The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-25
OYER THE STATE.

Marion has . Shakesperian club.
BelIevilIe has "Llme Kiln club"
Atchiscn has an Oklahoma society of
sixty members.
Fredonia had q IRE last week which
destroyed several store.
Burlington has been amusing itself
with spIrituaiist seances.
The Masons and Odd Fellows will
soon organize lodges at WestmoreIand.
Fifty bushels per acre is considered an
average for corn 10 Norton county this
season.
There Is some talk of putting mp q
combined rink and theAter building in
Sterling
The mayor OF Fall River is spoken of
by the Echo as an "egotistIcal and cock |
eyed City Hoss."
President Arthur has appointed j.
II Williams postmaster at Seneca fer 8
term OF four years.
The Medicine Lodge Cresset says the
low tariff has knocked the bottom out of
the sheep business.
The dry goods firm OF Moore s. Wea-
yer of Ottawa failed on kthe 10Th inst
Liabilities, $4,000.
The FL Dorado Republican estimates
that 5000 heard Of cattle are baiug full
fed in Butler county.
10 - n4R
twenty eight teachers and have enrolled
1.S47 pupils this year.
The county of Comanehe has petit
toned Tor organization, aud it will
probably soon be effected.
The estimated totals of the pay rolls
of the Usage county coal companies for
the past month was sol coo.
Col. JAS L. Dyer has been reappointed
receiver 0! the Wichita land Office for
four years IRON December 1st.
According to the census of 1880 there
were only q per cent Of the population
of Kansas classed as illiterates.
= National: Topeka is making an eff
fort to secure the next encampment of
the Grand Army Of the Republic.
Clyde Herald: Up TO the present writ
ing forty -four have joined the church
The interest seems to be increasing.
Labette county has school popula-
tion of 1O,1S9. Only two counties, Leav-
enWoIth and Shawnee have a larger
number.
L. n. and w. H. Andrews built the
first houses in the north half of Decatur
county, and, possibly, the first houses in
the county.
The Usage City Free Press has been
investigating Texas fever in that county
and finds that forty four cattle have died
from that cause.
The contested couoty attorneyship in
franklin county has been settled by Ma
son taken the office and appointing
Welsh his deputy.
Fred. d enman, a former prominent
resident OF Usage City and we'll known
cattle man, committed suicide at Little
Rock, Ark, Dec. 10.
Sam Wood has commenced suit to
perpetually enjOin the commissioners of
Shawnee county from the collection of
the court house site tax.
LeaVenWOrth has now 10 .251 feet OF
main, alley and district sewers and un.
der construction 1858. The estimated
cost of all is $33,649 10.
The first literary society in Decatur
county was held in the winter of III
This drew the literarilY inclined from
twenty five TO thirty miles.
The latest Wichita Eagle yarn is that
tho Jewett farm. in that county, is the
largest. best cultivated and most valu.
able of any farm IN the state.
The Oldest man in Kansas. John Ward
by name, froze to death on the streets o.
Aichison last Monday evening. He II
alleged to nave passed his 1O5th birth
day.
It Is said Kansas has 800 postmaster
who receive less thar 800 per year sal
airy. The Bourbons who succeed to thesT
places will not grow very fat on the emo
luments
The ladies Of Trinity parish, Lawrence
presented to Bishop Vail solid silve
cup and to Mrs. Vail solid silver disl
aud spoon on the occasion Of the TWEEN
tietn anniversary Of his episcopste.
Twenty-one incurable insane person
were brought to Topeka on Tuesda.
from Osawetomie, and given quarters il
the newly completed building for tina
class of patients, al the Topeka building
The Atchisou, Topeka Sc Santa +
railroad company has fifteen railws
E reading rooms on its line Ofroad. Anon
the places thus favored are Argentine
Topeka, Emporia, Dodge City and Nick
erson.
/ John T. Stanley of Douglas was
, member of the same union league W 1T
e Judge Tourgee in North Carolina whe
l the latter was getting the eXperienc
3 which he finsliy related IN the Fool
Y Errand."
, Three Mormon prisoners passe
through Kansas on the Santa Fe las
week in charge of deputy United State
= marshal. They were convicted of po
, lygsmy and will spend three and hal
years at Detroit, Michigan.
I George P. Nelson, aud old sieambo,
: captain, died at his home in Wyandottl
Kansas. He commanded the first steau
p boat that assembled the Missouri rIve
lie also founded the Oldest Odd Fellow
t lodge in Kansas.
DR.. Jeffries, editor of the Cain Cit
News, was recently held up by high
waymep, while crossing section i
), Farmer township, Rice county. and T,
}, lieved of all the filthy lucre IN his po
session except his watch.
J, a Wrecked Train.