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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-22
Farm TO Rent.
On shares. W. T. MCCARTY.
a Handsome Endorsement.


1t will be remembered that a few
weeks ago an unqualified endorsement
of the skill of our esteemed citizen, w.
II. Long, blacksmith, no East Fifth
avenue, as a repairer of plows was
published in this paper, from the
celebrated manufacturers of plows,
Parlin & Orendorff of Canton, Illinois.
We now publish similar endorsement
from equally celebrated firm, Deere,
Mansur & Co., of the John Deere plow
works. 1t is as follows:
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 5. 1885,
We find that there is nothing that
lnsures the steady running and salts
factory working of a plow but the
proper setting OF the share, with the
required bottom suck, and this can
only be done by blacksmith who has
large experience in work of this kind.
Our warranty provides that we will
not be responsible for the run of ploW
after the share has been in any other
ire than our own, for the reason that
the large majority of smiths do not
properly reset the shares, and often
take the original temper out OF them
without properly rehardening them.
From what we know and have heard
OF Mr.. w. H. Lon6 of Emporia, Kan
Sas, we think we can cheerfullv rec
emmend to all farmers who are aces
sable to him, to have all work of this
kind done at his shop, as he seems tC
be very thorough in this branch of his
work. Respectfully,
DEERE, MANsUR & Co.
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THE omnibus war claim bill which
has passed the house, contains an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the Fairfax
Theological seminary, Virginia The
seminary presented this claim on the
ground that its buildings had been used
by union troops during the war When
the item was under discussion several
republicans objected that the claim
ants had been disloyal, but Messrs.
Lee and O'Ferrall of Virginia were of
the opinion that this made no differ
ence and was not to be considered.
Mr.. Reed remarked that if that was to
be the policy the government would
soon be asked to pay rent for the use
of the ground on which battles were
fought; and that if matters continued
to go on as they had been going for
some time past, the owners of battle
fields might as well get their claims
ready for presentation. If they would
pool their issues" they would have a
fair chance to logroll their claim
through. The theological people goi
their $40, 900 by a vote of 100 to 96.
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Last Saturday afternoon the resi-
dences Of j. A. Mccoy, just north of
the Neosho, and of Mr.. James Camp
bell, just south of the city, were en-
tered by some parties, and from the
former were taken watch, some jew
elry and silverware, and from the lat
ter dozen silver spoons and knives,
two razors, a watch chain and charm
and numerous articles of lesser value.
Two youngsters residing on East
street were arrested and the goods
stolen from the former place were
found in their possession, but thor
ough search through the premises re-
vealed none of the missing articles
from the other place. The correct
names of the thieves can not be learned.
as they have given two or three differ
emit names.
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GERMANY is certainly in bad way,
so far as the royal succession is CON
cerned. The present Emperor, Fred
erick. cannot survive longer than few
months at the furthest. At his death
his son William who is now the Crown
Prince, will ascend the throne. Prince
William is thus described: He is
deformed in body, and those who ought
to know say he is illiberal in spirit. 1t
is even said that the respect he has
shown his parents was most formal.
He has been brought up under strict
military discipline, and is accustomed
to feelingless, machine-like regularity.
HIS deformity may haye rendered him
unduly sensitive and cynical. His
right arm is two inches shorter than
the left, and the fingers of the right
hand are mere stubs always covered
with glove. This crippled condition
is as sore trial as the poor club foot
was to the poet Byron
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A DEAD HERO.

