The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-27
PERsoNAL ATENTIoN.

PERSONAL MENTION.
Harry Hibben and wife went TO Read
ing Monday for a short visit
DIR. w. Wright and J. A. Sims. OF
Americas, were in town Tuesday.
Hon. Joseph Speer, of Cottonwood
Falls. was in the city "wednesday.
DIR. Lawrence went TO Burlington Mon
day in response to q professional call.
Billy Heustis was called to Hartford
Tuesday by The serious illness of his
aged mother.
We received pleasant call from Rev.
C. f. Erffmeyer, OF the Evangelist Assoc
ciutiOn Monday.
Judge Culver took possession OF his
new home-the Hanna property-north
OF the city Tuesday.
Rufus Il. Wilson, of the Topeka SUM-
day News, made pleasant call at The
News office Wednesday.
Miss Katie E. Stanley, of st. Louis,
is visiting at the residence of
VIM. Clarke, in this city.
DIR. Packard and wife, of Sturgis,
Michigan, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs Tom. Acheson, IN this city.
Josh Warehouse. wife and daughter,
of Chicago. are at the Coolidge, and
will spend some weeks in Emporia.
WIN. Jackson, who has just finished a
coy residence on Merchants street,
started to-day for Indiana for wife.
Mrs q. BOOrey has removed from Al.
len creek Ia the Hurst property on West
street, which she recently purchased.
President WEIGH. of the Normal and
his wife, returned on Saturday evening
from weeks visit to New Mexico.
Bob Cooper, of Eldorado, is visiting
his brother George, in This city, and
shaking hands with his old friends in
Emporia.
Mr. Willis Sweitzer, of near Leroy,
was in Emporia Saturday visiting his
cousin Miss Sadie Sweitzer, of THE
NEWS force.
Mrs. r. Durrin, nee Jennie Edgerton.
is lying at the residence of her father,
in this city, very dangerously i'll with
consumption
Ellis Roberts returned last Saturday
from Kansas City, where he has been
for the past eleven weeks surperintend-
ing large stating contract.
Mr.. o. p. Lippincott, brother of Mrs.
J.W. Frazee, arrived in Emporia Monday
from Philadelphia, and will probably
make his home in this city.
CD. Tanner went to st. Louis Monday
to purchase a stock of groceries to place
in the new room of Tanner Bros. north
of Whitley's opera house.
j. G. Burnett, the gentlemanly agent
of the Missouri Pacific, went to Wichi-
Ia, Newton and other points in the
southwest, on business Tuesday.
DIR. J. B. Aycrigg who owned half
interest in large sheep ranch at Hor
ton, has sold out to ]. II. Mclean, and
thinks of going TO Texas or California.
L. L. TimmOns, who came to Kansas
with p. C. Cowling, and who has eslab-
Iished several sheep ranches in Lyon
county, expects TO go to Texas in few
days.
Mr.. II. T. Batly, of the Marion bank at
Florence, was in the city Monday and
awarded to Heidrick & Co. the contract
for making plans and specifications for
So 0CO residence.
The compositors of THE News Office
were much delighted Saturday in
receiving a visit from Miss Mary Dill.
of Council Grove, who will spend sew
eral days in the city.
Pres. Peylon, who accompanied his
wife 10 Nebraska some days ago. re-
turned home last Tuesday, bringing with
him Il number of relics taken from the
premises where Jesse James was shot.
Mr.. Tilden, the gentleman who has
leased the west room of the Whitley
opera house for clothing store, started
east Monday, and will return about the
first of August with fine stock of fall
goods.
Mrs. ]. B. Whitney, who has been stop
ping with her husband for some months
at the Coolidge, started ON Saturday on
visit to her old home in Jacksonville,
Indiaua, where she will remain until
June.
Mrs. Riley and her sister. Miss Davis,
of VermilliOn, Ohio, are visiting at
the residence of Mrs. o. E. Kinny, for q
few days. They are on their way o Den.
yer, Colorado, for their health, 10 be alb.
sent from home one year.
Wm.J. Pearson, the runner who frac.
tured his ankle while running ON the
Missouri Pacific track some days ago
has so far recovered under the treatment
of DIR. Trueworlhy that he started foI
his home in Coffey county Monday.
Mrs. Isaiah Jones has received an
other letter from her husband written Al
New Zealand and dated March 25th
Mr. Jones is in excellent health, bu
will be detained month Longer
than he expected to be absen
when he wrote some weeks ago
Thos Alexander, Capt. Thos. Morri
son, and another gentleman, whose nam
we did not learn, members of the boarC
of education of Florence, were in the cit,
Saturday, comforting with CIV. Squire
. in relation to the new school house t
be built at that place during the presen
season.
H. II. Carpenter, who recently return
ed from trip to Europe in the interel
of mining company with which he
connected, arrived in EmpOria Tuesda
l and IL stopping at the Coolidge. Fl
enjoyed his visit to the Old World yer
much.
A. w. Stubs has accepted the pos
? ton of city editor on the EmpOria Re
= publican. He is a young man who er
. joys the confidence of the cOmmunit
!, to the fullest degree, and being a write
of much excellence, will prove q valu
A BILE acquisition to the editnrial corps (
that paper.
Mrs. E. p. Bancroft started Frids
, for chihuahua, Mexico, to join h'
e husband, who has established hin
Il self in the real estate and mining bus
d ness at that place. She stopped owe
D Sunday at Dodge City, and expected
= reach Ell Paso by Wednesday, where ST
n was met by the Major. There is
l. gap of about 100 miles between the pre-
e emf terminus of the railroad and Chihu