The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-05-13
PERSONAL MENTION

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Tuesday 90 see the elephant.
Late S. Spraguc. the assistant postmas-
ter at Usage City, gave US call Friday.
Joseph Hill will deliver the address
at the June reunion of the Normal alum
nj
Mrs. L. ID. MeCOllum, of Council
Grove, has been visiting friends in this
city for the past few days,
Hon. Thos. Ryan, our excellent repre-
sentative in congress, returned TO his
home in Topeka Monday.
DIR. Hibben went TO Topeka Monday
to attend the annual meeting of the
grand commaudeTy of Knights Templar-
G. b. Peters and wife returned from
Ohio Friday night, where they had been
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Hemsteger,
| for some weeks.
Brother Roberts, of the Americas
Herald, is just recovering from an i'll
ness which has confined him to The
house for several days.
NJ F. Spencer, who recently sold his
sheep farm in Chase county, to Mr.
Downing, of Ohio, has returned TO EN-
pOria with his family.
Mr.. A. n. Boorey, recently employed
in the dry goods store of ID. Thomas d
Co, has accepted a position as express
agent on the Santa Fe. between Kansas
City and Trinidad.
DR.. Trueworthy, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, started Saturday for
Minneapolis, to attend the 9Th annual
session of the supreme lodge of Knights
of Honor. They will be absent about
ten days.
A. w. Stubs, who had charge of the
Chanute schools during the fall and
spring terms, has closed his engagement
at that place and has returned to Empo-
ria. We learn that he was highly sue
cessful as a superintendent.
Col. ]. n. Steele and wife. Mr.. and
Mrs. r. E Torrington and Messrs. L. d.
Jacobs, ]. F. Culver and J. Jay Buck
went to Topeka Monday to attend
the annual meeting of the grand COM
mandery of Knights Templar.
Mr.. and Mrs j. C. Bennett, of Wichita,
spent the Sabbath in Emporia at the
Hotel Coolidge. Her many friends in
this city will be greatly rejoiced to learn
of the improvement in Mrs. Benefits
health, which was very miserable when
she left Emporia last fall.
Mr.. O. C. Bjerke, attired in dandy
new suit and wearing a resplendent
smile, started for Illinois Monday. The
urgent nature of his GRAND may he in
ferred from the fact that he was heard
this morning making inquiry for MIR.
Jay, manager of the lightning Ok Team
express between Emporia and Kansas
City.
Commonwealth; Joseph G. Waters,
who has been connected with the law de-
partment of the A. T. & s. +. II. r. for a
number OF years, resigned his position
on the 3Oth of April, and will open law
office in this city. Joe is one of the
best fellows in the state, n good lawyer,
and a big.hearted friend. We wish him
the greatest success
Dave Painter, who is well known to
the older residents of Emporia and Lyon
county, is in the city and meets his old
friends on all sides. Mr.. Painter is sales
man for the commission house of White
& Holmes, Kansas City, the active and
reliable live stock firm to which THE
NEWS is indebted each day for its cattle
and hog market report.
T. B. Murdoch, one of the editors and
proprietors of the Topeka Common
wealth, passed through Emporia Fri
day on his way to Eldorado, where he
will make preparations for tour to the
Pacific coast by way of the Santa Fe and
Southern Pacific, with view to writing
up the country. His letters will appear
in the Commonwealth, and will be read
with great interest, as coming from one
of the best newspaper men in Kansas.
Robert Elstun and Daniel Dryer
left Emporia Tuesday for Rico, Col
Orado, where they will join corps of
mineral surveyors under the charge of
Frank Cove, deputy U. S. mineral sur
veyor for the San Juan region. The boys
will be greatly missed and carry with
them the best wishes of hosts of friends.
Mr.. Elstun has taken u prominent
part in musical and social matters in
Emporia and his talent and geniality
have lent much to the success of numer-
GUS occasions. Mr.. Dryer is well
known throughout the county as young
man of excellent parts. THE NEWS
says a kindly goodbye, trusting they
will be prosperous and as happy as their
absence from Emporia will allow.
Commonwealth: Mr.. T. B. Murdoch
has gone west for the purpose of writ
ing q series of letters from localities re-
Gently opened up by the Santa Fe road,
and will be absent for the next three or
four months. His first letter will be
published during the week and will con-
tain description of the irrigation pro-
ject now in operation at Garden City
giving its results, so far as yet attained,
and other interesting information.
From Garden City his route will be
3 long one, through the principal
cities and mining districts of Colorado
and New Mexico, to Guaymas, on the
Pacific coast, and perhaps to the City
Of Mexico. He will visit San Diego
and San Francisco as well as all the
principal cities which now are so close.
ly connected with us, while in the past
they have almost seemed TO belong to
another continent. That Mr.. Murdock's
letters will be interesting, no one who
has read his writings during many years
of newspaper work in Kansas, will have
the least doubt. They will be exhaus-
tive, concise, and above all things re-
liable. We are pleased to promise the
readers of the Commonwealth series
of readable, spicy letters.
AROUND TOWN.
The confidence men were on deck
Tuesday.
The blue grass and shade trees are
just booming.
| The brass collar circus folks stopped
Z at the Coolidge.
The photographers were kept reason
: ably busy Tuesday.
Things weren't particularly lack a
fha TOetoffice T'nesdav