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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
Apotber Accident.

Willie Christopher, a lad aged about
10 years, boarded The cannon ball train
goipg east at the Santa Fe pot Friday
and in attem ping to jump off between
East street and the Junction, while the
tram was moving at the rate of about
flitesn miles an hour, he fell
onto the side track, and was
knocked senseless. besides brnising
his taco and breaking one
of his arms Justin Waterbury was
standing with him on the platform and
cautioned him against jumping off, bul
without avail. The lad was picked up
by couple Of railroad ihen and con
veyed to his home in the sosiikeas; perl
of the cry, where he was properly cared
for. This is another sad warning against
the dangerous habit of getting on and
oT trains while they are in motion.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
The Freak Of a rowling Piece.

Misfortune seemed to be the order OF
the day in the Christopher family Fri
day. In addition to the little fellow
who got hurt so badly by jumping from
train yesterday, James, aged about 1s
years, while out hunting on the prairie
mile and half southeast of town last
evening, had the misfortune to be badly
hurt with his gun, which shot the wrong
way, the tube flying out and striking
HIM near the left eye, making a bad
wound. and the powder flashing into his
face and burning it badly. His wounds
were not sufficiently severe, however, to
prevent him venting his spleen on the
old gun, and Immediately fell to work
and battered it to pieces right on the
anOt
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
Hayerly's EIinst-eIs,

Chicago Tribune: HaYerly's Hin
strels opened at Hayerly's Theatre las
evening to a crowded house. The com
pany as newly organized includes mes
of the more gifted material IN the bum
cork profession. II is not too much t.
say that the performance last night ex
hibited the highest possible polish OIL
ebony. There were six end men, and
from the opening they kept tn
audience uproariQusly merry at theil
antics. The introductory performances
was spiritea and funny, and the subse
quent potpouFi of speciaities did no
flag in interest, and the vast audiencl
was more than pleased. Come again.
The above troupe will be here on tn
18th inst, aud they Will doubtless b,
greeted with large house.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
PERaoNAL nrENrIoN.

G. w. Frederick went west on the
cannonball Saturday on business trip.
DR.. T. C. Biddle and his bride arrived
ct their home in Reading from Ohio
Thursday.
Mrs. Robert Mcmillan, Of Agnes City,
sister OF E. q. Edwsrds, is visiting
friends here.
d.. Jenkins and family, OF ArvonIa.
have moved to this city and reside on
lower Merchants street.
Chas. Butcher, city attorney ofNewtoD,
arrived in town Friday and went to
Eagle creek to visit bis parents.
Rev. B. Kelley. pastor Of the 81. E.
church at Wichita, is in the city, and
called at the NEWS Office Saturday.
L. r. Griffith, of Coal creek, has NOV
ed to Emporia, and is stopping for the
present at the residence OF Rev. John
Jones.
A. A. Robinson, chief engineer of the
Santa Fe, Is at the Coolidge. He is one
of the best men in the employ Of the
company.
We are pleased to see upon the streets
again our old townsman, Paul Beck,
who has been i'll for many weeks with
pneumonia.
TIC. Rouin, of Pueblo, has succeeded
VIM. Bennett at the train dispateher's
Office in this city. The latter has gone
to Las Vegas.
WIN. Martin, of Guernsey county
Ohio, who has q large stock ranch IN
Chase county, is in the city with view
to locating here.
1t affords as great pleasure to note
that Dr. G. w. Frost, who has been con.
fined to his house for weeks by rheuma
tism, is again able to be out.
A. A. Robinson. chief engineer of the
Santa Fe, and C. y. BeAdle started ou
Thursday on q tour OF Inspector
over the line of the K. G. & z. railroad
August Reks, a prominent farmel
living near Agnes City, was intown Fri
day laying in summer supply OF gro
ceries and wearing apparel. He reports
crops looking splendIdly in his part o.
the country.
Chas. Wood and his wife have gone tC
Kansas City, where Mr.. w. will engage
with his brother Lew In the grocery bus
mess. They have one of the best loca
tions In the city, and are already picking
up nice trade.
John Allen has returned from a visi
of some weeks in Ohio and Indiana. HI
says that Kansas wheat looks better thai
any which he saw while he was gone
and that spring is much further advanc
ed here than it is in the east,
G. c. Smith, who cast in his lot with
Emporla in 1887, but subsequently, NOV
ed to Cedar Point, Chase county, wher
he has lived ever since, was in tn
city last Friday on his way back Il
his old Virginia home. He has lived {
life of single blessedness up to the pres
emit time, but, through he did not &C
knowledge 1t in as many words, it is hil
intention TO do so no longer, and he will
bring back with him, as a"better half,
one of the maidens with whom, In th'
long, long ago, he used to make mu(
pies, and go fishing in the little ril
back of the old school house upon tn
hill, with Bonded pins for hooks. Hap
by memories, those and happy lot Il
follow!
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
a Rjr Contrars

