The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-08-29
AMERICUS.

Conductor is what viii. McAllis-
ter gets called for driving a milk
wagon.
Rev. Mr.. Copeland will preach at
Americas, Sunday next, at 8 p. m.
The demand for young hooking
birds is so great that it takes all the
young kingfishers, catbirds and thrush
es the boys can find to fill the orders.
j. X. Finley has become the owner
of the new dwelling house opposite
the NJ. E. church, and will paint and
finish it up at once. 81. k goes it
strong on Americas property.
Isaac Wright, who has the most
extensive apiary in this vicinity, says
his bees are all doing first rate.
--Americus township will not, in
our opinion, produce one-fourth as
much corn this year as last.
j. S. Gibson, has bought D. A.
Stahl's store building, on the corner
of Main street, and will occupy it in
few days with his hardware stock
This is the best business house in town,
and Mr.. Gibson pays $4,000 for the
building and lot. 1t has been but a
very few years since J. s. Gibson be-
gan business in Americas with O very
limited stock, and the fact that he is
now enabled to purchase and stock
such building as he now goes into at
tests remarkable success.
Rev. j. A. Collins preached an ex-
cellent sermon last Sabbath morning
on the subject of temperance. TIE au-
dience was large and the earnest
words of warning which they heard
could not but awake in them an inter-
est in this all important subject. The
text was taken from Proverbs, and the
speaker showed that Solomon was not
so tender towards wine bibbers as peo-
pie are disposed to be at the present
day. The sermon was timely. There |
is always danger of too much confidence |
in our security against intemperance. |
Eternal vigilance is the only safety. |
Whenever temperance people relax |
their efforts or yield one particle to
rum they lose ground that they cannot
without great struggle regain. Let |
the ministers hurl their all-powertul
words of warning against the accursed |
vice.
j. w. List, of this place, has made
a hit on washing machines. He has
sold good many in this place, all of
which give first rate satisfaction.
Those who use them pronounce them
far easier 70 wash with and capable of
doing better work than any other yet
seen. s. j. Smith, of Emporia. is his
agent, and lets people try the machines
before purchasing, which almost invar-
iably accomplishes sale. This is a
home manufacturing institution wor-
thy of support.
One of the greatest wants that
Americas has felt heretofore was
good Touring mill. A great portion of
the business of the surrounding coun-
try has been carried away because the
farmers have had to go elsewhere for
their milling. We therefore consider
that the greatest event for Americas
that has occurred in her history has
just been brought about by Messrs.
Campbell & Knox. They haYe intro
duced new bolts in the mill and good
judges say that they are making as
good, If not better, flour than ever was
produced in the West. We do not
write this for a"blow," but because we
feel that Americas has first-class mill,
and that it will make reputation that
will do much to restore business that
We have been losing because we had
no good mill.