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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-01

Sol Smith Russell delighted his En-
poFis audiences when he presented Edge
Wood Folk, but LAST FrldsT nom par.
queate to gallery the people were almost
enrapsured. Mr.. Russell is 90 faEora-
bly, known % our citizens that
thoss who attended the pre-
sentatIon Of Felix MeKuaick LAST even
ing went with mirth kindled within
which only waited fog sn instance 70
break out In hearty laughter. The play
opened with q scene in the printing Of
ice Of the Weekly Rocket, Of which pa
per Felix McKusick IVES sole editor and
proprietor. The first view into this
oflce acquainted the audience with
Frank Lawton ~ Billy Danger, the
ONCE devil, whose acting and dsncieg
gave evidence Of more thsa ordinary
talent. His good viii for the Weekly
and kind heart for the editor. Felix Nc
Kusiek, was simply magnsnimOUs. Sol
Smith Russell. a. the lmpecuniOus edi-
tor, provoked continued laughter and
applause. Good natured and sociable.
he was always hopeful Of . bright fu-
ture. although he could not pay the
devil a week, and was compelled e
borrow ink and paper with which
to issue the Weekly Rocket Archie
Luidsley a. Crazy Old POTTS aud Mis-
Mara O'LeaVy as Nancy Potts played
their parts excellently e. friends 70 the
impoverished editor. The play Is a
humorous a. one could Wish for although
It has only been before the public mint
weeks and 10 almost daily improved b
new additions and hard study. It IL ths
most successful play ever given by Mr.
Russell and Will never fail to give salts
Sacf,ou
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EMPoR1A FREE LIBRARY.

Rooms over the First National Bank.
RULE Ls6Tsry and J EeSalng room open
p. m, and from to p. m; from June LIST to
Sept. list. from 9 a.. m. TO IL m. and from
80 to 10 p. m. Sunday Reading room open
RULE s.0Permanent residents Of the city
are entitled to the free privilege OF the
vicinity of the city, can have same privilege
as permanent residents, upon the payment
OF the following fees: Family cards. 500
Single cards 81 90 per year. 81 50 six months,
or loo per VOL, and upon registering their
RULE 8.-Writin9 in the books is prohibit
ted, and all injuries to books beyond reason
able wear, and all losses, shall be promptly
adjusted to the satisfaction of the librarian.
RULE 4.-Each family is entitled TO draw
not to exceed two books at one time on
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| taken. and no book can be retained longer
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ever, If the same book Is not wanted by any
other person, it may be taken for an addition
al one week,
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| a longer time than IS above specified, shall
be subject TO fine of ten cents per week or
| fraction of week beyond that time, and no
other volume or book can be taken out until
| such fine has been paid.
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| accordingly.
| RULE 7.-No person shall be entitle to the
privileges OF the library while there are any
| charges against them on account of the
| library. remaining unpaid.
| RuLE S.--Books can only be taken from the
| shelves by the librarian.
RULE Any person of good department
| and habits NAV use the reading room. The
| use OF tobacco. AMI all cOnversaLio and
! other conduct not consistent with the quiet
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SHOW TRIcKSTEKs,

A day or two IN advance OF Forepaugh's
show here u one-leggsd man and two
women visited the city and solicited
Alms from the people on the streets
Such travelling parties are SO frequent
that they are seldom suspected of being
else than unfortunate persons. THE
NEWS local yesterday in conversation
with A. u. Davis. the gentlemAnly press
agent OF Forepaugh's show, learned that
Ghis party were associated with u num-
her of shArpers and thieves that fol
lowed the show and rendered the
tricksters valuable information concern
ing both the cities visited and the show
pointing out the officers and detectives
One of the women beggars Is said 10 bC
very wealthy and owns considerable
property in Minneapolis, MinnesOta, but
has become 30 accustomed to tots method
of lite that she does MOI care to quit IL
The officers were on their guard yester
day and, with the exception of a scrim
mage in the side show IN which two
rowdies were knocked down by show
men, nothing out Of the usual order &C.
CURED.
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NORMAL NOTES

