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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-02
HERE AND THERE.

Eads' ship railway will cost $72, co.,
900.
The star route cases are still moving
This is authentic.
Tuesday, January %, was the coolest
day Boston has known since 1874.
It's . cold day in France when they
don't make . new cabinet.
st. Louis and Emporia want more
room for their school children.
If the good die young, how do you
account for bald-headed editors?
It is considered ali the rage in Cincin-
natl for ladies to faint away when vac
clnAted.
The sun flower must now give away
to the bean stock. Oscar is going to
Bosting.
There arc over 100000 southerners in
New York City, who have located there
since the war.
The tobacco monopoly of France last
year yielded q net profit to the state Of
ABOUT SOO,OOO,UOO.
The new superintendent bill reported
to the house gives all the accidental ad.
vAntages to the larger states.
There are $4,000 Frenchmen and Ca
madam French in New York. Most of
them are free thinkers and inf1dels.
It is said by the French papers that
there has not for years been 30 many
Americans in Paris As there are now.
Lieutenant Long, Of the missing Jean
nette, seems TO be almost IS hard to find
IS the man who struck Billy Patterson.
Last primer gag: What is q Colonel?
A Colonel is q resident of Missouri who
can drink more whisky than any other
man.
Miss Louisa II. Alcoes l. eaid 10 b
writing = novel with the suggestive IT,
tie Of The Superfiuous woman"
Where's she2
The managers of the Mississippi river
commission intend to organize an active
lobby ~ Washington in the interest of
their scheme.
ireland il prosperous enough TO ship
potatoes to New York. Formerly the
only article exported from Ireland TO
America was Irishmen.
When q GAinsborough hat now rises in
q Galveston theatre TO obrtruct the view
OF the stage, the regular cry is, take
your clothes of your head, sis!'
There are said to be 100 cases Of
yellow fever under treatment Al Temax,
Yucatan, and it 10 not considered much
OF time for yellow fever, either.
The removal of the three alleged
Freethinkers from the faculty of the
State University. creates q great deal of
angry comment in the Nebraska papers.
It is asserted that the ghost-in full
unitorm-of Alexander II, has been APP
pearing night after night At the altar of
the cathedral OF ST. Petersburg. The
police have been ordered to go for him.
Patent medicines do some good after
all. The stamp tax on them and few
toilet articles wss 81 ,S4s, 284 last year,
nearly all Of it being on patent medi-
cines-
FOrspAugh claims 10 have made e25O.-
600 last season; Barnum's combination,
100000. People may not have money IT
times to buy bread and coal, but for
whisky and . circus it always turns mp
somehow.
A New York letter Furnishes . list Of
twenty-one capitalists In that city who
have died quite recently, leaving behind
them 5O,OO0.O 900. Commodore Van
dsrbilt headed the LIST, with 5000. 900,
and WIN. B. Aston came second, with
90OOOOO 900. Many OF them are already
almost forgotten.
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The first female baby born in I'm

The first female baby born in Imports
twenty years ago, is now living al
Kinsley. the happy wife of stalwalt
Kansan.
OsWego Democrat: The Oswego Cot
ton Company are giving cut quantities
of seed nearly every day, and there is no
doubt but that very large acreage of
cotton will be planted next year.
Mrs. Berkey, eldest daughter of Judge
James Christian, of Arkansas City, died
on the 21st inst. She was the first child
baptized in the Episcopal church in
this state.
The Council Grove Republican has
been enlarged TO nine columns TO the
| page. We congratulate the Republican
on its prosperity.
A fellow who purported to be pri-
vate detective engaged IN looking after
the enforcement of the liquor law was
knocked down and dragged out of 3
Douglas county drug store.
A terrible slaughter of sheep took
place at Omio, Jewell county, Kansas,
last week. About 1900 were confined
in lot, when just before daylight in the
morning several dogs got in and stam-
peded them. The sheep broke through
the fence and undertook 10 cross deep
ravine, but in some manner the first ones
did not succeed in getting across, and
they piled up in the ravine until $50
were killed. They were all fine and fat
and estimated to be worth SC per head
A Morris county correspondent of the
Topeka Capitpl states that, some months
ago, an emplcye on the Santa Fe road
died, leaving a little girl about five
years old. The mother had died some
time previous, aud the child was left
without a relative nearer than Southern
Kentucky. Her grandfather wrote,
that he would like to have her, but
could not come for her, and no one here
could go with her. The child was
started from Cedar Grove station, in the
care of conductor Allendoprh, of the
Santa Fe, taken TO Kansas City and
placed in care of the Missouri Pacific,
and passed in safety from road to road
till she reached her destination, getting
all needed care and attention on the
Way
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Sundays Kansas City Journal: The
people of Kansas continue TO complain
that there is something wrong in Kan.
sas City grain operations. This city
does not want to and cannot afford TO
have wrong or injustice done to any OF
its patrons. These complaints may or
may not be founded on facts. The city
ought TO know the facts, so that wrongs
shall not be continued OF individuals
labor under unjust suspicious. The
committee on commerce are appointed
for the purpose of attending to the trade
interests of the city. Now is the time
for them TO act. Does the committee on
commerce see the situationg VIII a
me citing be called?
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APPORrIoNMESr.

