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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-09
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|. TT. SCOTT, Sept. IA. ". Walton,
proprietor Of the Fort Scott foundry, has
for some time past been engaged in drill
ing 8 well 70 supply natural gas and feed
fires in his foundry. Instead Of natural
gas he has struck hne quality Of lubri-
eating Oh. The well yields three to four
barrels day, snd there are signs indie
alive Of speedy increase. He Il now
boring fresh strata Of oil rock and
Wien he gets through this e Il believed
that the md win prove very valuable.
The Associated Press reporter has inst
returned from tho Oh well recently dis
covered By kH. WalfoFd near the junction
OF the Missouri Pacific g Kansas City,
It. Scott & Gulf railroad. The discovery
u much more important than ct ArSt be.
heved. The oil found Is fine quality Of
lubriceting on, which ssI1s in the market
Is 20 20 30c Per gallon and Is being
pumped ct the rate o. 200 gallons par
day. II the TOW proves permanent 81
this rate the discovery q Ghe most VaIua-
bic one made IN this state for many
yearS.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-09
Anti-saIoonista.

BINGHAMPToN, n. z, Sept. 1.-THE
state anti saloon representative conven.
ton for appointment Of delegates to the
national convention, to be held In Chica-
90, met here to-day. Only eighteen out
Of sixty counties Of the state were repre-
sented, and those in the immediate vicin-
ity Of Blnghampton. No well known
representative figures In the list Of dele
gates, which, indeed, are half made up
citizens Of Blnghsmpton and its neigh
boorhood. Several Of the delegates are
clergy men. After the organizing Q
platform was adopted the second plank
Of which il as follows;
Past history has proved that the only
efficient source Of political power are
the two great political parties and there
is no case on record where any reform
has been accomplished by second party
organized for that purpose except with the
others. Therefore, We demand Of the re-
publican party, to which we are too
proud 70 owe allegiance, that It shall take
Q firm and decided stand In favor Of
temperance and against the saloon,
that when in power Il shall adopt and
enforce measures for the restriction, and
at the earliest possible moment for the
prohibition Of the HGuoz traffic. Il also
fAvors submission q q 6astttutional
amendment relating 10 6E selling 70
the people Of the entire state sud local
option to the several counties.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-09
W. II. JOKES.

H. B. ALLISON, AuctiOnesr, Des
AOInes, Iowa.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

The Catholic Citizen which criticised
Supt. Graham for reported decision
of his stating that the rule requiring the
bible to be read in public schools was n
reasonable one, very promptly acknoHi-
edges, on learning the facts in the case,
that its comments were unjust to Mr..
Graham. 1t seems that school board
required that all pupils in the school
under their charge should lay aside
their books while the bible was being
read. Some refused and were suspended.
A member of the board wrote to Supt
Graham asking whether the rule was a
reasonable one. He refused to answer
the question stating that it was for the
courts to decide. The member of the
school board took the superintendent's
answer to the second question ''that the
law gave the board power to establish
rules for the government of the school,
as favorable answer to the first ques-
tior, and it was on the statement of the
member of the school board that The
Citizen based its comments. Had The
Citizens known Mr.. Grahsm's iberality
in matters of this kind it would have
postponed its criticism until it had better
pr oof than the statement of man whose
bigotry was more to be relied upon than
his yeracity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

PRESIDENT GREEN of the Western
Union Telegraph Company was before
the house committee on post offices
this week on the subject of telegraph
monopolies and stated that ''the West
ern Union now regretted it had not
allowed (sic) the postal telegraph bill
to pass few years ago" So it seems
the W. .. can dictate Legislation as it
chooses. 'Allow" is good when speak
ing of the national legislature. Per-
haps the Bell Telephone Company
may allow the U. S. law department
to test the validity of its patent not
withstanding the protestations of the
servile press which loves monopoly.
1t may be that Postmaster General
Villas may be "allowed' to save the
treasury from the raids of the steam
ship companies despite the outcry of
the subsidized newspapers. The mo-
nopolies may ''allow" the people to do
something in time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

