The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
EDITORIAL NEWS NOTES.

EDITORIAL NEWS NOTES.
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Gilt WAL s1sisCnd Tor y tune. OAlc al IL'e
st-Is L. Al JAiI.
CIuslieu eeLtArd Is - very popuiAl
shade - pantaloOns among young inca
wnO are addIcucd " sunday school PIC
MICS AuL Ot-Ier sylvan festivities.
There is =. runlor floating about ON the
Kansas zsphy rs tO the effect that Noble
fIenLIs Ii turning hIs attention vi late
largely IN the direction vi honiietics.
Il seems that Kansas once suffered
FROM the cholera. but that WIS many
years aso bolOre tie state Was Afflicted
witt San Wood OF Dave Payne.
Tie public Is hereLy assured that the
recent relnoS al oil Hon. James b. Merritt
from Topeka back 10 WAinego, Is
entirely devoid OF political Significance.
Tusrv ~ a TeInzI kabie GegIee- az inIeT-
eat InauliesIcd IA county LARS IA this
state this Season considering Ihe TACT
that there is no general election this
TALL.
The new colured cadet al West Point
is quite popular with has classmates.
lie weighs nearly two hundred. and Is \
shoulder hiIIer from somv distance
back.
The public is once more reminded
that Topeka has n police force by tho
announcement in the local press that the
"cops" ut thai place have blOasomsd out
IN new hats.
Atchison Globe: The colored pOp1-
lnlion everywhere will be grained TO
learn that = white man was recently dis
covered stealing chickens from q negro
At st. Louis.
Ii seems from all the accounts which
that there Is about rs little chance Of es-
cape from an earthquake ~ from q
female boOk-agent.
The Legislature Of New Hampshire
should not forget that the end Of the
world, according ~ the predictions Of
many careful Biblical students, Is liable
To occur bcIure Ihe advent VI another
century.
The wealth vi the state Of Kansas
averages nearly SOU Tor each inhAbi-
tanI Ihis Item is not published with .
view ~ converting the edItnrs oi the
state 10 the speclous hercsy Of AgrArian-
ism.
The faith OF the man who invested all
of his wealth in an upland farm In IRE
70 county challenged composition until
q bird built her nest ON n locomotive
running ON the New York Central rail-
way.
Persons who visit Mrs. ZereldA Sam
uels, mother OF the James boys, art now
compelled TO pay % cents admission.
We have long been OF the opinion that
all that the old lady lacked Of being q
circus was u pavilion.
Atchison Champion: Two Illinois
lawyers are now the happy pOssesseEs Of
two splendid Illinois Garms. A feW
months since they belonged " TWO
thrifty farmers who quarreled over
dollar and a half pig.
The calm confidence with which The
Globe claims that the cholera Will not
reach Atchison this season Justifles the
agreeable assumption that the work oil
renovating the Otis House at that place
must be substantially completed.
The Fort Scott Monitor attributes the
recent cold wave to Geo. T. AnIhOny's
return To Kansas. The accustomed
aolemniIy Of General Rice is occasional
ly relieved by sporadic CLEAN OF hu-
mor that is thoroughly engaging.
The Champion, for which we have al
was entertained a sincere regard up tC
this time, perpctrates the following:
An Atchison man says there is very
little difference between the situation II
Kansas in 1874 and 1888. The beel
mug is the trouble now, and mere bug
troubled US then.
The divorces now being granted Ia
the district court at Atchison average
two per day. The course of true love
could scarcely be expected to flow in al
uninterrupted current in a town which
boasts OF fGteen milliner stores and
twelve lodges OF secret orders.
The gumbo pralries northeast OF En-
poria, that were considered worthless
i've or ten years ago, are being fenceC
and improved, and are sell ng AZ from
i've TO ten dollars per acre. Upon th'
whole, there ID some chance for tbs
town ECONOMICALLY.
Some chance9 Well, we should each
inaie."
OF the eighty-fiYe young ladies Wit
attended the Butler County Teachers
Institute last year, thirtY-six mArriet
within the year. We have frequently
had occasion to observe that whenevei
the mind of y woman becomes thOughly
enlightened her conscience readil!
yields to the unmistAkAblo duty OF sup
porting husband.
While Leavenworth Is in the Ihroes o
local fight over the site for the govern
ment building, for which an appropris
ton has been made. Emporia 10 maxim
a steady pull for the synodical colleg'
with the most encouraging prospects c
success. There is as much difference i
towns as there is in people.
The Atchison, Topeka s. Santa T
company in paying its stock dividenS
August 18th, will uss 1854 checks
This shows that the number of stocl
holders in this corporation has increase
go since the last quarter. This div
dcnd Is ~ per cent, and u will TAX
&S53, 0O1 10 pay 1t.
The railroads have made special pr
visions for the accommodation of h
Louisville exposition. The faro TO an
from the exposition has been fixed I
one and one-third rate for tho rouE
trip, and all roads running into t.oui
VILE will make excursion rates from q
points more than 100 miles distant. 81
thus further reduce the faro.
We understand tho unanimous a
mAgnAnimOus Mr.. Ropes. who has {
some time been q hsnRer-On at the stl
house, Topeka, and who last year drs
ten dollars day illegally, and Who
valuable services couldn't DO procur
at a less figure then, now proposes
work for four dollars day. Archite
ural brains must be ON the decline.
1t seems that the good people
Aichison are not very favOrably /