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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
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been presented to the Board of County Com
missioners of Lyon county, Kansas. asking
tO-Wit: Commencing at the northeast cor.
ner Of section %. township FL. range 10,
thence north on the section line. as near as
practicable, TO the southeast corner OF sec
ton s. township II, range 10, thence east on
the section line as near AS practicable to the
northeast corner of section II. township q,
range 10. And upon said proposed road the
Board appointed the following viewers: John
Mackenzie. John Furnace and l.. Newman.
the 18th day OF June, A ID. 1881, at 10 O'Clock
o. m E, and In conjunction with the County Sur
veyOr, to view. locate and survey said road,
and to give all parties hearing. BY order
25.sS WV. =. EWING. Comfy Clerk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

There is n rumor in New York that
Mr.. Brady Will sue Acknowledgement
McVeagh and Postmaster General James
for libel, on account of the charges Pre-
ferred against him IN connection with
the star route business. Brady seems
TO have almost as great a penehant for
practical jokes as Sam Wood, whose
keen sense of humor recently cropped
out in similar proceeding instituted
by him against the Chase County Leader.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

New York Tribune: The Republi
can party, through its administration
and its senators at Washington, through
its delegates in National Convention al
Chicago, through its newspapers in the
whole country, through its members in
the legislature ut Albany, has declared
that Conk!ing and Plat are wrong. By
refusing to acquiesce in this judgment,
Conkling and Plat put themselves out.
side the Republican party and become
boilers. Their faction is the boilers
faction, and every man who votes with
them is a bolter.
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A small negro boy, living with a color.

A small negro boy, living with color
ed family named Smith, in St Tammany
Parish, La, was roasted to death in pun
ishment for stealing a loaf of bread.
Smith and his wife practice vOOdoOism
among the ignorant negroes in the par
ish. The boy was nearly starved and
embraced the opportunity offered by the
absence of the family. When the theft
was discovered they tied the boy in the
fire place and roasted him SO badly that
he died shortly after.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

New York Herald: Three hundred
men, women and children arrived from
Europe yesterday to go to Utah. They
might have been secured for any other
colony were the alleged opponents OF
Mormonism enough in earnest to put
money into the business of Offering
counter attractions to the ignorant
Europeans among whom the Mormon
missionaries always work.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

Adelina Patti, the queen of the lyric
stage, is coming To America in October,
but as Postmasier.General James has
cut short the profits accruing from
the star route contracts, there will pro
baby be comparatively few people who
will have sufficient capital on hands To
purchase tickets To her concerts.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
DeeisiOn Reversed.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June THE board
of directors of the Merchants Exchange
have reversed the decision of the call
board committee in the matter of set
Ting the May deal in No. two white
mixed corn, and fixed the price at 511s
cents, with penalty of five per cent. for
which makes the actual
price to be paid by the shorts "a 7-1OO
CENTS
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

This. from an old philosopher, is re-
spcctfully referred 10 my lord Roscoe for
careful ard thoughtful perusal: "Thc
man who is curious to know how the
world could get along without him can
lind out by sticking cambria needle
into a mill-pond, and then withdrawing
il and looking at the hole"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
Yard Nasters at Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, June S.-The sew
enth annual meeting of the Yard Mas
tiers Mutual Benefit Association conven-
ed at the Newhall House, in this city
this morning. There was large atten-
dance from every part of the country,
and over seventy delegates were present.
The report of the secretary and treasur-
er show four hundred and two members.
The morning session was devoted to the
annual address by President Evans.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

Kansas City Journal; The statement
is made ON good authority that three
wholesale liquor dealers Of Topeka have
bought full stocks OF liquors and will
resume trade the same as before the
prohibitory law went into effect. The
recent failure OF the court u convict
violators Of the law has brought about
the proposed defiance of the statutes.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
Potomac ARMY Veterans.