SATURDAY, sept. 20.
T. w. Duncan of lola has entered the
senior class. He will probable be re-
membered as having been q student at
the Normal two years ago.
The schools of Arkansas CITY have
been so fortunate as to secure the SER
vices of three Normal ladies for the en-
suing term. Miss Florence Patterson
and Miss Anna Ferris, both of whom
had positions at that place last year, and
Miss Nellie Cunningham. graduate of
last June, constitute the "happY trio"
The Lyceum literary society, ct its last
session, elected the following of1cers:
President. William E. Woodward; vice
president, Miss Anna Vezie; secretary,
Miss Anna Nesbitt; treasurer, Miss
Edith Miller; board of directors,
Miss Mary Leonard. Albert j. Jones,
Lee M. Gray, Mathew NJ. Suddock and
Miss Rosa Jones. The following parties
will serve as the program committees:
VIM. s. Plcken, Miss Alfredo Judd. Al
bert Phillips and Miss Anna Marshall.
Bouaparte Is the name of the latest
Normal arrival. He was introduced to
the physiology class by Prof. Dinsmore.
and the welcome which was accorded
him was 80 hearty that his stay with US
will probably be made permanent. He
may be found in the laboratory by any
person who has the hardihood 10 visit
him, with brass ring in the top of his
head by which he Is suspended from
the ceiling. (The ring is in the hosts
head and not the guests, OF cOurse.) 1t
is useless TO attempt a converse
tion with him, as he has
not been known to hold
communication with any human being
tor a number of years. He has not
partaken of nutrIment for so long a
time that his corporeality has been re-
duced to "mere skeleton" which same
he is. His dIsatti-a at first is liable TO
produce an unpleasant sensation, but his
"polished remains" are deserving of the
most indetAtigsble scientific attention.
The audience at the lyceum hall on
last evening were entertained with u
short program which WIS not entirely
devoid of merit. REGULATIONS were de-
livered by Two of our most able declaim-
ers, Miss Belle Moore, famous as the
winner q: the declamatIOn contest last
winter, and Miss Ella Allender, whose
natural abilities in this line
has been supplemented by q full
course OF instruction in Fulton s. True
blOod's school of elOcution at Kansas
City. Music was furnished by q quar-
tette composed of Misses Eva Golfer and
Eta Judd and Messrs. John A. McClGiE
and d. A Eckert. Miss Amanda Kirk
patrick read an essay highly replete with
beautiful figures and we'll arranged Ian
guage. Messrs. Woodward and McClaiE
affirmed and Miss Vezie and Mr. David
son denied that "The present policy o
the government towards the Indians Il
detrimental to all parties concerned. Thu
negatives gained the discourse. w
may be permitted to suggest that on
programs are little too lengthy.
ICEBERG.
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COHNER-sPENcER.


Last Thursday the residence Of Mrs.
Ruggles, about eight miles northwest of
Emporia, was the scene Of happy nup-
tial ceremony in which d. w. Conner,
of Conner Bros. of this city, and Miss
A. Lucretla Spencer were united with
the solemn marriage vows. There were
large number of friends present to wit
ness the ceremony performed by Rev.
Snodgrass. The happy couple were the
recipients of large number of useful and
beautiful presents. After enjoying q
bountiful supper the newly welded
couple came TO the residence of Mrs
Z. j. Conner, where they received the
congratulations Of numerous friends. Mr.
and Mrs. Conner will live at &C STATE
street, wher they have arranged q neal
and comfortable home. May theil
future be all sunshine Is the unanimous
wish of their friends.
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mol 0RIrTNEIL. J,P.

a NERVOUS, KANSAS. Real Estate and
n Collection Agent. Ones third door, CASE
cor. Broadway and Maine. Correspondence
solicited.
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Az OLD THE.

