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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23
Remarkable divorce Case

New YORK, March 17-There was
called to-day for trial before Judge Lar
remore, in the equity branch of the su-
preme court, remarkable divorce case
in which Mrs. Caroline Harbeck is the
plaintiff and John Harbeck the defend.
ant. The claim on behalf of plaintiff is
that eight years or more ago they enter
ed into marital agreement with each
other, and in pursuance thereof have
nearly all the time lived openly together
as man and wife in this city, at Sarato-
ga, in England, and while travelling on
the continent of Europe When the par
ties first became acquainted the plaintiff
had husband named Andrew Mont
gomery living, but a divorce suit was
commenced TO get rid of him, which was
finally allowed to- drop, defendan
informing plaintiff that there
was no longer necessity of
prosecuting it, as Montgomery was
dead. 1t was after this the alleged mar
riage ceremony took place On the faith
of the validity of this ceremony the
plaintiff was held out as his wife. being
received as such in good society In this
city and elsewhere. Her initials were
placed on the family carriage and on
the family silverware, and she Was iden-
titled as his wife to the bankers, upon
whom she was accustomed to draw
checks to his order, and to merchants
with whom she had accounts. In an
unprOpitious hour she allowed a Young
lady friend TO become q member of the
family, to whom her husband took a
fancy and whom he finally secretly mar
ried. Then came the separation between
plaintiff and defendant and the present
suit. The suit is contested on the ground
that there never had been valid agree
ment Of marriage between the parties,
the first husband of plaintiff being alive
at the time OF the alleged agreement.
The trial will probably occupy several
days.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

The taxes will be collected as usual.
The delinquent list will be published in
the Republican, and the treasurer will
collect the legal rates for advertising
each tract and town lot, just the same as
if we got pay for advertising the list
Emporia Republican.
We believe the supreme court has de-
cidsd that If the commissioners make a
contract with q newspaper to do the
delinquent advertising for nothing they
cannot collect the fees therefor. In
other words the fees cannot be collected
and used for any other purpose than to
pay for the advertising. We predicted
at the time the contract was let to do
the work for the benefit of the delin-
quent tax payers, for they ars the only
ones benefited in doing the work for
nothing, that the gentleman who was
awarded the contract, with his we'll
known tendency in that directioe,
would endeavor, by some sort of hocus
pocus, To make the county pay Tor the
work, and we shall watch the result
with some curiosity, TO see II our pre-.
diciion is verified. We take the para
graph above quoted to be the first step
| in the ''littIe game" for that purpose
Now you see it, and after while you
won't see it. 4
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23
OVER THE STATE.

Topeks's stockyards will be in opera
ton in ninety days.
Galena boasts of the strongest G. A.
r. post in the state
Commonwealth: Eighteen deserters
from the regular army passed through
the city via the Santa Fe road Thurs
day morning, en- route to the United
States prison at Fl. Leavenworth. They
were chained together.
Mr.. Boseman, colored, of Allen coun
y, Kansas, has been appointed to 1
clerkship in the treasury department.
Mad dogs uncomfortably numerous a
Eureka
St. Louis Dispatch: The state o
Kansas has agreed to take New Mexical
convicts into its penitentiaries at twenty
cents day. Kansas was settled by thl
thrifty doWn-easters, and il is q tolera
bly, frigid Afternoon when they get Ief
on aAmatter of money making. Tn,
state should sand ont drummers ans
beat up trade for its prisons. Circular
giving terms, setting forth advantage
of location, etc, would certainly result
in increased revenues.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23
Mrs. Burr's Bounty.

