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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-27

plain railroad has recently purchased
250 tons of steel rails which will soon
be laid.
Sheffield.
J. Y. Otisshas bargained his farm.
Rev. Mark Atwood received a do
nation recently which amounted to
almost 500.
Mrs. II. P. King entertains the
Baptist Ladies Aid on Friday after
noon and evening.
Lyndon.
The new Fletcher block at the
Vile will be heated by steam.
d. P. Hall and B. f. Lincoln have
returned from Michigan and will
spend the winter at home. They
are doing an immense lumber bust
ness out there.
St. .JOhnSbury.
~
Business is very brisk at the scale
shops, nearly 800 hundred men find
ing employment.
The Old North church with grounds,
etc., is offered to the 7. nj. G. Asso-
citation by the Fairbankses if they
will fit it up suitably for lecture
rooms.
WheeIOck.
Rev. M. Atwood with the assist
ance of Rev. Daniel Land, has been
holding three days meeting, COM
mencing Nov. 23d.
The entire family of J. w. Chase,
who lives in West Wheelock have
been very sick Of diphtheria. They
lost their youngest son, Merton.
VIM. Ranney goes to the head this
this year SO far, on pork, having just
butchered last spring pig weighing
400 lbs. If any one can beat that
Bill will try again.
S. d. Graves, who works at Fair
banks, came home last week quite
sick. He came near having conges-
ton, but is better now and will soor
return to his work.
Sutton.
| Gordon & Chesley have put new
fume into their saw-mill.
S. G. Otis of Sheffield moves hi'
family to this village for the winter
while he is off selling Pacific guano.
West Burke.
At the M. E. quarterly meeting
service held here on the 18th ~ per
sons went forward to to the commun
ion altar.
Harmony Lodge of Good Templar
) is in furnishing condition it ha
over 100 members. Officers were in
stalled on the 18th.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-27

At such low price that the poor well the rich
may purchase them. i have just received large
invoice of those beautiful
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-27

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-27
To The Ladies' !!

shall offer the ladies something new in the way Of
the COMFORT ROCKER, named the "Elbridge, .
never before introduced in the county. For beauty
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ment of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-27
NOTICED
hereby appoint Denson T. Hildreth agent TO trans
lct my business Executor Of the VIII OF Lucinda D.
Ilildrcth late Of Charleston. Vt
JOHN B. FISK, Executor.
Chesterfield. y. H.. Nov % 1889.
TO RENT

Two teuements in my double house on Lincoln
Venue s Il. FLANDERS, Barton, vi.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23

Sec. FRAT whenever Il new state is
admitted to the Union, the representa-.
tive or representatives asSig ncd it shall
be in addition to the number of 325.
See. 3. That in each state entitled I'M
der this apportionment to the number 10
which such state may be entitled in the
Forty ghth and each subsequent con.
gress shall be elected by districts COM
posed of contiguous territory, and con,
tanning as nearly as practicable an equal
number of inhabitants, and equal
in number TO the represcn'
tatives to which such state is
entitled. No state shall elect more than
one representative; provided, that un'
less the legislature of such state shall
otherwise provide before the election
OF such representatives shall take place
as provided by law, where no change
shall hereby be made in the representa-
tive of state, the representatives to the
forty-eighth congress shall be elected
therein as now provided by law. II
the number ms now provided for shall
be larger than it was before this change
then the representative or representa-.
tives allowed to such state under this
apportionment may be elected by the
state and the other representatives 10
which the state is entitled under dis.
tricts prescribed by law in said state,
and if the number hereby provided
shall in any state be less than it was be,
fore the change hereby made, then the
whole number to the state hereby pro
vided for shall be elected at large, un.
less the legislatures of the states have
provided or shall otherwise provide, be-
fore the time fixed by law for the next
election of representatives therein,
All acts and paris of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23


