The Emporia Ledger from Emporia, Kansas • Page 5

THE LEDGER. GRAND CLOSING OUT SALE The telephone man is in town, and a number of short lines have been put up. Another soaking rain on Saturday morning. -OF- Grant at the Grove. The celebration at the grove was participated in by an imuiei.se crowd.

The exercises there were opened by music by the Knights Templar baud, followed with prayer bv Rev. Mr. Dudley, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of tins citv. MNs Randoiph read the declaration of Independence in a very impressive manner. E.

M. Ford. delivered the opening address, which was well written and well delivered, and was DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS Having made arrangements to open an Extensive Clothing and Furnishing Goods House September 1st, we will sell our entire stock of Dry Goods and Notions at actual New York cost. This is no humbug and now is the time to procure actual bargains, as our stock is all new and of good quality. We have jjone through our entire stock and marked it down to cost, and many things below cost, to insure their quick sales.

We will give special inducements to Merchants and parties biivins large quantities or Job Lots. All goods at these prices will be sold for casn only. We do not make this sacrifice to undersell our competitors, but on account of the expected change in our business. On and after Saturday, June 19th, this sale will be positive, and we invite all to share the benefit of it. WIBLEY EENSON.

THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1880. Subscription Kate. "ne year. cah advance II not iid till end ol year oo six month l.OO 1 liree months 50 Geo.

A. Ferdinand, druggist. Em pona I'liarmaev, opposite the court house. 27-lv Pure flavoring extracts at the Emporia Pharmacy. 27-1 mo Collections promptly made by G.

S. Van Eman, Justice of the Peace, Ameri- eus. lf- Fancy and toilet articles at the Emporia Pharmacy. 27-1 ino Hotel Registers, and all kinds of blank books made at the Ledjrer Printing House, Emporia, Kansas. me iciuiuiiico nesisurant is run in strictly first class style.

You will fiud in it the most elegantly furnished ice cream Tl I parlors ever opened in Emporia. 27tl We manufacture our. own preparations hi nt- r-mpona i narmacy. J-lmo in u' nil vi ci 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 ii i to oader at Haynes Delmouico Restau rant ami ice cream parlor, Commercial street, opposite the Court House. It W.

H. Haynes, recently of Xewton. Kansas, has opened in the north room of Moore's new block. Commercial street, between Third and Fourth avenues, an elegantly fitted up restaurant and ice cream saloon. The Delmouico the name Mr.

Haynes has given his restaurantwill be run in strictly first class style, and will be the only place in this city where a first class meal is cooked to order at any hour. Boarding can be had also by the day. and meal tickets will be furnished on application. 27tl The weather is warm and sultry. Another heavy rain and thunderstorm on Wednesday night last.

Col. H. C. Cross, of this city-, has gone to Colorado to spend a few days. The Emporia Rifles make a fine appearane in their new uniforms.

School district Xo. 10, in is building a nice stone school house. Miss Lizzie Lancaster, of Serantoii, is visiting friends in this city. The Emporia fire Company added much to the attractiveness of the "procession on the fifth. The streams are now higher in this part of the State than they have been for many mouths.

The Cottonwood and Neosho rivers are higher at present than they have been for over a year. Blackberries are now jelling at the Christian price of 8c. per tjuart thanks to the late rains. A large number of U. S.

soldiers passed through this city a few days ago, on their way to Colorado. E. B. Reynolds will speak on temperance, in this city, on Friday and Saturday evenings of this week. The Board of County Commissioners have been in session this week and have disposed of a large amount of business.

A hailstorm in the neighborhood of Xeosho Rapids, on Friday last, very seriously injured the corn crop in that vicinity. The Sodeu bridge over the Cottonwood, was quite seriously damaged by the late floods. It ill be repaired as speedily as possible. Mrs. William Bethurem, of Badgei Creek, this county, has been adjudged a lunatic.

