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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-29
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SATURDAY, April %.
Many of our most enterprizing farmers
have their corn planted. The rest are
rushing their work as fast as possible.
-. Mills and Allen are enlarging their
storeroom to twice its former size, and
are stocking it with everything needed
in country store. ;. Lee and Hinch.
man will place the finest herd of cattle
on the range in Chase county, "When
the spring time comes gentle Annie."-.
School is progressing quietly with ].
Stanley in charge. Mrs. Paris Mills is
still visiting friends in the east. Chas.
Hancock's smile has widened and en-
larged wonderfully in the past few days.
It's . girl. DIR. Conway says that $500
would not repay the damage done his or.
chard by the prairie FIRE. Jim
Davis has rented his farm
on Buckeye creek to John Bender an
enterprising and experienced farmer and
no relation to old John or Kate.
Our genial friend Geo. Barber is still en-
deavoring to thread his uncertain way
through life alone. But he has only
himself to blame. We notice the face
OF Tom Allen on our streets again He
has brought q young wife home with
him, an example that should be followed
by some more OF our bachelors. Our
worthy assessor, Aaron, Jones is going
early and late, finishing up his business.
-. Buckeye Lodge K. of g., meets in
Mills hall now. Lee s. Hinchman
have 700 head of cattle. RUSTIC.
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Over THE County.
Around ElmviIle.

MONDAY, April 25.
Miss Nellie and Cal Severy made us
a flying visit on Monday. /. Miss Annie
Eistun, of Emporia, came down Tuesday
and stayed until Thursday, when her
brother Robert came down and accom-
panied her home. Mr.. B. B. Jacobs,
who has been combining business with
pleasure the past six weeks in Indiana
and Pennsylvania, Is among US again,
and is more than ever satisfied with
Kansas. People in this vicinity be-
lieve in protecting chickens, and VIM.
Douglas swells the list with a large
sized hen house. Five car loads ofhugs
were shipped from Reading to Kansas
city the past week. Grass has been
putting forth extra efforts the past few
days and the prairies look quite green
where the old grass has been burned off
-. Mr.. and Mrs. Howe, and Mrs. Car
rie Miller, of Usage City, and Mrs. But
Ter, mother of Mrs. Howe, of Marshall,
Michigan, were the guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Severy, Thursday and Fri
day. :. Miss Eugeni Roberts was visit
ing friends near Emporia last Sunday.
-. w. H. Severy and wife spent the
Sabbath in Emporia. +. Oscar Hubbard,
of Sturgis, Michigan, came down Satur-
day. .Elmville glories in an amateur
string band, Of which the banjo takes a
prominent part. UNIT.
TUESDAY, April 90.
had the pleasure of meeting the wife
of Rev. j. 81. Clark yesterday on the
train. She was on her way to Chicago
to attend the meeting. of the Ladies'
Missionary Association. Mrs. Clark
viii be remembered by many of your
readers as the wife of the Pres
byterian minister who was sta
toned at Emporia some years
ago, but is now located at Newton.
Louis Nelson, who has been sick with
lung fever, is convelescent.. Miss
Jennie Laugherty. who has deem here
the past few months, returned home yes
terday with the common affliction,
mumps. Jerry Mock came here last
night with load of fruit trees for W.
II. Severy This latter named gentle
man has been decorating his front yard
with a row of evergreen trees, either
side of his stone walk. The string
band was out last night and the villagers
flocked around to hear and see. Some
evinced their appreciation by keeping
time with their feet, and others
shouted as if it was the one cpl.
sode of a life time. james Chill.
ders stayed here last Sunday night, be.
ing the guest of Miss Eugene Roberts
DR.. Roup paid US a visit yesterday. &.
The ordinary quietude of this place was
broken the other evening by fight
Pitchforks and clubs were used, but nc
blood was shed, or arrests made.
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Agnes CITY Acorns.

MONDAY, April %.
J. B. Tomlinson's, little girl, Jessie,
met with a sad accident on the 7th. Mr..
T. was clearing the rubbish off the gar
den and burning it, when little Jessie's
clothing caught fire and she was severely
injured before her father could -extiR-
guish it. :. A. J. Lester had the misfor-
tune to lose a valuable work horse, which
is severe loss at this time. Farmers
have commenced blowing and sowing
in real earnest. Everything IS full of
life and on the jump, for the late spring
has delayed everything SO much that
without very favorable weather
the planting season will be late.