The Washington correspondent of the
81. Louis Globe Democrat says the fight
over the Leavcnworlh post office is q
hot one. Col. AnthOny's commission
expires ON the ID proX., and he is q
candidate for reappointment. His Op
poncnt is John Mckee. Col. Anthony
in an interview with the Globe Demo
Gratis correspondent, said:
~ did not intend To apply for third
term until Wiley assaulted by my old
enemies, backed 10y Democratic press
I'm in the fight now, and I'm
in To win. John Mckee has a big
petition, but l have bigger one,
have petition asking for nay re-
appointment signed by $500 citi.
Zens, including three fnurths Of the bus.
mess men of Lravenworth, all the clcr.
gymcn, and most OF the lawyers and
doctors, and know that | stand well at
the department, for my accounts are all
right. All my predecessors in the office
have been dcfaultcrs. Senator Ingalls,
and Congressman Haskell are tor me.
Senator Plumb personally prefers and
certainly will make no fight against
me. lie says, however, that Congress
man Anderson should decide the mat
ter. Anderson and have all along been
friends IL is the same old fight against
me, my old enemies being reinforced
this time by the county bond specu.a.
tors whom unqualincdly denounced in
my paper. am confident of success
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23
ToRAInUostin.ntalI-

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2f.-The publica
ton of another batch of Peruvian cor
respondence makes a congressional in
vestigation a necessity. At least such is
the general opinion among members Of
congress. Senators have been some
what averse to talking about the matter
which would not be so did they moi
think an investigation probable. Two
senators have said that they did not see
how an investigation by the senate
could be avoided. The list of names
that appear in the correspondence EN-.
braces those of five members of the sen.
ate-Blair, Dawes, Sherman, Don Cam.
eron, and Eugene Hale-and one mem
Der of the house-A- S. Hewitt. 1t Is
thought that Senator Blair cannot now
avoid asking for an investigation. II he
docs not do so, the opinion prevails
that it is the duty of other senators to
ask for the investigation, and that either
Dawes or Sherman, seeing that one will
be demanded, will request ii. Sen
ator Blair admits his connection with
the scheme, it is understood. He is re-
ported by his friends to be greatly cha
grIned at the turn tine matter has taken,
but he states that his connection with
Shepherd was purely that of attorney,
and in q manner which he never dream
ed could be in any way affected by his
congressional relations. AS for the 9TH
er members of congress whose names
have been mentioned by Shepherd in
his correspondence, they are greatly au-
noyed At the Impudence in taking such
liberty They repudiate the intimation
which Shepherd conveys They had
heard of Shepherd and his scheme, but
they regarded it as visionary, and so
completely beneath notice that they had
forgotten all about it until the diplo-
matte career of Mr.. Blaine brought it To
their notice Mr. Dawes, for instance.
says that he go; Shepherds circular last
spring or summer, hut he regarded the
scheme as the most internal nonsense
that ever got into print Mr.. Sherman
thought Shepherd IIair-brained vision
airy, and so did Hale. Don Cameron is
not here, but il Is said that he will be
greatly surprised when he reads his
name in the lis.. Abraham s. Hewitt
said that he knew nothing whatever
taa5out Mr.. Shepherd or his company
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23
DEATHoF M. F. CONWAY.

The Chicago Inter Ocean has a para
graph announcing the death of Hon.
Martin F. Conway, formerly of this
state. He died at the government hos.
pital for the insane at Washington on
February 18th, aged 50 years. Thus
another prominent actor in the early
struggles of Kansas has gone to his
last account. Though coming
from a slave state Mr.. Con-
way became at once, on settling In
Kansas. free state Republican of the
radical stripe. He took prominent
part in the early struggles to make
Kansas free state. He was a gentle
man of pleasing address and an effective
and eloquent public speaker, and his
influence and voice did much 10
encourage the settlers of Kansas
to the bold stand they took
against the slave holding Democracy.
When we were admitted into the Union
Mr.. Conway was elected the first con-
gresham from Kansas. At that time he
was very popular throughout the state.
We think it was during tie latter
part of his term in congress that
be became sOnred in some way
against the administration and
showed The first signs of the brain
trouble for which he has been confined
in an asylum for many years. He new
or returned to Kansas after the expira-
ton of his term. He led sort of pre-
carious and moody existence in and
about Washington, refusing to recognize
his old Kansas friends. and finally his
trohb e became so violent that he had to
he col. fined in the asylum where he end
ed his days. Poor COnwAyl Let US re-
member the good he did and draw the
mantle OF charity over his failures.
Those who knew him best feel keent st
the pangs of sorrow over his unfortunate
fate, al 4..li+
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23
GENERAL AND Personal

