The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-28
rHENEW nIREcroRY.

THE NEW DIRECTORY -,
The following Lrief resume will give
an idea OF shat thscIty directory being
prepared By Meesrs Hostermsn b Car
VcE win eonprehend:
Title page.
Index 70 contents.
Index to Advertisements.
| Table showing the number Of names
In the EmporIa directories for 1882 'S3
and lS84'65, and estimating the present
population.
fntroductiOn, including q short sketch
of EmporIa and Lyon county, with the
resources, railroad advantages mAnufac-
turing, agriculture, stock raising, eli.
matte advantages and other points OF
interest
BoundrIes Of the wards and school
dIstricts- s
City govetnmeht, showing term Of
office Of mayor conncilmen and other
officers and assistants by wards and
where the offices are located.
Police department
Fire department and wafer works.
Location of the public buildings and
places of interest.
Board Of education.
Board of examiners.
Location Of school buildIBgA colleges
and Normal, with names Of teachers,
principals and faculties.
Complete church directory.
Secret, benevolent and fTateFnal So
cieties.
Incorporated companies.
Courts and officials.
Township officers.
County officers sDd deputies, show
log terms Of Office, salaries, etc.
County Inf1rmaTy.
Justice of the peace IN Lyon county
with poStOfflce address and WHEN term
expires.
Notaries public, same.
Military. Giving ali points OF refer.
ence concerniug our military organize
lions and the regiments to WHICH they
belong. e--
Banks and other financial institutions
giving officers, statements, ETC.
| Newspaper,
Gas. street railway companies, tel
ephones, etc.
| Libraries.
| Cemeteries.
| Miscellaneous including county med
zeal society,", Y NJ G. A., Temperance
clubs, bicycle clubs, orchestras, bands
snd others.
KsnsaS state officers. judiciary, sen
atOrs and representatives, with sslarIrl
and terms OF office.
System of house numbering in the
city.
Street guide Of the city including th'
various additions and subdivisions
The directory prOper, as we'll as I
classifit d business directory.
Digest Ol the ordinances In the CITY.
United States postal notes.
Cities of the United States according
To population.
And as reference for business mel
the following. If possible:
Tales 0i weights and measure
-aVoIrdupois, troy. apOthecaEieH, Ola
moDd, long measure, square surveyors
solid or cubic cloth, wine, ale or bee
dry, tonnage, mea -ure of tune, etc. cir
caiaF moti0n, paper and bO0ka, numbers
the metric system. tables of money, boil
United States and foreIgH, gold and sill
yer cOins, table of movable feasts, TIT
basis of stsndard railroad time, tabl
showing weight Of a bushel of dIfferen
grains and other substances as establish
ed by law IN different states In pound
avOirdupOis, a calendar for ascertain
ing any day of the week for any giveI
time In the present century, a table o
the number of days from any day in on
month to the same on any other.
The canvass for advertisements ha
been about completed, and the resul
has shown ibe good will of the bust
ness men of the city as we'll a
their high appreciation of the valu'
aud need of book Of this kind. The las
one published Is no longer reliable 70
the city as II now is. 4 book as com
prehebsive and full of interest as til
above outline shows this will be, shOull
be patronized by all our business men
ana should have place in every bust
ness house and residence In the city
The book will contain at least $50 pages
will be printed on the best quality O
heavy book paper, and elegantly bount
in cloth. In short the publishers pro
pose to furnish work that has not beeI
surpassed in EmpOrIa or in the west
aud we bCspeak them success.