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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
A Missouri Romance.

Atchison Globe: You can't always
tell how boy will turn out. In our
old town in Missouri lived Q squatty,
bow-legged, shambling youth, the son of
q doctor, who seemed to be hopelessly
addicted to smoking, the German flute
and novels. He wouldn't work nor
play, being too lazy for either. HIS
father gave him up as yagrants and
only allowed him to stay around home
because he was incapable OF earning 3
living out in the world. FINALLY bis
mother died and left him considerable
propcrty. Everybody thought that Jack
flor that was his nancy would squander
his fortune in flutes, tobacco and novels,
but everybody was mistaken. Jack
hung out single and COM
and soon showed that he
knew more about the art of curing and
healing than his father. He had taken
advantage of his fathers library and
studded in secret. He might have be-
come the first physician in town had he
not been too lazy to answer calls. One
day he sold all his property for $4,000
cash and left the town. People
shrugged their shoulders, and
nredscied that as soon as
+ fis money was zone he would return
and become sponge on the old man.
But he never returned. He went to
Kansas City and hired himself out as a
iining-roem boy at 50 a week. The
sitdasfon, he declared to an old friend
who ran across him, just suited him, for
1t afforded him just enough work
for exercise, and gave him
an excellent chance to study
human nature. When last heard from
he had an elegant establishment in Santa
Fe, controlling interest in famous
mine and dictatorship in bank. He
still plays on the German flute.
smokes great quantities of tobacco
and reads novels, bat he is no
longer considered "Onery." He IS as lazy
as ever, but the local papers always re-
fer to him as an intelligent and energet-
ic citizen. He has not chang
ed particle, but his faith
er considers him the pink of
the family and his old friends are proud
to know him. The boy they thought
would distinguish the town with his
learning and eloquence IS now q poor
country pedagogue. We reiterate thai
you can't always tell how boy will turn
out.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02


DENVER, July 27.-The next national
encampment of the g. A. r. Will be
held at Minneapolis VIM. Warner, of
Iowa, was elected senior vice comman-
dnr in chief, and Walter 81. Holmes, of
California, junior vice. The surgeon
general and chaplain were reelected !.
The closing exercises of the national
encampment, G. A. R, took place at
Camp Vandervoort tonight, consisting
of music, parades. speeches and grand
display of fireworks. An excursion
through the mountains, rendered by the
state of Colorado to the regular dele
gates, leaves tomorrow morn
ing, and will occupy five days. The IN
stallation ceremonies at the Grand opers
house today were of an interesting char
acter, and speeches were made by ths
outgoing and incoming officers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02

The Springfield (Mass) Republican,
reviewing the statement of Dorsey, says :
The great moral of the whole matter is
for the party not TO give a presidential
candidate during the campaign for his
election confidential consOrt and cor
respondent, whose delight. pride, and
boast is In standing up tn his neck in
corrupt devices and in dragging his can.
didate into the same sewerage, not only
in his life, but even pursuing him with
a damnation of character after death.
The shame is to the party which sci
Dorsey ON Garfield, not to Garfield, who,
as President, truckled not to Dorsey.
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Withdrawn.

LEAvENwoRTH. July 27.-The accep,
lance of the bid for public building
site in Leavenworlh was this day with
drawn by the honorable secretary Of the
treasury. The Leavenworth Times ex-
pressed the opinion that Supervising
Architect Hill was governed by other
than honest motives, and says Its editor
expressed himself last winter, after a
conversation with Hill, that he was i'm
pressed with feeling that Hill was a
scOundrel
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
BLAIEE,s BOOK.

