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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-27

The "G" in his name stands for "Grsn
bury" and this delicate and important
point in the biography of the "Old Ro-
man" was recently the subject OF grave
query for hours In the capital city o.
Ohio one night not long since. The
question was finally settled before many
interested citizens could go to their US
ual rest, by a bold and courageous re
porter calling at the Thurman home
about a. m. and receiving the treasur
ed response from the hero of democracy
himself, clad in robes of white and rub
bling his sleepy orbs at an upper window
over the front door whose plate reads
"Allen g. Thurman"
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A fair correspondent, Clara Belle.
writes the Cincinnati Enquirer that there
should not only be feminine president
of Vassar college, she being a candidate
for that position. but that nothing mas
culine ought to be permitted within the
walls which inclose the educational facll.
tiles OF 1000 girls" 1t is beginning &c
be apartment query 1t the males of this
country are not going to have q
chance. IL 1t possible that the colleges
of these United States are not going &c
open their doors to the down-trodden
young men and give them an equal
chance for acquiring an education. DE-
not be too hard heartrd, Clara Belle
you may be in position sometime wheE
you will regret that all the avenues O
learning were not thrown open to at leas
one young man, for whom, possibly, il
the dim future you nay build the winter
kitchen fires.
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Anruukan Ftsnd

Sioux Cry, Aug. 25.-Fred Ward, a
farm laborer, was lodged in Jail last
night, charged with outraging Mrs. j. L.
McGlasher of Otto, forty miles east OF
this city Sunday afternoon. Ward got
drunk in Otto, rode to McGlasher's mill
and finding Mrs. McGlasher with only
two little children, committed the crime
As the officer was leaving Otto with the
prisoner about 100 men came out with
rops 10 hang him, but on the officer
showing his fevolters the crowd allowed
HIM to start with his prisoner.
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New York Sun: "No, gentlemen"
said a patriotic citizen, Il am not per-
sonallY ambitious. 1 am only ambi-
tious for my country's good. want TO
see her occupy that position among the
nations of the world to which her great
ness entities her. And" he added, rath
er weakly, "if am fortunate enough &c
obtain what seek, 1 pledge myself to
| do all l can in that direction"
"Do you understand" he was asked
little later, "that there Is no salary at
tached to the Office to which you as
pire ?''
mo what?"
"No, salary; not cent"
"Then the office can go TO thund erp
said the patriot.
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patrick Ekah.

OMAHA, NEB., Aug. 25.-Patrick
Egan, president of the Irish National
League OF America, In an interview to-
day regarding the charge that the league
had degenerated into q mere political
machine and is therefore virtually dead,
says: "Whlle / was in New York l
accepted the presidency of the league
and thenceforth while holding that pO-
sition was precluded from taxing part
in politics whatever my political opin-
ion may have been. I maintained that
position throughout the last presiden-
tial campaign and intend to maintain
the same attitude so long as l am presl-
dent of the league. That the league is
altogether q mistaken idea. We have
nearly 600 branches scattered over the
country. All of them will be
IN active working condition at the time
of the national convention to be held in
Chicago next January, which will be the
largest ever held IN America, possibly
| with the exception of that of 1884, also
held in Chicago. Parnen will probably
| bs in attendance. He has promised tC
come If possible. Sullivan of Dublin IL
| also expected. Sullivan will take hi
seat as mayor of Dublin on January 1,
Two or three other prominent member
of the irish national party are ex'
| Tacfe6
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CRY CLERKS oyYscE.

