The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-19
PERSONAL AND PoLfTTcAI,

OF his theology since reading the report
of the Tewksbury almshouse scandalg
Ex-senator Ferry. Of Michigan. will
spend year in Europe to recruit his
health, ana To reflect upon the strange
vicissitudes of politics
The Doliticsl enemies of President
Arthur are circulating the damaging re-
port that he wears a1en-doilsr dove-eol-
ored Early English hat
In spite OF the doctors and newspapers
Secretary Folser has s;cmmed the cur
rent and 10 again al work at his desk in
the treasury department
Ben. Butler denies that he has tk,.
presidential bee in his bonnet. This
has engendered the suspicion that it Is
probably humminR-bird.
Senator John A. Logan is said to be
sensitive on the. score Of his age. If
this is true 1t is very evident he can new
CT be president of,he United States.
isis" Vinegar has been convicted of
murder in the first degree at Lawrence.
The jury system seems 10 work we'll
enough in Kansas ill II comes 70 yhiskTi
cases.
A new daughter has put IN an ap.
pearance at the residence of Senator In.
gals, at Atchison The Senator is Just
the kind of man that is needed in q new
country.
Ex-Governor Sprsgue makes a very
appropriate and picturesque tail to the
Butler kite If the latter needs an append
age of any sort 10 make II more ridicu-
lous than it Is.
Peter Cooper mastered three trades
before he was twenty-one years old.
But as he died worth many millions of
collars, it is fair to assume that he never
learned to set type.
We are panied to note in the Kansas
City Times, that Brother Hudson, OF the
Topeka Capital, 10 Ill with pneumonia,
We always thought that bad liver was
what was the matter with j. K.
Senator Plumb has forwarded to Gov
ernor Click cODgratulatory letter upon
the appointment. as warden of the peni-
Tertiary, so efficient soldier and SO
worthy q gentleman as Col. Jones.
Another preacher has followed the ex-
ample of the Rev. Mr.. Min and reliD-
pushed the pulpit for the stage. These
departures me a good thing for the
church, but they are mighty tough on
the drama.
President Arthur was always regarded
fishing expedition to Florida. The YER
acity of George Washington. it is said.
was entirely due to his disinclination
for piscatorial pursuits.
Rev. "Adirondack" Murray is IN the
papers again in a case of scandal, and
as a fugitive debtor In Texas. An al
legged minister who is the object even of
suspicion as frequently as Murray Is
ought to take in his sign.
1t is said that Mrs. John A. Logan Is
running her husband for the presidency.
| Her friends say she Is imbued with the
conviction that she can give the country
more satisfactory administration than
that of Lucy Webb Hayes.
81 see that Senator Dan Voorhees,, of
Indiana, has gone to Hot Springs, Ar
i kansas, for the benefit of his health.
have leen fearful for some lime that
should not be able to hold monopoly
on the invalid racket."-S. J. Tlden.
President Margin will not resign as
has been stated, but will remain with
the State University at Lawrence. This
Will doubtless be grateful intelligence to
Governor Click, who, 1t is well known,
is especially partial TO Methodists.
Judge Gresham relinquished life Of
fee at $4,000 per annum to accept polit-
ical chances for two years. This, how
ever, cannot be regarded in the light of
a marvel when we pause to consider that
Indiana Is bounded on the east by OHIO.
Booths success at Berlin IN King
Lear" has been SD great that he has
consented to a re-engagement. The
great tragedian seems to be recovering,
to some extent, the ground which has
been lost in Europe by the American
hog.
The Intelligent aud we'll posted TOpe-
ka correspondent of The Kansas City
Times says that VliiIau Osborn will be
a candidate for L lite States Senator to
succeed Joha Ingul's We want To get
acquainted with Bill al the earliest
opportunity.
President Arthur Is reported t.
have said r, cenIly that his only wish is 10
retire at the end of his present tenn
carrying with him the respect and graf
itude at the people for the manner in
which he had discharged the duties of
his high Office.
Judge Hanback's removal tn OsbOrne
county seems to have created NO little
measure of mental disquietude among
the politicians of the northwest. The
mercury falls To an abject level indeed
when "Hammy's" weather eye is not
open 10 the main chance.
1t is said that lightning Ends favor
lite haunt on the high divide" between
Independence and Stranger creeks in
Atchison county. The result of the cleo
ton IN Kansas last fall indicated quite
plainly that Coy. Click lived very near
the center of the storm area in this state.
Judge Gresham, of Indiana, declined
special car offered him By the railroad
companies to ride from Indianapolis TO
Washington. If this Is a sample "f the
new postmaster generals m, tai. Ohio.
if she behaves herself, may sustain the
endearing rellnOn OF aunt tO The next
president.
81 see by the papers that young Mr..
Gebhardt was forced to give his brother
a mortgage of $4,000 in order to settle
up after swinging around the circle
with LanGtry. II takes man with the
British parliament at his back TO do the
handsome thing by the Lily THE
Prince OF Wales.
Kansas City Times; The Emporia
NEWS says that Colonel w. E Tweitz
Ter, of Missouri. is prominent IN the pro-
hibition movement When the "oldest
editor in the state hears this he will re-
tire to the banks of the Hinkston and
sigh with Byron, "FolIy loves the mar
tyrdom of fame"
Judge VIM. C. Webb. of Topeka, fail
ed to register, and tried 10 vute without
so doing, in order to test the validity OF
the registration law in cities of the first
and second class Judge Webb Is moth
ing If not contentious. The registra-
non law is good one and we hope
Webb will get LEFT.
There is some danger that the new
postmaster general may be spelled by
the tiattering opinions everywhere ex.