HARTFORD, Ct, June 9.-The weather
cleared this morning and is favorable
for the parade and demonstrations in
honor of the veteran soldiers of the army
of the Potomac. The streets arc crowd.
ed with people to witness the parade
and the city is gay with decorations. Gen
Sherman arrived early this morning
and at 12 O'Clock reviewed the first regi
ment of Connecticut state militia.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

Any pupil who can write two pages of
manuscript without errors of spelling,
punctuation, capitalizing and syntax, is
a good grammarian. Try your pupils,
and their failures will surprise you. Not
one in hundred can do SO. even in our
best schools.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

NJ. w. Reynolds announces that he
will issue the first number of new ag-
ricultural paper on the 18th inst, TO be
called the Kansas Rural. There may
be field for such a paper in the south
eastern part of the state, and we have no
doubt but that if Milt will "let himself
loose" SO to speak, and put the work
on the paper necessary to make it sue
coed, lie will reap success. 1t is, in our
opinion, NO easy task TO edit an ag-
ricultural paper. 1t probably is not
much of task TO fill such a paper
with extracts from down cast papers,
which have but little application to
western agriculture, and by inserting
long winded communications, bodily,
furnished by ambitious scribblers, but
this is not editing. This is the way,
however, large majority of the agri-
cultural papers are edited. There is
no industry put upon the preparation
of the matter for their columns, and but
little thought. They arc too often in
the hands of men who seek the influence
of farmers for some selfish purpose.
Farmers have been terribly imposed
upon by SO called agricultural papers.
AS a class they are stupid, and are
sometimes the organs of some private
scheme. There are few good
agricultural papers, devoted to the inter-
ests of agriculture and kindred subjects.
They have met with wonderful success.
The field of agricultural journalism in
Kansas has not been much cultivated in
the past few years, and there is room for
a paper of this kind which has industry,
intelligence and brains. Milt has all
these qualities, and if he will put them
into his new venture, we have no doubt
but that it will meet with gratifying
success. We certainly hope the Rural
may be such paper as the farmer, the
fruit grower and the stock man needs,
and that it may be so conducted that its
merits will demand for it large meas
urc of success.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
THURSDAY. JUNE ., 1881.

The New York Herald says that Cas-
tie Garden has become modern Tower
Of Babel, and that in these days of
booming immigration more languages
and dialects are heard there than in any
quarter of the world
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
FOREIGN MARKETS.

BY telegraph to EAPoRIA DAILY NEWS !
New York Markets.
NEW YORK, JuneS
Money--30Skc.
Prime Mercantile Paper--304kc.
Bar Silver--$I 1917.
Exchange--Steady.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
States--Dull.
Railroads -General1y active.
Stocks--After IL O'Clock speculation be-
came weak andIprices declined 4 to ~ Wa
bash Pacific and Union Pacific leading in
downward movement
Stocks--Opened irregular and speculation
characterized by very quiet tones dealings on
small scale, fluctuations very light.
FIour-Unchanged.
Wheat--Unsettfed, I<03<c. lower; No. red
June, 81 2491 24I<.
Corn-Dull; mixed western, 1896.
Oats--Stronger. western, 45GD52.
Beef--QuIet, unchanged.
POrk--Dull, nominal; new. $I7 90; old, SIS.
1906 90.
Lard--Lower, weak.
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st. Louis Market.

ST. LOUIS, June s.
Flour--Unchanged.
Wheat--Lower but closed 1rmer No. 2 red
81 121S91 1lzE; No. do, 81 O41S9l O05z; No.
do e, 81 %.
Corn-Lower 45%c.
Oats--Lower sec.
Pork--Steady.
JobbinR--$I6 rs.
Dry Salt Meat--More doing So 60.
Bacon Firm Sc 50.
Lard Held firmly $40 20.
Hogs--Firmer; Workers and Ealtimorcs
S. 6OI5 IS.
IS 90ll8 70; receipts 8, l0O; shipments $50.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
Legal.
Administrators Sale.

will sell at public auction at the residence
of the late Uriah Glover. deceased, ON Alien
creek. nye miles north OF Emporia, on Thurs
day, June S0th. 1881, at 10 O'Clock =. m, the
following described property: IL mich cows,
II Wo-year old, 0ne-year old steers 1.-TWO
year old het1ers. one-year old heifers. Terms
Of sale: All snnns OF s. 90 and under. cash;
all over s. co six months time with per cent
interest with good security A discount OF !
per cent. for cash.
BARSHEBA GLOVER. Administrative.
Ii. W. PEAksALL, Auctioneer. -
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
A Rio PrOiecf

