The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-09-18
NOTES AND EoTIOEs.

A Chinese policeman is among the
other novelties of the season IN New
York.
There we're one hundred and fourteen
deaths In a single tWenty-four hours last
week In the city of New York.
They are rushing the season at Hall
fax, N. s.. that locality having already
been visited with damaging frost.
The premiums and purses offered by
the Kansas City Interstate exposition
which opens to-day, aggregate $41,-
500.
The slaughter of 1851 600 hogs in
Chicago for the six months ending Sep
TENDER /, affords comprehensive idea
of the pork trade.
a responsible party in New York has
made that city an offer OF $250,O00 8
year for the privilege of operating the
Brooklyn bridge horse railway.
The government is paying Its pen.
sioners at the rate of nearly one hun.
dred millions of dollars annually, and
yet it is said republics are uhgrateful.
Lieutenant Danenhauer, OF Arctic ex
ploration fame, has been assigned to
duty in the Naval acadt my at Annapo
lis as instructor in chemistry and
physics.
The sixteenth annual reunion of the
society of the Army of the Cumberland
will be held at Rochester, New York. on
the 18th and 18th of this month
Long life to the veterans.
The millionaire's daughter who mar
ried her fathers cOachman in New York
recently took her bridal meal at the
house Of her father-in-law. 1t consisted
of bologna and beer-and yet the bride
is said to haYe been extremely happy.
1t is again in order to ask the New
York Herald that ominous question
What's the matter. 1t has painted its
edition all oyer with this significant
legend: ave are now confirmed in oul
opinion that the colcred vote is solid fol
Blaine"
The presentation of a paper at a re
cent meeting of Kansas City divine.
taking the ground that the tendency Of
this age is towards faith rather thar
doubt, iustites the inference that 1t:
writer has not long been resident Of
that locality.
Interest In the financial transactions Of
the Northern Pacific railroad will be re.
vived by the just published report of Mr.
Willard to the stockholders OF that coz
poration, In which he gives a full and
| somewhat dignified resume of the his.
tory of his financial management OF its
interests, intending what he terms the
''disappointments OF his administration >
The fact that the exhibit of the Atchl.
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad OF
grains and other products along then
line of road at the Worlds Fair at Am
sterdam, has been awarded the gold
medal over all competitors may be inter
preted as another deserved tribute to the
greatness of Kansas agricultural re
| SOURCES.
The amount of Geographic iuteres
manifested In the Observation-Disclosures
elopement tends to heighien the convic
ton that young lady's sursst road IL
fame is by clipping with her father
coachman. The peculiar attractions @
that class of professional gentlemen fur
nish an interesting problem for psychol
ogists.
| Osgood & Co, the Boston publishers
are just issuing new edition of Ed
Howe's "Story of Country Town." ant
write to him that the first issue OF $50,
copies has been already exhausted b,
advance orders. 1t is stated that MI
Howe has another story in preparation
which will be published by the sam
house.