The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-03


Personal MENTION
Hon H. Richie, Of Council Grove, was
in the city Friday.
j. Barker, Esq, has removed his
Office 10 the rear room over the post Office.
Master Hale LuIz has accepted a posi-
ton In the dry goods house of D.
Thomas s. Co.
Hon. VIM. G. Coffin, of Leavenworth,
spent Thursday night in the city, the
guest of Mahlon Stubbs.
Guy Gillett has gone to Hartford, Lyon
county, where he takes position as
a clerk in general merchandise store.
Cottonwood Falls Leader.
The excellent portrait of Prof. r. B.
WEIGH, recently drawn by Miss frankie
Davis, has been handsomely framed
and placed in the chapel of the Normal.
Prot Carmichael's residence Is on the
corner of Cottonwood street and Ninth
avenue He will not take charge of his
property on Rural street until about the
first of March.
Rev. Mr.. Kirby preached at Swan
City, Colorado, last Sabbath in store
room, and had in his audience forty-five
persons, gathered up in the mining camp
two of them being nephews of the re-
nowned Canon Farer.
RI. Rudisili, who lives six miles
north of Emporia, met with serious
accident last Sunday morning while
feeding cattle II seems shat one of the
lines dropped and the team becoming
frightened ran away and threw him out
Iniuring his back and and otherwise
bruising him. II is hoped he may soon
recover.
1t is rumored that Chaplain Lutz
wants another clerk to attend to in
creased correspon ience, which has open.
ed up since the wheelbarrow ride. His
relatives, known and unknown, through
out the United States, are wanting TO
know why man-by the name of Lutz
should be betting ON Hancock? Truly,
the way of the transgressori is hard
From Mr.. A. T. Taggart, route agent
of the Adams express company, we learn
elat Hon. Alfred Gaithur, general man
ager of the western division of the com
pany, with head quarters at Cincinnati
died in New York City Thanksgiving
day. Mr.. Gaithur has long been con
nec.cd with this great corporation Ind
was highly esteemed by all who knew
him.
Professor TillotsOn, at the court house
last Friday night, gave us the finest en-
tertainment In the way of cultured sing
ing we have ever had In this place The
selections composing his programme tool
in an unusual range for one voice, Blu
he executed them all in A superior man
ner from the difficult operate air to tn
simple comic melody. 1.-THE heart boweC
down." from the opera entitled "Bohe
miaa Girl" we think We never hear
rendered with greater expression, ant
that is a selection that the best bari
tone singers take hold of. 1.-THE Wan
derer," by Schubert. was also renderet
, with unusual expression and effect. Pre-
I fessor TillOtson has made a study of dil
r fercnt dialects, and illustrated the ad
vantage of this in the manner in whicl
he sang Scotch and Irish songs. He Ell
deavors TO get in sympathy with til
!, feeling of the author before he unde
G takes to sing piece and then he give
it the expression it needs to bring OF
: that feeling. His voice is rich and fu
: and well adapted To the list of song
! from which he makes his selections tC
@ his evening entertainment. He seem
TO possess very correct idea with refe
enee to expression and is undoubtedly
9 very capable in voice culture. -Eurek