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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-03-31

8 O'Clock and q mem Der OF t
family went to the neighbo
house and found that the Chi
had indeed died at the hour a
nounced. Persons who have
tended private seances in til
house soiemnly aver that thu
have seen forms lnaterialize
the room as many as FIVE or s
at a time, and that when tt
child has bren tied up vii
handkerchiefs and the ligl
dimmed the forms of the spiri
can be distinctly seen untyir
the child. The writer visite
the house twice, but was unab
to see anything that smacked I
materiali>m.
THE BOY MEDIUM.
There is a young boy in tn
city who claims to be Il lnateria
| izing medium. Persons VIII
have visited the seances assel
| that he can materialiZe in broa
daylight and has done SO to tn
satisfaction Of the most skeptl
cal. On one occasion nearly
dozen persons were present an'
when the spirit of Il dead MAJ
was called for he walked int
the middle Uf the room and wa
in sight nearly minute, Al
present expressed themselves a,
satisfied that they had seen the
ghost called for. The report
which came from this boys per
formance are of the most stagger
ing nature. He either does thu
most wonderful things or about
half the people of Carson, who
have the reputation of being
sober and truth telling, have
formed and incorporated lying
association of stupendous dimen.
siOns.
CAN PRODUCE RAPS.
There is as we'll known gen
tleman OF this city who asserts
that anyone who will give his
mind wholly to the matter con
produce raps on a table. He
said, " 1 was told by medium
in whom | had great confidence
that if I would spend half an
hour a day with my hands on
a small table | would in a few
weeks get tangible raps. !
practiced this nearly two months
but got no response. / was sick
and Disguised with the thing.
but he kept urging me so per-
that | perservered and
one evening was startled by a
distinct rap under my hand.
From that on I had no trouble
and now I can produce the raps
in open broad day light" The
writer afterwards accompanied
The gentleman to his house
% test the matter. He sat about
,en minutes at small table en-
.irely open beneath and present
y the raps came very distinctly.
The writer placed his hand on
he table and could feel the vi
,ration Of the blows on the table.
The raps continued about ten
minutes. The room was quite
light it being about three in
he afternoon.
ANOTHER CASE.
There is also reported the
ase of IA young lady about six
cen years of ago who has sud
lenIy developed into writing
Medium and gives seances |
lightly. AS far as the writer |
an ascertain there are five
aediums in Carson who give
eances to their friends for the
AXE of pastime and amusement
nd the excitement in the mat
ar grows apace.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-01
FoRRERLY or KANsAs.

IaeSenaiSFia agony is.oyer IN Color
ado. Hon. Thomas NJ. Bowen was e.
ected for the fun term and Hon. II. a
W. Tabor for the short term, each re-
ceIving the full parry vote, both having
been nominated by a Republican caucus
Both these gentlemen were formerly
Of Kansas both having gone 70 Color
ado from TINS state IS poor f,riuae
hunters, and both have become immense
ly rich. Bowen made his debut in Kan.
sas politics az n Republican convention
held in the old Congregational church
at Topeka, as a delegate from north
western county. lie was long-haiIed
and wIld-eyed Lane man, aad for scrvie-
es rendered, was soon afterwards -roaie
colonel Of the 13.h Kansas, volunteers.
He was afterwards brigadier general
by bIeyet. lie became II carpet bag
ger'' in Arksnsas after the war and was
one of the trio Of Kansas boys who ran
things down there Tor awhile with a
bold hand, Powell Clayton
and Alex. Mcdonald being the
other two. Clayton and Mcdonald went
to the sena,e from Arkansas. and Bowen
being modest man, was satisfied Will
the Office Of chief justice. After a few
turns in the wheel il got sort o cold fol
the Kansas boys, and Bowen next turned
up in Colorado. a year or Two ago hC
"struck it Iich,'i and is now said 10 b
worth FIVE millions OF dollars. There i.
nothing that viii do more for mans
success in politics, especially in Colo
RADIO, than iiye millions of dollars, I'M
! less IL is six millions of dollars.
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The READING NEws.
EDIrED RY MAgY pE zEAN.

