The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-23

$500.
EmpoEIa Post No. 55, G. A. r enjoy
ed very pleasant visit on Saturday
night from party of Topeka comrades
and the meeting was one of great enjoy
> ment.
There was but one applicant examined
r for admission TO the Normal, ON Satur
, day. 1t seems that it was not general,
: known that such an examination was tC
be held.
Benjamin Lane, an old aud respected
, citizen of Neosho Rapids, died Tuesday
at O'Clock at the age of 70 years
The funeral took place Wednesday Al
O'clock.
Frank Coos now, OF Parsons, has &C
cepted the responsible position of su
perfntendent of the land department o.
the Colorado Loan and Trust company
at Denver.
Griffith & Ewing have secured the
contract for putting in the gas fixtures
and plumbing of the new hotel at Eu.
reka, which ia assuming the proportion:
of a valuable improvement.
! D. Burgess and w. T. Sharp. of Eagle
creek, have ordered two snare drums OF
w. H. Suppe, and will proceed to or.
ganize drum corps, mania which is
becoming quite prevalent.
Mr.. Ole Bjerke, OF this city, has
shown US directory of the city of Chris
tiania, Norway, from which it appears
thar there are forty nine adults in thai
place bearing the name of Bierke.
Jennie May Genther, daughter of ia
cob Genther, celebrated her fifteenth
birthday Monday in very pleasant
manner with party of young friends,
at the family residence on Exchange
street.
The following parties from here Wis.,
tied Neosho Rapids Sunday, where &
very interesting Sunday school conven
ton was held: Judge Culver, E. E
; Rowland, Mr.. Merrill. ]. l.. Wells and
o. w. Miller and wife
The Methodists at Eureka dedicated
their new church Sunday, and Billy
Ewing. who was present, says they
raised 81 900, which more than liquidat
ed the Indebtedness on the edifice. Rev
DIR. Adams did the soliciting.
The ladies of the Third ward took IL
in the neighborhood of $25 at the NJ E
social Monday evening. The attendance
: was not large but every provision wa
made for a good time and the opportun
, tiles for enjoyment vera improved BY
those present.
NJ. G. Fell, of Trumbull county, Ohio
] who purchased the city dairy of t. NJ
Mccullough, il making arrangements t.
thoroughly remodel the entire establish
ment, dairy, cans and delivery wagon
The family of Mr.. Fell will be her,
about September 1st.
FastidiOus persons will take NOTES
from this that the utterly utter ca
green corn on the cob this year with tn
e left hand, from left to the right. Las
; year hotel guests at the fashionable re
Z. sorts were at liberty to hold the cob II
both hands, but this is regarded a
dreadfully vulgar this season.
n A very large proportion of the sui
d scribers to the Emporia Telephone E,
change agree TO allow the employees all {
the Sabbath save two hours in til
Q morning-fromS to 10 o'clock-and tw,
e hours in the afternoon-from to 3. Thi
n respite would DO greatly appreciated b.
the parties employed at the Office.
t. d. A. Stahl returned Saturday fron
9, Chicago, where he had been with cattl
,r He says the stock yards were so crowde
that no further room could be procure
10 in them, but that additional pens wer
s, being built and cattle were taken out O
IS the prairie by those who were holding
The market was much depressed.
= The funeral of Mrs. Mary Foulks too
place Tuesday from her late res
dence on Commercial street. the service
n being conducted by Elder Rice, of ii
NJ. E Church. The obsequies wei
no largely attended, number of relatiy,
). of the deceased being present from To
- peka, among them her son, G. 4
N Foulks, we'll known in this city.
It. Col. David Taylor, Ned weaver an
lie one or two other gentlemen from tn
q city, visited the Colonel's Eagle cree
d ranch Monday, and report stock dOir
OF splendidly. Grazing never was bette
oil and Notwithstanding the large herds
10 cattle which feed there, Col. Taylt
IN says he can cut a fine lot of hay, an
al will send men down to NOW and put L
lst lot.
Mrs. Charlie Grnlh. by giving mo-
gage on her property. obtained the re,
uisite means to pay the fine AMI cos
ma assessed against her husband for sellIl
ets whisky, and he was released from il
on Saturday evening. 1t is the int
all ton of the family to leave Emporia, al
ur wo hope that it will be madc'sa suit
for the violators of the liquor law he
that every gin-slinger in the town N
ZIG soon follow them.
Owing. no doubt, TO the threateni
nu state of the weather last evening all {
W. congregations were small. OF those
-" st. Andrews some ten or twelve We
gentlemen. but none Of these W
members Of the church. Where we
" the Rpiscopalianss Was II tao nut
like rain for them, though not for tho
re. who were the,eG What's the matte
Mr.. Mackay had TO ask a stranger
take up the collections. The sIngi
: was good.
lay DIR. W. p. Parr and w. Il. Snmmt
q In company with Division superinti
q dent Perry, OF the Missouri Pacific Fl
ned road company, visited Dunlap SaturJ
ara afternoon to view the new tap to
built from the main line of the road
the stone quaries now controlled by
Dunlap Stone s. Lime Co. Eyeryshl
per seemed 10 Impress the superinte1d
ana quite favoFablyS and 1t is expected {
Life the work of building the road will s
and be under contract.
md We clip from the Topeka Comm
We wealth Of Sunday the following moi
as OF Improvements being made In
OF Windsor hotel at Topeka, and We
oil glad 10 know that under the man,
ton ment of the Hanklas This hotel hold.
reap prestige with the travelling public.
Ion. as these gentlemen were formerly OF
ack, city, we have no hesitation in REQ,
Imb. mOnding our friends to this hosiery
one Five hundred dollars was the amc
paid to Jones Bros. yesterday for so b
titully decorating the walls and cell
a Of q large number of the well ventiIi
sleeping apartments of the Windsor
.aIv tel. and it affords us pleasure 20 20
that this we'll known hotel desefva