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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-10
CuT DOWN TAXES.

NDw that the year la, closed ahd we
have entered upol the business o. n new
one. we may colsi,ler those matters
which will Inu;e D our bsneft A. midi
Viduals and e. community. At this
juncture We wish 10 G ~ the ait ntiOn oi
our county aad city authorities To the
importance OF experimentation Of
our taxes during this yoer.
Incur holiday edi ion we gave Ia
bile Gf Ggnies which was complete ex-
bIbit e the total amount of taxes paid
by the people OF the county and how
much was spent for eIoh purpose. That
table showed the startling fact that there
WAS levied and collected from the peo-
pie Of Lyon county last year in the shape
Of taxes the very snug sum OF fpO Inn
Sred and secenteea thousand eight han
dred and t,coaty-stc dollars and eighty
tao cents la order 10 bring tue object
for which the taxes was Ievied
resh to tue minds Of the PEG
pie we reproduce the folloWingi
township tax r.- g.....S A,lG -
County TAX. ........ ....... ........ x1,alo g
state tax ............ =. 62 ~
Bond tax. .... .........-.., q ,slb.a9
Road tax. ...........-........ leze g
Bridge tax ......... ..-........ 27.blbS1
Poor tax. .... ......... ........... S.S44 IS
tiaS. al IS
school district tax. ..-.......... Of. "a .7as g
1obal city tax ....... .-. .-........ 1885,. ~
Total. ....... ...... ssiT,sas q
To raise this amount OF money there
is levied on property in the city q tax
OF &5.l3 ou every hundred dollars Of
valuation. In the country IL is not so
bad. The tax outside OF that levied IL
school districts, is s2.l0 on the hundfed
dollars. The levy IN tue school di<,Ficls
varies from 80 cents N ihe/Od< huadred
dollars TO 81 81 o., tae ekaBdrSd dollars.
This tar is being Christianity reduced.
The creates; burden fails on residents OF
the city and tbs< msst Serious question
presents itselsin determining what can
he done 70 redgce the levy. II
- but justice to the city au-
thorities 10 say the city tax was not
increased any this year, while the
county tax was. line next levy ought to
Be good deal lighter. Our county
bond tax will be decreased some % 600
by reason of the refunding of the rail
road bonds at two per cent. less inter
est. The bridge tax on ghtto he reduced
10 at least $4,000 the poor tax
ought to be- cut down $1,000 OF 5000,
aud there are other items that can un-
doubtelly be reduced. The Board OF
Commissioners ought TO give this sub
ject their most thoughtful attention. In
the city, OF course we are paying for
our four new school houses, water works
and other matters that we were obliged
TO have, bit II does seem to us
that our city authorities can find some
where TO cut down the levy and assist IN
reducing our ehormous taxes. Let coun-
" aud city authorities unite IN the effort
aud determine that our next levy shall
not be over 81 on the hundred dollars
valuation, and thus do "A thing which
will add to our substantial interests.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-10
Tha iron RnsInaaa I.nnkinl rn


PTrrsBURG, Pa, Jan. 4.-The numher
of idle men IN the city at present is un-
usually large owing to the strike and de.
preston in the iron and coal trade. An
advertisement in labor paper Wednes-
day for twenty coal miners brought 800
responses in twenty -four hours. 4 prom
inent labor leader claimed today that if
he advertised for q thousand men to
work on the streets at a dol
lar and ten cents a day he would
have 5000 applicants inside
OF q week. Reports, however, from va
rious iron mills in the city show better
condition of things than was anticipated
month ago. Nearly all Of the iron
and steel mills ere now running, with
fair prospects of an increase OF business
during the pressns month. The Repub-
he iron works, on the south
side, which have been shut down
for some time on account OF a
break, will start next Monday with
plenty OF business 10 keep 1t going
steadily. The Black Diamond steel
works are about to lay train of the
largest rolls Ia the world, while several
other mills are now working double
time. There seems to be G growing de.
mand for iron, and manufacturers are
daily growing more hopeful Bushes.
is Increasing and the outlook is more
encouraging
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-10
NOT Guilty
vsrais, Of the jury insAs smn.- 1load


