The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-26


veranda and bay window.
Mrs. Alice Hadley has just moved into
neat little house built by her at No
100 Cottonwood street.
Edward Emery has made handsome
improvement in the way of neat dwell
house at No. 11s Sylvan street..
Ezra Lamborn, editor of The Print
tiUe Friend, Is comfortably installed in
a very pretty new home at No. "a Syl-
van street.
E. Mellen, baggage master at the Mis-
souri, Pacific depot, has just completed
a coy cottage on East street, near Sixth
avenue.
Rev. o. N. Kenworthy, of the Friends
church, has taken up his abode in new
house recently built by him on East
street, near Fifth avenue.
The Robert Bros. have added 10 the
appearance of their neighborhood on
Sylvan between Fifth and. Sixth, by the
construction of two pretty cottages.
In. Wells will finish up in few
weeks commodious dwelling at the
corner OF Fifth avenue and Sylvan
street.
E. NJ. Lewis has erected tenement
house on Fifth avenue, between East |
and Sylvan streets.
Mr.. Howard, house carpenter, has
the frame work up for a large dwelling
house on Cottonwood street near Sixth /
avenue.
TT n NU;tio,, NIL m, ,,,,., .t,, t,r,,sa n,, /
the west side of his lot to vacant lot
on Union street, and Will put improve
ments on the house in which he lives |
which will make. it one of the hand |
soonest in the city.
Mrs. Hart Is building an addition to
her house on Union street, between
Eighth and Ninth.
Mr.. Barcalow has built neat and at
tractive residence on Commercial street,
near the Normal
The basement of L. w. Lewis new
house on Market street is now ready for
the joists, and the superstructure will be
proceeded with az soon as Mr.. Lewis can
spare the hands from his other contracts.
The masonry is the finest we have seen
in Emporia.
D. L. Thomas is building frame cot
tage at No. SO Rural street.
A frame house of six rooms is being
, bull. in Wilson's addition by G. c. Fer
. rim.
Mr.. Palmer IS putting up frame
/ dwelling in Wilson's addition.
A house of five, rooms is being erected
by w. j. BrasieT on State street in Cop
ley's addition.
Eli Jones is building cottage of four
rooms at No. "a Congress street.
VIM. Koontz is putting uD cottage
, In Ruggles' addition.
A pretty cottage on the corner of
Eleventh and Neosho is being built by
W. II. Hibben.
A fine frame dwelling OF seyen rooms
J. is being built by Mr.. Evans at $50 State
a street.
8 L. B. Andrews is putting up house
v of five rooms at No. 8 Constitution street.
VIM. Corbett is building a dwelling
i on Congress street IN Copley's addition.
: Aframe cottage of five rooms Is being
: built by o. T. Tumble at 1876 Merchants
l. street
q The two-story frame dwelling of John
|. Morgan, at the corner of Congress and
d Fifth. is being enclosed.
f A frame house of five rooms, at 81
/ Constitution street, is being built by Mrs.
q Fisher, who is also building at No. 20
q Constitution street.
n J. A. Heatherington Is building an
4 addition to his house at No. 20 West
r street.
,. A frame cottage of 8 rooms at No. sc
Ii Rural street is being built by Chas.
! Wilkinson.
: T. w. Lyon is building q commo-
j. dious residence at the corner of Tenth
and Rural.
A fine-large dwelling at 1873 Rural is
II being built by J. c. Porterfeld.
: A cottage of three rooms has just been
: completed at No. % Rural street.
$ Solomon West is building cottage
:, in Wilson's addition.
:. VIM. Sweeny, f. X. Parker, w. w.
!. Williams, John Fisher and A. Farrell
$ are building houses in Ruggles' addi-
/, ton.
T Col. Feighan Is greatly improving his
t handsome abode on State street by add
t ing thereto some very commodious
e porches.
e e. d. Lynds is building an addition of
Y two rooms 10 his house at No, 81 Mer.
j chants street.
h j. A. Graham is building an addition
OF three rooms 10 his house at No. 3,
Mechanic street.
, Two very fine cottages OF SIX rooms
4 each on the corner of Fourth avenue and
: Constitution street, built by r. F.
Hughes, are receiving the finishing
touches.
David Jones is building a house of
four rooms at No 81 Market street.
A house of four rooms is being built
by E. M. Forde at No. 90 Market street.
The brick work of st. Mary's
hospital will soon be completed to the
. top of the first story
RI. Roberts is putting up a house OF
four rooms AZ the corner of south avenue
and Constitution street.
menls at his bakery and restaurant at
the corner of Commercial street and
Seventh avenue.
The frescoeing of the Welsh Conere.
. gational church will be completed this
week.
VIM. Elstun is building an addition to
his house on Constitution street, and
making other Improvements.
JOAN Morgan, the painter, has the
frame up for large two story residence
on the corner of Fifth and Congress
streets. 1t is one of the most substan-
tial Improvements under way in the city.
e. w. Squares has just completed
plans for handsome dwelling house 10
be erected this season by Col. J. NJ.
Steele, at the corner of Neosho street
and Sixth avenue. The location is one
of the finest in the city, and the Colonel
has the taste to make a home which
will be a credit to the city.
The First Presbyterian church is IN
dergoing repairs which, when com.
pleted, will add much TO It's attractive
J ness. The old cushions have been re
, moved from the seats and will be re-
placed by others much more handsome
and desirable in every respect. The old
carpet has also been taken up and an-
, other great deal more elegant is ex-
pected to takeits place in a short time
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A letter received from Joe Waters, of
Topeka. by Mrs. d. S. Biz. president of
the Ladies' Society of the Nj. E church,
| aava thst he and his two daDyhtsrS and