The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-11

water works.
The ladies of the Congregational
church have already disposed of quite
number OF tickets for their dinner to be
given in the Normal hall on the nth,
the day of the meeting of the Alumni.
Tile purchasers can count on an excen-
ent dinner, and i'm abundance of it, al
that.
The quarterly conference of the NJ. E.
Church, which was announced to meet |
Monday evening, had to adjourn, for
lack of quorum, till next Wednesday |
evening. This demonstrates the utter
futility of an ecclesiastical gathering |
striving To- compete with The NEWS |
bulletin board.
At its meeting Monday night the board |
decided all points open TO discussion in
relation To the specifications for the new
school house and ordered the architects, !
Nichols IL Squires, to re.draft them in
accordance with the suggestions offered,
and present them III a meeting to be
held nj 4 80 p. NJ. next Thursday.
The MERELY NEWS this week will
contain "A full report of the convention,
giving the various prominent speeches,
a complete list of ballots and many in
teresting items and articles on the great
convention just adjourned at Chicago,
and will contain flfty-two columns of
matter, including II. twelve column sup
plement.
There was quite brilliant display of
pyrolechnics in town Tuesday night over
the nomination Of Garfield, and some of
the first guns of the campaign were fired
in our city. Rockets were sent up, tor
pedos flew in every direction and gen
eral jubilee was the order Fire works
in America show the drift of public
sentiment.
a party of New York boys who have
been collected under the auspices of
Whiteaw Reed, will arrive in EmpOria
on Friday of next week TO find homes
among the people of Lyon county The
claims Of the enterprise which is in the
hands of Rev. Dr. Cordley, will be more
fully presented IN the future issues of
THE News.
IL is rather remark able how different
ecclesiastical gatherings affect the vari-
Gus members Of the animal kingdom.
Now, when Methodist conference is in
session you will always see the chickens
perching on the highest roosts, while
during the tendency of "a Baptist assO-
citation, You can't touch IA fish with a
| tifty-foot pole.
The city council and street commits
sioner Hammond have under Amusement
the proper method of draining Strick-
ler's canal. 1t is gratifying TO reflect
that the presidential excitement has so
far subsidized as toadmit of the consider
alton of "A question which is only second
AIRY in importance to the absorbing prob
lem which has Just been so happily
solved at Chicago.
| Committees from Ieavenworth, At
Gibson, Lawrence, Topeka, Parsons, Sa-
lima, Newton and Wichita will be pres
eni at the formal opening of the water
works which, il is now thought, will
take place in this city on Thursday week.
Considerable money has has been raised
by the committee on arrangements, and
the affair will be invested with the eclat
which its Importance demands.
We were visited by delegation of
some of our colored friends yesterday af-
tcrnoon, who wanted an explanation OF
the words on the NEWS bulletin board
after the nomination, mo crow wanted
al the News office" We explained to
them as well as We could what was meant
by eating crow, and respectfully referred
them to the Commonwealth or some
other journal that has tested the sweets
of that dish.
The brethren an d sisters of the color.
ed Baptist church held forth with power
at Heritage hall Sunday night and made
the air in that vicinity vocal with their
devotional melodies. There is an unc
ton in their snul-stiring plantation
ny INNS which seldom fails to inspire the
hearts of the Audience, and the religious
zeal awakened last evening found eX
preston in quite liberal donation for
the purchase of lots upon which to erect
an edilice in this city.
Mr. Thad G. Davidson, president OF
the Knights Tcmplar band of EmpOria
has received letter from E. d. Hilley
> | Of NoIla,- Iy,lI. which caUS thar tba co,,,
mittee LAS decided that the EmpoFia X
T. hand has been selected to accompany
> the knights Tcmplar of Kansas to the
: triennial conclave, tn be held at Chicago
, in August. This is only a fitting com
; pliment To our excellent band, which, We
feel warranted in saying, will do its town
- and the state of Kansas proud on that
/ occasion.
Quite a number of our neighbOrs re
siding along the line OF the Howa arc
branch of the Santa Fe road came up tc
$ Emporia Sunday, and spent the day
visiting friends and looking over The
: town. They arrived here at about eight
) O'Clock in the morning and left at sever
in the evening The party was made NJ
I | of very nice looking people, and if al
b. Sunday excursions could be conducted
with so much decency and good Orde
G we should not object to seeing ou
friends from neighboring towns visit u:
with greater frequency on that day
The painting of the water works en-
CINE and machinery is progressing quit
r satisfactorily and there is no doubt that i
will be "a very handsome piece OF work
The predominant color will be deeI
; rich claret, which will be relieved b.
/ scroll work in bronze and bighter col
u ors. Mr.. Alexander is more than meet
ing his contract in this part of the Worl
and is giving the city much better jel
# then is stipulated for in the writer
If agreement. Emporia will have the frs
d, water works in Kansas, and among tn
Il handSOmest and most complete in tn
west
a We are under very many obligation
$. to Mr.. Chas. Cleaver, the obliging agen
"a of the Western Union telegraph CON
ic pany, ut this place, for the dispatche
IS from the Chicago convention which h
so kindly furnished THE News durin
the heated and interesting session of tina
~ body. Through his gratituous service
We were enabled to keep the publ
u posted by means of the News bulleti
board, on the result of ever
III ballot, and to furnish other item
of interest from the seat G
n war. Arrangements of the same kin
Ne win be made at the time of the Cinciu