The Knights of Labor are at last mas
ters of the situation and are able to
dictate terms. The strikes which they
have ordered are the most extensive
known and will be successful. They
have solved the question of prison labor
and convicts must hereafter remain in
idleness. The Pilot has always been
favorable to the laborer and has invaria-
bly, taken the side of the strikers for tho
reason it felt they were driven to this
desperate means of redress. But the
Knights seem inclined to abuse their
power and their action in pronouncing
in favor of that colossal humbug, the
Hennepin canal, is entirely outside their
legitimate function. There is danger in
strong organization of this nature being
used by demagogues for their own
selfish ends, and the laborer is very much
inclined to regard as friend the person
who makes most noisy professions of
friendship. The truest friend is the one
who is as prompt to criticise as to COM
mend when the occasion demands it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

GENERAL BRAGG is one Of the modest
soldiers, though Drawer one was not in
the field. The General never advertises
his service nor attempts to make political
capital out of it. The deserving soldiers
have no better friend than he is, but he
is just as much opposed to steals through
pensions as through any other form of
reaching the public treasury with greedy
and undeserving hands.
P. J. Smalley of The Houston Argus
is man who did good service during
the war but in less conspicuous field
than Bragg's. He isopposed to opening
the arrears of pensions act. But argues
that any soldier suffering from chronic
disability should be pensioned. This
wonld not meet With a word of remon-
STRANGE from any one. Any person who
was soldier and who is now incapaci-
tated for full labor, no matter when or
how the incapacity resulted, should be
pensioned. When there are but few
survivors of war, the custom is to pen
sion them, the idea being that age pre-.
cludes them from earning livelihood.
Injury or sickness is deserving of relief
fully as much as age. This would sim
plify pension laws and put an end to the
acts of the demogogue. Such men as
Bragg who vote according to their con-
science instead of with reference to the
importantly of demands, would be spared
the attacks of the professional soldier
lovers.
Mr.. Smalley quotes from a private
letter as follows:
SIT appears to me that we veterans of
the army are disgracing our fallen com
rades as we'll as the cause which we were
lighting for, in the scramble for pensions,
and public opinion is sure to condemn
us. Would such thing as an anti
pension clerk be proftable7"
Such soldiers as these mentioned are
looked upon with suspicion because they
are not constantly shouting aheir own
praises and dwelling upon the debt the
government owes them. A pension
granted to every person who had been
soldier who is permanently disabled,
wholly or partially, from any cause, and
pension to all when they have reached
certain age would be justice to ALTO
the modest and deserving as well as to
the boisterous and greedy ones.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18
TIE Catholic Bishop of La Crosse in

THE Catholic Bishop of La Crosse in
his pastoral letter for lent, takes occasion
to severely criticise the practice of rails
ing money for church purposes by means
of balls aud says he viii hold the clergy
man of the parish where such things are
allowed or countenanced responsible in
future. He also inveighs against night
parties at private houses.
Churches, if properly managed are
capable of doing great deal of good.
There can be no question that clergy
man Of broad views and kindly heart can
do much toward improving the moral
condition of the people under his charge.
Nor will any one doubt that good comes
from peoples spending portion of Sun
day in serious reflection suggested by the
common sense discourse of the clergy
man. But look the churches over and
see what they are doing. Study the
means employed with which to raise
money to keep churches running and
take an inventory of the morals inculcated
thereby. Attend a night service and
learn the motives which prompt the at
tendance of many. See the saloon which
grows up in the shadow Of the church
and observe how we'll patronized it is
during, before and after service. Visit
it at night and notice the condition of
those who deem it an objectionable sin
to absent themselves from "divine ser
vice. on the Lords day. As the result
OF your observations, say to what extent
a church is factor in the moral upbuild-
ing of community.
Children are taught to discard that
modesty which is the charm of childhood
and encouraged to beg on the public
streets for money the use of which
they have not the faintest conception.
And where is the clergyman who has
raised his voice in protest against this
outrage on innocence?
No voice is heard in denunciation of
the drunken orgies which are far too
often sequence of church services, and
no one seems to think there is scandal
involved in the increased value of saloon
property because of it's proximity to the
country church.
No voice of warning sounds in the ears
of young girls against the professional
pirates on virtue who haunt the church
where the prettiest girls "nost do con-
gregate." No, the clergyman is pleased
at the large attendance and is vain
enough to fancy that his moral platitudes
attract the crowd. What commentary
upon the moral value of the service when
the ''worshipers" quit the church to SIN
more grievously than in every day life
Make the churches what they ought to
be and they will be supported. Let
them deal with the errors of the present,
fight the evils which are wrecking the
lives of the living, and cease to pander
to passions which 1t is their duty to root
out, and they will have influence, power
and responsibility.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18
CUT THIS OUT.
ALBERT LANDRETH'S SELECTED
LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS
FOR THE FAMILY GARDEN.