Items of Interest From Far. and Near,
President Arthur will summer at
Long Branch. .-. .......= s..-. ,..-
Six thousand people heard Patti at
Cincinnati Saturday night. ..i
Members of the italian parliament
will hereafter be elected by ballot.
Rev. Minot ]. Savage, of Unity church,
Boston, In alluGing to recent religious
events in Chicago, pronounced in favor
Of the orthodox gospel rather than ma
| terialism. .t s..ts,,..- ~ ..lsl4
The telegraph to-day furnishes an ex-
PLANTATION of the Blaine Peruvian guano
story which will be satisfactory, no
isdoub,, to Mr.. BIaine's friends and to the
country generally. -. 80
The chief reason given by Mexico for
refusing the invitation TO the conference
of republics was that she was to be
placed on an equal footing with the pet
| ty states of Central America. asag 80
Amodest headstone with the words
t"Mrs, Surratt'' has been placed over the
grave of Mrs. Surratt in Mount Olivet
cemetery, Washington. The grave was
| formerly unmarked save by the. corner
stones of the lot. .u. . ..a:ss3a'3 ....t
An experienced New jersey fir1ner
makes the statement that he has found
there is more money in raising wool at
twenty cents per pound than in lOaning
money at 10 per cent. interest Z. a.. 80
William Smithson, living on.a. farm
near indianapolis, hid $345 in currency
in corn-crib Rats having chewed it
into fragments suitable for a nest the
| hOrny-handed husbandman will appeal
for reliefto the treasury department..
At the request of Mrs. Garfield, and
under the direction of expos tmaster
General james, there has been prepared
for presentation to the Queen of Eng
land frame containing the first proof of
the new five cent stamps, United States
postage, kpoYn as, the. Garfield stamp"
The portrait of President Garfield upon
the stamp is-an approved likeness, en-
graved by tic American Bank Note
Company from photographs selected by
Mrs Garfield, who also. selected the col
or which was adopted by the postofice
department for the printing of the
stamps. The frame consists OF 4 mat of
sterling silver, upon which is engraved
an exquisite border of fine gcemetric
lathe work. Tins is surrounded" by a
rod of solid gold nearly quarter of an
inch in diameter cut in barleycorn work
of new design, with brilliant facets by
Joaquin. Therod separates the silver
from the royal purple velvet upon the
concave portion of the frame, which is
of tine ebony. A glass plate with bev-
eled edges covers all except the ebony,
and the whole is inclosed in a cedar
wood box mounted with silver and. lined
ssgith royal purple velvet Efa-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23

A gentleman of gigantic intellect, who
halls from Massachusetts,, has a theory
and has written lecture upon it, to tie
effect that the remarkable strength of
Mormonism in Utah is due to the lack
of rain. What irrigation scheme is tile
gentleman lobbying for Topeka Cap
ital. .-....-. s.....f.5
The theory of the gentleman is in a
measure correct, notwithstanding the
Capitals fiippant way of referring to
it and summary way of disposing of it
Mormon elders are sent in various di-
rections prospecting" When a site
is found which has all the elements OF a
good agricultural region save that of
water, the church goes to wOrk, irrigatss
it, and rents the water PRIVILEGES In
various persons-Mormons and Gentiles
Then they've got EN-. The renter must
do just as Mormonism says in all things,
or his water supply is cut off. Were there
plenty of rains this system of eAtortIpR
and tyranny could not exist, hence the
Massachusetts man Is not so very far
"OfE"-FredOnia Citizen. 30 !
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23
AEasLrn

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The commit
tee on territories to-day heard several
people on the question of territorial
government for Alaska. Some interest
ing facts were elected regarding the
population and their occupation. The
portion of Alaska over which il is pro-
posed to elect territorial government has
about $4,000 inhabitants. The mining
business last year amounted to about
500, 900, and the fur trade to $500 900.
The principal occupation is salmon fish
ing and canning, the value of which has
grown from $37, 900 in 1873 10 SCI, O0o
in 1881. The number of salmon which
enter the rivers each year TO visit the
spawning grounds is enormous After
depositiDg their eggs these fish mostly
die upon the shores of The lakes and
streams, literally covering the ground,
so great is their number. The lack of
laws to govern people there Is very
great, and INSCRIPTIONS traders take
great advantage of the situation The
extension of q territorial code over the
southern portion is most earnestly
IIFCed
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23
RCISU-ON.