August %, 1885.
The council met pursuant TO adjourn
ment this morning at the Office Of the
city clerk.
Present-John W. Thatcher, president
of the council IN the char; William
Adds, Dwight Bill, J. b. Davis and
Frank Mccain
The petition of o. Pfeferle asking foF
license 70 run . billiard hall ct $50
Commercial street was granted.
The following revised ordinances
were read and adopted:
"An ordinance lsvyiDg license tar
On peddIers and haWkeTs.o
San ordinance fixing the 5esa
and compensation Of officers and wit
nesses."
aAn ordinance prohibiting hscks, car
/ riagee, baggage wagons, etc, from stand
/ ing on certain portions OF Commercia
street"
IAN ordinance in reference to biIliart
aAn ordinance in relation to obstxue
tons IN the street. /"
SAn ordinance FelRtlng % building
sidewalks and establishing grades"
aAn ordinance relating 70 the leyyin
Of license tax On enctioneere.n
sAn ordinance Fepealing certain d
dinances herein named"
The council then Adjourned till Satul
urdaY evening a4 8 O'Clock.
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A TarrihIe nntraeA.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. GA dispatch from
Vinita., l. T., says that Frank T. Cass
and A. P. Goodykoontz, two prominent
citizens of Vinita, who left there week
ago for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe re-
servations, to buy cattle, were murdered
while asleep in camp about two miles
from the Sac and Fox agency last Thurs
day night. The deed was committed
for pIunder. Both were white men, but
citizens of the Cherokee nation, having
married Indian women and were we'll to
do merchants and Influential citizens.
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A Suspicious Death .

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24-The record
this morning says: Charles Gambrill, a
wealthy Baltimore merchant died sud.
denly at the Continental hotel last night
under peculiar circumstances. Mr.
Gambrili arrived at the hotel Friday
last anc since is said to have been drink.
| ing heavily. A number of empty bot
ties were found in his room, one o.
which had contained spirits of Ammonis
| AID another Valarian. Both OF these
were empty and it is thought the de
| ceased took an overdose.
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Brutal Crimea.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. ga Chattanooga.
Tennessee, special to the Post-Dispatch
says that the news has just been received
here OF a very brutal murder in Walker
county. Georgia, fifteen miles from this
city. John Jones and T. G. Kerkis
both young men and sons of wealthy
farmers, got into difficulty about 9
lady for whose hand they were rivals
Blows followed words ana Kerkis drew
a knife and cut Jones' throat from ear tC
ear. He then stabbed the wounded mar
several times IN the breast, killing hin
inafanflV
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The speed attained now by ocean
steamships is indeed remarkable. About
year ago the Oregon crossed the Allan
tic in six days, ten hours and ten min
utes. The Cnnard steamer Etruria lest
week beat the record. She left Queens.
town Sunday. August 20, at 2:26 p. m.
and arrived off Sandy Hook at 3:35 p
m. on last Saturday, her passengers hav-
ing been sfioat but six nights and the
passage being accomplished in the I'M
precedented time of SIX days, five hours
and twenty one minutes.
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Tha .IaraIna ia q

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 25.-The ecclesias-
teal court, before which charges OF i'm:
morality and Personal misconduct will
be submitted against Rev. Henry D. JAR
dine, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal
church of this city, convenes to-day In
secret session. The court is composed
of Rev DR.. James RIncie of st. Joseph,
Rev. DIR. j. Gierlow of Jefferson City
and Rev. B. E. Heed of ST.
Louis. The defendant is pre-.
sented to the council by three Epls-
cepal clergymen of the city. From re
/ liable source it Is learned that at the
opening session to-day the defense chal.
lenged one OF the judges, supposed to bs
| Mr.. Reed, as being incapacitated under
the canonicaI law. The point will be re-
ferred to Bishop Robertson of the diocese
and further proceedings necessarily
will be delayed for several days.
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Cure for Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by q
sense of weight In the back, Ioins and
lower part OF the abdomen, causing the
patient 10 suppose he has some affec-
tion of the kidneys or neighboring or
gans- At times symptoms OF indlgss-
ton are present, as flstulency, uneasiness
OF the stomach, ETC. A moisture like
prespsratlon, producing 3 very disagree
able itching; AFTER getting warm, is q
very common attendant Blind. bleed
ing, and itching piles yield at once %
the application OF DR.. Bosanko,s pile
remedy which acts directly upon the
parts affected. absorbing the tumcrs, al
laying the Intense itching, and affecting
. permanent cure. Price so cents. Sold
J. A. Moore and Chas. Ryder.
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Ths soutn and southeast Florida.


