The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-12-22

ent month. Among the business houses were
Ia j. Bryan & Co, dealers In dry goods and
notions, D: Elliott & Co., groceries. Provisions
eating house, Reynolds & Sanford, black
smiths John Graham, blacksmith. L. W. Gra-
Tsl1; attorney al law and notary public;
| O. p Darst meat market; F. Henrion, drug
| store. Aside from these, Dexter has large
Masonic hall, 1910 good saw null Ian and
frst-cIass claims can be taken on all sides Of
this village in bodies from 600 TO 4,000aeres.
Good water can be procured on any part OF
the town site, and coal within q distance of
ten miles. Capt. McDcrmott, the most enter
prising mrn in the town, will be glad to give
| any information to parties desiring to settle in
that locality-ArkansGs CITY TrdreEsr.
The THIRD Sabbath School Conferences OF
Cottonwood quarterly meeting Of Friends will
be held at Toledo, Chase county. on the 3oth
day Of 18th month, 1871.
Each session will be opened by the, presi-
/ dent reading portion OF the holy scriptures,
after which will be devotional pause and
reading the minutes Of the previous session.
PROGRAMME.
FIRST SESSION, O'elock.-Reports from
the different schools, by delegates. General
| remarks. Adjourn to O'Clock p. IN.
SECOND SEssIoN.--"Object OF Sabbath
| schools, and successfully teaching them.''
| William Bales; Lecture: as christianity
progressive DR.. VIM. Hunt; comments.
Adjourned to o'clock a. m. Of the 31st.
/ THIRD SEssIoN.-Normal class drill, A. A.
Bailey; comments; bible class drill, Rachel
Jeffries; comments. Adjourned to 3 o'clock
IP.M.
FOURTH sEss1oN.-MeetiDg for children, to
which general invitation Is given. Adjourn
to
O'CLOCK, P. M.-Discussion, Subject,
| ''best method Of opening and closing Sabbath
schools" opened by Abram Beals; selected
subject by J. W. Whine; address by Enos p.
Stubs.
All are invited. Come, friends and neigh
bors, one and all, and help to arouse an inter-
| est in this great cause. ''The fields are indeed
white unto harvest but the 1aborers are few"
| A. A. BAILEY, Prest.
VIM, BALES, Sec'y.
| "A postoffice on Otter creek, called North.
ward, is in running order.-Eureka Herald.
The two bridges north OF Florence are
nearing completion. So we informed by
| the Pioneer.
| WHAT WE WANT.-T';rs-, and most i'm
portant is furniture $ "a aere is no
Enlistment of this kin he county, and
none nearer than Wichita Sedgwick -eoun-
| would go OF like hot cakes. Who will be the
lucky man to start furniture store in this
/ place.
| : Secondly, we want a tin shop. There is
none in the county to our knowledge. Our
town is being rapidly built up and the coun-
try developed, and there Is no better Opening
in the State for establishments of the above
description than is presented here. Our ceun-
| ty contains at least four thousand inhabitants,
IL the best agricultural county in the State,
and is receiving larger share Of emigration
than any other border county.-BelIe Plain
| Herald. AssF :
There is good prospect for the enlarge
ment OF the Arkansas City Irdreler.
-FLoRENCE HoTRL.-We have heretofore
neglected to mention that Capt. Pike keeps
most excellent hotel at Florence His build
| ing is a good one and well furnished, $50 that
guests will always be comfortable. The table
| Is always neat and tidy, and supplied with
| plenty of good. substantial food. The Cap
| tain and his wife always try to make their
| guests comfortable. Charles Stevens is the af-
fable and courteous clerk.-E1dorado Times.
Arkansas City is glutted with ten thous-
and lbs. of "choice fresh pork"
| "A fellow named Newcomb, late of Coffey-
vile, has been ''golng through some Of the
business men Of Arkansas City. He first stole
$25 from q billiard saloon. His success was
90 complete, that he undertook to repeat the
experiment on the store of McIntire & Son.