These solts are the choicest selections
from multitude of varieties and will be
found to contain the cream of all:
Beans-Early Valentine, per quart Csc
German Black Wax or Butter Bean, Soc
Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry 35c
Beet-Early Blood Turnip, per OF. Zoe
Long Smooth Blood Red, 1Oc
Cabbage-Early Jersey Wakefield, Soc
Fottlsr's Improved Brunswick, Zoe
Premium Flat Dutch, zoe
Carrot-Early French orSearletHorn IOc
Danvers Stump Rooted, 1Oc
Celery-Crawford' Half Dwarf, zoe
Golden Heart Dwarf, 25c
Corn-Early Minnesota, per ounce, zoe
Stowell's Evergreen, zoe
ucumber-Improved white Spine, 10c
Early Frame, 1Oc
Improved Long Greeu, loo
Leek-Large Flag, 15c
Lettuce-Early Curled Simpson, 1Oc
Hanson, Zoe
NJ ush -utIlOn-NuCmSS, lUc
Skillman's Melted, 1Oc
Large Yellow Musk, loo
Water Melon-New Cuban Queen, Zoe
Ice Cream, or Peerless, 10c
Ice Rind or Icing, 10c
Citron, for Preserves, 10c
Onion-Extra Early Red Flat, 15c
Large Red Wethersfeld, 15c
Yellow Danvers, Globe Shape, 15c
Parsnip-Hollow Grown, 1Oc
Parsley-Plain, 1Oc
Champion Moss Curled, 10c
Pepper-Large Bell, per ounce, 25c
Realistically Scarlet Turnip, lOc
Early Scarlet Olive Shape, 1Oc
French Breakfast, 10c
Yellow Summer, 1Oc
Scarlet Chinese Winter, 1Oc
Spinach-Round Leaved or Sum ner 1Oc
Squash-Perfect Cen, 1Oc
Golden Crook Neck, 1Oc
Hubbard, 1Oc
Early Yellow Unsatisfactory, Zoe
Early Summer Crook Neck, loo
Tomato-Acme, zoe
Livingston's Perfection, zoe
Livingston's Favorite, 25o
The Cardinal, 25c
Trophy, 25c
Turnip-Early White Flat Dutch, 1Oc
Purple Top, Flat Strap Leaved, 10c
Red Top Globe Strap Leaved, 1Oc
Ruta Baga-ImprovedAm. PurpleTop10c
Carriers Imperial, 1Oc
White Russian, 1Oc
Sweet German, 1Oc
Peas-Landreth's Extra Early, PERI zoe
First and Best, 15c
McLean's Little Gem, 15c
American Wonder, Zoe
Champion of England, 10c
Dwarf Blue Imperial, 1Oc
All the above seeds are sold in such
quantities as desired as low as Sc to sc
worth. ALBERT LANDRETs,
Manitowoc, Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

The position the q. S. senate has
taken is SO utterly unreasonable and
absurd as to make that body fit subject
for contempt. If an ordinary county
board should indulge in such childish
proceedings the people would boot them
out of town. The senate will not con-
slider the fitness of an appointee. 1t will
not make any discrimination between good
and bad appointments but rejects all be-
cause forsooth, republican was not al
lowed to remain in tie Office. The pow
or which the constitution gives the senate
to confirm appointments made by the
President clearly with the view that unfit
appointments may be rejected, is prosti-
tuted to promote party ends. The senate
has become political machine and meets
at Washington for the purpose of being
the agent of that party which has a ma
jority in that body. The excuse is offer
ed that the president has made pledges
which he has ignored. Suppose he has.
Is it not clearly extra. constitutional for
the senate to make these pledges basis
of its actionl The senate seems more
anxious to act upon letters of acceptance,
inaugural addresses and campaign
speeches than upon the constitution, and
that under the leadership of man cele-
brsted as a great jurist. No matter how
worthy an appointment, the officer must
be rejected because Grover Cleveland
professed TO be civil service reformer,
and the senate refuses to perform a clear
constitutional duty because the election
of 1884 was adverse to the republican
party. An appointee il not to be con-
.irmed though be be honest and a most
oapa BILE officer; he is not to be rejected
bacause he is unfit or inefficient, but to
DO rejected because he replaced repub-
lican. What ajgnified position for the
y. s. Senate to occupy!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