Verdict of the Jury in the Emnl,s 1ioEd
Case.
ST. LOUIS, Jaa 2.-The jury had not
reached verdict up todinneI hour. when
the court took recess. tiil, 5 +. M
At 8 p. N. the jury iaiied TO agree and
the recess offhe csGIt was extended till
2. m. II Is now thought the jury will
hang.
4 dispatch from HiIisooro t. the asso
cisted press says The jury in the Bond
case returned the IuiIo~ing verdict
At little b>fore s O'Clock tonight :
I'VE the jury find defendants not guilty
ot the crIms chsIged" Judge Phillips
stat d before the verdict Was read that
no signs OF appreciation or dissent
would be tolt ra.td from ths audience
the rendering MAS therefore received
with silence. Tae defe adanIs wera CON
graduated by their friends Popular
feeling as 10 the verdict ie divided II
| WAS ram0red daring the early part of
the n gut than mob had left LItchfield
anu the neighboi ing TOWNS for the pur
| pose o lynchieg the defendants, but &c
far they have tailed 10 appear The
nj ht is bitter cold ard unfavorabIe for
Outdoor operations. The deieudants re
main with the jury In The court house
All Is quiet At Ihe pre- mt writing.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-10
JANks d. SyoDDY. secretaIy

At the assembling Of the committee
Chairman Ware rendered his resigns
tios. which the committee un1nImously
declined 20 accept until the business OF
the meeting was concluded. After the
Transaction of The business of the meet
ing, Mr.. Ware renewed his resignation.
which was accepted. and Hon. Frank
r. Ogg, of johnson county was unani.
mously elected 10 I'LL the vac ancy.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-10

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 4.-The thermom-
e;er was five below at 10 O'Clock to
night and falling. The trains are gen.
orally delayed. considerable snow being
on the ground, which has drifted in
places The cold is general in the south
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-10

MILWAUKEE, Wis. ian. 4.-The steam
er Wisconsin, which left for Grand
Haven, Mich, Wednesday evening
never reached there, and after a terrible
exposure of forty hours IN a terrific gale
and severe cold made this port again al
noon to-day. She was covered with ice
three inches thich. The captain says
he never experienced like gale in all
his experience on the lakes.
The thermometer ranged % below zero
at D. m, and signal officer prophesies
81 below tonight. The streets are al
most deserted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
The Mazeppa of Nebraska

II. Boussand, q wealthy cattle owner
of northwestern Nebraska, who has
lust returned to Omaha from his ranch,
relates q tale that in some respects is a
counterpart of the orthodox Mazeppa.
When Boussand reached his ranch in
the middle of June he found his cow
boys nursing q man yet unconscious
whom two weeks before they had res
cued from the back of a wild broncho
pony they had lassoed. Boussand was
able to revive him through his knowl-
edge of medicine, and he is now recov-
ering. He said his name was Henry
Burbank, an Englishman aged "a.
Three years ago at Falmouth, Eng, he
formed a partnership with Thomas
Wilson, aud they began cattle business
in northwestern Nebraska. An I'M
proper intimacy began between Bur
bank and Mrs. Wilson, and tue latters
husband was informed Of it by a COW
boy. On the night of May 9th VIII
son and three Of his men surprised
Burbank in bed, mutilated and stripped
him, and then dashed him to the back
Of a wild pony, which they loosed.
Burbank says he became unconscious
before morning. As he was rescued
June I'D, for seven days vas no exposed
70 the n and wind without food or
water. The pony was nearly broken
down when caught, and was 200 miles
from. Wilson's ranch. When fully re-
stored TO health Burbank proposes to
make a visit of retaliation on Wilson,
and in tins he will be backed by Bous-
sands men and those Of the Ogallaia
land aud cattle company, whose range
is near Boussand's.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
Americans Abroad.
Correspondence Boston Herald.

NoAlScpNuNtuN DoStOh hcthlu.
If Americans could make London
gay, London would be gay. The Yam.
KEGS are everywhere an evidence.
There is no installing the American any.
where. On the streets, in the galleries,
at the theaters, he is to be met. For
one, l am always glad to meet him. He
is the heartiest, frankest, all in all, the
truest man found to be walking in shoe
leather, He is different from all other
foreigners in London. He speaks the
same language as the Englishman. I
can instantly understand all he is say
ing, and so it is that his voice and into
nation and accent seem somewhat I'M
trained, and, perhaps, just the least I'M
derbred. OF course, / mean the voice,
information and accent of some Ameri-
cans. 1t is a national characteristic that
Americans talk in a loud, u~nmOdulated
voice. In public places Americas talk
in loud voices. II | now remember,
little notice is taken of this in America.
where most people seem accustomed to
it, but in England it seems rude and i'll
bred to talk socially in a loud voice.
In omnibuses, at dinner tables, at the
theaters, on the streets, one is constant
ly attracted by the loudness, and some.
times the shrillness, Of the American
voice. The softness and delicacy Of the
English Iady's voice makes the Ameri-
can lady's voice, in comparison, all the
more conspicuous. But did they not
speak at all there would be no mistak-
ing my fellow country people in London.
The dress would tell the story.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

