The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-09


from his forehead, and seems proud of
his peculiarly.
Railroad enterprises are not always
bonanzas. Nearly $4,000 miles of rail
way have been sold under foreclosure
during the last SIX years The indebted
ness Of the companies sold out amount
ed to over S76,OOO,OO0.
A Minnesota mob did not lynch the
man whom they had intended to so pun
ish. He argued with them while, and
then gave them s. to buy beer They
were convinced that he was not so bad
as they had supposed him to b..
The old bucks who hold forth in the
Mormon temple on Sundays had gala
day last Sunday. They defled congress
and The laws in oldfashioned Brigham
style, saying that body would be damned
for expressing pOlygamists.
The capacity of receivers To receive is
prOverbial. The statistics of twenty
one broken banks in New York show
that it took 100000 to pay the receiv-
ers' expense of turning over $4,000,O 900
to the depositors and other creditors.
The temperance question is very PROM
inent in the approaching city elections
in Iowa. The prohibitionists are favor
ing the issue, and in several instances
are making straight fight with tickets
of their own, independent of all parties
A Cincinnati plumber has been scared,
but it took an alligator to do it. The
plumber was at work uuder the exposi-
ton BUILDING floor, when three-foot al
ligatOr that had been left over from
some show came along and stirred him
up.
The Germans of Indiana are organic
ing against the progressed amendment 10
the state constitution prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of intoxicants
They will not form separate party, but
support those candidates that favor their
views.
The country is to be tortured by the
details of another walking match in
New York. There is some relief
though, in the statement accompanying
the announcement of the match, that
this will probably be the last of these
displays.
The annual sacrifice of property by
fire from 1873 to 1878 crept up from
$50. 100000 to $GO,OOO,OOO. and in 1880
to $4,000, 900, and for 1881 it will not
fall short of $4,000. 900, an increase of
famboyant destruction OF $4,000, 600
in six years.
From 1885 to 1875, inclusive-a pc.
riod of 40 years-therc were only nine
years in which our exports exceeded OuI
imports, namely, 1888, 1910, 1912, 1913
1874, 1S47, 1853, 1862, and 1874. From
1876 tn 1881, inclusive, our exports have
largely exceeded our imports each year
1t is estimated that there are 10000,
| 600 men under arms in Europe at pres
ent, and the annual cost, direct and in
direct, of these enormous forces, is no
less than So, $40, 100000 1t is no won
der the tide of emigration is setting 81
strongly from Europe to the United
States.
Now what are the poor servant girls
to do? The fashionable ladies of Eng
land are indulging in rivalry TO Obtain
moleskin coats. Catchers are now regu
larly employed on the large estates
Lady Brassey has garment composed
of 1000 skins, for which 200 guinea
have been offered.
The eyes of the country are fixed oil
Daniel Drewbaugh, of Harrisburg, Pa
who claims that he invented the tele
phone in 1868. If he gains the paten
for which he is praying. he promises t.
introduce a telephone service which
shall be cheap and expeditions. w
hope Daniel will "get there"
Most of the recent mail lettings 70
Kansas and the Indian Territory wen
to outside parties. Col. a. E. Boon,
star route contractor, so called, get
most OF the contracts. P. G. Reynold
: s. Son, of Dodge City, got the contraC
from Camp Supply to Dodge City, at 50
263 per annum. Henry Tisdale. of Law
renee, got one in the Indian Territor,
at $6,666.66.
, Every once in a while something hal
pens in this country that sends chill {
sad regret throughout the America
continent and tends even TO discouras
| foreign nations. Congressman Spring,
has written letter declaring himself j
) favor of the total separation of Irelan
from the British crown. We hoI
q England is not unprepared for tn
| shock.
e In some parts of Ireland Just now g
q invitation to dinner is rather 3 doubtfi
e compliment, as the following extra
4 from a letter written at MuIling
i shows: ave dined with the - Ia
e night, and met an unfortunate Boycc
> ted landlord, who with his wife drove
i from his place armed to the teeth, wi
two armed policemen on the car. II
landlord, his wife and coachman CARR.
!. between them four revOlvers and a Wi
5 chester repeating rifle, thirteen firearr
IS Of all sorts on the car. We sat down
!. dinner with a loaded revolver on q
8 manielpiece, and loaded Winchest
of thirteen shots in the corner"