An old antiqusted OK team sauntered
along Commercial street last, Saturday
and halted IN front Of Birds iewelFY
store. In the wagon was an odd
looking box concern as uumOdern IS
the remainder of the outfit was anti
quated. This box proved to BE- an old
clock belonging to the O'brien family
IN whose possession it had been fer
400 years, having been handed down
from one generation to another. The
clock is made of heavy brass inclosed in
a heavy walnut casing. about eight feet
high. The face of the clock Is also
brass, and the iron weights weigh thir-
tY-two pounds. This old timer was man.
ufactured by Ri Decide, at Cork, Ire
land, and bears the date of 1884 cut upon
the face OF the clock in rude figures.
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New York Evening Post: Dir. s. p.
Deunison, of this city, has recently pat
ented telegraph instrument by which
messages are transmitted in fec smile
almost as fast as the message can be
transmitted by good operator in the
ordinary way by Morse key. The H.
strument has been on exhibition for sew.
eral weeks In this city and has attracted
a great deal of attention. The funda.
mental principle of the apparatus Is the
same as that used In all preceding In
struments for the transmission of q mes
sage in facsimile, namely the use of an
lax tor the original message which
shall interrupt the electric current. The
message is written upon thin tin-foil
with an Ink which forms q complete In
sulation wherever it makes q
mark. The new feature of the ap-
paratus Is that instead of . stylus which
travels back and forth over line the
width of the sheet on which the message
IS written, q steel point Is attached to
the emu of a vibrating arm hung be-
tween magnets, which swing back and
forth across a tape of paper about the
width of that used in the ordinary
'tIckers." Each instrument is provld-
ed with two of these vibrating points
one for sending and the other for re-
ceiving. Whenever the point passing
over the original message upon tin-toil
meets with an ink mark the current is
interrupted tor the second, and black
corresponding TO the ink mark upon the
tin is made upon specially pre-
pared paper at the other end OF the wire.
The instrument Is far more rapid than
those which the Postal telegraph compa-
ny had built few years ago. When the
receiving and sending needles are made
TO swing oyer tape wide enough upon
which to write, several lines instead OF
one, as at present, the speed will excel
that of the best operators working with
the old system. The advantages of be-
ing able to send message in facsimile
are too obvious to need mention, besides
which the apparatus can be used by two
merchants at q distance without the in
PREVENTION of operators.
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ADVERTIsED LETTERS.

List OF letteps uncalled for and remaining
In the postoface at Emporia, Kansas, for the
week ending Sept. -, 1885. Please give the
.1aNa 0f advortfsRmenC when called for.
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KANSAS PATENTS

List of patents granted to citizens of
Kansas, for the week ending Tuesday
Sept. %, 1885. compiled from the official
records of the United States patent Of
dee, expressly for THE NEWS, by w.
A. Redmond, solicitor of patents, No. 637
r street. N. W., Washington, ID. c., of
whom Information may be had:
J. N. Anderson and j. NJ. Ellsworth,
steam cooker.
A. J. Balch, Halstead, stock waterer.
J. II. Cassidy, Leavenworth, fruit jar
fastener.
Z. Chapman, Emporia, stove service
apparatus.
/. Lantz. Lane. churn.
j. A. Ream, Barnes. medicine ioI
diphtheria.
r. +. Wilcox, Augusta, adding ma.
chine.
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Col. Whitley has been very successful
in booking for his opera house some of
the best entertainments on the road
Among those whom the Emporia people
will especially enjoy are Louise SYlves-
ter. Clifford's Dramatic company, Kate
Casleton, Maude Atkinson, Two
Johns, "Only Womsn's Heart. y
Burton Willard, A. r. Wilbur's compa-
ny, Tony Hart, G. w. Couldock's com
pany, ''rhe Black Flag" "Uncle Dan
iels," Italy Ho." Charlotte Thompson
"StraDgiers of Paris" Thomas W
Keene, Baird's Minstrels, Paulin
Markham, Patbiinders. Patti Rosa, j
K. Emmett, "Hazel Kirke," EsteI
Clayton. VIM Stafford. ON. Fawcett.
Tony Denier, Lizzie Evans, George {
Knight.
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PERSONAL MENTION