NEW YORK, March 16-The will OF
Miss Sarah Burr, who died March /,
aged SO, was admitted to probate to-day.
1t dispOses of $1,975, 900, and gives ev-
cry cent of it TO charity. Sue leaves
$4,000 to the American Colonization
society, which is engaged in sending
colonists to Liberia, and 100000 to the
Liberian college. Thirty thousand dol
lars go to found a seminary for female
education in Iowa, which she puts in
charge of the trustees of Griswold col.
lege; $4,000 are left to Griswold col.
lege, and the same sum TO seminary
for female education in Kansas. Amsng
the beneficiaries are the New York
Trust society, the Syrian Protestant col
lege, the New York Young Mems
Christian association, the Protestant
Mission for the Conversion of the Jews,
the Bible society, and the various dis
pensaries and charitable hospitals in
this city, the Little sisters of the poor
orphan asylum and homes for the aged,
home and foreign missionary societies,
etc, all of which receive from $4,000 to
$4,000 each. The multitude of her be-
quests will benefit some 105 different
charities. The millions that were left
by the two sisters who died before her
were disposed of in the same manner
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

Abuse some times makes u man. This
is almost invariably the result if q
mans actions are pure and his founda.
ton right. Attempts are often made to
destroy men by malicious abuse, which,
when the people have time TO reflect,
only build them up. Mems motives
are discerned sooner or later. Gen.
Washington was violently and persist
emily maligned by officers in the army
and by men in civil life. and was res
cued from preliminary impeachment by
one vote at the congress meeting at
York, Pennsylvania, and that of a mem
Der carried upon his sick pallet. II was
the mobbing and the traducing of the
character of Garrison that made him die
herh II was personal abuse, libel
and Sl4Hdrr that turned the popular pO-
liiical feeling SD largely in favor of the
hero OF New Orleans. 1t was the rejec-
ton of the nomination of Martin Van
Buren, for the court of st. James by the
senate of the United States that made
him president. II was the abuse of
Garfield on the Credit Mobiier and De
Golycr contract and Chinese questions
that enhanced his majOri;ies. The en-
CINE of hatred and jealousy often turns
To curse and destroy those who resort to
IFS use
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

The Boston Herald, which thinks mo
field OF work could be named that would
pay better than the thorough embank-
ment OF the lnwer Mississippi" does not
want In have il done ut national expense
"a way in which it is not likely 10 Ice
done very SOON. and throws out this in
teresting suggestion To all whom it may
concern at such u problem as the low
er Mississippi presents was presented to
the people of the north, there would be
a speedy solution of it. The several
states interested would create a commits
sion to assess the expense and better
ments, and divide them according to the
property to be benefited. The necessary
work would be done, and the cost would
DC levied on the land reclaimed and pro-
tected. The south seems TO lack the
power Of prompt organization and har-
mOnious cooperation. Whenever any.
thing is needed it folds its hands and
calls upon the national government as
vociferously as the wagner called on
Hercules when his wagon was stuck in
the mud"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

The Iowa senate has approved bill
making = new departure in state cleo
tions. The state elections have been
held heretofore on the second Tuesday
in October. One argument in favor of
an October election in the northern
states is that the chances for good wealth
or are better. The new bill provides
that the general state election in odd
numbered years shall be held on the sec
ond Wednesday in October, and in even
numbered years on Tuesday after the
first Monday in November. This is to
bring the state election in presidential
years on the Same day as the election
for president
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23
BIeeIow on His Ear.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Bfgelow,
counsel for Sergeant Mason. says he is
determined to investigate the subject OF
Mason's precipitate transportation to
the Albany peni.entiary with view to
ascertaining by what authority he was
so hufriediy sent off while 8 motion for
the issuance Of q writ of ha6cas corpus
was pending. He will also endeayor TO
discover whether an intention on tia
part of any authority existed to deprive
his client of the benefit of such writ.
BigeIow intends TO call the attention of
the adjutant general of the army to the
matter
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