JAS. G. Blaine seems 20 be fully alb
sorbed at present in the work of book
making, and III his literary occupation
doubtless finds respite from those per-
plexities and heart-burnings which go
to make up the Iife OF the professional
politician. The work ON which he is
| engaged is To be called Twenty Years
of Congress-" and covers that period
during which Mr.. Blaine was promi-
nent and commanding figure in the ma
tional Legislature. In the following par
agraphs Mr.. Blaine sums up the scope
of his work and gives hint of the
amount of labor he has expended upon
it:
THE twenty years OF congress be-
tween the Inauguration of Lincoln in
1861 and the inauguration of Garfield in
in 1881, were the most important in our
history as nation. The entire period
was filled with momentOus events. Leg
islstion during the progress OF the war
in aid Of tue great armies which upheld
the government through the period in
which the union was reconstructed
on new and enduring foundations;
on the finances during the era
of paper money, and the subse-
quent return ID the standard of
coin; on slavery and the emancIpa-
ton, which came generations before
philanthropists had dared TO hope; on
taxation exercised and forced 10 de-
gree beyond all precedent, yet always
sustained by popular majorities; on ia
dustrial improvements so sesdely fos
tered that despite the waste OF thousands
of millions by the ravages of war, the
aggregate wealth was doubled in q sim
gle Observation-Disclosures on these great
subjects forms the vital interest of the
and is worthy of cOmmemoia-
ton.
During the years when these leglsla. !
tive deliberations were in progress, |
much was done in congress of inferior |
and contemporary interest. |
To separate the Yalueless and the tran
sient of this historic epoch and to give |
q connected account of the really great /
events in the senate and house of repre-
is the ann of this work. It |
Is not intended to be an abridgment of |
the proceedings of congress or a CON-
pendulum of debates, yet no important
in either branch is omitted
and no discussion worthy of honorable
mention Is overlooked. The design
includes within the limits of
careful direction the narrative of many
facts which would not appear in an off,
cial report, as we'll as just and fair es-
innate of the men who have been most |
prominent and influential in the two
houses of congress"
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rna oh,o so,d,.-.. R.nD,or

COLUMBUS, o., July 27.-The national
reunion closed to-day, the principal fea-
ture being grand parade which, it is e.
timated, was participated IN by 5000
people. There were about $50 regiments
represented in line. A bicycle tourna-
ment closed the exercises, and nearly all
the veterans left for home on the after
noon and evening trains.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02

BOSTON, July ga dispatch from
Northeast Rarbor, Ne. says the buck
board party, consisting OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Case and daughter. Miss Price and Miss
Lewis. of Boston. and Miss Callie White,
of Baltimore, all prominent in social
circles, were yesterday thrown to the
ground by their horses running away,
and Miss Case was instantly killed,
Miss White was seriously injured and
the rest of the party badly bruised. The
affair has produced most profound
sensation, especially among the guests
at the Rodick hotel, where the party are
stopping. Miss Case's remains are ly.
| ing a. President EIliott's house at North
0lst Harbor.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
a Grand Rain.

SALINA, KS July ga grand rain
fell here to-day. which insures corn
crop and breaks the drouth we have had.
The farmers are busy threshing wheat.
From thirty-five to forty bushels To the
acre is the average commonly re-
ported in this vicinity. There are
fine crops of oats, rye and pota-
toes, and the farmers of this coun-
try were never better off than now.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02

SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.-The posi-
ton of the telegraph company on this
coast is steady improving. To-day Su-
perintendent James removed the notice
that messages would be taken subject to
delay. Private dispatches announce the
detection of several operators from the
Brotherhood. Their return to work for
the company produced an unfavorable
impression, the striking operators here
fearing others would follow.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02

NEW YORK, July 27.-The failures
throughout the country for the last seven
days number 100, as compared with 1853
last week. New Engla nd, ty-three;
middle states, thirty-two; western states,
thirty-seven; southern, twenty-nine;
Pacific states and territories, twenty
Canada, thirty-one, and New York City,
al chi
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
The conv,c,ion ~ oar s,a,, :,

The conviction of Orth Stein, at Kan
sas City, for the murder of George
Fredericks,and his sentence for period
Of twenty five years to the peniteniiary,
is one of those eccentricities Of justice
which occasionally occurs even in Mis-.
souri,. but from which. it is only just 10
say, that state has heretofore enjoyed
exceptional immunity. The mere acl
of homicide might have been pGrdoned
In Stein, but public sentiment 81 Kansas
City could never condOne the wantor
murder Of the proprietor Of varissJ
theatre.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
shoch,nr Aec,aant

