old and is son Of o. E. Gear, who
lived in this city year or two ago. Ac.
cording 10 the boys story. his mother
died of a fever in New Mexico in July
last, and his father was shortly after
killed by the Apache Indians. Being
left alone the lad determined to go back
to relatives in Illinois, and having no
money, he undertook TO make his way
by strategy" Being acquainted in this
city he stopped of to get square meal
and take a rest. He reported that he
was only put off the cars once and that
he expected TO reach Illinois all right
In few days.
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raE .pEop1E,s. coNvENrToN.
A Full Report OF the Proceedings of
that Body.

4
A Fuil Report Of the proceedings of
that Body.
The peoples conyention met at the
court house Saturday afternoon. Alter
being called to order by Thos. Armor,
the convention was organized by the
election of j. e. Hornbarger rs chair
man and Frank Butcher secretary.
Mr.. Hornbareer upon assuming the
chair, announced the object of the
meeting and declared the convention
ready for business.
On motion, a committee of ten was
appointed to select candidates for the
various Offices, to be accepted or re-
Jected by the convention.
While the committe WAS absent, short
speeches were made by j. v Randolph
and j. G. Hornbarger
On motion a committee of ten was
appointed to act as central committee
on behalf of. the peoples convention
for the next year.
During the absence of the committee
to select candidates, w. f. Hethering-
ton offered the following preamble and
resolutions, which were adopted:
WHEREAS, The Republican party by
its mismanagement OF the county at
fairs, has involved the comfy in unnec-
essaTy expense, heaped unnecessary
| taxes upon the people, subordinated
| the welfare of the many to that of a
few; and
WHEREAS, Experience has demon
strated that reform cannot be effected
within the party; therefore,
ResOlued, That we, the people of Ly-
on county, irrespective of party, for the
purpose of securing an economical,
wise and honest administration of coun-
ty affairs, do place in nomination full
| ticket for the offices to be filed at the
November election; and
Res0loed, That We are opposed to car
rying politics and partisanship into
| local affairs, and therefore recommend
| the nomination of honest and efficient
men, without regard to their political
belief; and we invite all who are inter-
ested in the welfare of the people of
this county to join with us in securing
the election of the whole ticket.
Resolced, That we denounce the das-
tardly attempt upon the life of our Pres
| ident as blow at the liberty of our
country, and extend our sympathy to
his grief stricken family, and join with
the whole nation in hoping for his
speedy recovery.
The report of the committee appoint
ed to select candidates for ticket was
then read The candidates selected were
| as follows: For Sheriff, T. L. Ryan !;
County Treasurer, Jos. Ernst: Register
of Deeds, E. L. Jones; County Clerk,
j. s. Watson; County Surveyor, Robert
Milliken; Coroner, DR.. Slower; Com
missioner, DR.. Thos. Armor.
The announcement of the ticket Gre
ated little sensation, and with reference
to the name of Joseph Ernst, especially,
considerable discussion was INDUCED in,
in which F. Z. Smith, Thos. Armor,
VIM. Randolph and w. F. Hetherington
took part, but on motion the report of
the committee was finally adopted.
On motion the convention then adj
journed.
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THE HARrFoRD News.
EDITED BY LINGO. 50
FRDAY. Sept.

FRIDAY, Sept. 2.
Messrs- Combs s. Thompson yester.
day completed Mr.. Johnson's new res
istence west OF town. The public
schools of the city will commence one
week from next Monday, September q,
A. A. Wells, principal Gardener
Bros. today shipped thirteen car loads
of cattle from this place TO ST. Louis.
Evan Tweedy accompanied them.
Mr.. Dyke and family, of Burlington, are
visiting at W p. Gould's. Work was
begun this morning upon G. II. SuttIe's
new house upon bis farm one mile west
OF town. Charlie DeMoss and ". P.
Royal are engaged in putting up barn
upon the hts Of Thonas Campbell, east
of Cssep5eli Eros sfDres.. Mark Wicks,
Q former resident Of this place. came
down yesterday from Council Grove.
He will remain here several days and
then proceed 10 Illinois, where he will
reside for year OF more, but will even
tualIy return to Kansas. Mr. Harper,
of Fort Scots, with his family are visit
ing At j. p. ChumIea's, On Maple avenue.
- Prof. 4. "A. Rogan, who has been
lRploy ed Sc principal Of the NeoshO
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water Takers.