TUESDAY, Jan. so. !
There viii be primary meeting at
the school house here next Saturday af-
ternoon to nominate tnwnship officers
for the ensuing year.
The voling of bouds 10 complete the
bridge comes before the people next
Tuesday in our township. 1t is a ques-
tion Of interest to ali our citizens as
well as tax payers. There are those in
favor and some who are opposed To vo;-
ing the bonds.
One carload of fat hogs was shipped
last nihgt
To-day j. Q Kizer delivered 100 fat
steers at the stock yards or the contract
made last September with King and
Roberts, of Emporia at 6 cents. The
buyers refuse to take the steers saving
the cattle are not upto the contract con.
sequently K and r. are not here
with cars TO load them, and hence Il de-
lay in shipping.
Dir. Mockman sold Iweniy-seven ia
steers Tor Sl,1O0 u Usage parties last
week
Rev. c. r. Rice was in town to-day
and helped organize the board of irus-
tees of The 81. E. church, J, a. Sira,tou,
secretary pro tenn. The officers were
elected By ballot, viz: NJ. ". Stratton,
president; DIR. 7. c. Biddie, secretary /;
George d. Patten, treasurer; W. II. Sew
cry, DIR. A NJ Edison and NJ. w. STRAIT
ton building committee.
The county superintendent of public
schools, assisted by President Taylor. of
The Normal, aad others, hold an educa-
tlonal meeting at the school house FRI
day night. The public are invited.
The water is still low in The river and
NEST of the creeks are dry.
A. II. Bryan has his pew barn nearly
completed.
Major G. Hood and l.. Severy, Esqs..
were in town to-day.
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Junction .Jottiogs.

EDITORS NEWS: IS there is no cor
respondence from this section of the
county thought few words from the
Junction would be of interest to some,
and as have written up this locality
heretofore over the sobriqutt Of Silver
pen. will jot down few more items.
In many respects this is tue best sec
ton of Lyon county We have album
dance Of water for stock, plenty Orange.
a fine supply of timber. a fine corn sec
ton and class of thrifty farmers who
prefer feeding their corn 10 stock instead
of selling it as many farmers do in other
sections of the county.
Some OF our farmers are delivering
their hogs at Emporia at $3.50 TO 1910
per hundred. a pretty good price, 1
think. while corn is worth only about so
ceU:s.
We are pleased to see the name of
William II. Nyckoff anuounced as a
candidate for township trustee of Jack
son township. He is 8 man well quail
flied for the position, aud II elected will
faithfully fiji iiie Office. think he is q
man vino has excellent business quailfi-
cations
Peter Garratson has Just returned
from Illinois after an extended visit y 18th
his n iatives aud old friends
Work on the Kansas City, Ottawa &
Emporia raiiroa1 in this section IL at a
siaadsiill on account Of the continued
freezing for the last few weeks
John Foster has sold his farm to the
Morris Bros. and has purchased 100
acres seven miles Eesf of Hartford
Nate Maics' new tous- l,oIus up
slowly.
TIE series Of meetings al tises junction
have closed and T. 5 Walker has gone
elsewhere
The Neosho valley hay press is now
safely q1artered in winter quarters in =
good substantial building and is turning
out some fne, nice bales OF hay at the
Aida station on the farm of William
Wyckof
Elizabeth Davis has returned from d
extended visit 10 Illinois
SILvKzPES.
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ruE tuHRRR rNprsrRr.

