The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-29

The brick work ON the Masonic ten
pie was commenced Tuesday morning
T. H. Williams shipped his wool 1
Walter Brown & Co., of Boston, yesiel
day.
t The Free Methodist church on soutl
Commercial street will be dedicate'
Sunday. August 9Th.
j. NJ. McCown will crate AT Ameri
/ Gus on the fourth and is now preparing
a dissertation for that occasion.
Coffey county refuses to vote bonds il
aid of the St Louis & Enporia railroad
So says the Leavenworth Times.
M Barker, an attorney from Bur
; lington, has opened an Office above tbs
hardware store of ]. NJ. Griffith & Co.
The monthly shoot of the Emporil
gun club will occur the week following
the 4;h, provided birds can be secured
Water service costing some $500 il
being put in at DIR. Armor's mill ON Me
chanics street between Third and Fourth
avenues
People from Iowa, now residents Of
Kansas. will feel happy ON learning that
the prohibilory amendment carried by a
large majority in that state.
Geo. NJ. Truesdale. an extensive wool
grower of Davis county. sold his clip
this season, amounting to 1900 pounds,
10 o. d. Swan, of this city.
Rev. w. w. Hulet, formerly pastor of
the Free NJ. E. church, has gone 10 his
home in Ellsworth county, and the work
here is in charge of Rev. l.. G. Ebey
The jury in the case of Stafford vs.. Ty.
Ter stood as follows on the gubernalorial
question; 81. John, 3: John A. Martin, 4 /;
John Marifn, l lie. Morton. ;'Elder, 1.
/ a
We learn that there is 10 be a fine
dance at Cottonwood Falls on the even
ing of the 4th. aud number of Empo-
rams are making arrangements to at
tend. sf ysr
Mr.. John 5 raub and wife, ihe former
a brpther-in law of Tom Fleming. arriy-
ed in the cry yesterday from Paris,
Texas They will visit for a.
month or so with Mr. Flaming
The Emporia boys ARE having fire.
quent practice games of base ball. srd
when they cross b,;ts with the Wichita
club again they will make it exec Il
ingly Interesting fur tae Sedgwick
poanty boys,
A rumOr PREVAILED in town yesterday
that Mrs, KehIptun, residing some miles
southeast of the city, narrowly escaped
drowning while fording Dry creek, but
careful inquiry proved the report la he
unfounded.
An effort was made We Incsday TO
secure the signatures of the business
men Of Empnria to an agreement to
close their stores all day ON The 4th, but
several dealers objected, and tho matter
went by default.
A number of COW Buys, who cameovar
the trail Us Car as CaldWe ell with cattle.
extended their Journey To this city, TAX
ing in The town and making quite heavy
purchases, mostly of iewelry. ON Mon
day and Tuesday.
Lewis WcLstcr's sheep sale at Dunlap
Tuesday was attended ly number of
LJ on county wool growers and we learn
from Hank Pcarsall, who did the talk
ing, that the Sneliker brothers, of Eagle
creek, purchased GOO head Of ewes.
The troiting gelting just brought
from OHIO by Mr.. T. Phelps is six
years old, stands sixteen hands high and
weighs about 1850 pounds. Judges of
horsetlesIl say it is one of the finest AMI
mails in the country. 1t is of the Abdal-
lab breed.
The picnic held by the Christian San
day school at Rinker's ford Tuesday
proved grand success, and those who
we're present report delightful day.
Swinging, fishing, croquet playing and
bountifGl dinner were among the
agreeable features of the occasion.
A fine lot of Thoroughbred Jersey
cattle were received Monday by Col.
David Taylor. The bunch embraced
one cow costing $3.50, a lieiier aud three
calves, the latter being valued at $3.50
each. They are pronounced to be The
finest stock ever brought into the
county.
The Chinese giant, who has been ex-
hibiting with Baruum, passed through
Empnria Sunday en- roate to San
Francisco and China. He stands eight
feet four inches in his boots, and is well
proportIoned. lie was the cynosure of
all eyes yesterday while the train halted
here, and his petite wife and brolher-in-
law looked rather diminitive beside
him.
If the glucose works are built they
will be located near the junction of the
Santa Fee and Missouri Pacific, SO that
| shipping facilities can be commanded on
both lines, and the company can have
the benefit OF the competition between
the two roads. Mr.. Bentley was look
ing at ground this morning, which he
thinks would make an eligible site for
the works.
BY letter received yesterday from
the secretary of the Larned base ball
nine, VIC learn that there is considerable
interest taken hy the people of thlt
place in the match game To be played
with the Enlporia boys. The Henry
Booths want our boys Ia gu to Turned
next week Ia play them, but this will Toe
impossible. The Emporia club will
make arrangements and play them soon
after the Fourth.
Topeka Capital: The Republican GEN.
trail committee of the third congrt ssion-
al district met in The council chamber
yesterday afternoon ai four o'clock and
was called to order by Hon. J. w. Ady,
temporary chairman. On motion OF
Judge Guthrie Mr.. d. A Millington
was elected temporary secretary: The
temporary organization was then, on
motion, made permanent, and the com.
mittee adjourned.
A gentleman who returned from the
eastern part of the county, near the line
| of Coffey county. Friday saws he