The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-04-02
OYER THE STATE.
Chsnute is drilling for coal.
Ottawa will illuminate with gas.

OLIaWd Will Illuminate Win gus.
Wichita is proposing to light her
streets with electric light.
Eureka citizens propose to vote $1,000
ia bonds to induce barbed wire manu-
factory to locate there.
A Topeka lad is said to have COM
mitted suicide rather than be com-
PEELED to go to school.
Louise Sylvester, an actress who has
been playing "Mountain Pink" is
thought to be dying at Caldwell:
The Clyde Mail has opened French |
department. There are large number |
of French Canadians In Cloud county.
Leavenworth is In great ecstacies over
new Union depot which the Union
Pacific and Missouri Pacific roads will
build there.
The eighth annual session of the
Grand Lodge. Knights of Honor, con
venes in the senate chamber, Topeka, on
Wednesday, April 9Th, at 10 O'Clock.
The Baptists at Burlington have been
conducting great revival led by W. 81.
Hubert. About $50 persons. during the
past week, came forward for prayers
and about 100 of that number profess
conversion.
Comanche county has eight newspa-
pers within her borders. Four weeks
ago it was unorganized, and 1t has
scarcely been a twelve month since set
tiers first began to take homesteads with
in her limits.
The papers from the northwestern
part of the state say that nearly all the
winter wheat in that section is killed.
Some claim that it is the work of the
Hessian fly; others that it wac killed by
the cold weather.
At LIE Roy, in February, the body of
Mrs. Daniels was found hanging to
rafter in the woodshed. The people of
that town now suspect her husband to be
| guilty of the murder and urge that her
body be exhumed and he arrested.
Strong City Independent: A small
town on the Santa Fe road, short dis
lance west of Strong City, reports an
average daily receipt, for the past four
weeks, of nine car loads of household
goods. Other towns in the state can
make as good showing. By this parties
in the east can form some idea of how
rapidly Kansas is settling up.
The Pacific Express company has is
sued 9 circular to its employees and pat
IRONS TO the effect that 1t will not receive
any liquors for points in Kansas. The
Adams, the Wells, Fargo and American
Express companies have prepared cIrcu-
lars, but have not as yet issued them.
They are receiving goods the same as
before the passage of the law.
The officers at Paols were little pre-
vious. Some young people came to
town Sunday evening to attend church
and tied their horses in front Of the court
house. The officers took the animals
and lodged them in q livery state, max
ing il cost the boys $1.25 each TO get
them out. We suppose the officers
thought they performed their duty"
Fred Doaue, q painter at Burlington,
was notified last week of the death of his
father in California, and that an estate
valued at $40, 900 was lett to the heirs oil
the deceased. AS there are only two
heirs, Fred and his brother, 1t will prove
quite bonanza 20 each. the more 50 as
il was entirely unexpected. They had
|, I'D 4fAfnra NJ fhafr faN so nu
years, and really supposed him dead long
since.
In matters OF contributions to educa-
tional and religious institutions the
Southwest Kansas Conference excels all
its sisters In the state SO far as reported
The Kansas Conference which claims &c
be chief owner of Baker University, sub.
scribed ct its late session 81 200 for com.
pleting the building and founding
library, ana furnishing apparatus The
South Kansas Conference. ID Whose
bounds the institution is located. sub
scribed $500; the Southwest Kansas
: Conference subscribed So 500. The chllC
has thus became greater than the mothel
and the grandmother" as well.
!, The st. LOUIS s. Emporis road has beer
+ comoleted from PIeasantOn to MounC
City and is being rapidly pushed vest
> ward TO Blue Mound. The first excuF.
; sion over the railroad came of oil
2 Thursday ct last week. The passenge
coach was a box car, aud those Wit
I couldn't get inside were piled on tn
top. The train arrived in Mound Cit
amid the ringing Of bells aud and firini
: of cannon. A large crowd met them q
: the depot. a general time OF rejoiclni
Wss had in the afternoon. concluding
, with dance st night. The next excuI
sion will be to Blue Mound.