GENEVA, June Sit is intended, if
possible, to run trains on the X. X.
through st. GOthard tunnel by electric
ity, which is to be produced by ma
chimes now employed in pumping air
into the workings and for other pur-
poses.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
Lyon County Normal Institute,


The Annual County Normal Institute will
be held at Emporia. in the High school build
ing commencing July 18th, and will continue
four weeks.
photography, Reading. Writing, English
Grammar and Composition, geography, arith.
metic, United States History, Constitution of
United States, Bookkeeping, Physiology and
Natural Philosophy will be taught. Glasses
in algebra. botany and drawing will be form
ed if sufficient number desire to pursue
these studies.
A Model School will probably be conducted
during the last two weeks of the Institute. in
which the pupil-teacher can test methods
given in the theory and practice class.
Evening lectures will be given by the State
Superintendent and other prominent educa-
tors,
There will be an examination for certifl-
Gates at the close OF the Institute. At the last
session of the Legislature the standard Of
qualification for certificates was raised and
definitely fixed, hence the necessity OF teach
ers ayaiIing themselves Of this opportunity
for improvement.
For further information address.
=. j. CARMICHAEL, Conductor,
orc. u. WHARTON, Co. Supt..
Dl30t6-w21t4 Emporia, Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

passenger trains were transferred to-day
and the railroad will not be cleared be-
fore Saturday. Several hundred farm
crs and ethers from the country for
many miles around had gathered this
afternoon at the wreck. The westward
bound train with conductor Dan Scott
and engineer Isaac Frost was running
wild, which caused the collision.
Brakeman John Critchfield WAS serious
ly injured but will recover.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
A DSstardIy Scheme to Affect Stocks.

New York, June S.-Yesterday an
attempt was made to affect the stock
and grain markets by means of dis
patch from u western point, announcing
the sudden death of Jay Gould. The
dispatch was stopped in the as
sociatcd press Office, and the
dastardly scheme defeated. General
agent Simonton now reports that the In
vestigation as conducted seems to show
that the dispatch originated with a
syndicate organized for the purpose OF
disseminating false financial and COM
mercial news. He said the syndicate
has its agents in leading cities east and
west and in London. News agents and
the business public need to be on Their
guard
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
Chicago Markets

Chicago Markets.
CHICAGO, juno 8
Wheat--Easier, 81 OS1<.
Corn--Steady, 42<c.
Oats--Easier, 37Ic.
Pork--Firmer. $40 05.
Lard Easy, $40 Tx
Hogs Receipts 81 900, moderately active,
unchanged. IS 6016 20.
Cattle- Receipts 1900, unchanged, export
ers 50 40; shipping, s. 90; butchers, 81 700
"a 10.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
WANT COLUMN.

Advertisements are inserted in this column
for five cents o line each inseEtion-aVer-
aging seven words to the line.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09
From Dodge City-Suieide-Crop Pros
poets, dc.

DODGE CITY, June Last night a
passenger named John Doland, an emf
grant on tram No. 6, hound east, cut his
throat while standing on the front plat
form of the rear coach. He committed
the act just as the train was leaving Dun
dee station, just seventeen miles west OF
here. His body fell between the cars
and was run over by the coach, cutting
off both his legs. The train was backed
up and the body taken on board and
brought TO this city for inquest. De-
ceased had in his pocket an emigrant
ticket to st. Louis, is stranger here
and none of his actions prior to his do
ing the deed of death were such as to
attract the attention OF any OF his fell
low passengers, or made them think
anything wrong. 1t was no doubt
premeditated and successfully operated
suicide. but the coroner's jury have not
vet rendered decision.
Never In the history of this country
has there been such splendid prospect
for an immense wheat crop as there is
| in the upper Arkensas Valley to-day.
From Newton to this point is one sue
cession of wheat fields, the bulk of which
| is in blossom, stands we'll in the ground
| and will be ready for the reaper within
two weeks. Many of the settlers who
left this valley year ago have returned,
and with the large emigration row com.
| ing in, this country promises to improve
rapidly during the coming season.
Colonel Robert IngersOll, Colonel
Grafton, of Washington. Missouri; J.
Stevenson, paymaster of the United
States navy; Major Denman, of Wash
ington, and Major Calvin Hood, of En-
poria, passed thorough here this after
noon on their way to the Black Range
OF New Mexico TO look after their min
| ing interest in that rich mining camp.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT
EMP0RlA. LYON COUNTY, KANSAS,
BY THE NEWS COMPANY.
JACOB srorLHR ALEx Eurrs
FRANK T. MAcLEHNAN
Terms-S1.5o per Year, in Advance.
All time not paid for in advance is at the
rate Of 81 per year.
Entered at the post Office at Emporia as
second class matter
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-09

