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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

Are you made miserable by Indiges-
ton, CONSUMPTION, Dizziness, Loss of APP
petite, Yellow SkinP Shiloh's Vitalizer
Is positive cure. Sold by Chas. Ryder
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

At the semi-annual meeting of the
Union Building and Loan Association,
the following directors were elected for
the ensuing year: T. L. Ryan, s B.
Riggs, e. P. Bruner and G. 2. .Innaa.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

Newman & Go. display 9 very
handsome line Of infants and childrens
knit goods in the way of cloaks, sacks,
hoods ETC., which is worthy of examina-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

Next Friday evening Reading will be
the scene Of another Republican, rally.
Speakers Of note will address the peo-
nile
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09
DISASTROUS WRECK.
INCARNATe DEVILS SPORT WITH LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

a Life LOet-Property DsstrOyeds While
the Deed Designed was q Hundred
Times More DIsbOIicaI--AnOther At
tempt To day At Scranton
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

For Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint,
you have printed guarantee on every
bottle Of ShIloh's Vltalizer. 1t never
fails TO cure. Sold by Chas. Ryder.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09
THE NEWS.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER Q, 1854

GRAND SALE-Of twenty-tour head of
graded cattle at Madison. Greenwood
county. Kansas,
TUESDAY, October IA, 1884.
IS cows. 't..-
85 yearling steers.
30 Yearling heifers.
As steer calves.
40 heller CALVES. I
Bhofthorn bulls. so.
J. NJ & SAAErRT. TvuTs
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$500 REWARD.

$500 reward is offered to any one
for the conviction of the Wreckef6lo of the
freight train last Sunday morning.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

Groceries at cost at the Emporia
Grange Store, Masonic Temple block.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09
BANK STATEMENT.

Report of the condition Of the EN-
poris National Bank, at Emporia, in the
state of Kansas. at the close OF business,
September so, 1884
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

James Farrell, salary st. Com, Sept. $50 90
Z, N. Ford, salary as city clerk -. =. 50 80
T. j, Fleming, city marshal, Sept 800. - 90
B. r. Romaine, salary policeman, Sept. so As
j. II. FIRTH, city attorney. quar-. salary. 81 so
Emporia Fire Dept. quarterly salary. 125 90
Jordan Carson, salary city treas, Sept. As 90
6. c. Williams, salary policeman, Sept. 40 90
II. Dale q Son, feed ....-............... 20 80
K. W. jeremy, hay NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3 so
j. 8. Watson. lumber ................. 81 60
Emporia Electric and Gas Light Co -. ISL 90
D. G. MeMurtie, pipe Observation-Disclosures 10
A. T. and s. 2. Il. r. bal. of fIeight 80. 20
Keller Babcock, brace pole ........... 4 90
EmpOria Electric and Gas Light Co 80. 10 25
W. G. GreenWay, salary as engineer of
water works, Sept as 90
x. w. Jeremy, salary supt. water w'ks 90 90
II. Spencer, assist. eng. water works e. SO 90
Geo Rosenberg, fireman water works. % 90
VIM, Spencer, fireman water works. 90
J. c Barclay. hauling coal ............. So
= D %
Pittsburg Coal Co., coal -: :::..: 2 6S
Rogers Coal Co., coal ....-.....:....-.... 8 IS
Ripley Rim6aii, Supplies sppnes . s.
R. ", Jeremy, freight bill ............. 81 II
United Telephone Co.. service, October II
VIM. Lewis, work ................ IS
Sol. Smith, cross walk Observation-Disclosures. Is 81
Lewis Powell 50 ........ ..-....-... so 50
W D. Bushman, crossWalk ...... "a IS
e. 4. Bugbee, stone for crosswalk 49,. a so
J. }; Carson, work on street. 80 81
q Bonk ----.------. 10 20
z: Boyd .......... 437
W. Harris 81 ........... 50
W, G. BrOwzer. work on street with TIM 81 50
W. Q. Curtzil, same Il IS
4. Slower, work on street ......... =. =. 90
g. Tavoyy' :. "a -'-'''--''.-'-' ~ ~
Os A>oNOJ ...-........ ID W
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Groceries at cost at the Grange store

Great sale Of groceries at cost to salts
ty creditors, at the Emporia Grange store.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

Great sale of groceries at cost to salts
fy creditors, at the Emporia Grange store.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

Among the many novelties In ladies'
neckwear displayed by Newman s.
Co. is the"Dolphin' the very latest thing
out and decidedly the handsomest shape
yet produced.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

MONEY TO LoAN-Apply to I,
BURNETT s. ABERNETHY,
Insurance and Loan Agents.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

Great sale of groceries at cost to salts
iy creditors at the Emporia Grange store
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

Great sale OF groceries at cost to salts
fY creditors, at the Emporia Grange store.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09
Groce ries at cost at the Grange store

Fine Durham bulls for sale by q. B.
Bachelor.
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To Enruera.

