The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17
NOTES AND NOTIONS.

NOTES AND NOTIONS.
The Baltimore policeman vino troze
to death, at his post of duty, showed
more and than sense.
The conyeyances of real estate in the
city of New York for last year were
Sl65. 1872 s4s, against $114,653,9a7 in
1882.
The spectacle of 10000 Italians VISIT
ing the tomb of Victor Emmanuel shows
that national feeling is still strong in
Italy.
One of the mules employed on the
Corrigan street railway at Kansas City
died yesterday. This appears to be an
off year for monopolies.
Erie is said to have become the head
quarters of the leading liars of Pennsyl-
vania. In other words, it Is the Wich-
tia OF the keystone state.
We are extremely sorry we are not a
L. S. district judge so We could be "tak-
en- IN out of the wet' by a railroad COM
pany vide Dillon and McCrary
Congress is on the right track Ex-
clude The wines $50 called) of France
and the woolens of Germany and the
American hog Will soon be on top.
The receipts of the New York charity
ball were $12 .OOG of which three fourths
was spent for supper, flowers, music,
etc. and one-fourth given to the poor.
1t seems from the course which legis
lation is taking at Washington that this
country does not propose TO have forty
seven million hogs insulted by Ger
many aud France.
An Illinois weekly paper says; dur
ing 1888 we reduced our debt $110, 000,-
900, and we now owe only 81 600, 000,-
O00." The editor must have a hold on
the county printing.
The thousands of lives which have
been sacrificed in this country by the
reckless manipulation of coal oil seems
To have furnished no warning 10 the
Democratic party of Ohio.
Only nine of the thiriy-eight states
have sessions of their legislature this
winter. This announcement goes far to
alleviate the evil predicted by the
weather prophets during the year.
A Baltimore man will shortly open a
drinking saloon in Chicago covering
An entire block. 1t seems to be settled
that that city is to have both of the ma
tional political conventions this year.
The Monitor says that a carload of
mules iroze to death in transit near Ft.
Scott last week. We think that must
have happened on the day that there
was no new candidate for railway com
missioner.
GOD shows what he thinks of money
by the kind of men he bestows it upon. +"
This observation by an eminent social
philosopher has been brought TO mind
by the success of Mr.. Payne in the sen
atorisl canvass in Ohio
1t is lnteresling-and gratifyIng-to
note the change in the tone of such pa
pers as the Atchison Champion and
the Wichita Eagle on the question of
prohibition. 1t does not require DAN
iel TO decipher the hieroglyphics on the
wall mt this stage of the temperance
movement in Kansas.
Ed. Howe, OF the Atchison Globe, in
the account of his observations at Wash
ington, says he detected printing
Office SMELL the moment he entered the
treasury department at Washington. 1t
seems quite impossible to divorce the
art preservative" from the opulent as
ISOLATION with which it has always been
linked.
Kansas City Star: Kansas City's boom
for 1884 promises to eclipse everything
she has heretofore accomplished. She
will erect more buildings, public and
private; construct more street railways,
pave more streets, dig mole sewers, es-
tablish more manufacturing and mer-
camille enterprises, get more additional
population, and, in short, make more
noise in the world than ever before
Mark the prediction.
The character of Joseph, which has
been eulogized in consequence OF his he
roic, aud, indeed, unusual conduct on
age trying occasion, has been assailed OF
late by the Rev. r. Heber Newton. Of
New York, who said: "Let US face tht
ugly fact that slavery. serfdom. villein
/ age-the various forms of human bond
age-have usually arisen by such states.
manship and fiuanciering as Joseph's
Let Us face the uglier fact that the socia
system of Europe. soon to become our
also, rests upon a monopoly of land
which, as q matter Of history. has beer
largely built up after the methods Of Jo
| seph." 1t is evident that DIR. Newton i!
mot for Joseph"
Mr.. Barnum's sacred elephant from
the herd of KING Theebaw. the holy
whisky bloat, is a male, fifteen year,
old, seven and half feet high, will
two-foot tusKs and, like sacred ele.
phant should be, kind and gentle. Hi
retiuue consists of two Buddhists priest,
Zone Irish and one AmeFican). anC
three of BaTnum,s hlghpFiests or agents
The priests have documents under ths
royal seal to show the sacred pedigre'
of the beast, and also line To The same
effect bearing the erossmark Of Thee
baw's stable boss. notwithstanding hil
sacred and royal blood, the elephant Ii
warranted TO eat hay. peanuts and
candy with avidity under, canvas He
viii arrive at New York, amid greai
tpomp. within the next two months.