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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

and, we presume never dreamed of the
storm its publication would cause. Had
she reflected on the vexatious conse-
quenees that would follow, it would
not have been published. SO that
both ladies made mistakes. The first
in writing it and the second in printing
it. But let the ladies take comfort.
They have done no worse in this par
ticular, than certain senator, great
Iy admired in this state. whose blund-
ers as letter writer are now famous.
''2ARNELL has not been generally
considered much of politician" says
the Topeka Capital. Considered, by
whom? Certainly not by those who
know anything of his career for the
twelve years of his parliamentary life
Since the days of O'Connell, no one
comparable to him, as leader has
arisen to give aim and point to the
Irish cause, and marshal his forces in
the most strategic manner. AS pol
itician he has frequently outwitted the
government, and would two years
ago have secured home rule,
but for the traitorous detection
of a band of English Liberals who
owed their election chiefly to him.
But for the continued support of these
recalcitrants, the Tory government,
which is in minority, would be dis
solved at the first sitting. Parnell's
coup, in voting for the royal grant!
was, to be sure, clever stroke, but
not any more, SO than many others
that he has brought to bear in the
past few years. Parnell is born pol
itician of marvellous resources, ant
wonderful equipoise.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

SOME of the papers are severely CEN
surfing w. d. Wilder. for the style of
his remarks in his Insurance Report.
They think it is not dignifed, and that
abuse of men in an official report is I'M
becoming. 1t must be borne in mind
that members of the legislature, taking
advantage of their position, in which
they could not be held to an account for
anything .they said, denounced and
abused Wilder on the floor of the leg
islature, and that officers of bogus in
surance companies denounced him in
their official reports and circulars.
Some of the members, when SO abusing
him, were drunk. He has only come
back at them in his official report, and
has got the best of them. Those whose
feelings are hurt by it, are no doubt
sympathizers of the wild-cats.-Troy
Chief.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
The board then adjourned unit

uASAA uSo
day morning.
Tuesday, August 6.-Board met as
per adjournment, all members present.
The taxes assessed against Emporia
Highlands. subdivision of part of
section s, township 10, range II, was
ordered stricken from the roll of 1888,
it having been paid on as land.
Road deeds from w. B. Rumsey,
Henry Sotow, Dan D. Davis and A. j.
Loughlin were accepted.
Abstractors bonds of E!za Moore, w.
b. Miller, Robert l.. Jones and s. b.
Riggs were approved.
Bids were opened for the stone work
for new bridges and contracts let to G.
L. Stevens for the Tits and Wheeler
bridges over Allen creek for 1915 per
cubic yard of masonry, and to Lewis
Powell for the Coal creek bridge at So. so
per cubic yard.
Coal bids were opened and the con-
tract let to E. F. Sprague for Cherokee
lump coal at $3.50 per ton at court
house, at $40 per ton on track for poor
farm, and at S.75 per ton for the out
side poor.
The board then adjourned until
Wednesday morning.
Wednesday, Aug. z, 1SS9.-Board
met as per adjournment, all members
present.
Unclaimed county warrants, which
had remained unclaimed for three
years or over, to the amount of S16.75
were cancelled.
The report of the treasury examiners
was examined and accepted.
County warrants paid by the county
reasurer to the amount of S2l ,974 81
and surrendered tax certificates paid
by county treasurer to the amount of
81 ,9I1 So were cancelled and the county
clerk ordered to give the treasurer
credit therefor.
The assessment of o. z. Waddle for
cattle in Americas township for 1889
was ordered stricken from the rolls,
the same having bsen lawfully assessed
in Agnes CITY township.
The county clerk was directed to
have a coal bin built at the poor farm.
The board then adjourned.
Attest: ROLAND LAKIN,
County Clerk.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

A large number of colored people
from this vicinity are going to Okla
homa. Sixty families left Monday
and number went to-day. A new
town is being location especially for the
colored people, about twelve miles
northwest of Kingfsher. With view
to the sale of these lots, by quit claim
deed conveying as much interest as
can be conveyed to property in Okla
homa the Lincoln Town company is
represented by F. NJ. Blair, secretary,
and 7. L. Hughes, treasurer, with
headquarters at the Dutton house.
Mr.. Blair is of Caldwell, and friend
of Treasurer of State Hamilton.
Judge Hazen of this city is an old
friend of Mr.. Hughes. @These men
have good references and claim to
offer the colored people good induce
ments and fair and honest treatment.
r. L. Lewis IF this city, about to
leave for this territory, has received a
letter from law firm at Kingfisher,
named Kane s. Furguson, which let
ter Lewis is circulating, and which en-
deavors to show that the Lincoln
TOWNSHIP scheme is not reliable one
Messers. Blair and Hughes however
declare that the company they. repre-
sent is acting in the best of faith, and
that it is able to substantiate all its
assertions, and give lot buyers the best
title possible to give in the territory
according to the best of legal advice.
Topeka Journal.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