LANCASTER, Pa, July 27.-At $50
this morning the second section of the
fast express east on the Pennsylvania
railroad struck a market wagon contain
ing Henry WEIGH and wife and Mics
Alice Swift, of Mount Joy, on Mannheim
road crossing Miss Swift and the
horse were killed instantly. Welsh,
with part of the vehicle, was dragged
when found. Mrs WEIGH lived only
about twenty minutes. Mr.. WEIGH was
terribly mangled. The engineer wins
tied to warn the occupants OF the wagon
and WEIGH tried TO whip his horse across
the track,
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After the Postal Law VIOIators.
w. T.-1 o. I'M ~ q =

New YORK, July 27.-The U. S. dis
trlct attorney has begun suits against
1000 of the patrons OF Boyd's private
letter express Tor the recovery of pen
atty of $50 in each case for violating the
q. s. postal law. Another suit has been
instituted against. Mr.. Blackham, pro-
prietor of the Boyd post, for penalties
for infraction of the law In carrying on
letter eYnreSS
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
mr.. Polk Gets Twenty Years.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 26-The jury
In the case of Elk Treasurer Polk
brought in a verdict of guilty OF embez-
element, fixing the penalty at imprison-
nient in the penitentiarY twenty years
and imposing fine to the tull amount
of the ENLIGHTENMENT.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
Tie Cincinnati Commercial

Tie Cincinnati COmmerciaI-G Gazette is
gathering statistics as to the workings
of the Scott license law In that state, and
showing the number OF saloons that un-
der the law pay 500. and the number that
pay $lOO.and the number that have gone
out OF business since the law went into
effect. The tables are not yet complete
but the following are the returns from
nineteen Of the Lightweight counties in
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
Good Cron Prosnao,s.

GREAT BEND, Kas., July 2S.-This
afternoon q very hervy ram began fall
ing in this county and continued until
night. soaking the ground. This assures
fair yield of corn, and enables farmers
to prepare for fall wheat.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02

RoCII LESTER, n. Y, July 2S.-News
was received here this forenoon of a ter
rible disaster on the Rome, Waiertown
" Ogdensburg railroad near Carleton
last night. As the Thousand Islands
train, which was running at high rate
OF speed on.the main line, neared Garlic
ton. the engineer noticed a single car
standing On the track ahead of HIM. He
at once put on the air brakes and re-
versed the lever of his engine, but be-
fore the speed of the train could be
slackened the engine dashed into the
Obstruction and in an instant II was a
scene of wreck and cnnfusi III and The
air was filled with the groans of the In
jured. :. he engineer, vino remained
at his post WAS fatally injured. When
by him till the last were instantly kill
ed. Word for assistance was at once
teiegraphed for to Charlotte, distance
of twenty-five miles. On the arrival of
aid the work of rescuing the wounded
and taking out the dead from the wreck
began. So far as can be learned, the
car which caused the disaster, was blown
on TO the main line from the branch
track by the high wind which prevailed |
at the time OF the accident 1t is sup
posed that Rev. DIR. Atwood. of Canton,
and Rev. DIR. Fiske, OF Syracuse, were |
passengers on the Inflated train. Four
teen dead bodies had been taken
out of the wreck at last
advices. Among the killed
aud injured are Henry Mccormick, of
Benton, Mich, dead Louis France, fire
man, killed; Archie Taylor, of Water
town, baggageman, killed; cOlOred pOr-
Ter, killed, name unknown; Mrs. Jenni
SON, of 800 North 9th street, Philadel-
phia, hip broken; Mrs. Brooks, Phila.
ielphla, still in the wreck; two ladies
named Hall, fatally hurt; Train Master
Chauncy, of Oswego, fatally hurt; En-
yIneer Jas. Mccarthy, fatally scalded
Vim. Rockefeller, foreman in the shops
It Oswego, leg broken. There is
binding rain and the scene beggars
The second engine was
otally wrecked, and the fireman, Louis
France, is mangled beyond recognition.
From fifteen TO eighteen passengers are
reported injured. Many persons were
killed outright and others left IN dy-
ing condition. The sufferings of the
is terrible. A whole family
named Brooks are believed to be burned
n the wreck. l.
One Dead and the Other Wounded.
CHICAGO, July 2S.-The Daily News
Omaha, Nebraska, special says: Henry
Raynor eloped few days ago with the
laughter of FL, Picketts, at Sidney, The
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02

