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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-08
LErrERs ADVRRTIsRD.

List of letters advertised at the EmpoFia
postofice for the week ending March Tth,
1883. Parties calling for these letters will
one cent on delivery:
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-08
Headlight Oil at Bonds.

1.-THE King of Kansas This is the
-four on which we stake our reputation
for truth and veracity when we declare
it to be the best flour in the country
and also the lowest price, at Tressler q
Lowry's.
Cash for hides at White & Sheibley's
If you want the best wagon on
wheels, buy the Mitchell of j. S. Gibson
s. Co.
Farmers wanting corn, oats and
ground feed, will consult their inter
ests by calling on US before buying.
| We have first-class seed corn, seed oats
| and German millett. Call on US. Ma
han & Bell.
New designs in jewelry at Gibson's.
Stove pipe to order, and tin ware re-
paired at e. B. Lesh's.
Crock works for cash, and sells for
cash, but makes rock bottom prices.
| AMERICUs, March 5.-The Americas
Republican club met at the school
house Saturday night and adopted a
constitution and perfected a perma-
nent organization. WILDER Lawton
vice president and D. G. Grinell secre-
tary After a few speeches by the
members of the club, an order of adj
iournment prevailed to meet again in
two weeks at such a place as the comG
mittee on bylaws might designate.
Several new names were annexed to
the constitution, and the Republican
club of Americas is destined to be
success.
James Phelan, who was convicted
J some time ago by the district court of
Lyon county for breaking open the city
pound of Americas, and whose SEN
tence has been deferred from time to
time by the judge, went down to EN-
poria last week and received his SEN
tence, three dollars and costs, the
same he received in the police court.
had been passed by the city, prior tC
} the commencement of these cases, it
was found that no commitment clause
had ever been passed by the council
, and consequently the judge decided
J that Phelan could not be committed
That, however, has been rectified, to
take effect on future cases.
of the Miller-Bolt wedding, and was
thrown from the buggy. The horses
} getting away from him, started to ruI
. and the doctors wife and Will Sax
who were also in the buggy at the time
0 Jumped out, Mrs. Sax sustaining Sc
we're sprain of the ankle, from which
she has been compelled to remain a.
vas done except a broken tongue ant
= some slight cuts on the horses from
j running through barbed wire fences.
81 BURLOw.
5 Spring heel and heavy tipped shoes
just the thing for children, at Gibson's
: Golden Belt and Peacock -four at tn
0 Americas Mills.
3 Gents overalIs and furnishing goods
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-08

Three pounds of steak for % cents,
at White s. Shiebley's.
New dress goods at Tressler s.
Lowry's. New designs, latest styles,
best quality and lower than Emporia
prices. Butter and eggs taken in ex-
change for goods.
When you get ready to paper can on
D. C. Grfnell. He is prepared TO do
you a good job On short notice.
Highest market price in cash paid
for hides at Bircket's.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-08
READING NEWS.

E. NJ. FoRDE, City Clerk.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
Stage Vanity.
San Francisco Ingloside.


Mr.. Rankin tells story on him.
self which is too good not to be re.
peated. They we're giving q great
spectacle in Chicago. 1t was the first
night. Every effort had been made
to make the production elaborate in
every detail. A splendid ballet head
ed by competent principals was just
Teady to spring upon the boards.
Fiie scenery had been prepared for
weeks, and a company of unusual
strength had been engaged. Mr..
Rankin was especially relied on. A
handsome dress had been made for
him, and he was instructed to make
as much as possible of his entrance.
He did SO.
lie was received with considerable
applause, and following the usage in
such cases, bowed. Then the applause
grew more decided. and he bowed
again. at IS u handsome dress"
thought Rankin. Then the applause
grew londer still. "What favorite
j must be, to he sure" thought he,
appalled, by the clam or OF thou.
sand throats, the waving OF handker.
chiefs md innumerable other dem.
onstrations, 'rhe dress must be
unusually handsome. III take an.
other look at it when get off. The
embarrassed actor bowed still lower.
Then the noise grew deafenlng. He
looked up in astonishment. Horror,
dismay and modification! They
were cheering Gen. Philip II. Sheridan!
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
Struggle with a Bad Habit.

