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


Town Talk is delighted to see the gen.
ial disposition on every hand TO nix up.
Many places are being handsomely i'm
proved, and blue grass sod is in demand
Governor Norton is going to make his
place shine. We noticed him last night
in his shirt sleeves applying the encour-
aging aqua TO the swaTd, and acting as
though he didn'i care whether he was
elected governor or not. There haven't
been many trees SIT upon the streets
this spring, notwithstanding the pit
majority against the cows, which seems
strange enough. :. Town Talk observes
with pleasure that the south sides of both
Fifth and Sixth avenues are to he bHilt
up with solid rows of buildings To Mer-
chants street. The next move will be 10
build up Merchants with business blocks
on both sides from Fifth to Sixth
What's to be done with ali these new
buildings, says Mr.. Doubtful. Isn't the
town growing too fast: We
guess not We notice that as fast
as buildings are completed they
are occupied. And We don't
stop putting them up. There must be
forty OF fifty new buildings going up IN
town now. and yet the demand is never
filed. The people are fiocking in, and
everybody seems TO have all the work
they can do. The fact is it is hard
to procure iaborers of any kind
Town Talk heard good
one on New Jersey the other
day A gentleman was Boosting of the
beauties of life in that state, when a by
sIander lifted him out of his boots by
saying, Eyes, understand that whenev-
er a bank cashier or public officer of
trust don't get home by 8 O'Clock at
night they Immediately begin to forward
his mail TO Europe. This is the ;in4.
of year when front gates and moorshine
begin to be utilized by the young peo-
pie. A great many people essay to be
very funny at the young folks expense,
and say they are spoony and loonY, or
words to that effect. jealousy There
isn't an old coon in town of either sex
but what would just like to go back to
the halcyOn days of swinging on the
front gate, or promenading IN the mel
low rays of the pale moon. We advise
the young folks to 60 right along and
never mind the remarks of folks who
can't enjoy such sweet blessings. -.
Town Talk saw two fellows come mon
strous near getting into trouble one day
this week. One of them was the straw
berry blonde that invited T. T. to join
base ball club, and the other was the
young man who said, "If You
want to be sure of good weight
go to barber shop Saturday night or
on circus day.. Speaking of cir
cuses, isn't it strange how long il is be-
tween them. But never mind, the con-
gressional convention and editorial excur
sion will get here by and by. :. . There
seems to be lull In the opera house fight.
The sweet williams are in bloom in the |
woods, but soon they will fade, and the |
fall politician will begin to attract pub
lie attention. E. Town Talk heard ru-
NOR on the street yesterday to the effect |
that Lydia E. Pinkham is about to get |
new spring dress, in order to have an
other picture taken for the newspapers |
An effort is being made to get the Ford
boys to rendezvous in the vicinity of |
the gallery where the work Is to be done.
-. In view of the fact that Col Ham
mond, of this city, saved the state $780,
600 in the contract for the foundation
to the rotunda to the state house-that
is, that it was by his kicking against
the first contract that it was relet to the |
same parties at $4,000 less than at first,
Town Talk would appeal to Col.
Rizer, of the Eureka Herald, to know
if he will not forgive Col. Hammond
now and join in the chorus to "honest"
John Hammond. Come, colonel, what
do you say?