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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

To SHOW how unanimous the party
in New York is for Cleveland it might
be mentioned that during the demo-
cratic convention in Buffalo bets of $50
to 81 were offered in New York city
that the delegation would be solid for
the presidents denomination. and no
takers. Don't the republicans wish
they we're half so harmonious?-F
Scott Tribune.
Probably they would be equally har-
moniOus if they had but one string to
their bow.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

TILE admirers of Cleveland who are
bowling over the fact that there is still
talk of nominating Blaine, even after
his letter decliningthe honor, would do
well to pay more attention to their own
favorite and ascertain if he was sincere
in his declaration in 1884, that mo
president should have a second term. -
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AMERTCUs NEWS.

AMER1cUs, May 26.-W. II. Clark of
Cincinnati, Ohio is visiting his aunt,
G. A. Grinell, and his cousin I'VE
local" He is PRESBYTERIAN
minister and will occupy the pulpit at
Council Grove tomorrow.
Pearl Myers may been seen behind
the counter at Lesbos store tieing up
groceries.
To-day seems to be uncommouly
dull for Saturday.
The funeral services of Mrs. Brown
was held at the family residence this
morning.
Political talk and discussion to the
exclusion of local news are the themes
which occupy the average mans time
nowadays.
Rev. Hoover of Reading came over
yesterday. He will occupy the pulpit
at the NJ. E. Church tomorrow.
BURLOW.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

THE London Times cannot forbear
coming to the rescue of Dan Voorhees,,
and it denOunces Mr.. Ingalls, of Kan
sas, as bad, bold, illiterate man, a
sort of border desperate, who attacks
respectable free traders and Golden
clubbers for no higher motives than to
satisfy his horrid curiosity to see 'em
squirm. 1t was high time for the Brit
ish press to interfere.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Monte Cristo Cleveland after the
SoWden-AllentOwn veto, lone.
The others are quite handy, Mr.. Pres-
ldent-an within easy striking distance
-McAdoo. FOran, and all their jolly
Fellowship. Strike again, Mr.. Presi-
dent, and strike hard. McAdoo will
make a beautiful No. 2.
The whole royal pack are to be turned
loose upon the gallant young states
man from New Jersey. Behold his
imperial highneSs as he points the gem
tleman from New Jersey to the alter
natives: There is my service; there
is the guillotine. Take your choice. -
LApplause.1 May the good Lord shield
my young friend. lLaughter.l
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

JOHN STONE, a policeman at Topeka,
has been arrested and bound over to the
district court upon complaint of the
county attorney, on the charge of will
fully neglecting his duty by refusing to
inform on violators of the prohibitory
law. This proceeding seems to be in
contravention of the time-honored the=
DRY that the sole function of police
man is to wear uniform.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

THE enemies of Gresham are now
charging that he is Know-nothing.
This speaks well for the Gresham
boom, which must be growing, OF
these charges would not be made.
However, if there is any truth in the
story of his alleged Know-nothing
speeches in the sos, he might as well
withdraw, as, with a record of that
kiHd, there would not be the ghost of a
show for him.
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ADsRerents.I~h,

Stranger-Are you familiar with the
circumstances of the killing of RaIph
Smith?
Lawyer RoSs-Yes, he was my dear
est friend. 1t was an atrocious murder.
I'm sorry you think so. and a
few others were thinking of employing
you for the defense.
well, of course there were mitigat-
ing circumstances. After all, those
newspaper men are too fresh: and a lit
tie example or two won't hurt them.
Come up to the office.-San Francisco
Examiner.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

THE Wichita Beacon will present
each member of the Tilden club of that
city with plug hat and linen buster if
he attends the st. Louis convention.
This may be considered patriotism from
a Wichita view, but how about st.
a
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

The house on the farm belonging to
Jonathan Davy, was burned down last
Saturday at IL O'Clock. The farm lies
about nine miles south east of this
city. The house. valued at about az
600, was totally destroyed together
with the greater part of the household
property The house was only insured
for small amount. The loss is quite
a severe one for Mr.. DaYy, who is a
farmer and stock-raiser, and for the
past few years has been battling with
the hard times.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

A Kansas schoolma'am has hit upon
brilliant scheme, which gives salts
faction to the pupils. When one of
the girls misses word. the boy who
spells it right gets permission toykiss
her. In acquiring knowledge of or
typography, the Kansas school ma'am
appears to think that two heads are
better than one, but, as might be sup
posed, the girls are getting to be mighty
poor spellers.-Norristown Herald.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