CAPS. JeAu W. VTlieOxsOa Laid Ia
Rest-EzAs Military Recera-The ga
neral.
The funeral of John w. Wilcoxson
was held from the residence on Logan
avenue Wednesday. the services be
ing conducted by his old comrades.
Captain Wilcoxson enlisted in the
Mexican war in 1s47. serving in the
First Indiana volunteer infantry. In
August, 1851, ne enlisted in the Indiana
infantry, serving as captain of Co. A.
Twenty Indiana. He served
with great credit in the following en-
gagements: Port Royal, May %, '62;
Newton, Va, May "a, '62; Winchester,
May 25, '62; Cedar Mountain, August
9. '62; Antietam, September II, 's2:
Chancellorsville. May 8. '63; Gettys-
burg, July 8, 4. ., '64; Rassoon. Ca.
May Is, '64; CassvilIe, May 10, '64;
Newhope Church, May 25, '64; Kena-
saw Mountain, June 10 to July 2, '64:
Peachtree Greek, July 1920, '64, and
Altoona, July 1928, ga. He was dis
charged from the service in the early
part Of '65.
He was the father of four children.
three of whom passed over before
him. The remains were inferred 10
Dow Creek cemetery beside his chill.
dren.
The funeral ceremonies took place al
his residence, corner of Logan avenue
and Cottonwood street, and were con
Quoted by Rev. Walker on behalf of the
M. E. church, after which the beauti-
full services of the G. a. R. were read
over the body, and the remains takeI
charge of by Post So, of which he was &
member. A large number of the mem
bers of Post 464 were also in attend
ance and assisted. The procession
formed left in front, with the ole
soldiers in advance of the hearse
and marched down to CONNER
cial, up Commercial to Sixth ave
nue., and out Sixth short distance
when, after opening ranks and un
covering as the hearse passed through
the ranks were broken, and the pal
bearers and other comrades too
carriages to Dow Creek cemetery
where the final ceremonies were gon
through according to the ritual of tn
G. A. r.
Capt. Wilcoxson at the time of hi
death, held position at the Leaven
worth penitentiary, and was home o
furlough only a few days when he wa
stricken down.
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SOME idea of the violence of the re-
cent storm in the east may be gathered
from the following report from two of
the Standard oil company's pump
stations in New Jersey:
Thirty miles west of Saddle river is
the Newfoundland station. This
station came to grief Monday after
noon through novel break in the coal
supply. The station was not short
of fuel but communication with the
coal bin was cut off by the drifting
snow, and the Industrious pump was
bin is situated go feet from the boiler
house. A tram road connected the
boiler and bin, and a small car con-
nected the last to the first named.
The tram was exposed and the energy
OF the storm may be appreciated when
the united eXertions of eight good
men and true were powerless to keep
the track clear of snow. The space al
lotted to each was about seven and a
half feet, yet the snow gained on them
to such an extent that when finally
from sheer exhaustion they were
obliged to give up, there was six feet
of snow on the tramway and the boiler
was out of coal. At Swartout station.
thirty miles west of Newfoundland
the giant pump is storm stayed for a
reason equally novel. At this point
the boiler is supplied with water from
a small brook. The supply, however,
was previously never-failing one.
The snow fall on Monday afternoon
was so heavy as to entirely absorb the
the contents of the brook and leave its
bed dry. The stream was not dam
med or checked, but absolutely alb
SCRIBE d.
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EIGHT hundred newspapers are
published in Kansas and the result is
that Kansas is the best advertised and
consequently the best known state in
the union. Each paper has on an
average circulation, counting in all
the smaller publications both daily and
weekly, of about 600. This would
make 100000. subscribers. Suppose
then that each subscriber during year
should send to three different friends
or relatives outside of the state, in the
east, west, north or south, copies of
our home paper. This would inform
600 strangers about Kansas and
her wonderful facilities and growth.
No wonder Kansas is the center of i'm
and the newspapers of the
state deserve a great share of the cred
it for this very gratifying fact.-Gar-
den City Herald.
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NJ, MeCown, printing supplies for

Matter of putting out trees in Ere
mont Park referred to committee on
city property with power to act.
Resignation of j. Jay Buck as city
attorney to take effect at once, read.
Council went into executive SEES
sion.
Committee on waterworks instruct
ed to purchase one-half dozen. auto
matte air valves.
On motion of Spencer the claims of
extra for entertainments in res
ervoirs was disallowed, and the bal
ance were referred to the committee
on waterworks.
Spencer moved that the propositions
of the Holly Manufacturing Co. be re-
jected. Adopted.
On motion of Spencer the following
was adopted:
Whereas, The Holly Manufacturing
Co. have unnecessarily DELAYED and
refused so complete the reservoirs &C
cording to contract, viz: Paving the
same with stone laid In cement mortar:
therefore. be il
Resolved, That the said Holly Man
Co. be given Thirty days no.
tee to commences, and vigorously
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RoRRINa rRR nEAn

