The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-22

by Dryer g. McMahon.
Charlie Groth stepped up to the cap
tain's office Monday and paid $32 in fine
and costs for selling whisky.
The county commissioners will meet
on Saturday To appoint a successor TO
ihe late Treasurer Ernst
II. G. Carpenter, express messenger on
the Howard branch, and E f. Sheldon
each purchased building lots in Normal
to- day.
DR.. S. E Northington has just placed
in his Office handsome new and i'm
proved dentIst chair of the Snowder &
Cowman patent
c. W. Squires is preparing plans for
rcmoleIing the residence of l. ID. Fox,
which contemplate some very hand
some improvements.
The educational meeting at Reading
will be held on Friday, March OH
There will be no posIponemcnt this
time on account of the weather.
p. 4 Hemcnway has sold his farm on
Duck creek to Miss Catharine Morrison,
of Ottawa, Illinois, and Mrs. -Rosanna
Sheridan, of Reading. Kansas, for 81 600.
The graduating class ut the Normal
organized to-day and elected the follow
ing officers: President, &. A Bishop;
secretary. Miss Dolphin; treasurer, Mr..
IIege.
A petition TO The Karsas legislature
asking that body 10 recoguize the claims
of the Orphans Home ut Leavenworih,
has been numernusly signed by persons
in Emporia.
At meeting OF the stockholders of
the Emporia Mercantile company held
last Saturday evening, L. Hnrr and )
al. smith We're elected directors in place
Of ! E, Lambert AMI VIM. Elslun, Jr.
j, TalliaieIro, stenog raphcr al the Kan
sas supreme court, visited the Normal
Tuesday aud uiade an interesting aud in
structile address To- Ii,e students, show
ing tue features uf his Jstrm of short
hand.
Work WAS resumed this morning all
along the line of the X titsas CITY X EN-.
poria railroad. aud viii progress at a
lively rate from this On. II L Alexan-
der informs Us II'at all Iac work has
been sub let aud is IN good ands.
Capi. J. W Iamil;"n Left last 1ues-
dan for Fort onion, New Mexico, un
der his appointment as chief of scouts
al the department ot the Missouri un-
der General john Pope. Mr. Hamilton
will stop at Winfield 10 visit las family
Cards have been received by parties
in this city announcing the approaching
marriage { w. c. Gum and Miss Rice,
at Fort Scott. ON the gel MIR. Gum ut
tended the State Normal fortwo or three
years and has many friends in Em poFia
Marriage licences were issued Monday
to the following parties: VIM. r. Du-
mire and Adclla Lawrence, Of Reading
township; Arthur p Hayden and Mollie
Jones, of Emporia townnhip; Geo. Dud-
ley, OF Elmendaro township and Aman-
ia Hester, of Greenwood county
The Santa Fee company began to-day
laying steel rails, each weighing five
and half pounds more T. the rail than
those now IN use. between Emporit and
Cottonwoo1, and when this work is
completed there Will be continuous
line Of these rails as far west as Nick,r
son.
Abou, a dozen couples assembled at
the hospitable abode of lie Misses Mac
kay, on Ninth avenue, last evening, and
spent several hours in very enjoyable
manner. These young ladies are al.
ready becoming very popular, and their
ability TO entertain can hardly be sur
passed. as all can testify who shared
their hospitality ON last evening.
4
The Young Mems club held meet.
ing at Sedgwick,s office last evening and
decided not to have their anniversary
entertainment on Thursday evening
next, owing to the fact that there are SC
many other things on the docket foi
that evening. There will be a called
meeting at the Democrat office Friday
evening TO decide just when the anniVer,
sary will take place and make arrange
ments for the same.
A few hours were very enjoyabl,
spent Monday evening at the coy li.tlt
abode of the Misses Laura and Mar,
Thomas, on Second avenue. Quite larg,
number of their particular friends wer'
present and participated in various
agreeable psstimes. The party was Civ
en- in honor of Mrs. Lena Bennett VIII,
has been attending the Normal, hu
who is soon to leave the city.
/ F. @. Cushman. formerly of the Con
servatory OF Music of Boston, arrived il
the city last Tuesday, and has gone T.
work TO get np a musical convention
Il IS his purpose TO give the childrel
all The advantages possible of such
course of instruction as he shall maj
out if he meets with sufficient encouI
agement to go ahead and organize con
vention. We hope he may meet witt
that success which the object il
view merits.