Amost val liable service has been rem
dered the citizens of Philadelphia by
their leading newspaper, The Press.
About four weeks ago The Press charged
that the detective force of the city was
composed of a ring of scoundrels who
were in league with thieves, not merely
winking at crime, but actually suggest
ing it and sharing the profits. Having
made these serious charges The Press
followed them with installment after in.
stallment of proof so damning that the
detectives attempted no defense. The
mayor taking their silence as confession
removed them from office, and on Sat
urday their places were filed with new
men. There have been several notable
victories for reform won in Philadelphia
during the past few years, but no one d
them has been of more value to goot
goyernment.or was conducted with NOR,
ability and discretion, than this which
The Press has won single-handed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

The Hon. Thomas Bowen, formerly
of Kansas" hut now of Colorado, who is
reported to have made big fortune in
mines in that state, was at Denver few
days ago. Itmay interest his old Kan
sas friends to know that he declares
himself out of politics entirely and has
no intention of pluuging in again. He
says his mining interests have grown TO
such proportions that he has no time TO
devote to other matters. He is now en-
gagged in erecting an additional twenty
stamp mill for the reduction Of the ore
taken from his mine and says that the
recent developments of the property
have surprised everybody by the extra
ordinary extent and richness of the ore
body uncovered. The gold produced as
says 94e fine and brings $2o25 per
ounce. rHf 81 IA
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

If the Deacon (IndIA) Herald gives a
fair report of what occurred several
weeks ago ut the town hall of POonah.
The Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, was
the central figure in. a rather disagree
able episode. Having in the course of
his lecture ON that occasion made the
assertion that India must become
Christian in the course of 1ifty years,
Mr.. Cook invited the natives present to
join him in the Lords Prayer to ;lIe
confusion of their false gods. There
upon there were cries of "Shamei
Shame!" at which the Rev. Rivington
arose and said: "The Lords Prayer is
very sacred and solemn prayer, and
no one should be asked to join it IN
less he has received holy baptism. It
is no use casting pearls before swine"
(Cries of ''WhO are the swine?'O Mr..
Small then said that he had lived for
eighteen years among the Brahmins,
and he never had cause to call any of
landson, here interposed, and said he
disagreed with the lecturer in insisting
upon offering sup the prayer, as the
audience consisted of varied cTeeds,
and he ruled that the meeting should
disperse without the prayer being said.
Mr.. Cook became very much excited,
and declared that, without meaning
any disrespect, he would not be bound
by the president of the committee and
that he would offer up e silent prayer.
The meeting then dispersed amid Kisses
and applause.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23
A TALK WITH INGALLS,.
The Senator Expresses His Views On
Different Questions of Public

Interest.
ATcHIsoN, March 1.-THE arrival
home of Senator Ingalls, this week was
a very pleasant surprise to his numer.
Gus friends in Kansas. To those who
are not bound to him by the ties of friend.
ship 1t was still a surprise that United
States senator should be absent from
Washington while $3.50, 900 surplus
remained in the United States treasury
for general distribution.
Senator Ingalls, is looking careWorn.
The mass of correspondence he has
given his personal attention to concern.
corning the bankruptcy bills, arrears
of pension, and other important matters
that Shave come under his especial
care, have told materially upon him,
and in appearance he is far from being
as strong and robust as when he left
Atchison in the winter.
He was the same courteous gentle.
man as of yore, greeting. the hundreds
who know him with the same affability
and good nature that have always char
acterized him at his home.
A representative of the Patriot visited
the senator at his home this morning
in search of news, and CLEANED mach
information that will be of interest to
Kansas people. Senator Ingalls, has
become a prominent figure in the United
States senate. Thanks to his ability,
Kansas has also become an important
factor in the country, and friends and
enemies alike are bound 10 recognize
the condition of things; aud by reason
of this the senator has not only become
an oracle, but his opinions are entitled
to more weight than those of any Other
man in the west.
THE NEW BANKRUPT BILL.
After the usual preliminary converse
ton. the Patriots representative asked
him:
Briefly, what are the especial i'm
proyements in the new bankruptcy bill
you have presented to the senate ,"
Instead of creating separate system
with independent machinery and spe
eial officers, the bankrupt bill reported
from the Judiciary committee merely
confers jurisdictiea- on the distr1ci
courts of the United States to hear and
determine matters in bankruptcy like
other causes. The debtor may file hi
petition, and IL it appear that he is un
| able to pay his debts, and this inability
occurred through accident or misfor
tune and without fraud, the court may
| appoint receiver, have the estate dis
| tributed among the creditors snd gram
s discharge. All interlocufory questions
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