YESTERDAY Chief Mayes was on top
again, the elections having gone his
way. ~ day or two ago it was over
whelmingly against him. Monday will
probably upset all previous accounts,
and the canny old chief will be once
more at the bottom of the wheel. In
the meantime, Uncle Sans commits
sioners sit around under the ancestral
oaks of the swarthy Cherokees, and
bite their finger nails with Impotence,
as they wait for an answer to theiI
proposition from rough, tough and
devllish sly old Joey.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
RrI,l.h RIEh,s . be- nr,tectea.

MONTREAL. Aug. s.-A special ca
blegram from London to the Gazette
has the following: The imperial au-
thorities have decided that British
rights in the Behring sea must be pro-
tected from outrage. The belief here
is that when the United States sees
the determined attitude of Great
Britain it will no longer Obstruct a
speedy and peaceful settlement of the
question. Pauncefote, Salisbury and
KuntZford have been in constant COM
munication in regard to the matter
the last few days
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

WE want, and want badly, lot, a
big lot of DIR. Brown-Sequard's Elixir
for use in this city. Some of us need
to have our blood vitalized. our courage
terminated and our backbones stiffened
up a bit. When that is done, there
wont be any more croaking and cavil-
ing about sewerage. The matter will
be taken up and promptly and energet-
ically put through. Let those inter
ested in sewerage order a liberal in
voice of the elixir and administer it
according it to directions, and let US
have a little life and publ C spirit in
us. We are becoming Micawberish,
yes Ebenezerish.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
Green's --latest Reply.

NEW YORK, Aug. 8. President
Green of the western Union telegraph
company, in reply to Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker's letter of August
End on the subject of rates for govern
ment teleGrams, reiterateS the state
ment that the act of 1865 conferred no
special benefits on the Western Union
telegraph company. 1t did not, as
held by the postmaster general. confer
the right to use all
highways without cOmpenSa-
ton, but on the contrary the COM
pany paid railroads, plank roads and
individual owners for rights of way
and had to obtain licences and rights of
way in streets from municipalities or
condemn and buy them under state
laws, just as if no national law exist
ed. The act granted the use of gov
eminent stone and timber, but it had
never been expedient for the company
to use these. 1t granted forty acres of
government land for telegraph stations
but no stations have been established
on such land. 1t granted right of way
government land, but except where
lines had been extended to military
posts this privilege had-not been made
use of, and in these cases it was used
only for the conveniece of the govern
ment.
President Green agrees with the
postmaster general that the rates
should be "a just compensation, to
mean q sum that will cover the actual
cost of the service with something
added for the use of facilities necess-
airy to perform the service. He shows
by an analysis of the facts: That the
government rate is the lowest given
any customer; that the press rate is
higher when the dispatches are reduced
to their equivalent lengths in messages;
that the rates on signal service bus
mess have been greatly reduced in the |
nineteen years that the service has
been in operations; that the rate on all |
government business has been reduced |
ABBOTT so per cent in the past twelve |
years, which IS propoTtionatsIy more
than the reduction on general bus
mess
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

THE cattlemen and the farmers
know they are the victims of the cattle
combine, yet what are they doing for
themselves? Not thing! They are
trusting in providence, we suppose,
and waiting, Micawber like, for some
thing to turn up that will give them
relief. Simpletons! Don't they know
that the wolf will relinquish his hold
on the lamb only when he is compelled
to? Will he listen to the whining
prayers and petitions of his victim?
Not much. The big Four" would
not be wolves if the cattle raisers were
not sheep, weak, submissive and un-
complaining sheep.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

The Times doesn't feel like announc-
ing a decrease of population in Butler
county, but such is the case. 1t has
been known for some time that there
was falling off, how much was not
known until the returns were compile
ted last Tuesday. The population as
returned by County Clerk Castle to
the state auditor is "a ,929. being short
II of 5000. Butler county, under the
law, is not entitled to an auditor. a
saving of 81 900 per annum; also, the
county attorneys salary is cut from
g. 900 TO 81 .2OO.-El Dorodo Times.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

LAND traffic has this year suffered
unusual disturbance from storms and
floods. Ocean traffic has likewise
been disturbed to an unu-
sual degree by icebergs. 1t
is an uncommon year, which calls to
mon amount of lying being done
about the wheat crop in Dakota. Just
now it is hard to say whether they
are to have feast or famine up there,
and all because of the absurdly con-
flicting stories published concerning it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
zKANsAs PATENTs.