She ill shortly be sent to the asylum for such persons. The heavy rains of the past few days insure a full corn crop The ground is now thoroughly soaked and vegetation of ill kinds is making wonderful growth. Mis? May Estabrook, read the Declaration of independence in Florence, at the celebration. Miss Mattie J. Spencer of this city, also read a poem at the same place.

Sheriff Moon has returned from Buena Vista, bringing with him his brother, Calvin, who was recently shot in attempting to arrest some desperadoes in that place. The grass on the prairies, which was suffering much for rain, has, since the copious'and numerous rains of the past few days, taken a fresh start, and a good hay crop is assured. Gustave Krige. a fanner living a few miles southeast of Emporia, lost one of his horses by drowning on Wednesday last, while attempting to ford the Cottonwood at Soden's ford. About two hundred teams were compiled to stop on the south side of the Cottonwood, at Soden's mill, on Monday last, on account of the high water anil incomplete condition of the bridge.

Linsey Stubbs, for several months past clerk in the Adam's Express office in this city, has been given charge of that company's office in Colorado Springs. Mr. Stubbs is an excellent young man and we are pleased to note his promotion. The Premium List of the Lyon County ricultural Association is now being A printed at the Ledger Printing House, and will soon be ready for distribution. It will be a much larger and handsomer lKKk than ever before issued by that Association.

Owing to a rush of job work, the i two days behind time this week. The late rains have livened up the corn market. Large quantities can now be seen on the streets for sale. We had a pleasant call on Thursday last from John II. Rice, editor of the Miami Republican and general agent of the A estern National Fair Association.

Nothing was done at the woolen mill meeting on Frieay evening last except to appoint a committee to solicit subscriptions to the enterprise from our citizens. The store of the extensive dry goods and clothing $rm of Sherman i Rich ardson, of this city, was closed by attachment issued from the United States Court, on Friday of last week. Mr. O. W.

McAllister, of Lawrence, made our office a pleasant call on Tues day last. Mr. McA. has resided in Law rence for more than twemv years, and is one of the best printers in the State. It is reported that the Spanish fever i raging to a considerable ex ent among cattle in Coffey county, and that the disease is spreading to adjoining coun ties.

A number of fatal cases have occurred. A meeting of the fanners and others lii.erfsterl will lie lipid nt Fowler shall on Saturday next, 17th to make arrangements for a county display at the Western Xationol Fair at Bismarck Grove, in September. I. A. Taylor and Isaac Pennybaker, of Hartford, will sell a large amount of property at public sale, consisting of steers, cows, heifers, calves, ho: ses and household furniture and r.n imple ments, on Saturday, Jul' 24.

The Normal Institute began Tuesday morning, with forty-eight enrolled. The atteudauce promises to reach about seventy-live before the close. Dr. Hoss is in charge, with J. II.

Hill, Mrs. A. P. Morse and Thyge Sogard as assistants. The thunder storm on Friday night last was the most severe one of the sea son in this part of the State in fact it was the only one of the season so far.

A number of houses were struck in this city, but no serious damage is reported. The Butler County Republican is a new venture in Kansas journalism. The Republican is published at Augusta, by I A. Albin. and is a well edited and newsy sheet.

We hope it will be pros perous and do much good in the world. We had a pleasant call a few days ago from Mr. P. D. Etue, one of the editors and proprietors of the Kansas City Commercial Indicator.

Mr. E. was in this city in the interest of his journal. The Indicator is an acknowledged authority upon live stock and commercial matters relating to Kansas City. Our readers who need such a journal should subscribe for the Indicator.

The body of Charles Garrettson, son of J. II. Garrettson, was found on the railroad track, near Toledo. on Wednesday morning last, terribly cut and mangled by a train of cars having passed over it. The supposition is that young Garrettson had started out to walk home along the railroad track, and becoming fatigued, sat down on the track and fell asleep, when he was run over by a passing train.

