The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-09-20
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

meat at the grocery store Of Bay & Hall
every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
morning, at the lowest prices.
Sickness delayed the issue of this pa
per about one day.
Most of this week the weather has been
disagreeabIy warm.
Nelson Weaver has purchased the res.
idence of E. R. Trask on Union street.
Ella & Roberts have the best family
-four at Sc so per sack.
Two new candidates are annuounceI this
week. Capt. A. ]. Armstrong for Sheriff,
aud T. G. Fuqua for Register of Deeds.
Lyon County will have. when it is com
pleted, the best Court house in the State.
1t will be finished this year.
F. Judge McIntirs is putting up a stone
dwelling near Harry Jones', and not far
from the Normal School.
Wheat sowing is being busily prosscu-
ted in this section. Some have already
finished.
District Court is still in session. We
shall eudsavOr to give full report next
week.
FOUND DIR. Jones found a portion of
a lady's breast pin on the street, which
the owner can get by calling on him.
Rev. S. E. MacBuruey will preach on
"The final triumph of Christianity" next
Sabbath morning at lO4 O'Clock.
The excavation for the cellar of the new
block to be erected by Messrs. Fraker
and Jones, north of THE News Office, has
commenced.
PERSONAL Yesterday we had call
from Major J. B. McAfse. Adjutant Cen
eral of Kansas. He was accompanied by
Captain McCauley of Topeka.
J. G. Frsksr has purchased the resi-
dsnce of Joseph R. Hall. in the northern
part of town, for Mr.. PaytOn, of Indiana.
who is about to settle here.
Gibson & 10y. of Americas. have an
advertisement in to-dsy's paper which it
will be we'll for their friends and custo-
mers to read aud ponder.
Some of the incest and best sorghum
syrup We have ever seen was brought US
by T. F. Little. of Fremont, a few days
ago. Il looked like nice no oey.
We learn that John R. L4mbdiu. for
msrly of this county. died of yellow fever
10 New Orleans, on the evening of Sep
TENDER Sd.
Let our Chase county friends remem-
Der that there is to be grand Auti-Fe-
male Suffrage rally at Cottonwood Falls,
on Saturday the 2srh inst.
E R. Trask aud J. C. Fraker have pur-
chased eighty acres of the Flick farm ad
joining town on the east, paying therefor
80, 200.
Students of the Normal who could af-
ford to pay the prevailing rates of board
have had no difficulty in obtaining pleas
ant homes this term. The grea. need of
the school now is cheap board.
The tbreshers who have been up Cot
tonwood. on the north side. say James
PhesUis had the best piece of wheat in the
neigbborhood, this season, so far as they
have any knowledge.
Peaches are plenty. aud those who are
go fortunate as to have bearing trees are
cropping in" IS per bushel for them.
We hear of several places in the county
which will turn out hundreds of bushels.
The contract for building the side walks
was let to Mr.. Roberts a few days ago.
but owing to some misunderstanding be
threw up the contract and il is to be re-
let next Monday evening. See adver-
tisement.
Our friend, L. W. Johnson. of Jackson
township, brought US q wooden pail full
Of fine peaches on Tuesday, for which
The News Office returns q vote Of thauks
to him. He will have several hundred
bu shells Of peaches.
A son and q daughter of the Mr.. Hill,
OF EudOra, who was SO brutally shot and
robbed on his way home from Lawrence
couple Of weeks ago. had engaged seats
in the Normal School for the present
term. We see By The Lawrence Tribune
that his wounds proved fatal.
Joseph r. Hall has purchased an in-
terest in tie store of J. c. Hall. The es.
adjustment viii hereafter be run by J. c.
and ]. R. Hall. This store has lately been
enlarged. aud will be filed with a 6rst
class stock of goods. We are glad tina.
J. R. has become one Of our business men
Captain Coleman, formerly of the Ninth
Kansas Cavalry. was 10 town Monday.
The Captain was famous scout aud par
tizan, and did his full STARE 10 putting
down bushWhackers on the border. He
is now living near HarrsOnViIis. Missouri.
in the immediate vicinity Of many Of
most daring exploits.