]. r. Wslkup. of this city, has secured
the contract for working out the road
tax Of all the different railroads in Kan
sas. He has already forty-one teams and
large force Of men employed on the K.
p. and NJ. p roads, and la dsy he start
ed in with an outfit Of eleven teams and
u sufficient number of hands tn Keep
them going. 10 work out the tax of the
Santa Fee This is quite big contract
10 handle but we have no doubt but that
WalkGp Yill prove fully eqaal To its
successful accomps ishmen
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10

John Holmes, who recently pur.
chased the cabinet mandatory of Rob.
erts Bros, on Sixth avenue. is charging
it by adding d second story, which will
be occupied by work-benches. The es
tablishment has been leased by ]. 81
Holmes, who employs seven men, among
them the Roberts Bros, who are first
class mechanics. Mr.. Holmes has or.
ders ahead which will keep him busy
for some weeks. and work is constantly
coming in. The establishment bid
fair to develop into quite an importan
and nourishing industry.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
Taken to the Asylum

Commodore Glllelt, of Badger creek
who was recently adjudged insane by g
court of inquiry presided over by Pro.
bate Judge Kellogg, was taken Friday
to the insane asylum at Osawatome, by
Under Sheriff Kramer and M. MaIoney
of the state board of charities. The un-
fortunate man has been quite violent
since his confinement in the county Jail
and hts removal is source of great re
lief TO Depnfy Sheriff Beers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
SOMETHING 70 Rnl.ax..

The subject of DIR. Adams lecture
under the auspices of the Young Peo-
pies society of the NJ. E. church on the
18th inst, will be something 10 Be-
Iieve." The theme is one which will
admit Of bsing handled with great com
preheasiveness, and the Doctor, from
what we have seen and hesrd of him, is
q man who will get out of the sGbSact
all there is in it, and his lecture will bE
we'll worth going rood ways to hear.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
THE HOMEoPATHIsTs.
Meeting of the state Society at the Hotel
Coolidge.
The escrstary's Report Of the Proceed
inRa