DINERS were writhing and stbuoo,;n, 49,
screaming, and all but four or f,ya r
think 1T was, were still in daatb III
men Oh the firing parties, in horror ~
sue'r stern duty, had fred high. n
was q slght so horrible that / cannes a.
Srrioeit and one / shall never FORGOT
Inc rlhes were hurriedly reloaded tb;a
.inne every n with ball cartridge and
tne parties whose victims were doaa
Withdrawn from the line. The wonndN
ca men were propped up against the
conlns, and the second yolley ran ont
owe the slope. This time fewer stray
ouIlets We're heard whistling away aloft
through the air, but horror upon nor.
Tor added-seyen men were still aIivo
aithough all were wounded, MurmnrS
OF pity and horror were heard ALI alone
she lines, and many of the men OF the
nrlng parties-grim, battle-worn yeter-
ahs-were in tears, while several were
ehtifeiy overcome. Hurriedly a third
Voiiey was fired, and eonsternation WAS
upon all, for three yet lived, Now
came the most agonizing part Of the
whole thing. ""'
1T became the duty of thu nrovost
marshal to end the execution in person
1 don't remember who he was, but be
was q captain of one Of the infantry
regiments, and, l think, from the TX
Connecticut. Terry's old regiment
we had become almost unnamed bv
the terrible scenes we had already wit.
messed, which were worse for him az
we IN the lines could not hear the groans
and supplications of the SUFFERING
wretches. When he was directed To
complete the work, he went out-apd- ont
crazy. Ihad an idea that he wonId
shoot himself. He tended his r~esjOna.
ton at once; it could not be accepted,
flace HIM In arrest or shoot him: il
could not be done. He would not per-
form the duty. He must. Gen. Terry.
the klndest, most tender hearted man
that ever worea saber, was 10 tears but
he was performing a stern, official duty.
de was ordered to see that the execution
was duly carried into effect, and the or
der must be obeyed.
Sharp, l~ow.spoken words Of com
mand kept quiet the men in the rank
who were almost mutinous from the
horror, and at last the poor provost mar
tial tottered forward, revolver in hand
toward the nearest of the still living VIC
tins. A brother officer supported him.
and n after the other of the writhing
men was put ont of agony by a pistol
shot, the captain looking at each only
enough to direct his revolver, and Gov.
ering his face with his handkerchief at
each pull OF the trigger.
1.-The lines were kept formed only
long enough to witness the hurried cof-
tining Of the dead victims of stern mill
tary law, and until the first hard rain
blackened clods fell in each grave, and
then, without the usual pomp of music,
were hurriedly marched back to their
winter camping huts. 1t was an awful
sight, that | can't describe. 1t was an
awful necessity ; a terrible one, but no
more bounty jumpers deserted to the
rebel lines from that command.
THAT is the reason / told you / didn't
want to sec any more executions"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
IN. DOCTOR Sad / ooa,d Not Iavs.

In April I commenced taking Bufdeck Blood
Bitters, and in July was cdredby tins medicine
alone. The stomach aud bowels seemed the
first acted upon, after which rapidly Improved
Ny appetite returned, the terrible sick head
ache left me the hacking cough gradually
abated, and from the hrst bottle l could sleep
well At night
do not think there is q case of sick mead
ache Burdock's Blood Bitters win not cure,
chey cured my sister, Mrs, Thos. }. Haley, of
this city, Those who saw me six months ago
consider iuy recovery a miracle Iwas no less
astouished, and shall be pleased to reply to all
letters Of inquiry concerning my case
Mrs. ADELAIDE oBmES,
ST2 Exchange ST, Buffalo, ~ Y
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
A Long Pneumatic Tube.