1 hereby notify all parties who are
sprinkling lawns and pavemenis to con
fne the ass OF water as above stated TO
the hours o. from to O'Clock q. m,
and from 0 to p. M, according to an
ordinance, section /. article II. The CON-
mItsee has been ienient with all water TAX
ers the pastspring and summer, but as the
weather u dry, the river low and water
getting scarce, parties using water must
from this date adhere to The ordinance
fstrictly1 unless they have a special or
der from the committee on water works.
The fine for violating the ordinance is
from % 10 $780, Parties using water
must govern iI.smseIves accordingly. rs
the ogdiEanse win hereafter be strictly
enforced. BY order Of the committee
on water works. D. HAlnEoND,
superintendent.
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Friday evening William Buchanan, a
railroad man, got violently full of con-
traband rum and proceeded to make 1t
unpleasantly lively for people at the
Sawyer, house, on lower Commercial
street The police were therefore sum-
court house cellar to cool off. Next
morning on being brought before Police
Judge Barnes TO answer to a charge of
assault he acknowledged the corn, for,
though unable 10 srenernber having a
row, he Feeollected that he had filled
himself TO the muzzle with whisky, and
was quite willing to take the word of
witnesses that he had been in a scrim-
mage, being assisted to arrive at that
conclusion by divers and sundry bits of
circumstantial evidence in the way of
abrasions and Commissions scattered over
various portions of his anatomy. He
was accordingly fined SIS by the court.
ThereupOn desiring to avenge himself
upon the author of his woes he filed a
complaint against John Wind, an ex-
saloon keeper, who has for sometime
been ostensibly deriving a livelihood
from the proceeds of a butchers bust
ness on the site of his old saloon, 11s
Commercial street. Buchanan charges
in the complaint that Wind sold him the
intoxicating liquors he had imbibed the
evening before, and Wind was accord
ingly brought before Judge Culver next
morning to answer to the charge. He
demanded jury trial. A list of jurors
was therefore drawn by Judge Culver.
Winds attorney objected to the
men composing the list, and
Wind made application for change of
venue. filing an affidavit to the effect that
he did not believe he could receive fair
and impartial trial at the hands of JUS
tice Culver. The application was grant
ed, and Wind gave bond in the sum of
800 :or his appearance before Justice
Bachelor at 10 O'Clock on Monday morn
ing next
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MARRIED-Monday evening 1.-THE resi-
dence of Thomas Hogg. by Rev. Father
Dominic Myer, James A. Feist and Miss
Maggie F. Hogg, both of EmpOria.
A large number of friends were pres
ent at the ceremony, and after the mar
riage feast of good things in the way
of refreshments was served and a
pleasant time all round is reported.
We extend our best wishes for future
happiness.
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Seriously Hurt.

William B. Fredericy. bridge paint
er, while at work Friday on a bridge
near Elmdale, on the Santa Fe road, fell
from the scaffolding to the bed of the
creek, some thirty -five feet, and sustained
injuries to the back of a serious charac-
ter. He was brought to Emporia that
evening, and received all the relief from
medical aid which it was possible to
give. His home is in Holton, Kansas,
where he has wife and family.
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District Court

Convened in this city Tuesday afternoon,
with Judge G. B. Graves on the bench.
The docket was called, and next morning
an assignment of cases was made. The
first case which came up for hearing was
that of the City of Emporia VS.. F. E
Smith, charged with breaking open the
city pound and taking animals there
from. The defendant pleaded guilty as
to the facts set forth in the charge and
the court took the matter under advise.
ment on a point of Law which, it is
claimed by Smith, invalidates the or
dInance under which he was arrested.
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AT TIE NORMAL,
gsIe Fan Term Opens with a Good At
tendance ana Ausrieious Prospects.

