The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-23
OYER THE STATE.

Topeka shipped sixty of her exodus
tiers to Nebraska the other day.
A force of stone masons are at work
LAYING the foundation of the new Santa
Fee depot at Topeka.
The city editor of the LeavenwOrth
Press calls them "Our bitter halves"
Well bet two to one that he is either
unmarried or bald headed. e..
In Kansas, where there Is such pau
city of Democratic journals, the circus
posters and lightning-rod men enjoy
full monopoly in the way of lying.
The victory of the Washburns of To
peka over the Universities of Lawrence,
on last Saturday, will have tendency to
infiame the base ball fever at the capital
Leavenworth has two tlourishing herds
of Billy goats, and the municipal author
titles are discussing the expediency of
abolishing the office of street commls
sioner
The citizens of Ellis county, this state,
have requested Judge Prescott to become
candidate for reelection 10 the office
of Judge of the fourteenth judicial dis
trict of Kansas.
The sensation of the Lawrence cOun-
terfeiters has turned out 10 be hoax of
the first magnitutude. The editor of the
Commonwealth wants to find the man
who wrote that communication.
A long felt need has been again sup
piled by the establishment of the 3OOth
newspaper in Kansas, the new claimant
for public favor being the Greeley Tri-
bune, published at Greeley, Anderson
county, by Mr.. George Higgins.
There are only six Methodist churches
in Topeka, but it has been estimated by
careful persons that the abolition of the
itinerant system would reinforce the per
manent population of the city 10 the ex
tent of ut least one hundred souls.
Crystal Lake" an artificial body o
water one half mile south of Garnett
caused by railroad fill across a ravine
is to be stocked with fish. 1t is antici
pated that this step will O5viate the ex
pense of building churches until tn,
town has gained more solid tinancia
footing.
The Hiawatha Herald says that "al
old hen down in Powhattan township
in w. d. Tracy's barnyard, this weel
: gave birth to an egg eight inches in Gil
conference in the smallest place, an
i ten inches in the largest" There seem
l to be a disposition on the part of tn
public to declare division of honOrs b'
: tween the fowl and the editor of tn
e Herald.
: At the meeting of the state board {
charities at the insane asylum at OSaw;
tonne on last Monday, the contract fC
/ plasterlng the central building, which
e now about rebuilt, was let to Barne
n Smith, of Ottawa, as follows: All til
!. lath work of 81 cents per yard, and III
stone and brick work at "a cents.
II is expected this institution wi
D again be open to receive patients by th
: first of June next, and by that date it wi
= accommodate about 240 patients. -Whe
the west wing shall be completed, II
{ institution will accommodate $50 p
tients.
A. 1t was also decided by the board
p their meeting at Olathe that the instit
ton for the education of the deaf an
u. dumb should hold its opening exercis
)f on the 10Th of June.
lie Chancellor Marvin, of the state III
a versity, state superintendent Lemmo
and Prof WEIGH, of the Emporia Nc
N NAL school have been invited to act
lie an examination committee IN that O
y casion.
Al 1t was decided at the same time ia
<. the commencement exercises at the i
N stitution for the education of the bin
ID should be held on the 18th of Jun
a. Rev. Higgins, of Olathe, has agreed
deliver the address to the graduatiI
10 class Commonwealth.