The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-03-06
4sEERICUS.

II anybody thinks that there il any.
thing about the prospects of this town
that Is discouraging, careful reyieN
. of the situation is ali that IS necessary
to dispel such an idea The town i,
steadily growing, and biisinessfs en-
larging now as rapidly as st any time
in its past history. In many imPer-
tant respects the place il better on
than ever It was before.
The cheese factory was4uausually
successful last season, and Is going TO
go on again this season ON perma-
nent basis. Last year It paid our
about 81 900 for milk. and there will
be more money paid for milk the COM
ing season.
The steam 1iouring min OF Knox
& Campbell Is dOir e q good Business.
and every day We see teams in town
that come ten to fifteen miles from
RiHs Elm, Dow, Bluff and Rock creeks,
to get their Touring done here. This
is great item toward the prosperity
of the town. .,
Moses ESHolI began last fall TO buy1
produce in this SIsea, and is NOW per-
manently establssIIed in the business
and pays as high prices lor farm pro-
duee IN cash as can be gotten In any
neishboring town Heretofore this
has been one of our greatest xapts, and
1t Is . matter deserving of especial re-
jOicing that the want IS fulIy supplied.
Mrs. Van Bus kirk, aIsdg OF rsane-
ment, taste, and skilled in her business
has established first-clsss millinery
in town. Few, perhaps, Arc aware
how much money has annually been
taken out Of onrrtown for goods of
this kind, to say nothing of the ineon-
venience resulting from the necessity
OF going to other towns for such
things. We are happy 10 be able to |
say that this establishments fills the |
bill completely, as those who have pat
ronized It can also testify.
List & Gimble have opened q Join
sr and cabinet shop in Gibson's old
building, and Robert Richardson has
started a similar shopin the old wagon /
shop near by These are ali first-class /
mechanics, and they arc disposed to
put stop to people running OF. TO
other places for tables, desks, collins,
ETC., etc. f-,.-r-F.n = III, 4
---tJ.iS. Gibson informs as that his
trade In agricultural implements was
never before so heavy as this spring.
He also has good, trade In all kinds
OF hardware.
The grocerymen of this place are
selling everything In their line Just as
lew as they can be had in Emporia
We do not say this for elbow" but
know It to be fact.
In word, Americas Is In a fio1r
ishiug condition, and viii make more |
substantial growth and do more busi-
ness this year than many. towns that
make much more noise.
We had intended to speak of her
model school and healthy growing
churches, but must defer until some
other time. t, t..saI
The red birds, black birds, spar
rows and other kinds have been chirp-
log and singing In this locality for a
month past--but they had been kept
all winter In DR.. Wright's show win
dow. By the way, the doctor has a
pair of strange bids that were taken
near this place few weeks since.
Two or three focks of them were seen
here at the time. They are beauti-
full yellowish white and brown, spot
ted bird In form similar to the canary
though larger and easily domesticated.
The doctor thinks they arc rice birds
and that they do not belong to this
country. He has now eight kinds of
birds, besides quite a collection of
horns, "scalps," talons, minerals, etc.
The winter wheat Is mostly all
right in this valley. Many fields are
looking very fine, while most, of them
will bring a crop. This will Insure
prosperity to the farmers for one year
at least.
A great many COWS and other cat
tie are dying in this Vicinity. The
main cause is want OF subsistence,
though there seems to be some sort of
a spinal malady among the cattle. Mr..
John Thomas has lost fourteen head,
Fred. Kurzen nearly as many, and a
good many others have lost half doz-
en- each.
Another bereavement has befalien
the people of this place, in the sudden
death of little Henry Wood, son of T..
A. Wood, who died Of the dreaded
spinal complaint, last Thursday. He
was taken the day previous, but was
not considered dangerously sick until
u few hours before his death. Henry
was a bright and promising though
quiet and reserved boy, and had many
warm friends in the village, especially
among his schoolmates to whom he
was much attached.
The past winter has been severe |
one on the bees, judging from the few |
persons who ewned any of them with
whom We haveconversed. Mr.. Samuel |
Lowers lost four stands out Of sig, and |
Storey Sargent lost two out of three
of his stands. Others report about the
same fatality. The loss is not attribu-
ted to cold weather, but to dysentery
among the bees-a disease that has
heretofore proved sccurge to them in
States further east.
There will be cheese meeting at
the school house on Saturday evening
next. Let all who are interested turn
out.
Buy your garden seeds of j. 6. Glib
son.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING. - The
regular bi-monthly meeting of the
Emporia Sunday School Association,
will be held in the First Presbyterian
church, next Sunday evening. No
program.
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