We loan money on land and live stock.
FLKINs s. SIsLER, Brokers.
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WANTED Stock cattle to feed. Ap-
ply TO z. +. Williams,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

w. /. +. HARDEN.
G. w. BRYsoN, Auctioneer.
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Groceries at cost at the Grange store
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Sunday morning some fends' of
the type most desperate and sevilish
planned to wreck the 4 O'Clock west
bound passenger on the Atchlson, Topeka
and Santa Fe raj way at a point near
the GopdrIch school house, about mile
east of the junction. A tie was placed
upon the track about half a mile be
Yond that place, but by some chance was
thrown between the rails, and the train
"a large one, freiRhsed heavily
with human souls, and running at very
rapid rate to make up lost time-mirac-
ulously passed over unharmed, and the
hundreds of sleeping and half sleeping
unsuspecting passengers escaped a dis
aster that must haYe been for many of
them death. The would-be yreckers
seeing their design frustrated
fired some shots, one Of which passed
through the window of the smoking
car directly over seats both occupied by
passengers who happened to be lying
down, thus escaping injury. A freight
train, following soon after, and its crew
were far more unfortunate. The tie above
mentioned had been caught by some
part of the passenger engine or train
and carried about thousand feet until
caught by culVert guard rail, marking
the ties distinctly where it was dragged,
and 1t was left there in such a po-
sition as to throw the freight engine from
the track immediately. After being de-
rallied the engine passed tine guard and
ran diagonally across the wagon road on
the ties and plunged down declivity OF
fifteen feet blowing deep iato the ground.
The momentum OF the train
was so great as 70 turn
the tender entirely around and al
low the train of seven cars 70 pass be-
yond the engine, where they were ali
derailed and demolished except the
way car, leaving q shapeIess mass
OF debris on both sides of the
track. The engineer and fireman
both jumped of, but the latter, Josiah
Scott, of Topeka, jumped to the wrong
side and in such way as to be caught
by the tender and crushed to death at
once. He was dragged about fifty feet,
and presented sIckening and
horrible sight. The body was
brought to the city and prepared for in
terment. The coroner's inquest was
held before ustice Payne, the testimony
and verdict being as follows:
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

L. F. PRUYN, Auctioneer.
Free Lunch.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-15
SCIENCE.

The place now being taken by steel
plates and angles in the British manu-.
iacturies is shown by the fact that
whereas in 1879 the steel-built vessels
on the Clyde amounted to only $1,000
tons, in 1852 they reached lOS,254, and
in 1888 1919, 65l, cut Of a total of 420, 600
tons.
If says DR. Troitski, the average tenn
pemture of nOn-smokers were repre- sent
ed by 1000, that OF moderate smokers
would be l,OOS, and while the heart in
the former case was making 600 pulsa-
tions, in the latter it would beat $50
times. 1t is to the latter effect. he thinks,
that the danger of tobacco smoking Is
due.
Some of the mines from which the in
habitants of England in the stone age
obtained flint for their weapons and inn
plaments may still be traced. Their age
is estimated by Mr.. ;. J. 3. Skertchly to
be not less than 1000 years.
Luminous creatures are probably much
more numerous than Is generally suppos-
ed. AccOrdinL to PsOiessor {. Colling-
wood, every class of animals except that
of birds includes representatives which,
under certain circumstances and condi-
tions, have been proved capable of Civ
ing out light.
Mons. Erichsen, Of Copenhagen, has
produced from asbestos an enamel for
walls pipes, etc, which reaists the az
ton of fire, water, frost and oxygen.
The coating material is prepared by
powdering the asbestos and mixing it
with soluble salt-such as silicate Of pot
ashland mineral or other colors which
properly combine with silcic acid
For grinding circular saws, VI. Dugous.
Jon, of Paris, replaces grindstones by
disks cast with a Y grove on the pc
riphery filled in with lead. Pulverized
ilints or quartzosc sand and water are al
lowed to drop during the operation OF
grinding, which is thus accomplished
more speedily and consequently more
economically than the usual process
with grindstones.
There is now being made at Livir.
pool sugar works the largest boring hith.
erto attempted by a single bit. The up
per part of the bore is two feet six inches
in diamster, reducing to two feet six in
ches, at which didmater it is proposed
to drill to depth OF l,OOOfCet, or through
the red sandstone. The ca ,t-steel Dor
ing appliances weigh one and halftous
\ flat hemp rope sets the drills in mo-
ton
The Osceola times., 1884-03-15
The origin Of Mosquitoes.
" r. Taylor in The Manhattan.