The new apportiOnment bill was COM
pleted Friday by the house census COM
mittee. It fixes the total membership
at $50, one member having been added
to the number formerly agreed upon, in
order to meet the claim of Illinois,
which, it appears, is entitled 70 one
more than were originally allotted her.
According to the corrected tables, the
states that lose member each are Maine,
New Hampshire. Vermont, Rhode
Island and Florida. The heaviest gain
is made by Texas, which adds four to
her present delegation. Kansas gains
three. Illinois, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska and Penn.
sylvaniA make each q gain of two,
and the following states add one
member apiece to their present delega.
ton Arkansas. California, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Massachusetts. Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, New York, North Carolina, Ohio.
South Carolina, Virginia and West Vir.
ginia. All the rest of the states retain
their present strength in the house. 1t
is believed this bill will piss substanti-
ally as reported by the committee. It is
thought the members from Kansas will
make q fight to increase the total num-
Der to 323, IS Kansas would then get
seven instead OF six new members.
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Senator Edmunds proposes to let the
Mormons have it square between the
eyes. His auti.polygamy hill, il passed
will undoubtedly go n long way in the
direction Of settling the Mormon ques
tion. II is sweeping enough, surely
and the presumption is that. from y lie.
gal standpoint, il is built on strong
foundations, and meant to stand all
bubbles. II provides for the pu nish
ment Of men in the territories who mar
ry more than one woman, or who live
with more than one woman as wife; foI
the punishment Of women who marry
men who already have wives; prevents
polygamists from serving on juries; dIs.
franchises polYgamists, both men and
women. and puts Utah for election pur.
poses under the rule of a commission
appointed 10y the president.
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They do say that Postmaster Anthony

They do say that Postmaster Anthony
must go.-Kansas City Journal.
We are not SO certain about that.
Col. Anthony is a fighter, and We have
noticed that lac generally wins. la fact,
he rather enjoys a fight. While the local
papers are abusing him We remember
that many OF the charges made now
have been heretofore made. and that, too,
when Anthony was running for office,
and yet he got away with his enemies
all the same Anthony does things
that cannot be endorsed, but at the
same time the course pursued by those
who are trying TO beat him often does
for him just what be wants done gives
him strength with old friends and adds
new ones. Anthony is no fool, as some
Of those who fight him seem TO think
He Is ready 10 turn the many weak
points made against him to personal
advantage. We are led to be
lieve, from personal observation
and from some official trans
actions with him, that the Leaven
worth postOfice is one Of the best con
Quoted in the west. Il 10 all bosh fol
opposition papers to charge him with
holding back their mails. He knows
better than sRybOdy else that such &
course would soon relieve him Of his Of
fetal head. His Office ranks high at tho
department, which il could not do If Ii
were guilty of that sort of misconduct
It is nothing to US who is postmaster a
Leavenworth, but We differ someVha
with the Journal in the assertion quot
ed. To make Dan Anthony 60 is 4
pretty large undertaking, especially will
the power of the Leavepworth Times
behind him. We make the prediction
that the "old man" will stay if he wants
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Road Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that a petition Ia.
been presented 70 the Board of County Com
missioDers OF Lyon county, Kansas. asking
Tor the location OF q county road. as follows
to-Wit: Commencing at tie southeast corner
Of the northeast quarter of section ID, town
49, range IL; thence west on the u section
line or as near as practicable on the south
side of the hedge to the southwest corner Of
range IL, Lyon county, Kansas And upon
said proposed road the board appointed the
following viewers: Jesse stratton, II. IL
Gray and Thomas Thompson. 70 meet At the
beginning Of said road
On the 9th day of February, A. ID. 1889,
at 10 O'Clock n and in conjunction with the
County Surveyor, TO view, locate and survey
said road. and to give all parties . hearing.
81 ''' VIZ. F EWING. County Clerk.
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a VANISHED DREAM.
STI,st tlIe Policy of E:x-secre.ssry EI.,i,
Cuuteuunlafed

