The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-21
0YER THE sTATE.

OYER THE STATE.
Peabody Is improving her city library.
Wichita has fair prospects of knit
ing factory.
The Leavenworth sheriff has just sue
ceeded in capturing a noted horse thief,
r. Fief.
Nearly every city and town in the
state is preparing for q grand time on
Decoration day.
a woman named Mary Uhler, living
at Lawrence attempted suicide last week
by taking laudanum.
The Atchison Globe says that the cir
Gus that generally takes about $1,000 out
that city got away last week with only
81 600.
The Seventh Day AdVentists of Kansas
will hold their annual campmeeting at
Lawrence. commencing May Goth and
closing on the 9th.
The Santa Fe depot at Sedgwick was
robbed last week. The thieves secured
only forty-two cents fo- a two hours
job of safe blowing.
The city of Sterling is making an eff
fort to grade and macadamize her prin-
cipal streets. In order to do this the
citizens are asked to vote 5000 bonds.
Concordia has learned that a Metho-
dist academy is to bs located somewhere
in the northwestern part fine state. and
is making an effort to secure the loca-
ton.
The Educational Endowment Associa-
ton of Nebraska, according to recent
decision of Attorney General Bradford
cannot hereafter do business in this
state.
The board of regents of the State
university have located the new $4,000
historical building just west of the main
building. 1t will be three stories high
and SOx1IO feet.
Glen Elder, Kansas, claims to have
shipped 10,500 dozen eggs during last
month. Glen Elder is q very small
town in northern Kansas, but it does an
immense egg business.
There were 800 visitors at the loan
exhibition at Topeka. The committee
of the association extend their thanks to
the people of Kansas. and if any article
on exhibit was injured Immediate repa-
ration will be made.
A Sterling grocery store owned by
Purdy s. Hickman, was blown almost to
atoms last week by the explosion OF
powder. 1t occurred, however, in the
morning before the arrival of the clerks,
and there was no loss of life.
The steamer City of Lawrence, built
for q pleasure boat, and the only one
that decked the peaceful waters OF the
Kaw, was recently devoured by flames
Thus the Emporis Forest Queen is the
only genuine steamer on purely Kansas
waters.
Russell Record: Capt. J. j. johnson
has set out on his place on the Saline
this spring, including cuttings, 100000
trees. Thirty-two thousand of these were
catalpa trees which he procured In Ne
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will deserve monument.
Winfield Tribune: Wellington has in
stituted a special feature for Decoration
Day. The Oklahoma boomers will dec
crate the grave of Capt. Payne. Sidney
Clarke will deliver the eulogy at the
cemetery and will give an address in the
evening.
An exchange says that Ex-Governor
Robinson of Kansas, now 81 years old
has agreed to act as leader of the colony
to be sent out by the New England EN-
igration society to settle Utah with 81
anti Mormon population. Mr.. Robin
son In letter to the Herald Tribune de
MES that he has taken the leadership o
the colony and says that letter. of in
curry should not be directed to him.
The Council Grove Republican tell
of the sad death of little girl name
Emma Samuels. Emma was only L
years old. and, with her sisters, watch
ing the COWS on the prairie. At moo
Emma tried to kindle a fire under a
old kettle, as the little folks contemplate
enjoying dinner on the prairie. TIL
treacherous flames caught her clothin
and despite the efforts of her younge
sisters, all her clothing, save her shoe
and stockings, were burned off and he
body left almost in crisp from neck I
ankles. Assisted by one of her sister
she walked nearly a mile and half (
her home, where death soon relieved he
of her sufferIngs.