The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-06
AMERICUS.

II. Il. & T. and the A. T. 81 8. F. rail.
road companies, situated over in Chas,
county, west of Americas, have beer
divided between the companies, anG
Will soon be re-appraised and pu
upon the market.
-COAL.-SOme of the coal taker
from the new bank on Mr.. Aliens
farm, midway between Americas ant
Emporia, has been sold ia our streets
lately. 1t is the hardest coal we have
seen in Kansas, and is clear and looks
Ike extra coal bat IL does not burr
satisfactorily. The vein Is about ten
or twelve inches thick. There is nc
doubt but plenty of good coal will
yet be found in this county.
"A SIGS.-Allen creek has been
about as near dry the past fall as ever
We saw it; but of late we have cross
ed it several times up nea- the head,
and noticed that q fine stream of wa
ter was flowing, which has increased
and filled up one hole after another
until now it is running to a point
nearly as low down as Americas.
Such things have occurred before, and
generally preceding wet weather.
y "A gentleman who lives on Bluff
creeL0was in our Office Monday, and
stated that the people in his vicinity
would turn out to a man and vote
against the railroad bonds next Tues
day.
Miss Smith wishes it understood
that she is selling on her millinery
goods at very low prices.
-THANKSGIyINa.-I the appetite
for festivities holds out as it has this
far been developed, the people here
won't die of melancholy this winter.
Thanksgiving day was celebrated
more generally than usual in Ameri-
Gus, and all in the way of sumptuous
dinners. At the Goddard house twelve
families met and set as fine q meal as
VIC ever enjoyed and then entered into
joyous entertainment OF music,
charades, ETC., which lasted till late in
the evening. Some of the participants
were the "first Settlers" and the &C.
casion recalled to them many pleasant
"reminiscences. A tull concourse of
the little folks enjoyed the afternoon
and evening to a high degree. The
families represented in the Modern
Mason's Society met in their hall in
the evening, and we learn they had a
very fine supper, good music, an in
teresting address, &C. All the differ
emit members of the Heasley family
met at the house of old Mr.. and Mrs.
Heasley and surprised the parental
couple with nice dinner prepared
and carried along by the four or five
families of descendants from that
house, and pleasant time followed.
We also hear that well attended
party was held at Mr.. Towards resi-
dence in the evening. Taken all
round Thanksgiving day of 1872 will
long be remembered.
-CARELEss.-Every day or two
some man drives up before one of the
stores in town, throws down his lines,
goes into the store, and his team, nat
urally enough, gets scared at some
thing and runs away. We would like
to know why such a person is less
cenSurable than he who careIessly
teopardizes other peoples property in
any other way, to say nothing of the
Of the thing.
THE CHILDREN.-We believe that
Mrs. Hill. Mrs. Goddard and Mrs.
KimptOn concocted the scheme of a |
family dinner at the Goddard house
last Thursday. There is one thing
gained by such congregations besides
the common pleasures that good din |
ner with happy companions engender. |
That good thing is the opportunity |
thus afforded Tor parents and others in |
terested to find out how the children
OF the place are developing into gen.
teel, Intelligent ladies and gentlemen.
Parents will not visit the school, and |
so nearly are the children excluded
from the public gatherings that doubt
less half the people in town do not
know what their children are like
when thrown into company. But
these festivals and other SociSl gather
lnEs bring out TO some extent the &C.
complishments of the children. and
we find that the district schools, Sab
bath schools and music schools are
working out excellent results. Little
girls sing and play in q manner that
affords exceeding qualification. Lit
tie boys converse, declaim, and deport
themselves like little gentlemen. OF
the fifty or more persons at that
Thanksgiving dinner, about one-half
were children, and their dress, rosy
health, intelligence and general de-
Pertinent reflected credit upon our
institutions and the people OF Ameri-
Gus. And what was true of that gath
ering is also true of all sim liar ones in
this place.
Will. Anderson, formerly one of
our Americas "b'hoys." now . success
full hardware merchant of Neodesha,
came up with his lady Tuesday even
Ing on visit to his friends in this
place.
-EFIzoor.-H. J.. Carpenter lost
another horse Tuesday This one had
something like the dreaded horse dis
ease. It lost ITS appetite, had sore
throat and finally died in highly
feyered condition.
The FEsTIvAL.-The ladies and
members of the u. p. church feel
greatly rejoiced over the success OF
their festival Tuesday evening. Eve
rybody worked far better than was
really anticipated. Mr. Wales, Miss
Susie 10y and others gave. some splen- !
did music ON violin and organ. About |
two:hundred persons sat ct the tables. |
The entire proceeds amounted 10 |
about Sl2S.