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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-07
School Notaa.

The new school building is being
seated preparatory to the holding of the
teachers institute, which commences
July 18th.
The new building will seat 404 pupils.
1t is we'll built structure, pleasantly
situated, but it is to be feared that the
cess pool on Sixth avenue will prove
detrimental to the health of the children.
The Stale Teachers Convention, which
was held at Manhattan last week, was in
many respects a success. There were
some very complete and suggestive pa
pers read and discussed. We think the
greatest drawback to our teachers con-
ventiOns Is the fact that too many
attend such meetings for self aggrand-
izement by either riding their hobby
or running the convention. II seems
that more good could be accomplished
by reading fewer papers and having
more social and personal conference in
regard 80 the practical workings of our
several schools. Theory is good thing
but practice is much better.
The contract for the town clock has
been signed and accepted. In the con-
tract sent the board of education, it stat
ed that the clock would be guaranteed
not to vary more than one second a
month for five years. The clock will
not be here before August Us it has to be
made entire. In the meantime the JAM
tor can ring the bell every hour during
the day if some of our townsmen think
1t desirable, commencing at seven a. m.
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AN INNOCENT ABROAD;
Or. Notes Of Travel From . Fat Mans
Sketch hook.
COLORADO SIR

COLoRADo STRINGS, June %, 1891.
EDIToRs NEWS: Having more leisure
than brains, have concluded to write
for the newspaper. This is the prettiest
young city ever saw, Normal excepted.
The streets are wide and the lots are
large. Every street is bordered with
cottonwood trees, twenty to thirty feet
in height, and Watered with running
streams on either SIDE of the street. The
city is built on q gravel-bar, making the
finest drives in the world. The side
walks need no doctoring, as nature has
made them quite good enough. The
city is furnished with gas, and the water
brought from Pixies peak, is the finest
attainable, being melted snow, cool as
cucumber and clear as crystal. The
first day was here drank about as
much as Dan Holderman's cow GO pails).
The only unpleasant thing about the
city Is the great number OF invalids.
You see them at all the hotels and private
boarding places. You meet their pale
and anxious faces at every turn. Many
OF them in the last stage Of cOnsump-
ton and unable to leave their beds. ]
have made dozens Of them happy and
hopeful by telling them that when 1
came TO Colorado, I was as lean and
lank as they were. There is a painful
absence of fat men and women here, as
the air is too thin for them. A fat man
feels Is If he ought to have a pair of
hand bellows and a cork screw to draw
his breath with.
1Iessrs. Lindley Stubs and Henning,
Of Emporia, are here. one grocer the
other the agent Of Adams express.
Both are well pleased with their new
homes.
Mention is six miles west of Colorado
Springs and IL reached by . branch road
OF the Denver s. Rio Grande railroad.
Here are located the four celebrated
mineral and soda springs. The town is
well supplied with fine hotels. Two Of
them. the Manitou and Beeby, are larger
than our Hotel Coolidge. A hundred
tents cover the mountain sides, filed
with invalids. A great many asked me
IL thought the water would cure my
boy.
We visited all the attractions, and are
ready for u further pilgrimage. We Wis
tied the Garden of the Gods, but they had
LEFT before We came. We visited Glen
Eyre, but Gen. Palmer, president of the
d. & r. G.. railroad. was absent, and we
had 70 go away hungry. We went up
| through Williams canon at noon to see
| the Cave Of the Winds. The reVisers
may have taken he'll out OF the Tests-
! ment, but they LETT part az 1t in vii
] lEamsp canon, or it never could have been
l 90 hot You would noe believe me IL I
should tell yon that the mounsaineers
| fry their meat on the rocks as YOU would
on q griddle. The Ute Pass presents
fine scenery. I did not go up TO Peaks
Pike, - ] WAS afraid To 70 up too f.st.
have some neighbors a. home who
should 60 70 the summit, as they NAV
never rise 30 high again. The Peak Is
1 14.138 fest high. There are only four
Others higher in The range, the tallest
being only about 500 feet higher.
CHAPLAIN
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The AMERIcus NEws
EDITED Ex " BUR1ow. !"
AMERICAS, July /.

