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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26
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First in
war; first
in peace, and
first in the
b earts of his
ountry-m en-"
w h i gton
WAS born on Pope
reek, w estmore-
land county, Virginia,
on the 22d day of
February, A. d. 1889.
Well for America he
was not born with q
silver spoon in his
mouth, and his father
dying while he was
still very young George
was compelled TO work
for himself He was en-
gagged by Lord Fairfax as
surveyor, and worked in the
backwonds at this business
until his Goth year. He had
q great passion for war-llke
amusements, and read and
studied extensively on this
subject. At the age of nine
teen be was appointed major
and adjutant general of the
Virginia forces. At the age
of twenty-five he commanded
the troops IN the attack on the
French at Fort DuQuesne.
When tWenty-seven years old
he married Mrs Martha Gus
lis. At forty-four years of age
he was chosen c0mmander-in
chief of the American forces,
on duly 2, 1775, at Cambridge.
He achieved grand victories
during the war of the revolt
lion. The British troops un-
der CORVALLIS surrendered TO
him on October 10, 1881.
After a struggle of eight years
Il treaty of peace was cOnclud-
ed, Britain having resolved to
bring to close u war which
had exhausted the nation and
brought UlScTeQtL upon their
arms. The British evacuated
New York on the 25th of No
Vember, 1888, and Washing
ton entered the city in tri-
umph. After pesce was con.
cluded, Washington resigned
his commission and returned
TO his home at Mount Vernon.
He was chosen president of
the assembly for the forma-
ton of q new constitution on
the 25th day Of May, 1877, and
was elected fist president of
the United States in April
1873, being then fifty
seven years of age.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26

Alas, poor England, General Stewart,
too. is dead.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26
Indiana is financially embarrassed.

washington was very fond of field
sports.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26
STEWARDS CONDITION.

Gen. Woolseley telegraphs the govers,-
ment to-day that the condition OF Gen.
Sir Herbert Ste@ar: is less hopeful.
The tear attending the wound IN The
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26

The Kungdon cotton mills at Black
burn burned to-day. The loss is $780,
coo. Two coIstables were killed by the
walls falling. Several employees who
were within the building at the time the
fire sfarfed are rennrfed missing.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
rAs NGk.3 IN eRlsE.

League nE} gaiGes Aon3a, rc~ute . gpi..
todelphla } N" Nar. /; Eo t,a 9, i'r.v,-
dence . (tieSen.. .sut-,)
Sausage poi otnt .o5r per oas M,nltv ,,t
Dover, n. II. onr is "e,.a, ald tep 81 iei,
are IL a critical t,nha".@.
A Cairo dispatch states that O,.nan
Dlgna was shot by an Araa w1iie .Ivips :
eoerce four sheishs 90 atJa'k kaSsala
j. NJ Ivy & c., oi R,re Hll, N c.
failed Monday for ALont 500 900, New
York cotton broker, bong the heaviest
losers.
Jere Damn, ot Chicago notoriety, tele
graphs from Bustou That he feels assured
The Ryan Sullivan Ggnt will surely take
place
Half a block of bud lings at Port Town.
send, ". T., were destroyed by an incendi-
AIRY fire Monday morning, cau,ing a loss of
$50 000.
Archbishop Walsh was installed in office
Monday in tie Dublin cathedral the cere-
mony being witnessed by vast concourse
OF people.
Prince Napoleon in October W L start on
tour OF tae world. He VIII spend three
weeks in America. and then visit China,
India, Persia, and Russia
Edwari a. Rollins president of the Gem
tennial Bank of Philadelphia, and ex-com-
missioner OF internal revenue, died Monday
morning at Hanover, n H.
Hanlan easily won the boat race at
Sheepshead bay Monlay. Lee defeating z
Ross ten lengtas for second place Hanan
got $500, Lee $4JO and Ros, 500.
The census of Wisconsin Just completed,
SHOWS a total of l, 565, $50. the gain over 1881
reaching PAS, 45) There are - 7Si surviv-
ing Union soll.ers and sailors Of the late
war.
Mrs Wa.kup, charged with poisoning her
hu band, waived a preliminary trial at
Emp ria, Kan, Monday, and the case will
he tricd at the October term of the district
court.
Hugh McHenry and Howard Pierce, Iiv-
ing on q farm near Topeka, Kan, were ar
rested Monday for participating in the train
robbery at Blue Springs, Mo-, last Thurs
| day night
There Is now in Jail in Chicago a man
named Leonard Roach, who claims that he
is well acquainted with Maxwell the alleged
murderer of Preller, and that he can give
| some important evidence.
Vice Chancellor George W. Clinton, son
of DeWitt Clinton, died suddenly in a ceme-
terry near Albany Monday. lie was IS
| years old and a man of marked literary
! and scientific attainments
On Sunday night mob asSailed the Pike
! county jail at Murfreesboro, Tenn, with
| the purpose Of lynching the Polk boys Not
being able to effect an entrance. the mob
! piled cord wood saturated with kerosene
| about the iron cell ana Toasted tie prisoners
alive.
In Washington base ball circles it is re-
| ported that MeSsrs. Spaldlng and Lucas, OF
the Chicago and St Louis clubs, are perfect
| ing scheme for stronger clubs in the
League next season, aud that the places o!
| Providence Buffalo and Detroit in the
League will be taken by Washington, Gin
cinnati and Pittsburg. An American As
sociation CLUB, IT is stated, will also be
/ formed IN Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
A Mad Dogs Horrible Work,

