The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-01
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

| Tue l''iicc CphTt icStiiits "t A'SHiScH
the other day werr $40 II is very evi
dent that il don't prohibit over there.
Moses Taylor, Who die.i ia New York
the other ,lay, left AN estate worth $40,
0OO,O0O. The inirrnce is quite rational
that Dir. Taylor WAS butcher.
Governor NJ ,riin" would subservc the
ends of cuphuny, and that is a consider
alton. which should mt he ignored in
this high nOnnLIay Gf 1sIhcIicism. i.
Eskridge iniimaie4 that he was load
ed Far skunk aI The AmerIcus cOnven.
ton. That is probably why his weapon
I"k such deadly effect at the rear end
Il Il. Hayes would like the appoint
ment as one Of the commissioners of The
tariff. Mr.. Hayes lives Ht Fremont
Ohio. and is very kindly regarded by his
near neighbOrs.
To- man up tree it looks safer 10
date that hns been mentioned in Con-
uecIinn with the shoes of John l.. St
John.
Atchison Champion: The ST. Louis
Globe Democrat has not yet sugg, sled
that James G.. Blaine was one of the as
sassins of Cavendish and Burke The
q ID. has not been attending to business
at late.
1t is rnmorcd that Gov. ST. John went
down TO ST. Louis To look up few
points TN the anIi-gambling law and
that he intends 10 add thai feature 10
his prohibition boom sometime in the
future.
The Commonwealth says that the
Clay Center convention was not for St
JohE nor for any man VIII" was for him,
This fact doubtless Injured IL the finan.
cial aggrandiz, mrnt of the drug stnrts
at that place.
Kansas City Journal: Anderson and
Ryan, of Kansas, are fortunate congress.
men. They have been rcnominatcd by
ACCLAIM alton, and did not have to leave
their places in Washington. Their clcc-
tinn is certain,
81 now realize that do not possess
an exclusive monopoly of the tricks of
trade which seems TO lac peculiar to the
far west. l should have been on hand
in person TO deliver the goods. "-Chrrlcs
Volmer Eskridge
If there is ever 10 he anuther Arctic
expedition all we ask is the privilege of
naming nne man whom we would like tn
have accompany it. EmpOria is getting
Ia be enough of town 10 iakesa hand
in these matters.
How would it do To let Fitzgerald, the
buncO steercr who got away with
Charles Francis Adams, try his hand at
corraling the north pole? This is mere
ly thrown out in the way of pointer to-
James Gordon Bennett.
ut seems that Mr. Blaine is 10 appear
before the foreign affairs committee
again next week. i have well-defined
premnnition that important business will
call me away from Washington al about
that-tIIgc. Befmoni. -
The Indications Of a great political
revolution in the Democratic state of
Missouri continue to multiply. SecIe-
tary Folgrr has just received con
science contribution of $3,7S7 in an en-
velOpe pOsimarked st. Joe, Mo.
1t may he that Governor Churchill has
not stolen anything from the state of
Arkansas, but. To employ the language
of Pitlacus Green, there is u good deal
about the deficit charged against him
that is "Infernally circumstanlial."
Ryan and Anderson have made the
landing in fine shape, and the only rea-
son fur doubling that Dud Haskell
will he nominated by acclamalion is The
Ominnus fact that Sid Clarke is not nc.
lively opposing his return To Washing
ton.
The Washington correspondent of the
| Philadelphia Press says that Congress.
man Ryan. Of this state, is one of the
strongest members nf the approprOpria
ton committee, and that he prepared
1.-The best Indian bill that has lecn of
fered hy the tummiiiee in years"
The conventions ut Emporia aud Clay
Center were really tho pnanimnus tn af
ford common amusement To the dele
gates and visiting statesmen. The band
will not begin to play in earnest until
the meeting of Kansas patriots which
takes place ut Topeka on the 2Sih %
June.
Gail Hamilton is credited with ihi.
neat postscript 10 a friendly letter: IAN
na Dickinson is playing Hamlet. Sh'
ought tn play his uncle, for she murder
Hamlet. Nothing else now. With love-
Nature occasionally produces the phe
nomenOn of woman who can say
good deal in few words.
Eskridge announces that he is nov
training with the "honest masses of tn
Republican party" and that he feel
compelled TAI continue the work of re
form INSIDE of the party that is go nGeI
heard Of and SO seldom seem" Tn
governor has always enjoyed larg
measure of local celebrity as a humorisI
al ventured the observation years ag
in a political speech-befnre left I'll
Republican parly-ihat it was very di
dcult To get the people 10 pnaefsIan
what they really waR;ed, and in th
light ST my subsequent personal expeI
ence have never seen any reason I
! swcrvc from this convicIiOn."-C. '
ESkridgc.
The announcement is made by In
, associated press that Lewis p Frye
j champion bicycle rider of the Unite
E States, was recently thrown from on
of these vehicles and fatally injuret
, 1t seems TO be one of the beautiful Pre-
) visions Of nature that nothing survives
, for any protracted period of time, il
uselcssness'in this WoFId.
The jefferson Brick of the upsoplei
. paper" has been seised with anOihC
acute attack of headlines. We have fir
quenily wondered of late what woul
+ become of this wicked world if the buI
! bling virtue of the purcst patriot tn
ever developed on Kansas soil couidn
find vent through the columns of Il
c Journal which has been established hel
by local philanlhrnpists for the poll ic
q healing of the nations
Bernhardt's new husband, with fri
u Grecian va.or, has served notice in
!, newspaper card of his intention 10 gi'
e his personal attention to tAoss psrsol
d Who have aspersed the reputation
. his wife. We don't know how tho
! things work in Europe, but over he
8 Sarah's big son would prove very su
i stantlal obstacle To such a process