AAGERIcus, July 1.
Six hundred dollars have already been
raised toward rebuilding the U. p.
church -Four men now have hundred
dollars piece opposite their names on
the subscription paper. !. Jacob Lesh
has commenced to build new picket
fence around his lots which will greatly
add TO the beauty and value OF his
property. The workmanship is that
of d. NJ. Huestice t. The front of
the old restaurant building has re-
ceived a new coat of paint that
adds materially TO the looks of that part
OF main street. Tie postofiice has also
had slight application of paint. John
Clay is at Dunlap, putting tin roof on
Gibson & Logs new hardware store.
Mr.. C. Harter, one of the best citizens OF
Americas, has accepted position in S.
A Brown & Co.'S lumber yard, at Bur.
lington, and leaves US to-day What is
our less is their gain. ..Al. Lowry had
a moving machine run over his head
one day last week.
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PERSONAL MENTION


Auditor Whitehead, of the Santa Fs
is registered at the Coolidge.
Mr.. r.. ID. Thomas started Thursday 70
join his family in Fostoria, Ohio.
II. C. Cross, of the First National
Bank, went to st. Louis Thursday.
j. E. Howard, an attorney of Burton
Harvey county, was In town Thursday
Frank Lanstrum, an old a.tache Of
THE NEWS is in the city, visiting
relatives.
Mrs. Pickering, of Chicago, is visit
ing at the residence of DIR. Wright, on
West street.
John Leppert, the blond attraction al
Birds jewelry store is visiting at his old
home In Chicago.
Mr.. T. C. Evans, of Newark, Ohio, has
accepted position as salesman in the
furniture store OF Arnold & Co.
Miss NJ. A. Pack, q teacher In the En-
poria schools, has gone to Colorado
Springs, where she will spend the sum
mer.
Rev. Mr.. Burrows returned Friday
from Junction City. where he has been
attending the Episcopal Convention O!
Kansas.
A letter from George LoOmis, dictated
At La Crosse. says he recently injured
his hand by an accident and is unable
TO use Il.
Miss Josie Slocum, who has been
teaching at Golden, Colorado, IL spend.
ing her summer vacation At the residence
Of her mother in this city.
DIR. J. A. Young started Thursday for
Kentucky, where he will purchase q
carload Of thoroughbred cattle to place
on his ranch in this county.
w. II. COckerill, brother OF c. C.
Cockerill, mentioned in the News q
few days ago. arrived In this city from
Denver Thursday. He started home a.
soon as he learned Of his brothers de.
campment.
c. w. Cleaver. the operator at the San.
u Fe depot, took eighteen hundred words
in sixty minutes Thursday afternoon. As
a lightning manipalAi0s, Charlie can
hold up his end Of the pole with any
man on the line.
F. N. Clark, Esq, the general western
attorney OF the COrhin Banking Com.
pany. Of Boston, is stopping 1t the
Coolidge. He has closed out the sale Of
all that eOmpany's lands in Lyon county,
to Ed s. Waterbury, OF this city.
Mr. J. II. Hin, OF EmpoTla, . neWspa-
per man and school teacher, called unon
the Republican this morning and enter
tanned rs pleasantly for short time.
Mr.. Hill succeeds Mr. Sanford Topping,
OF Ottawa. as secretary Of the State Sun
day School Association, and Is an efIlci-
ent worker in this important interest,"
Ottawa Republican
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HORTICULTURE.

The State Society I'm Session at winfield.
By courtesy of J. V. Randolph we
have the proceedings of the first days
session of the State Horticultural SOei.
ETY. now in session at Winfield. 1t open
ed on Tuesday last.
The attendance was quite large especi.
ally from the southern coun
tics, and much interest is man.
ifested in horticulture. The citizens of
Winfield gave the members a hearty re-
ception, and are exerting themselves to
make everything pass off pleasantly.
After routine business the following
reports were made from counties of the
yield of fruits this season:
Douglas cOunty-Apples, half crop;
peaches and pears, light; small fruits,
generally fair crops.
Johnson county-apples, one-fourth
crop; pears and peaches, third
plums, full; cherries, half; small fruits
an average crop.
Franklin county apples, light
peaches, light; small fruits fair crop.
Sedgwick county-appies, heavy crop
for young orchards peaches, very heavy /;
grapes and plums, full small fruits fair
crop; currents do not succeed in this
county.
Davis county-apples, good for age of
trees; peaches, upland, good; cherries,
half crop; small fruits generally good.
Mitchell county-apples good for age
of trees; peaches, failure; small fruits
fair crop.
Labette county-fruit crop throughout
the county injured from severe winter,
not half crop except Strawberries, show
ing average yield.
Montgomery county-fruit of all kinds
more or less injured by severe winter.
Usage county-apples, fair; cherries,
full; peaches and plums, One-fourth
crop; small fruits light; black berries
killed by severe winter.
Pawnee county-fruIt crop promising
for age of country; peaches and grapes
full small fruits are showing we'll and
give promise of success.
Lyon county-apples, half crop; pea
ches, one-third crop; pears, light; cher.
ries, average; small fruits medium crops
Rice cOunty-report good fruit crops
considering age of county.
Chase county-apples, light; peaches
failure; cherries, fair; grapes, good
small fruits generally short, except
gOOSeberries and strawberries.
Elk county-peachesh heavy, other fruit
average crop.
Harvey county-rcpOrts an average
fruit crop.
Chautauqua county-same.
COwley cOunty-apples, half crop;
peaches, heavy, except in budded varie
ties; cherries, light; small fruits, aver
| age crop.
Several other counties have delegates
present, but have made no report az yet
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Keuniou Exocut,ve Comm,.taa