ANNA, His, Sept "a fine bulldog,
belonging to John q. Tygett, a wealthy
farmer and stock raiser. living near here,
went mad last week, and run swapping and
biting among party of little girls who
were playing on the lawn. Three of MIR
Tygett's own little girls were bitten. The
animal then made his way into an al jacent
field, where he bit twenty head Of fine thor
oughbred cattle, finally escaping into the
timber. A posse of mon hunted him down,
and after chase shot him dead. but not
until after a hard fight Anumber of cattle
died in great agony of hydrophobia, and ii
is probable that all that were bitten will
succumh Tygett sent up 10 Anna for a
maidstone. Thus far the children have not
suffered
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09

WASHINGTON, Tex, Sept 9-Washing
ton Sledge, "A colored schoul teacher from
Robertson county, was arrested Monday for
swindling The gravamen of the charge
consists in offering for sale printed copies of
letter purporting To have been written by
Jesus Christ, and found hidden beneath a
stone near where the cross stood on Mount
Calvary. Sledge would represent that a
copy of this letter hung up in house would
have the effect of preventing disease and
pestilence of all Kinds and would also ward
off lightning aud any impending danger
He had found ready sale for these letters
among the negro population, many of whom
profess to have faith i'll the Senaineness of
tho Iattar
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
WICKED WIND.
A SpOrtite Gale in Ohio Wreaks Death
and Untold Damage TO Property.

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. o. Especial. IA
terribly destructive wind atorm ragged in
the vicinity of Washington, forty
eight miles southeast of here last
night Six or eight brick buildings
ard the court house was blown down.
and numerous houses unroofed. The
extent of the damage will aggregate a
million dollars. Eight people were killed
and four hundred injured. Great excite
ment prevails.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
Successful Naval Cadets.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. 9-At the examin-
alton for naval cadetsnirs the following can
didates were successful: Sidney T. johnson,
Texas; Charles G. Long. Massachusetts;
Julius Prochazha, Wisconsin; Adolph
SchafFer, Illinois; George w. Danforth
Missouri; William w. Ray mond, Massa-
chusetts; George W. KIRK, Virginia; Mar
Gus Stokes, South Carolina; Lucien Howard,
Wisconsin; E. B. Fife, District of Columbia;
and Elias Vanderhorst, South Carolina
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09

LEXINGTON, Ky, sept 9-Abeut $50
O'Clock. Monday night, train from this
city over the Chesapeake & Onio road ran
into buggy containing DR. j. <. Roberts
and wife, an aged couple, at the crossing of
the Russell cave pike, demelishing tke We
hicle, ami throwing It's occupants distance
of twenty feet, Instantly killing them both
The doctor and his wife are widely kno n
and were in influential circumstances
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
Poor showing of British Trade.

