The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-31
ARnUND TOWN.

AROUND TOWN.
The Loomis House on South Com
mercial street, is receiving new coat Of
paint
John Hammond sold his property on
State street Thursday to E. NJ. Forde for
$500.
A public telephone station has been
established at the Fuller house at the
Junction.
The infant son Of TAbitha Garter was
legally adopted last week by Albert
Kennedy and wife.
David Owens Is preparing The frame
work for large dwelling house for VIM.
Shields, of Dow creek.
The next semi-annual meeting Of the
state horticultural society will be held
at Olathe on the 9Th and It'll of June.
lara NJ. Ciaibourne and Della e.
\ Garrett, Of this city, were married by
Probate Judge Kellogg at his office Fri
day.
n DIR. ID. @. Martin, the dentist is put
ting up G dwelling house at the north
east corner of Sixth avenue and East
street
Mrs. Splcer has about completed the
erection Of neat and cosy dwelling be
tween Ninth and Tenth avenues on
Merchants street.
Mrs. Sarah F. staley, administrative
OF the estate Of Edwin Staley, deceased,
made her annual settlement in the pro
bate court Saturday.
The articles of j. Harvey Firth on
London which appear weekly In the
Emporia Democrat are exceedingly read
. able and interesting.
Neal Campbell, OF Plymouth, pur-
chased very fine shorthorn bull-Jay
Gould--at the recent sale at Kansas
City, for which he paid $40.
Harry Norton has purchased the
Pruyn s. Pearsall marc, well known
among horsemen as Minnie, and as good
roadster as ever struck this country.
There is speck of war on the moon
mp on Duck creek over theiencing up by
certain parties ofthe Lawrence road, and
the chances for litigation are quite en-
couragng.
The following marriage licenses have
4 been issued since our last report: Hi
ram Vail and Emma Shockley, of EN-
porla; lara NJ. Claibourne and Della E.
. Garrett, OF Emporia.
A stalk OF pie plant was weighed at
the grocery store of Thomas & Jones
Saturday which tipped the beam at
seventeen ounces. 1t was raised by one
of the Hiatt boys, living south of the
city.
The union cigar makers Of this city
are circulating posters warning smokers
against all goods which do not bear the
union label, stating that such cigars are
made In prisons, Chinese factories, and
filthy tenement houses.
The No Name Society is getting along
very handsomely with their broom drill,
which will be rendered in the near fu-
ture in connection with the loan exhibit
tIon TO be given by the ladies Of the
Congregational church.
The friends of John Weichman, who
was sent some weeks since TO the asylum
+ for the insane, from Fremont township,
viii be gratifed to learn that Sheriff
Ryan has received letter stating thai
he Is gradually improving.
G. B. Cooper and his son Charles have
Just completed a mInnow seine for E. e
Weaver and Billy Thomas that will bt
the envy of every fisherman who see:
IL. 1t is fifteen feet long and five feet
WIDE aud every knot of 1t was tied by
hand.
Major Hood has been 30 fortunate a
toreplace his family mare by Jim Da
Wis DAISY" one of the best and mos
reliable pieces of horsehesh in thii
country. The consideration was $685.
and the animal Is cheap enough at thu
money.
Jim Stafford has traded his property
on State street to Mrs. Lucy s. Hunt fol
her suburban place south of this city
containing two and a half acres o.
ground on which there is good house
and plenty of nice fruit. Jim thinks hC
Is Just fixed now.
We learn that L. Horr has purchased
the interest of G. w. Frederick in thu
Emporia Mercantile association, anC
]. b. Halleck has been elected presiden
Of the corporation. The association Il
doing a fourishing trade and is one o
the most prosperous institutions in tht
city.
The business house which Rudolph
Feeble Is putting up at the southeas
corner Of Commercial street and SeconC
avenue will be occupied by him as
grocery store and as branch bakery 4
be supplied by Becker. twill be 1sx4
I feet, two stories high, and will be bull
of wood
n Col. Whitley has received lette
from Mime. Janauschek saying that sh,
may stop IN Emporia on her way bacl
from Salt Lake City, where she is play
ing TO an immense business. The Colo
mel thinks 1t more than likely that tn
Fl Madame will sooner or later build Of
her lots in this city.