The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-24
NUBS OF NEWS.

Eleven business houses were burned
at Lawler, Iowa, on Friday night
Southern Republicans are urging the
appointment of southern man in the
cabinet.
The Minnesota legislature has ad-
journed. The entire proceedings were
uneventful.
The capital stock of the AtchisoD,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad is now
t68. 100000.
Rev. DIR. Henry Highland Garrett, new
American Minister to Liberia, has sailed
for Liberia.
D. W. Williams was fined S1OO and
costs in COncOrdis for the violation of
the liquor law.
Saturday being Garfield's fitch birth
day, memorial meeting was held in
Washington.
There will be ten Readjuster negroes
in the Virginia house of delegates and
three in the senate.
1t is supposed that The schooner E. b.
Dorr, bound from Toledo 70 Buffalo IL
ia lost with ali hands on board.
Trains moving out of Chicago are
greatly incOnvenieReed by high water
in streams over which they pass.
The War Eagle, which sunk at Keo-
kuk few weeks since, is being raised.
No other bodies have been found.
The Central National bank, Boston,
stopped paying checks Saturday at II. 90
q, NJ, but resumed later in the day.
Mrs. Langtry is to appear ON the stage
It is stated that she win assuredly make
her debut In New York, January next
The large iron works of John T. Starr,
at Camden, n. j., have been given into
the hands Of committee of crediiQrs.
The Nerthern Pacific road has let q
contract for the construction of thirty
miles of track from Duluth to Superior
City.
Keck & Co., OF Cincinnati, have been
robbed Of $1,000 worth Of diamonds.
They do not know when the theft oc-
CURED.
There Is high authority for the asser-
| ton that neither Mahone nor any other
southern leader will be rendered Q cab
met position.
Ex-Deputy Sixth Auditor Lilly hes
Il ~
with accepting 5000 for procuring q
contract on mail route.
The C. and A. Wabash, and Missouri
Pacific roads are all sufferers by recent
| severe rains. Tracks have been washed
causing great delay to trains.
Scout Allison, who did valuable ser.
vice In securing the surrender of Sitting
Bull, has been sent by the Government
after other refractory Indians
The recent rains have raised the
| streams in Southern Illinois TO such an
extent as to cause them to ovaF5oW
their banks and submefee the low lalda
Even the iron.bound and rock-ribbed
sOlidity Of Maryland IL threatened with
6 fracture. There Is . loud call fos
| measures OF reform" OF cohesive ma.
tura.
A venerable citizen of Elkhorn, Wis
| consin, named William Patterson, faint.
ed Ia the aisle Of ST. Johns church and
killed himself by striking pew, last
Sunday.
BY the establishment Of the United
States signal service on the lakes, re.
duction Of 20 per cent has occurred In
the destruction Of marine property with
in The past eight years.
The postohsce that was robbed in
London was In charge Of three young
women It Is thought the r0hkssEy win
lead to women being Less rnsted As sole
managers Of p0ssof5ceA
In Switzerland . special tax Is levied
On all houses for the sale q wine, beer,
or spirits. 4s5e imprisonment OF every
| person who has been three tines seen
intoxicated q also proposed.
The wonderful FOntein locomotive
seems TO be failure 50 far rs practical
raiIr0eding Il concerned. Il il Fuiaous
| 70 the track, and dangerous On curves
aad heavy On down grades.
For the three fiscal years ending Oh
| the 3oth Of last June the total los q
the Post-of5ce Department through neg.
ligence, dishonestf and maIfeasance q
postiaassera amounted 20 80.
The man RayHe, who VS. thought e
be Dick Eittles member Of de james
sang. aud Waa arrested - Fort Sc0es,
has heen seIeased. And thus anotlaez
ssasation has gone 70 Jain he Readers.
1Irs. TugeabiIle, On the ChFissiancy
case, testified that the letters produced