The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-04-25
AMERICAS NOTES.

AMERICUS NOTES.
MONDAY, April 81.
We drove out To our ''other farm yes
day.
Shorty" was disguised in new suit
yesterday.
We have laid UP dollar for n wet day
provided it rains to-day.
The finest eel we have ever seen was
caught in the Neosho last week by Mr..
Jaquitli Miss May says eels are very
plenty.
We will be banged, if some "our coun-
try cousins" don't wear bangs.
There have been great many fruit
trees planted in this vicinity this season.
Our friends of the Evangelical church
are raising funds to carpet and otherwise
refurnish the same.
Zephyrs and violin strings AT Bonds.
wifi
We expect to attend the great sale of
stock, farm implements and bees at
Wright's, two miles west of Americas,
on Thursday next.
Chris. Wise looks like "singed cat, ~
caused by fire set out in the garden
getting away from him. His hay and a
pile of lumber were burned and his barn
only saved by extraordinary efforts.
Chris had his whiskers, hair and eye
brows badly scorched.
A meeting of the township board, COM
posed of the trustee and clerk, will be
held at the office of Squire Miller on
Saturday next, To audit claims against
the township.
Paints, oils and brushes at Bonds
Americas drug store. Wilt
Rev. Collins leaves, with his family, to-
day for three months visit east They
will first visit his aged parents Xenia,
Ohio. The pulpit will be filled during
his absence mostly by Rev. Hammond,
of Harper county, Kas.
j. S. Gibson, having engaged the ser
vices of competent and experienced
timer, will open out in full blast next
week. Fave trough and spouting a spec
" AOb~
We think we will shortly have a we'd
ding here, as we heard young lady re-
mark 'she would marry if she could get
any one to have her." and we know a
young man that will Ha-ver, if he does
Gs)Ly. KENO.
Lamps and lamp chimneys at Bonds
drug store. Wilt
TUESDAY, April 60
Its going to be winter all summer this
fall
Miss Helen Jaquith is visiting friends
in town this week.
don't make noise, or you will wake
the baby" is about what we would eX-
pect to hear out at Glib. Stewards.
Fresh canned tomatoes, fresh cove
oysters, fresh dried beef, fresh cigars and
tobacco, fresh candies and fresh dried
fruits, ut M. w. Gibson's. Witt.
Miss Annie Tressler is down with diph.
iberia.
Mr.. johnson, the constable, stopped
long enough to water his hOrseI yester-
| terday. He was headed northwest on of:
fetal business.
Mr.. Hinshaw reports very fair pros
pect for some varieties of apples and
cherries, with some peaches.
J. S. Gibson's tin shop is now in full
blast, with Mr.. Trip in charge. This
will be Il great benefit to the town in
| general.
The new butchers, Adams & Cunning
ham, have started wagon for the bene
fit of their country customers.
NJ. w. Gibson would be pleased TO sell
you a set of glassware for 500 Witt
| d. P. Tressler has broken ground for g
new business house on Main street, to be
all stone, 25XGO feet The front will be OF
cut stone.
Mr.. Bond, by keeping No. drug
store, complete in all its details, has done
a good thing for this town. When per
son goes from here to Emporia to buy
one thing they generally buy all they
need, but now there is no necessity to &C
away for anything in the drug line, ,.nC
that is quite an advantage TO our mer
chants in other lines.