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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

Thomas Schofield, husband of the
woman who was found Saturday says
that previous to her disappearance she
had been sick for about week. Last
Thursday afternoon he left her sitting
on his porch where he had been with
her for some time, and went away
with a friend to look at some property
he had for sale. He was gone less
than half an hour, and when he re-
turned his wife was missing. He
found brief note in which something
was scrubbed about burying her.
Nothing more was heard of her until
Friday night after the storm, when
she walked into the house of Henry
MechIey on lower Market street, drag
gled and wet from the storm. She is
now sick at home and is SO far men
tally disturbed that she is unable to
give any account of her wanderings
Thursday night and Friday. So says
her husband. The statement by the
reporter in Saturdays NEWS that she
had gone away in a buggy with an
other man was erroneous.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01
Gasoline at Bonds.
Machina niIS at sROUd e

GaSOlon0 at BO1u s.
Machine oils at Bonds.
Don't buy your -four until you get
prices at TTeSSler s. LOwry's. We take
the front rank and can't be beat on
prices.
AT the old Henning stand l will sell
flour right down at bottom prices for
cash, during the present hard times.
j. w. LESH.
Buy your fresh meat and bologna of
Bircket 81 White, at the old reliable
city meat market. Americas,
Paints at Bonds.
u. =. Wise wishes to announce to
the public that he will be ready at any
time to do threshing with his steam
thresher for those wishing his services.
Corn chop at SO a ton, bolted corn
meal S13 ton, oats chop 75 cents per
hundred, or will exchange at the above
prices, allowing 20 cents bushel for
corn. Finest graham -four in the
world at So per hundred, at the Amer
icuS wind mill.
Paints, oils and wall papers al
Bonds.
Lawns 3 cents at TTessleT s. LowTy's
All summer goods at cost at Tresslel
& Lowry's. Lawns, white dress goods
etc. Call and examine.
Lower! Lower!! Prices On flour al
TresSler s. Lowry's. We will not bt
underSold.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

IT may be as the Topeka Capital
says, that Senator Henderson was
shot in the back while marching for
ward with his back to the foe. The
Capital is not the most reliable paper
in America. 1t assured us some time
ago that Willy Wally Phelps wore that
bang in order to hide the scar which a
rebel sabre made on his forehead. AS
there isno scar, the idea was imaginary.
But that does not lessen the fact that
Senator Manderson's claim for a re-
rating and increase of pension was
twice refused by republican pension
commissioners, and once by the demo-
cratic commissioner, Black. Although
he has been able to accumulate a for
tune since the wav, and perform the
arduous duties of a United States SEN
ator, duties that tax the physical endur-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01
ADMIRE NOTES

ADMIRE, July BON. T. Weaver
shipped car of hogs last Wednesday.
7. E. Best returned from Kansas
City last Wednesday. where he had
been with cattle.
Lillian Valentine of Topeka is spend
ing few weeks with her brother, J.
w. Valentine.
Mrs. Moore,s sister, Miss Wharton,
has returned to her home in Winfield,
after pleasant visit with her sister.
On last Thursday the meat market
changed hands. G.. D.. Burlington sell
ing to o. III. Mckinley and Warner
Young. Business under the new man
aeer has begun very faYorably and we
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

Miss Nellie A. Chllders, aged fifteen
years and four months, died at the res
dence of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Childers, at 8 p. m. Sunday. The
deceased was an unusually strong girl
and had only been sick one week. Her
death was caused by an attack of ty-
phoid fever, which, though of short
duration, was very severe. The funer-
al will take place from the family resi-
dence, No. 214 West street, at a. m.
tomorrow. The remains will be taken
to Lena Valley, Greenwood county.
for burial. Mr.. and Mrs. Childers
have a host of sympathizing friends
in their bereavement.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

RUSSELL HARRISON, we are glad to
see, is enjoying life in Europe with the
best of them. Not satisfied to lunch
with Queen Victoria the other day, he
carries his pretentions a step higher,
and managed to be entertained at
breakfast and dinner by Colonel Will
liam Cody, our distinguished fellow
countryman, now the chief attraction
at Paris. All Americans, and espe-
cially Sol Miller, will rejoice to hear
that Russell is living on the fat Of the
land while abroad.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

The murder of A. L. Jones of Gin
cinnati by a colored stable boy, and
the throwing of the body into man
hole in the city sewer is one of the
cruelest and most dastardly Of crimes.
1t differs from the murder of DR.. Gro
min, whose body was similarly dis
posed of, only in the fact that it was
the act of one man, cold blooded vii
lain of a deliberate nature, while the
other was the act of IA band of conspira-
tors. AS the Jones murderer has been
caught and confessed his crime, it is
supposed that he will hang Jurie
usually have but little difficulty in con.
victing self-confessed marderers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01
HARTFORD STRINGS.