A recent bulletin from The census oil
fee gives the following summary of sta
tistics in respect to the lumber industry
of the United States for the census year:
There are now %, 7OS laundering Is
tablishments in the country, employing.
capital OF $Is1,lsG,l22. and 1856
male hands above the age OF sixteen
years, 425 female hands below the age
Of fifteen years, and 5,985 children and
youth. The value OF Tie logs was $l39,
s30 500; the mill supplies were valued
at $6,3ls, SIC; the wages paid during the
year amounted to $3l ,S45,9Si; the
amount of lumber manufactured (bosrd
measurement was 1901, G56,GOO feet,
producing 1,T3l, $4,000 laths, 5.555, 016,-
900 shingles. 1.24s, 22G,eoO slaves, 1916,
523, 600 set headings, 34076,O00 feat Of
spool and bobbin stock Value of all
other products, $2,632. Cos; total vulue
of all products, $a23,337,729.
Anew York state has 2.S22 manufac-
turing establishments capital invested,
SIS, 230 ,034; hands employed, 1860 +;
value of logs, 50 ,G2s, s74; value cf mill
supplies. 500, $50; wages paid during
the year, So, ICE ,9s2; feet of lumber man
ufactured, / 1884, 22O, 900; number Of laths,
"a, 800 900; number Of shingles, 305, I'LL
600; number OF slaves, 62G15, 900; mum
Der of set headings, 22,i3G 600; feet OF
spool aud bobbin stock, 1909, 600; value
OF all other products, $2SJ, 263; total
value Of all products. $l4. 356.91O. New
Jersey ranks tLirty-sccond in the pro-
ducing area of the states"
In the volume of production the states
stand in the following order: Michigan
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York
Indiana, Ohio, Maine, Minnesota, Iowa
Missouri, Illinois, Georgia, California
Kentucky, New Hampshire and Ten
nessee.
More than $lsl,OOO,OOO was invested
in tho lumber industry and the value Of
the product for that year was more than
$233, 100000. These are large figures
There is one feature connected witt
this industry which deserves the seriou:
attention of the American people, anC
this IS the fact that We are consuming
our forests much more rapidly than Wa
are replacing them by new growths
This has been the fact for many year
past, and, if the same fact shall be con
tinued in the future, The lime is not fal
distant when there will be an actua
scarcity of timber, not only for the va
rious purposes Of construction, but als'
for fuel and fences. The government
and the people cannot moment too
soon adopt policy that looks iowart
forest culture The law should string
emily guard our forects against wasteiu
destruction where they exis. on the
public lands, and the business Of grow
ing trees should be fostered in all part!
of the country. 1t would be n very
simple thing to have all the public
streets of the United States lined on
both sides with shade trees of the more
valuable kind Forest culture is an i'm
pending and must soon be an urgent
want in this country.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-01

The advance in the price of Texas
cattle has been noticed by all dealers.
In the five years past the increase has
been 140 per cent The advance cannot
he attributed, as the casual observer
might imaGInc, to speculation, or 10
builing the markets by moneyed opera
tors, bul 10 far more satisfactory causes.
Increased market facilities, occasion
ed by the building Of new railroad lines
and the develops ment OF the country,
have added 40 per cent. to the value of
cattle since 1878 The Improvement in
handling cattle has added 10 per cent.
and still another u per cent. has been
added TO the quality Of the stock by the
Improvement Of native ranges. Native
grasses are not only better, bit water ia
cilities sre improved Ia the old free
ranges, good grass and good water were
frequently far apart, but now by a sys-
TEN Of tanks, the cattle may eat, drink
and lie down To rest all in the same
neighhorhood. The infusion of good
blood, by the use of thoroughbred males,
has increased the value of cattle 10 per
cent. over the old type of Texas long
horns. There mas also been a demand
tor p per cent. more cattle, caused by
the increase of population, and the IN
crease of beef consumption of the coun-
Try has been per cent. per capita.
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EDS. NKwa: This is to certify that /
heli eighteen tickets ieccived from Mr.'
w. II. sappe, proprietor Of tie New
York 99ceni variety store, with goods
bought ut the store at diftrenl times.
aud emitting me II as many chancfs in
the grand pinno drawing, which came
OIL on Tu Stay, January I6, 1883.
Among the numbers | held was The
number 1850. whIch drew the plane.
i'w.sa to state TIA, l did not know how
the drawing had gore uaui l went into
Mr. Snppe's store on Thursday
morning 70 see what Mt m her had taken
tae piano. Muci, ga Inv SUNRISE vl.n
looking over my tivi,rs lound / b,Is
tie nnmber l4Ue0 NJ, Suppe has de.
iivsrei the piano IA GOOD shape a, NV
residence, ''Ae ..ga oss haIf mii,s noI,g,-.
essi f Emeorla as.e irsar,Ineut
did hot COS ue VS. xceptiag for de.
livery ii"p tae So ~ nv house. 1
also VISA - say believe Mr.
oupEc, pyopfi-la. 90 eens store, is
an honorable Oasur .aa Ia ,ver> re-
spec, ard docs aGa v !. do just as nc ad-
veFtlses. l VIII, therefore, recommend
all who desire squate ,i,aling to give
Mr. eappe Iril. ] IKE tais method
o. ta'nk'og hila through the columns of
the NEWS. Tor he grand prize which he
gave his patrons tae opportunity TO
gel, ard which happened to fail 10 ME,
Visiting Mr.. Supps the Continued plos-
pcrity he is row enjoying, aul
Very respectfully,
ALICE kIRK FAwCETT.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-01