Granted to citizens of Kansas for the
week ending August 5, 1889, reported
through the Office of w. A. Redmond,
solicitor of patents, 6Sl F street, N. W.
Washington, D. c.:
G. F. Amos, Burlingame; stove
truck.
F. p. Craig, Holton; cultivator.
A. j. Gum, Vsiley Falls; car-coup-
ling.
Edwin Kelsey, Calvert; gate.
A. G.. Pattee, RrOokville; device for
holding cattle while being dehorned.
Susan Perkins, Lansing; book or mu-
sic holder.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

GERMANY is the first country in the
world, we believe, which has formulate
ed system of compulsory insurance.
Every man and woman in Germany,
under this law, is compelled to be a
member of what is a beneficial society
in which, when sick he or she can draw
fixed benefits for their maintenance,
and If they die enough to bury them.
In this the German government is
practical, and escapes a great respon-
sibilIty for the care of the poor who
might become paupers in case of sick
ness. The government assumes COM
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
WIN anonhaOnen

CHIEF RIVER FALLS, Mimi, Aug. 10
The announcement that the Red
lake reservation would soon be opened
for settlement has caused large num-
bers of people from Wisconsin, Dakota
and the adjoining Minnesota counties
to squat upon aluabIe land on the re-
servation, The Indians have become
inceDsed at the squatter and have been
drinking heavily for several days.
Thursday nigh THEY held q war dance
and threatened to make a night raid
upon the camp unless the whites left
the reservation.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

B. o. Waggener, mayor of Atchison
will write an article on prohibition
for the Kansas City Times. Among
other things he will say that the Off
cial records from the railroads show
that since January 1st a single Kan
sas town shipped into the interior of
the state, three thousand barrels of
beer, ale and whisky. The ''single
Kansas town" is supposed to be Atch-
son.-Atchison Globe.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
THE Hutchinson authorities are grea

THE Hutchinson authorities are great
ly smitten just now with the legend
''let no guilty man escape" The
guilty referred to are the boot leggers
and other violators of the liquor law. In
the matter of drinking, and pulling
those from whom the drinks are pur-
chased, Hutchinson displays common
dable zeal and enterprise. To have
both the law and the liquor, and to do
with both as their creators intended, is
the worthy and somewhat ambitious
aim of Hutchinson.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

The verdict in the Maybrick poison
ing case in London discloses the fact
that in English law thereis no appeal
from verdict of guilty in a case Of
murder. The prisoner must hang, I'M
less the home secretary should see fit
to recommend to her majesty the
queen, a Communication or rreprieve,
and this is very rarely done. Very
earnest efforts are being made to have
this unusual step taken in the May
brick case
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

Sol MILLER says that nickel spent
for candy for a child is thousand
times more humaniZing, and does a
thousand times more good, than a
Thousand nickels contributed for the
conversion of the heather.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

BURKE is in close place. The au-
thorities are absolutely confident of
his guilt, and what is more to the point,
have abundant evidence wherewith to
prove it. lie will probably confess,
and then we shall know who else had a
hand in IT.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

have added another, tO-wit, he would
have been three months older. All Of
which will be taken as proof that his
appointment was very good one, the
point you desire to make.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

ALTHOUGH the Tanner investigating
committee has finished its researches
into the reratings for the two months
designated, Secretary Noble has or
dered them to continue the work.
They will be engaged for several weeks
and in the meantime no report of the
work already done will be published
until complete report can be furnished
to the public prints.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
SAYS the Topeka Democrat:

IF IngalI does not withdraw his plea
of forgery, p. do :, and claim he was inn
posed upon by Topeka friends, he will
find himself in a worse box than old
PomerOy did"
Getting saucier still it challenges the
senator in the following language:
'EIf that Ingalls, letter was forgery,
why don't the senator bring suit
against us for damages: we are still
here and the Democrat is not mort
gagged"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

A RATHER lengthy complaint has
been fled by competing lines against
the Alton railroad, charging it with
the provisions Of the inter
state law. This law seems to be re-
garded in railroad circles very much
as the civil service law is esteemed
politicians, law more honored
in the breach than in the observance.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

MAYOR WAGGENER of Atchison has
published an article in reply to sena-
tor Ingalls, late disquisitOn in the FO-
rum. There was but little need for it.
The senator himself wrote more
conclusive and satisfactory refutation
of it to one 6 Captain" Coney of Topeka.
1t was something in the nature of an
appeal from Phillip drunk to Phillip
sober, and though brief, is as we said
quite satisfactory, for which many
thanks, dear senator, and good, but
laundering Captain Coney.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