LONDON, Sept 9-Ihe returns issued by
tie eard of trade show that the imports
'rtng the month of August decreased $50,
sad sterling, as compared with those
vega last year ail3 tnat the exports
| 3lH, 0o1 pounds sterling as COM
-.et IA, the corresponding month in 1884
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09

ST. JOSEPH, No, Sept 9-Harlam p
Hubbard, advertising agentof New Haven,
Conn, arrived here Monday and surren :
dered to the sheriff. He had been indicted
by the Buchanan county grand jury for
perjury. He was admitted to bail in s., 900
which he furnished himself.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09

E. w. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
AN ORDINANCE
Making an appropriation for the Emer>
rpncv Fund

b Ordained 5y The city Council Of RE city Of
R0ck Island.
SECTION l. That the zur of Thirty-one Hun
dren Dollars be and he same il hereby appropria-
ated to the Emergency fund of said city; said
emergency having arisen since the passage of the
animal appropriation bill for the year 1885, by
reason of the bridge owned by said city across
that br nch of Rock River between Lower Wells
island and Big Island known Bridge No. 81
becoming unsafe and dangerous to travel (as pro
vided for under the General lncorpoI alton Law Of
thc state of Illinois. Article VII Section 90l
SEC. ,. That the mayor and finance committee
be aud are hereby instructed TO borrow upon the
credit Of the city Of Rock Island. sad sum of
Thrty-oue Hundred DOa : for space OF time
not exceeding the close Of the fiscal year next
70 lowing the present year. which sum ana the in
terest thereon shah be added to the amount au T.
thnrized to be raised ia the next general tax levy
and embraced therein.
Passed September 1th, 1885,
Approved:
THOMAS MURDOCH.
ATTEST: Mayor.
R0BERI koEHLER, City Clerk
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09

Making total aggregate sum 90 be levied, assess
ed and collected Of SiXty-one Thousand 1861 .0O0)
Dollars.
SEC = The City Clerk shall file certified
copy Of this 'dinance with the county clerk OF
the county Of Rock Island and state of Illinois,
on or before the 10th day of September. A D.,
1859. 50 that the tax may be by him extended on
the Collectors books Tor said year agreeable to
statute in such cases made and provided.
Passed September 1th, 1855.
Approved:
THOMAS MURDOCH,
ATTEST: Mayor.
ROBERT kusHLER, City Clerk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
The Strikers Recognized.

CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-[Speciall The
striking switchmeu on the Fort Wayne
railway have returned to work, the COM
pany having aceeded to their demands
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09

100 Doses One Dollar" is true only of
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it is an unan-
swerable argument as to strength and
economy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
Cold Hands and Feet.

LOWELL, FEB. 3, 1879.
MFSsRs. G. /. Hoop & Co: Gentlemen-
About one year ago my daughter commenced
taking your SarSaparilla. At that time she
had very little appetite; could take no long
walks, and her face was badly broken out
with ahumor. She ewas low-spirited; troubled
with cold hands and feet; her blood seemed
to be poor, and she was in condition which
caused US great anxiety. After taking one
bottle of your Sarsaparilla she began to inn
prove; and she now has good appetite and
can take much longer walks. Her humor is
nothing compared with what it was one year
ago. She is in better spirits, is not troubled
with cold hands and feet as previously And
| attribute this improvement in her condi-
ton largely to your Sarsaparilla. She has
taken six bottles, and intends to continue its
use. Twas inclined TO oppose the trial of it
at first. | now have great faith in it as 3
blood purifier. Very truly yours,
A. l.. H1NCkLEY,
No. 9G4 Broadway, Lowell, Mass.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09

Be IL 0rdained By the city Council Of the city
Of Hork isiaH8:
SECTION l. That there shall be levied, assessed
and collected upon the personal ana real property
within the corporate limits Of the City OF Rock
Island, as the same is or may be returned by The
Assessor of said city, for the year one Thousand
klCht Hundred and EiwhiX- five lSShl tn-Mit:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
THE WONDER

Is becoming universal as to how such an I'M
mense sale could be created in Lowell for
HOOPS SARsAPARILLA. But, my friend, if
you could stand behind our counter week
and hear what those say who are using it.
the reason would appear as clear as the
MONDAY sun. The real curative power Of
HOOPS SARSAPARILLA demonstrates itself
IN every case where our directions are faith
fully regarded. We would that we might
get before the people a fractional part of the
confidence that is expressed 10 us every day
in this medicine by those who have carefully
noted without prejudice) its effects upon the
blood and through that upon the whole sys-
TEN, stimulating all the functions of the
body TO perform the duties nature requires
of them. Try bottle and satisfy yourself.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
AN ORDINANCE