EMPoRIA, KAN, May 2. 1SS3.-The
Homeopathic Medical society the state
Of Kansas met in the parlors of the Cool
ldge hotel at 2 p. m, President Gilley in
the chair. There were large number
of physicians present from all parts OF
the state, of which the following Is list:
II. w. GilleY, president, Ottawa; c.. n.
Hallowell. recording secretary, Topeka;
G. H. T. johnson, treasurer, Atchison;
o. B. Moss, Topeka; Geo. Wigg, Clay
Center; j. c. Balson, lola; A. Whitlock,
Pennington, Iowa; E a Whitlock,
Wichita; H. F. Klcmp, Topeka; A. c.
Potter, Clifton; o. G. Wood. Topeka;
Prof. T. P. Wilson, Ann Arbor, Mich;
VIM. Beardslee, Hutchinson Geo. Dick,
Topeka; Anna Warren. Emporia; r. w.
Shelton, Florence, Ohio; j. S. Mortlock,
Madison; F. Vogel, Junction City; A.
Schlehuber, junction City: F. B. Sher-
burne, Emporis; - Richardson, a. B.
McKibben, G.. @. McKels, Burlington !;
II. Croskey, Wichita; G. d. Ellis, En-
poria; ]. w. Dill, Burton.
This includes eleven new physicians
who were admitted to membership.
The secretary's report of the last an
nual meeting was read and approved.
The president then delivered his an
nual address on Homeopathy and its
relations to the CODE"
The board Of censors, Drs. Klamp,
Wigg and Sherburne, reported fayorably
on the admission of Drs. z. A. Whit
lock. of Wichita; A. Schelhuber, juno
| ton City: D. B. Moss, Topeka; j. 5.
Mortlock, Madison; G. d. Ellis. Empo-
ria; A. G. Potter, Clifton: ]. w. Dill,
Benton; r. n. Sheldon, Florence; j. G.
Balsan, lola; Frances NJ. w. jackson,
| Emporia, and n. Addie Hester, Topeka,
/ all Of whom were elected.
Under the bureau of sanitary science
| climatology and hygiene, DIR. II. r.
Klemp, OF Topeka. read very thought
| full article on IAN outline OF the causes
of Disease
Under Materia Medica, Dr. G. H. T.
johnson, of AtchisoI, read paper,
| which was we'll received.
The bureau OF surgery was passed.
Under Gynaelogy DIR. o. b. Moss, OF
Topeks, presented paper full OF orr.
ginal thought, which occassioned some
discussion. in which Drs. Croskey
Johnson and Klsmp took part. DR.
/ CroskeY gave q peculiar case of obste-
trical practice, where subsequently q
peculiar displacement was discovered.
DR.. johnson spoke, endorsing DIR
Moss views.
DR.. Kemp favored treating uterine
diseases constitutionallY, stating his ex-
perience on the subject.
DIR. Dill reported two obstetrical cases
where miscarriage was threatened, but
which by careful treatment were carried
through safely to full term; also case
OF luprIs successfully treated.
Under clinical medicine and therapeu
tics, DIR. G. H. Hallowell, of Topeka
read an article on the recent advances IL
the therapeutics of diphtheria. Discus
sion was opened on the article by Drs
Klemp. Croskey, Moss, johnson. Dich
and the essayist, and the theories Of has
terra and contagion in general were ven
tilated in a spirited discussion.
The society then adjourned to meet a
8 o'clock to-day.
| C.. II, HAILOWELL, Sec'y.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
Rack frn,n ArIunna.

Our old friend F. A. Cooke, the cele
brated cartoonist and post, has returned
from Benson, Arizona, where he has
been employed for the past ten months
rs foreman painter on the Mexican s.
Arizona railroad. He is not fully de-
cided as yet as to his future plans,
though IL IS likely that he will swing
out his shingle again in Emporia, and
devote himself to counting the muse
and the prosecution of the fine arts.
There ia always an opening for Cooke in
this city.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
THE FIRST TO REPoR9.

Statistics Furnished by Joseph Frost
Assessor of Fremont Township.
As usual, Uncle Jos. Frost, of Ere
mont township. is the first assessor in
the county to make his report to the
county cterk, and he has kindly fur
nished THE News with the following
abstract of his assessment of personal
property and other interesting statistics
which will be found below.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10

we learn from L NJ Forde. the Grand
Recorder, that there were Instituted
during ihe Rcnth OF April lodges OF the
4. o. q. W a. t4e' tqHQgipg places;
McLnuihs f Dorado, Daiphas anl 70.
pella This nskcs li9 lodges IN the
ST lie. of Ka=sas wilh s1.eaibership OF
oyer 200
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
G. a. X.

Hartford Post G. A. r. was instituted
May 2 by Inspector General D.
Taylor assisted by Delegation from
Emporia Post No. IS. Thens were
twenty i've charter members and Thos.
Campbell was made commander OF the
post. The visiting Emporians report
q good time and g most enjoyable trip.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
car.l OF THANKS.

Mrs, 10 sph Miller and chillren de-
sire-to retnrn their thanks t. all friends
especially SIR. Kelly and family. who
showed them so much kindness and
sympathy in their iat- bereavement on
the occasion OF Tie eat of Joseph H
Miller.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10

Sheep in this section have been On iila
range now for nearly two weeks and are
in prime condition. Si'caring will be-
gin about the goth oil the present month.
The wool market at present is solnevhat
unsettled from variety Of causes. and
II Is dificnlt TO predict how Ssr.ces will
ule when the new clip c,mss u.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10

The farmers report that much of the
corn that Wss planted some weeks ago
has rotted and will have TO be replanted
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
INDICATOR.

