The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-28
The EmpOria News.
AROUND TOWN.

Vegetables are plenty and good
Its pretty good year for farmers SO
I.sr.
Frank Mccain is plaslerinG the ortho
u Friends church on Sylvan street.
Several street lamps were decapitated
~ the high wind Saturday morning.
The skylighi on the Fifth Avenue no.
'el was blown of Saturday morning.
Having got through vi-A--iFel n n.s NJ
cry, thepublIc is mo- 'I~sHifng ITSELF
/, the juicy raspberry.q
Or. J. w. Trueworthy tapped pa
= nj Mt FRIDAY for abdominal dropsy and
rev from her fourteen quarts Of water
). K. Tyler has sold his new house
4 . ear the corner OF Fifth avenue and
Neosho street 10 Mrs. Page for $4,000
The Young Peoples society Of the N.
j. church will give social and festival
(, the church on next Friday evening.
A large safe was received Thursday
vening from Chicago for the Normal
and was placed in that institution Fri
day.
The building committee OF the Christ
IAN church have advertised for bids for
The laying oil the foundation Of their
a, y edifice.
Elizabeth Ludwig vs. August Ludwig
Is the title OF divorce and alImony pro-
{, eding which was filed in the district
court Saturday.
Captain A. NJ. Sommers has been
chosen 70 act as grand marshal Of the
'ay al the Fourth OF July pIcnic al
Pierce City, Missouri.
We had very forcible reminder Of
the story of ''the deserted village" Sat
nrdsy, when the rain was coming
Town at the rate Of forty knots an hour
Hon. w. r. ChalfAnt, of EmpOriA, who
IL quite fagorite with the old soldiers
,f this locality. and an eloquent speaker
Is billed TO speak at Madison on the
Fourtk.-Madlson News.
A. b. Hiatt has entered suit IN the
court OF Justice Payne against the Mis-
;. un Pacific railroad company TO re-
cover damages in the sum Of 500 fol-
Two cows killed on that road.
George Cheshire claims to have been
robbed at Macke's brewery north Of tbs
city Friday of gold watch and SOM
money, while he was asleep. 1t wouldn'
tie bad idea N pull that institution
an clean the old man out.
A SON of Henry Meyer, residing In th
Cottonwood settlement, was very severe
ly stunned Thursday by lightning
which struck an object in the vicinIt
where he was standing. He was insens
BILE for some time, but recovered in III
course of few hours.
There ought to be an ordinance passe
10 prevent the driving of wild or daI
gerous cattle and other stock throug
the principal streets. There have bee
several narrow escapes from serious IL
Jury from this cause, and 1t should b
stopped at once by imposing fine.
The knights Templar band Of tn
CITY have been offered $3.50, free tran
portation and all expenses from Il
Committee of arrangements at Parson
10 play at that place on the Fourth
July. We understand however, IN
they are engaged at home on that day.
The United Telephone compan
through their agent, Mr. Paul Bossal
has leased the room at present occupi'
by p. p. Hillerman and John Allen as
law Office, for term Of five years al
the central telephone Office of Empor
will be removed TO that place the first
August. The old room has been Tent'
,,y the Emporia business college.
The heavy gale Saturday brol
lite q number OF trees and blew d
tips off several chImneYs in this cit
though we learn OF no serious dana
which was done by the storm Ear
ri sers inform Us that very omInOr
lark.green. flannel shaped cloud n
p AIRED In the north though II did n
descend TO the earth. and probab
wrought no havoc.
Robert Milliken showed us Frid
BUNCH of June berries raised
lis premises, which indicates that Oh
Is fruit which can be grown here
great perfection, and with profit.
w his family have experImented wi
the berries in various ways and find IL
ny mixing them with pie plant they C
b. made very palatahle. The bun
In question indicated that the berri
grow very large and in Grea, abundan
on very small space.
John HoFnbarger, who drove u hOI
belonging TO Jim Davis to Maids
Thursday, after hiring the animal fol
short drive in town, was arraigned
lthe court of Justice Fletcher this moi
ing on q charge Of obtaining the rig .
"a, false pretenses, and gave bond
has appearance on next Thursday IN
sum OF $500. HornbaTger arrived fro
NJ ldison last night In company VI
Constable Vernon.