Should you contemplate . trip 20
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Be
vsnnah, Ga, Charleston, 8. c., jackson
Vile. Florida, or IN fact any point Ia the
south or southeast, il will be to your In.
terest TO examine the advantages over
Al other lines offered by the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain 8 Southern railroad
aIron Mountain Route in the way of
fast time, elegant equipment. &C
At present daily train is run from
Saint LOUIS Grand Union Depot, st.
| tached 70 which will be found an ele-
eRant Pullman Palace sleeping car,
| which runs through TO Nashville. Tenn,
| where direct connection Is made with
express trains of connecting lines, for
/ Do5ufs mentioned above. This train
Connects at Nashville with the Jackson.
Vile express, having Pullman Palaces
sleeping car OF the very finest make Ct.
! tachsd, which runs through TO jackson
VILE, Florida, without change.
For further information address
=. CHAEDLKR,
| L. g. CHARLTON, Gen. Tkt- Agent
Aaask Cen TEk Agent
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Lawrence HeTald-TribHne: Saturday
MIR. ]. D. Bowersock had a narrow es-
cape from drowning. While standing
on the edge of the cribbing at the dam
watching HIS workman, one of the men
slipped on a wet hoard and IN falling
knocked Mr.. Bowersock into the water
He came up some distance from where
he went down, and was near the gap and
In water twenty-seven feet deep, when
one of the men working on fiat boat in
the gap in the dam caught hold of him
and pulled him out of the water. II was
a close call, and narrow escape from
being hurled through the break aud ovel
the dam.
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Wabash Workings,

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25.-Tne Wabash
committee held an executive session here
to-day at which business of great i'm
portance is said to have been transacted.
Chairman Russell and the members OF
committee refuse to divulge Its nature
excepting to say that progress is being
rapidly made towards carrying out their
original plan OF boycotting the
Wabash. They allege as q res-
son for Withholding information
of their proceedings from the public,
that it would expose their tactics to the
railroad people who would not fail to
lake measures to fore stall their effect
Locally the situation remains unchanged
Everything is moving smoothly on the
Missouri Pacific, Wabash and Bridge
and Tunnel company's shops and yards.
Committeeman A. G. CoughlIn says that
q general strike is not eminent and no
likely 10 occur for several days.
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Verdi, the composer, is wealthy and
owns large tracts of land in Italy. A
disastrous storm having injured the
crops lately he ordered reduction OF
the rent of all his tenants in the suffer
ing region. Verdi has probably made
more by his art than any musician of the
country. and he is as liberal and open
handed as some of them who could b
named-notably his own couutryman
Paganini-were parsimonious and mig
gardly. The beautiful hospital at Vii
lanova d'Arcia Is standing instance o
his munificence. The entire cost of it
construction was betrayed by the com
poser out of his own pocket.
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LeavenWorth Times: If the tone of
her papers may be taken as an index to
her feelings upon the subject. Kansas
City is more than willing to be taken
under the protection of Kansas, her fos-
ter mother, Missouri has proved her
self cold, unsympathetic parent to
Kansas City, seeming to devote all Of
her care to and attention to her elder
chlld, st. LOUIS, and 1t is no wonder thai
the buxom infant wants to run away.
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MISSING FROM HIS HOME

Fred Newcomb, q baker by trade,
aged, % years, complexion light, blue
eyes, light mustache, dark auburn hair,
and very short; dressed in blue shirt,
black vest, light gray striped pants. Was
seen last on Saturday, August 10, at 3 p
m. It is supposed his mind was de-
ranged. ANY information will be thank
fully received through telegram or letter
by his wife. MRS. MADaE NEwCoMB,
Independence, Kansas.
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scarcity orPnssala

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 25-Pos,mas,er
Case of this city states that there is a
postal card famine in the country at
present The supply st ST. LOUIS is
osarly exhausted. and the ONCE here Will
be out beiore the end of the week.
The postmaster general orders = uegz
issue of postal cards and the old stock
has become exhausted, meanwhile the
has not yet been received
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RaiIroad strike.