Kansas City Markets.
KANSAS CITY, June z.
Cattle-NatiYe steers averaging from $50
to 1000 pounds, s. 1904 IS; common, s. 5o@
20.
Hogs--Sales ranged from S Is to 5 IS, with
the bulk at IS 30 to 10.
Wheat--No. /, 81 Of; No. ?, Csc; No 8, 99c.
Corn--NO mixed, 955Sc; No. 2White mixed.
80 7-Sc.
Oats--No. 9, SIC bid, 37< asked.
Boston Wool Market
Walter Brown & Co.'S Boston Monthly
Wool Circular of June 2d, makes these quota.
tions for Kansas wool:
Good Ordinary
Fine. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 23G26 1922
Medium ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 7G29 23025
Coarse ....-..-..-....... 2O0S3 17Gs0
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-16
Burned in Melted Lead.

The establishment of the st. LOUIS
Smelling ard Refining Company, in st.
Louis, was destroyed by fire, and John
Williams was caught in a stream Of molten
metal and literally burned by inches. The
fire was caused by the bursting of cupola
OF one of the furnaces, in which about
twenty-five tons of lead was being smelted
for refining. Williams, the engineer, was
standing at the door of the engine room.
He started to get his coat and dinner
bucket. The molten lead, which was rum
ming on the ground in every direction, had
reached this part of the building. and a
narrow stream had made its way directly
across the path between Williams and the
place where his coat was hanging. As he
went forward he gave little leap, expect
ing to clear the stream, but tripped over
Falling, he dropped partly into the kissing
pool that had began to widen and spread
out. Just at this point two men near by
saw the engineers distress, and started to
pull him out of the puddle. He, however,
succeeded in picking himself up without
giving the metal chance to burn him
seriously. He even went and got his coat,
and was returning to cross the leaden
food at narrow point, when second in
terruption came along from a different di-
rection and caught him. This time it was
impossible for him to escape. The two
men tried to reach him, but the consuming
mass was covering the whole floor, run
ming small channels in every direction, so
that the men could not get near the strug-
Cling engineer. He was seen to fall, and,
all efforts to rescue him having failed, the
building burned over and about him, and
the ruins fell upon him.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-16
Abundant Hair.

Japanese women are very proud OF their
hair, which is black and luxuriant. They
cultivate and arrange it with great care by
brushing their tresses back from the fore
head and gathering them in plated top
knot, covered with flowers, spangles, and
hairplns of gold, silver and tortoise shell.
Rich and poor alike are proud of their
coiffure, and the kuli-woman in rags de-
votes the same attention to ner hair as any
great lady. To preserve the elaborate
structure from being disturbed, women
during s.eep rest their necks on padded
fork. There is no difference between sin
gle and married women In wearing their
hair, as in China, and their respective
social status is indicated by the position Of
the bow in which the waist-scarf is tied,
girls wearing it at the back. matrons In
front. The latter likewise shave their eye
brows and dye their teeth black. Girls
use rouge freely and sometimes gid their
lips. They are fond of smoking, and wear
their embroidered tobacco pouches as belt
ornaments.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-16
The Horse That "DIed of Grief"

One of the San Francisco papers having
published an account of the death of a
horse from grief at losing his master, the
Chronicle sent reporter TO verify the state
ment. The groom was interviewed, with
the following result:
.sYes, sir, that thar were the curiostest
case ever hern tell on. No more thar
amt no such case writ about in books,
nu.her," and the establemanremoveda brief
T. d. pipe from his teeth, and rested its
cheering bowl on the reporters arm to fix
his attention more closely. "Ie see that
hoss were as sound hanimal in wind and
limb as ye'd see at a prize fair In the old
country. Gentle as kitten, and pet Tor
the children" The stableman paused to
rekindle the fire in his pipe, which the rain,
dripping from the reporters ulster, had
qUenched.
when did 1t die2" asked the reporter,
sadly.
1.-The boss died Saturday last
"What allied it?"
'.Lung fever.
"Whel did its master DIET"
Two weeks ago to-day"
'sWell. what is there curious about thatf
asked the reporter in amazemert.
''CurIousl why its curious enough, l shud
.ay. when thar amt another hoss sick In
this stable, and we've got hundred OF
them here"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-16
A Lesson In English.