These returns being from less than
oue-forth - the state show that already
the number OF saloons has been reduced
over five hundred.
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Troy, NEW YORK,
Anil - 1900

April Z, 1855
Having been afflicted for several
years past with illness, the cause of
which was unknown to me for long
time, and my continued disability gett-
ting to be of so serious and decreasing
acharacter as to cause great anxiety
with my family and friends, became
satisfied upon close investigation that
the cause of my sickness was
the diseased condition of my kidneys
and liver. At this time by accident a
friend who had similar symptoms to
mine informed me of the great improve
ment in his health by taking Hunts
Remedy, and persuaded me to try it. /
Immediately commenced taking it, and
from the first bottle began to improve,
and its continued use affords very en-
couraging results can sleep soundly.
walk better, am free from pains, and
the severe attacks of headache from
which ! suffered so much have disap-
peared, and / cheerfully recommend
Hunts Remedy for all purposes for
which it is advertised. l will add in
closing that my wife has used it very
successfully for preventing the attacks
of sick headache with which she had
been afflicted from YOUTH
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02

WALK MORE. AND SLEEP soUNDLY.
Mr. John W. Cole, Principal of the
Gale School, Troy, New York, writes
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Death 81 1Eon1womsry Bsair.

WAsHIEeToH. D. c., July s7.-Hon.
Montgomery blair died Is his residence
as Silver Springs this toren0on.
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In the wreck

One Dead and the Other Wounded.
CHICAGO, July 2S.-The Daily News
Omaha, Nebraska, special says: Henry
Raynor eloped few days ago with the
daughter OF II. Picketts, at Sidney. The
father OF the girl and Reynor met last
evening and pistols were drown. Pick
cts is dead aud Raynor is wounded.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
THE SWISS MARKsMEz

No people in the world cultivate so
generally and with so much zeal the art
of rifle shooting as the Swiss. There is
hardly commune in the confederation
which does not hold an annual schutZen-
fest, and there are frequent cantonal com
petitions besides the great national meet
ing. The universal interest taken in these
annual gatherings is illustrated by the
fact that Swiss living in other European
;untries are accustomed to send home
prizes for competition. "a few years ago.
says the editor CT the London Globe,
when the meeting was held at Lausanne,
l went thither with an English general
who has seen much active service, and
we spent very agreeable day watching
the proceedings, He was much struck
with the excellence of the shooting and
keenness of the competitors, and he ex
pressed the opinion that in the event OF
the Swiss being called upon to defend
their native mountains, they would prove
themselves worthy of their fighting an
cestors and give an exceedingly warm re-
ception to any enemy who might venture
to attack them"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

The Chinese merchants IN San Fran
cisco are taking every year with greater
enterprise, to all the devices of American
trade. They compete actively with the
Caucasian business men in The mannfaC
ture of clothing, underwear, shoes,
cigars and important articles ofmerchant-
disc, and of late they have taken to en-
ploying commercial drummers, who travel
along the whole length of the Pacific
coast, and overrun Mexico and Central
America with the samples of Monaghan
employers. The drummers are of course
Caucasian, and of all nationalitics Al
one time these Chinese manufacturers
could not dispose of their wares except
by labelling them white labor" but nov
it is not unlikely that their Caucasian
competitors may find it advantageous tC
initiate the Chinese lGbels.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
OoHrtad Her Like 5000,