ST LOUIS, Aug. 24.-There we're few
new developments in the railroad strike
here to-day. The Wabash committee
of the knights of Labor say that they do
not apprehend a general strike, at least
for the present. Members of the Knights
of Labor in the Bridge company's yards
here informed the superintendent this
morning that they could not handle Wa
bash engines. The answer was that they
need not do so, and that extra men would
be employed for that work.
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me New or,ean, rxDo.,t,an

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26.-The Amer.
lean Exposition company yesterday re-
ceived q dispatch from n. 81. Smith
president of the Louisville s. Nashville
Railroad company, increasing the sub
scription of that company from SIS, COX
TO $25, GOO, and authorizing Presiden
McConnico to draw at sight for $lO,3 900
the amount of instaIlments now due
The available space of the exposition Il
being rapidly taken mp.
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An Apache Raid.

TOMBSTONE, ARIz.. Aug. 25.-Sixty
Apaches made a raid on Friday last on
the ranches near San Pedro. Mexico
forty miles south of this city. They
carried off a number of horses. The
raid was witnessed by a squad of Mexi'
can soldiers; but no In
reference was by them attempted
A report reached here TO- day that the Sar
Rernardine ranch, famous in connection
with Indian hostilitiee, had been abaE
doned owing to the bold depredations o
hostile parties. Armed citizens left herr
for the Mexican border to assist IN driv
ing the Indians from the soil OF thu
TrnifeG SfafPS,
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4 Sea Disaster.

BRAUFoRT. s. e. Aug. 24-The
steamship Alexandria. which arrived
here yesterday, reports the wreck Of the
Scotch steam dredge Beaufort on Aug.
8th. off the Burmudas. Captain Penny
and crew of ten or twelve men are be-
iieved all to have been lost. The Beau
fort cleared from Savannah on July 10th
for Greenack, Scotland, via Burmuda.
She sailed from Burmuda the I'd and
was caught in hurricane when six days
ont
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FroSt.

ST.. PAUL, MINI, Aug. 24.-The sig
nal service here has adVlces which report
that killing frost occurred last night
over a greater portion OF the northwest
territory, extending southwark to the
northern part of Minnesota. The tenn
perature fell to 81 degrees above zero at
st. Vincent just before SUNRISE this
morning. This is low enough TO kill
vegetation, The report says that frost is
not likely to extend very tar south
of St. Vincent. The lowest temperature
reported this morning was 20 degrees
above zero. The air here In st. Paul is
crisp and chilly, but there was no frost
The visitors are leaving the lakes il
large parties today TOR their homes.
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WASHINGTON. D. c., Aug. 25.-ln the
bicycle race here last night between
John Brooks, champion of Pennsylvania,
and w. u. Woodside, Irish champion,
the Americans records were broken at
various distances. The twenty mile
race was won by Brooks by five feet-in
one hour, two minutes and forty-One
seconds-beating best American record
five minutes and two seconds. 80
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a Horrible Trngedy.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. IA
special to the the Advertiser from Tai
ladega says that in that county j. H.
McGowan killed and dressed pig for a
barbecue last night His three children
aged IL, 8 and years saw the process
of butcheriug the pig. The next day Mr.,
McGowan left home and the children
agreed to repeat the process of the day
before. Having no pig at hand, the two
older children proceeded to butcher the
youDgster. They cut Its throst and hung
it up by the heels as the pig had been
hung up and were proceeding to disem
bowel it when their mother discovered
the horrible tragedy.
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Eraz1er. Roef RItser.s

Frazieris Root Bitters sci strongly up
on the liver and kidneys. Keep the bowels
80, and regular. make the weak strong.
s,esl the lungs. build mp the nerves. and
..Iaanes the blood and system Of every
isnnnr.ty. Sold by D.. W. Morris, drug
Hfst. Price 500.
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A Big Suit.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Mrs. Lucretia w.
Davis, claiming to be the widow of Con-
federate General Davis, who once owned
the Davis addition to Chicago, has com
menced suit against large number of
property owners of the block lying be-
tween Lake and Fulton streets and West.
ern avenue and Seymour street for her
right of dover. The tract embraces 8
hundred lots or more. Her attorney Of
fered at first TO compromise for $35 To-
but has since lowered this price to $25
The basis of Mrs. Davis claim is tha
she did acknowledge the conveyance o
the property according to the form o.
the Illinois statutes. The property own
era affected have called a meeting fol
this evening to take measures TO resis
the claim.
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Exchange: Now Johnnie" said the
teacher, ''lf your father borrows 800
and promises to pay ten dollars week
how much VIII he owe IN seven weeks ~
'One hundred dollars" said Johnnie
''I'm afraid you don't know your lesson
very WE'LL" remarked the teacher. 81
may not know my lesson very WELL
Johnnie frankly acknowledged, shut
know NV father"
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New York Mail: II is said of the Bos-
ton girl who got lost up in the Catskills
the other day that she shouted ID an IN
tellectual tone of voice: Il require assis-
lance from some honorable man of cul-
ture ana refinement." When the farmer
who found her was leading her back to
the hotel she asked him If he was reg.
ulAr subscriber to the Atlantic Monthly,
and If he had read Natural Laws Of the
Spiritual World" And when he said
"No," she forgot TO thank him for his
aaaiafance
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Judging from the following II wou