New York Graphic: A company is
getting ready TO build a pneumatic tube
for carrying letters and small packages
from Chicago to New York. The idea
at first seems impracticable, but on ex-
animation il turns out TO be feasible.
Two tubes are TO be made of brass,
which will run side by side, although it
is said one tube viii be tried at first.
A powerful engine with an exhaust
wheel is to be stationed at one end. II
is said that il the tube is properly made
and planted no air viii escape. The
right Of way il is believed can be Sc
cured for nothing, or at a normal ok
pense, and the main cost viii be the
tube and the engines and stations. A
letter, u sample of grain, or package Of
any kind which is to be 8 INT, is inclosed
in q leather ball. A ball presents the
least friction as n rolling object, and
the leather is to be stiff and heavy. A
continuous current of air is passing
through the tube constantly. With
one pipe the plan is to reverse the en-
CINE every hour--the first hour forcing
air into it at the Chicago end and send.
ing packages TO New York, the next
hour exhausting the air at Chicago and
drawing the packages as quickly back.
The men who have il in charge do not
say how longit viii take 10 send a pack
age this way. but claim 10 be able TO do
it in less than a minute. Stations will
be established at the important cities
on the route. 1t is expected to pay q
large profit, and to do the business Of
the telegraph companies, express COM
! panies, and the mail. They say the
scheme Of sending crude petroleum by
a pipe for long distances, as is now
done, was laughed at at first and that
this one is more practicable, il possible,
and not nearly so costly, asthe pipesare
to be, small and can go around cprves
and cyer hill as well as on level.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
One of Pinkerton's Early Adven-
lures.

When the Michigan Central railroad
FIRST started there vas a good deal oiop
nosition among the farmers and others,
Trains were wrecked repeatedly u
the opportunity for plunder attracted
the worst characters of the country:
Allan piukerton was called upon n
undertook IN person to ferret u the
Guilty parties. He finally learned oil a
Riot 10 wreck a certain train. hepair-
mo- 10 the spot after night he found q
c~nivert where he concealed himself
Grooming around in the darkness ne
sonnd several crowbars and knew men
that he was in the right place. Hshaa
been waiting for hours. when inree
men approached the cuivefs: fsnaer-
con hal doubled himself up IN q corner
70 remain undiscovered. The men .oon
The crowbars and proceeded to tear up
The track. Single.handed as ne was
ha followed the men, and declared them
~ hrs prisoners. In the dark OF the
~;cbt the pistols we're whipped out ana
4 doht began, in whnsh Pinker.oh
I1ie5 two men and wounded the third,
who escaped in the darkness. haraiy
hal Pinkerton ascertained that none o.
the rails were yet displaced when lne
twain numbered by in safety. Ina. wa
the last organized attempt 81 trAD
wreckirg. Chicago Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
n Evelyn's Diary the following &C

In Evelyn's Diary the following oc-
ours, referring to Dutchwoman who
lived in the seventeenth century: ITO
ward the end of August / returned to
HARLEM. They showed us a cottage
where they told usdwelt a woman who
had been married 10 her twenty-ffth
husband, and being now q widow, was
prohibited to marry in future, yet it
could not be proved that she had ever
made away with any Of her husbands,
though the suspicion had brought her
divers times to trouble. Every Sat
urday.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

Mr.. H. ". Gilbert Of Albany, Ga. under date
Of May 8 1884, says: Mr.. Brooks near here
has an eating cancer ON his face which bad
nearly killed him-eYerycne thought no would
be dead in a short enc as iiothinS SEEMED 10
stop tho rayages OF the cancer. He conf
monced taking Swifts Specific two months
ago. and il has had a wonderful effect on him.
He was yesterday so far recovered ~ TO be
outat his work, and seems in a fair way 10 get
entirely well.
Treatise ON Bleod and Skin diseases mailed
free.
TIE Swryr SPEoIFto Co, drawer 8, Atlanta
Ga, 159 W. sd St, N. Y, and 1905 Chestnut
st. Phila.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

cit has become 20 common TO begin an aTfssa0.
in an elegant interesting stSSa
'sfhon run il into some advertisement that We
avoid all such.
"And simply call attention 10 the merits a Hoy
Bitters in as plain, honest terms as possible
ITO induce people
'sro give shom one trial, which 80 proves their
value that they will never use anything else
'srR REMEDY so fasoisbly noticed in all tho
papers,
Religious and secular, is
Having . large sale, and is s~upplanting All
other medicines.
There ia no denying ihe %yirtueN Of the Hop
plant and the proprietors Of Pop Bitters have
shown great shrewdness and abi5ay
I'm compromising a medicine whose irtnes are
40 palable TO every ono's observation"
Did She Die.
mo,
''She fingered and suffered along, pining away
all the time for years
'The doctors doing her no good
And at last was cured by this Hop Biiters tho
p.pers say SO much about
~,sTndeea! Indeedln
Glow than tful we should be for that medi-
A paushsss r's Misery.
sEleveL wears our daus htcr suffered ons bed
Of misery.
"Froni a complication Of kidney, hVer, rheu-
matte trouble and Nervous debility,
"Under the care Of the best physicians,
"Whc gave her disease various names,
b no relief.
''And now she is restored 10 as in good health
by az SIMPLE a remedy as Hop Filters that We
- a AE..a w.-.r. - y ~ IHUE
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