Hank Pearsall was boss at John
Fox's SALE Stock sold high. One pair
of yearlIng colts bringing $3.50. The
Rev. FLAX held services at No. Al on
Sabbath the 10TH. - There seems to be
a regular mania for burning the prairie
for the last two weeks. For early graz
ing the old grass should be left, for it
holds the moisture and protects the
young, tender grass. Better wait until
May for burning, then the ground will
be warm and moist; better still, do not
burn the grass at all for each coat of old
grass left on to decay, is equal to good
coat of manure. Try it,. a. Shores
mare ran into ii barbed wire fence cutting
off about eight inches square on her
neck and shoulder, making terrible
wound. Rev. Elliott, of Americas,
held services at school house AZ last Sab.
bath. CONDUIT.
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100000 Challenge Open to the
World, That No Show on Earth
Can Produce Their Equal.
FIFTEEN SCOLASTlC KENTUCKY
TH0R0UGHBREDS.
A Whole Educated Horse Fair,

What the sun is to the armament the
horse is to the circus, and such a galaxy
of equine suns as make their brilliant
orbit within the circle of the New Great
Pacific circus, have never been collected
since Richard offered his kingdom for a
steed. They equal the famous puz-
Zle in number-there being fifteen
of them-and they can and do as
sumo almost as many intricate posi-
lions as the square blocks thereof. There
is, moreover, no taInt of foreign humbug
about them, for they are entitled to the
proud distinction of American citizen
ship and come from the great blue grass
nursery of the finest, fastest and most in
telligent horses on earth. They are
thoroughbred Kentuckians; gathered
with infinite care from the proud serag-
lios of the famous sires Lexington, Long
fellow and Ten Brock, and their pedi-
gree is as pure and naughty as their
performances are unparalleled. They
are introduced altogether in the arena,
and unitedly execute an intricate pro-
granme of novel feats calculated to al
once display their nobility of presence
beauty of form, fiery action and marvel
Gus sagacity. Something way beyond
| the education of mere instinct seems tC
have been reached in their training, and
inspiration of mind is suggested in many
of their movements. They are In
fact, a regular horse fair of scho
lastic equines; more than a whole, brave
and beautiful show alone; a genuine
nane-crowned constellation of animal
artists, and something to enrapture thG
ladies, astonish the horseman and de
light every appreciator of mans noblesi
| friend
They will positively be exhibited il
the arena of the New Great Pacific a
Emporia, on Tuesday, May 10th.
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PARNEIL ON THE LAND BILL.
DUBLIN, April 25.-Parnell, speaking
at a meeting near Newry, declared that
it was impossible for an honest man to
learn what were his rights under the
land bill.
ENGLAND AT THE CONFERENCE.
PARIS, April 25s-Tremantle, deputy
master and comptroller of the English
royal mint, is expected here on Wednes-
day, to represent England at the none
tary conference. 1t Is said he has been
instructed simply to take notes and re-
port to his government, especially avoid
ing any expression of opinion that might
be taken to imply acquiescence IN the
principles of the convokers of the con-
ference.
TO THE MEMORY OF DIsREALI
LONDON, April 25.-It is stated that a
proposal will be made in parliament for
the erection of national menumentin
Westminster Abbey to record the name
and services of Lord Beacons6eld
ONE OF TWO THINGS.
LONDON, April 25.-An Athens cores
pondent says, that either the Govern
ment is playing deep game with its
own people, OF Greece is on the brink
of war. The main points in the Greek
note, which will be presented this week,
will be its calling attention of the Pow
ers TO the fact that they had not replied
to the reservation continued in the
Greek note of the 7th instant.
AFFAIRS AT TUNIs.
TUNIs, April 25.-The French Consul
General offered to place French troops
at the disposal of the Bey for the pur-
pose of maintaining order in the Euro
clined to offer. The Sultan has an.
proved all the measures the Bey has
lately adopted, and negotiations have
been opened with the Powers to protect
the rights of the Sultan and Bey.
NOT LIKELY To PAN OUT.
BERLIN, April 25.-The National lei
lungs correspondent at Paris says there
| is no prospect Of the success of the mon
etary conference, and in view of the
present attitude of the powers 3 decision
to postpone, or even TO close the deliber-
atoms, may be expected shortly.
! ANOTHER FASTER.