3. M. Chase Of Council Grove lain the
city.
Levi Hobson of Council Grove Is in
the city.
Mrs. ]. Peters of Newton Is guest at
the Coolidge.
SIX. Cross of Topeka is guest at the
Coolidge hotel.
E. Richter's family have arrived from
Hamilton. Ohio.
Frank Bucher is circulating among
his friends in the city.
W. B. Hurst Of Dallas, Texas, is
guest at the Coolidge.
j. P. Rees of Florence Is stopping in
the city for few days.
Miss Terwilliger of Council Grove il
visiting friends in the city.
Harry Norton returned to day from q
business trip to the state capital.
J.E. TOrrington, brother Off. E. Tor
ringIon, was In Emporia to-day.
r. U. GoOde and George 7. Hawkins
OF Washington are at the Coolidge.
Mrs. J. w. latham and children are
visiting friends at Morris, Illinois.
T.. g. Greene returned to-day from g
brief business trip 70 Council Grove.
Miss Hattie Burnem, of Beatrice,
Nebraska, is visiting friends in the city.
Miss Maggie Foster of San Francisco
Is visiting her friend Mrs. c. II. North.
Mrs. L. Pratt. who has been visiting
Mrs. A. c. Wells, returned home to-
day.
E. Moss. of Kansas City is IN Empo-
ria, visiting his son, Prof. A. c. Moss,
of the Normal.
F. A. Wolfe, q promising young busl-
ness man of Allentown. Pennsylvania,
Is in the cry.
w. A. Snoddy. has returned from
Strong City, where he attended the
Chase county fair.
MISS Jennie Delany, who has resided
at Cincinnati for the two past years, has
returned TO EmpoTia.
]. w. latham and family, who have
beed visiting familiar scenes in the east,
have returned home.
Z. ]. DsLong and wife OF Plumb
creek started TO hardwood, Illinois to-
day TO visit relatives.
Mrs. q. IL. North, who has been in the
Ga st for the past two or three months, is
now visiting friends In Lawrence.
Mrs. j. F. Hendy has returned from
Grant county, Kentucky. where she was
called by the death of her mother.
q. W. Porterfield has returned from
an extended visit in the east, during
which he saw the wonders of the great
cities Chicago. Philadelphia and New
York.
Prot. T. ID. Nutting anu d1ughteI
Jennie, OF Jacksonville, Illinois. father
and sister of Il. ID. Nutting, are visiting
the latter.
Mrs. Lucy Clark, of st. Louis, form
erly of EmpOria, is visiting her uncle
and aunt, NIr. and Mrs. s. b. Riggs anC
her mother, Mrs. Eliza Robinson, who II
also visiting here.
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And So it goes on all day lOug-bang,
bang, tootle, tootle-the latter word
being intended to represent the sound
made by cold water in escaping from
the neck of demijohn.
The prosecution of the plover is not
devoid of the exciting element of dan
ger. know hunter who had piece
Of his hat shot of. He had to pay two
dollars for a new hat As long as the
habit of Draining wounded plover with
the butt end of o gun that has one bar
rel loaded and cooked is kept up, it
cannot be said that eliminating ploVer
is not an exciting sport.
The plover is not a vindictive bird.
If you shoot at him with one barrel he
will turn the other also. This last quo
tation seems to be littlo mixed. but
that comes from my using the revised
edition of late.
OF course the hunter has the right
under tho constitution of shooting the
ploVor on the wing, but no true sports
man will be guilty of any such con-
duct. 1t is positively mean TO take add
vantage of the bird when he is away up
in the air. 1t is also cruel. for, if the
sportsman should accidentally hit the
bird it would fall twenty or thirty feet
on the hard ground. never take any
such risks. The best way is to get as
close as possible to the birds, watch
your chance and give them what is
called ''a ground wipe" with both bar
rels. Then you will be sure to fetch
something. -ALeE. +. Sweet, in NeE
York MercSIrg.
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miscellaneous.
MI 10. MARTIN,
FREDERICK 3 BURTON.
L MRAM.
J.KFTNLEY.

y AND AGENT. A large list Of improved
i land unimproved farms and city property.
Business rooms, of1ces and paFtmensS Tor
rent. once corner ROOM upstairs NeWs
block, corner of Sixth and Commercial street,
Emporia, Kansas.
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FRIDAY, s,

A1RA11 OCUbs 80
AT. Sneets of Allen county a former
resident of this place is, once more
among Us.
DIR. tt "A. Wright is having his front
fence painted.
Henry Mosen has purchased the coun-
ty right to sell patent fence in this
county ana will take. the road in few
days
johnson and Co.'S circus is billed for
Americas next Monday. Considerable
numbers from this vicinity attended the
Forepaugh show at Emporia Yesterday.
John Bond Is repaintins his front
fence,
The Amrricus wind mill is doing
. good business this breezy weather.
The Sol Smith Russell troupe arrived
on the NJ, K. q T. this noon, and thu
principal members are quartered at thu
Coolidge house in the elegant apart
ments secured for them in advance. Tn,
peEsOnel of the Sol Smith Russell CON
pany is far above that Of the ayerag
travelling troupe. It's members, led b,
the inimitable Sol, are not only peopl
of real dramatic talent but are also ls
dies aud gentlemen OF culture, whom
is pleasure to know.
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The Manchester GUARDIAN. June 9Th, 1888
says: At one of the
windows"
Looking on the woodland ways! With
clumrs OF rhOdoiendroms and great
masses of May blossoms!l! There was
and interesting group.
1t included one who had been q SCOT
ton spinner" but was not 30
Parslyzedlll
That he could only bear 10 lie in a re-
Ginning position.
THIS refers to my case.
was first attacked twelve wears ago
with " LocomOler AtaxY"
"a pAralytic dis case of nerve nbre rarely ever
cured)
and was for several years barely able to
get about.
And tor the last five years not able to
attend to my business, although
Many things have been done for me.
The laatexperiment being nerve stretching.
Two years ago was voted in the
Home for incurables! Near Man.
chester, In May, 1888.
l am no 'adVocate"; ''for anything In
the shape of patent" Medicines?
And made many objections TO my dear
wife's constant urging to try Hop Bit
tiers. but finally to pacIfy her
ConsentedII
had not quite finished the first bottle
when felt a change come over me.
This was Saturday. November 8. On
Sunday morning l felt SO strong said to
my room companions, al was sure /
could
"WalkL
So started across the floor and hack.
hardly knew how to contain myself ]
was all over the house. / am Rainin Q
strength each day, and can walk quite safe
without any
''Stick 20
Or support.
am now at my own house. and hope soon
to be able to earn my own living again.
have been member OF the d anchesrcr
Royal Exchange
For nearly thirty years, and was most
heartily congratulated on going into the
room on Thursday last. Very gratefully
yours. JOHN BLACKBURN,
MAEcHEsrER (Eng1 Dec IA. 1888.
Two years later am perfectly we'll.
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AN UNFUKTuNArE MISTAKE.

