The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-06-02

Judge Brown, of Greensboro, Ken
lucky, brother of Mrs. j. w. Feighan,
arrived in Emporia Monday.
II. j. Loomis went 10 Illinois Tues
day, and will shortly return with car
load of thoroughbred shnr.-hoTns-
Miss Ida Moore went to Topeka
Wednesday to attend The commence
ment exercises al Bethany College.
Henry T. Brown. of tho Boston wool
firm of Walter Brown IS Co, is attending
the wool growers me, ting in ills city.
Captain Vim. G. Ringer and fImily, of
Paoia, Kansas, are visiting their relatives
AIr and Mrs John W. Tatham, in this
city.
Senator Wilkie, of Butler county. and
Captain r. Nj. Spivey. Of Newton, arc in
town attending the nc,-iiag of abe sheep
men.
Prof Munsell, the new editor of the
Council Grove Republican, was in The
city Wednesday, on his way la the In
dian Territory.
Samuel G.. Thornc, Connecticut cap
italist, is the guest of the Central Loan
and Land company. and is stopping at
the Coolidge.
Harry Hibbcn spent all of last week
at Scranton surveying town additions
and mine work, and returned TO that
place Monday.
Rev. Mr.. Shoemaker, of the Reformed
church, has returned from Tiffin, where
he attended the general synod of that
denomination.
A. G. Evans, of St. Louis, who is said
to be the biggest stock man in the
country, was registered at the Park
Place Hotel, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joab Mulvane. of Tope-
ka, and Mr.. and Mrs. James Ross, of
Bureau county, Illinois, are visiting w.
B. and j. p. Ross, who reside in the
country southeast of Emporia.
S. Guerier returned Monday from trip
of inspection TO the several yards of the
Chicago Lumber Co, between EmpoIia
and Howard. He reports business at
their Offices unusually good.
DIR. Anna Warren went east last
night to attend the American In
stitute of Homeopathy, which meets
this month at Long Branch, and will be
absent about three weeks.
Mr.. T.. Il. Reynolds, who has been Wis
iting at the residence of his uncle, E.
Borton. in this city, for some weeks past,
started to Colorado Tuesday, where he
will spend the summer for the benefit of
his health.
Cliff Baker, the genial city editor of
the Topeka Commonwealth, favored the
NEWS Office with call Wednesday. He
was taking in the Kansas Wool Grow
ers' Association which met at the court
house at 2 O'Clock that afternoon.
Mrs. C. s. Nellis, of Kansas City, and
Mr.. and Mrs. b. w. Sayers. of Chicago,
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. 1. d. Fox,
Mr.. Sayers is an extensive wool dealer
and was present at the meeting of the
Kansas Wool Growers in this city,
this week.
Thos. Stanley, of Americas, who went
east some weeks ago to attend the meet
ing of the general Indian. committee of
the Friends church, at Baltimore, re-
turned Wednesday, accompanied by his
sister, whose home is in Columbiana
county, Ohio.
j. d. Bartholomew, who has fine
farm and sheep rancho just out of Tope-
ka, is attending the Wool Growers Con-
vention. Mr.. Bartholomew is an enthus-
last over wool growing and his practical
attention to it is resulting most satisfactor-
lily.
It is Judge j.. z. Moore, and not Mr.
Brown, who is visiting Mr.. j. w. Feigh-
an, of this city. The Judge is Mrs.
Feighan's brother, and is corresponding
for the Louisville Commercial during
his stay in Kansas, with which he has
fallen in love.
Rev. A. p. Mason, of Boston, District
Secretary of the Home Mission Society
for New England, and Rev. DIR. Swan,
secretary for the same society for Penn
sylvania and the Middle States, are max
ing tour of the great west, and stopped
at the Coolidge Tuesday evening.
A new Moon not "billcd'' in the al
MANAGES, made It's appearance at the
court house last Saturday evening The
unaccountable conduct oil the Sheriff on
this occasion rather tended to verify a
somewhat popular belief that certain
types of mental alteration are sensibly
affected by changes in the lunar orb. Boy,
G. Y. johnson, secretary of the Kan.
sas State Fair Association, came down
from Topeka, Wednesday to attend the
convention of wool growers We learn
from him that the prospects for the statC
fair at Topeka are very flattering. Ar
engagement has been made With Mis-:
Pinneo, of Colorado, and Miss Curtis
of Topeka, to ride at Topeka during tn,
fair for large purse. The contract fol
the erection of the fair buildings wa:
let on Tuesday.
We were glad to make the acquaint
ance today of Mr.. t. Fl. Williams anC
Mr.. j. June, OF Burlingame, who were il
attendance upon the wool growers con
ventioD, and gladder still to learn that MI
! Williams is soon to become q citizen o
r our city. He is from New York, AMI
has brought with him seven full bloodet
Merino bucks, and 400 fine ewes, which
/ he will soon locate upon his new rancl
: of 76O acres, which he recently purchas
ed, six miles southwest of the CITY.