Glasgow papers state that Catherine
Marshall, aged IA, daughter of a railway
laborer, has not taken food since the be-
| ginning of the present year. She takes
a little water daily, but scarcely sleeps.
She is grestly emaciated, but her pulse
is perfectly regular.
| ENroMBEp IN FLOWERS
| LONDON, April 26-From early this
morning railway trains have been ar
irving at Wycombe, bringing 3 large
number of people of all classes for
Hughenden, to be present at the funeral
of Lord Beaeons1ield The weather is
showery. The Prince of Wales, the
! Duke of Connaught and Prince Leopold
the latter bearing a large wreath from
the Queen, left Paddington at O'Clock.
1 The same train took the Duke of Rich
mond, Marquis of Hamilton and a mum,
Der of the members of the lafe govern.
ment- The Marquis Of Harrington left
Paddington somewhat later. Gladstone
according to the latest accounts, has moi
| gone to Hughendcn Flags are at half
mast and there are other signs of mourn.
ing displayed in various towns through.
out the country. The crowd at Beaeons.
fields funeral is somewhat less than ex
pected. Many persons who intended "a
be present have probably been deferred
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WALL STREET KINGS.

From an Interview by s'Gath."
"Who has been the most successful
operator during this year?n
william Vanderbilt, D. o. Mills and
Jim Keene. Vanderbilt has got more
money than all the men in this street
put together. You see very wild stories
printed about the resources of the large
operators. tell you that Vanderbilt's
pile Is bigger than the whole of them
put together. Next to him probably
comes Russell Sage, who has more mon
ey than Jay Gould. Sage has saved
Gould once or twice. Two years ago
Gould was practically broke and had to
surrender his Union Pacific stock to
make settlement He had been bear
ing Northwestern and on the compro-
mise had TO give up Union Pacific, for
which he had paid par, or nearly so, at
sixty-fi cents on the dollar. That is
why he ia out of Union Pacific. Van
derbilt, Mills and the rest are buying
il up"
"What do you consider Jim Keene TO
be worth with all his success 80
Seven million dollars at the outside.
1t is more nearly apt to be somewhere
between 100000 and $5,OOO,OOO. II
he has got 100000 the best judges
here are deceived. Russell Sage has got
about $12, 100000. Mills is a rich man
and prudent one. He told me in a re-
cent conversation that he was out of the
street and was going into real estate. He
has bought all this property along
Broad street and is about to put up an
immense Office building, and he has
bought lots on both sides of the city op-
posite and above the park. Vanderbilt
has also been large buyer of real es.
tate. infer from the general outlook,
speculate in, and from the operations of
men like these, that we are now to have
big movement in real estate, first in
New York. and then in the other cities
of the country, till it resembles the real
estate operations up to 1872"
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THE SANTA FE COMBlNATIONs.

THE SANTA FE COMBINATIONS.
The recent annual report Of the Atchi-
son, Topeka s. Santa Fe railroad COM
pany gives the mileage as follows of the
main and leased lines: Atchison, Topeka
s. Santa Fe railroad, main line, Atchison
to western boundary of Kansas, 47s.5s
miles; Kansas City, Topeka s. Western
railroad, Kansas City TO Topeka, $685.
miles; Pleasant Hill & DE Soto railroad,
Pleasant Hill TO Cedar Rapids Junction,
Kansas, 4s9 miles; Kansas City, En-
poria g. Southern railroad, Emporia to
south line of Greenwood county, 04-2f
miles; Elk s. Chautauqua railroad,
south line Greenwood county to How
ard, IL "a miles; Florence, EldoradO &
WALNUT Valley railroad, Florence to FL
dorado, 20.32 miles; Marion & McPher-
son railroad, Florence 20 Lyons 1871
miles; Marion & Mcpherson extension
railroad, Lyons 10 EllInwood, about
20O1 miles; Wichita & Southwestern
railroad, Newton TO Wichlis, 81 % miles
Cowley. Sumner & Fort Smith railroad
Wichita to Arkansas river, Wellington
to Caldwell, 81 % miles; Pueblo & Ar
kansas Valley railroad, Kansas state
line TO South Pueblo, Pueblo to coal
banks (ROckvale, COlOradoO La Junt1
Junction to New Mexico state line
282.10 miles; New Mexico & Southern
Pacific railroad, Colorado state line to
San Marcial, N. NJ, Santa Fe branch
372!03 miles; Rio Grande, Mexico & Pa
cinc railroad, San MArcial TO Deming
N. NJ, Rincon to Texas boundary. 1876
miles; Rio Grande & FL Paso railroad
New Mexico state line to FL Paso, Tex.