General Adam Badeau will add little
lnstre to his literary labors by his suit
against the widow of General Grant,
as co-author with Grant in writing his
memoirs. What little fame and money
Badeau has made by his writings has
been largely due 20 the name of Grant.
Fred Grant claims that General Ba-
deau was engaged by General Grant in
1884 to assist him in the preparation of
his personal memoirs. His work was
to be that of an amanuensis. This
General Badeau explains and admits
in one of the letters. when he says:
have no desire, intention or right
to claim the authorship of your book
The composition is entirely your own.
After General Grants sudden re-
lapse in 1885 General Badeau proposed
to General Grant that he should be
paid certain sum per month and like
wise a share in the profits for helping
the general build monument of en-
during fame. The proposition General
Grant evidently regarded as a sug-
gestion that General Badeau should
practically write his biography and
General Grant assume the credit.
General Grant, in a long letter under
date of May 5, 1885, in reply to
Badeau's proposition says:
l haye concluded that you and I
must give up all association so far as
the preparation of any literary work
goes which is to bear my signature.
In all other respects I hope our re-
lations may continue as they have al
ways been, pleasant and friendly. = =
| You say that / am a man of affairs,
and can tell simple story, etc. You
imply that literary man must supply
some deficiencies and that you are the
only man who can do IT. If this is the
case, general, do not want a book
bearing my name to go before the
world which l did not write to such
an extent as to be fully
entitled to the credit of au-
| thorship. i do not want a secret be-
tween me and some one else which
would destroy my honor if it was di-
Vulged. cannot think of holding N.Y.
self dependent upon any person to
supply capacity which am lacking.
/ may fail, but will not put myself in
any such position,
add only what is necessary to make a
part of what has been already said
pam II OInerS imam yourself SnOulQ
read this letter. You ask for a con-
tract and demand 81 900 per month in
advance until the work is completed
and 10 per cent of the entire profits
arising from the sale of the work after
it is put upon the market. This would
make you partner with my family as
long as the book found sale. This if
preposterous. Not for one moment has
your proposition been entertained by
me. 1t would be a degra-
dation for me to accept honors and
profit from the work of another man
while declaring to the public that il
was the product of my own brain an6
hand.
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dence, northeast Of the city. Monday,
taking from each quantity of silver
ware, jewelry, raZors. and many other
valuable articles. Two of the bows
were arrested Monday and the other
was captured Tuesday. A search
warrant was issued Monday and the
officers searched the premises where
they were living, on East street, but
with little result. Yesterday, however,
when the third party was ar
rested they began to tell on one anoth-
er and the second search was instituted
with better results than the former
one. In the mud in the cellar and
barn the jewelry was found, though
several hours work with q fork and
shovel was necessary. The silver
knives were found in an old shoe.
pushed into the earth.
From the manner in which thew
went to work in burglarizing houses the
business is old to them and it is re-
ported they are wanted in Smith coun-
ty, from which place they moved here
few weeks ago. Nearly all the stolen
articles have been restored. The Of
ficers deserve especial credit for the
manner in which they so suddenly put
stop to their rapid work. The
charge against two is burglary and
against Hulse in grand larceny.
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AN eastern exchange says: THE
mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of gentle spring has not yet been
explained. The most plausible theory
seems to be that she was teaching
school in Dakota and persisted in the
blizzard" If the editor would take a
run out to Kansas he would find her in
all her gentleness and beauty, taking
advantage of her leap year privileges
and counting where she is most appre-
ciated, in the smiles and sunshine of
her lusty Young western beaux.
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SULLIVAN and Mitchell, the slug
gers, jumped their bail in France.
They were under 1000 francs bond.
When their cases were called, the court
sentenced each to six days. imprlson-
ment and maximum fine of 200 francs
for each. Further, that the balance of
the sum Of 1000 francs deposited to Sc
cure the presence of the accused
should, after deduction of the fine.
costs, etc., be forfeited to the state
owing to the non-appearance of the
two men. The sentence becomes final
within ten days after judgment has
been served on the two men, Neither
can go to France without danger of
being arrested for the next ten wears.
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A Now Republteana CIub.

