The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-03
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John Henning is putting water SER
vice into his meat market
The superintendent of water works
had four new taps put in Tuesday.
Charles Wolf is re-s,ufing the
cushions for the Presbyterian church.
VIM. PearsaIl is putting water service
into his restaurant on Commercial street.
The grading on the K. G. s E. rail
road will be completed by the 18th of
May.
The front of Rice's restaurant has
been embelllshed with coat of black
paint.
The Office of Warren and Leighton is
being papered and kalsomined by C.
Russell.
The Fuller house, at The Junction, is
to be connected with the central tele-
phone Office
The fire department held its monthly
drill Wednesday afternoon with highly
successful results.
The bridges on the K c. s. z. rail-
road are completed for fifteen miles at
this end of the line
Levi Dumbauld, will sell his entire
herd of short-horn cattle at the fair
grounds on the 31st of May.
F. McHardy shipped fine Galloway
bull Mc nday to H. Vanderbeck ofLarned.
for which he received $500
Mahlon siubbs had new potatoes OF
his own raising for supper last evening.
They we're grown in his cellar.
The Haymaker base ball club will be
reorgaaized on the odd grounds IN Ere
mont township next Saturday.
II. Becker is kalsomining his bakery
and restaurant at the corner of CONNER
eial street and Seventh avenue.
S. Natoin purchased $50 head of cat
tie OF David Nichols OF Reading Monday
and will put them ON the range.
Frances A Walker has purchased of
Mrs, A. 81. Schanze The property at lot
1Gr IN Lewis addition, paying $4,000.
The trains on the Santa Fe are begin
ming to get down TO the Iime of the new
schedule, aud were not much behind to-
day.
Superintendent Hammond put in
thlIty-two water-taps las. moath, and
commenced May by putting in four TO-
day
The X. G. s. E railroad company paid
$500 Tuesday to discharged men
who have been working on grading con-
tracts.
1t is now expected that trains will bc
running between Emporia and Ottawa
on the X. q. & Z. railroad by the middle
of October.
a moving caravan of six families in
prairie schooners passed through Em.
poria Monday en- route from Missouri to
Ell Dorado.
Sections Nos. "a and 25 on the K. c.
s. E. railroad, for which Baker Bros
had tue contract for grading are finished
up in good style.
The a. NJ. T.. congregation contrib
uted $50 Sunday toward the new
church, and raised $50 for the pastor,
Rev BIZ. Merritt.
L. NJ. Carter was awarded the con-
tract by the board OF commissioners Mon
day for repairing and overhauling the
county buildings.
a marriage license was issued by
Probate Judge Kellogg Tuesday to Deaf
Lazzell, of Topeka, and Alice r. Graten,
of jackson township.
| Wslkup s. Cook began distributing
ties at this end of the K Q. s. E. railroad
yesterday. They have the contract for
this work on the entire line.
George Randolph has launched tive
of his boats on the Cottonwood, and they
come about as near getting there Eli
as any like crafts now on the water.
John H,t'. Snake Indian, living on
the farm Of L. H. johnson five miles
northwest of the city, was severely kick
ed on the arm Wednesday by a vicious
horse.
w. T. Soden fired up the Forest
Queen Monday, and she runs like daisy
Candidates who were defeated at the
spring election are invited to get or
board.
J. w. Hartzell gave bond Monday il
the sum of $500 To raise or lower tbs
grade OF the street railway should any
change be made in the grade of Com
mercial street.
We are informed by one Of the juror:
in the Lowe liquor case that the iouI
persons who held for conviction were c
y. Stewart. IL NJ. Mccoy, j. NJ. DAVIS
and J. IL Harper.
Sisters Cecilia and Alberta started
wednesday on u tour through south
western Kansas in behalf of ST. MarS 4
hospital, They expect To be absent 10
about two months
TracklayIng o. the X c. & E. rail
road Will begin on next Monday morn
ing at O'Clock sharp ut Emporia unc
ton. From thirty to eighty men will b
employed on this work.
Fred Dumbauld, of Eagle creek
shipped 500 wethers 10 Chicago Tuesda,
morning. Saeep men who saw then
pronounce them the best bunch of Seth
ers which ever went out of Lyon county
The work of locating the street rail
way was completed Tuesday. The lin
. east and west wiz run IA Sixth avenu
: from the Missouri Pacific depot TO Ne
oshn street, thence south 10 the ne,
; Santa Fe depot.
"Bell of Emporia" is the charmin
name which Fred Stuckey has given I
his little four-oared craft. 1t is one c
tie prettiest little water-crafts IN th
g country, and will be launched on tn,
Cottonwood in day or two
c. L. SeverY has purchased of Mis
: Sarah Weaver lots 101 and 103, at IL
b corner of Neosho street and Sevent
3 avenue and Will build on them in tn
l. near future The consideration wa
Il $1,000. The lots face east, and al