Kansas has one man who don't want
to run for congress, and that man is Hon
]. S. Merritt, of Wamego. generally
known as Jim" Col. Bradley, of Coun
Gil Grove, wrote urging him to be can
didate, but he declines. Mr.. Merritt ID
one of the shrewdest politicians in the
state and could undoubtedly make il
uncomfortable for some OF the other as
pirants in his section The fact that We
have one prominent man in the state
who won't run for congress ought to be
noticed in some public manner, because
he IL a natural curiosity.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23
LawIess Emirranfs.

DENVER, March 1.-THE Republi-
cans special from Gopher station on the
Kansas Pacific railway, says: Yester.
day section foreman Thomas Pitman,
his brother and John Ebberts were
shot by two emigrants, Thomas Wooden
and James McCallow. On Wednesday
the section men and emigrants had some
trouble and this morning, while the sec
ton men were at breakfast the two emf
giants entered and ordered the men to
hold up their hands The order not be.
ing obeyed they Immediately opened
f1re. One of the Pitmans was wounded
in the shoulder and the other in the
thigh. and Ebberts was wounded In the
shoulder by one Of the Pitmans. After
the shooting the emigrants robbed the
wounded section men and escaped and
1t is not known whether any of their
wounds are fatal
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

The new United States census gives
o., 653 Protestant churches, II ,G62 Prot.
estant ministers, 9yOO3,O6O members of
Protestant churches. Deducting the
Roman Catholic and Mormon popula-
tions from the total population of the
country, their remains 43,SG4,3S1. This
gives one church for every 473 persons,
including infants aud children, one min
lister for every 6l2 of the people, and
nearly ono protesting Protestant for ev-
cry five of the population outside Of
Catholicism and MOrmonism.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23
The Dakota Bin.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE senate
committee on territories TODAY unani-
mously instructed Mr. Saunders to re-
port the bill for admission into the un-
ion of Southern Dakota. The bill pro-
vides that the census of the population
of Southern Dakota shall be taken dur.
ing the coming summer and If the pop.
ulatiOn is sufficient 10 entItIe that part of
the territory to representative in con
gress it shall be admitted as a state, the
present territorial government 20 con.
tinue and the territory remaining TO be
called North Dakota.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

a Chicago Times interview with Sid
ney Dillon says: "At that juncture OF
the conversation Mr.. Dillon mentioned
the fact that the company had just effect
cd the sale of 5000 acres of scattering
lands on the line of the Central Branch
Union Pacific, In western Kansas. The
price paid was $3.50 per acre, one-third
cash and the remainder in equal pay
ments in one aud two wears. This pur
chase, which, he explained, is made by
private parties, exhausts the company
lands on that branch, but il still owns
5000, 600 acres on the line of the Kansa:
Pacific
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

Globe Democrat: Mr.. Robert Lin
coin, secretary Of war, is, or ought to be
winning golden opinions for his prompt
and business like action in the matter oil
southern telief There is a healthy
absence of red-tapc about all his con
duct which is highly commendable
He issues orders in plain and unofficial
language, and evidently intends that all
that can be done by the government
shall be done speedily and efficiently
In this respect Bob is worthy of his
yoIln uir.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

New York Tribune: IL the world ever
means Ia get out Of debt, To redeem its
credit from the pawnshop, and to he
able To l,",k its creditors squarely in the
face, il Ind b tier set about II. The to-
tai liabilities of the nations in 1880 " ere
more than lwenty-three billions, against
about eight billions in 1913; and ii the
sum goes on increasing Mt the same rate,
by 1900 1t will be thirly-two and half
billions The outlook Tor taxpayers
grows darker and darker.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