Providing for the Levy, Assessment and
Collection of Taxes for the Fiscal
Year. 1885
, 1885-07-09


A scientific gentleman who has been
there and knows all about it, but who
doesn't want his anne in the papers, has
this to say about what the planets are
doing and what effect their loaing about
will have on the weather. He says: The
sun was in apogee, fartherest from the
earth. on the Sd, and the days will soon
begin to shorten ~perceptibly. On the sth
and 9th the old moon will be near Nep-
tune and Mars, and on the evening Of the
10th near Saturn. About II o'clock D.
M. Of the 18th it reaches conjunction with
the sun and becomes a new moon" On
the evening Of the 18th it passes Mercury
and Venus, and on the following night is
near Jupiter. On the 10th il IS in con
junction with the planet Uranus. On the
night Of the lTth Mercury and Venus are
near each other, lying low upon the west
ern horizon at sunset, and on the morn-
ing of thu Goth Mercury is close to the
star Regulus in Leo tthe lion), the moon
becoming full about 3 O'Clock that
night. Saturn enters Gemini THE twins)
on the 10Th. There are indications OF
sharp atmospheric disturbances during
tbs first two weeks. but on the whole the
month is likely to be cool-cooler than
June.
, 1885-07-09

Concerning the arrest, etc, Of X. C.
Bloomfield, manager of the Arkansas
Valley Cattle company, at Maniiou. nn
the 4th, on a charge of stealing $4,000
wolth of cattle from j. j, Mann, the
Denver Tribune Republican of y~estcriay
says: /" He made his appearance in
Justice Sopris' court Yesterday. The
Justice postponed the hearing of the case
until to-day, when the amount Of had
will be Fixed and the case set for trial
''rhe charge is an old one against Rloom
field, and the theft ofthe cattle is alleged
to have been committed before he was
made manager of the Arkansas Cutie
company.
ut was charged by Bloomfield friends
that the arrest was made at Manitou on
the Fourth with the intent Of making the
arrest more ignominious to the arrested
party. This Mr.. Mann denied He did
not know when he swore out the papers
that Bloomfield was going out OF the city,
and Constable Duggan. who made the
arrest, took upon himself the responsible
ity of going to Manitou, 30 Mr.. Mann
SAYS.
Mann has received heavy Judgment
against Bloomfield in civil suits brought
in the United States courts. and he now
proposes TO prosecute him criminally.
, 1885-07-09
ARMY ORDERS.
The Date and special, Orders for the
Rifle Contest.

The annual department rifle competi-
ton between the selected marssmen of
this department will take place on the
rifle range at Fort Omaha, Neb., under
the supervision of Maj. Guy V. Henry,
9th cavalry, inspector OF the rife prarc-
tice, commencing Tuesday. Aug, 4. next.
Post commanders will send the enlisted
competitors from the posts under their
command to the department rife camp,
Fort Omaha, Neb. in time to report to
Capt. Evan Miles, 2lst infantry com
manding that camp, Aug. 8, next. The
descriptive list Of every enlisted man sent
to this camp will be mailed to Capt
Miles, and each enlisted competitor will
be required to take with him his rife,
dress and fatigue uniform aud equip
ments complete, including his field cart
ridge belt and bedding.
The leave of absence granted Col.
Henry A. Morrow, Dist infantry. in para
graph 4, special orders. is extended three
days.
The following officers are detailed for
duty at the department rife camp Ito be
established under general orders No. 10,
current series from these headquarters) in
connection with the annual department
rifle competition. and will report in per-
son to Capt. Evan Miles, DIST infantry,
commanding that camp, on the Goth
inst. First Lieut.. Lewis Merriam, 4th
infantry; Second Lieut.. Charles X.
Noyes, 9th infantry; Second Lieut. Chas.
G. Morton, 9th infantry; Second Lieut..
Charles II. Cochran, 7th infantry. The
travel directed is necessary for the public
service.
, 1885-07-09