Assorted Lot of Cream Table
Damasks, in an elegant quality, new and
beautiful patterns, at so cents a yard, in
trinsic value 75 and So cents a yard.
These linens at this price will look I'M
accountably low, but don't forget that
the link in the above will explain all.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10

An Interesting educational meeting
was hsld &t the Line school house
Friday, which ~as attended by County
superintendent * 'ck RDd Prof Frank
Kizer of this city.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10

The assessment this year shows a
gain over that of last year of
something like $1,000, which ia an
encouraging showing and demo.-
strates the rapid growth and de.
velopment of the country. In addition
to the above abstract, Mr.. Frost furnish.
cs the following interesting satisfies
from Fremont tow1ship:
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INDICATOR.

1 Lot 43.inch All Wool Illuminated
Checked SuitiDgs, in all the new and
fashionable shades, fresh goods, at so
cents yard, intrinsic value during early
Spring was 81. Full double width, soft
and beautiful luslrious fabric Our
Dress Goods manager insists that we
"cannot say too m uch in praise of these
goods -
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
sunday Hour at the Foat-0mee,

AS long Ms the trains run rs at present,
the postoffice will be open nne hour al. 4
,tha arrival of tbs ESQ p m, eastern
mail and 90 no other fine
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10

VIM. E. McCreary sent an order of
Saturday for an organ for the Central
Sunday school in Fremont township. ThA
funds to pay for it were raised by sub
acriniion.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
INDICATOR.

We are going to sell large lot of Do
mestic Zephyr Cloths at IL 1-2 cents a
yard. Please look at these before you
leave the store
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
INDICATOR.

/ Lot all Wool Nuns veilings, IN new
est spring shades, 80 inches wide, 35
cents per yard, intrinsic value so per
cent more.
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INDICATOR.

large lot of Ladies' Isle Gloves at
% cents pair, intrinsic value So per
cent more. All sizes of Zephyr Cor
sets at 20 cents pair
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10

many.o uhundr
we offer eecmdby
from ovad Importer
eto
asandc
eoy f anrrsn guccsa
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INDICATOR.

l Lot Worsted Serges, in different
colorings, at 10 cents yard, intrinsic
value so per cent more.
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ANNUAL SALE NOW IN PROGRESS
INDICATOR.

We will not tire the reader with long
list of the great number of bargains
which will be sold throughout cur EN-
ormous stock. now aggregating over
Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars, but
will simply mention a few bargains in
each stock which we hope Will serve as
pointers iD this direction.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
INDICATOR.

Win sell one grand lot Bleached
Marked value 40 per cent. more.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
INDICATOR.

lot Brown All Linen Crash Towel
ling, 1880 yards at IA cents a yard,
Will be closed out during our Great An
nual Nay Sale. Come and see the
goods and then tell US how cheap they
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
INDICATOR.

At 81. 1925, $3.50 and So yard We
are going to sell some very Cheap Black
Gros Grain Silks, and no one should buy
yard of Black Silk until they examine
these grand bargains, You know we
are making leader of Black Silks, buy
ing them awfully cheap and selling them
accordingly
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10

Assorted Lot Satin Surahs, in diff
fsrent cOlorings at the uniform price of
IS cents a yard. Some of the colors in
this lot have been sold at $1.25 a yard.
The importer is the sufferer, and not
ourselves,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
INDICATOR.

1900 Pairs Mems Full Regular Made
British Half Hose, at Is cents pair; 80
dozen Mems Bordered Handkerchiefs at
10 cents each, intrinsic value GO per
cent. more.
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INDICATOR.

40 OGDEN Misses Hair Striped Hose,
to 1-2, Full Regular Made, at IS
cents pair.
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INDICATOR.

Lot Ladies' Brown Balbriggan Hose.
Full Regular Made, at 10 cents q pair;
lot Hair Line Hose, Full Regular
Made, g pairs for 81. Other bargains,
but no time to write about them.
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INDICATOR.
INDICATOR.

Lot COlored Summer Silks, at As
cents. intrinsic value IS cents.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-07
PERSONAL.