The deceased was a sober boy aged 111 years. Prof. B. T. Davis has tendered his resignation as Superintendent of the city schools, to accept the position of Principal of the Training Department and Professor of English Grammar in the State Normal School.

Prof. Davis has filled the office of Superintendent of the city schools for the past two years to the entire satisfaction of the public and much credit to himself. We understand that his place will be filled for the present by Mr. J. II.

Hill. who. we are pleased to say, is a young man worthy of and we'l qualified for the position. On Suuday morning last. Dr.

True-worthy was called to see a patient living on Dow creek, a few miles from this ciiy, and was accompanied by Mr. I). M. Davis. On returning home tliey discovered that Allen creek had so increased in volume that the water was running over the approaches to the bridge.

However, they attemptrd to cross, when the buggy was floated, and tioping to one side'the Doctor was thrown into the water, from Inch he rescued himself by swimming. Mr. Davis had coihrol of the team, which he handled so skilltully that a more serious accident was prevented. The Doctor had a bath without the conveniences of soap and towels to make it a luxury. Otherwise he enjoyed the joke, and is now thinking of joining the Baptist church and trying it over again.

One of our local contemporaries has joined the noble army of orthographical reformers by spelling the jaw breaking name of a well known stream in this section "Marj-dezeen." We regard the departure as well taken, and cordially secoud Brother Chalfant's amendment. News. We pleased to know that our humble attempt to "refoim" the outrageous orthography of the name of one of our principal streams is meet'ng with general favor. "We do not propose to make any very serious innovations in the standard orthography of our language, but there are a "few words in general use such as Marydezeen, program, depo, etc. that ought to be pruned of their silent we have done in this instance.

If the newspapers would take hold of the subject in earnest, the "spelling reform" could be accomplished so silently and so easily that the masses of the people would scarcely notice the change. listened to by the large audience with the closest attention. Mr. Ford was fol lowed bv E. S.

Waterbury, who also delivered a thoughtful and interesting address that attracted the closest attention of his numerous listeuers. About 4 o'clock Gen. Grant and party arrived at the grove, where he was intro duced to the people by Col. II. C.

Cross in the following words: Ladies and Gentlemen I have the honor of introducing to you him who. of all other men. made it a possibility that we and our children may celebrate this day; one to whom the loval people of this country looked as the beacon light of liberty through the dark days of the Republic; one who wa; the trusted and true friend of the im mortal Lincoln; one who has been received by the civilized world as no other man has been received; whom the roval courts of the old world have received, the high and the low have honored, the rich and the poor have honored as no other man has ever been honored, and when he returned to our country was more a lover of his country and its institutions, more an American, if possible, than before he left its shores He returns to his people more tnan ever a believer in the great principles enunci ated in our Declaration of Independence, the greatest of all papers emanating from mortal man. At the close of the great civil war he was twice called to serve our people as its chief magistrate and heu retired to private life honored bv Americans as no other man was ever honored. Ladies and gentlem, I now have the honor of presenting to you the greatest of all living Americans, Gen.

LT. S. Grant." To this introductory Gen. Grant replied as follows: -Ladies and Gentlemen of Emporia There are nwe of you here than I can possib'y make hear me if I was to do my utmost to make myself heard. I assure you that it is very gratifying to me to see so many American people out here where but a few years since the buffalo and the wild Indians occupied the territory, and it is gratifyieg to me also that this country which when I first saw it constituted and was supposed to be a part of a desert which the farmer never could cultivate, has been so prosperous.

Wn our whole beautiful country we have none that looks to be more productive than the very land I see around me here. I wish for all of you continued prosperity in your new homes; may thev continue productive in all industries. I like Kansas. I like the Kansas people. They implanted in our soil the principles of universal liberty.