El9zles FAN Term Opens with a Good At
tendance and AuspIeious Prospects.
The first regular recitaiions for the
fall term took place at the Normal
Wednesday The attendance is consid-
erably larger than it was at the opening
/ last year, the total enrolment already
.Ieing IN the Heighborhood of two hun
dred and seveniy-fiye students, who
are almost evenly divided between the
prepai atory and Normal departments.
The new members of the faculty are
Miss Hoxie, who succeeds Professor So
gard, and has charge of music, drawing
and geography. and Miss Price, who
fills the chair of English, occupied last
year by Miss Wheat. Both are teachers
Of considerable experience and bring TO
their respective positions the best quail
fcaiions for success
In the preparatory department, which
is under the charge of Professor B. T.
Davis. Miss Esden and MI. Kirby, both
of whom graduated from the Normal
las. year, are employed as teachers and
promise 10 do excellent work.
President Welch, Professors Fowler,
Sadler aad Davis and Miss Crichton. as
sisiaatin l.. preparatory and model de-
partments, are known to our readers and
their fitness for their several positions is
50 generally~recognized as to render any
comment at our hands regarding them
superipus.
The house, during the summer vaca-
ton, was subjected 10 a thorough
cleap-s 7gand everything. includingeven
the i.oors of the building, looks bright,
clean and inviting. The students en-
brace a large number of young
men and women of apparently
more than average intelligence,
a ycryconsiderable proportion of whom
are residents of the city, and the school
year opens up under auspices which
justify high hopes of the most satisfac-
tory results. I
The president informs us that there is
good reason for believing that further
accessions to the enrollments which
may be safely counted upon will in
crease the attendance very largely over
that of last year and swell it TO a figure
which will exceed the highest known
IN the history of the Institution.
The great utility to the educational
interests of Kansas, of the State Normal.
is coming to be more fully recognized
each year, and the growth of its infiu-
ence, under its present arrangement, is a
source OF. coDgratuiation to the citizens
of Emporia who appreciate how much
this institution has done TO advertise the
town and to ndvanceitsg general interests.
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Commonwealth Mr.. j. S. Codding,
president of the Kansas Wool Growers
ASSOCIATION, returned Tuesday from a
trip along the A, T. & S. F. r. r and
brings the most encouraging report
about the number of sheep that will be
here daring the state fair. Beyond the
great number that will contest for pre-
miums, there will be at least one hun.
dred sheep that will be only exhibited
A gentleman will bring up several Rus
sian sheep, which will be novelty &c
everybody. The sheep display will be
worthy a state several years older than
Kapsas
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NJ 5. Piper & Co. are receiving large
quantities of fruit from all parts OF
Lyon and Coffey counties and are ship.
ping a great many apples to Wichita
Newton and other places west. The
pears they are now getting in are better
than any we have seen raised in this
county for some time. They inform US
that the Emporia Grange recently
bought six water melons from them
which averaged over forty pounds
apiece. They will be sent TO the State
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The News at the Fair

THE NEWS will have an office on the
fair ground during the progress of the
fair, and will make complete daily re-
port of the proceedings. Papers will be
for sale there each afternoon, and sub.
scriptions to both the Daily and Weekly
will be received at that office; also no.
tees and advertisements of all kinds,
for either edition.
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Tha civ Schools

