The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-06

ing been set apart in memory of U. S.
Grant, l, therefore, request all places of
bushes to be closed on that day and all
other labor suspended and the day duly
observed N. WHrTTLEsEY, Mayor.
Take your family with you 10 the Bis
marck Fair.
Eyerst ChristIancy has accepted
position as cashier for ID. A. Loose & Co.
Laura Moone and the McCord COM
edy company at the Whitley opera house
Tuesday. August IL.
The stock yards at the Missouri
Pacific depot have recently been enlarg-
ed and new car approach put in.
Hot for the great Bismarck FAIR, Law
renee, Kansas, September 7th to 18th.
"The West Street Methodist Episcopal
church" OF this city filed its charter
with the secretary of state Saturday.
The Strong City base ball nine will be
in Emporia Saturday ami play our boys
u match game at the Missouri Pacific
grounds.
TheIstorm Monday evening:did great
deal Of damage to fruit, knocking apples
of the trees and in some instances break
ing the limbs.
The reputation members OF the cuun-
ell are having a tough time with the Cit
izens.
Soden's bridge across the Cottonwood
south of the city will be closed to travel
after next Monday until the new iron
approach is put Ia.
Messrs. Lloyd Sc Thomas, who will
soon occupy L. L. Perley's new store
with stock of dry goods and carpets,
are now in the east purchasing goods.
AS will be seen by the may or's proc
lamation published in to-day's NEWS,
the business houses are requested 10
close on Saturday, and manual labor is 10
be suspended.
A citizen Of Emporla was arrested
Monday afternoon and brought before
Judge Keys and tried for allowing chick
ems TO run at large. The fine was fixed
at 81 and costs
Mrs. Weber. wife of Jacob Weber,
aged 63 years, who lived at 80 South Me.
chanics street, died suddenly Monday
at 3 o'clock Of dropsy and was buried To-
day at 10 o'cleck In Maplewood Gene
terry.
/ ha n
crossing on Elm creek held on Saturday
was largely attended speeches were
made J. NJ. McCown of this city and T.
| o. Hill and j L. Leeper. Dancing IN
the evening lasted until the still small
hours.
A marriage licence was Monday issued
by Judge harrington to John w. Wilson
of jackson township and Martha Martin
OF the same place Another license was
also granted to Edwin Bates, of Emporia
and Ellen i. Pitcher, of the same city.
w. L. Atom Mon1sy exhibited on the
street his new Pioneer peanut rooster
consisting of neatly painted little en-
CINE, and cylinder mounted on wheels
The rooster is for service during the
county fares OF the state.
The case of the State VS. Charles Bull
len in which the defendant was charged
with assaplting DIR Lloyd and threatening
to kill HIM or drive him from the city,
was brought before Justice Fletcher
last MOndayland dismissed at the costs
OF the prosecuting witness.
The Emporia division of the ed regi-
ment of the u. r, K. OF p, has just re-
ceived a special order from the lieuten-
ant colonel of the 2l regiment, j. d.
Wallace. in which all divisions are or.
dered TO drape in mourning their respec
tive armorIes, and on the day of General
Grants burial to hold themselve in read
mess TO observe the same in becoming
manner.
The case of Peter Yeager VS.. Oscar
Lyle was tried before Justice Payne last
Tuesday. Tie trial was in reference to
damages to a potato patch near the
bridge across the NeOsao north of the
city, which the plaintiff claimed TO have
sustained through Oscar Lyle. The
damage was fixed a, $40. the defendant
also paying the costs.
I. H. Isbel of Kansas City, chief of
the railway mail service, was here Tues
day. He examined Mail Agent Rich
ardson. who was found to be most cred.
liable agent. Mr.. Isbel is an old time
postal man, having been on the Santa Fe
mail cars as far back as 1872. He is