Enthusiastic Republicans of the
Westside precinct of Emporia town.
ship met Saturday evening at their
voting place and formed a Republican
club. The following were elected off,
GERS: President, w. S. Jay; Vice Presi-
dent, w. H. Irwin; Secretary, Nj. NJ.
Suddock; Treasurer, j. W. Wilson.
The regular meeting of the club viii
be held on the second and fourth Sat
urdays Of each month.
Delegates were elected to represent
the club at the convention OF Republican
clubs In Topeka next Wednesday. The
members Of this club heartily endorse
Colonel David Taylor for the next Gov.
ernor. Adjourned to meet March 25.
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A synopsis of Henry Ward Beecher's
posthumOus statement of the Beecher-
Tilton matter has been published, and
contains the following paragraphs
Concerning all my visits it is suffl-
Gent to say that at no interview which
ever took place between Mrs. Tilton
and myself did anything occur which
might not have occurred with perfect
propriety between brother and sister,
between father and child, or be-
tween man of honor and the wife of
his dearest friend; nor did anything
ever happen which she or 1 sought to
conce al from her husband"
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READING NEWS.
Republican papers please copy.

READING, Kas., March 20. IT. j.
Price is running twenty-six two-horse
teams on his farms this season. Plow-
ing was being done on nearly every
farm. but the snow storm of last night
stopped it.
Mrs. w. d. Douglass has been on
the sick list, but is better.
Charles Gordon, who has been at the
college at Manhattan, Kansas, during
the winter, is now at home on the sick
list with inflammatory rheumatism.
DR.. and Mrs. Hibben of Topeka are
at w. 81. Severy's on visit.
Ed. Kinnan is also in town on visit.
Mrs. DR.. Edison is again home at the
Riverside farm-to stay.
Mr.. Wheeler of Duck creek gave sew
en- COWS for claim near Syracuse,
without seeing it, some time last fall.
This month he went out to settle down
on it, but on arrival there was dIsap-
pointed. He looked over the country a
few days and finally left. He says it is
no place for him; Lyon county is much
better.
Rev. H. J. Hoover preached his first
sermon Sunday morning to the Read
ing people. The NJ. E. church was
well filed. His text was, ''And Saul
Sa1Q unto OaVlQ, go, ana the Lord be
with thee" 1t was q good sermon,
well delivered, held the close attention
of the audience, and is spoken of as ex-
cellent by those present.
The republican club is now organ
lied and voted to hold meeting the
last Saturday of each month, at 2 3. m.
DR.. ]. F. Morrison, president; A. A.
Stephens, recording secretary; Jed l..
Stratton, corresponding secretary; l..
B. Sheldon, treasures; VIM. Phillips
and DIR. Cranston, vice presidents for
Reading: George Plumb, vice president
for Badger creek school district; II. F.
Holmes, vice president for Patton dis
trict; Amos Wolf, vice president for
Duck creek district; L. W. Houghton.
vice president for Field district; Eli
Patterson, president for Dosage
county, Severy district; J. F. Morrison,
L. B. Sheldon and Frank Armstrong,
delegates to Topeka state league.
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AmERlCUs NEWS.

AMERICUs, March 16.-Mahon s.
Bell have had their Office painted.
NJ. w. Gibson is improving the looks
Of his tenement property on Main
street by erecting front fence.
j. a. Finley of Emporia was in the
city yesterday.
Rev. Scott returned from conference
yesterday. He will occupy the pulpit at
the M. Z. church this year.
A. d. Wood expects to return to
Baldwin City to-day.
Miss Roxy Reeves is visiting Aunt
Lucy
Farmers are busy sowing oats.
Nearly the usual acreage will be sown
this spring.
James Crock is setting out shade
trees an all four sides of his four town
blocks" BURLOw.
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CALL FOE CONGRESSIONAL com.
NEETTEE MEETING.
Fourth CONVERSATIONAL Ilisrriet.

