The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-13
The AMERIcUs NEws.
EDITED BY " BURLow."
SATURDAY Oct. g.


SATURDAY Oct. g.
An extra force has been put on the
carpenter work of the q. p church and
the work will be pushed with q vigor.
It is intended to have the building en-
closed by cold weather. /. j. r.. Fl. Edmis-
ton has moved his family into the front
part Of the house formerly occupied by
Mrs. Wright in the north part of town
....Wcrk has commenced on the Rug
giles bridge :. County Commissioners
Holmes and Griffith were In town yes
terday. They were accompanied by Harry
Hibben snd one or two others whose
names We did not enquire. Wiley has
commenced moving into the corner
building owned by Sherman g Richard
son. :. There is q dangerous hole in a
small bridge near 8. p. Elliott's that
needs the speedy attention OF the road
TUESDAY, Oct. II.
Joseph Van Clesye expects 10 move
In the willard property this week. -.
We had good old fashioned rain this
morning that thoroughly saturated the
ground. Should the ground have frozen
up Is dry - It was previous to the rains
the scarcity Of the water In the wells
would have resulted In serious q matter.
....Dr. T. A. Wright has ball Of hair
nearly two inches In diameter, picked
up In the bone yard where the carcasses
81 the dead COWS have been deposited.
Il IL supposed that the ball came from
tbs stomach Of . COW, notwithstanding
. good many wise ones ldlfer from this
opinion. There WIS also two smaller ones
found In the same place. The Americas
schools recommended Monday, after
"a intermisst0n Of one week On account
Of diptheTia. We heard Q man inquire
ct the once today for POSTAGE card.
....A Af. StOnebraker lost child last
Sunday night. The immediate cause of
death was a overdose Of aconite given
through mistake, by those supposing 1t
to be cough medicine. The child was
about one year old, and although every
thing that could be was done to save IT.
Il was q no avail. The parents feel the
burden Of their grief and the sympa;hies
OF their many friends are bestowed upon
them. Cattle are again on the ram
page, and II has become almost an i'm.
possibility to keep them out of the corn
fields. .EFs. Albert Cook and her son
Vernon started for Colorado yesterday.
She vent o. account OF the failing health
Of Vernon, as the boys had written her
10 bring him out. :. John Floyd has a
very sore hand. Il is his right hand and
undoubtedly it Ii very great inconven-
ieHce 20 him especially Sunday night.
Dogs have again commenced TO worry cat
lie In thia vicinity. They need small
application Of buck shot. Last year
there was several head Of caltIs killed
BY the dogs in this vicinity, and already
they have been known TO gather in Q
crowd Of thirty on forty and attack the
sa1e hszd Of cattle i've or six times in
ana day. This l. . nuisaace that si,ould
b speedily aIIated. The Carpenters
expected % c0amence work on ne new
residence OF William Houek on Alien
creed this morning, bot were pre-.
vented tsom 50 doing by the
lncleDency Of the weather
Peeer Hash was arrested to-day
foF telonio1sly teasing up and cay
FyIng away the s1de1alk in town. His
trial will come OF &c O'Clock before
j. l. Bufle9, J. +.