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

1t is still a conundrum who Teller's
successor in The senate will be.
We should suppose the present ad.
mInistration would be a very popular
one with the cabinet makers.
The Chicago Inter Ocean thinks that
the voters of Kansas ought TO re-C lect
Governor st. John.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: The late
Mr.. Jesse James never used tobacco or
whisky. He had no small vices.
"If could talk with Bob Ingersoll
for just five minutes l could convince
him that he is awfully off."-Jesse
James.
Honest Sam Kirkwood, it Is popular
ly supposed, will be the head of the
Mormon commission which the Presi-
dent has to appoint.
There are good many conflicting ru
mors regarding the James boys but we
do not recall an instance where their
Democracy has been questioned.
If the report that John Smith sulcided
yesterday in Texas, turns out to be au-
thentic we may expect quite falling off
in the census of the country in 1890.
Grant was never suspected of being
financially interested in the guano
gouge until Shipherd swore that the
General was never a stakeholder in the
Peruvian company.
Mr. Longtellow always bore the in-
Fiction OF countless visitors with genial
patience. II consider" he used to say,
''that l have entertained a great many
angels unawares."
The Atchison Champion says that
while the press of Kansas is divided up
on the question as to who shall be gov
ernor, there is great unanimity in the
endorsement of Col. Prouty's appoint
ment as advance agent OF Sells circus.
The fund for Betty and the baby now
reaches $1,000, but Mrs. Mason wants
more. We think:the contributions have
been quite generous considering the ex-
treme mediocrity OF the ser geant's mark
manship.
1t would be interesting to know
whether Bob IngersOll made any allu-
sions to the locality which he has abol-
ished when Judge Wylie rendered his
decision sustaining the indictments in
the star route cases.
The Agnostics say there is no hell.
Jesse James for many years held to this
pleasant belief, but there are reasons for
believing that there has been . radical
revolution in his theological views dur
ing the past ten days.
Senator Ingalls, alluded the other day
to a gentleman from Ohio as "our
alleged and late lamented president"
There is a well-founded suspicion that
this reference was directed to the hus-
band of Lucy Webb Hayes.
Peerless Patti is now on her way to
her castle in South Wales, accompanied
by a strong box containing $3.50, 900, her
"hard earnings" in the United States
1t is said that she wept copiously as she
left New York. No wonder!
1t is a serious question whether Gov
ernor Crittenden's vigorous and success
full prosecution OF the robbers in Mis-
souri, will enhance his popularity with
the party which elevated him to the GU
bernatorial chair. The Jameses have
always been loyal Democrats.
DR.. Mary Walker who has been ar
rested at Washington for tampering with
the mail matter, says that she open
ed the letter in question by mistake. 1t
is barely possible that woman that is
addicted to trousers may not possess the
proverbi4l curiosity of her sex.
W. A. Hurlbut, president of the Chi
cago base ball club, died in that city OF
heart disease yesterday. Aside from
the fact that he was the leading spiFit in |
the "natIonal game in |
1876, his life was correct and free from
reproach.