The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-22
THURSDAY. MARCH e, 1883.
EDITORIAL NEWS NOTES.
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THURSDAY. MARCH a2, 1888.
EDITORIAL NEWS NOTES.
EAe Commonwealth is now enjoying
auth sOnebrake boom.
II II probable that the railroad COM
isaiouers win not be chosen until next
EEK.
The eyes Of the universe are now fxed
the executive council Of the state of
Ansas.
Wellington, Caldwell and Hume
III are TO be connected by telephone.
Fell, well, well
Il appears that the Topeka Common
ealth does not entirely favor the APP
ointment of Mr.. p. !. Bonebrake TO the
bard Of railroad commissioners.
II Cesar's wife has any surviving
ale relatives IN Kansas, we trust they
III lose no time In filing applications
pr appointment to the board OF railroad
Commissioners.
The rural press of Kansas has begun
hul poetry at Virgins. 1t is no
Onder that the relatives OF the wretched
FEATHER prophet watch him so closely
'hen he shaves.
The young man 10 Phillips county
mo mistook hornets nest for prehis-
,rie specimen one day last week, thinks
. may be able TO see out Of his near
- again by Christmas.
A party of eastern capitalists are pros
Getting In this State for an eligible
ocation for the establishment OF . mop
nd rolling-pIn factory. The time has
Violently come for the married men of
Kansas TO stand together.
The recent municipal elections in
few Jersey show large Democratic
osses. II the state Of Camden and Am
oy IL not beyond the reach ofsalt petre.
70 see nothing in the outlook for 's4
Or the Republicans to be hanging their
ips over.
4 The Topeka papers are just more than
,sWiDg up the ground over the promised
lppearance Of the Emma Abbott opera
roupe at that place on Thursday and
Friday evenings Of this week. "Iolan-
he" and liking for Day" will be the
attractions
Atchison Champion: A case of death
from hYdrophobia three years after the
yictim was bitten, Is reported from New
York. The virus OF q mad dogs fang
2 about a. uncertainty insidious rs the
lpirit Of reform in q defeated political
candidate.
Il II feared that the diplomatic rela
lions between this country and Mexico
may be seriously disturbed by the gross
indiscretlon Of the ST. Louis Post-Dis
patch, which publishes a fragrant wood.
cut Of ex-Prcsident Diaz. who is at pres
emit rusticatIng In the future Great"
Reports received from correspondents
aS the Kansas State Agricultural De
partment indicate that both winter
wheat and rye are looking we'll, and that
the wheat was not so much injured by
the winter as had been feared. The in
dications point to large acreage of corn
and other crops.
It 10 said that the smaller the green
back party grows the greater becomes
the zeal In its behalf of Scion Chase, its
leading apostle. By observations re
Gently made with the aid of telescope,
1t would seem that the enthusiasm of
that sanguine gentleman had about
reached its acme.
The executive council, which has the
appointing Of the railroad commission
Sr1. should have printed and freely dis
| tributed about the state house placards
enbelllshed with the following pointer
Tor candidates: mo professional Office
seekers ROr persons nearly or remotely
connected with the railroads of the state
need apply
A member Of the Pennsylvania legis-
lature has Introduced bill that makes
d unlawful for q man TO treat his friend
when living or cremate him when dead,
and prohibits anybody from wearing
tooth pick toed. shoes. We should say
ahat Il was about time to be ordering a
toombstOne for personal liberty" in the
old keystone state.
It 10 sisted that President Arthur has
established rule that in cases of va
.cancies in Federal offices by the death
I of Ohio incumbents he will Ieceiye no
applications to fill such vacancy until
alter the funeral of the deceased. In
ahe light Of this announcement the pub
die will not be surprised to learn that
rAe number Of persons buried alive has
Increased 100 per cent. during the past
year in the Buckeye state.
She stood in the middle of a Rich.
mond street, helpless from terror, while
drove OF untamed mules, ears dormant
and tails rampant, bore down upon her
like q hurricane. He dropped his
Valise, sprang to her side, whirled Ter
over the gutter, and the mules rushed
past In the darkness-Mlss Alice Beau
champ, Of Boston. Is about to become
Mrs. LOUIS Shearer, Of West Point,
Miss, and at last q credit can be entered
on the mules debt burdened ledger.
The Kansas City Journal says: The
announcement is made that Eugene
Field, the well known journalist and
mimic. will leave the Denver Tribune
April !, and 60 upon the stage. 1t is
aaid he will 20 IN with Sol Smith Rus
sell, with whom he will play a new
scheme. something after the Robson and
Crane style. Field and Russell are very
much alike in form, features and voice,
and they will no doubt make great hit.
They win appear In Kansas City some
time in May.
Some weeks ago the Topeka Com
nonwealth mailed circulars of inquiry
concerning the condition of growing
crops TO one hundred farmers in differ
ent parts of the state, and the answers,
. large portion of which are published
In that paper this morning, indicate that
In most OF the counties heard from the
wheat looks very promising; prepare
lions are being made to increase he
acreage Of corn over that OF last year !; in,
many Iplaces the fruit buds have
Withstood the ordeal of the hard winter,
and the general outlook for bountiful
eeason seems highly encouraging.
The Pennsylvania papers bitterly de- 4
nOanee the verdict in the Dukes murder |
trial. The amazement and indignation
q this extraordinary result is universal. |
The Philadelphia North American says
that Dukes "oWes his escape to perjury
OF the jurors, and If ever lynch law
were justifiable. 1t would be 50 in this |
case. There has been no such outrage
Gus miscarriage of Justice in recent
times" The Pittsburg Dispatch says |
that "if Dukes Is to live. he will learn |
through all his life the scorD and con-
tempt which mankind can entertain for /