Colorado has done herself no credit
by the election of Tabor to the United
States senate. He is coarse, vulgar
person, who can lay no claims to De
cency of character, much less TO states
manship, and his personal record has
been so scandalous that nothing except
the gold with which lie bought his way
into Congress has saved him from social
ostracIsm. That h has not been coa-
signed to the private station which, for
all such as he is the post of honor, is a
mourngul commentary upon the condi-
ton of public sentiment which wlnks
at the moral determines of men who
plate their sin with gold and win their
way TO success by the employment OF
those INSCRIPTIONS measures Which are
so well known u corruptionists of
the Tabor stamp There have
been many prophecies ventured re-
garding the future of this nation,
not few of which predict its speedy
downfall and while We regard the eX-
pertinent Of popular government as
abundantly vindicaied by the history of
the American Republic, we regard as
anything but reassuring the indications
of the times which present the spectacle
OF Taber and others of his illl lifting their
voices in the halls which have echoed
to the tread of Webster, a Clay and a
Summer.
When the Washington monument is
completed 1t will he sos feet in height,
making il the tallest structure in the
world, exceeding the highest pyramid
of Egypt by seveniy-five feet, and St
Peters, at Rome, by ninety eight feet.
The total cost will be about 81 ,250, 900,
and when completed it will weigh so,
600 tens. The pillar has now reached a
height of 80 feet. and is gong up at
the rate of 100 feet per year. 1t rests
upon solid concrete masonry 1876 feet
square and more than thirteen feet in
depth, which was inserted after $4,000
tons of the splendid pile was in place,
and when il was discovered that the
ground on which It stood was too soft
to sustain greater weight. The Wash
ington monument was commenced in
1913 and will be completed in about
fhran xsoagc mara
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Badger crock Notes.

The Gales are commencing quit early.
That OF til Sto ghlon Bros. has come
Of aud the stock solI at reasonable high
prices and mo l. cash, and still farm
ers are compl, ining ef hsrd times.
Miss Ebey : TEACHING IN district No
80. She has taught seyeraI terms ami i
first-cIass teacher md ia school L
progressing timely
notice Waldo W ster is a cand (
date for reelection to tle office oil trns-
tee Of jackson township. dent knox
of anyone better fitted for the position
than Mr.. Wooster, and he will get q
great many votes in this neck of timber.
Corn is retailing At 80 cents aud farm
ers will do well 10 held on for awhile
They win get a better price in the
spring.
Miss Lizzie Loomis has been very i'll
for q week or two, bat is getting along
nicely now.
Dan johnson. of Lafayette. STARK
county. Illinois, has been visiting rs
Lafsrty, and will make his headqusr-
fsrz Al Emporia for The present
HARD PAX.
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Hartford News.

