The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-24
SslehborAooa Notes.

Wichita IS 10 have the telephone right
soe.n.
The "burnt district'' in wellington is
being rebuilt.
There are s.5ss licensed Insurance
agents in this state.
Hon. Asa Hairgrove. one of the first
settlers of Kansas. died recently at Del
Norte. Colorado.
s. Loewenthal. large dealer in dry
goods and clothing in Leavenwolth, has
failed in business.
Major N A. Adams, of Manhattan,
has completed his bond Of $4,000 as
United States pension agent.
Two new national banks are soon to
commence business at Topeka. One
will absorb the citizens bank of North
Topeka.
Broom-corn don't pay in Kansas-oh,
not But Chanuie man has wadded
down $1,000 on the ssme this season,
just the same.
wal AAAt-AGtS aEE aSkA uR AVE-
semi-monthly instead of monthly pay
days, saying that they caa then buy
goods cheaper.
Mr. Charles s. Gleed, the popular adj
vertising agent for the Santa Fe road, is
seriously III. His friends are alarmed
at his condition.
The Capital says; Accounts Of the
enforcement of the prohibitory law come
il with charming regularity from all
parts Of the state.
It is thought that the Fl, Scott. St.
Louis and Chicago railroad will certain
ly be built from the Chicago and Alton
line to Fl. Scott before the close of the
next year.
Leavenworth is complaining of its
poor light This is probably due to the
demoralized condition in winch Tom
Moonlight emerged from the late politi-
cal canvass.
By the removal of the late member to
another part of the stale. Graham coun-
ty is at present without 3 representative
in the legislature. Ohio exchanges will
please copy.
1881 will be celebrated IN the history
of Kansas as the year in which as many
as ten or eleven rocks were laid upon
the government building being erected
at the state capital.
The cold winter days are on hand,
and We feel sorry for the big editor of
the Commonwealth. So much of him
exposed to the chilling blast when his
ears are "out in the cold.''
There is no reason why the State
Journal cannot have 5000 subscribers in
the state of Kansas.-State Journal.
There is one good reason. 1t hasn't
the brains and character to command
them, and therefore won't get them.
A certificate Of the increase of the cap
ital stock of the AtchisOn, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad has been filed with the
secretary of state. The capital stock of
THE new Colossus OF Roads" Is now
&6S, 100000.
Rev. A. Il. johnson has bought the
Lawrence Tribune; what for the Lord
only knows. The paper has been dead
for ten years. II may be the pastor is
going to perform the burial ceremony
over the old thing.
Clara Louise Kellogg, the great Amer
lean prima donna, will sing at Topeka on
the evening of December 9th. The rail
roads will make special rates, and we
have no doubt that Emporia will be
handsomely represented at the concert.
The Capital says law firm in Tope.
ka received $4,000 in fees in fifteen
months. The names, which in this case
are withheld, probably from prudential
considerations should always accom-
pany such items, as guarantee of good
faith.
Commonwealth: "Parsou" Herring
ton, who was recently acquitted in the
District Court of the charge of murder
for the killing of Chas. Avery, has
preached twice since the trial ended, in
the church at Kingville. The church
has been well filed each time.