Bunslo, NJ Y, Oct 2, 1851
had fore years been troubled with terrible
sick headaches and > horrible cough. Ny skin
turned TO a yellowish hue. 1suffered Ore most
excruciating pain of the bowels; small, dry,
irritating humors broke out over my face; my
stomach would not retain the simplest food;
vomited great quantities of offensive, g~reenish
mucus.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

TIE feftde grow
strong when " Stai
stomach Bittsfs
Is uHed 10 promote a.
u the food
and enrich the blood.
the chief
6bgfHeld 10 am Rcqpi-
sittOh Of strength by
the weak, y an ai
which inialli
bIy S~uccnnilR ~ the
ofthis peerless
loss a
hesh and appetite,
failure 10 slcep, and
pfd~ ling evidence ~
4eCay, are
speedily coufiteyHct.
ed by the great ~
~vigurant, which
braces up the phya
energies and ion
titles the constitution
against disease. For
.mnrnllv
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
Dnothing Like IL for Rheumatism., ;,

Mrs. Rilla Stevens, No. 3032 South Dearborn
St says that she used papillon Skin Cure foI
Infiammatory rheumatism, with tho happies'
results. II reduced the inflammation and swell.
ing, and relieved the intense pain IN less than
two hours; she cordially recommends il 10 al
rheumatic sufferers. II is applied by rubbing
the joints and affected parts with the remedy
for some moments, the pain ceased instantly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
Piiesi Piiesi PiIesi

Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles. Single box has cured worst chronic
case Of twenty years standing. No ono need
suffer FIVE minutes after applying. Williams
Indian Pile ointment II absorbs the tumors,
allays the itching (pratieularly after getting
warm in bedl Prepared only for piles and
itching for the private parts. Noyes Bros a
Cutler, st Paul Wholesale AgentaL
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

Are the words used by q lady, who was at one
time given up by the most emiBmt physicians,
and lett 10 die. Reduced 10 a mere skeleton pale
and haggard, not able to leave her bed, from all
those distressing diseases peculiar 10 suffering
females, such as displacement ieueorrhosa, in
ilammation, etc, etc. She began hking DIR
Fieroe's "Fayorite Prescription, y and also usinP
the local treatments recommended by him, and
Is now, abe says, "as good as new Price re-
duoed 10 one dollar. BY druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

and everything in the nature Of eruptions,
blotehes, pimples, ulcers, scrofulous humors,
and ineipient consumption, which Is nothing
more nor less than s~crofula of the lungs, conf
pletely out Of the system. Itstimulates and in
the liver, tones up the stomach, regli-
lates the bowels, puriies tho blood, and builds
Dip the weak places of the body. II il purely
Vegetable compound, and will DO more than is
for IL We refer 10 DR. PIERCE's
MEDICAL DISCOVERY"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

when our new method is guaranteed TO perma
nently cure tho worst cases OF rupture without
the use Of the knife. Send two letter stamps fol
pamphlet and references Worlds Dispensarl
Medical Association, G6S Main Street, Buffalo
NY
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

An Invaluable Remedy. Mono except those
who hayo suffered all the horrors Of Dyspepsia,
can fully appreciate tho value and efficacy OF
Perry Davis Pain Killer, a sovereign remedy
for this distressing disease in all its forms il
used internally and externally, test it's virtues.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07

JNFANTIIE and Birth Hun orr, Milk Crust
SCALED Head, Ecafies, ard every form %
Itching. Sealy. Pimply. Scrofuious and inherited
Diseases Of the Biood. skin. aud Scalp, With loss Of
Hair, cured by the CurICuRA REMEDIES AbsotHseil
p9rs gNd sye. Cutcufs the great skin cure 90
cts; EatiGfFa soap, an exquisite skin Boauufer
aud only MediOHTt Baby Soap, 20 cts, and CutiSnra
R~esolvent, the new bs5ad rTriher. 81 are SOLD by
druggists. Potter Drug aud thcHftai Coo Boston
Ra-send for "HoM % Cure SKIN Nfssaars"