The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-06-05
PERSONAL n1ENrIoN


]. o. Jones and daughter, Of Arvonis.
are in the city.
W. s. Award has given up his posi-
ton with Baird & Bro, TO rusticate q
few weeks. 81
P. b. Maxson returned Tuesday from
Indianapolis.
]. r. Blackshire, j. K. Crawford and
DR.. Carter, of Chase county. we're in
town Tuesday.
We learn that the late H. w. PearsaIl
had policy sf 900 on his life. His
estate is estimated at $500
Miss Flora Breiner, OF Bethany col
lege, arrived in EmporiA Wednesday.
Mrs. w. II. PearsalI has been ap-
pointed Administrative of the estate of
her late husband.
II. Ritter, Of Alton, Illinois, has az
rived in Empora and will probably 10
cate. He is an artist.
THE NEWS was honored WEDNESDAYS
with a call from the Republican central
committee of Lyon county In q body.
Mrs. c. N. Riggs arrived in Emporta
Wednesday and Is stopping at the resi-.
dence of S. b. Riggs, on Merchants street.
Miss Mary Jane Watson and Fannie
Randolph started on Tuesday for
Iowa, where they Will spend portion
of the summer.
A small colony of Danish immigrants
have arrived in Emporia and will 10.
cate in Lyon county. They were met al
the depot by Thyge Sogard.
Mrs. ID. w. Hsiner is enjoying q visit
from her mother, Mrs. Brainard, and heI
aunt, Mrs. DR.. Knox, both of Missouri
Prof. Sadler. of the Normal, returned
Tuesday from Topeka, where he
delivered an address to the students OF
Bethany college.
Miss Flora Young, sister OF DR.. j. A
Young, Of this city, has arrived here
from New Mexico, and will make EN-.
porIa her home.
G. B. Peters started Sunday fol
Piqua, Ohio, to visit his daughter, Mrs
Hemsteger, and to Join his wife, who
has been IN the east for some weeks.
Miss Flora Sawyer, Of Kansas City, l.
visiting relatives and friends here. Miss
Sawyer was formerly g resident of EN-.
poria and has many admirers In this
place.
We regret to learn that 80 able q mar
as Rev. Father Swemberg, of Newton
has gone off wrong. There is a woman
in the case-his house keeper. Hi
place has been supplied.
Mile. Jenny Busk, OF New York, 9
prlma donna nnd er the management Of
the Slayton Lyceum Bureau, has beer
secured for the SVendsen concert at the
Christian church next Friday night.
'Lish Mardin. of Eureka, is in the city
acc ompanied by two children. Mr.
Mardin was long a citizen of Chase
county aud EmpOria, and has hosts o.
friends here who are always glad to set
him.
ALT Roberts and James Dickson, oil
Neosho Rapids, were in town Tuesday.
The former has rented his mill to Whit
'ney " Fearl, of Burlington, and ex
poets to move TO Emporia. We art
glad to record this fact.
Elder c. r. Rice, who has Just return
ed from the general conference of the
NJ. L. church, is stopping for few day.
with his fImfly in this city. The elder
is one of .he visitors to Emporia tina,
eVerybo Ly is always glad to see.
Mrs. Judge L. B. Kellogg presented
the Normal LYceum today with two
beautiful landscape paintings in oil the
work of her own hands. This handsome
gift will be fully appreciated and the
honor kindly remembered.
Our young friend Arthur MIllikeu
brought US Monday a box of the
largest, and handsomest strawberries we
have seen this season. They were of the
"Charles Downing" "Cspt Jack" and
Crescent Seeding" varieties.
Judge Culver received telegram Mon
day announcing the death of G. w. Heb.
be, OF Reading township, and asking
him to preach the funeral discourse to-
morrow. Mr.. Hebbe was one of the
leading men in the community where he
resided and was very we'll known in EN-.
poria.
Despite the heavy rain of Sunday
afternoon, a large number of the friends
and neighbors of the late H. w. PearsaIl
were in attendance at his funeral. The
services were conducted in an approprI.
ale manner by Rev. II. Macksy, of st.
Andrews church. The following named
persons acted as pail bearers: Major c,
Hood, Col. II. G. Cross, H. V. Bundrem,
VIM. Adds, II. E. Norton and T. j.
Acheson.
THE News had a call Wednesday
from Hon. A. S. Frazer, of Xenia, Ohie,
a gentleman who came to Emporia in
the spring of 1857. He remained that
summer and returned to Ohio, from
where he entered the service, where he
was severely wounded. After the war
he was elected auditor of Green county
Ohio, which he filled for eighteen sue
cessive years. He comes back to EN-
porla to find wonderful change-in
place of half a dozen cottonwood shan
ties, we'll built city of ten thousand
people. Mr.. Frazer assisted IN survey
ing the town in the spring of 1857. We
are glad to see him again, and would be
donbly pleased to have him once more
as a citizen