Will open on Monday, September
18th. There will be an examination held
at the High School building ON Thurs
day of next week, commencing at 0 n.
M, for the purpose of examining all
who were conditioned, or left school
without dismissal card, or who desire
to enter the school for the first time.
P.J. CARMICHAEL, Superintendent.
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Notice Is hereby given that 4 petition ms
f1een presented 20 the Board OF Couaty tom :
mikioners of Lyon county, Kansas. askins.
Tor the location Of . eountY road as follows
to-Wtts Commencing 1t the northeast corner
OF section 3, township 10. range y, On the,
county lsnc- thenee south - the sDutheast
corner OF tect1on 81, township ID, range H.
and upon said lsEaDeseti read the Board ap.
poinsesi the eiloskng viewers: W. IL john
son, II. Phet2e alsa- l1afs johnson, TO m set at
the beEinhsa got said road ON
The s4sll elax 81 september. A u. 1881.
sc 10 O'Clock q N and in conjunction wlflt
Eke ConhS1 DaRVeyef, 20 view. locate ard sur
yey sid read, AID - give all parties hear
ing BY order Of slla Board.
VA. r. EWING
81 County Clerk
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LOST OR STOLEN.-All parties are
hereby warned not TO cash check fOI
800 drawn on the First National hank
of Emporia, about August 18th, by VIM
Born in favor of Robert Best. This
check was lost or stolen at the Campbell
sale, on Chicken creek. last Saturday.
ROBERT BEST.
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WEDNESDAY, August 81.


A nice rain visited this section Of the
country. II seems 20 be only local. 1t
was accompanied with vivid lightning
and severe thunder. During the rain
lightning struck a two year old steer be-
longing to I. w. Saratton. in the south
east part Of town, killing him instantly.
The electric current was conveyed by a
wire fence. The Apollo cornet band,
under the leadership of Prof. Cheney,
are making rapid progress, playing
some of the most difficult pieces of mu-
sic with ease. Under the organization
perfected some months ago the band be-
came one of the permanent fixtures
of Americas and should be encour-
aged by all lovers of music.
Rev. d. T. McAuley expects to start To-
day for Randolph county, ILL.,, to be alb
sent year. The boys will keep .,bach-
elors' hall' during his absence. John
Bond is repaintiug has FENCE. Ed.
Swariz's child is very sick with diph-
iberia. The mercury registered 100
degrees in the shade yesterday. Il will
be lower before Christmas. "a good
many sick horses in the country Sore
eyes are again affecting the cattle in
this vicinity to considerable extent. It
must is due 10 the dry weather ..Iehn
King has returned from Colorado. He
reports six inches of snow in Colorado
when he Left.
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The following is list of the most i'm.
portant fairs to be held in this state this
fall with places and dates where they
are held: Kansas State, Topeka. Sept 12
to II. Western National, Lawrence,
Sept. to 10. Anderson, Garnet, Oct 4
to 6. Atchison. Atchisoa, Sept. 90 to
Oct. l. Brown, Hiawatha, Sept. % TO
80. Crawford, Girard, Sept % to 80.
Coffey, Burlington, Sept 20 to %. Da-
Wis, junction City, Oct. tot. Doug
las Lawrence. Sept 8 to 10, Fort
Scott, Fort Scott, Oct. IS to
81. Linn, Mound City, Sept. 81 to so.
Lyon, Emporia, Sept. 20 to "a. Usage,
Burliagton, Sept % to 80. Sedgwick,
Wichita, Sept. 20 TO "a. Sumner, Well
ingion. Sept 70 o. Woodson, Neosho
Falls, Sept % 10 Oct 1. Cherokee, Co
lumbus, Sept. 81 to 90. Elk, Howard,
Oct 20 6. FRANKLIN, Ottawa, sept. az
to so. Greenwood. Eureka, Oct. TO 8.
Labette, Oswego, Sept IL TO II. Miami,
Paola, Sept % to Oct. L Montgomery
Independence, Oct. to g.
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The soldiers of the city of Emporia
will meet at the court house on next
Saturday at . p. M. for the purpose of
clecting officers At p. m, on Satur-
day the various officers and committees
of the county organization will meet at
the same place to hear the report of the
committee appointed to procure speak
ers and TO make other final arrangements
for the county reunion here on October
Afk
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The Methodist church Sunday school
isnoV supplied with an orchestra com.
posed of its own scholars, Miss Mable
Cunningham, aged about ten. plays tine
violin, Master Fred Lakin the
flute, and Miss May Haines the organ
1t is intended TO next week add a VIC
loncello or bass. Under the instruction
of Prof. Sogard the orchestra plays sur
prisingly well ior amateurs so young
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Our Baby show.

