The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-17
OVER TIE STATE.

''got the bulge" on the government in
the star route cases.
OVER THE STATE.
Douglas is improving.
Howard is without postmaster.
Winfield is great resort for travelling
men.
Wheat sowing is going on in Labette
county.
The Winfield carriage factory works
fifteen hands.
Wichita is talking. about wooden mills
and packing houses.
Stephen NJ. Wood, of Elmdale, is suf
fering with pneumonia.
The Douglas Index of last week was
printed so it could be read.
Fredonia must be a lively town. 1t
had two theaters all last week.
The Times says it costs $43, 469.s2 to
year.
Florence is the meeting point of a
state British association which meets
monthly.
Several hundred dollars haye been
raised in Butler county to aid the expo
sitlon society.
A movement is on foot to precipitate
the s'Color Guard" upon the defenseless
citizens of Topeka.
Hon A. j. Pyburn, an old citizen of
Winfield, and once state senator, has
moved to Kansas City to practice law.
a half million sheep have been added
to Kansas fiocks this year of which
Lyon county has received fair proper
ton.
4. S. Dunbar, an attorney of South
Bend, Indiana, and nephew OF T. L.
Hurlburt, is visiting the latter in this
county. q
The Winfield Courier, always a good
and bright paper under its present man.
agement, has brushed up wonderfully
geographically.
A person has been found IN Usage
county who went to school to or with
GARFIELD. The only wonder is that the
person does not live at Wichita.
Eldorado is going to have the Fort
Scott and Wichita railroad, the PROPOSE
ton for bonds to that end having been
submitted in several townships.
1t is pretty tough on woman who
has buried half dozen husbands to see
that the graves of the whole lot are kept
green. Conjugal grief multiplied by
six will try the most exuberant of wild
ows.
The Newton Republican triumphant
ly exclaims, Ftherc is nothing small
about u.s." whereupon the Eidorado
| Times gets in sockdOlager by asking
the Republican man how it is about his
feet.
Winfield Courier: The United Brcth-
rem have established church in Win
field under the pastorate of II. w. B.
Lacey, and will hereafter hold meetings
every other Sunday in each month in the
court house. s
The Kansas basket mandatory OF
Lawrence has filed its charter with the
secretary of state. The incorporates
are g. w. E. Griffith, j. N. Roberts, C
w. Babcock, Ed Russell, L. A. Gillett
Capital stock, $4,000.
The Commonwealth says that San
Wood forgot to register, and was not al
lowed to cast his Greenback vote OF
Tuesday. 1t seems incredible that sucl
should be the case, but this fact justifie
the inference that Sam was not candi
date for Office this fall.
The political fight in Sedgwick coun
ty was most bitter one personally, ant
the Eagle made it mighty warm TO
the opposition, and especially for on
Jocelyn. The little boss of the Eagl
feels as good over the Republican vic
tory as boy with two tenor drums on
Christmas morning.
Chase County Leader: While in EN-
poria last week we visited the bool
bindery and printing house of Graham
s. Ross, one of the most complete estat
, lishments in the west. Among the ney
machinery just put in we noticed pow
er press and paging and numbering
machine, both of the most improved pal
terms.
Eldorado Times: The chap at New
ton who dubs US "Col." wants to settl
his hat firmly on his head and throE
up his guard. We're after him.
That's nothing. How would you Xix
to have TO vote for fellow on tn
"reglar ticket" who called you uncle"
Il Eldorado Times: Emporia has pu
up another big opera house and masor
ic hall. Is to be lighted by gas and Ia
/, just granted the right Of way on he
streets to Mr.. Hartzeli, of Topeka, for
street railway. She has the only waite
works in the state and the largest hot
the Coolidge-in the southwest. Wit
no rivals nearer than Junction City, II
peka, Parsons, FL Dorado or Newton
= Emporia ought to and will make
3 "right smart little town
= When you want to borrow postag
g stamps you know where You can get ZEN