Contemplated
WAsHISGToS, j au. s9.-OHc great OBJ
jec. in all Mr. Biaine's diplomatic policy
upon this continent has never been
brought 10 the front, The idea of this
policy was evolved here some two wears
ago The originator was the Nicara-
guam minister, who conceived the idea
ofa great South and Central American
auion. He came TO This city filled with
this idea He cnrTesponded with the
!eailng statesmen of Central and South
America, and had received assurance
enough from them TO indicate to him
that The plan was feasible one. He
submitted his correspondence 10 Mr..
Blaine and group of his friends, who
met at Dir. Blaine's house one night
The minister said that the petty reput,-
lies of Central aud South America now
amounted 10 practically nothing. They
are constantly engaged in petty wars,
And strife was constantly interfering
with
THE PROGRESS OF THE CIVILIZATION
of these countries. If they could all
be united under general government,
each country retaining its autonomy as
state in a confederation of states
similar TO that of the United States,
then he thought the greatest results
would certainly follow in good govern
ment and true civilization. He thought
that this great plan of his could be only
carried out through the United States
lending its helping hand and encourage
ment TO the formation of such O great
confederation. Mr.. Blaine caught at
the idea, and from that time has shaped
his views and policy in the direction of
carrying out the scheme of this minister,
who shortly after died. To-day Mr..
Blaine's idiea is that the United States
should control affairs on this continent.
He thinks that the great mass of people
of the United States would symathiZe
with the movement for establishing a
great sister Republic upon this con-
tinent, which would.
WORK IN HARMONY
with our own, and that the cause of true
progress would be advanced by our help
ing TO establish and give TO others less
fortunate than ourselves the form of one
the wlsest and freest systems of modern
governments. To carry out this policy
fully he knew that il would necessary
to say to European nations "hands of"
He was in favor Of abolIshing entirely
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, so that the
lsthmus would be controlled by the
United States. He is also in favor of
telling Spain To remove its hands from
Cuba. Cuba is the key to the gu1I, and
it is held by foreign power. OF course
he understands there is no value in hay
ing control of the Isthmus except in
time OF war. Then il would be the key
10 our Pacific coast, and it would be alb
solutely necessary for our government
to hold it TO properly protect itself. If
the United States had at any time set up
a claim during the construction of the
Suez canal to control it or even asked
for an interest in its control, il would
have been laughed ut. Equally absurd
is the claim of any European nation TO
control the Isthmus on this continent.
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Sharins Sale.