THE News will give its annual baby
show at the Lyon County Fair, as usual.
This has come TO be one of the indispen-
sIble features Of our annual county show,
and the occasion would be deemed in
complete without it. The mothers of
Lyon county can rest assured that an
attractive and valuable list OF premiums
will be ready. They will be announced
in next weeks NEWS.
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A Merchants streer-mairon. Win

A Merchants street-masron, who has
had considerable experience in this
worlds ways, got Off the following bit
of wisdom the other day: "a man will
eat soggy biscuit twice week without
complaint, when his best girl invites
him out to tea. But after the girl be-
comes his wife, if there is the faintest
indication of q touch of salaratus in
them, the neighbors viii think there is
a district school out for recess by the
racket he makes"
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Persons with weak stomaehs may
perhaps be interested in the information
which Nick. Lockerman anXiously gave
us to the effect that his fall crop of big
jaw cattle are now getting nearly ripe
enough TO gather.
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We are requested TO say that the cop
les of the Chicago Prairie Farmer recent
Iy purchased by citizens of Emporia, of
Mr.. Edholm, the agent who canvassed
the city, can be found at the First Ma
| tionaI hank
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In the way of an interesting rumor
which is current on our streets today
We mention the report that Miss Effie
Bond, OF Americas, and Mr.. d. ].
Roberts, late of the Americas Herald,
were married at the NJ. Z. parsonage at
Americas this morning. The wedding
was private.-Monday's Daily.
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had his evaporater punched full of holes
one day last week. He would like to
punch the one that did it.
Mixed paints at Bonds.
The cheapest place in Americas is
Willey's for choice family groceries.
Glass and putty at Bonds.
SALE.-At the residence of Mr.. III. C.
Elliott, Americas, Kansas, on Saturday,
the 10th of September consisting of cat
tie and sundry other articles. See bills.
SATURDAY, Sept. 3.
4 car load of lumber is on the track
for the Z. p. Church The building will
be 40X60 feet, the same size as the old
one, but not quite so high. 1t will be
what is known as ceased" or veneer
ed" building, and will have vestibule
and belfry 12x12 feet on the southeast
corner, the height of which will be
about 60 feet. There will be lecture
room 24x3G feet on the north if means
can be raised to build it. We would
like TO see it built by all means. The
windows will be of stained glass, the
same as the old ones were. james
Eberts leaves us Monday. :. Mrs. Nc
Cleery's mother and sister are here
visiting. We did not learn where they
come from.
Smiths Tonic Syrup at Bonds drug
store.
Willey's tin ware is about sold out
but he will have plenty more in few
days cheap.
Overall and jackets at WiIIey's.
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Senator Plumb, who came through
from Santa Fe on Saturday, reports find.
ing great many Kansas people in yari.
Gus parts Of New Mexico. The Indian
troubles are proving q source of con-
siderable annoyance and apprehension
all over New Mexico at present, and the
recent massacre of Carr and his com
mGnd will in all probability, the Senator
thinks, provoke q general uprising OF
the citizens and cause vigorous efforts
TO be made for the suppression Ct tie
whole murderous band of Apaches.
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Emporia young men who go to See
their best girls will doubtless hereafter
be very careful as to diet before starting
out. We heard of one of the corn-beef
sufferers who didn't get back home from
a visit TO his girl till along in the after
noon of the next day.