John Lewis, of Emporia, was in this
vicinity looking for stock cattle.
Abe Gilbert, of Phenis Creek, was in
town two or three days last week.
j. r. Height, of Burlington, was in
town last Friday looking alter his Hard
ware interests.
Conrad Sharff is delivering five hum
bred bushels of wheat to Taylor & Wen
ger.
D. NJ. Snediker, of West Unity, Ohio,
seventy-three years cid and says he
thinks he can throw either one of his
boys down or beat them husking corn.
John Gilligan and family arrived here
last Friday from Wheeling, West Vir-
ginia. Mir. G. was here last sprrpg aud
bought farm on Eagle creek.
o. B. Shepard, while chopping wood
the other day, let the ak slip cutting his
foot very badly, and IS now going about
on clutches.
j. NJ. MCGOWAN, editor of the EmporIa
Democrat, was here taking in the town
last Friday.
W. P. Gould 6 Co., are putting up a
forty foot addition to their store. which
makes it one hundred feet long, the
largest store in town.
Frank Virdeu, orkman of Halls
Safe & Lock Co., of Cincinnati. was
here this week and put time lock on
for the Hartford bank.
The farmers of Elmendaro township
nominated the following township tick
ct last Saturday night: For trustee, Sam
Madden; treasurer, w. Ii. Flick niger;
clerk, Simon BucheE; cOnstables, e. a.
Johnson and Chris Shaffer.
There is a change N politics in this
township. The office Is seeking the
man in place of the man seeking tue of
flee, as it has been heretofore.
We had a good time at the literary
last Friday night, but we expect TO Have
a better time next Friday night, DIR. s.
E. Lamphear tor prohibition and Hon.
K. L. Snediker for tree trade.
Corn is selling for 80 cents, and coal
16 cents per bushel.
Wolf s. Rodgers are putting the tin
roof on Dir. Sargent's new brick resi-
dence
Hartford Lodge A. F. & a. NJ, Hart
ford Lodge A. o. L. w and I. o. o. f.
have rented Maxson s. L1mphear's hail
for another year. MoDoc.
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saEENwouo COUNTY.
" stray, repJr.c'' t.is week.


!!EIFED-sy y Il. Va can of SFecsvifI,.
- r-Su ctteH, hos a. lett ca. brand on
let hs;i M i@owa lui'.'ss-i 20 ss Two wars
>rEea--,sy r. NJ. K. Her q. ,at seri,~sta
Rea, small white IA iorheii and on belly,
! oHe ear ois', hTlnteg MIA ' 90 III ht hiD
CcW-By Timothy = = O: Lane IT,. eight
ye r. eli, ROAM Stth ~hite back, dim mark
- let '4lp-
II IFs,--'sy John i. Matlock, OF Quincy
~, red ratu, al heal -pt pecE, VII u spot
IA lace 40 st-cr s5.i - OF brands visible;
TWO Years IL.
-l-By Z. \. Cc,at,t, OF oainey e.. year
l.. ban. s'n al rSsa, "a .rket viii JaJIer-
Il ~ ia eafli Gag, 10 a hsr marks or bands
srEEE-Ey 4 y. Csrpeater. OF oaiacy tp.,
sCsr..y steer biack b Own AMI yYiIiic Spotr
,.d. t,u marks OF brands.
+AAE-B John Il. " .liocS. of Quincy To,
hay tnt.s, surFu.od 20 DC cIEh5 Years old
h'tllS sctrftd on ho,h mont legs, len leg
"or-e th'sn rlghl, no ofneF marks or brands
oRsS--By J. o. bioss. OF Eureka tp., -
and sa5dic marks
YEARIISG STEEk--By N NJ -tiiIyr5z. oi
J-sH.sNlite -, rcd, white ssot IN forehead
let ear.
HELPER ~ Chas. Dculagcr. o. Lane tn.
rel eHliins hsiier, white spot on Iett shOnI
der and some white On b ny. Hole IN lefI ear
GEIFE.--ty =. Halt, Of Eureka tp dark
fSIH or bFinclc ycariI4s 40 marks or brands.
tt-,-
onc car Oh. ltght roam with rel cars no
mag.>, Hiutch brand On Ie!t hip.
hErER-By T. r. Baby, OF Eureka tip.
Ose year oil, red, soi;4e white on belly, crop
Oh seit ear IniistInCt branii on left him
sTEEg--By .. o. t;ro5Sham, o! EUREKA tn.
one - ar ol I, white, rs't ,irs and neck
MARE-By II. snyder of Eureka tip IL years
oiI. gray, bFaniei ID On left nip, shoes on
front fest.
STEER CALF-By 4. Baker. o. Pleasant
& owe ~ Dec- 2S, 1884 oae WhittrJlsidI red
steer calf crop OF rlghs ear and undets lulss
GA left: value IS.
INFER BY ] H. Tillo.-on, of Eureka IT,.
Dec .. 1882. one light roaa :I-year oil heifer.
no marks Or Oranus; value $I5.
IEIFER cALF-By J. a. TiiIotson, of Eure-
ka to. Dec y, 1892, ons light roam heiter calf
no marks or branrs; value 81.
Calf By Andrew InIhurn, OF Shell Rock
tp Dec IL, 1889. one " ite last spring calf
Win II little Yea ou the ends 81 ears s.Ed a
ho!c IN lett ear aouG. tne sIzc OF a navy bull
ies. no other marks "a brands value $40
STETR CALF-Ry J. y 80, H. Of Pleasant
Grove tp, Dee 20, 1SS2. oac led a White
steer etlf with a leithers trap asoGal its neck
value So
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I'm IN oklahoma

