The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-12
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The King of Burmah isdead

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The King of Burmah is dead.
There were twenty-three deaths from
smallpox in Philadelphia last week.
A bill was introduced in the house
Monday for the repeal of the arrears of
pensions act.
During the year 1881 1880 persons
died in Chicago, of which 7,405 were
children under 5 years of age.
PATHS three concerts in Chicago drew
$4,000 worth of patronage, one mat
inee alone producing $11, 900.
Ex-Mayor Levi D. Boone. grand neph-
ew ofthe pioneer of Kentucky died at |
Chicago on the 9th, aged 70.
Justice Gray was sworn and took his
seat on the bench of the supreme court |
of the United states'on Monday.
Oscar Wilde is 26, wears his hair long,
smokes scented cigarettes and is over
six feet high. He travels without his
mamma"
The Atlantic exposition buildings
were sold on the 9th for $25, 5000 to a
company which will establish a cotton
factory. The original cost was $40 900.
The contest between Cannon and
Campbell of Utah, for seat in the ma
tional house of representatives, promis-
es TO occupy the attention of that body.
The United States brewing association
| has sent letter 10 commissioner
Raum, stating that glucose is used in
the manufacture of beer TO a limited ex-
tent, but is harmless.
| Beecher has once more distinctly an
Dounced his disbelief in future punish
ment 1t is limited that this much-tried
preacher may have to undergo a new
l trial for heterodoxy.
The Odd Fellows societies of the
United States will celebrate at Chicago
on the 10Th inst, the centennial OF
Thomas Widely, founder of the society
in the United States.
| KING Alfonso and Queen Christina, OF
Spain have gone on visit to the king
and queen of Portugal. They will re-
Lisbon will be brilliantly illuminated.
The billiard match between Vignaux
and Slosson, at Paris, has been fixed fol-
the Both inst. The stakes are to be 10,
600 francs; the conditions of the game
are the same as governed the las
match.
Twenty freight conductors on the Kan
sas City, st. Joe and Council Bluffs road
were discharged Monday morning and
brakemen put in temporary charge o.
!; trains. The general charge agains
them is drunkenness and immortality
The largest steel sailing ship afioat
registering 1920 tons has just beer
. launched at Belfast for Ismay, by Imrls
, & Co., managers of the White Star line
3 1t is named the Garfield and will be EN-
!, ployed in the Australian and Californian
.. trade.
D Strong pressure is being brought t.
8 bear upon the president, by prominen
: Republicans and journals south, especi
8 ally New Orleans, to have the presen
J. secretary of the navy, Hunt, retained
: the claim being made that he is repre-
q sentative southern Republican in tn
: broadest sense of the word.
l.. Professor Lewis Swift will go dow
5 in history as the discoverer of an amaz
!, ing number of comets-three of Whic
d discoveries have won for him the pleas
ant sum of a thousand dollars. History
however, may not state the picturesqu
fact that they were made from the roo
u of cider-mill in Rochester.
A delegation of Creeks, Choctaws an
Chickasaw Indians called on the pres
dent to-day, presenting memorial pr
testing against the San Francisco and s
Louis railroad being allowed the rigt
of way through the Indian territory b
g. fore the roads intentions were unde
stood by the people of the territory.
n Grave abuses air alleged in the pr
emption OF land in northern Minnesot
where thousands of acres have been
Gated by SPECTATORS. who, in most case
make no improvements, and in othe
are not even United States citizen
:, The commissioner of the general lar
- office is about to investigate the matte
Chickering hall, New York, WI
u crowded Monday night to hear Osc'
&c Wilde's lecture. The audience en-
braced representatives of all classe
y Wilde appeared dressed in plush knt
1t breeches, black silk stockings, blaC
dress coat, white vest, rolling cola
l. He wore one large stud and diamond
ID Hon. jesse Spaulding, recently a
pointed collector of customs at Chicag
80 assumed the duties of his Office Monda
70 Every courtesy was extended him
the outgoing collector, and the occasic
was very pleasant and friendly to all Il
IL parties interested. Mr.. Spaulding is
~ well known business man, and as it
10 his intention to run the Office on pure
business principles, it is predicted tn
he will make a popular and successf
IS collector.