HARTFORD, July 31.-The weather
is very fine now and the farmers are
busy threshing.
William Miner, father of E. F. and
w. L. Miner, has been very sick for a
week past, but at this writing is
thought to be some better.
The firm of Addington s. Fuller,
BARRIERS, has been dissolved. Mr.. Adj
dington goes to Usage City and MI.
Fuller Will continue the business
here.
Old Mr.. Felkel, living near Harmo-
ny school house in Lena valley, died
Sunday morning.
Hon. Charles Butcher of Newton and
J. NJ. McCOwn of EmpOria made bus
mess trip to our city Saturday.
Pref.O. w. wilkins of NeOshO Rap
ids spent Saturday with his old friends
in Hartford.
The Hartford bank has been thor
oughly reprinted, and in its new dress
shows the good taste of our genial
Mr.. E. G. Ackley has traded his
hotel property to a Mr.. Jennie of
Greenwood county for property near
Virgil and removed to that place.
A. w. Davis has exchanged his four
mile farm for residence property in
Fourth ward of EmpOria, to which
place he will soon remove. The trade,
we are informed, was made with DIR.
Biddle,
The carpenters are now preparing a
large room on the second floor of the
Sutton building so as to make room for
a large stock of Teady-made clothing
purchased by our enterprising mer-
chant, w. l.. Miner. This branch of
business will be appreciated by the en-
tire community adjacent to Hartford.
Dudley Bros. have rented the Muir
building in which they will place their
mammoth stock of hardware.
Flickinger & Sons have leased the
Perkins building for one year, and the
postoffice question is perhaps settled
until said lease expires.
Mrs. SnedikeT is about to move
to Parsons, where Mr.. Snediker
| is filling good position in the yards of
| the M, K. s. T. u. l. G.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

Brown very closely this morning for
quite a while. The examination was
rigid. The answers according to the
sheriff, were frank and indicated that
great effort was being made to recall
occurrences Of the past six months.
The attempt was unsuccessful. Brown
appeared to think that he had only
been absent month. He thought he
had been in the southwest. He could
not remember having seen corn planted,
but could remember that where he
came from it was fully matured. He
had seen people threshing, but had not
seen harvesting.
favor of the idea that he had been held
prisoner and only recently escaped.
He could not remember having ridden
in wagons in returning home, but was
sure he had walked long distance.
In reaching Wichita he had asked
people along the road the way. The
sunburn on his arms he thought was
due to the fact that he had taken his
coat OFF while walking.
Yesterday afternoon he was taken
out in buggy in the hope that he
would point out the way in which he
had reached the city. He could give
little information. When driven across
the Douglass bridge he stated that hs
believed he could cross that structure
in reaching home. 1t il
feared that he will never
be able to give the information thai
will clear up the mystery attached tC
his disappearance, six months alb
sence and return.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01
EmpOr,a sVllI Have Good Horses.