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 30.-The Oklaho-
ma colonlsts, who for some weeks have
been engaged in the work of organiza-
ton here left for Coffeyville, Kan, this
morning, the party consisting OF 80
men. They go by train to CofTeyvilie,
the rallying point, and there will meet
Capt. Payne aud his party from Arkan-
sas City, and delegation from Rich
Hill, besides individual members from
other places.
On February 1st the organized ad-
vance is 10 be made from the rendezvous
into the Indian Territory 10 the Okla
homa lands. The would-be colonists
state that they do not apprehend any
interference on the part OF the govern
mcnt, but in case military force is sent
to remove them they will retire and
then return to their camping grounds as
soon as the troops have been with
drawn.
Preparations have been provided for
the founding of a town TO be called
Bondinot City and press provided for
the publication of a newspaper. Their
hopes that the government will not re-
move them are based upon The fact that
il has made grants in that country TO
railroad corporations and as the present
colony is larger than any that has hith-
erto been formed they are sanguine of
success in this enterprise.
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Fremont Findings

REAONT, January OISt, 1900.
We appreciate the moderate weather
of the past week The most of the
number who were sick are better.
Several cases of lung fever in this
section
The exercises at the Genital Literary
last Friday night were very poor The
house was crowded. They will hsve 10
do better if they would maintain their
reputation. The Slisher literary is re-
ported to be ahead We were told by q
party who visited there that it beats
'em all.
The Maxon school house debating
club, we are informed, discussed the
railroad question and will tackle the
tariff, finance and other important sub
jects n Turn.
Herbert Davises has lost fourteen or
sixteen large hogs, besides number OF
pigs, with some disease supposed to be
quinsy.
We are not troubled as sumo of our
neighboring townships are as to VINO
shall be our officers for the coming year,
to be decided by the approaching cleo
ton of February 9th. The only Office
worth seeking, that of trustee, has been
flied by Uncle Jos. Frost with such
general satisfaction others who might
be induced to take the office do not
care to sacrifice themselves so long as he
will accept the Office. By the way We
think this spring election is foolish and
needless expense, and the law ought t.
be repealed. and we also think our town
ship has made an unnecessary expense
by dividing the township into two
voting precincts; better have moved the
place of voting.
The friends of Rev. Joel Barker, at
Bethel church. are preparing to hold
festival on Wednesday evening, the 14th
of February to raise the balance of his
salary. Gentlemen are 10 pay fifty cents
and the ladies of the vicinity to provide
the supper. There are committees APP
pointed on music and literary entertain.
ment 1t is desirable 20 make this the
most successful entertainment that has
been held here, and will. if all who can
will do what they should to make it