New York Letter.
No one whoever saw or heard Chaun-
.cey NJ. Depew. of New York. with his
perennial flow of wit and apparently
sinex xhaustible supply of good spirits,
would imagine that he was engaged
in a sturdy battle against a habit
which threatened to injure his health.
Yet there is his own inviolate word
Tor it that such is the case. He says:
ri have smoked ever since / was
twenty, but OF late years the habit
has grown upon ne, until ! averaged
about twenty cigars n day. / noticed
that was nervous and low spirited
and my excellent digestion was going
back on me, but called it malaria
for a while, and then talked about
nervous prostration and brain troub.
le, but l knew in my inner concious-
ness that the real difficulty was nico-
tine. First tried to cut down the
number of cigars and then to smoke
milder sorts, but while would smo Ike
less one day I'd drop the next back
into my old habits, till finally mat
iters grew so bad was forced to look
them straight in the face and decide
whether was going to permit any
habit of the sort to wreck my health,
impair my usefulness and destroy my
life. OF course. decided would MT,
and, as / could MT control the habit,
! simply abandoned it. But ut times.
when sit after dinner in II room filled
with the smok OF good cigars. the old
longing comes upon me almost IRE.
sistibly and have my battle to fight
al over again"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
Would Like Her husband When
She Got Acquainted With Him.

II married queer couple once,"
writes New England minister, "a short
time before came to Boston. The
man had just entered upon his profess
sion which we will call that of physi-
clan, and had determined upon his
place of settlement. The young lady,
Il bright, intelligent, well educated girl
who knew tho ways of society, had
made up her mind that she would marry
u doctor, and finally she had brought
matters around in n quiet, womanly
way to the point of his asking for her
hand and heart, and of course she
yielded. The acquaintance had been
astonishingiy brief. They were hardly
acquainted when l WAS summoned to
marry them. He was very skillful and
devoted to his profession, which he had
mastered we'll for o young man in theory
and practice. But he knew less Of the
ways Of the world and customs Of social
life than any other lnan lover met. He
was On the point OF starting for his
new home tho very next day
utter the marriage, and with the ut
most unconcern regarding the proprie-
ties of the occasion. had packed up all
his apparel ready for the journey. He
was stopping at the house Of a friend.
who at the last moment, late in the af-
ternoon, discovered that the bridegroom
did not have change of linen to lress
with. Hurried consultations we're had,
and his hostess, with a woman's readl-
ness for emergencies, took the measure
Of his collar and waist went down just
rs the stores were about to close and
purchased tho desired articles, Which
the bridegroom accepted with the ut
most equanimity and as il the articles
were not Of much consequence anyway.
They went away, and in a few days the
bride wrote letter to enc of her
friends, in which she remarked with
charming naivete: We had good.
pleasant journey, and found NV hus.
band to bo quite entertaining. think
/ shall like him first rate when ] get
acquainted with him. Hartford
Courier.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
Muggets Of Foreign News.

The British Medical Journal announces
by authority that the German crown
prince is now slowly improving.
Gen. Bragg, the new American minister.
accompanied by his wife and daughter,
arrived at the City OF Mexico. They were
met at Silao by II committee Of prominent
Americans resident there.
Mr.. Hoare, Liberal. Un;onist, was elected
without opposition to the house Of com
mons for hampstead. to fill the vacancy
caused by the elevation OF Sir Henry HoI.
land, colonial secretnry, to the pecrage..
The Italian. Austrian and English gov.
ernments replied to the eR,lssianpro;iosnls
touching Bulgaria. They concur in the
opinion that Ferdinand's position il ille-
gal. but decline to take steps likely to
disturb the peace Of bulgaria..
= n. Wilson, son-in.law OF ex.Preaident
Grevy, who has been on trial for com.
plicity in the legion 81 honor decoration
scandals. has been convicted. He.was
sentenced to two years imprisonment, to
pay fine OF 3.Ot0 franco and to be de.
prived OF his civil rights for five years. ..
A dispatch from San RENO says that
persons who have seen the crown prince
state that he locks many years older than
when lie left berlin. His beard Is. white
and he hns become very thin, weighing now
hardly 15l pounds. He has written his
will and political testament for his son,
Prince William. !.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
Personal, News.