The inevitable law that governs sOci-
ETY. is growth or retr"gression. We
must go forward or backward. We can.
The best means of advancing the tenn
poral welfare of humanity is the ques-
ton. We have teachers and teachers,
and there is no end of piecepts. What
is needed in all comm unili,s is a con-
tInuous, steady growth of sound senti-
nents. All classes, without exception,
are interested il this matter. Let go OF
sound morals anil where do we go to-?
We should at once drift TO condition
where even the vicious would not want
to stay. We should have. at all times,
as safeguard and basis of prompt and
effective action in all emergencies, q
strong, steady, sturdy substratum of cor
rect public opinion and feeling which
can I've drawn out, ut once. when needed,
in opposition To any pernicious social
feature which may work itself TO the
surface. Good men may theor lie,
for instance, about the temperance
law. Take temperance effort away and
what would be the results Who would
want To stay where Intemperance ran
rioty Sc with the work the churches
are doing. The important thing to be
done at all times is to push the agencies
of moral enlightenment and renovation
into all the elements OF the social fabric
certainly into the clements which
most nsed them. II certain class de-
sire amusement, cnlcrtAiDment, relief
frnm daily care aud toil, pleasant recTea-
ton, social pleasure-the desire must be
recognized as NATURAL and proper, and
an effort must be made to meet il in q
way thatwill involve moral healing and
uplifting! We can hardly win people
away from bad social resorts aud pTac.
tees with long faces and solemn ser
mons. Nor can we drive them away
from these features into churches with
clubs. Christ drove the money chang
ers out of the temple with a scourge, but
he never drove any one into the temple
with any kind of a weapon. He draws
all men unto him. His followers can
do nothing but win people to his service.
Hence religion and Temperance and all
moral reform and their social features
must be made attractive-nOre attrac-
tive than the features of vice. Men will
notbe driven, buI they will be reasoned
with, and when shown that vice in all
ats forms leads only TO destruction, most
of them will at least help TO stop the
tendency to ruin. The fight is to 60 on
and the warriors must not become
weary.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23
KANSAS CITY 10 MARKETS
8. '-=
ReportGt especially GDp Taxi HAIBV NEWS
every afternoon by
Z ANDY J. SNYDER & CO.,
Rooms 23 and "a Exchange. BuiIdIng,
KANSAS ,CIrYa Stock YhRnS.fb /
A e. ?, :; ska3Es' Hog saacsnien '-i'''''
- - 6 20. KEck, Cattle Salesman
FgASK FISH, Office. .....,g

q. KANSAS. CITY, Feb % +Hngs-Heoeipis
2,7fs; not all sold. yet; sellers holding
back, trying to hear from the east; market
Is steady ana all will be Sold az strong yes
terday.s prfcess choice, Sc GoC5s IS I; good
heavy. p 10000; mixed packing, ss1JS6B 90;
light. 50 s006 10; bulk of sales. So 15ElG 90
CaItlc-Receipts., ~; buyers q little back
ward and undecided as yet, owing to eastern
wires being down and no news. but market
is firm without, change; receipts are good !;
Fat smooth. 1850 TO 400 pound shippers. IS 4osD
so; fair. 1850 to 1850 pound steers, sos 40;
fat butchers steers, ZOO to 1850 pounds, 81 s50
4 so; cows and heffcrs in strong demand,
s. 5c@4 so; common 20 medium cows. 81 go
2 IN
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23

Whether or not famine exists in
certain parishes of Louisiana is yet an
unsolvel problem. A document, pur-
porting to be authorized for pnblica-
tion 10y the sufferers. was recently print.
ed in the New Orleans papers. II de-
scribcs the restitution of the people in
narrowing terms, and makes an appeal
for help to the public, 10 the state and
20 the national government Unques.
tionable evidence has since hcen pro.
duccd, says the Times Democrat, to
prove that the people Uf the seven par
ishes in question never sanctioned the
representation of them selves as paapers
or rs being In desperate straits. And
that paper thinks the whole business
which wears u suspicious air of mystery
would better lie filed away to await de
YelOpmcnts
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23
OVER THE STATE.
Topeka is 10 have hegtlics.

