The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-13
HERE AND THERE.

Buffalo to Chicago by the first of July. |
What has become of the oldest Free |
Mason in the United States? We have
not seen any record of his death for the
past three weeks.
TIE principal difference between the
men whose wives go out to wash or take
in sewing and the postoffice department
at Washington is that the latter Is self
supporting.
1t is certainly reflection upon the
enterprising character of Missouri jour-
nalism that not even the ghost of jesse
James has been seen since the notorious
desperate was killed at st. Joe
The Mexican Central railway is now
completed TO within 219 miles of the
City of Mexico. The gross earnings for
March upon 153 miles were $62. 900,
exclusive of the emoluments of the sec
tion bosses.
Bulwer, Dickens, Thackery and By
ron were alike unhappy in their mar
riages. 1t appears that literary man
is obliged to spend too much of his time
at home to thoroughly enjoy the mar
ital relation.
Forty thousand acres of land in
Arkansas have been secured for an Ital-
ian colony. The immigrants are to
come from the TyrOl principally, and
will be agriculturists. About q thousand
Italians have already settled in that re-
gion.
1t is announced that while removing
the Forepaugh's menagerie from their
winter quarters at Philadelphia the tiger
burst into the lions cage and killed the
king of beasts. The regular advertising
slaughter has commenced. Next month
the brass band will break through the
top of cage and be devoured by the
hyenas.
Chicago Tribune: The season for the
discovery of old man Bender has come
round again. Mr.. Bender is always
found in various parts of the country
during the months of April and May.
Charlie Ross does not begin to show up
prominently until the circus season is
fairly opened. Frank James will begin
to be killed in the tall.
The Kansas City Times thinks that
the good work which has been com.
menced in the killing of Jesse James
should go on, and that Frank James and
Jim Cummings, the last of the band
ought to be brought in-dead or alive
and while the editor is not yearning tc
emulate the bravery of Bob Ford, he if
willing to lend his moral support to ar
expedition against the outlaws.
3 A publisher was asked to give til,
rates of large advertisement of some
what prominent patent medicine. HI
did so, and added as jocular POSTSCRIPT
r that he had special claim for the aid
:. vertisement, as he had used the medi
cine in his family ever since it has beef
r on the market. That settled it the owne
G remarking that if he was fool enough t.
It take that medicine for five years h
g could not do any business for him.
e Facetious fellows are the members @
e the Ohio legislature. A bill was intro
:, duced the other day TO give lady au
n thority to change her name. 1t wa
r moved to strike out the proposed nam
It and substitute that of the honorabl
o bachelor who had offered the bill. Thi
i was done amid a great hurrah. The
j. this work had to be undone through II
s. consideration. The matter occupied tn
,. attention of the Legislators for the grea
er part of half day; but they had LOT
s of fun over it.
g Baroness Burdett- Coutts babe Jumb
n a friendly goodbye, going 10 the doc
IT to give him his final dose of Englis
D. buns. Mr.. Barnum's agent informed til
e Baroness that Jumbo would be treate
le with the same kindness in America a
st in England, which evidently great
1t pleased the good lady. When she lei
l. the ship she was surrounded by grou
a. of jewish refugee emigrants, VIII
3 rushed forward and tried to kiss he
IS hand or the edge of her cloak or dres
a and she, not TO be surpassed in plessan
n ness, left some money with the capital
to be expended in the purchase c
sweets for the women and children.