Judging from the following 1t would
appear to an uuprejudiced observer that
the sentences from Topeka paper dis.
played little of the green-eyed mon
ster: THE trouble with an excursion &c
Kansas City is. nobody wants 10 &c
there. To listen to the blow and swae
ger about the tnture growth of the city
and the killing smell of the packing
houses is not sufficient entertainment 70,
an excursion party"
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Commonwealth: Tho Pixies Peak
railway. on the Rocky mountains of Col
Ordado, which is expected to be in oper-
alton this year will be the most notable
piece of track in the world. 1t will
mount 1000 feet higher than the Lima
b Oroya railway In Peru. It is now in
operation to a point over $4,000 feet
above the sea level. The entire thirty
miles OF its length will be q succession
OF complicated curves and grades, with
no piece OF straight track longer than
20O feet
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Exchange: A man went into the coun-
try last Sunday for walk. He carried
his overcoat on HIS arm, but, finding 1t
burdensome, hung it on fence. Taking
q card from his pocket he wrote: "Do
not touch this coat; infected with small
pox." He came back two hours latter
aud found the card, upon which was
written, underneath his warning,
Thanks for the coat; I've had the small
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The following is said OF the discipline
and rules of the Elmira Reformatory,
after which the Hutchinson reformatory
is to be modelled: THE convict who en-
tiers the Elmira reformatory is informed
of the maximum time for which he can
be detained, and that he Gao by perfect
conduct win his release in one year. To
effect tins he must gain certain num-
of credit marks, aud these are constant
ly liable to be cancelled by neglect or
i'll behavior. In the shop he is marked
according to his diligence. his sharp
attention to his work, and his volunta-
riness at his labor. II he is llstlt IS,
sights his work, and does not give his
mind and energy to it, he not only
misses credit marks, but will get dis
credit marks. There is no escape for
him; he must work with q will
In behavior he must be perfect in
obedience to the many and minute
rules laid down OF which he has print
ed copy. In school be Is repaired Il
study according to his capacity, and thu
marking is much the same as in well
regulated high school. But while b
must be perfect IN work and behaViol
he will pass in school II he gains seven
ty-five IN the scale OF one hundred. T
be perfect three marks must be earne
each month in all these three depar
meuts. II he has nine marks at the en-
OF each month tor six successive month
he rises out of the intermediate grad
into the first grade II, after being pI
IN the FIRST grade, he makes nine goC
marks each month for SIX months. 1
may ne released But If be does not
Xix months, in he Intermediates grad
reach promotion 10 tis first grade, or
any time that HIS conduct demands II,
is put into the Ibird grade. No mstt
how we'll be works or how hard he stu
les. IL he lie g;Iilly of misconduct he sc
down Ia the third grade; no matter hC
we'll be behaves, If he won't work he g
down; no matt.r how we'll he beha'
and work., Al he won't study ne g
down."
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rhe Beta Thsta-Pi soelssy

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26.-The annual con-
vention of the Beta Theta Pi society met
here this morning at the Llndell hotel.
Delegates from twenty-four states are
expected, most OF whom arrived this
moFniog- The convention will be In
session until Friday. A banquet will be
given 20 the delegates and q public re-
ceptlon tomorrow evening at Memorial
hall Mayor Francis formally welcomed
the delegates this afternoon In 6 neai
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