The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-03
OVER THE STATE.

The rural press Of Kansas Is now busy
harvesting the catamount crop.
Howard postofice has been placed
in the presidential grade, or third class,
and the salary raised to $1,lOO.
The successor to the late Congressman
Haskell will be a Republican. Aside
from that but little is known concerning
him.
The Ell Dorado Sorghum LapPer
thinks that town ought TO have sugar
refinery as it has fine sorghum country
to sustain one.
There is talk of having fat stock
show at Wichita sometime IN the near
future That would be right tn Marsh
Murdock's hand.
Lawrence. according TO the local press,
10 now without q single dram-shop.
But it Is only forty miles from that
plaza to Kansas City.
There are quite q numb of sod
hotels in western Kansas. The main
difference between them and other
hostelries in that section is thai dodgers
are troubled with molRs instead of he'd
bugs.
The Fl Dorado Republ can gives
list Of the buildlBgs erected in that town
during the year. as follows: Business
houses. 10 residences, s5; livery barns,
2; additions and improvements, 81; total
cost, $751; 1856.
We judge from the Fredonia Citizen
that John Gilmore Is stirring up the
newspaper animals in that TOWN. A
paper was started there some months
ago 10 kill of the Citizen, but il is still
kicker with an increasing list of sub
scribers.
There are only forty seven candidates
tor the position on the board OF railway
commissioners rendered vacant by the
death of che late Major Hopkins. 1t
seems safe TO predict that our climate
viii lose ats Italian reputation before
the place starts out TO forage for the man
in Kansas
Score another for prohibition! A dis
psich from Lawrence announces that
the saloon keepers there have gwen up
the fight and all have closed their doors,
both back and front Now this item
will make the Junction City Union
madden than thunder. and 1t will
sharpen up its razor and let the prohib-
Itionists have it right and left
The Atchison Champion thinks Sem
AtoE Briggs, Of that county, would make
9 good Railroad commissions to fill
the vscancY oceasioned by the death of
Major Hopkins. and the Commonwealth
makes = strong argument for T. b. Muir.
dock, of Fl Dorado. for the place. Either
of these gentlemen would undoubtedly
MI the office with honor to themselves,
and aeceptabiy to the people.
Afchison Champion: The long fight
against the saloons in Topeka and Law
renee. waged, with occasional intervals
ofApaihy. during the past two years, has
finally resulted In what appears TO be
complete victory for the temperance
people The saloons are cl0sed-not
pretendedly, with back-door openings
but completely. and, il would seem, per
mAOenily. The law has triumphed in
these places.
The local sentiment WAS against open
saloons, the local officers represented
this sentiment, and the open saloons had
TO Ego" There appears TO be no doubt
Of the fact that wherever the local off,
GERS determine to suppress the saloons
they find that prohibition will prohibit
This has been the experience Of Name
during thirty yeAFe of prohibition. Kan
sas Is repeating the history Of the liqnor
agitation in thu Pine Tree state