The leading men of Emporia have
always been greatly interested in
stock raising and have always encour-
aged in every way possible the getting
of better grades of stock, especially
horses in this section of the state. A
fact that proves we are not behind
when it comes to good horses, is that
since September of last year over 800,
600 worth of horses have been sold
and taken out of Lyon county.
Through the kindness of our res
pected townsman, w. T. McCarty, a
representative of the NEWS met
Messrs. NJ. C. and II. A. Gray of Cot
tonwood Falls. and VIM. Austin of
Marion, Kansas, Tuesday afternoon,
and was soon Informed of the cause of
their visit to Emporia. These gentle
have always been interested in the
raising of fine horses and have for
years past been dealing in imported
and native bred horses of the
best grades. The Gray brothers
and MI. Austin, having at last decided
to enter into the direct Importation of
foreign horses, they decided after a
little investigation that Emporia Of
fered suitable location. Their visit
to the city yesterday was for the pur-
pose of selecting site for their barnes,
and through the influence of W. T.
McCarty were induced to purchase the
Elstun property on the northwest cor
ner of Fourth and Rural streets. The
barn to be erected on this site will be
two stories high, 36xI5O feet, with side
shedding added as needed.
VIM. Austin and NJ. G. Gray left for
New York Tuesday afternoon and-will
sail for Europe August 30 They in
tend to import English Coach, Cleve-
land Bays aud Norman horses, with
perhaps one or two other breeds, The
firm will also handle the best grade of
Kentucky horses, and it is their inten-
ton to import only the finest strains of
horses of whatever breed. A. II. Gray
will superintend the work of building
the barnS ETC., and expects to have
everything in readiness for the recep-
ton of the horses in about eight weeks.
| We can assure the new firm in behalf
of the people of Emporia, that they
will receive the best of treatment from
our hands, and that they will have the
liberal patronage and hearty cooper
alton of all our enterprising stock
men.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

The new editor of the Emporia
Democrat, who by the way has not
been in the town long enough to get
shaved, tries to make it appear that
the shortage in the postofiee at that
place was handed down from Stotler to
Murphy and from Murphy to Birdsall.
That sort of rot will hurt the Demo
crat worse than it will Stotler. No
body With an ounce of sense would as
sail Jake's honesty in a community
where he is as well known
as he is at Emporia. Be
sides, the government is not
doing business On that plan. Itwould
be Impossible for one postmaster to in
herit a deficit from another. Some
body should send the editor of the DEM
ocrat barrel of Kansas salt. uHe is too
fresh.-Butts.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

did you ever see a 'Foadrunner'
capture a rattlesnake?" inquired
cowman from the southwestern plains.
''Well, now, there is sight worth
travelling hundreds of miles to see.
These roadrunners are ungainly birds
with long legs andlong thin bills. They
inhabit the Mojave desert, the home of
the CHA pronounced Heelal monsters
and other strange freaks of nature,
and are harmless enough to anything
except rattlesnakes. But they are
death on these snakes and pursue the
most curious tactics to effect their cap
tnre. When a roadrunner espies a rat
tlesnake lying coiled up on the sand
asleep in the sun he cautiously APP
proaches on tip-toe. Then he lifts one
leg and stands there solemnly winking
at his unconscious victim for the space
of several seconds. Assured that the
snake is asleep the Toadrulner steals
off and soon returns with fiat cactus
plant in his bill. These little products
of the desert have spines sharp as
needles. The roadrunner brings cactus
after cactus and, often with the
help of companions of his own species,
soon succeeds in building circle OF
wall of cactus completely surrounding
the snake. AS soon as this work is
completed the roadrunner proceeds to
jump frantically about, flap his wings
and make the most hideous noises
The snake awakes, makes a rush tt
get away, but is stopped by the SHARP
spines of the cactus. He turns and
rushes in another direction, only to be
stopped again. Frantic and swolleI
all out of shape with rage, the snake
makes dash after dash at the barrier
until, in an agony of rage and pain, HI
turns and bites himself to death. Al
this time the roadrunners are running
wildly around outside of the walls o
the charmed circle. When the serpen
dies their joyful aeclamations becom
merged into frenzy. ''What the birC
has against the rattlesnake, unless tn
serpent devastates the nests of it
young, never was able TO find out,
said the narrator, in concluding hi
strange tale.-K. G. Globe.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01
AmERICUs NEWS.

