The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-13
BITLEKTowN NEWS.
By ORPHAN BOY,

"WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10.
We were glad TO notice few items of
interest in last weeks WKEKLY News
from this place, written by aNevs Bow. },
We here extend you the right hand of
fellowship and we also hope to hear
from YOU again.
"ehaVe been having some very warm
weather for the past few days, and this
together with the few showers we have
been having assures Us that there will
be an immense yield of corn in this val
ley.
The nay press men are putting up
large amount of hay. Mr.. Bradbury, of
Topeka, arrived in town few days ago
with his press and moved it about three
miles north, where he leased 1 400 acres
of grass land. and is now busily engaged
in cutting and stacking the hay
/ We we're pleased to have G. p. Jones
on our streets yesterday. He came down
to start the stone masons on the mason
work OF his building IN which he will
open out clothing and dry goods store.
u. A. Gonter of Madison, one of the
best timers in the state, was in our town
yesterday and completed a job of tin
work for 8. V. Bitter. Mr.. G. also put
In bid for the tin work on G. p. Jones'
new building, and we hope he will Sc.
cure the work. as he does good, honest
work.
. j. p Wilson, of Emporia, shipped
three car loads of cattle from the Bitter
town stock yard, to Quinlin s. Mont
gomery, Chicago, Ills. Mr.. r. Nation
also consigned four car loads to the same
parties, and Mr. S. Nation shipped one
car load to QuinlIn s. Montgomery
Kansas City.
Mr.. Lamb will in q few days move
into his new dwelling house which If
D now completed. Our building boom
Q still keeps booming.
An extra came down yesterday and
took up twenty-three Car loads of cattle
!. of this branch. We doubt not that thiI
}, branch is paying the A, T. & s. r
Q company more than any other branch il
Kansas.
r Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tower of Madi
/. son spent Sunday il town visiting Mrs
Il Towers parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Bit
Ter.
Il Our genial hotel man. Mr. Theodor
Brinkman, is now doing rushing bust
ness. his house being full nearly ever,
: night.
Mr.. Leroy Butcher came home iev
days ago from his trip 20 southern an,
y southwestern Kansas, and reports every
e thing lovely in that part of sunny Kan
G sas.
l. DR.. j. b. Moses reports all his patient
as doing nicely. Mr.. Funk OF Shaw
" creek, who had the misfortune few
Is days ago to be thrown from his wagon
J. and break what is known as the un
is known bone of the hip, is doing nlcel
and we hope under DIR. Moses treatmen
If to see him up and around in few dayG
N We have been informed that job
"a Perrier will in few days more ope
N out billiard and lunch room in one {
a the rooms of the S " Bitter block.
Our genial friend John McKerzy {
Shaw creek, has bought the Nation liz
cry stables of Emporia and Will no.
drive as fine horses as any of them. w
wish him success in his new enterprise
There Will be another horse race neg
- Saturday, on the track north of town, bs
tween Mage. owned by Ed Glover. an
q Little Sam, owned by Bill Prouty c
n EmpOria. The sporting men of En-
1t poria should come down and bet,
e Sam Burdett's Queen of the West wa
n beaten last Saturday by Little Nell, bu
:. on Monday the Queen got away wit
q CspDowned by w. c. Cannon.