Miss Eleanor Winslow, the famous Bos.
ton beauty, and her mother will shortly
sail for England.
AT Milwaukee. Edward Strauss, a. lead.
ing merchant OF Berlin, Wis, was found
dead in bcdin his room in the PIankinton'
house.
Mr.. Carlisle has telesrapbsd from. Kan.
sas that the condition OF his son remains
unchanged and that Mrs. Carlisle has been
i'll ever since her arrival there.
Lorenzo Dimick. the insurance agent,
who skipped from Buffalo, Oct. 4, last to
avoid prison, died at st: CHtherines, Ont.
He was thirty.five years old and leaves a
wife aud two children. - -: /! ~.
Very little has been published concerning
the career OF L. b. Nash, .of Spokane. who,
was recently appointed by tile president to
the position ut assistant: Justice Of Wash.
ington Territory. Before the war Mr..
Nash lived; at Hastings, MINI. He then,
went to Missouri and aitsrward to Iowa.
He served during the war as n captain in
one of the Iowa regiments. Some twelve.
years ago lie moved TO Washington Terri.
tory, where he has ever since been nract ic.
ing !r very successfully. He ii q brother
oi ChS,les w. N,lsh of MinnAap oils and
OF William q. Nash Of East Grand Forks;
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
A Pro Tenn. Chairman.

Dave Linegar is member of the IL
linois Legislature from a Chicago dis
trict. While filling the bill in many re.
spects he does not brag about his parli.
amentary attainments. One day dur-
ing tho present session Haines called
Lincgar to the chair. The members at
once proceeded to get the pro tenn.
Speaker at sea. 1t wasn't much of
job. A Young newspaper correspond
ent, who knows something of the Cush-
ing Manual, crawle1 mp by the side OF
tho Speaker to give him pointers.
Somebody made II motion. That's
ont of ORDER" whispered the CORES.
pondent. :
Out OF order" yelled T.iuegar.
"Mr. Speaker" cried two members
at the same time.
Merritt was mp first" whispered the
correspondent
Merritt was up first" shouted Lin-
egar.
Make that other fellow sit down.
the correspondent prompted.
"Hlake that oticr fellow sit down.
said the Speaker, turning turkey red
in tile face as the House roarcd. j
"Stock it to 'enl," chuckled the cors
respondent. -.
Stock it to 'em." screamed Lincgur,.
hammering on his desk with the guvel,
while the house got up and howlc,l AZ
the pro tenn. beckonel to Haines for re-
lief.--Chicago Herald. !.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
In a Panti1er's Mouth.

Youths Companion.
Ho. it feels to find ones self in the
Jaws OF panther is that kind of
knowledge which most persons are
well content to acquire at second
hand. Probably all men would not
have the same sensations, but this is
the account which Colonel Barras
gives of such an experience. He was
!. born sportsman and OF course could
enjoy many things which to ordinary
persons would seem anything but
pleasant:
/ "rhe panther came for me with
Lightning bounds. l could see nothing
owing to it's tremendous speed except
shadowy looking form with two
large, bright round eyes fixed upon me
with an unmeaning stare as it LITERAL
ly flew toward me.
Such was the vision OF nomentl
My presence OF mind did not. desert
me. l raised my gun and fired with
all the care could at such short nos,
tice. But missed, anti the panther
landed, light rs q feather, with it's
arms rOunQ my shoulders.
Thus we stood for n few seconds,
and distinctly felt the animal smiling
for my throat. Mechanically turn.
ed my head SO as to keep the thick,
wadded curtain OF my helmet-cover
in front OF the creatures muzzle; but
still could hear and feel plainly the
rapid yet cautious efforts it WIS maxi
ms TO find an opening so us to tear
open the jugular vein.
was helpless, and so stood perfect.
ly STILL we'll knowing that Sandford
would libsrate me if possible. At the
first Onslaught We were SO placed
that lie could have hit the panther
only by firing through me which would
have been injudicious, ut least.
AS may easily be supposed, the
animal did not spend much time in
investigating the nature OF @ wadaed
hat-cover, and before my friend could
take aim without jeopardizingmy own
life the beast pounced on my lett el.
bow, taking u piece out, and buried
its long, sharp fangs in the Joint till
they met.
At the same time I was hurled to
the earth with such force that knew
! not how got there nor what became
OF my gun. Still, throughout, MAIN
tanned IL clear impression OF what was
going on.
knew that was lying on the
ground with the panther on top of
me. aud could feel my elbow Joint
wubbling in AND out rs the brute
ground its jaws. with movement
mprrceptihle to the bystanders, but
which iclt to me as though was be-
Ing violently shaken all over.
Now listened anxiously for the re-
port OF Santford's shot which knew
would be heard Immediately, and
carefully rcfrained from making the
slightest sound or movement lest his
aims should be disturbed thereby.
In u few seconds the loud, welcome
detonntion, which. from Its prox-
unity almost deaienea me, struck up
on my ear.
sat up, l was free; the panther
gone!
looked round and found that I
was some distance from the place
where had fallen, so the beast must
have dragged me some little way.
Sanford, MS soon as he got the
chance. had placed the muzzle OF his
| rifle to the side OF my antagonist and
fired u large bullet right through it,
which had caused it to dart back
| hastily to its lair.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
REsvllE 0F.:, .:,TRE .NFWs,: :
yKashtas,oni News .ltsms. ,,.'' l.,