It wa. amusing Ia sec how the anti
polygamy bill made the virtuous Demo
Gratis squirm. They hapllY dared array
themselves squarely against the meas
urr, but they nlstructed its passage in
every way they could. They talked
largely about religious freedom" and
'-frec vcrnmenr"-phrases that are par
ticulsIly dear 10 people who are not prac,
ticAlIy religious and do not like govern
ment of any kind.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23
Failures for the Week

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE failure:
throughout the country, reported by tht
Il. g. Dun & Co. mercantile agency. arr
16S, divided as follows: Eastern states,
81; western, 4S; middle, %; southern
IS; Pacific, 10; New York City, 6. The
failures in New York have little signia
canoe, the most prominent being Ed
ward Owen 81 Co, caused by dizziness
in the whisky trade; K L. Gassert &
Bro, in the tobacco business; and E. A,
Kingman, silk dealer. Owen & Co
have a nominal suplus of $50. coo, and
liabilities about $4,000.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

it will-cause immigration, start bust
ness boom and max property more valu-
| able. The Mormon News this evening
said nothing about if. The Mormon
people have not believed that the house
wonld pass such a bill. They appear
to be badly hit, but hope the bill, on
trial, may be declared unconstitutional /;
if not they believe il will unite the Nor
mons and result in their favor. There is
an element against them, however,
having nothing to lose and everything
to gain by this measure, which is quiet
ly content and only asks that men of the
territory and of substance and probity
be appointed on the commission 1t is
in drawing this, the younger and more
liberal class of MOrmons, TO the support
of its cause that this legislation will find
its justification. The premium it offers
is believed to be sufficient, but it will
take time. The Gentlles can hardly re-
strain their qualification, and would
hold mass meeting TO express their
feelings to their friends IN the country
and in congress, but that they fear it
might be misconstrued by the Mormon
people into sort OF triumphing over
them They hope that congress will
yet pass the Willetts bill, believing il to
be more effective than this. They ap-
preciate the fact that great work lies
ahead, and that rejoicing at this stage of
1t might prove premature.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

Dean SANKEY'S successor appears Ia
sympathiZe with Won Molike's theory
that "war is an element in the order OF
the world ordained 10y God, for in ii the
noblest virtues of mankind are develop
ed" He said in recent sermon at
Westminster thaLhe was deeply inter
ested in war, "beeause il has done so
much to develop human character"
Dean Bradley, by the way. has himself
gone througha REGULAR course OF infii-
InrY drill and discIplinc.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

In,er-Ocean; II the secret or confiden.
tial correspondence Of the war period is
to be published, why limit the field to
the letters Of Garfield? Why not pub
lush in the same connection the c"nA.
Dental and unofficial letters of Seward
Chase, Blair. Stanton. Mr.. C. a. Dana
and olhrrsg The letters Of the last
named would be particularly interesting
Just now Some of them would be so
comforting Ia his fellow Democrats
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23

Minneapolis, Kansas, just now has a
sensation prnWiBg out of the el'Apement
on the b, Of DR.. A. N. Rogers with
Miss Cummings, the lGyear-ald daugh.
ter of prominent banker Of that place.
The couple were married in AN adjoin-
ing c"uhiy, the doctor swearing that the
girl was uf age. The iraie father has
taken mra-uns To have the doctor ar,
rested far I.,i Jury
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-23
Faxored Arbitration.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 16.-The Times
tomorrow will publish statement from
prominent citizen who saw q letter
from Gen. ROsecrans. written shortly af.
ter the battle OF Chicamauga, in which
Gen. Rosecrans said his army was routed
and deprecated further bloodshed. and
said he hoped some means would soon
be found of putting an end to the war
and settling the difficulty by arbitra-
tion.