In this attempt he was caught, and is.now re-
hecting over the folly OF his ways in JAIL
| The prairie fire east of the Walnut, last
| Wednesday, destroyed a considerable amount
| Of hay.-ArkdnsGS City 1rdceler.
| j. W. MeWilliams, our Representative
elect, has received word from his old home,
| In Pennsylvania, that he is the heir to quite a
little fortune, left by deceased uncle. Macs
friends, and they are numerous, are .rejoiced.
I-CAGse County Leader.
I We congratulate Nc. He will have need of
a well filed 4weazel skin" about Topeka. We
make this announcement gratis, that fei-
lows Will know where to go to borrow little
| sums.
| Albert Fallott, OF Junction City,. has1
bought out Mr.. Yale, of the Wichita Tribune,
| and the paper will hereafter be run by Fallott
| & Weeks.
Col. G. W. Yeale, Of Topeka; spent last
| faith in this town and will probably make in
| vestments here.-AuguStG Republican.
Work on the bridge across the Arkansas
at Wichita is progressing finely, notwithstand-
ing the cold weather. 1t is expected that it
| will be completed by the first Of March.
j. s. Armstrong, Of Wichita, was acct
IDENTIFY shot and killed, by gun in the hands
Of Owens, while buffalo hunting last week.
Florence Pioneer. e. -. ~
| A vein Of coal three feet thick has been
| discovered about ten miles north OF Newton.
There is coal in this vicinity which will be
produced in due time.-AugustG Repu6li-
can. .ra ... gs,1all..a. y i
The editor OF the Walnut Valley Times
has had free dinner and free. beer and is
happy. ssz 1sss OIL
Mr.. CattreIl,s saw and irist min on Gtouse
| creek, is doing good business: Corn is
eler. -.H'H.'sd ..7t;- tsE
H. L. Hunt & Co., of Cottonwood Falls
are paying IS cts. a bushel for corn, according
| to the Leader.
Contracts for building tbs A. t. & 8. F.
| road from Newton to Fort Larned have been
| let, and two hundred and fifty teams are on
| the line and will commence grading this week.
I-Au0HstG Republican.
Good prairie claims can still be had in the
| southern part OF this county.-Eurekd Her
| aid.
| The prospects Of Augusta were never so
| dattering as at present Building will be
| lively here next season.-AuGUstG Repub1t-
| can.
The Emporia NEWS says the 7racezer / is
OF the George Washington type ef humanity.
"Sarkasm," or in good faith, which .-Arkdn-
sGs City 1TcveIer. - 80 .yuie4
Good faith, Of course. s.t9
| Eureka has q good brass band.
| Hay is worth $s per ton deliyePed in town.
Corn 60 cents per bushel; potatoes 81; prime
1 OACOn 10 CENTS lower ST8ueb Isl WOOu
| cord.-Arkdnsds City 1rGSeler. sts
| Cottonwood Falls is going to have an ar
tesian well sixty feet deep in the public street.
So the Leader says.
i The Eldorado Times says eighty home
stead claims were taken a few days ago IN the
vicinity of Towanda, on what was formerly
railroad land. co aaseF
The youngest child OF our esteemed friend
i o. n. Drinkwater, died at Cedar Point on Fri
day OF last week. - Lee
/ Geo. NJ. jackson, Esq, is meeting with
/ very good success IN the sale of, Kentucky
blue grass seed. The variety he sells, is. the
Poa Protenss, which grows seven feet high
Florence Pioneer. ~ -ae--etE
The Masonic Lodge has received Its char
ter, and was duly established last Wednesday
evening, by Mr.. A. r. Bancroft. OF Empofia.
They had snpper after the ceremonies were
over and jolly good time nerally.-Eurekd
Herald. 5
IA petition was In circulation last week,
praying for the establishment OF tri-weekly
mail route from Wichita to this place down
the east side Of the Arkansas, passing through
FL Paso, Nenescah, Oxford and Arcela.-Ar-
kansas City TsGvelT. gafffI "a
The Union Sabbath school at COTTONWOOD
Falls viii have Christnias tree.
| The RIfe far tha Arhausas CITY bank vas