1880 miles; total, 1,78513 miles; Kan.
sas City, Lawrence s. Southern Kansas
railroad, including Kansas City, Burl
ington & Santa Fe railroad, 3S4 AZ
miles; Manhattan, Alma & Burlington
railroad, owned jointly with the Union
Pacific railway company, $3.50 miles.
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"Jay Could" said an observing and
experienced railway manager, ais guided
in all his colossal undertakings by per-
feet information. No other American is
comparable with him for knowledge of
properties. He thinks of nothing else.
II you could lift section Of his skull
and look in upon the contents of his
head you would probably find the inside
gridironed with railroad and telegraph
lines. Maybe you would find the brains
themselves transformed into u ramifying
system Of railroads, but a perfect COM
bination, and all the trunk lines, branch
es and extensions, operated under a pool
ing arrangement But / was saying that
he has wonderful information about
railways. He takes up the new lines,
long or short, rs fast rs they are built,
and ut his leisure invoices the properties
and figures on their future values. He
studies the geography of the railway
section much as player might study
his chess-board. Mr.. Gould's game is
played with combinations similar to
those employed in chess. When you
know for certainty that he has specu.
latively laid hands on railroad you
may count on il that he has been for
years looking after the record of that
property"
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by the occasional sharp showers of hail
The Princess OF Wales sent wreath.
After the burial service was completed,
all the principal moumers entered the
vault and placed wreathes on the coffin
and before the vault closed it was liter
ally crammed with flowers
THE NIHILIsTS
BERLIN, April 26.-Another audacious
| address TO the Gar has been issued by
the Nihilists, and pointing out that the
| indiscriminate execution of those con-
cerned IN the assassination of Alexander
IL, has only served to strengthen the
ranks of the Nihilists, and drive many
lukewarn malcontents into the extreme
faction of the party.
BRADLAUGH.
LONDON, April 96.-Bradlaugh will at.
tempt to take the oath in the House of
Commons tonight. The whole opposi.
ton will vote against him.
| BIG CONTRACT.
| LONDON, April ga contract has
been made to carry sixty thousand emil
grants from Norway and Sweden to
\ America
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OVER THE STATE.

Marion county voted on the county
seat question Wednesday. 1t is a pretty
close rub between Marion Center and
Hillsboro, with the chances in favor Of
the former.
The shooting tournament is still rag
ing in Topeka. We trust the prohibi
tory amendment Will prove equal tC
preventing any of the competitors from
getting shot in the neck.
The Daily Hour in Wichita, Kansas
owned and run by Trimmer & Carlton
was burned TO the ground at an early
hour Sunday morning; loss over anG
above insurance about $4,000. Tit
cause of the fire is unknown.
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Legai NOTICED.
ChepiHs Sale

]. G. Smith vs.. A. N. Hanna ct al:
Notice is hereby given that BY virtue OF Al
order OF sale issued out OF the Fifth Judicia
District court Of Lyon county. Kansas, in thu
above entitled cause. and 20 me directed.
viii, on Monday, the 30th day Of May, A. u
1881, At 10 O'Clock .. m, at the front door o.
the court house in the city Of Emporia, LycI
county, Kansas. of1er for sale and sell at pub
lie auction, 70 the highest bidder. for cash
all the right. title aEd interest Of the said de,
PENDANTS in and to the following described
real estate. to-Wit: ThiFty-six (s6) acres o
the northeast quarter OF section ten u0)
township nineteen (le1, range eleven l1
commencing ut . point So rods west of the
northeast corner and upon the north line o
said section ten; thence running west q
rods; thence running south 100 rods; thencs
running cart Ss rods; thence running north
100 rods to the place Of beginning N Lyon
county, Kansas except that portion thereo
known Is lots Nos. Q. II and Is In aannA's I'D
dif5on to the city OF Emporie Said property
TO be sold Is the property OF the said defend
ants. TO satisfy said order Of sale.
j, d. MOON,
SHERIFF Of Lyon county. Kanaas.
April -. 1881. Wits
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A LOOK AHEAD.