THOSE papers which care more for
justice than party devotion are pro-
nouncing ia favor of Postmaster General
Villas in his contest with the steamship
companies. The latest indication comes
from that out-and out stalwart but
justice loving Titan, George Guty of
Chippewa, who says: Colonel Vilass
position on this question is all right
notwithstanding the vehement growls Of
the paid lobbyists employed by the
steamship companies. Itseems Truth
is mighty and will prevail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

IT was strange if the debate in the
senate should end without the stereo-
typed rot of ''discharging the old sol
der to make room for the ex-rebel."
The papers which furnish the full
proceedings of the senate might let
the matter referring to the removal
of the old soldier to make place for
those who tried to destroy the union"
stand and chuck it in when rattle
head like Dolph takes the floor. There
are any number of statesmen who de-
light in threshing that old straw.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

GFlrst publication March H. Is86l No 4
| PROBATE MANIrowoC CoUNTy CoTnr
IN me matter OF the estate of Wilhelm Reir.-
hardt, deceased. ii i'eii2-
0n reading and filing The petition of Carl
ocnhidt OIL the estate of said deceased for tbe I'D
Justment and allowance of his adm inistrstinn
account cana the assignment of the residua Of
sale esta'e to such other persons as are by law
entitled to the same3 NV OS Ia"
IL ~ ordered that said account he examined.
adjusted and allowed at special term of sa id
court TO be held at the Office the couUtv ipdga.
Ia inc tity OF Manitowoc, in said county on Tues
Jay, tAe 18TH day If April, A. d. 1886
II ls further ordered that upou the sdins+r,o-
and allowance OF such account by this corr az
aforesaid, the residue OF said state he nv tbc
iuriher order and Judgment ilhs court. sssigneG
10 such persons as are lew entitled to the same
~ is further ordered, that notice of the ting and
PlA0e Oh the examination and allowance of snch
az count ana oil the assignment OF the resi.ue on
SAID estate, be given 10 all persons inter sed nv
publcauon OF this order for three succrssive
weeks, before said day, in the Manitowoc Pilot.
weekly newspaper printed and published =, no
city and county of Mauitowoc and state of Wis
consin. $500 u " &c
Dated March 9Th, A. D., 1886.
BY the court.
CARL Ii: SCHMIDT, County judge.
-'- - Ai ""u, Attolueys. april
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18
The Wagner Hardware CO

The Wagner Hardware Go.
have made many important
changesin their store by which
they have almost doubled the
large storing capacity they
already possessed. Besides a
complete assortment of Black
smith Iron, Steel, etc., which
they have heretofore kept, they
have now added a very large
and complete stock of wagon
makers goods, viz: woodwork
tor wagons, carriages, buggies,
sleighs, etc. Blacksmiths and
wagonmakers will do well to
look over their stock and get
prices.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

SHERMAN hos net lost his cunning in
mendacity which distinguished him in
Louisiana during the presidential contest
of 1876. He refused to give reasons for
the removal of Arthur and denied having
dore so. His letter containing the re-
fusal was put in evidence against him.
He denied having, while senator, asked
reas ms for removals and another letter
from him appeared to prove that again
he was untruthful. Kenna is little too
prompt in citing irrefutabls proofs to
make lying on the payC of Sherman q
successful matter
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18
TO CONTRACTORS AND BTTITDERS

TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
We carry the largest stock of sash,
doord, blinds and frames in the CITY. and
our prices are lower then any other
place in the state. We have about 600
doors on hand yet that have been in
stock two years and are guaranteed to be
perfectly dry. Remember that all we
ask of you is to get our prices.
70 BECKER & TRIraEN.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