". +. Taylor IN The MHnhhitah'
The Indians have a very satisfactory
account of the origin of the Montezuma
musduitoes. The legend runs thus
There were in times of old, many moons
ago, two huge fcathercd monsters per
mitted by the Manitou 10 descend from
the sky and alieht on the banks Of the
Seneca river Their form was exactly
that of the musquito. They were so
large that they flew toward the earth.
Standing on either bank they guarded
the river, and stretching their long necks
into the canoes of the Indians. as they
attempted TO paddle along the stream,
goblslcd them up as the stork king in The
fable gobbled up the frogs. The de-
struction of life was so great that not an
Indian could pass without being devour-
ed in the attempt. II was long before
the monsters could be exterminated, and
then only by the combined eff rts of all
the warriors of the Cayuga and Oncnda-
"a nations. The battle was terrible, but
the warriors finally triumphed, and the
mammoth mosquitoes We're slain and
left unburied. For this neglect the In
dians had 10 pay dearly. The carcasscs
decomposed, and the particles, yivi-
| fed by the sun, flew off in clouds OF
mosquitoes, which have filled the coTn.
| try ever since.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-15
llE DID NOT KISS THE TEACHER.
The Remarkable Lawsuit that Grew Out
OF Miss >allie McLran's Book.

VI hiNN Ntiilt h'isfdil fbbhh
In the Cape Cod Folks" libel suit the
jury found for the plaintiff on the second
court, laying damages at l,095.
The suit, which has excited great in
tercst not only in Cape Cod, but in Bos.
ton. grew out of the story called Cape
Cod Folks the first literary venture of
Miss Sallie Mclean of Connecticut. who
taught school in that part of Cape Cod
where the scene of the story is lain. Miss
Mclean used the real names of Cape
Cod people for the characters in the
book, and this nlrsed the trouble. Lor-
EMO l.. Nigh, q. who. under his own
name was described as the champion
inventor, whale fisher, cranberry picker,
and potato bagger," began the suit. The
defendentS were the publishers, Cup
pies, Upham q Go. of Boston
Miss Mclean related in the story how
Nightingale had kissed her and made
love to her On the trial Nightingale
denied that he had done either One
passage in the book ran thus:
Teacher" he said, II should like to
kiss you just once to night, and mean
it,"
That's a remarkable request ! said
"to come from my oldest pupil, but it is
my privilege to bestow it Just once.
If you will bend down from your COM
manding height and put yourself in an
humble and submissive attitude before
me- The nightingale knclt on the door
step. would have stopped to his fore
head, but he put un his arms with an
extremely boyish, inofiensiye gesture
almost with a sob, ! thought, to draw,
me closer | would have had that kiss
as passionless as though it had been Civ
en- to a child. The cradle-bow's breath
was pure upon lly cheek, but | was
compelled to feel the answering flame
creep slowly in my blood.
"Never ask me to do that again. | ex-
claimed in righteous exculpation of the
act never
Nightingale said this was absolutely
untrue, and had caused him and his
family great annoyance.
The defence claimed that there was
no malice, and therefore no libel. The
publishers did not know the names were
real names, and when they learned that
that was 50 they had the book overhaul
ed. and printed a new edition in which
the names were fictitious. Counsel argu-
ed also that, as for the plaintiff, the
book made him a hero, and endowed
him with noble and heroic characters
tics.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-15
\ Rubber Story.
Prctlel's Weekly.