AMERIcUs July s0.-John L. Butler
has moved out of the city on to his
farm on Cahola creek.
L. W, Sutton has traded his harness
shop to VIM. CharIesworth who viii
hereafter run the business at the old
stand, Mr.. Charleswerth has also pur-
chased the building. Fred Gale will
probaTy be chief harness maker.
The Young Peoples aid society VIII
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

Beware of dogs. Policeman Dryer
was called upon to officiate at the exc
cution of one of the most promising of
EmpOria's many dogs Tuesday after
noon because he went mad and bit four
or five neighbor CANNES. Thedog was
found on Union street, and although
he did not succeed in biting any per-
son, he did succeed in soaring good
many people. The dogs that were Bit
ten have all been buried and there are
others likely to die this afternoon.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

A sigh of relief is heard from all
quarters, except that of the school di-
rectors. as the book agent abandons
his books, and puts in his application
for ''deestrict school," We sincerely
hope no more book agents will tackle
us again this year.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

THE G.. y. r. commanders of Illinois
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana
Michigan Kansas and Nebraska met at
Chicago Monday and resolved to dis
courage the attendance Of any bat del
egates at the Milwaukee, national en-
campment. The meeting was presided
over by General Martin. The feeling
against the railroads was quite strong
and at the expense of making the nat
ional encampment a failure in the
usual sense, they resolved to stand
upon what they conceive to be theiI
rights.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

CONGRESSMAN KELLY has written
to Postmaster Lockwood of Burlington
that his resignation would be accepted
So says the Burlington Republican.
Mr.. Kelly is making himself useful in
helping Headsman Clarkson to exc
cute the new style of civil service law.
Having secured the weather report
and a new postmaster for that town,
Burlington ought to look upon its nat
ional representative as public bene-
factor. Such triumphs deserve sta
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

AS a rerater, Tanner was fast becom-
ing success. When the president
took a hand in the rerating business,
which he did none too soon. Tanner
began too dwindle fearfully, until now
he is rated by the publ; at small
fraction of the rate at which he was
formerly rated bv the president.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

AT last the French masses have
tired of Boulangism. At the election
of members to the council general,
Boulanger contested 45l cantons, and
was successful in only u. The result
proves that the lingo statesman has
reached the meridian of his glory, and
is now fastening ingloriously to his
fall. His is the common fate of the
pinchbeck. oreide character.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01
Cultivators at your own price at N.
E. Viewers. EmpOrfa, Kansas.
Harvest ExcurstOns-Low Rat,

Harvest Excur51cnS-EOVV Rates.
The Santa Fe Route will sell on
August and 20, September 10 and "A,
and October 8, 1889 round trip excur-
sion tickets. at greatly reduced rates
about one fare for the round trip from
Emporia to all points in Kansas west
of line drawn through Albert station.
Barton county,, Larned, .(Pawnee
county,, Macksville, stafford county,.
and Springvale. pratt county,, and to
all points the in Indian Territory, Ok
lahoma, Texas, Panhandle of Texas,
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyom-
ing, Idaho and Montana. Tickets are
good for thirty days from date of sale.
with stop overs allowed at pleasure on
return trip. Parties desiring to make
thirty days. trip TO any of the western
mountain resorts, including Las Vegas
Hot Springs. Colorado Springs, Cas-
cade Canon, Manitou, Green Mountain
Falls, ETC.. can save money by taking
advantage OF the low rates on the Har-
vest excursion dates. For ticket rates
and other information. call on r.. E..
Torrington. agent A. T. & s. F. r. r..
or address.
GEO. 7. NICHOLSON.
G.. p. & T. A., a. T. s. S. F. R. r.,
Topeka, Kansas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01
The Py,d. of woman.

A clear peariy and transparent skin
is always a sign of pure blood. and all
persons troubled with dark, greasy
yellow or blotched skin can rest as
sured that their blood is cut of order.
A few doses of BEGGS' BLOOD PU-
RIFIER s. BLOOD MAKER will re-
move the cause and the skin will be-
come clear and transparent. Try it.
and if satisfaction is not given it will
cost you nothing. It is fully war
ranted. d. w. Morris. Druggist.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

The PRESIDENT has beed spending a
good deal of his time lately at Deer
Park. Secretary Noble is broken down
and must have rest. Well, no Won
der. Tanner has made the whole
country tired and weary. The people
know how to sympathize with the
president and secretary of the interior.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

LORD FIFE who has just married the
daughter of the Prince of Wales, is
said to be son of a Scotch. peddler who
made fortune, and was raised TO the
peerage in 1859. He was Duff, but
no kin To Shakspeare's McDuff.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

