The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-07
AMERICns NOTES

THURSDAY, rep 20.
Deputy Sheriff Nichols was in town
yesterday looking up some able-bodied
jurors.
Mr.. Alb. Gimble and Miss Ella Stenson,
both of this place, entered into a matri-
monial contract for life on yesterday
evening, Rev. Chaffee officiating. We
wish the happy couple every success and
a very happy journey through life. More
matrimonialism expected here shortly.
This is the first marriage in this place
for considerably over year. The band
serenaded the wedding party and were
handsomely entertained. KENO
FRIDAY, Feb, %.
Lemons, oranges and apples at d. p.
Tressler's.
A child of Ed. Roberts, aged six
months, died yesterday morning.
Mrs. Ryman, the aged mother of Frank
and Robert Ryman, after short illness,
died at 2 p. m. yesterday. Funeral ser
vices at the house at IL m. to-day. She
VIII Dc DHTleu at + Tultldnu.
The Cottonwood Falls band is TO play
with our band here March 9th.
Thos. Anderson lost bed comforter
between Americas and and Lew Haver's
yesterday. Finder will please return it,
Figs, candies and maple sugar at NJ.
w. Gibson's.
We have some boys that take hOrn''
that are not members of the band.
There will be feast at the NJ. f.
church tonight if everything corresponds
with the turkey we saw being prepared
yesterday. epresume it came by mail.
The train was two hours late last night.
Mail not distributed. KENO
SATURDAY, March 1.
A pair of kid gloves picked up last
night at the NJ. f. church, are at the
postoffice.
There was a large lot of mules passed
through town yesterday. There are jack
asses every day.
Rev. TurAey has been holding a revi-
val at the Frost school house, on Allen
creek, for the last week, and much inter
est is awakened in the neighborhood.
Charlie Gimble, eight years of age,
met with serious accident yesterday.
Charlie was on a pony, and although on
ly eight years of age, his brother Ed.
handad hin, N or,,n I,yaSnst Ioo1a1 7 ,,.o
sume) and the pony threw him off, his
arm twisted around the gun in some way
causing dislocatiOn and breaking Of
the arm, at the elbow the end of the bone
protruding through the skin. Little boys
should always have a gun.
The house of Wesley Lesh, on Wrights
creek, was partially burned yesterday.
About one-fourth of the roof, feather
bed, bedding, and some of the furniture
being burned. Mr.. Lesh was away from
home at the time, and only for Mr.. Sill
fies, his neighbOr, seeing it and running
nearly half mile the house and contents
would have been total loss.
The NJ. L. entertainment last night
for the benefit of the minister, Rev. Chat
fee, was a success both socially and finan
clally. The house was completely filled
The supper was good (our excessive mod
| esty shall not cause us TO wait until the
last table any mOre); the music furnished
by the brass band was better than can he
furnished by any band of the same age
in the state; the prOmenading was par
ticipatcd in by nearly all present, even
uncle Lem Johnson taking part. All
seemed to enjoy themselves muchly, and
the net proceeds were beyond the antici
pations of the most sanguine. The sup
per was ''bossed" by an old cook, while
younger and much handsomer one, led
off in the promenade. There were quite
II number present from your city, among
others Mr. T. G. Whitley and wife, Mr.
Peyton and wife, Miss Walbridge, (Miss
w. reads Americas notes., Mrs. Cook
Mr.. Jeffrey, Miss johnson, Mr.. Coats and
Miss Doce. They expressed themselve:
as being highly pleased with the enter
tainment. We would say in the way o.
friendly criticism--nO one, perhaps, be
ing to blame-that the last tables wer'
very poorly waited on. The proceeds o
the tables were $50, while the subscrip
tions, headed by l.. A. Wood (whO, by
the-way, is only brother-in-law to tn,
church, his wife being n sister,, footed
up SOS. %. KENO.