Sala, in his america Revisited" says o.
the Sunday clangor OF bells: "rhey boom
and baw from sunrise to sunset, rs though
they were 80 many hotel gongs calling
guests to theological meals.
The Bishop Of Nottingham surprised the
bucolic mind in Lincolnshire, England, re
Gently by putting on a pair Of white kid
gloves, trimmed with gold fringe, to con
firm number OF boys and girls.
King Humbert, Of Italy, breakfasts with
the Queen at II in the morning. Before
that nour he has received the ministers
and after 1t he enjoys ride. Seven in
the evening is the royal dinner hour, and
10 o'clock Is bedtime at court.
The resemblance was long ago noted be
tween Ex-Governor Curtin, Of Pennsyl'
vania, and tue late Postmaster. General
Howe. It is also said that another curious
resemblance that used to puzzle society Is
that existing between Mrs. Window and
Mrs. Garfield, and theirs Is so close like
ness that the portrait OF one is easily
mistaken for the other.
During his triumphal continental
career" says the Hour, "Mr. Edwin Booth
has been crowned with silver wreaths, con
graduated by royalty, smothered In roses
and complimented In choral songs at the
theater, at the hotel, and at the railway
station. What more can he desire Per
haps only one thing: To make an audience
start tolls feet in the birthplace Of salvini.'
Mrs. Lorillard is said to have been dis
appointed by Worth's failure to finish in
season the dress ordered by her for The
Vanderbilt costume ball. 1t has only just
arrived In New York. The costume wa
called "la Lumiere," and cost $500 francs
The train was sapphire velvet, embroider
ed richly in rays Of gold and silver. The
front was o sort Of maryelously shining
gold brocade, shot, as It were, with silver,
and really the whole dress seemed TO throw
out light
Governor Sherman Is, according to ex.
Secretary Kirkwood, having the hardest
time any Governor Of Iowa ever had.
"Surely, Governor" he recently eaii to his
sturdy old predecessor, "you must have
had worse time during the war" "Oh,
NOR answered Mr.. Kirkwood. "0f course,
Ihad hard time; but then every man
who dared find fault with me was declared
disloyal, whit now every barker at your
heels can find some one weak and mean
enough to sympathize with you"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-07
We are Exactly One Year Old To-Day,

Just one year sgo to.day We opened Cloth;
ing Store 10 Wheeling. We then presented
our ideas and plans for your consideration,
and invited an examination and 0 trial.
Our greatest aim was TO mark CRISIS IN
the Clothing trade OF Wheeling We did not
build upon The weak and sandy foundation
OF "many prices" but planted our standard
upon the Arm and solid rock Of ..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-07

n. !. lluuue'
Small mantelettes OF cloth are newer
than jackets with tailor made cloth suits.
Colored lace mitts in all the new shades
will be worn in the summer.
Pointed stomachers Of lace, beads, or
passementerie, trim the pointed basques
Of elegant dinner dresses.
Purple violets and barbes Of Valen.
ciennes lace trim the fiue Milan straw
bonnets designated for elderly ladies.
Rosettes Of gold braid and smaller ros.
cites Of narrow red velvet ribbon, trim the
wicker bonnets displayed on the opening
day.
Wool Jerseys worn with plaid wool skirts
have the edges cut in square tabs, or in
long scallops, and braided with rows OF
soutache. ...... ...
Couuettish dresses for young ladies are
made OF embroidered net over tue glszed
surface OF cotton satines that closely re-
semble silk.
French pelisses OF cashmere, or Of black
Ottoman silk designed for spring wraps,
have marrow plaits down the front and
back, flowing sleeves, and a high pulled
collar. .a.....
Rows OF large amber beads mixed in
with Kilt passementerie form the fronts OF
straw bonnets and are also used for the
whole bonnet. Light tortoise shell beads
are arranged in the same way.
Brocades with very large fguresare used
for elegant nantes instead Of the Oriental
cashmeres. They are lined with light silks,
and trimmed with lace chenille balls and
gilt and jet ornaments.
Street shoes for early spring have cloth
tops to match the color Of the dress, and
tips OF patent leather. The toes are not so
sharply pointed, and tho heels are moder-
ately low and comfortable in the English
fashion. .... .......
There is much variety in bonnet strings.
Gold soutache half an inch wide is used
for strings, accompanied by wider black,
blue, garnet or brown velvet ribbon.
Orange and olive green velvet ribbons are
tied together for strings. Red and blue
strings are also tied together. Narrow
yellow velvet ribbon is tied with wider
black velvet ribbon. Short braid strings
in curve below the chin are made OF bias
velvet tied in a small bow, on which rest
flowers or humming birds.