The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-09-14

Osborne & Jeremy are putting gas
fixtures into the Normal.
"oid timer" pronounce Tuesday the
worst day they have seen in Kansas
since go.
5lr. L. II. Suppe, with his wife, is up
from Parsons and visiting his brother,
w. H. Suppe.
Miss Kate Hurst fell and dislocated
one of her wrists at the roller skating
rink Monday.
II. r. Fleetwood presides over achair
at the tonsorial establishment of Well
man & Sipes.
Elisha Nichols has put down stone
sidewalk IN front Of his residence on
Seventh avenue.
4 little girl named Hennick was very
badly bitten by dog in front of the
Bee HiYe grocery Monday.
E. E. Holmes is going to move his
office from Jays opera house 10 the
room in the rear Of the Savings bank.
A four year old daughter of John
Humphreys, residing on Dry creek died
Monday and was buried Tuesday.
A valuable horse belonging to Judge
Culver go-ged himself on green corn on
Saturday and died in consequence.
Z. F. Sprague has secured the CON,
tract for the construction ola cottage for
Mrs. 4. Notfet ON Merchants street.
Z. r. Trask has purchased the Some
decker property un Sylvan street, and
Will take up his residence in EmP0ria
G. W.. Squires is preparing plans and
specifications for II 5000 residence tC
be erected by Captain Lee, IN Normal.
Edward FrancIs Staples pd Miss Mat
tie Newton were married by Probate
Judge Kellogg at his residence on Sat
urday evening.
I:F. and ID. l.. Sn0djker. the success
= ful sheep growers OF Eagle creek, tool
eight head OF fine Merino sheep to thu
= state fair Monday.
John n Spader, of Council Grove
aud Mollie Franklin, of Kansas City
were married by Probate Judge kellogg
VI bis office Monday evening.
We regret u learn that the condition
of w. b. Luther, OF tbs Para Place he
tel, who is suffering with an attack q
malarial fever, is regarded quite critica
d The next prize Which Sawyer Offers, j
a gold watch chain, which he will Civ
to his clerk who will sell the most gUod
D for the four months ending January Is
An infant child of Peter Weilant. {
Strong City, died Ut the residence of il
uncle in this county Saturday, and wa
:. buried in the Catholic cemetery Sur
day.
= Holmes orchestra will furnish IL
q music Tor the ball to be given by ii
J. Emporia bicycle club during the Lyu
. county fair and Rice Bros. will prOyid
o. the banquet.
9, Doctor Armor bought load of ne
corn on Saturday of twenty two bushe
5, weighing eighty pounds to the bush
IF which was husked off quarter Of d
10 acre of ground.
(. A prairie fire occurred on Dow cree
Sunday which destroyed about tbru
hundred tons of hay. Among the lose
are Henry Rosean, Mr.. Hamilton. &c
'r Scureman Pat Finley, and job
% Wheeler.
- Elder Rice says that the counties
his district, Franklin, Anderson, ALE
Woodson, Coffey. Lyon. Greenwood al
Chase, are blessed with much big COL
but some of the biggest corn he has Sc
is in the Cottonwood and Neosho b
toms, near the junction. Early plant
= corn is invariably good.
of The Lyon county Sunday schools W
AZ. meet in annual convention at EmpoI
. / on Tuesday the 10th of October.
a good program is being arranged and
r,h is hoped that each school in the cOuu
of will be represented by its superinter
es, ent and two delegates at least. All "
!. 1 be welcome. The full program a
he other matters of interest will appear
soon as arranged.
are The funeral of Mike Ryan, the IN
1 who died at the fremont house on F
}, day morning took place from the Gail
es- lie church Sunday afternoon and v
ng we'll aitepded. The burial was
of charge of the stonecutters' union,
'od members of which provided v,
handsoyae nasket for the deceased; a
nd showed every marx Of respect TO
hs' memory. The testimony OF the lsedi
per witness at the coroner's inquest to
OF effect that Ryan's disease was Undue
/. by driak is contradictcd by those "
claim TO have bsen acquainted with hi