The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-06-20

of the weather bureau, is at present
engineering deep-laid scheme east
and west to confound the disciples of
Neal Dow.
In the last two years prohibition has |
been showed under by Oregon, Michi-
gan, Tennessee, West Virginia, Texas,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania. The legislatures in a
few other states refused to submit the
question to the people.
GENERAL PALMER, the leader of the
prohibition forces in Pennsylvania, is
shrewd political calculator. Yester-
day morning he allowed" that prohi-
bition would carry Inthe state by 10 800.
He came with in something like 200, 900
or over of the correct figure.
THE Fourth will be a great day at
Reading, Lyon county. Extensive pre-
parations are being made at the grove.
including the sinking of a well, for its
enthusiastic celebration. Senator
Plumb will be there as orator of the
day, and patriotic arder will abound.
Talmage said last Sunday that ''half
the trouble in this world comes of peo-
pie not knowing their places, or know
ing them, will not stay in them. Re-
ferred to divers and sundry politicians,
but especially to Simon Boliver Brad
ford and Colonel Tomlinson.
IT was only in sport that young
BOBBY called Jolley, pointed a revolver
at the sixteen -year-Old daughter of
Postmaster Buchanan of Abilene last
Friday evening, but bullet from it
entered her side, and did as much
damage as though he had attempted to
murder her.
THE friends of Alexander Sullivan,
who by the way have not as yet ex-
pressed the least horror at the death of
Cronin. pretend to be greatly elated,
and are doing world of blowing about
their hero since a plant judge admitted
him to bail. The less said about that
fellow the better.
They are now criticising WhiteIaw
Reid's grammer as he used it in his
address to the French president. He
, said the United States ARE instead
of lis" That is a graver offence in
some peoples eyes than dip
/ lomatic error that would set the two
countries by the ears.
THE pharIsees INDUCED in sneers and
Jibes at the whisky democrats of Texa:
, a year or so ago when that state re-
9 jected prohibition at the polls by de
cisive majority. Will they now turn
their batteries on Pennsylvania thai
has made the Texas democrats
ashamed of their little victory?
a HENRY WATTERSON says that, "a
= man, however eminent and conspicu
r Gus, who seriously looks to his nOmina
: may be not inaptly likened to one WHIT
n should expect to fish out of the Allan
q tic Ocean with pin hook the ticke
" calling for the capital prize in lOttery
" to be drawn in the moon.
e The Prince of Wales sneers at hi
o cousin, the German emperor, as dis
# eased morphine eater. Very well
, Now let us hear from the morphin
eater. If he does his subject justice
he can retOrt on Wales in a very pep
perry fashion. The English scion mus
have talked in his cups when he let hi
tongue wag against the morphine eater
WELL, the Samoan treaty has bee
signed at Berlin by the representative
of the three powers, Germany. EN-
land and the United Jtates, and til
a bothersome question has been put a
rest. A clause granting indemnity fC
n German property destroyed, may "
s. lead to fresh troubles. But let us pJ
that ON 1.-The long fiDger.'
10 WHAT is the matter with the tart
II in the quaker state? Were we not tol
that its end and aim was to educat
&c elevate and christianize the America
,d working man. Yet behold the resu
as manifested at the polls yesterda
The great republican high tariff sta
voted almost to man for the saloo
oh tariff, this is thy victory. G
alcohol where is thy sting?
el WELLINGTON, the travelling ma
o. shot by DIR. Stewart at Clay Cent
last week, bad been married tWic
mt He got divorce from his first wife al
in compelled the fellow who had alternate
her affections from him to marry he
Il His second wife got divorce from hi
It's for being untrue to her. As a mashe
100 he was having fairly good success uni
he ran up against Stewards pistol.
he The investigation by federal officia
at of the Lawrence postoffice reveals
,ir deficit of $500, for which the assis
'st ant postmaster, Woodruff, was arreste
Saturday and taken to Topeka. II
IS young man is said to have dabbled
re the grain market. He protests his il
ut nocence, and promises to show clea
We record But they all do that.
SENATOR SABIN has been "exOnera
ne ed from all blame in securing divorc
Oh by an eastern friend. Anybody po
d. sessed of the means and infiuenC
Us could be ''exonerated" If the sen;
I. tors conduct towards his wife was be
Yond reproach and blameleSs. he
lie friends would not accuse him of hear
re lessness, and he would not need to b
II ''exonerated.,
% IT is charged by some of our e.
ct changes that Senator Ingalls, is an ac
nostic and that Harrison Kelly is
e freethinker. AS to the former charg
n we do not know. although it is quit
le certain that some of the senator
II speeches give color to the report S
ie tar as Congressman Kelly in coneeFne