If all the our couutryr was like the popula- tion of Kansas, our noble institutions would have nothing to fear. You were born in the struggle for freedom, when civa war overran our lanu. ail our people will be like the people of noble Kansas, we can always be a free nation. Gentlemen. 1 thank you." The General's speech as followed by the wildest cheers for the hero of Appomattox, to which he again replied 'Ladies and Gentlemen: If I had more time i woma tie very giaa to meet all of you and shake hands with you, but 1 am traveling on a special tram.

We arrived here an hour and a half late, and cannot spend the time here we would like to and intended to spend. have to go on and get out of the way of the regular trains." General Grant and his party were then escorted to their carriages, when a grand rush was made by the people to see and shake hands with the o'd hero. Never before in the history of Empo-ia were so many people gathered within her walls. The celebration was a tri umphant success and a pleasant event long to be remembered and never to be regretted by the ten thousand people who witnessed it. A Woolen Mill.

Mr. II. W. McXair, of Adams county, Ohio, is in this city with the object in view of establishing a woolen mill, provided he can receive sufficient encouragement from our citizens to warrant him in making the investment. It is a little remarkable that manufacturing interests develop so slowly in this State.

A woolen mill, with sufficient capital to carry on the business is a branch of industry' that ought to pay handsomely on the investment. There are a million people in Kansas who would be its customers there are thousands of sheep in the State to furnish the wool. Emporia is the place for such an establishment. We have good railroad facilities and plenty of water. We hope that our ciiizens will give Mr.

McNair the encouragement he requires. Such an enterprise vrould add to the population and wealth of the city. It would give employment to a large amount of labor and capital, which would help to make business for all classes of people who have a business in the city, and would also be a great advantage to the farmer and' wool grower. Let us have a woolen mill if such a thing is possible. Following are the names of the new-faculty of the State Nomal School at this place: R.

B. Welch, President; Geo. Fowler, Professor of Mathematics and Latin; II. E. Sadler, Professor of Natural Science B.

T. Davis. Principal of Training Department and English Grammar 3Iiss Wheat, Chair of English Prof. Sogard, Department of Music and Drawing; Miss Joy, Reading and Penmanship; Miss Dixon, Assistant to English. Maudy Waite, a little daughter of Prof, D.

C. Waite, met with an accident a few-days ago by which she lost the end of one of her fingers. She and atothet DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS. 114 Commercial St. become known, and the result which Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has Fccomplished.

The above named troubles are caused by disordered kidneys and liver, and the remedy which cures the cause banishes the pains which arise from it. It The Ledger Printing House is the only place in central Kansas where ruling can be done. Orders from a distance for all kinds of binding, ruling ami printing promptly attended to. Loans on mortgage or real estate, in sums of from 300 to 1.000. IStf Van R.

Holmes Co. SHILOII'S CATARRH REMEDY. A marvelous cure for Catarrh, Diptheria, Canker mouth, and headache. With each bottle these is an ingenious nasal-injector for the more successful treatment of the complaint, without more extra charge. Price 50 cents.

Sold bv North Ryder, Druggists. If. A Mother's Grief The pride of a mother, the life and joy of a home, are her children, hence her grief when sickness enters and takes them away. Take warning then, that you are running a tenible risk, if they have a cough, croup, or hooping cough, which lead to consumption, if you do not attend to it at once. SHILOII'S CONSUMPTION CURE is guaranteed to cure them.

Price 10 50 and For Lame back, side or chest, use Shil-oh's Porous Plaster. Price '2 cts. Sold by North Ryder, Druggists. Emporia, Kansas. 1 Ksw Lands.

Having filed my bond with the receiver of the United States Land Office at To-peka, and supplied myself with all necessary blanks, and having all the instructions from the General Land Office, I am prepared to make all necessary proofs and receive payments on the Kaw Lands. G. Clerk District Court. 26-tf Emporia, Kansas. Clean the Streets.

Why can't the streets be kept clean? That's what our tax-burdened citizens would like to know. When the human system needs cleansing, take Mott's Liver Pills. Let the street commissioners try them. For sale by Dr. J.