There was a Granger convention some
where near tho state line petween lndi-
ana and Ohio, and as a matter of course
a little Dragging was done by various far
mers as to what each state produced.
Among those who Dragged was farmer
johnson, from Miami Reserve, in Ohio,
and who, by the way, Is somewhat noto-
riols tor telling large and wonderful
stories. During the course of his re
marks, he said
There Is farmer living on the Mia
mi Reserve who annually manufactures
one million pounds of butter, and over
two million pounds of cheese"
This caused a great sensation and
some laughter by way of derision as
much as 20 say the crowd did not swal-
low Farmer Johnson's story. He took
fire at once and appealed to Farmer
Jones, of Ohio, to verify his assertion,
by giving the name of that great butter
and cheese maker az Deacon Brown.
Farmer Jones slowly arose and in
drawling farmer-like twang said:
81 know Deacon Brown makes good
deal OF butter and cheese l do not
know the exact number of pounds--but
| know he rams seventeen saw mills with
the butter.milk"
The Osceola times., 1884-03-15
ROBIN REDBREAST'S R00ST.
A Piiifui story showing How the bud,
Are Slaughtered in North Carolina.
ChnrlOtfp OhseryrT

Charlotte observer.
We heard great deal Of talk about
the roost near Mr. Mack Stafiord's house
and the sport the people were having in
killing the birds, and as the eight o'clock
train slowed up at Harrisburg the other
night an Observer reporter stepped of
and struck out for the roost
Getting down into long stretch of
bottom land, something over mile
from the depot, the duh flaming light
ahead pilotch us to the roost. As we
neared the scene Of action we found that
the roost was an immense canebrake.
4 party Of about forty darkies, besides
a lot Of white people, were just emerging
with their sticks and torches and birds,
the spor, being over for the night.
The reporter, finding this to be the case,
decided to stay until the next night.
The next afternoon, about five o'clock,
Mr.. Stafford called us TO couae out into
the yard and see what was going on
and it was a sight to astonish. From
all directions great flocks Of robins were
flying across the heavens, all winging
their way TO the roost, which was almost
in plain view of the house.
For fully an hour one flock after an
| other went by, until the whole cane
| brake was fairly alive with the feather
ed tribe, and before it was good darks 8
| large party sc. out to make war upon
them. There were siXty-eight men and
! boys in the crowd, eacn carrying stick
and a torch or a lantern. The roOst nav
ing been reached and action commenced
the reporter witnessed a scene that he
will never forget
The canebrake is about u mile long
and extends a considerable distance on
either side Of the creek. 1t seemed
that each individual cane was bent down
with its load OF birds. The reporter
getting just inside the edge of the brake
struck at cluster of birds and the flut.
| ter of wings that ensued was deafening
From all sides hundreds Of blinded
and bewildered birds flew about, strik'
ing against each other anG against the
canes, making a noise that resembled a
mighty wind. All through the brea,
torches cleaned, men shouted and the
/ deadly stick was going right and left.
The birds never left the brake, but
/ flew about in dire confusion, unable Il
escape the weapons in the hands of the
men, who piled them for about an hour
with terrible effect. In the excitement
of the battle hardly anybody stopped
long enough to pick up all the slain
| birds, but Went over their routes when
the sport was ended to gather then
game.
Our party went into the brake at
| o'clock, and at s all were counting over
their birds that Law IN piles at each one,
/ feet. The total number of robbins kill.
ed by the party in one hour footed up
/ 2,ll0. This was ON Friday night last
week. The nightly battles on these
birds have been constantly going on foi
| fully three weeks.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-15
SCRlPTURAL SlGN-BOARDS.
to Searching the Scriptures.
Cor. Inter Ocean.

