The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-01-18

icy, Ot Enporld, aEu WIN 81. tlaaimei
and Mrs. Kate Chosen, Of Emporia.
Joe Morris got on "hlgh" Sunda,
and answered Ia the charge of drunken
ness before the police judge this morn
Ing, being taxed 1925, including cost.
II. II. White has brought suit against
the Missouri Pacific railroad company
TO recover damages in the sum of $500
for hay burned by fire set out by loco.
motive.
II. b. Alexander, contractor for the X
q. 81 E. railroad, sublet two miles Of
grading Monday 10 Baker Bros, Of Fl
Scott, and one mile 10 Frank Barnes, Cd
Council Grove.
The seats for the new NJ. E. church
have finally arrived from Richmond,
Indiana, where they were manufacture
ed. They are of solid walnut and are
very handsome.
Elder s. G. Brown has just return, d
from Antioch, Franklin county. where
he held meeting on Lords day which
resulted in five baptisms-Iwo young
men and three Young ladies'.
Rev. Henry Rees will preach the fun.
eral sermon Of VIM. Williams, who was
killed by railroad accident at De Soto,
on Christmas, next Sunday al 1890 a.
m, at The Welsh Presbyterian church
II is officially announced that the
Tweniy-eighlh Kansas Report Will be
out in about two weeks, and will Include
all decisions rendered by the supreme
court prior to the lst day Of December,
1882.
Marriage licences were Issued Monday
to the following persons: Samu,
Templeion and Emma Slower, Of FIRE.
mont township, and Oliver C.. Moser
and Celia Pcttyjohn, of Americus town
ship.
The Welsh choir will sing Weeping,
Wailing" at the organ concert ON Wed
nesday evening. The chorus, embrac-
ing thirty-eight voices. is The same
which wen the $50 prize at the Usage
City Eisteddfod
Sheriff Simms, OF Morris county, came
down on freight Tuesday morning and
started east on the Santa Fe at noon. He
had in custody Geo. Coleman, recently
sentenced TO the penilenliaIy for ten
years for killing VIM Bean.
Bob Love, former porter at the Fifth
Avenue, after an absence of SIX months
at Topeka and Kansas CIty, has Eeiaen-
cd 10 the cid stamping ground, and is
just as jolly and pleasant as ever Bob
is great favorilc with everybody and
justly so.
King s. Roberts shipped 5 car loads Of
fat logs to Kansas City Monday; Greer
s. Way, two; Wheeler Bros, one, and T.
g. Whitley one, making about $4,000
which exchanged hands here on hogs to-
day. And 1t was not very good day
for swine either.
Paul BossaIt. of the Merchants Tele-
phone company, at Kansas City, has
made a proposition for establishing
telephone communication between this
city and Americas, which is being con-
sidered by the people of the last named
town.
Sheriff Ryan purchased to-day the
property of Thos Stone, adjoining his
carriage works on Sixth avenue. This
gives Mr.. Ryan frontage on that street
of $50 feet, and he will proceed at once
to enlarge his works, which are already
among the best in the west
Rev. S. p. Roundtree, colored, who
has been in the city for the past few
days soliciting aid and who presented
his claims in several of the churches On
Sunday, collected in Ill $l4 Mr..
Roundtree is pastor of Baptist church
in Graham county. aud recently lost his
house and all its contents by fire.
There will be convention at Elmen-
daro school house January 9th, 1882, al
Z o'clock p. IN. for the purpose of putting
In nomination township officers. All
the voters of the precinct are invited 10
be present. SIMON BUCHER,
o. p. Fl. VANsIcKLE,
j. T. Ross,
Precinct Commute.
Mrs. Wilhelmini Koeraer, of Amer.