The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-12-06
EDITORIAL NEWS No1Es.s
Thanksgiving day is 262 years old
and We believe it improves with age.

and We believe il improves with age.
Houston Post: Why not fire con-
stitutional amendment at pOlygamy:
Wichita Eagle: Sam Wood has gone
TO Washington To take his seat-in the
gallery.
DAVID DAVIS believes thai three fifths
of all the Republicans.in the country
favor Blaine for president.
Now that thanksgiving day is over it
may be proper to remind the public that
congress meets next Monday.
The American hog Is gaining caste IN
France, but the Texas steer is still in ex-
ceedingly bad odor at Kansas City.
1t isto the credit Of the people Of
Pennsylvania that they are asking for .
monument to the memory Of Thad
Stevens.
Fay Templeton struck responsive
chord IN the New England heart at Law
renee by singing the "gobble song" on
Thanksgiving night.
Moses, the fat girls widOwer, is max
ing love TO the arInless woman in Balti-
more. We are not surprised that he
should want TO give his neck a rest.
1t is announced that Sergeant Mason
will invade the lecture field Bat this
| report was probably put in circulation
by the enemies of President Arthur.
The Democratic party of New York
is always bound to remain IN the sub
junctiye mood as long "a John Kelley
does business at the old stand.
Now that H. c. Sluss has been elected
judge of the Wichita district, Marsh
! Murdoch will have to skirmish around
for new candidate for governor.
High art is still leading in Atchison.
"The Devils Auction" will be produc-
ed at Prices opera house in that town
next week by a company of fOrty-nine
persons.
It is said that Mary Anderson will at
tempt to play Lady Macbeth in LOHdon.
All right; only SO Janauschek doesn't
get mad and come back at her by tack
ling Galetea.
Professor Bell, the electrician, says
that there are more than 500 600 tele-
phones In use in the United States, and
that manufacturers are unable to keep
up with their orders.
Kansas City Times: News has been
coming in very irregularly of LATE. We
are informed that the telegraph wire he
tween Berber and Kassala has been cut.
FL Mahdi is ON a strike.
The Leavenworlh Times came out
yesterday with a new head. We ex-
pected some thing of this kind when its
editor came very nearly being killed by
a runaway horse the other day.
Professor Tice, the celebrated meteor
ologist, is dead, but it is hoped that this
melancholy circumstance will have no
arpreciable effect upon either the varie-
ty OF. quantity of weather in Kansas.
The Rose Lisle dramatic company.
which went to pieces at AtchisOn few
weeks ago will reorganize. Editors
who are compiling an account of tho
disasters of the year should make a note
of this.
James Mutt is to be tried next month
at Uniontown, Pennsy lvania, tor killing
the murderer and seducer, N. L. Dukes.
If there is be any hanging in connec-
ton with the case, it should he done by
the jury.
The police docket al Atchis0n was
larger on Friday morning than at any
time during the season. Thanksgiving
, day Is always observed at that place
with An exceptional measure of graft
tude and unanimlty.
Wells, Fargo & Co. have been sued for
$4,000 damages In San Francisco for
alleged failure to transmit medicine in
November, 1881, for q little child sick
with membraneous Group, by reason Of
which failure, 1t is claimed. the child
died.
A man in Topeka has some mining
stock which he desires to exchange for
a newspaper. 1t is assuring to know
that that there may be such a thing as n
trade in which neither party to the trans
action runs the slightest risk of being
cheated.
Alaska has no laws, aud yet is not hap.
by. She has no security tor property
save the protection afforded by brnte
force, and there is no punishment for
CRIME She will come before congress
and ask for a simple "ineXpensive" ter
rItorial government.
The "wish-bone" wedding has become
F the correct thing. The couple stand be.
, meath floral wish bone. After the GER
, mony the bride and groom are given the
wish bone TO pull. The tug results in a
. break somewhere. and whoever holds
the long piece Is absolVed from getting
up to build fires in the morning.
St. Louis Embellishments: One OF
the New York critics solemnlY informs
US that Ellen Terry's acting Is chiefly
characterized by "a thrilling quality OF
I unexpectedness." Something akin to
, this has been rrmarked, we believe, con-
, corning the operation of the business
/. portion of mule.
: tits announced by the eastern jour
8 nails that Mr.. Vanderbilt wants to round
i, mp his career with a term IN the United
States senate. and the fact that Niagara
s hackmRn has sold out his line and II
? laying the ropes to make the canvass
Y for the next Legislature imparts strong
: shade of veracIty to the rumor.