Mashthgton News -lteme.. is-s
A Republican congregational com mittes is
chosen: NJ. Lind lathe Minnesota mem.
WE. ~. .co... =; = - ''.,a =. :
lis positi, ely tien}ed. ut. the war, de.
partment that &c IL tbt Intention ~ Mai
Gen: Terry to retire upon tho sxpitation
OF his present leave.
Orders have been issued ior. tho .diseoa,
tinuance otter April 1 ~ the signal ssryiee
stations at the; following among .othsr
places: Escanaba, Mich; Ksokuk, Iowa;
iosaa iMses'na~ City, = Mich, and : Da1b1uqps'
Secretary Baya.d. ia an. interview 10
represented ss saying that in tho fishery
corded everything thut they ever asked
Tor. and that II Canada had conceded aa
much in 1856 there meyer NJ ould havS been
any controversy. 80 .s;-5i =,,; .'',; :.
Mr.: Randall is.rsporkd TO have -prspss. i,ip
ed bill for the reduction of the revenue,
which he IL expected to. ask the ways and
means committeei to consider III coni,ec:
ton with the one prepared by tho jY1t0.
~ provides icr q reduction OF $50, ,OO0, 600
IN the internal revenue taxes. and $50.
ooo,oOo In ths customs duties. i p.:sH -
John Csrlsnd WAS n1minated; It.. .seeimis,.
70 succeed. Judge Palmer Of the. Sioux
'.1 uAoes sSss nu0 uOtISUU&6 tC CE6OCJ0t. q
the Bismarck. district,. as has generally
been supposed. Mr.. Cnrlshd, was siatsd
to succeed Judge Francis, and as Church
vas very dssifods Of securing = place ios
Garland ha was booked atths Whits House
ito sncceed Palmer, whpbs 'tifds .exnires
very soon. Ofhciab nt ths departinsht ,oi
Justice on the day yths 'iiomination Of Car
land was made took IL for granted that he
was to succeed. Francis; and the mistake
went thus to the country. ;ir+'
The following pensions have been grant.
ed: Wisconsin: H. Pierce, SheboyEan d.
H. Laut, .Plainfield;, B. Demara, Reserve;
]. Leichsf, -Winneconne; j.. Blake, Osh.
kosh; II. Osterman. Grand Rapids; A..
Cross. Neillsville; W. Whiting. Wausau; A.
Stetser, Burr Onkes: s. Thom pson Coloma;
I. B. Chase. Cady Mills; d. Wakely, Port
Edwards; w. +. Markham. Independence;
9. c. Bixby. Menasha;' A.. Romanowsky,
Norwalk; W. NJ. Leonard, MADISON; T..
Sullivan. Lloyd; T. Brynaldson.. Taylor
Station; ]. Waltz, Bosc1bel; mother OF: r.
Lafond. West Depere. Minnesota: H. S6y.
der, Fillmore; l.. Cole. Dalton; ]. c. Crista,
st. Paul. j.. B. Lowell, .Aitkin; W.. III.
Squire, Zumbrota; o. Boucher. Core lran;
=. Thula, Marystown; H. Zwahlen, Lake
Benton; father OF w. Beck. Rochester;
mother OF G. s. Hasbrouch. Pine Island.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
Robert q urdette Declines to
Run the Universe. "a. +

My son, there are just two things in
this world that don't know about,
and you have just asked me about
one of them. Idon't know why there
is trouble and sorrow and toll and
poverty and sickness and death in
this beautiful world. / used to know
when l was much younger, but / find
that as Igrow older don't know a
great deal more than used to know.
l don't know why the best people
seem to have all the suffering and the
great sinners have all the fun. don't
know why innocent men suffer for the
wicketlness Ofguilty men. Idon't know
why tine man who cast the faulty col.
lunns in Pemberton Mills wasn't
crushed when the mills went down. /
can't sec why my neck should be
broken in n railway accident because
q train dispatcher sends out wrong
order or signalman goes to sleep. l
don't see why my neiyhbor should
be cursed with i'll health and suffering
just because his grandfather was e
rollickine, hard-'lrinking old profit.
gate. can't see why should have
neuralgia just when / want to feel ut
my best. l can't understand why
Garfield died and Sullivan lives. i
don't know why some people starve
while worse people founder. Welt,you
say wouldn't it he pleasanter if all
these crooked things were straighten-
ed out? Yes. OH yes! And wouldn't
l run things better if had the rum
ming of them? Ye-e-hold ON min.
ute-ye-I don't know, really. that /
want to try. There are several things
to consider, when you want to run q
universe. Now,you ure very kind, but
] will most respectfully decline the
appointment. find, on looking into
the varied and trying duties connected
with the Office, that my bodily and
mental strength would not stand the
great tax that would be laid upon
them. While l am in the hcartiest
accord with the administration, and
wish to eiveit, and to the extent OF my
poor ability to give it, my most earn
est support and encouragement, yet ]
much prefer TO do this in my capacity
as private citizen.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16

