The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-26
OVER THE STATE

/ Ottawa has = gas company. and will
soon have the gas.
The Strong City bank has been chang.
ed 70 a national bank
| McPherson county, this state, claims
70 be the champion wheat county OF the
BnIted States.
The Fort Scott Monitor Is shot under
the collar" because the hogs get into
peoples lots and root up the blue
grass.
John n. Price is going 70 build an
opera house a. Atchison, and the Globe
thinks he ought TO be made governor or
U. s. senator.
Cottonwood Fails Leader: The
ground will be staked OF to-day for two
stone business houses. north of the bank,
each 22x6O feet, with basements
1t is announced tn 1t SIS. Prouty will
about the LIST. of August, at Sidney,
Ness county, issue the first number of
the Cowboy, weekly devoted solely 10
the stock interests.
Kansas City Times: Kansas will moi
have rs big crop of wheat as last year,
but the yield viii be big enough 20 re-
gard her as the future banner wheat
state Of the country.
The Champion sets forth tie merits
OF Atchison rs summer resort. The
superb hOslslFies.of that eity certainly
go far toward strengthening such a
Claim, climatic considerations aside.
Among the railroad floaters Is this:
II is stated that Gould has purchased all
the coal land between Ottawa aud Coan-
Gil Grove and that he intends to con-
stIuct road between these points.
A cOlOred farmer In Marion county
whipped lightning-rod man, cleaned
out book agent and sent 10 grass pat
ent churn man, all within g single
week. We entirely favor the proposed
reform of spelling Negro with CAPT
TAI an"
Cottonwood Falls Leader: Wayne
Lee. Of Toledo, WAS in town yesterday.
He wants to get married. Says he is Is
years OF age, chews slippery elm, and
sings "Peek-a- boo" This is q rare
chance for some glrl.
Apples were selling ia Emporia last
Saturday, fine ones, for 80 cents per
bushel, and at Wichita for $500. WHY
such difference.-Wichita Eagle.
Come up and see our big orchards,
and you will have the answer to your
cOnundrum.
Cottonwood Falls Leader: The Bap-
list church, at Strong, was dedicated last
Sunday, Rev. Ash, of Ottawa, preaching
the dedicatory sermon. No service was
held in the other churches and a large
congregation was assembled. $3.50 was
raised, being enough TO liit the indebt-
edness.
In Kansas the total receipts for school
purposes during the year 1882 were
more than two and q half million dol
lars. There are enrolled In our public
schools $4,000 pupils with an average
daily attendance of 10000, and our
schOOlhouses are better than those of
any other state not older than Kansas.
Telephone connection has been estab-
Hshed between Lawrence and Topeka,
and as several young men at the capital,
who Part their hair in the middle and
wear toOthpick shoes, have solid girls in
the historic city," the financial success
Of the line is regarded as foregone con-
clusion.
1t is stated that Senator ingalls, Ia de
sirous of taking the scalp" ofB Frank
lin Simpson, United States marshal for
Kansas. We reckon Ben is not very
badly frightened. He belongs to the
numerous Eli family in Kansas and gets
there, BARN last fall, IN good condition.
He likes fight. Ingalls, best policy is
not TO provoke the kind that Simpson
makes when he gets started. We should
say NIT