AS chairman of the meeting held on
the evening of the Goth inst, hereby
appoint as the executive committee to
arrange for the proposed reunion of the
soldiers of the late war, to be held in
Emporia on the first Tuesday in October
the following persons, viz: Col. Allen
Buckner, chairman; Col. j. NJ. Steele
]. s. Watson, w. A. Randolph, and
Judge ]. F. Culver, of EmpOria, ]. D.
Gibson, of Americas, and w. 1. F. Har.
den, of Hartford.
IT, for any reason, any of these gentle
men cannot serve on this committee, il
they will let me know at once, will
name others; but 1t is to be hoped they
will all accept and give their best effort:
to make the proposed meeting grand
success.
The papers of the county ara requested
TO give publicity to these appointments
H. w. McCUNE.
EmpOria, June so, 1881.
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KANSAS STATE HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETE
Proceedings of the Eleventh seuni-An-
nual Meeting.

THURSDAY, June 30.
MORNING SESSION.
The exercises opened with prayer by
Rev. z. b. Hitchcock.
The relation of morals 20 horticulture
was presented by Rev J. z. Platter in a
very carefully prepared essay.
The committee having in charge the
presidents semi-annGaI address, made
the following report:
Your committee have had under care
full consideration, the presidents semi
annual address, and beg leave to
submit the following report:
ResolCed, That the Kansas State Hor-
ticultural Society fully endorses that por-
ton of the said address which recon-
mends the OFnamentaliOn of the grounds
around the school houses in our state,
and of the introduction Of an elemental
ry course in horticulture to the common
course Of instruction in the schools.
The report was unanimously adopted.
The report OF the committee to exam
inc the specimens of fruit on exhibition
during the meeting was made and indi-
Gated remarkable developments and pro-
gress in fruit growing in Cowley and adj
| joining counties.
Rev. j. B. Schlichter, of Sterling, lee.
tured TN the subject of forestry and ex.
hibited samples of wood-growth in the
Arkansas valley, equal to that grown in
other parts of the state.
| Prof. Burrell, read paper on the
subject of home grown fruits compared
with the foreign product This was
followed by paper from Prof A. Grid
ley, subject, "Plant Life.''
After sometime occupied in miscel
laneOus business, the committee report
cd final resolutions of the meeting a.
follows:
ResOsOlUed, That the thanks of the so
ciety are due and hereby rendered, first
10 the CoWley County Horticultural So
ciety and the individual members, es
pecially Rev. j. Gaines and Mr.. Short
for their kind and untiring efforts Il
make the meeting success.
Second. To the citizens of Winfield
for their kindness and hospitality, anC
to the various railroads in Kansas, anC
especially the A. T. & 8. F., for courtesie.
granted our members while attending
the meeting.
Third, To the many persons, same Al
if named. who haYe kindly enlivened
the sessions with music.
| Fourth, To the Kansas State Fair As
ISOLATION, for its expression of full con
fldence in the society, by placing thu
horticultural interest of its first annua
exhibition under the control of the Stats
Horticultural Society, for which act We
hereby give the assurance of full CO
operation and support in the cndeaYors
10 make the first annual exhibition o.
the association grand success.
In severing our relations with the
Hon. retiring George w. Martin, as STATE
printer, we tender him and his
most estimable foreman, E. p
Harris. our sincere thanks for the
care ever given TO the publication
of the SOciety's annual reports, and es
pecially that for 1880, which undOubted
ly excels that of any other state.
GEO. G. JOHNSON,
JOHN w. ROBsON,
L. =. DEIHL,
Committee.
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MIscaIIanaoue-
THE TROTTINGBRED STALLION
BEN. HARRISON,
At Emporia, Kansas.
M EG 81 ~0HN@

