The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-31

on Market street, and has now one of
the contest homes in the city.
Geo. Sco1eld has just moved into his
pleasant new home at No. 152 Mechan-
les street. He is nicely fixed and is
justly proud Of his handsome property i.
G. T. Barwick purchased a superb
team for one of his fine hacks from w.
II. Garner Monday. They were weigh
ed this morning and tipped the beam at
231O pounds.
Mr.. j. A. Finley received word on
Friday evening of the death of broth
or at Clarion county, Pennsylvania,
from whom he had expected a visit In
few weeks. His disease was rheuma-
tIsm.
H. Llewyllen Jones. the city assessor,
has appointed as his deputy Asa Ban
croft, to assist In finishing up his work.
Asa is an "old hand" at the business
and will prove very valuable aid to
Mr. Jones.
Our readers will be pleased to learn
that the Santa Fe dispatcher's Office will
not be removed from Emporia, as was
contemplated, at least for the present,
and the hope is entertained that IL will
be continued here permanently.
On Saturday night as Harvey Safer
was returning home from Lena Valley,
a large bay horse belonging to Pruyn &
Pearsall which he was driving dropped
down In the road about seven miles south
of the city and died in alb out half an
hour.
A record of the case of the state of
Kansas VS.. Mary Isabel Martin, contain
ing 600 pages, was sent by Peyton,
Saunders & Peyton to the supreme
court Tuesday. The record of the Mosley
case Is in course of completion and will
contain 800 pages.
The jury in the case of the state OF
Kansas VS.. c. A. KenwoIthy and G. F.
Williams, charged with assaulting T.
N. Dixon, OF Plymouth, brought in
verdict of guilty Saturday night, and
the defendants were fined $50 each and
costs by Justice Fletcher.
When Elder Rice, at the NJ. E. church
Sunday evening, asked some one of the
congregation ia 20 and look at the clouds
and report regarding the prospects for
| storm, il WAS interesting to note with
what cheerful unanimity the entire
audience accepted the commission.
Rev. G. II. Hyden. of Burlington, win
exchange pulpits with Rev. j. T. Hanna,
of the NJ. E. church, next Sunday.
From Burlington Mr.. Hanna Will go to
Baldwin to attend commencement exer-
cises aud TO be present at the meeting of
the board of trustees of that institution
p. Ii. Rich went to Usage City Sunday
to move the building occupied by G. W.
Newman s. Co, as dry goods store, to
make room for a new brick block 5Oxl50
feet, which will be erected upon the site
of the OLD one. The present building
will do service while the new one is be.
ing put up.
c. W. SQuires Is preparing plans for
the new school house on Second avenue,
near the round house. Its dimensions
will he 80 by SO feet 1t will be two
stories high and will contain four rooms.
The structure will be of wood and brick,
and 1t will be the first Yeneered build
ing in the city.
Fl. P. Clark has purchased of z. Bor-
ton the three eligible building lots
north of c. W. Cleaver's residence
on State street. The tendency
Ion the part of the young
men of this city in the direction of judi
cious investments in real estate Is suf1-
ciently marked to arrest popular atten-
tion.
Howard Courant: Prof ]. n. Stout
will open private normal at Howard,
on Monday, June IS, 1888, continuing
four weeks. He will make arrange
ments for having lectures delivered to
his patrons by accomplished educators,
and will make it an object for teachers
and those wishing to 1t themselves for
teaching to attend.
Hall Bros. music store was broken in
to again Sunday. the entrance being
effected through the back door. Moth
ing was taken, so far as known, from
this department, but Lee Sargent's till
was tapped and fifty cents taken. The
class of fakirs now plying their voca-
tion so industriously in this city seem
to have little use for, or inclination to
take anything but Every hard cash."
Thirty new rack-laYers arrived in
EmpOna on Saturday night to go to
work on the K. G. s. Z. railroad, max
ing total force of fifty men at present
employed in that department at this end
of the line. The boarding car, Mon
day, moved q mile and q half east
of the material yard, and will continue
to follow the men as they progress IN the
work accomplishing the line.
a German named TIltner, living in
Agnes City township, went up to Tope-
ka yesterday to prove up on piece Of
Kaw land on which he had been living
for six months. and found it proved up
l in the name of Geo. c. True, a party
I; who it is said was never known in the
( neighborhood. Tiltner has made appli.
}, cation for contest, and further develop
r ments will be awaited with interest.
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