a meeting of the members of the
Republican committee of the Fourth
Congressional District of the state of
Kansas is hereby called to meet at the
Whitley Hotel in the city of Emporia,
Lyon county, Kansas, on Tuesday,
March 27th, 1888. at 8 o'clock .. m.
for the purpose of naming time and
place for holding Congressional con-
vention in said District, and also a
convention to select delegates and
alternates to the National Republican
convention and to determine the num-
Der of delegates and alternates to the
same from the various counties In said
District. and transact such other bust
ness as may be proper. A full attend
ance Of members is desired.
w. W. SCoTr,
Chairman of Committee.
F. P. COCHRAN, Secretary.
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WE are panied to see that the re-
publican party in Enporia is in such
a disrupted condition that it has been
found necessary to organize two clubs.
Beacon.
1t will probably pain you still more
to learn that there were also two
democratic clubs in Emporia. But
this is not the case now. One of the
democrats died, and the other man has
the thing all to himself now.
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THE supreme court of Iowa holds in
a recent decision that druggists have
no right to assume that because an ap-
plicant signs statement setting forth
that he desires liquor for a medical
purpose he does desire it for such
purpose. Before selling, the pharma-
cists, according to the court, must first
ascertain whether the applicants are
habitual drunkards or fit persons on
general principles to purchase liquor.
The effect of this decision, if it shall be
respected, will be to minimize the sale
of liquors by drug stores.
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The War sOne Co0eert

The following selections are a part
of the programme to be presented al
the First Congregational church next
Friday evening:
Just Before the Battle,' by Miss
Madge OverstISet.
Marching Through Georgia. by
Judge Fletcher.
Battle Hymn of the Republic Miss
Sims.
Tramp, Tramp, Tram," Prof.
hartman.
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground. -
Mrs. Chas. Harris.
Miss Spencer will recite 1.-THE Blue
and the Gray
"Old Shady" Mr.. Fox.
1.-The Vacant Chair" Miss Sims.
Mrs. Stone also has number on the
programme.
The band will render two selections.
one of which is "Recollections of the
War;" containing Roll CALI REV
ellie" Hymn" March, "Atten.
tion.' Firing" 1.-THE Battle" ,.Sta,
Spangled Banner" and many other ma
tional airs.
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THE medical director of the depart
ment of Missouri, G.. y. r. reports that
in the cases of one-third of the union
soldiers who died in this state during
the past year, the cause of death was
directly traceable to exposure during
the war; and it may be added that the
design of the new pension bill, so We
hemently opposed by Senator Vest, is
to furnish relief to men who, by reason
of loss of health through such expos
ure in the service of the country, are
incapacitated for earning living for
themselves and their families.-Globe-
Democrat.
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A MAN has been discovered in Glov-
ersville, New York, who predicted
the blizzard weeks ago." The New
York newspapers are hammering him
numerically. They, themselves, only
the day before the storm burst, proph-
esied clear, fair weather, with light,
yeerinp winds.
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REFERRING to the efforts of the New
York Voice to re-elect st. John COVER
nor of Kansas, the Minneapolis Messen-
ger says: st. John is despised in Kan
sas because he is recognized here as a
traitor to both his party and prohibit
ton. He became traitor to his party
because his vaulting ambition was not
fully satisfied, and then became a trail
tor to prohibition by using it to vent his
spleen on his marty.
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prosecute the paving Of said reservoirs
70 q speedy completion. or the city of
EmpOria will cause the same to be
done at the expense Of the contract of
the said Holly Manufacturing Co.
Resignation of Buck as city attorney
was accepted.
Mayor instructed to employ an at
torney in case occasion for one arises.
Adjourned. e. n. FoRDE,
City Clerk.
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THE Topeka Capital claims to have
opinions of its own regarding ingalls,,
and every person who reads it will GER
tainly not question this assertion. But
the popularity of this claim rests on
the fact that every rebel and democrat
in the union shares with the Capital
these opinions. Query: Is the Capital
leader of rebel and democratic opin-
iOn9
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Tho Of Burglars.

Isaac Hulse, Horace Reed and Myrt
Dye. ranging in age from sixteen to
twenty, are fncarceTated in the county
jail to await the converting of the dis
trict court in May. They waived pre-
Iiminary examination before the JUS
tice Tuesday, but have admitted all
the charges in the warrant.
These young fellows were the per-
sons that broke into James CampbeII's
house, southwest of the city. Saturday;
j. A. McCcy's residence. north Of the
city, Sunday; and Mr. Bishops resi-