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

A distillery is being erected at Strawn'
Coffey county.
The ladies of Abilene have established
q reading room.
The Methodlsts of Howard City are
going to build church.
The Universalists of Abilene Will
build church this summer. r
An anti-corset club has been organized
among the ladies Of Sabetha.
The Presbyterian church at Salina has
a new one thousand pound bell.
The value of the lead product of Short
creek averages 100000 monthly.
A twenty-five inch vein of coall has
been struck At Cincinnati. 'Nerhaha
county.
About 800 clergyman are in attend
ance upon the Kansas conference in ses-
sion at Topeka.
The corner stone of the new Methodist
church at Manhattan was laid on Tues
day of last week.
A child of Mr.. Lester Heaton, living
west of Concordia, was choked to death
by marble on Wednesday of last week.
The X. p. and A, T. Sc S. F. railroads
have pooled, and agreed not to push
their extensions further than McPher-
son.
The old Biggers packing house, in
Kansas City, Kansas, has been purchased
by the Fowler Bros, of Atchison, and is
being put in operation again
The confidence fiend, at AtchisOn has
assumed the seductive guise of an attrac
tive female. No wonder that Prentis, OF
the Champion, calls so Justify for the
fool-killer.
The A, T. s. S. F. company is extend
ing its Wellington branch to Caldwell
Summer county: Three hundred mer
and hundred and fifty teams are busy
on the extension.
The Fit. Scott Monitor is the lates
authority for the assuring intelligence
that amid the crash of politica
states and the wreck of presidential can
didates, the peach crop is still safe.
Judge S. o. Thacher, of Lawrence, on
day last week, sold to George II. Bev
and ]. T. Walker one hundred and fift.
head of fat cattle and the same humble
of fat hogs, all fed on his farm near Law
F renee, for which he received fourtee
thousand dollars.
HI. Pennock, one of the Oldest an
> best citizens of Leavenworth, died in hi
l S1st year, at his home in that city, o
Saturday last. He settled in LeaveI
t worth in 1856, had held the office 1
7 county treasurer two terms, and man
3 other important public trusts. The ''ol
/ land marks" are falling away.
The irrepressible conflict still goes
/ in the First Baptist church of Topek
and sister congregations from Atchiso
and Ottawa are lending their conciliat
~ efforts to heal the discussion Wei
Il the cold water prOclivities of this sect
g trifle less pronounced, the task of harmo
II izing the disaffected elements might
: greatly lightened.
The bicycle lunacy has come TO gri
at Topeka, the city fathers of the capt.
= having passed an ordinance forbiddiI
the running of these nuisances on IL
:, street A municipal council is abo
: the only thing that has any right to
, down ON a velocipede, and when
avalls itself of that prerogative it shou
). always come down with all the force
its destructive gravity.
The third annual musical conventi
of Morris county will be held in Coun
" Grove from May 18th to 14th inclusi'
a The institute will be conducted by Pr
y, H. S. Perkins, of Chicago, Ill, assist
- by many other eminent musicians, be
" from home and abroad. As A. w. 81
nc cock. of Council Grove, has the mat
= in hand we may be assured of its s.
cess. All communications in regard
:" terms, etc, should be directed to hi
and will receive prompt attention