MAXES 81 YOUNG.
BEN HARRISON will make the season Of
1881 &C the sixth avenue stables, opposite tho
DEs0RIPTIoN:-Bcn Harrison is 9 beautiful
sorrel, weighs 900 pounds, -boned, heavy
good trottfng gait.
PRDIGRKE:-Ben Harrison was bred nv
BY Wilson's aBiuc Bnii.'' he by .snid Him
Bull, - the repusei sire OF many fast PAGERS |;
DAM by "copper" Bottom," second dam by
E Hia.mseys Eclipse" he by american
wilson's Blue Bull wa. got by Old Biue
dam by BIaoknose. son Of Hedos o Da1. ~ PiSs
" Orphan: n dam. Lady Grey 81 dam. Ma
Medoc, by American Eelipse. out Of Youur
= ESQ Of ne oaks: by imported ExEedItieHi
u dam, Maid OF the Oaks. Imported Spread
E Sa RcilpsS bS Su sosre os. OF Mn
imported mare b Ensiish Pot.s.os; q dam dam
" y. SlmcfSek; 4th Dam, Snap. by Snap
D1roc, by imported DIomcde. out Of Amaa-
Cade; ID dam BY Hicfman's Independsnce;
4th dam, Dolly Fine, by imported Silver Eye,
A reference to the 3 80 list Of trot,ers 4.
suActent TO convince the most akeDtical OF
the superiority OF the Blue Bulls q Tace-
Fiehari. III: s siysr.n . Sa1 BE-, i:ssk
ss:zsl<; 3, Ethel; 5:sa; Kate Hail. la; Ru.seli.
c. 9asX; Bertia. All: Kate Rsn;ssti. ~ ~.
Little Wonder, 2:S9; Dom Pedro, $50; Riie
Wilson, 3;3J; Purity, 3 30; Jeaaie, 1.s0
Blue Bulls are nataB al-l1orn trotter1 They
take 20 the trotttng gait - naturally, or In
stinetIvely, NJ dack does 20 water, Gad &c Is
safe 70 say that not one Of them Wa ever
foaied that could not, by reasonable train-
ing, tFot mile In three minutes, or better.
They are proyerbiany 'levei-headed,' % al
their ability and when in e0ndlei0n were
never known TO exhibit the white feakseF. no
matter how long the route.
TEkhS-$2o TO insure; parting with the
mare positively forfeits the Insurance, aud
tne money - then due. Ali accidents aud
escapeS a. the oEnerss Hiak
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Obituarv.

Mrs. Mercy Delany died at the resi-.
dence of L. D. Kellogg, about O'Clock
this morning. Funeral from Mr.. KEEL.
logg's house tomorrow morning at Q
O'Clock.
The deceased was born in Broome
county, N. Y, April %, 1901. She has
been an invalid for many years, and for
the last year helpless and bed-ridden
from paralysis She has been a member
of Mr.. Kellogg's family since the death
OF her husband, DIR. D. Delany, in Nc
Henry county, Illinois, several years ago.
Her nearest surviving relatives are DR..
H. ID. Kellogg, Of Arkansas City, and
L. b. Kellogg, of this city, her nephews.
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People who are advocating the remOv,
al Of the water works To the NeOsho
should pause TO inquire whether there
are any riparian owners who may have
vested interest in the stream. Ono in.
junction suit is all the city should at.
tempt To tackle at one time.
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In the case of the state of Kansas vs..
Emma Hotter, charged with maltreating
her stepchildren, which came up for
hearing before Justice Culver Thursday.
the defendant was discharged, and her
mother. Eliza Bates. who was implicated
by the evidence, was fined So and costs.
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THE HARTFORD News
EDITED BY LINGO"

FRIDAY, July 1.
A. b. Fullen's new residence is receiv-
ing coat of paint by C. H. DcMoss
There is first-class opening here for
anyone desiring to engage in the dry
goods business, there being an immense
trade at this point in all kinds of bust
ness. Harry Hibben, our jolly County
Surveyor, is in town, engaged in bust
ness pertaining 10 his Office. Why can
not eampany be organized to sink a
shaft Tor coal in or near this place? It
would certainly prove paying invest
ment, for the extra vein of coal dug on
Four-mile has been traced TO Eagle
creek. just south of town, and the same
stratum forms the vein mined three
miles north of the river, thus indicating
with almost unerring certainty the pres
ence OF coal under this city. Let CON-
pany be formed at once by our own cit
iZens
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The Topeka Capital lays the item
about the amount of money raised in
Emporia for storm sufferers. which we
published few days ago, TO the Win
field Telegram. All right, Mr.. Capital.
We accept your apology, and the Mr..
Winfield Telegram can appropriate our
reply 10 the item.
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IMPROVEMENT.