] &. Smith VS.. A y. Hanna ct al.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue Of
an alias order Of sale. ISSUED out Of the Fifth
Judicial District Court, in and for Lyon
coun ty, and State Of Kansas, in the shove en-
titled cause, and to me directed. I will on
Friday, the 10th day 0fMarcls, A. d 1889
at 10 O'Clock n m. at the froat door OF
the Court House, In the city OF Emporia. Lyon
county < ansas, offer tor sale and sell, at public
auction to the highest bidder. for cash, al ihe
right, title and interest of the said defendant
in and to the following described real estate,
to- wit: ThErty-six lS0J acres OF the north
east quarter Of section ten (l0], township
nineteen tI9l. range eleven iii, commenc
ing at g point Sc rods west OF e:3e northeast
corner and upon the north line o. said section
ten; theace running west 30 rods, thence run.
ming south leo rods. thence running east IS
rods, thence running north f6e rods 70 the
place of beginning, IN Lyon cchnty. Kanea1.
except that portion Their Of known As lots Hos,
Q, II. -. in HenBa's addition to the cieT Al
EmpoFia; the said 80 acres above dcseFsba7
for the PURPOSES Of sale, 20 be divided IL il1e
running through the center north Snf 55aI-76
dividing the said property into t7ln er7.ri
lots; the east lot 70 be soil figsf AL u r 49,
not bring enough to satisfy The f1,ierr17I75
and costs thCn the west halt Il . - r77I me
said property TO be sold - 81 s.111ilSl7g OF
ire said defen la1ts 10 salitzs< - aizieT Of
sts sheriff Of Lyon c6sasy. Kansas.
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Kansas City Journal: Col. Van Horn,
has introduced in congress bill to ap-
propriate $25OOOO TO make an outlet
from the Mississippi river, few miles
below New Orleans. through Lake
Bourgne. THIS is to carry out the Cow
den plan Of relieving the Mississippi Of
its surplus water in flood times, and we
believe is one of the most feasible pro-
jecis yet suggested to prevent the mighty
overflows and great destruction o.
property and crops which annually oc
cur along the river in Mississippi
and Louisiana. senator Logan, it is
said, will soon Introduce similar bill
in the senate.
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The STIR Route C.srs.

WASHINGTON, Jan.31.-Col 4 Brown,
formerly clerk in The postOfiice depart
meni, and the alleged head and front of
the star route cases, was put on the stand
by The defense During his evidence,
the court minated that if the defense
insisted upon his ruling upon The intent.
he would send the case TO the grand. jury
and let the jury pass upon the law. The
witness said be knew of one cont facior
putting in bids aggregatDg ovtE ST.
UU0,C00 and offered securities 40 the
amount of but $4,000 in value. I AT the
same letting he had put up suraeties az
gregating $4,000 on proposals amount
ing 10 $270,0O0. He protested against
the insufficiency ofthe $50 900 SECURITIES,
and he was overruled by the then acting
postmaster general.
The court adjourned at p. m, until
IL O'Clock tomorrow.
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Saturdays Inter Ocean reveals con
dition of things in that city which ID
simply appalling. It's reporter worked
an entire week gathering the facts &c
uncover q chapter Of crimes unelualled
perhaps, In the world. In the region
called the "Levee'' on State street il
gives list Of seventy.two places where
the most revolving crimes are hsbitually
committed and go unpublished. The
Inter Ocean well calls the section de.
scribed the 'Blsck Hole" The saloons
"Dago" dens, bawdy houses and gamb
ling hells, run from daylight to day.
light, land youths of both sexes are
enticed there and ruined by the hun.
dred. The paper also publishes list
OF the owners OF the buildings thus &C.
cupied, and says many of them hold
their heads up in society As very
respectable people. 1t seems from
this expose that there is mis-
sionAry work enough right I'm.
der the noses OF the good people
of that city 20 occupy them for some
time to come. There is probably moth
ing in any country where missionaries
are usually sent to compare with the
"Levee" in sin and human depravity.
A writer in the same paper says this
condition of things is largely kept up
through the political influence of one or
two political bosses" who control the
hundreds of votes of the owners and
patrons of the saloons and "dives" in
the section of the city where these
places are located. If arrests are made
the criminals are often released with
nominal punishment by those in author
ity who want the votes of the criminals
and their friends. The existence of such
a condition of things is q sad comment
on our civilization.
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HOW PLUMB rALKs-

