The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-07
AROUND TOWN.

store of Baird Bros Saturday.
A delivery room has been petitioned
of at the Pacific express office.
G. w. Squires is preparing plans for
5000 school house at Peabody.
Merchants street, between Third and
Fourth avenues. Is being graded
Reid Nation received a fine road
wagon Friday from Columbus, OHIO.
The Dumbauld cattle sale at the fair
grounds Thursday aggregated $4.6sO.
c. w. Squires is preparing plans for a
Jones.
A new transfer platform 24x3O2 feet,
Is being constructed at Emporia juno
ton.
Drs. Hibben & overstreet swing out
new sign at the Emporia Savings bank
corner.
C.E. Fuller has purchased Gilchrist
Bros. Morgan pony and will ship 1t to
Kansas City.
A divorce was granted Saturday in the
. district court in the case of Ellen Swan
W.. John Swan.
The county treasurer is now ready To
pay county orders TO and including reg
istered No. lbs.
II. w. Pearsall sold twenty four head
OF COWS to party from Sterling to-day,
and got good prices
h Chas. II. Brown and Rosa Pantley
were married Saturday by Justice
4 Fletcher at his Office.
Mark Carey, of Reading township,
was buried Friday, having died on
Thursday of consumption.
/ Pickens s. Summers have secured the
contract for the stone work of two large
business buildings in Ottawa.
The Santa Fe condu like the new
arrangement very much and regard EN-
poria q firstclass place 20 stop.
Martin & Snoddy, Burlington firm,
are preparing TO manufacture spring
beds at No. ITO Commercial street.
A marriage license was issued Friday
20 Courtney G. Rogan, Of Hartford, and
Allie M. Hovious, OF the same place.
Edward r. Heacock sold his wool
clip OF 200 feeces TO o. d. Swan Friday.
It ran about i've pounds to the fleece.
p. Chin Is building q neat frame
dwelling house on Cottonwood street
between Tenth and Eleventh avenues.
T. w. Lyon has moved into his new
and elegant residence on the northwest
corner OF Tenth avenue and Rural street.
John A. WEIGH and Miss Anna B.
Dayton, OF Emporia, were married by
Probate Judge Kellogg at his Office last
Friday.
Mr.. Brown, the mind reader, is well
spoken of by our exchanges. He has
been drawing large audiences wherever
he has been.
VIM. Pearsall has rented the rooms
over the store-room south of his restau
rant, and Will convert them into lodg-
ing apartments.
SixtY-fve men are engaged In track.
. laying on the X. @. & Z. railroad
. which Is now progressing at the rate o.
half mile per day.
II. H. Hamilton, OF Kansas City, anC
Mrs. Jennie Brown, of Florence, wer,
married by Probate Judge Kellogg a
his Office Thursday.
Father Meier was made the recipien
. this week of handsome reclining chair
4 the gift OF the gentlemen who are selling
patent chairs In this city.
Capt. Morrison, of Florence, was il
town Saturday to engage the services o
E Miss Carrie Brown as superintendent o
the schools at that place.
Holmes & Holden sold Saturday u
Jesse Stratton a splendid cattle ranch o
1000 acres on Rock creek, in the south
western part of the county.
W. G. Buchanan has just finished
shearing 1000 sheep belonging to the
Webster estate. The average will b
about six pounds to the fleece.
T. d. Downing shipped 1000 pound
Iof wool Thursday to Denny, Rice & Co
of Boston. Mr.. Downing is one of tn
most successful wool-growers in thi
section.
Peyton s. Sanders, the attorneys TO
d. G. Jones and wife, inthe case agains
the city for injuries received by defeC
tive sidewalk have sued the latter 70
fees alleged to be due.
Ground was broken Thursday 70
an addition Of twenty five feet to tn
harness establishment Of H. v. Bun
drem. It is Ahealthy sign when bus
mesa demands more room.
A young miss who will not attain he
majority until June 1st, 1901, has lai
In claim for support against Judge c
ID. Graves, of this city. Mother an
daughter are both dong we'll.
Senator Plumb is having q room fitte
up in the Masonic Temple for specil
use and for the accommodation of hi
public documents, large quantity {
which now lie in the postofflce.
Senator Plumb regards the outloo
for the Republican party as being YER
much brighter than 1t was a year age
and as constantly improving He think
we will make the landing again in goo
shape in "a.
Pennies are now in vogue at the SAINT
Fe depot. Agent Torrington says this
OF the two hundred stations on the roa
IN Kansas there are not more than thirt
but that require odd fare at the new rat
OF three cents per mile.
Let the committee having charge c
the Fourth of July demonstration tax
part OF the money TO be raised tor tir'
works, and get up flAmbeau demon
stration. This would be new here an
more satisfactory than any other way {
giving fireworks exhibition.
A burglar raised window at the res
dence Of d. 3. Gilmore last week, ente
ed the house, and went through Ii
pockets of Mr.. Gilmore's trousers an
vest, securing a wallet which Day
thinks must have caused him muc
mortiEcation and surprise when
opened il. Nothing else is missing.
Hartford observed Memorial Day ar
the occasion was one OF the most int
esting in the history of the town. Col.
W. Feighan delivered the address ar
was listened u by very large Gatherir
OF people, whose undivided attentiC
was held by his eloquent tribute to Il
memory of the nations fallen defender
TIE Fourth Of July fireworks cor
nittee have received word from Ne
York that their extensive bill for goo
has been filled and will be here in dl
time 1t is fine layout from begi
ming 20 end, and the fourth of Ju