Howard Dunlap Is making improve
ments at the Savings Bank.
The Rowland Brothers, Job Printers
set up their new engine last week.
The vault to be built on the west side
of the Office Of register of deeds is get
ting along sWimmingly. The trenches
for the foundation are filed with water
The front elevation of the new Holder.
man block, to be erected on Sixth avenue
has been completed by the architect,
Mr.. Squires, and it will be handsome
improvement.
The st. Paul's Reformed church, cor.
ner Of Ninth avenue and Constitution
street, which had been damaged by the
late storm has been repaired and Is
again perfectly secure.
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A profitable and pleasant gathering
WAS held at Kirdendall school.hOuse Fri.
day, upon the closing Of the term In
that district. The exercises consisted Of
essays, declamatiOns, an educational ex.
perience meeting, and feast Of good
things in the way of big dinner.
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Mrs T. w. Kitchen and Mira. s. p.
Chase succeeded Thursday in collecting
in the neighborhOod Of $40 To defray
the expenses attendant upon the funeral
of Katie Henderson, the young lady who
was fatally burned by kerosene on Wed
nesday evening.
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The benighted scientists who claim
that comets are Of no possible utility
have stupidity ignored the boom in gate
hinges and have evidently failed TO take
note Of the salutary influence which the
new luminary is exerting on the social
interests of Emporia.
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NortOn's Real Estate Bulletin, q neat
little folio, setting forth the resources of
Lyon county and the attractions of EN-
poria, was issued Friday. 1t is filled
with valuable statistics and abounds
with information Of interest to persons
seeking homes in the west.
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THURspAY. JUNG 80. 1ss

AAA~ W. AVA
Solomon II. Dodge, of Boston, is in
town looking after his extensive land in
terests in this vicinity. :. Mr.. Hurst is
today opening out a stock of confec-
tionery, fancy goods, tobacco, ETC., one
door south of DR.. Sutton's drug store,
Main street. Success. DIR. d. c. Mar
tin, surgeon dentist of Emporia, is in
town to-day and will remain over to
morrow doing work pertaining TO his
profession. VIM. Combs received an
extensive bill of undertaking material
from the east yesterday. {. {. Albert Corl
has sold his farm west of town to George
Sutilc, and has purchased a forty near
by. .Snediker Bros, are shipping their
wool from this station to Boston, where
they obtain a better price than home
markets afford. The yield is much bet
ter this year than ever before and CON-
mands a much higher price than in
former wears
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Geo. Leis's celebrated condition pow
ders. the old reliable, are the best medi-
cine on the market for horses and cattle.
They have been in use for over twenty
years. Livery and stock men use them.
No farmer will use any other after try.
ing Leis's. For sale by all druggists,
25 cents and 90 cents per bottle.
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WIN. Reynolds. of Peoria, Illinois,
has signified his purpose. by letter, to
visit Kansas prior TO the State Sunday
SchOol convention in this city in Octo-
Der, to work up that interest in some of
the leading cities of Kansas.
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DIR. Hibben took . good sized fee
from the eye Of an EmpOriA man the
other day. We have offen heard Of per-
sons getting these insects in their ears,
but there is no telling what may happen
To a man in Kansas.
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DAT the meeting of Blue Lodge Friday
evening committee of five, with DR.. L.
ID. Jacobs as chairman, was appointed
to select location and devise ways and
means for the erection of q Masonic
Temple in this city. The remaining
members of the committee are: Col. j.
NJ. Steele. DIR. w. H. Hibben, g. v. Esk
ridge, and F. w. Hirth. A report will
be made at a special meeting called on
the 18th. The new building will
be 5Ox15O feet in dimensions. and three
stories high. The meeting WINS the
largest and most enthusiastic ever held
at Masonic Hall.
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Ellen JObe was fiaed $500 and costs
Friday by Police Judge Barnes. for as
saulting Lucinda Williams. The par.
ties TO the suit are both colored and are
denizens of the picturesque suburb Of
SiFinOfOwn
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The wife and child Of Conductor Lu-
cas- will recover &3.5OO, the amount Of
his policy in the Conductors Mutual
Life Insurance company.
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Mr.. Henry c. ROsean and Miss Grace
G. Furmsn. both Of Fremont township,
were united in marriage by C. B. Bach
eiler, in this city. on the 10Th inst.
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The Republican Central Committee Of
Lyon county will meet in this city ON
Saturday, July 9th, at 2 O'Clock p. m.