There was man named Watkins in
a Confederate regiment during the war,
who was well on toward middle life;
but when his wife came up to camp one
dav she seemed to make him young by
comparison. There seemed to be a
century's difference between them; and
the man. who was as ugly as Georgia
cracker usually is, was handsome beside
his wife. ''How did you ever come to
marry such an old witch as that?" ask
ed one of his superior officers, taking
him aside "Well, you see, said the
man. rather sheepishly. cher mother
| kept little grocery store down on the
corner of the street where / lived, and
] used to go in there to get what wan
ted to eat One day ! found the old
woman UGLY daughter all alone in the
store. just as | came in | heard the
clink of silver through the loose rafters
overhead, and the old woman counting:
'One two. three. and so on. ! sat down
and made love to the girl, and the old
woman upstairs kept on counting. By
and-by she was away up IN the hundreds
-four hundreds, four hundred and
fifty, five hundred. | courted that girl
harder and harder as the old woman got
higher Finally she stopped at nine
hundred. Great Scott! l said to my,
self. Nine hundred dollarsn Beloved
Sukey, will YOU be mine? She said she
would, and we were married that same
day" 'sWell, is that ALP NO; there
were only thirty OF those silver dollars
the old woman counted them over thirt,
times" Perhaps itwould be well to in
vestigate little every time.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
WHAT SHE WANTS TO KNOW.
She Wants to Know How to Mako Both
Ends Meet on SIG pr Week.

Among the young women who ask
important and sometimes perpleXing
questions of the Philadelphia Times is
one who wants to know what kind of
young man she should marry Herr par
ticular anxiety is 10 know whether it is
safe for girl without money to marry
Il man without II trade 1t is rather I'M
usual for a eirl III love to look SO far
ahead as this, or to take such practi-
cal view of life Few of them ever look
beyond how they viii lool, at the we'd
ding. OF whether il would not be better
to have the services at home, in church,
OF whether, as matter OF romance, she
ought not to run away.
The trouble with the Young woman
| in the present case is that she is engaged
| to Il nice Young man who never learned
trade. He thought it was much nicer
to take a cIerkship, where he gets SIG a
week and where the work does not soil
! his clothes. The Young woman has been
stud wing this question with rather more
| philosophy and good Judgment than
the sex is usually credited with. She
fears that clerkships as a general thing
| iO IioI pay We'll. bp llbI sliipttl liIbCH Up
pOrtunity for advancement, and are of
| less certain tenure than almost anything
else, She finds that the Young who
early learn trades good honest, useful
trades seem to have more ambition,
are sturdier and better directed.
The yonng woman has clearly reached
a sensible conclusion. The subject
about which she inquiries is not alto
gether new 1t has been discussed in
these columns before. 1t is always in
teresting, however. Girls cannot be adj
yised that it would be misfortune al
ways to marry q clerk, but it must be
apparent thai the better dependence is
upon man who has the discipline and
the advantage which the thorough
knowledge OF 4 useful trade gives. II
is rare indeed that the skilled workman
is out of employ, and unusual skill and
ability find ready recognition in every
department Of labor, Ii is the misfor-
tune of too many of the girls of this time
that they prefer Young men hose work
is such that they can always wear good
clothes,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Last year there were 1000 dogs killed
at the pound. under the direction of the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Animals Since the society provided
the apparatus for sending the poor crea-
lures cut OF the world without pain.
eight years ago. over 1900 dogs have
been killed The bodies are sold TO a
man WHO has a soap enlistment, who
pays the society S15 year for the car
crS>eS. ThHS, last year he paid at the
rate of one and half cents for each
dead dog. As he sells the hides and
boiIs the balance up for soap, he makes
Il pretty GOOD thinr out Of the trade
The victims OF the do@-catcherS nets
have .loiioI's tim" for day or so be-
fore then; death, They are very COM
fortabiy' housed. and furnished with
such food 4, is calculated to make a
homeless canine yeip with delight When
he is about n become used 10 the lux
AIRY Of his ney, lie. killinc-day comes
along. AMI, ali Hnsuspcdin~, he is driv-
EN- ininl.gc cNtrTminI II, ami in 4 second
is a de al do. m Mt. 'plil 2ecora
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
Manufacturer Testimony

AR. II. W. PayTe, manufacturer of harness. sad
dery, Trunks, yalises, etc, No AT Main street,
Springfield Mass writes us under date of April
10, 1888
Gentlemen, II have used Hunts Remedy, the
best medicine for diseases of the kidneys, liver
bladder and urinary organs, and have received
great benefit to my health from its use and | find
thatit will do just what is claimed for it; it will
cure pisease and restore health. | therefore pro
nounce it the hest medicine that | have ever