The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-28
The Emporia News.

The Emporia News.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER %. 1859
The public schools closed Friday
toF two weeks.
T. ~ A.chsson has sold his farm in
Fremonstp John shelley
The NtimAl closed Friday until
the Tnesday succeeding New Years,
The wood work. Of the masonic temple
was completed BY L F. sprague Thurs
day.
The office OF The Central Loan aud
Laad Company Is being i.t;ed up in
very handsome siyle.
ID. W. Jones & Co. have shipped ever
400 pounds OF turkeys 10 New Mexico
during the past week.
\ marriage license was issued Friday
TO VIM, II. Cooley and Miss Nellie
Brown, both of Hartford
y large number of Normal students
started Tor their respective homes Fri.
day - spend the holidays.
p Is. Alexander, OF Kansas City, has
taken a contract to grade eleven miles
of the X. G. & f. railroad al the otta-
wa end.
j. H. Peck has received the contract
for building frame cottage for o. t
Tumble on Merchants street, south ol
Eleventh avenue.
Jeremy s. Griffith have secured the
contract for putting heating furnace II
the new Welsh Congregational church
ON Merchants street
The commissioners visited the bridge
at Skaters ford Thursday, and alter {
careful inspection accepted the stone
work and approaches.
Travel on the Santa Fe is so heavy
now between Newton and Topeka as Il
necessitate the putting ON of an extri
coach at Emporia every night
President j Blanchard, who seems /,
be one Of the leading. spirits in th'
movement against the ledge power, is
member Of tns Congregational church.
II is rumorsd that one of our promi
nent stock.lnen is liable to succomi
very shortly TO the.matrimonial epidemn
that is beginning TO rage in Lyon coun
~. But this is on the dead
Parties having claims against the cit.
=. will find their orders at the Empori
Savings bank, during the absence o
City Clerk Forde from his office, ON ac
count Of sickness in his family.
Willie Clapp, who has rented the room
recently occupied by the Rices as res
taurant, is fitting it up for the same pur
pose in very neat style. We wish hin
success in this his first business venture
Philip Wcis was arrested Thursda,
evening for selling liquor aud ASSESSED
in fine and costs 500. He first though
he would appeal the case, but afterwarC
concluded TO settle the matter by tho
payment Of $50
We are pleased 20 note that Mr. Geo
Poland, formerly of ST Louis. has COM
10 EmForia, and now presides over 1
chair in Harry Liebireid's barber shop
at the Coolidge hotel. Mr.. Poland is :
frst-class tonsorial artist and very
agreeable gentleman.
Topeka Capital; Manager Crawford
of this city writes To the Leavenworth
Standard in favor of the organization OF
an amusement circuit, embracing Kan
City, st. Joseph, Leavenworth, Atchison
Lawrence and Topeka and for companies
going farther west-Emporia and WITCH
ita.
Marriage licenses have been issued u
the following parties since our last re
pori: willard a. JOY and Matte ]
Ludy, of jackson township; Albert ]
Collins, of Council Grove, and Frances
Deem, of Emporia; Samuel II. Dunkle
berger, Of Usage City, and Matilda Boitz
Of Americas
The funeral OF little Clifford Beers
youngest son of Deputy Sheriff Beers
took'place from the residence of thu
family at the court house last Saturday
and was quite largely attended. Rev. j
+. Hendy, Of the Presbyterian church
ofliciated, and his remarks were singu
larly wcll.timed and appropriate.
Jas. +. Klock was presented Friday by
the pupils of the high school viii
holder, Miss Carrie Frost max
ing the address on behalf of the class
which was responded 20 in feeling
manner, by Mr.. Klock, who retIres from
the school TO assume the duties o
county superintendent of public IN
struction.
A very unique and beautiful piece Of
workmanship is displayed at Fry's jew
elry emporium, in the shape of clock
the face ofIwhich represents beautiful
swiss scene. and the figures of men ant
animals which appear on the Foreground
are moved 10y means of the machinery
within, thereby giving to them tn
semblance of life. 1t is well worth sec
ing.
At the meeting of Central Lodge
knights of Honor, held last week, tn
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year J. W Trueworthy, p. d.
ID. Thomas, dictator; Y. b. Ireland, V
D.; N. E Weaver, A. d; ;. G. Howard
chaplain; H. Z, Fox, reporter; ID. w
Morris, +. r.; A. Mckinney, treasurer
j. II. walkup, guide; Jonas Hess, guar
dian; VIM. Jay, sentinel; JEW. TrIe
worthy, j. w Filkins and r. II. Thorn
as, trustees.
In the case of p. &. Cowling VS.. o. j
Greenleaf, which was tried in the oour
of Justice Culver last week, and which
involved an amount of feed furnished
by Mr. COwiing to the defendant, judg
ment was rendered for the plaintiff il
the sum of $3.50, the jury coming in a
about . O'Clock last evening. The tria
ELECTED considerable interest, especially
among stock men, a number OF whom
were present.
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Fast Time
Mr.. j !. Leighton, an Englishman
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