Topeka 10 bave hegslics.
Now here wiz be rush TO run as
congressman ii large,
i .fnnesien City Is JwcFlstd up on the
subject of aftesfan wells.
When Kansas school lands are all
sold the state will hare an endowment
fund of $4,000, eO0
The public schools of ola,he have
been closed for want of funds, after a. ses.
sion OF Eve months
: E. p. Bancroft is Writing interesting
letters from chihuahua. Mexico, 10 the
Atchfson Champion.
Captain Henry Booth, Of .Larned, is
mentioned as candidate for congress.
He would make q good member.
n young man CT Seneca, Kansas,
clipped with the girl his brother was to
have married next day.
The st. Louis, Fort Scott ,t& Wichita
railroad is now completed to point
eighty miles west on the Verdigris river,
Seven cases of coAfluept small pox
exist in camp of railroad hands on the
Kansas City & Olathe road, FIVE miles
from Olathe
In northwestern Kansas, scores of
farmers who left that section TO so
back to their wives folks for awhile
are returning. -
r,I,o fyLris,i, II ,,-nI, ~ ;oi I, NJ, ,,,,,..
ed u new building for devotional pur-
poses at Girard, dedicated it on Sunday,
February 12. The edifice is 34x0O, and
/ has q fine bell -
The Ellsworth Reporter is worried
because one man took the Office fora
clothing store last week, and another
man sided in with a bottle and a p4e-
scription, undcr the impression tina. ii
was a-drug store 5LG i,z.I iiiaa
Inquiry among sheep men indicates
that the sheep around IIarnc,f are as 8
general thing, wimering wen. Losses
are reported among the AMATEUR grow
ers, who have failed 10 attend tllyi1
flocks through ignorance or inaaIentio,l
Hurrah for the. Kansas girls! Tho,
are making their mark as well as the
boys, Miss Florence Finch, graduate
of the Kansas State University and Al
one time a contributor To the Common
wealth, is now on the editorial staff 81
i the Boston Globe. 1ry-aJ ~ -
AT present there are eighty insurance
companies doing business in Kansas
thirteen life and sixty seven fire. On tho
first day of March Mr.. Welsh, superin
tcndent of the state department, will
send out about 5000 licenses to com
panies and agents. From! these ths
state receives fee of 81 each., .." -
The Burlington Independent, mot tc
be outdone by its neighbors, has been
enlarged from seven to nine columH
paper. The printing business must be
prosperous down there. We hopes oul
Burlington friends, the typos, are mo-
whacking off more than they can com
fortably masticate. .@.tl
/ 1t has been demonstrated that timber
planted six to eight years ago, in Nc
Pherson county, is now giving a hand
some return for the money and labor in
vested. A piece of land of forty:fivt
acres, set in cottonwood, walnut, an(
ash, in 1874, has furnished during thu
last two years, all the fuel needed by the
owner, besides posts sufficient tor en-
clOsing forly-fiVe acres of pasture. m
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23

The American Agriculturist, one Of
the most useful and valuable periodi.
Gals in the country, publishes monthly a
department devoted TO "Sundry Hum
bugs" The March number contains an
exposure of the "Ozone" humbug. and
its tellow-swindle "OZ0cerite." The
subscription man is also expOsed-thG
man who wants money in advance fol
subscription 10 some periodical which
may or may not have an existence, and
for which he may or may not be able to
present authority for soliciting sub
scriptions. The Marriage Endowment
Associations arc ranked as among the
most recent of swindlrs, although they
bid fair Ia he short lived. Electro.
medicaied and medical pamphlet hum
bugs are other suspected and vile pro
auctions which the Agriculturist gives
its readers tair warning tn avoid.