The committee of the German reich
stag to whom was referred Bismarck's
spirit monopoly bill, giving the gov
eminent the profits in the sale of
liquor between the manufacturer and
the retailer, have reported against the
bill, That is one victory for the Ger
man people over the most despotic
ruler since the middle ages.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

The speech of Senator Kenna of West
Virginia in reply to Edmunds was mas
tsrpiece of logic and an incontroverlible
array of facts, He showed that Grant,
when he became President, removed
more officers in seven weeks, those APP
pointed by Johnson, than Cleveland has
in eight n. 5nths, and that LISan then in
the house, Introduced a bill designed to
turn every officer ont who had not been
removed Il Grant. There vas to be no
"reasons" bnt the eyictio vas to be
wholesale aul cowr,at"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18
CHEESE FACTORIES,

10 those wishing to go into the Cheese
Factory Business this year, can certainly
not do any better than by getting our
prices before buying elsewhere, as our
price for this year is 25 per cent. lower
than that of last year. Don't wait until
the last moment,
THE WAGNER HARDWARE Co.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18
Is Your Liver out Of Orser7

Then is your whole system deranged
The blood is impure, the breath offensive
you have headache, feel languid, dis
pirited and nervous, To prevent more
serious condition, take at once Simmons
Liver Regulator.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18
FARMERS.

HOW TO MAKE GOOD BUTTER.
We are agents for the Cody
Patent Dreamer, the one Hi
ram Smith of SheboyganFalls
recommended at the Farmers
Institute. For particulars come
and get a circular.
The WAGNER HARDWARE Co.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

TIE Oshkosh Times suffered by fire
on Monday last to the extent of 81, 600.
The fire was checked before it reached
the composing or editorial rooms. No
delay was caused in the publication of
the paper. Unfortunately the files were
lost
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

AN express messenger on the Rock
Island road was beaten to death with a
poker By band of robbers who then
opened the safe and took from 800, 900
to $25, 900. The Express Company offers
a reward OF $4,000 for the apprehension
of the murderers
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

HAVING on hand very large stock of
No. l Trout, warranted sound, We have
reduced price to So so per half barrel,
full weight. Also good supply of 9TH
or fish at bottom prices. Is
Sc1UETTE BRos,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18

The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring
are no less welcome than the result of the
1s9th Grand Monthly Drawing of The Louisiana
State Lottery, on Tuesday. February 9th, 1886
at New Orleans, La. 1t is continued thus:
The First Capital-s75. 0O0-was drawn by No,
5I,1O5, sold in fifths, each at one dollar One
was held by Annie Smith, colored cook at
No. lib Liberty St. New Orleans; one by Andrew
Doyle, care of Thos. Sheahan, SO Broadway
New York city; one by Fred'k Scharf, a Ger
man shoemaker at No. 704 De Kalb Ave-
Brooklyn, n. Y; one by w. r. Jones and FIVE
friends at Murphysboro, His, &c. The Second
Capital was drawn by No. 1925 sold also in
hfths (at 81 EACH enc was held by Gottfred
A, derson, on steamer Onward" at Market
81. wharf, San Francisco; another was paid to
Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Company; another
to party IN Memphis, Tenn, &C. Third
Capital Prize-S10 0O0-was also sold in fifths:
one to D. B. Huntly, Carlisle, New Mexico; one
to w. F. Rudolph, No. 14ls West ST.. one to w.
NJ. Finnacane, both of Oakland. Cal all col
lected through Wells, Fargo & Co s Express
etc., etc. Fourth Capital Prizes. $1,000 each.
We've drawn Dy Nos. 27,946 and s9.eS2 sold
generally ali oyer-Yicksburg, Miss, San
Francisco, CAL, etc. So it goes on constantly.
The 191 Grand Monthly Drawing will take
place at noon, Tuesday. April 18th, and any
information desired can be had on applica-
ton to NJ, A, Dauphin,.New Orleans, La, Eoss
try not to DC left next time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18
BECKER g. TEITGEN

ARE the only firm in the city that
make it special business to sell only
perfectly dry doors. We keep our doors
in stock at least one year before selling
them. Come and see them. %
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-18
100

Kegs genuine New Holland Her
ring at 93c, a keg-worth nearly
that to buy in 100 key lots to-day
Old Herring are still on the mar
lIet and offered at less money but
you don't want them.