The Washington correspondent Of the
Chicago Times describes Senator Plumb
and his manner of speaking, very graph.
ically. He writes:
Senator Plumb, Of Kansas, can prob.
ably let loose more words In q given
amount Of time than any other senator
on the floor. Not even Mr.. Beck, with
his manuscript, can keep pace with him
or even In sight OF him. He speaks
without notes, in . very high and not
very pleasant voice, and swings his arms
with quite as much freedom as the sena-
tor from Missouri. On the street he
might possibly be mistaken for q drover,
and In his seat in the senate he looks Q
trifie out of place; but once he gets on
his feet the situation changes. He be-
gins with the air of man who has some
thing to say, and proceeds to say it as
though in q hurry to catch . train, and
before he has gone far, train and all
seem to be going with him. He is al
ways in earnest, and, though modest and
retiring enough In appearance, frequent
ly aggressive and ever resOlute. He
never attempts any fancy flights, but at
tends strictly TO the business in hand
until IL is finished
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Tribune: Mr. English has made q
statement showing thai he contributed
$50, 900 toward his own election in 1880
but he gives no list of the dead-beats OF
high and low degree who received it.
lie thus leaves out the most interesting
FEATURE of his account. lie seems to
think $30,OOO was a good deal to give,
but IL he had Offered only that sum TO
his party in advance as an inducement
to nominate him he would never have
been nominated. They expected half
million at least from him, and he would
have been bad bargain for them had
he given them round million
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General Grant, when asked the other
evening where was the sword which he
wore at Lees surrender, answered, the
New York correspondent of the Boston
Traveller says II didn't have any on.
! seldom wore sword. ! did wear one
al The battle Of Shiloh, and II saved my
life. A ball struck it and broke the
scabbard, which dropped on the field.
| believe Mrs. Grant has the blade. She
Is better at saving things than am"
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Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that n petition has
been presented to the Board of County Com
missioners of Lyon county, kansaS, asking
for the location of a county road, AS follows
to-wit: Commencing at the south.
east corner of the southeast quar-
ter of section 30. town 20. range 10; thence
north on the section line, or as near as pTsc-
ticable. dividing sections - and 90. 20 and -
20 and Il to the northeast corner OF the nortn
east quarter Of section 70. town 20. range Is
thence north ON the section line dividing see
lions IL and 10 to the northeast corner OF tho
southeast quarter of section IL, town 20 range
10, at which point said road Will inteFsect an
established road, leading from Hartford IL
EmpoTia, and where said cOntem plated WI
terminate, and upon said proposed road the
boa I'd appointed the following viewers: r
BroRan, ]. j. Hewitt and Ben. Hunt, to meet
at the beginning of said road
On the 21st day of February, A. ID. 1882.
at 10 O'Clock q. N and in conjunction with the
County Surveyor, 20 view. locate and survey
said road and to give all parties hearing.
By order Of the Board.
5t3 WA r. EWING, County Clerk
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Road Notiee

Notice is hereby given that q petition has
been presented to the Board of County Com
missioners of Lyon county, Kansas, asking
for the location Of a county road. as follows,
to- wit: Commencing at the southwest corner
OF section IL, town Ia; range IL. thence north
to the northwest corner OF section ID; thence
east to the northeast corner OF section IL.
town II, range IL; also vacating that portion
of a county road as now iorated through sec
lions "a and 49, town IL, range II. And upon
said proposed road the board appointed the
following viewers: z. ID. WhitmoFe, .
ming of said r0ad
On the Esd, day OF February. a ID 1882.
ct 10 O'Clock a. m, and in conjunction with
the County Surveyor. to view, locate and
survey said road. and 20 give all parties n
hearing By order of the Board
5t2 WIN. +. EWING, County Clerk.
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Sundays Kansas City Journal: The
state or Kansas il twenty-one years old
Today. She is sister of gloriously
developed form, bluoming cheeks and
srrsyed in "a costume Of rare grace and
beauty. Here's 10 her good health may
her days be long, her prosperity un-
bounded and may size continue TO give
the usual big Republican majority.
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OVER TIE STATE.

The Thayer Headlight has been en-
larged.
The foreman of the Barliagton Re
publican office is lady.
In some parts Of western Kansas they
sre preparing to irrigate.
LavenWoFth Is becoming . great cen
Ter for the manufacture Of cigars.
An Anderson county man has the sec
ond largest herd of Hereford cattle in the
United States.
Labette county clergyman are pooling
on The marrying business against the
probate jugde,
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Miami Republican: Kansas figures
prominently in the senate nowadays.
Plumb's brnadside on finance and cham
piOnship of the soldiers has had the eff.
feet tn push us into The very front rank
in the chamber at the north end of the
capital. At the south end, Congressman
Haskell has MOrmonism by the neck
and altogether Kansas occupies a pOsit-
ion in the national congress commensu-
rate with her deserts.
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The Inter Ocean is not near so sweet
on Senator John A. Logan as it was be-
fore he was elected. II was base ingrat-
itude for the senator TO turn square
against the Inter. Ocean man in his ap-
plication for the position of collector of
customs in Chicago. We expect the
4nter-Ocean will warm Johns jacket
when Il gets q chance at him.