The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-22
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Missouri will expend $4,000 fer
geological survey. The ''Pnke'' state Is
extremely rich in minerals Of all VarIe-
ties and political fossils.
The Capital says that the furniture ia
AtchIson's r'finesI'' hotel is being sold.
This statement Is really too indefihite TO
be Of any value AS news itezi.
A correspondent Of ST. Louis paper
cites several we'll vOuched-for cases Of
/. growth after death. His article Is well
calculated To prove comforting 10 the
Gyeenback partV.
A bill has passed the Arkansas senate
changing the name Of Dorsey county TO
De Soto county. II is Il sted that Bob In
eersoll will take early steps toward re-
sealing this insult.
Sixteen girls with hair four feet long
and clad In steel Rrmor are 70 figure In
Tue circus procession this season. II viii
be an abjectly poor child who will not
be taken To see the animals this summer.
mo, Tabor is no longer q senator
he's paired with the woman from Osh-
k0sh." III the way in which Chicago
woman answered civil question about
the great Colorado mushroom.
The Arkansas Traveller tells &c st.
Louis man whose feet were 30 large that
when he undertook to use the forks Of q
country road for bootIack he split the
road wide open and spoiled the geogra-
ply Of the nelghborhood.
Between the roller-skating mania and
the consuming thirst for malt beverages
which always comes with the advent of
mild weather. even In a prohibition
state, a good many people are closing
their feet" In Kansas nowadays.
An Emporia man whose wife buys
all Of his clothing. and who keeps his
only decent hat under lock and key, is
In hearty accord with the Atchison
Champion and the PaOla Republican
which have discovered that ''the world
is governed too much"
The California legislature has nipped
the "emolIonal insanity" business. A
law has been passed TO examine persons
accused Of murder as TO their sanity,
and II found insane tn ey are condemned
10 the mad house; IL not. they are
TO be tried for the crime.
The civil service commission law
docs not take effect until the 18Th Of
July next, so that those who are fortu
nate enough TO obtain federal appoint
ments previous - that time will not
have to undergo the ordeal OF an exam
instion as to their qualifications.
The people of UniOntown are right
eously redhot over the acquittal of
Dukes, the assassin of Captain Mutt,
who met his death while defending the
honor of his daughter. If there is any
thing In this country which needs re-
forming more than old Tabor, il il the
jury system of the American republic.
Agricultural news: The tenor of the
warrants the painful presumption that
u good deal of General Buffers growing
wheat Is badly damaged. Experienced
observers do not hesitate TO express the
opiaion-tha il Is so seriously widowed
that ifhc is destined to be badly die
appointed man.
A Newport clergyman, recently de-
ceased, is found to have been possessed
of property To the value of about &1,-
100000, while for years he had been re-
turning his taxable estate at $4,000.
The text that 1.-The children OF this world
in their generation are wiser that the
children Of light" does NOT seem TO ap-
ply 10 this case.
The Fort S."lt Monitors idea of a rail-
road cnmmissi'-n Tor Kansas is 'cne
layer by pr"i' s>i,n, not under thirty
i've yr"rs az aI'., nor over forty five, aud
two successful business men of HE came
ag-; all lhrer ought to be- among the
brightest inca IN the state, educated 10
the habit of giving careful attention TO
details oil Whatever they undertake..
The long mooted and vexed question as
TO whether husband has right To lie
abed while his wife gets up aud starts
the fire is 10 be settled in proceeding
for divorce which has been brought in
the Indiana courts. Heretofore Kansas
has been recognized as the pioneer in
all great movements pertaining to the
solution OF social and moral problems.
II is fortunate that the leaders of the
Democratic party are bold enough to
announce at this early date their de-
termination to renew their assault upon
the tariff as soon as the next congress
convenes. This means further disturb
ance to business interests, but the coun-
try will have time TO prepare for IT. and
indulge in some wholesome reflection
upon the folly and danger of making
possible the existence of another Dem
ocratic congress.
On the basis of the present census
there was in Maine one divorce to every
1887 people, in Vermont one TO every
1887, in New Hampshire one to every
l,439, in Massachusetts one TO every
2,073, in Connecticut one 10 every 1853,
and in Rhode Island one to every l,4l1.
In the New England states alone 1000
people are divorced every year. From
1860 to 1870 divorces had Increased 225
only per ceut.
An item Is going the rounds of the
press to the effect that Mr.. Tilden Ia il
such ieeble condition Is to be unable
20 even make q tour OF the apartments Of
the splendid mSnsion which he Is build
ing at Gramercy Park, and that his
highest ambition now appears 10 be to
leave behind him the most elegant
dwelling in the country. We once
knew a woman whose only earthly de.
sire seemed 10 be to secure q kind STEP
mother for her children; but she has
since been married To two husbands
and is in very fair way TO corral the
fourth. Appearances are sometimes
very deceptive"
The Congressional Record has beer
prostituted INTO compilation Of worth
less speeches that were never delivered
There Is chance tor the protesting
Democratic reformers To correct thi
abuse next session by excluding al
speeches not delivered in congress
This, probably, would hurt the feeling
of professional speech writers for mem
bers, and cut Off their perquisites. TIL
usual price paid foe such speeches I
SEQ TO 800 each, according to tn
wealth OF the member. The cost @
printing the undelivered speeches Of IA
last day Of the late session Is estimate
at $500.
The bride Of Ex-Senalor David Davi
is said TO be = lady OF high culture but
retiring disposition, and she would nd
consent to have the wedding take plac
until after Mr.. Davis departure froI