The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-12-12
SOUTHWEST.

Prof. Perkins, of Chicago, will soor
, have a musical convention at Peabody
: whitley & Henson are making dry
goods lively at Peabody as well as a
Emporia.
On the evening of December 10th
Haleyon lodge of Masons, at Peabody,
is going to have public installation
and supper and hop.
The Gazette says that Peabody
streets and stores are full every day,
and the merchants busy all the time.
Next Tuesday will be the one hun
dredth anniversary of the little tea
party in Boston harbor, which kicked
up such a muss between this country
and England. The occasion is to be
celebrated by the ladies of the Presby-
terrain church at Peabody by having a
regular tea party:
Western cattle men report that in
no previous season has the grass on the
plains 'cured down. so finely rs the
present tall. AS a consequence, there
will be no lack of good winter feed,
provided the grass has not been too
much "cured" by prairie fires, SO I'M
usually prevalent this year.
Many Texas cattle are being winter
ed in Butler county.
There have been narrow escapes from
fires at Eldorado and Peabody from
running stove pipes through the roof
of the house. 1t is an awful risky
business.
We regret to learn from the Eldora-
do Times that Henry Falls, late Mayor
of Eldoraio, and so widely and favor
ably known as the proprietor of its
leading hotel, died at New Castle.
Pennsylvania, on the 26ti of Novem-
Der.
Israel A. Morton, prominent law
yer of EIdorado, died in that city of
typhoid fever, on the 9th of Novem-
her. He was a member of the order
of Odd Fellows, and was buried ac-
cording to the rites of the order.
Judge w. j. Cameron has issued n
new photographic map of Butler county
showing streams, roads, school houses,
towns and lines of proposed railroads.
1t is of value to persons owning prop
erty in that county. Price fifty cents.
The Democrat says that Belle Plain
was crowded last week with teams de-
livering cotton to the gin.
The establishment of a cotton gin at
Be lie Plain caused much excitement
and local pride for some days.
Thu mas Jones has taken to Belle
Plain lot of fine sheep.
\ lot of thieves were "smoked out"
at Win field the other day. While the
evidene obtained was not sufficient to
hold the N, the arrest had the effect to
drive them to other quarters.
The soldiers reunion and ball at
Winfield on the 9th of November
were SUCCESSES. Ninety couples were
at the hall
A Mrs. I'rasco gave birth to child
on the A. e. GTS. f. train near Flor
ence the other day, and they called its
name Florence. The woman and babe
are at Great E'end and are doing well.
The Cottonwood Falls Library Asso-
citation are going to give dance on
New Years. eva. They will exercise
their toes and heels for the purpose of
putting some brains upon their shelves.
On Monday 2. j. French shipped
four car loads of tlackwalnut lumber
to John McDonald's furniture factory,
at Emporia. The lumber is of excel
lent quality and was sawed at Shafts
mill.-Chase County Leader.
Morgan, of the Chase County Lead
er, was the delighted recipient of a
link of sausage meat from one of his
subscribers few days ago, and very
properly "returns thanks for the same.
Asa Gillett, ST., aged eighty years,
is visiting his son, Asa, jr., the hard
ware merchant at this place. Mr..
Gillett settled in Ashtabula county
fiiity-eight years ago and has lived on
the same farm f1fty-fOur years of that
time. Four years ago he came to EN-
poria, intending to make Kansas his
IiOUlGs UuG lCH udYS ia
zephyrs" set the old gentleman to in
Quiring at what time the stage left,
the first of which he boarded and went
back to Ohio. He has now returned,
determined to make this land of milk
and honey his home and grow up with
the country. He will reside with his
daughter, in Hartford, Lyon county.
The old gentleman looks hale and
hearty, and although we are not in
formed as to whether he walks five
miles before breakfast, as is customary
with old folks nowadays, yet he
looks as though he enjoys his meals
| well enough to walk that distance if it
were necessary. Hereafter, when PEG
pie speak of the hardware merchant,
| they will bear in mind that he Is young
Asa.-Cottonwood Falls Leader.
The editor of the Walnut Valley
Times, in speaking of the removal of
Judge Campbell from Fldorado to
Wichita, says that the report is q
''Wichita lie."
Capt. Henry Booth, one of the Invest
and most earnest men In the South
| west, the founder of Learned city and
the representative of his county in the
legislature this winter, called to see us
Tuesday evening. Captain believes in
the great Arkansas valley, in her pres
ent status and future promise-in her
men and towns, and it warns us up to
hear him talk.-Wichita Eagle.
The mail service of Southwestern
Kansas needs thorough overhauling.
In several instances we think it highly
probable that the contractors are en-
deaYoring to serve their own interests
rather than those of the people or the
government who pays for the work
If the postmasters and others interest
ed the different localities will send in
their complaints we will put them into
shape and try and open the eyes of the
department.-Wichita Eagle.
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