The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-12-06

illness Of Mansfield Wells
w Mathews is assisting F. 5. Bal
ster through rush of work.
ChAs. HIbben has gone 10 Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, tor few days.
Miss Kate Wilder, of Lawrence, is the
guest Of her cousin, Mrs. G S. Cross.
T.J Elliott has accepted a position
with the Emporia Hardware Company.
Mrs. N. LOckerman has returned
from visit Of some months 10 The east.
j. II. Thompson and wife, of Warren,
Indiana, are in the city. visiting friends.
]. T Burton has made arrangements
IN go into the real estate business with
@. W. Frederick.
Luther Rees and wife. OF Washington
City, arrived Thursday on visit TO
Mr.. Rees' father.
Mrs. Willie Bachelor. who has been
very i'll, is. we are pleased TO learn, on
the road To recovery.
Mrs &. V. Eskridge was summoned
10 SeverY Thursday by the illness Of her
brother, W. B. Dixon.
Mrs. Maria Kimbail, sister Of W. J.
Idleman. cleft Thursday for Denison,
Texas, 10 join her husband.
David Jones, son of g. W. Jones. the
coal dealer. left last week for Elgin, ILL.,,
10 accept a position in the Elgin Watch
factory.
J. b. Moore, who has been employed
in the store of Tanner Bros. & Heed,
has taken a position in the Pacific ex-
press Office.
J.B. Hinklc, deputy clerk of the dis
trict court, was taken quite i'll while in
the court room last Saturday, and had
10 go home.
Will Haupt and family, of Paris, Ill 4,
have arrived in the city and expect TO
locate. They will he cordially welcOped
10 our midst
Miss Dott Scribner came home last
week with Miss Florence Kenney,
from Cottonwood Falls, where the latter
has been visiting for several days.
Rev. Mr.. Rees, who hasbeen very
poorly for some time, is getting better,
and will probably be Able t. be out In
& short time, q fact we glad 10 note.
VIM. G. Hills, of ST. Louis, was IN the
city Thursday on business and visiting
friends. Mr.. H. Is a brother of Col.
Chas. l.. Hills, formerly of this city.
Miss Mollie L. Hedges, OF Sioux City,
Iowa, is the guest of Mas C. A. Leigh
ton, Of this city. She has visited here
before and has many friends IN EN-
porla.
DR.. l.. Z. Corwin OF Center township,
left Thursday for Keokuk, Iowa, where
he will attend q course of medical lee
lures during the winter at the Keokuk
Medical College.
Ollie Lutz returned from Las Vegas.
N. M, Thursday afternoon, and will be.
gin preparations at Cnce To moYe the
family there. 1t will probably be two
or three weeks, however, before they gel
OF.
w. A. Kelley, formerly employed
with A. C. Koonce, went to MCPHERSON
the other day, 70 JOIN the Hidden Hand
company. Billy will come home in &
few weeks well content To stay in En-
poria.
VIM. Harrington has been in the city
for the past week settling up the estat'
of his mother, the late Mary Green. By
the provisions OF her will he inherited
her property and was made the execu
tor of her estate.
James Burke, who has been running
a shooting gallery on Commercial street
just south Of Halleck & Soden's ware
house, pulled up stakes Thursday ant
emIgrated west He has coined none
during his stay here.
John II. SpIker and family. of kansa
City, arrived in the city last Saturda.
and are stopping at the Park Place. MI
Spiker lately purchased a large cattl
ranch few miles from EmpOria, whicl
he will proceed 10 fence and stock.
Lieutenant Chas. Truitt left FridA
for West Point ON visit TO several q
his class mates now located at the mil
tary academy. He will stay there som
i.time and will revisit Emporia before II
, turning to his post Of duty IN Washing
, ton Territory.
w. II. Puffcr, who fell through q traI
door in the oil room at the round hous
several days ago and severely hurt hi
back, is able to be out again, Q fact ths
we are glad to note. w. H. is a capita
fellow and can't be spared from the &C
tive affairs of lite very long at time.
r. d. Thomas moved Friday int
the property near the State Norma
which he purchased some weeks ago @
]. S. Richardson. He will rent III
house which he vacated on Merchant
street. Mr.. Thomas has secured one G
the most desirable properties in the city
and will improve it as rermanen
homo.
Jack Gilchris;, wife and little daugt
ter frankie, returned last weel
from an extended visit east, the create
part of the time being spent at Pitt
burg, Pa, his old home. He reports
most delightful time, but Just this sid
of indianapolis, on his way home, for
few moments things looked n littl
gloomy, the train he was on coming II
contact with a coal train and shakin
the messengers mp, but fortunately n