The senate committee on postoilices will
not report IL postal telegraph bill. 1t mas
agreed to report Mr.. Spooncrs bill.
which proposes IL very important step in
the government supervision of the tec-
graph system of the country. II places
the telegraph lines SO far rs they are not
wholly within state under the supcrvis-
ion OF the interst ate commerce CO commission.
At Chicago, Iarrelie strasburs, ii Frcnch
lady of middle age. recovered IL verdict of
81. 600 against Frank Tenney, n boot ana
shoe dealer. She testified that he attempt .
cd to outrage her. Tsnney was not present
during the trail.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
Criminal Calendar.

Berthn lIcgeneri isacquftted in: ST. Pnul
ri tine murder. OF John Murphy. Charles
Hegencr is also discharged. ;. ::,,I
A young man from Minneapolis sur.
rendered himself to the Chicago police and
states that he is a forscr lie gives his
name as Etheibert Baler alias Arthur De
Mars. -!
At Lonsview, Texas. Tom Forsythc, who
was arrested at l'rrthage. charged with the
murder ot County Treasurer Hill. was hung
by citizens. lie went into court and made
a full confession, duplicating no ono else
In the murder. .--.s' &c" = -
At Sioux Falls, Dakota. Judge Palmer
quashed the writ Of certi0rari in the liq,,sr
imbroslio which has divided: citizens there
ever since the eleetirin last fall and tile
saloons have beer ordered closed, which
order the proprietors intend to obey. .
Edwin Barbour, editor Of the Piedmont,
Pa. Advance. and Ellis Is. Williams, s0n
OF George Williams, editor OF the Cuipeper
Exponent, engaged in a Shooting nffray as
the result OF c:tustic editorial exchanges.
Young Williams was killed and Barbour
seriously wounded. .
Tho mystery Of the murder OF Treasurer
ID. Z. Hill OF Pamela county. at Carthage,
Texas, Feb. 10, has been solved by the ar.
rest and confession of Tom Forsvthc aged
twenty two a deputy sheriff and son OF
the sheriff OF the county. lie made con.
fession. but failed to give any mntive for
the murder. -
John A. Beal. aged only thirteen years.
was received at the penitentiary at Co
1umbus, ~, his sentence being for life. lie
confessed to having shot his mother, and,
6tter%ar,; horribly mangled her with an
axe. The only ra,,se for the act was the
refusal of his mother to allow him to put
pillow on the floor.
At iankton, Dakota, recently Washing
ton Gennan oi Hutchinson county, nc.
cused OF incest, who had been. awaiting
trial for six months, pleaded guilty to an
indictment charging him with an assault
with intent to commit rape. The history
of this case embotiics some OF the most
'disgusting developments. The extreme
penalty under the above indict nent il live
years in state prison.
An attempt wns made at San Franciso.
to murder Jumes NJ. McSlafter, ex-judce oi
tho superior court and promiilentrnan OF
the state. His assilant was Carl L. Larrc,
brother-in.law OF Judge McShaft.r' son. A
divorce suit has been pending for Some time
between the younger McS!iAfter and lis
wife. and Lange. who ia u sailor by Occur
patton, is said to have threatened the lives
OF several members Of McShafters family
on number OF occasions. -.
Intense excitement prevails in Shoals.
Ind, over the arrest OF John. c. Jones,
county comInissi oner. Ar. Stantield and
James Archer, charged with the murder OF.
Jack Ballard. q federal soldier, twenty.
four years ago.. Albert Qnalkinbush turn.
ed states evidence. Ballard came hack
to this country during the war to arrest Il
deserter. and. it il rai,l the above parties
belonged tc the Knisllts OF tile Gol,ien Cir.
Gle. At n meeting OF the order l:u!lar.l's
murder wa. decided on, and il il alleycff
that the men arrested were implicated in
the commission of the crime -: '"' &