The board met at ~ O'Clock yesterday
morning. pursuant to adjournment Pres
cut, Hoyt, Wnippie and Kelly.
The monthly and quarterly bills were
audited and allowed. To-.
1t having been reported to the board
that the road from Iron mountain to the
boundary of the county has been w%ilfully
obstructed by the erection of fences across
it, the clerk was instructed to issue an
order to the sheriff of Laramie county,
commanding him to forthwith notify all
persons who may have erected these
distractions to remove the same i'm
mediately.
Complaint having been made that
eitehes have been constructed across the
road from Cheyenne 10 Little Horse
creek, the clerk was instructed to notify
the companies who own the bitches
to build bridges across them at once.
The bond Of VIM. Bowman as t%reasur-
or Of school district No. G was presented
and approved.
The bond OF Colin McDougall az treas.
urer Of school district No. 9 was presented
and approved.
Ellen Whalen was allowed a rebate Of
IS. 40 on taxes.
Warrant No. 2ll was cancelled.
The treasurer report OF licences issued
during june, amounting Ia $2,l3o, was
lled. i0
Reports Of the grand Jury Of the DIS
trict court for the May term 1885, filed
and approved.
Petition for. a road leading from the
Happy Jack road at Gilehrist's ranch tC
Sherman station on the Union paci6c
railway. fled and hearing set for July %,
10 a. u.
The clerk = accounts for the six month
ending June 30 were checked up.
The %semi-ahnnal report Of the count,
clerk was received and acted upon. tn,
report shows that the total amount O
warrants issued for six months wac &46,
1866. Total o~uistapding Dec 81, 1884
~, go Ga. Total, S50,5l6.2g. Amour
of warrants redeemed and cancelled sine
last report, s2d.dl5.s7. Total amour
outstanding June 80, 1885, s23, 9O0.42,
The treasurer's report fled and actei
upon exhibits the same aggregate a
the clerks report and that the cash in tn
treasury to the credit OF various clads Oh
june 30 was %, 69a
Tho board adjourned to meet on Friday
July 10, as a board Of equalization
For low shoeq 40 70 Pslaek's
, 1885-07-09
4 DRESS REHEAasAI-v
The Denver Ladies Performance at the
Opera House Last Night.


1t is never fair for anyone, and especial
ly unfair in the press, to c~riticise a public
performance Of amateurs by a professional
standard. The ladies' Of Denver who
presented A Dress Rehearsal at our
opera house last night are amateurs as
actors, though semi-profcssionals as
singers. They are members of church
choirs in Denver and they have presented
this piece seven or eight times within the
past two months. All who sang promi-
nently showed good voices and excellent
musical trimming, the greatest fault with
some Of them being a failure to Sing
out Miss Ella Chatield sang 'Oh
Loving Heart Trust On" with a very
sweet and full meszo-soprano. The duet
parodic of 'Gobble Gobble'' was de-
lightfully done by Mrs. Arthur Hays,
and Miss Amelia Leichsenring. but the
latter keeps her voice, which is a good
contralto, too much in her mouth. Her
comedy acting is simply immense. MISS
Callie Brinker has an exceptionally
sweet voice and uses it well.
Mn- Pauline Parker as Cinderella"
bore off the honors of the evening.
With n voice perhaps not 80 well cult
waited as some of the Others, she does a
great deal more with it than any Of them,
and was beyond peradventure the hyorite.
She acts easily and well. has the stage
perfectly and her banjo performances were
enthusiastically ~applauded. On the in
strumcnt suggested she gave a brilliant
rendition of Home, Sweet Home" and
o rhss two encores a darkey melody. which
she sang delightfully."-, with a chorus. The
trio and quentette in the second net were
full Of harmony and unusually pleasing. To
speak in detail Of the bright evidences of
talent which all the ladies of the company
exhibit is impossible in the space which
can be spared here,this morning. Suffice
it that the little opera, which for a plot is
the rehearsal of the nursery story of
Cinderella, and which causes, through
a mistake, the attempted arrest
Of the principal Of tho seminary,
on account Of the mistreatment
of Cinderella, is full of funny points
and catchy music, and its rendition here
was exceedingly pleasant. and will draw a
big house tonight The ladies of the
company are from the high circles of Dem
yer society and they are trained with
more care and success than any company
of amateurs we have ever seen. With a
full house. which always helps both com
pany and audience, the latter in its work
and tho former in its warmth of apprecia-
ton, 4 Dress Rehearsal will be a brilliant
success In the presentation of the
piece at the Academy Of Music in Denver
the hit of the party was so pronounced
that Manager McCourt, of the Tabor
opera house, has engaged them to play
the Leadville circuit next week under his
direct management sufficient criterion
of the entertainment.