The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-14
PERsoNAL Ann P0LIrInAI

The cold weather Is not felt much in
the Second district since Farmer Fun
ston aRd Sam Riggs have taken the
stump
Will the Kansas City Times drop tie
final ''e" from the name of Hon. Almer-
in Giliett, and thereby oolige-Msny
Kans ,ns-
A new brand of stove polish has been
made In honor OF FFtd Douglas. Fred is
getting a great deal Of free advertising
just now.
Mr.. TOuzalin thinks that he will be
able to decide By Christmas whether he
will answer the letter of the railway
commissioners.
Jim Blaine still has political influence
enough lett to give such YiruIent Dem.
ocratic papers as the New York Sun
pain under the Vts'
Down cart papers, IN no pleasant spir-
1t, quote Matthew Arnold as having said
that the west is more educated and pro-
gressIve than the east
Mrs. Hayes and her husband are
travelling in the south. Il is not stated
who Is taking care of the chickens at
Fremont during their absence.
An OHIO exchange d,jsctedly asks:
Now that Wen ieil Phillips is no more,
have We an American erator?" Re-
ferrtd. with power to answer, to Carter
Harrison. of Chicago.
Morrison Is not satisfied with his own
tariff bill it seems. Thlt signifies that
no one is ,tisfied NTH it, He says he
wanted to frame bill that would pass,
and his bill will never pass.
Judge McCrary, the new general So
licit1r for the Santa Fe. refrs d to be
Interviewed by the Kansas City reporters.
We are cot so sure that $35, 900 year
| is too much for the services of such q
man after all.
AS t. the presidency Mr.. Evsrts re-
marks that the strongest Republican
candidate 10 carry New York will be q
candidat. who lives in another state, and
says that 1t is equally true of the Demo
cratic candidate.
1t is announced that Mr.. Mast, the ill.,
imitable cartoOnist. will participate in
the approaching presidential campaign
In his peculiarly pleasant and graphic
style. We should suppose that this
would settle the question of Mr.. Tilden's
candidacy.
Says the Commonwealth: LET Sam
Riggs theories of public policy be
adopted and the value OF real estate and
all other property in the Second district
would deprecIate at least so per cent in
a single year. As the premises are
quite out of the question, it is needless
to speculate concerning the conclusion.
1t is to be regreits that when the cru
cial test was applied to Billy McGIory
his conversion, for which Jealous prop
agandIst avouched, was found to be as
sounding brass and tiakling cymbaI.
He WIS brought under spiritual conYic-
tion while awaiting trial in the New
York courts for a violation of the excise
laws, and for other mIsdemeanors, and
converted just in the nick of time TO EN-
ploy missionary to go into court and
testify to the new man which, by spirit
ual process, had been made out OF
him. But the trial went on, and the
case being clear one, Billy was found
guilty and the Judge sentenced him tO
six months in the penitentiary. Up &c
this time Billy had worn a pious and
penitent look, and when sentence was
pronounced his spiritual adviser rushed
up to embrace and console him, but he
turned with a scowl upon him, and
cody tcld him he might Ego to the
devil. :"