A GOOD thing taken from the Atch-
ison Champion: Let no one suppose
that by acting good part through life
he will escape scandal. There will be
those even who hate them for the very
qualities that ought to procure esteem
There are some folks in the world who
are not willing that others should be
better than themselves
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

pIete control of all assignments. as
well as disbursements. tits obligatory
upon every wage Garner to enlist as
member of the national insurance de-
partment. But they are graded into
three classes, according to their aver
age earnings.-Leavenworth Times.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

THAT rather interesting debate be
tween Secretary Wanamaker and Pres
ident Green of the Western Union
still goes merrily on. Mr.. Green has
just landed rejoinder squarly on the
secretary's mug, which of course he is
expected to return with interest if he
can. We are with the secretary, but
our money is placed on Green.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

YOUNG Mr.. Colon of Minneapolis is
quite a Napoleon of finance. These
Napoleons are an interesting lot so
long as they can stave off their Water
loos. His came early in the action,
and so brilliant career is nipped in
the hIld
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

THE chief business of the newspa-
pers at Wichita is the skirmishing
around for mysteries parallel to the
Brown case. Two have already been
unearthed. The number to follow will
depend on the imaginative resources
of the reporters.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
COMMISSIONERS, PROCEEDINGS
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
Mnndau AnO s 1880.

Board of county commissioners of
Lyon county met as required by law
to make the annual tax levy.
Present, T. E. Mcmillan, chairman.
j. w. 10y and s. v. Bitter.
The clerk submitted the items of ex-
pense for the year 1888. together with
an estimate of said expenses for the
year 1889, as follows:
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

CONTRARY to first reports, the Mayes
faction was defeated in the election
just held in the Cherokee Nation. 1t
is believed that this will somehow
simplify matters and contribute
towards an easy solution of the Strip
purchase by the commission.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

PEOPLE everywhere are very much
alike. Popular sympathy with fash
ionable, and sometimes very unfashion-
able criminals, is general. The Eng
fish people were ready a day or two
ago to lynch the judge before whom
Mrs. MAVERICK was tried.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

PHIL. BEST, leading citizen Of
Milwaukee is very much discouraged
about the threatened failure of the
forthcoming encampment there, and
threatens to dispose of his brewing in
terests to English capitalists. Awful
consequence that.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

The trial of General Boulanger is
now in progress, and so is the general,
who is determined to get beyond reach
of his enemies, if he has to transport
his corporosity to the dominions of
Jonathan
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

My house and furniture, insured in
the German Insurance company of
Freeport, was destroyed by fire August
4th, and the loss paid in full to my en-
tire satisfaction to-day. August 9th,
1899. B. F. PARKER.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

a WRITER in the Wichita News
Beacon attempts to answer Senator
Ingalls, Forum article by indulglng in
fine writing and too liberal use of
Latin. Plain English and very little
of il. WAS sufficient.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

GEORGE Z. a. COLLINS, a promi-
nent democratic leader in Massachu-
sets, etc. Wichita Eagle.
We don't know of any prominent
democratic leader" with that name.
Perhaps you mean General p. y. Col
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

BENT. MURDOCH pats Insurance
commissioner ID. NJ Wilder on the
back, and says to him in effect, Ego in
old boy; whack it to 'em; you're on the
right track; we are with you as long
as you continue to help on our rebel
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

THE people of Maine are quietly en-
thusiastic in their reception of the
president. What uproarious welcome
he would have met with, if Baby
Mckee had accompanied him. The
people have great faith in the baby.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

THE Sunday closing law is gradually
becoming effective in Cincinnati. The
saloonists made bitter fight against
the law but have finally submitted,
and have promised that if the prose-
cutions against them are discontinued
they will respect the law.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

Some years ago man came to Wich-
ita, who passed himself off as single
man, and who as such purchased
large amount of property, most of
which Is to-day covered with business
blocks, and which is worth several
hundred Thousand dollars. This prop
eTty was afterwards sold and has
since been transferred several times.
T'hs ntleman referred TO, how
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

THERE is quite an exodus of negroes
from Topeka to Oklahoma. A sharp
real estate firm with an unlimited
stock of town lots on hand, appear to
be working the coIored brother pretty
successfully.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

A COUPLE of Wichita physicians are
going to experiment with the Brown
Sequard elixir. Try it on the Murdoch
rebellion.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

AMERICUs NJ. NEALY, the colored
man who was appointed to an Office in
Arkansas the other day, and who has
been dead three months, would have
been ineligible for Office had he lived. =
Lawrence Journal.
To this sage reflection yon might
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15

Gov. HUMPHREY and family are do
ing the cool places in Colorado at pres
ent. AS a summer resort it is hard to
beat Kansas as it is now and has been
for the past two weeks.