What queer blunders these foreigners
make A German woman living on Tenth
street, Philadelphia, had severe attack OF
cramps the other day, and doctor was
called in. He gave her some ginger to re-
lieve the pain. Next day he called again,
and said:
swell, Mrs. Bummenschlager, how do
you feel to-dayi"
''Fust-straighdt, doctor" was the reply;
''shoost SO goOt as never vas!'
''Do you feel any paint" be asked.
''Vell, Pfe god liddle pain in my
sthummick, but 1t don't hurd mel"
The grin on that doctors face sprouted
into guffsw when the door closed behind
him, and burst all the buttons of his coat
by the time he reached the street-Pot-
ter's american Monthly
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-16
Launching q Ship.

Not one-half the people who witness the
launching of vessel can tell how it is
done. They hear a great sound of pound
ing and driving of wedges for half an hour
or so, then loud shout is raised, and the
ship starts slowly at first, but, gradually
increasing her speed, slides with a steady,
stately motion from off the pile of timber
and blocks where she has been standing
for months; and where, but moment be-
fore, the huge creature lowered aloft, moth
ing remains but debris of timber and
planKs, while out on the water floats one of
the most graceful works of man.
When the ship is about ready to launch.
her immense weight rests principally upon
blocks some eight or ten inches square on
the ends, and perhaps some fifteen or
are placed directly under the keel, and In
order to launch the vessel it is necessary to
transfer the weight of the vessel to the
ways,-two long lines Of heavy timber
reaching about two-thirds the length of
the vessel on either side, and about Md
way the bilge or bottom. These ways are
simply two lengths of timber with thick
layer of grease between them, so that as
soon as the ship acquires any momentum
they will slip one along the other. To
transfer the weight of the vessel on to these
ways so that gravity-the stem or heaviest
part of the vessel being much lower than
the bow-will cause her to move, Is the
whole secret of launching. To do this,
between the top of the ways and the vessel
are driven pine wedges, which, of course,
raise her somewhat. and SO relieve the
blocks under the keel of part of the weight
resting upon them. This done, workmen
take their places under the vessel, and with
iron wedges cut and knock away the
blocks. When these are removed, the en-
tire weight of the vessel settles at once
upon the creased ways, and the result is
exactly the same as would be if person
should seat himself upon sled pointing
downhill upon an icy slope-away she
goes!
There seems to be strange sort of fas-
cination for most people in the launching
Of large vessel, and in our ship-building
ports it is not uncommon for q thousand
persons to be present to enjoy the specta-
IneI icdR Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-16
A Chunk of Natural Philosophy.

A boy about fourteen years of age was
smoking a cigar on the south portico of
the City Hall, Detroit, the other morning
when a citizen halted before him and
said:
boy, do you realize what you are
doingl"
"Smokin' powerful good fve-center,
won on bet, was the reply.
'.But don't you know that you are filling
your system with poisonl"
"Naw"
swell, you are. That cigar contains
enough nicotine to kill a cat"
'I'm no cat"
81 know. 1t does not kill you suddenly,
but poisons the blood and sows the seed of
fell disease. You may drop dead on your
way home"
81 amt goin' home"
"lt fills me with horror to see lad of
your age destroying both soul and body.
Boy, entreat you to throw away that vile
cigar"
81 dasn't. Some one else would pick it
up and be pizened."
"rhrow it away and I'll buy you three
apples'
Don't like EN-"
''Or quart of peanuts.
''Say," said the boy as he fondly regard
ed the inch of ashes at the end of the
cigar, 81 bet boy the cigars this morning
that he couldn't tech his tongue to lamp
post and then sing 'Sally Walteri" He
teched, and there's a crowd up there now
tryin' to thaw him loose. l amt very
scarf about bein' pizened, and don't keer
much for fatherly advice, but if you've got
any spare time you might go up there and
tell that ere boy that chunk of natural
philosophy is worth hull barnful of ex-
periments."