The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-03
The READING NEws.
EDITED BY HAIRY DE- zRAg

\ TUESDAY, DC. %
d. B. Iesis, OF Chicago, was 10 town
last week looking after his interests
Rev. g. B. Norton has gone TO his
fathers. at Neosho Falls, 10 spend
Christmas.
Rev. Henry Smith, OF Arvonia. is try.
ing TO rent q house in Reading.
-Four yesrs ago seven ministers lived
in AEvOHis, but not 50 GoR.
Last night the Christina. Tree at the
new G. T. churei. was loaded down
with at,Ontoas shnusans. prsssnis for The
people The children se7e kindly re-
membeFed and IL was an occasiaa of In
teIest. Some Of the presents were use
ful. others ornamental, and some ~ y
Joke NJ for the fun OF n. 49,
There YVES ehri>iasa, &c at the OH
yer Phillips sch, oil house, last night,
and good time generally
The lYceum holds forth t-a-night. w
O. Davis Is president fo9 the month of
December, and The young people try to
sustaln il. s.
Miss Alice Stratfon Is hoHe dnrips
the holidays from the university At
Baldwin City. where she attends school.
The soldiers have established Good
speed Post No go. g. A. R., Reading.
Kansas. Il was ryan za, Saturday,
night, Dec. s2nd, 1883, by r. Devendorf,
OF Topeka. A. A. General Department OF
Kansas. with twelve members. There
were some twenty five that expressed q
Idesire to JOIN. but Saturday night wAssa
dark, stormy night and some
Hive quite a distance from town.
| The following Is Inst OF the officers
| Cap. J. A. Stratton, p. e.
| George A. ConIey. 8. VIC
| c. w. Hebbe, J. VIC.
d. w. Elrod, Adit.
e. b. Spencer, @. NJ.
l n. E. Dubois, Surgeon
n. 81. EndsIeY, Chaplin. 3 Z u
Henry JacobY, Officer of the day.
IA. Hebbe, Officer of the guard
After the orgination the members par
took of bountfinl repast at Henry
JacobY's.
There are ninety thousand soldiers
living in Kansas. 81 stated by thea. A
General. - aEs
Born-To Mf. aud Mrs. u. A. Hyder
|, a daughter; also, to MIR. and Mrs. Franz
Sawyer. son and daughteF--twins
During the year 1883 there have bees
twenty eight births in this vicinity
twelve boys aud sixteen girls.
MONDAY, Dec. 81.
The last hours Of 1888 are passing qui
ely but coldlY; snowy and full of win
tier. Just what people have hoped Il
. see especially the ice men. The ma
. ijority of our people have been afflicted
with colds, and many haye had sor'
throats. II would eeem that warm, mllt
weather in winter is not &c healthy q
steady cold weather.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Tillo,
. son, daughter.
James Paine was In town last week
The spur track is completed at III
stone quarry two miles west of towI
and the stone crushers arrived yesteT
day. The company work some seventy
i've men when in full operation.
Mansel Cox and Miss Anna Beal, boil
of Reading. were married last week q
Rossville, Kansas They have Feturnet
and go to Housekeeping In the Morri
cottage on Usage street.
Mr.. and Mrs A. II. Bryan gave New
Years dinner to their parents snC
friends Monday.
TUESDAY, Jan. /.
The Thermometer has been at zero al
the forenoon It snoWs anne and Blow
more. Now and then team is aesn
but 1t Ii seldom -@-~<--
G. w. Afbachie. ne orgAn agent is II
to%n. Also the blind preacher. They
, ere both stopping at Henry Jacoby's.
The boys met at the school house Jus
before midnight December .31st. and
used the bell to toll the old year out ant
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