The question of a new chief Justice
is one Ithat has produced sort of
chasm between the president aud his
own state of Indiana. His own choice
is his old law partner, Attorney Gen
eral Miller. Indiana kicks on Miller.
But as the president is obstinate and
hard headed, he is likely to please
himself in the matter. Put up your
money on Miller
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

ance of the most robust. yet Corporal
Tanner promptly re-rated him at $50
per month, the allowance for one to-
tally disabled to do any manual work.
The senator's greed and Tanners
Willingness to crafty it at the ex-
pense of the tax payers, are the things
cOmplined of in this business. Mand-
erson probably has technical claim
to small pension. But if he were a
high spirited manly fellow, he would
stop at that and never suffer his name
to be dragged in the mire, as it is, for
a few paltry dollars.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

The picture of E. Z. Brown before
and after, printed in the Wichita
Eagle is something fearful to look up
on. 1t is hideous. Keep it away from
Brown, at any rate until he has told of
his experience since January. \
glance at it would kill him on the spot.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

The Kickapoo Indians own a Teser-
walton of SO, GOO acres of the best land
in Brown and Jackson Counties, in
Kansas. Being in the eastern part of
the state it is surrounded on all sides
by finely improved farms and it is ex-
ceedingly desirable that it should be
thrown open to settlers. A commits
sian appointed by the government has
been at work for some time past en-
deavoring to purchase the reservation
but the Indians have decided, upon the
advice of agents.and storekeepers who
are interested in seeing the reservation
maintained, not to sell.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01
You Cannot Afford

AT this season of the year to be with
out good reliable diarrh9a balsam in
the house, as cramps, collie, diarrhea
and all Inflammation of the stomach
and bowels are exceedingly dangerous
if not attended to at once. One bottle
of BEGGS' DIARRHEA BALSAM
will do more good in cases of this kind
than any other medicine on earth. We
guarantee it. d. w. Morris. Druggist.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

Grand Army Reunion, milwaukee,.
The twenty third national encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re
public will be held at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, August % to 81 inclusive.
A rate of one fare for the round trip
has been made for this occasion. Chill
dren between the ages of five. and
twelve years will be charged one half of
the excursion rate. Tickets will be on
sale at all sations on the Santa Fe
route in New Mexico and Colorado,
and at Ell Paso, Texas. August 20 to
%; in Kansas and Indian Territory,
August q to %, good for continuous
passage to Milwaukee, and good for
return any day from August % to
September 5; final limit. September 10
all dates inclusive. Parties desiring to
make side trips from Milwaukee or
Chicago can get an extension of time
by depositing their ticket with the
Joint agent of the railroad companies
at Milwaukee on or before September
8. The limit of return tickets can be
extended in this way to September
transportation between Milwaukee
and Chicago, viz: Two railroad lines
and the Goodrich line of Steamers.
The through tickets of the Santa Fe
will be good on either of these three
lines, and will allow passengers to go
by one line and return by another,
between Chicago and Milwaukee. The
Santa Fe route is the short line to Chi
cago, both in distance and time, which
makes close connections there with
rail and steamer lines for Milwaukee.
For ticket rates and information re-
garding train service, etc, call on the
nearest Santa Fe route agent, or add
dress, GEO. I. NICHOLSON.
G. Z. 81 7. A., A. L. s. S. f. r. r.
Topeka, Kansas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

WHAT, dives in Lawrence? Classic
Lawrence that prides itself on its
Mount Dread. It's culture and so forth?
That is a sumner to be sure. There
must be some mistake about that.
Surely the Tribune is in error about
1.-THE two dives in East Lawrence, y
where toughs and roughs make their
rendezvous. \ tough in Lawrence
sounds as anomalous as Jack the
Ripper at a levee.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

A forthcoming local election to the
council, complexities matters in the
Cherokee nation. The disposition of
Chief Mayes to treat with the commits
sioners or to defer action is mainly in
fiuenced by his hopes and fears con-
corning the outcome of the election.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-01

EASTERN colleges says the
Leavenworth Times with great dis
gust, "are turning out free traders by
the Wholesale" That is awful TO be
sure With tue saloons turning out
drunkards and the colleges free ira
ders, the effete east is rapidly going to
the dogs. In Colonel Dams estima-
ton it is doubtless difficult to deter
mine which is the greater evil, the sa-
looms or the colleges.