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

for while. He VIII now take a little
of the bitter.
THERE seems to be an idea abroad
in this city that sewerage system
would De chiefly useful in furnishing
convenient man holes into which OBJ
nOxious citizens may be ehucked for
concealment.
THE railroads evidently think they
have the under hold on the G.. A. r.
boys who cannot stay away from Mil
waukee where beer is so plentiful, no I
matter what the fare. Well, we shall
see how that viii be.
WHEN last in the city Senator Plumb |
admitted that the cattle combine was
master of the situation. and was levy
ing an enormous tribute on the people.
Why do the people submit to such in
famous robbery?
CHICAGO is doing considerable blust-
ering about her claims to the worlds
fair in 1892. Her best claim to it arose
after she had annexed all of northern
Illinois. She has plenty of room for
it, and that Is the best that can be said
for Der.
WICHITA has another industry in
stereotype and newspaper plate COM
pany, which will begin work Septem-
Der 1st. The business will be under
the management of E. Z. Morgan of
the A. n. kellogg company of Kansas
City.
THE Cronin affair and that of DR..
Jones of Cincinnati created a violent
prejudice against sewerage in this city
and are of course responsible for the
Waterloo with which it NIT last night.
No one relishes the idea of being tied
up in meal sack and chucked into a
man hole.
YESTERDAY was gala day at Wich-
ita. The Whitaker packing hou sa
started up, and the board of trade
private citizens and ladies in gay at
tire, graced the occasion with their
presence. 1t was what might be called
in the festal lingo of the place re-
shershay affair.
THE Foyt Scott Tribune has the
right sentiment when it heads an able
editorial "Vive la Canfield,'' but it is
trifie mixed in its genders.-Topeka
Capital.
Perhaps the Tribune was hurrahing
for madame. Even Sol Miller recon-
mends her for the CHARACTERISTIC.
EX-SECRErARY WHITNEY annoan-
ces that he is not and shall not be a
candidate for the presidency, Mr..
Whitney demonstrated rare executive
bility as secretary of the navy, and
would make strong candidate for the
presidency, if he would allow his name
to be used.
OTTAWA, Parsons, Salina and other
towns smaller than Emporia may have
their sewers. Emporia wants none of
it. She knows what true progress is.
She can distinguish between sham pro-
gress and the genuine article. You
can't fool Emporians, unless you get
up at an hour particularly early in the
morning.
THIS is the way the Chicago News
naively puts it: North Dakota has
secured divorce from South Dakota,
and has been awarded the round sum
of forty thousand dollars by way of al
imony. The grounds for the divorce
were incOmpatibility of temperament
and mutual cold feet
THE orange dealers appear to be hon
est. They say that the orange trust is
necessity, because tue price they
were getting for their oranges was too
small. OF course, besides advancing
the price of oranges, they will so reg
ulate" the market aud .'equaliZe''
things all around that the people will
hail high priced oranges as boon and
luxury!
THE Lawrence Tribune relates this
well nigh miraculous event. Read it
girls, and p.nder we'll its significance.
Miss Edna Sheldon. young lady
whose home is Arkansas city, had "A
paralytic stroke at the Union depot
at Kansas City Thursday, which totally
disabled her jaw. The physicians said
1t was the result of gum chewing.
Thus gum has demonstrated that its
| effects are so powerful that it can ac-
complish that which has long been
deemed impossible: to stop Il wOman's
Jaw and let the woman survive the
shock.
Mr.. WANNAMAKER may have
thought that he was doing a popular
thing when he struck the Western
Union stiff blow in demanding a one
mill rate, but it is doubtful. The gov
eminent may go so far as to confiscate
private property for public purposes,
but not without just compensation.
As we said Il day or two ago, the secre-
tary of the interior ought. if he means
tn insist on the reduced rate, to make a
full and clear statement of his reasons
for ordering so heavy Il reduction.
THE most damaging of all the trusts
is the cattle combine. The sugar trust
| is a trifie in the comparison. Yet
nothing is being done to check its
power. Get to work cattlemen and
farmers, and organize for self-protec-
tion or you are undone. Don't you
know that if the farmer got good price
for his cattle, he would soon lift the
mortgage on his farm?
The prOletariat was to the tore last
night, and almost TO a man opposed
sewerage. AS it would cost them not
a cent in the way of taxes, aud would
furnish them with employment at good
wages, one must conclude that they
do not want employment-that they
would prefer to sit on dry goods boxes,
chew dOg-leg tobacco, and curse the
town.
The Kansas City Star sent report
or to Wichita who. after investigation.
finds the Brown case remarkable
mystery. So far as Brown or his wife
are concerned, the reporter, as well as
the sheriff of Sedgwick county. are sat
isfied there is no sham nor deception.
Nothing will be known of his expert
ences or whereabouts during his alb
sence, but as it may be Uncovered if