The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-07-16

1. d. Fox, Of the firm Of MCMILLAN s Fo,
has some horses for sale. Go and see them
/ II you want cool and paIatabIe glass
lemonade call on Charley WheeIock at Ere
Haussler's.
Bliss Is within your reaeh-on the corner
Commercial street and 9Th avenue, where phC
tographs are taken by Bliss himself.
The cupola on the Christian church is In
ished and presents a very neat and tasty az
pearanee. This church is in fourishin
| condition and wiz soon have regular service.
John Wood sold the lot ON Commercial 81
between Wright's hardware store and Hough
toms new building, to 1. G. whitley, last week
for $500.
Alessrs. kellogg & Merton. of the Norma
school. have the contract for editing and pub
fishing the Educational Joarnal for tw o years
1t will be published At the NEws Office.
II auyeae will take a glimpse at the @signs'
on Commercial street they will be convince,
that our people believe in advertising tbei
wares.
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SquibOb suggests that police officer be sta
toned iasfront o. Bailey 4 Painters % prevent
such a crowd from rushing in TO buy goods a
l neTl store. 7 IL - ~LLL1 T0nr
j. d. Hinkie, Of Morgan county. Indiana
bought the residence of 5. f. G.. Holt, on Con
stitufien street, last week. We understan,
that Mr.. Hinkle is going into the stock bust
ness.
General Mcdowell and ID. NJ swan. of Leav.
enwOrth, representing the Missouri Valley
Life Insurance Company were in town several
days during the last week.
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The first day after the AtclIisoH, Topeka &
Santa Fee Railroad was opened 54,lOe pound,
IF freight was shipped gu the road to Carbon.
dale. y large amount of this freight was dies.
tined for Emporia.
Kraft a. Dietrich have a contract for furnish.
ing beef to the hands ut work on the Valley
Railroad, near Rock Greek. They deliver
large quantities OF beef to these contractor.
besides doing good business at their shop in
town.
AImerin Gillett is greatly improving hi.
residence-137 Exchange street-by putting ON
new siding, painting, putting ..up shutters
DC. When finished he will have a commodi-
Gus ana comfortable nome.
\ small family store has been opened i'm Il
small building opposite THE NEWS office. We
presume the people will be duly Informed
through these columns of what he has for
sale.
Allen White, of Eldor;do, Butler county
has been spending several day in town during
the week. The DIR. is running good store AT
that place and is so busy with his affairs that
he scarcely ever comes to see us.
We are under obligations to Charles DRAKE,
Of Americas township. for basket of nice
vegetables. Mr.. d. is an Industrious farmer
and deserves success.
On the first page of this paper will be found
addresses OF three Of the graduates of the Nor
nal School of the class of 80. They are wor-
thy of perusal and should especially be read
by every friend of education.
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The alarm of fire was given on Commercial
street last Monday. The frame building occu-
pied by McFadden &c SpangIer took fire in the
roof from defective stove pipe. Fortunately
the fire was subdued before any damage was
done.
Il. :. stevens informs the Lawrence Journal
that sufficient iron has been purchased and is
on the way for the NeoshO Valley Railroad tn
lay the track far as Burlington. The work
goes hFavely on and everything is being done
that be to forward this road as fast as posi-
BILE. ,.. tt-- -fry~
VOTE on LAY observation-disclosures DIS
vote is very light. The people
have manifested but little interest Have not
beard from oswego and CfsctOpa, Wcstraiia
and Humboldt.
Whole number Of votes cast ....,....... 344
For Lay delegation ......... 49,. 225
Against, ...........,.............I 19
The Chicago. st. Louis and other western
papers are agitating the question of removing
the National Capital to the west. AS Empo-
ria is very near the geographical center of the
United States and as it offers every induce
ment in the way OF situation, climate &c. &c.
we would present our claims So let it be re-
membered that we are a candidate.
William Flickenger, of Plymouth, will
please accept our thanks for u basket Of nice
ripe June apples. Mr.. F. has been on an eX-
tended trip through eastern and southeastern
Kansas looking for location, but failed to
find one. He says he found no county that he
liked any better than Lyon and has concluded
to remain here. Mr.. F. h one of our best citi-
zens and we are glad that he has made up his
mind to remain here.
INFORMATION WANTEn-Of j. n. Durland
left Lawrence on the I'd inst. for the pur-
pose of delivering some books, for which he
had been caHvasSIng, siHce which he has not
been heard of. He is about forty-five years of
age, six feet two inches In height, hazel ewes,
black hair, and heavy black whiskers. Any
one having any knowledge Of Mr.. Durland's
viii confer favor on his afflicted
family, by sending it to the office of this paper
The Banner says that the wheat crop in
Chase county is about ready for the reaper.
We believe there are nearly 1000 acres of
wheat in the county, and that the yield will
be- very large. Say 10000 bushels for popu-
atiOn of 5000, or 1873 bushels for each man
woman anu child in the county. Who says
Kansas is not a good grain country?
NEW BUSINESS HousE.-Drs. TrnewOrthy
4 Tandy have made arrangements to put up
two story building 20X50 ON Commercial street
near Ct. W. Frederick tS Co.'S. We under
stand that the building will he nice one and
that they will occupy it with drug store.
Work will commence immediately.
Stepping into MeFadden & SpangIer's har-
ness shop one day this week, about the first
thing that we noticed was the large stock of
naNy bar anil sa,l,IIsS S..voral ara