The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-26
AROUND Town.

The King of Pam man went ON a
strike Monday night
The street railway has gone to meet
the glucose factory.
The "$25 and costs' racket is a good
thing-for the saloon keepers.
A short pull. a strong pull and pull
al together now, for The college.
The chlnch bugs laid of this year to
give the Emporia college chance.
L. Seyery's residence on Merchants
street is being handsomely repa:nled.
Jim Davis is having stone sidewalk
put down in front of his livery stable.
Let no man stand back from the dis
charge of his duty in the matter of the
college.
The street railway was dressed by the
city council Tuesday evening for its
little bed.
hr. Gilman is having new stone
sidewalk laid on Exchange street, front
Auk nio PAOPcLy.
Subscriptions 10 The college IS simply
putting money where it will do the
most good.
We move 10 amend the original Ian
guage as follows: ''Peaceably we can't,
forcibly We must"
A marriage license was issued Tuesday
to VIM. f. Benthien, OF Pike township,
and Maggie CoIlaTd, OF Empofia.
The committee soliciting subscrip-
tons 10 the college fund feel much en-
couraged. Let the good work go on.
Four passenger trans. loaded down to
the guards, passed through Emporla on
Sunday morning en- route for Denver.
J. A. Robson. who attended the Nor.
NAL last term has been employed MS a
clerk in Fluker's flour and feed store.
Probate Judge Kellogg issued a mar
riage license to-day to Wm. II. WIdner
and Mary A. Kent, of Pike Township.
The gravel ON North Commercial
street is hardly adequate to holding
down the franchise of the street rail-
way.
CandidlY. Mr.. Mayor, do you not
think it is about time to inaugurate the
''fOrcibly If We must" part of the pro-
gram?
The Emporia boundary Is making ia
fee' of handsome iron crestIng for the
new residence OF Mr.. Blair, just opposite
DR.. MOore's.
Put your shoulders To the wheel and
push the college subscription till the
committee say "that will do" That's
the way TO raise it.
The bids for the city lots considered
by the council in executive session Tues
day evening were all rejected on account
OF the low figures offered.
When EmpOria puts her hand to the
the reason il is safe to predict that we
are gong to have the synodical college.
Suits were filed in the district court
to-day against J. s. Danfosd, by John
PerrIer, Haydens VS.. Allen and the State
Savings association, Of st. Louis.
The will of the late John Moon has
been filed by Asa b. Moon, the executor,
In the Probate court, and has been set
for hearing on the Goth of August.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men enjoyed u picnic at Randolph's
landing on the Cottonwood Monday. A
large attendance and u delightful time
is reported.
An infant daughter of Ellis II. Davis,
residing on Neosho street, died We'd
nesday at the age OF months, and was
buried tomorrow At 10 O'Clock in Dry
Creek cemetery.
EmpOria Is going to have the synOdi
cal college because she can't afford to
let 1t go by default. Our people never
make any mistakes on q plain business
proposition.
Geo. Davis, who arrived here from
Iowa q few days ago, has purchased q
farm near BitlertOWn, consisting of 172
acres of bottom land, and will move his
family here in few weeks.
The nails that have been driven in the
coffin of the whisky traffic In Emporia
under the new city administration will
scarcely tend TO create a boom in the
iron market.
The sale of Rees s. Jones. which was
postponed from July 18th, will take
place on Wednesday, August 1, on the
farm of Rev. John Jones, ON Dry creek
E. Hamilton is drawing plans for a
larg. two-story residence, to be erected
On the lot recently purchased on Consti
tuition street, just back of 1. d. Fox.
residence.
Can any of our readers suggest an en-
, terprise that would yield the returns Il
EnpOria ON an investment OF $35 OOC
that can be counted upon from the syn
edical college?
A stranger from Iowa asked us Sat
urday what kept up this town. W.
. SAID "grit" We were real sorry tina
Mr.. Swan was not present to ask hin
for a subscription for the college.
r The Grand United Order of Odd Eel
lows Will turn out and give a granC
2 parade on the evening of August LIST
the date of the meeting of colored mem
: convention of Kansas, in this city.
The EmpOria foundry has commence,
4 work on a contract in connection will
!; the building of the Peabody schoo
) house, and have just taken a contract L
It do the work on the Florence opera house
The building on the corner of Secon
avenue and Commercial, in which e
; Becker will establish branch resta u
! ant and bakery, is being plastcred an
g will be ready for occupancy in fe'
l. days.
E. Hamilton has purchased of 1
l. Gillett lot No. 1O2 just west of 1. 1
=, Fox's property on Merchants street, an
will Immediately commence the ere,
i. iion of cottage boarding house.
" II any one wants To bet that EmpOr
10 won't raise the $4,000 necessary u $
cure the synodical college, he had bette
be diminishing around for takers befo
the soliciting committee do much mo-
~ work.
IT A letter received from w. F. Chalfa
II from Denver, states that the Empor
"a excursiOnlsts are all together, and a
E having an enjoy able time, having Ylsit,
be Colorado Springs and places of Iniere
be in Denver.
Harry Norton takes business vi,
of the college question. He says VIII
/; bull puts his horns IN the ground al
tn only asks to have roof built over hi
q. q, that it always pays to make the requir
- improvement.
cd Sunday morning rabid dog was sc
"a on the corner Of Fifth avenue and Co