A. druggist. The Best I ever Knew of. J. G.

Starkey. a prominent and influential citizen of Iowa City, says: 4iI have had Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint for several years, and have used every remedy I could hear of, without any relief whatever, until I saw your ShUoh's Vitalizer advertised in our paper, and was persuaded to try it. I am happy to state that it has entirely cured me. It is certainly the best remedy I ever knew of. Price 75 cents.

Sold by North Ryder, Druggists. 16 INSCKANCE. The Most Reliable is Always the Cheapest. Holmes A Holden are agents for the Ktna, Phoenix, Hartford, Springfield, Continental, and Queen Insurance Companies, conceded to be the most reliable in this country and Europe. Insurance is now lower than for years past, and at present rates no property owner can afford to take the risk.

Office next door south of the Emporia National Bank Building. june 1, 7S-ly Money to Loan at the lowest rates. 29-tf. BACHELLB. Robert Jeff, MANUFACTURER OF FINE CIGARS Northeast Corner Fourth and Commercial, EMPORIA, KANSAS.

Geo. A. Ferdinand, j. lime weie piayiug ai an upstairs window, when the sash which was raised slipped down and caught the end of her linger, cutting it entirely off. On Friday last, while Harry Liebfi ied was driving his team, hitched to a spring wagon, containing his wife, three children and himself, a row took place among a party of dogs in the street.

Harry jumped out to make peace among the dogs, when his team took fright and ran ofi, throwing his wife and children out. Mrs. L. was quite badly hurt, but fortunately the children escaped without serious injury. Gen.

Grant will not settle in Emporia this vear. orticultural A meeting of the Horticultural Society of Lyon county, was held in this city yesterday, with President Milliken in the chair, and J. V. Culver acting as temporary Secretary. A report on the small fruit crop showed that strawberries in this section had been a failure except when irrigated, and then the yield was very light.

Ihe same was said to be true of raspberries, though the black-caps were considered the most reliable. The currant crop was reported as being light. Gooseberries are a fair crop, while blackberries returned a good average yield, which has been very much improved by the late rains. Mr. Burdick made a very good exhibition of Kittitany, which are highly flavored and well ripened.

Service or June berries are coming into prominence. They are thought to be adapted to this climate and fill the place of the mountain whortleberry for which they are often taken. They prove to be prolific and highly flavored. The report on orchard products represented apples one-fourth of a crop. Genet, Rambo, White Winter Pearmain and Ihghtop Sweet are the leading varieties this season.

All others were most seriously affected by the late frosts. The cherry crop is light. There was on exhibition a fine bough of English Morellos hich were delicious. Peaches will turn out one-fourth of a crop. The erly varieties were seriously affected by-drouth, but the later ones will be more prolific.

The Amsden, June and Alexander are already out of market. The Emporia peach is considered equal to any other variety. There was a fine specimen of seedling, propagated by Simon Bucher, and named Bucher's Best. It is a highly flavored cling, of fine promise. There will be a full crop of grapes.

The Concord still holds its place as the best variety for early use. On the question of mulching small fruits, it was unanimously decided that the best mulching is frequent cultivation. Keep the ground loose and mellow and manure heavy in the fall and work into the soil in the spring. The question of orchard and small fmit insects was continued till the next regular meeting. The society then proceeded to sample the peaches.

They were all good, but Lucher's Best was pronounced superior. On motion the meeting adjourned to meet at the farm of R. J. Rudisil on Wednesday, July 21st, and Judge Peyton was invited to address the meeting. J.

F. Culver, Secretary pro tem. CITY BUSINESS. The Cause Discovered. Most of the readers whose eyes scan these pages have suffered from headache, lassitude, nausea or pains in the back; but we doubt if they knew what the cause was.

In nine cases out of ten it was some trouble with the kidneys or liver. This is a tmth which has just.