Lewis G. Stone, an eastern farmer who
is travelling in the west looking at the
country, jumped from the canDonball
train Friday as 1t was passing CONNER
cial street and received painful injuries.
He was informed that he had passed the
Junction and desiring TO go north on the
Missouri Pacific he sprang from the car
and was thrown backward, cutting 3
great cash in the back of his head and
bruising him considerably. An artery
was also severed and the bleeding was
stopped with great difficulty. Mr.. Stone
had just came in the city from Ninker-
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THE FIRE.

At $3.50 last Friday the fire depart
ment was called out to the corner OF
South avenue aud Elm street, southwest
OF the round house. There was no
hydrant near enough to the
scene to enable the fire company TO
use the hose. The property destroyed
consisted of two stables belonging re-
spcctively to Messrs. Parker and Love
and some fencing. Adjoining property
was saved by bucket brigade. The fire
10 said to have been started by some boys
smoking about the place.
The boys at the engine house did
Quick work, brought the hose cart oul
in . hurry aud made lightning speed
west along Fifth avenue.
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Topeka Capital; The Chicago lum-
Der Co, of Kansas filed its charter yes
terday with the Secretary of State. The
company is organized for the purpose of
transacting. manufacturing, merchan-
tile and agricultural implement and
produce business. They Will transscI
business at Aichison, Topeka Emporia
Wichita, Beloit and Junction City. Th'
directors are s. GuKRRIER, c c. BUREEs
s. C.KNG. d. J HOLLAND and a, A. Ca
rev. all of Atchison.
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1889 I6O acres; all fenced into six fields;
40 res in cultivation. Frame house OF 8
rooms and ceIler; good outbuildings and col
rails; we'll watered; good wind mill; acres
of GOOD orchard; miles from city; miles
from rail road; mile from school. Price
S4OO0 nm EASY terms.
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The exciting news was told on the
streets last SATURDAY. by some parties
who came 70 town from Coal creek, that
two men, who were engaged IN cutting
corn, about six miles from here, were
driven from the field Thursday by q
pack of prairie wolves. This morning
George Cade, accompanied by two or
three other gentlemen, all will armed
and brave as frontiersmen, went in search
of the wolves. Whether this is a repeti-
ton of the story of the shepherd boy
or . real fact will be ascertained when
the band of armed huntsmen return.
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Mr.. N. W. Sonnedecker announces
himself in The News of this week
as an independent candidate for the of
ics of county superintendent of public
Instruction Mr.. SOnnsdecker lie an es-
teemed citizen Of Emporia, is well
known IN the county and il elected
would doubtless I'LL the office he seeks
acceptAbly.
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The reading entertainment given by
Rev. T. G. Edwards. at the Welsh Con-
gregational church, last Friday was
well attended and highly appreciated.
Mr.. Edwards selections were principal
ly rendered In Welsh, but on next FIJI
day evening he will give q reading IN
English at the First Congregational
church, which will be. well worth at
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o. 4 Miller has been elected presi-
dent of the Y. M. Z. A. with IL. E.
Fox. vice president. ID. l.. Davies. treas
urer and l.. t. Boorey recording score
tary. The board of directors is com
posed of K. w. Cunningham, a. NJ.
Flory, j. T. Burton, j. w. Davies and
Prof. j. N. Wilkinson.