At rexarkana we met a gentleman
who would make a good study for a
novel. 1t was DR.. Bedler who used to
live in Illinois. He is one of the most
original and entertaining characters |
ever met, and is engaged in acting in the
leading part in a comedy from one day
to another lie is large landowner
and man of considerable e wealth, euer-
gctic and public spirited, but has a way
of doing things that doe, not always
please the natives.
Not long ago he was in row with the
town, and got the worst of it. He took
his revenge in a manner that was at
once original and effective. He got a
large quantity of sign-boardS, on which
he ha painted in large black letters
references 10 Scripture passages. During
'he night he took a stcp-ladder aud nail
ed them up in conspicuous places all
over the town. On the courthouse door,
on the fences, on the telegraph poles,
and on the dead walls. When morning
came, the astonished citizens beheld
such legends As See Romans xii. TO-"
"Sce Acts v, % " "Sce job xg.. IA" "Sec
H. Corinthians, TX, ~ "Scc Romans xii,
l7-lS.'
Never was there such 4 demand for
Bibles in TeXarkana before and never
since. Men were loing around the
streets with the holy word in their
hands, hunting up the passages referred
to, and when they read on the sign-board :
And now, O Lord, look upon their
threatenings. and grant unto Thy servant
10 speak with all boldness.'
They knew it was Bicdlers way of
rebuking them. And when they saw
staring them in the face the words:
But though am rude in speech vet
am | not in knowledge and ye do well
10 bear with me.
They regarded the suggestion as very
appropriate and foIcihle.
For weeks these sign.boards were the
talk of the town, and Bedler succeeded
in diverung public attention if he didn't
accomplish anything else After they
had accomplished their work, Biedler
took bis obieCt.lessons down and nailed
them to the trees ina park he has given
to the city, Where they now stand to
point moral aud adorn a tale.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-15
a Hair of Henry Clay tor Thtri, Cent?,
RnIlInnrn sun.

ihilll llll'if sun
The sale of the effects of the late W.
w. Carter was concluded last night.
'Oue hair from the head of Henry Clay,
obtained by the late w. w. Carter in the
rotunda of the Baltimore Exchange al
the time the coffin containing the body
was opened was sold on one bid 10 j.
w. IIazeltine, Of Philadelphia, dealer
for thirty cents 4 piece Of the towel
that was used in staunching the pistol
shot wound received by Abraham Lin
coin was started at II and was knocked
down to a Baltimore dealer at Sl.35. 4
stained autograph letter Of Lightfoot I,
Lee brought ,G. John Hopkins Uni
versity bought IN autograph Of Chief
Justice John Marshall for fifty cents.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-15
- 7-==----
Dres>ers vi the shop Windows.
Chicago Trihmc.

NltdEb lIlhuNt.
"WindOw-drcssers, said State street
retail merchant are very important ac-
cessories to retail establishment. In
the east they are window-dressers only.
but in Chicago. save in a few individual
instances, they unite the duties of the
salesman or clerk with their functions
as dresscrs Of the shop windows 4 first
class man in this line is worth 5000
wear in New York; hu' in Chicago I
doubt whether a figure 500 hugh l. reach.
ed, although 81 500 and ST. NJ is raid hv
the different establishments, and each of
them employs a windaw-dre ser"
Are window are,Ser- usually men or
women2"
"Men in nearly eyery instance. Amer
lean women have the best taste of any
women in th" world in combining colors,
but, singular enough, they are behind
men in the art of uniting ribbons and
plumes, veiyets and flowers, so as to
form an artisicJnd attractive picture i'm
a show-windpW. Ii is art, and, as is
the ease in other directions of artistic
labor, is generally faculty that is born
in person. There is, Of course. excel.
lence in the work, as IN cVetN thing else
and every man who dresses windows
aims TO do it better than his rivals The
value of a hansomc window SroW rs an
advertisement j. very great in The rvta u
trade Of every branch 90 business. II YU
well his i understood any one may sge
ia 4 walk down State street. Somc OF
The Osceola times., 1884-03-15
Kentucky Amusement.
Bowling Green lKyJ Times.

h'NAilA 'i''lA my iAHhNs
A very peculiar and amusing game Is
what they call "turkey-walking.' 1t is
played mostly in rural districts, and on
such occasions large crowd is generally
present. Last Saturday afternoon our
clever Congressman, the Hon. J, +. Hal
sell, while passing in the Phalan neigh
b0rhood, came upon an affair Of the kind
and was asked to Zine in The Judge,
who is always accommodating, said me
didn't care if he did, and he and the old
man William Blewitt were matched to-
gether. Both parties were blind folded,
and each carried stake, which they
were TO set mp as near as they could toa
given point. They both crept slowly
along in total darkness while the crowd
set up roar after roar of .aughier a. they
watched their maneuvers. They went
forty feet almost together and suddenly
turned at right angles. Halsell at last
stuck his stake seventy-iive feet from the
mark, and Blewitt ran against tree ana
concluded he would stick his stake Tue
result was that Blewitt beat Halsell few
feet The Judge acknowledged deiea'
and broke ont into smile when the
bandage was removed from his eyes ana
he found out re had made great ms
take. The turkey walking" was kep'
up all day, and the crowd had many q
hearty laugh at the bluEders otthe part
icpants.