The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-06
PrRsoNAI MENr1oN

johnnie Russell. Of st. Louis, an old
Emporia boy, is visiting friends in this
city.
Col. W. p Taylor, OF Decatur, I'LL
nois, is visiting his cousin David Tay- /
lor, who recently came to Emporia from {
Ohio. ID
Will Larimer, of SedaliA, Missouri, I
was shaking hands with his many
friends in EmpOria Friday, and every
body was glad TO see him.
VIM. G. Greenway, an old and expert
enccd engineer from Kansas City, AZ
rived here last week, and is now one
of the assistant engineers al the water
works.
Mr.. o. Emmons and wife, lately from
Baltimore, are in the city. Should Mr..
E. find desirable opening he will 10
cate in this county and go into the stock
business.
John Sebastian, well known in EN-
pOria; has been appointed general south
western passenger agent Of the Rock
Island road, with headquarters at Kan
sas City.
M. Carey, of Madison, was in the |
city Wednesday purchasing q lot of furni- |
ture for housekeeping. He made his
selections from the elegant stock of Mr..
HardcasiIe
J. w. latham, who has been in Chi
cago the past two weeks purchasing his
spring stock, returned last week, after
making large and choice selections suit
able to this market.
Mrs. o. B. Hardcastle, whose husband
recently purchased the furniture stock
Of NJ. Z. Felty, arrived from Carrollton.
Illinois Thursday. We trust she may
be pleased with her new home.
Mr.. Powell, late stock man of Colo
RADIO. who bought the Phenis farm, five
miles west Of Emporia, was in the city
last week and made heavy purchases
from VIM. Clark, the furniture man.
Mr.. T. D. Childers, NEWS attache,
who had his house, near the Neosha
river, demolished by the hurricane last
fall, has rebuilt and was busy moving
into his new quarters Thursday.
Grin Peak, who for the past three
months has been in Illinois, returned to
Emporia Tuesday. The Mississippi
river climate apparently did not agree
with him, as his health is quite poor.
Thos. Suddock, whose father lives
about two miles southeast of the city,
returned home from Colorado last even
ing. He had been working at a smelling
furnace, got loaded, and hence his re-
turn.
Will Chalfant went 10 X. C. Thurs
day to accept a position in the post
Office at that place. He is one of EN-
poria's best young men, and has many
, friends here who will regret his depar-
ture.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Miller, sister of
Mrs DR.. Tandy, and formerly of Hart
ford, and r. ID. Smith, brother-in.law
of DIR. Tandy, 10th from Eureka, ILL
nois, are visiting at the Tandy resi-
dence.
Geo. c. BsrcalOw, his wife and two
daughters, OF Montgomery, Ohio, are
the guests of Mr.. A. Jones, on Merchants
street. They are very much pleased
with Kansas and delighted especially
with Emporia. a.
Miss Maggie Jones, niece of r. D.
Thomas, arrived last Friday morn
ing from San Francisco. She will
spend two or three weeks visiting with
, her relatives here, then extend her visit
, on to Newark, Ohio.
Senator Plumb, in letter TO IL gentle
man in Emporia, says that Mr. j. w.
, Lynn, of this city, may feel well salts
fed with the impression he made upon
the occasion of his recent appearance
, in the supreme court at Washington.
, Conductor ID. D. Bennett, who went
to Las Vegas Springs some days ago
for the benefit of his health, returned
last week feeling and looking greatly
improved by reason of his trip. He
brought back with him a collection OF
very interesting stereOscopic views.
Frank Manown and John Murdoch
the former for some time a NEWS COM
position, left last Friday night for
, their home in West Virginia. The
many and warm friends they have made
during their short stay in Emporia will
regret their going and will be pleased
to learn of their future success.
Mrs A. Moifett and her daughter Emily,
who have been visiting in New York
and indianapolis since the early part OF
, December, returned home last Friday.
Their many friends in Emporia will be
rejoiced TO see them back and to know
that they bring with them such pleas
ant recoilectlons OF their sojourn in
. the east.
Mrs. Slocum and Mrs. G. N. SIerry
started west on the early train last Fri
day in response to q telegram received
last evening announcing the serious ILL.,
ness of Mrs. Manahan, nee Miss Josie
Slocum, who lives at Golden City. La
ter dispatches, we are glad Ia learn, con-
F vey intelligence of an improvement in
her condition.
: Harry Mitchell, employed for the past
year as clerk at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
has accepted position rs q travelling
salesman for a large confectionery house
in Kansas City. He is bright, ener-
getic and agreeable person, and we feel
warranted in the prediction that he
will prove a very valuable man to the
house and his employers. He has many
friends in Emporia who are interested
in his success.