Coming Events Casting Their Shadows
Before and Growing to be the
Most Interesting OF all

%oCSsAOAS-
The interest in the summer and fall
elections is commencing to crop out,
and withip month the chances of the
different aspirants for the suffrage of
the sovereign people will be discussed
pro and con with constantly increas-
ing animation. The all potent argument
as to the party probabilities will be the
figures of the last contest, and none will
be more earnestly canvassed than those
of the congressional struggle, and this
being the fact, the new b. &. 0. Red
Book congressional edition becomes
almost indispensable. No publication
of political statistics ever made equals
it in extent of information given, or in
comprehensive arrangement. It shows
not only the result of the election of
1880, but the result as we'll of the cleo
ton of 1878. The Republican, Demo
crat and Greenback vote for the two ell
ectIons is presented separately and CON-
PARSONS made of gains or losses of the
different parties. Total votes are also
the subject of comparison, and this ex-
haustive showing is made of every con-
gresslonal district in the Union by coun-
ties. The book is one hundred and
twelve pages, is marvel of typograph-
ical beauty, being printed ON elegantly
finished paper, and the cover is one OF
the most exquisite things in the way of
artistic design issued for many year
The Red Book is B. s. o. publication
intended for something above the ordin-
airy circulation, and to this end is sent
only where requests are made to G. K.
Lord, G. P. A, Baltimore. Md, for it by
mail and enclosing three cent stamp.
The Red Book will thus be mailed to all
who may write to Mr.. Lord for it, and
certainly those who receive it will not
part with it for almost any money, so
exceeding valuable text book is it for
all who are interested in or care aughl
for political statistics.
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As illustrating the disagreeable and
dangerous features of life In st. Peters
burg under the present police regime,
the resident correspondent Of the Co
logne Gazette reports the following dia-
logue between a police sergeant and q
young artillery officer whom he had
stopped on the Nevsky Prospect:
what do you want with me ~ asked the
officer "You seem TO me a very suspi-
cious person." was the reply, land not
at all like q military man. You wear
spectacles!" THAT" rejoined the off,
Ger, Happens to be because, without
speclacles, I cannot see" "That is not
the question. In such times as these
you would have done better to have left
your spectacles at home" "But, pray
observe, I am in uniform" There is
nothing in that Anybody can dress
himself up In uniform" "Well, then,
perhaps you will be so good as to accom-.
pany me 10 my quarters, where you can
satisfy yourself as to my identity" This
the jealous police official consented to
do. In the meantime a sullen crowd
had gathered, doubtless ready to make
things very unpleasant for the officer il
he betrayed the slightest sign of decom
posture under this nerve-trying arraign
ment
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The very head and front of Mahone's
offending, so far as the impartial obser-
yer of the situation ut Washington has
been able to ascertain, is that he proved
himself impervious 10 the blandish-
ments, which, It is fully believed, were
employed 10 secure his cooperation with
the Democrats in the organization of the
senate. If the Virginia senator could
have been induced by pecuniary or po-
litical considerations TO throw the weight
OF his commanding influence in favor of
q continuance of Bourbon domination
In the old Dominion, and thus render its
electoral vote secure for the Democratic
candidate for president in 1884, instead
Of being villified "a traitor and brand.
ed as an apostate, he would have found
himself the object of more servile adula-
ton at the hands OF his present censors
than any man since the days of that
arch-advOcate of secession, Jefferson Da
Wis The lust for spoils has animated
the Democracy In many a sharp contest
but no reflective man Is so short-sighie6
as TO imagine that the existing dead lock
in the senate has been thus persistently
maintained by the Democratic member.
in view of the meagre patronage which
attaches TO the unimportant offices with
In the gin Of that body.
THE people think we are fighting FOL
few offices" said senator from one o
the southern provinces the other day
The notion he said was very erroneous
one. ave would not continue thii
struggle twenty -four hours If there wa
nothing In Il but few offices. 1t mean
. great deal more than that. II the Ma
hone movement in Virginia succeeds W,
shall have to surrender halt a dozel
5 southern states. Il will make politica
rebellion and treason respectable in tn
South. Mahones will spring up in al
directions Sir. the very existence o
the Democratic party is at stake in thi
struggle"
This Is the keynote to the issue jOine'
between the two parties, and the fact tina
thgfuture destiny Of the solid south viz
tually depends upon Mahone's efforts d
affect . revolution in Virginia in favo
Of the establishment of . free govern
ment, in fact as well as in name, upoI
the ruins of Bourbonism, fully explain
the intense hostility which Is entertaine'
for him by the leading politicians ant
journals Of the effete Democracy.