The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-04-11

ishing.
School is out for two weeks.
John Steckely's health is improving.
Stratton is having his house painted.
John Thomas has gone to railroading
again.
DIR. Roup's store has been painted and
it looks well.
The improvements about Mrs. Hunts
residence look WELL
A good deal of blowing has been done
in this section in the last week.
Mr.. Murphy is the name of our new
night lightning-slinger at the depot.
Stratton, King & Co. are hard at work
on the foundation of their large new store.
The railroad company is going to move
their tank from the river up near town.
Mr.. King will soon build an addition
to his already large fine residence on
Main street.
Tom Price has the boss lot of cattle in
the state this year. He shipped a car
load of fine hogs the other day.
Mr.. Bean and another gentleman, both
lately from the east, will start a shoe
makers shop here soon, also saddler's
factory connected with it.
The switch has been put in at the Hum
phrey coal shaft in the city of Swansea,
and the old man will ship coal at once.
The coal is good and will find ready sale.
Mr.. Penfield and family have returned
to this city, after an absence of two or
three years in Chicago, ILL.,, and he will
commence building fine residence on
the Prothero mount, joining the city on
the south.
Hugh Holmes, of 142 creek, met with
an accident last week. The lever of his
sulky pillow slipped some how and struck
him in the face, but he is doing well and
soon will be out and around with his as
SCISSORS book.
One of our carpenters fell from the
scaffold Saturday and was hurt a little,
but is able to go around some to-day.
You can'tkill carpenter, anyway. The
same boy once fell into a barrel of soft
soap, but was not damaged.
Tuesday night a party was given at
Mr.. Bars, south of Reading. Several
of the Arvona bellies were there. A young
man had two young ladies with him in a
one-horse buggy and in some unaccount-
able way they missed the road, went up
towards Mr.. Marcey's place, and when
they were about half way up the lane one
ofthe ladies discovered the mistake. But
instead of turing back they thought they
could drive up the hill and go around
Marcey's fence; and when the nag, with
his heavy load, was near the top of the
hill his breath gave outand he commenc-
ed to back. The girls were screaming,
and the driver urging his horse; but the
animule refused to go. The young man
jumped out to try and save the ladies as
we'll as the horse and buggy. He took
hold of one of the wheels with the idea
of Of stopping the backing process.
Quicker than lightning he went around
with 1t, and the buggy ran over his stove
pipe hat. The front wheel ran over the
extremities of his nose and the buggy
against Marcey's gate and stopped. The
ladies jumped out. When lady number
one got out her new hat feR at her feet,
and lady number two jumped right on
it and naturally demolished it. The
young man by this time was coming
down the hill after the buggy and hal
looing ''whoa" at every step. AS it was
little dark, he did not see the Ia
dies until he ran against them, and the
whole three went tumbling-one this
way and the others in another way. At
this time hats were crushed, jewels lost,
clothing torn, faces scratched, &c. AT.
ter all, they came to the party and we all
had jolly good time. Yours,
April 4th. Don CARLOS