A DELEGATION composed of men,
bers of the prohibition party has pre-
sented Mrs. Cleveland with a micro
scope. Very appropriate. She will
use it on the party next fall.-State
journal.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

IT is perhaps not generally known,
but nevertheless it is said to be fact,
that the law forbids any pensioner
bargaining, selling or promising his
quartely pension before it becames
due, and on the other hand, all persons
are forbidden to accept the same, in
any manner, as security, or otherwise.
The fine is fixed at 500 for any vio-
lation of the act, and is equal upon
the soldier and dealer.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

In the general conference, the Meth
Odist church has extended the pastoral
term from three to five years. Under
the old system, or three years rule,
Methodism made wonderful progress.
Whether the partial abandonment
of the ''itinerancy" by the ex-
tension of the term to five years
will work as well or be productive
of results commensure with the extent
of the change remains to be seen.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Nothing, it appears, is too good or
too beautiful to be safe from those
Kansas senators. Scarcely had ingalls,
got through mauling Voorhees, when
Senator Plumb arose and began calling
the Chicago cattle pool hard names.
Kansas evidently sends Ingalls, to the
senate for spectacular purposes and
Plumb to make himself generally use
ful.-Chicago News.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

THE managers OF the convention hall
at Chicago are making ample arrange
ments for the accommodation of ire
mendous Blaine yell. The edifice will
seat, besides the delegates, a crowd Of
about seven thousand five hundred.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Cheapest money in
town to loan on improved
farms. w. J. Jones, 1882
Commercial Street, EN-
poria.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31
COUNCfL PROOEEDTNGs.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, May %, 1888

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, May %, 1888.
Special meeting of the council.
Present-Mayor Weaver and all the
councilmen, except McCown and Phil
lips.
The clerk read the following call:
To n. E. Weaver, Mayor:
The undersigned members of the city
council of Emporia request you to call
a special meeting of the council to be
held at the council chambers this even
ing at O'Clock, for the purposes of
considering matters connected with
the waterworks of Emporia, regarding
the completion of the reservoirs, as
we'll as the appointment of a city
weighmaster.
Dated May 18th, 1883.
FRANK MCCAIN,
ED HoFFER,
w. p. SEXTON,
A. A. WELLS,
WILLIAM CLARK,
j. D. TYTHERLEGH
\ special meeting of the Council is
hereby called for the purposes and at
the time and place above stated.
n. E. WEAVER, Mayor.
The following resolution was read
and on motion adopted:
Whereas, The Holly MANUFACTURER
company has persistently refused to
fulfill its contract with the city of En-
poria in regard to the lining of the two
reservoirs on Smiths hill in accordance
with its contract with the city and
the plans and specifications in regard
thereto.
Therefore be it resolved, That the
Mayor is instructed to at once write to
said company as per the draft of letter
herewith submitted.
o. j. Russell was appointed as city
weighmaster; appointment confirmed.
Adjourned.
II. S. ALEXANDER CITY Clerk
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Mr. James BrodfeId, prominent
farmer and stock-raiser of Verdigris,
Kansas, was in the city. Mr.. b. seemed
to be much elated over the prospects Of
the ''oil boom" of that place and has
great hopes in the future developments
of the oil find.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Down in the neutral strip, where they
have no law, when a bad man kills
somebody and tries to run a town the
citizens collect and fill him full of
buckshot, and the coroner's jury re-
turns verdict of ''justifable homicide
by unknown parties In the end at
tanned the neutral strip method has the
advantage of the Kansas idea, which
is to board murderers for life at the
expense of the state.-Kansas City
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

1TnE Ohio Legislature has passed a
bill forbidding the selling of cigarettes
or tobacco in any form to boys under
sixteen years of age. A similar bill
passed the Illinois Legislature a year
400
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Some desirable city property to trade
for improved or unimproved land.
TANNER BROS. s. HEED,
Emporia. Kansas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

TtIEBE .5re asa students in attend
ance AZ the State University this wear
= a little more than half as many as
we have at our State Normal. This is
q good showing for the University.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

AMERICUs, Nav 25.-Mrs. Amos
Brown departed this life yesterday
morning, after an illness of several
months duration. She will be buried
in the Fruitland cemetery tomorrow
at 10 o'clock. Services will be held at
the residence. She leaves a husband
and two small children, besides numer-
GUS friends and relatives.
The ladies will meet tomorrow at
O'Clock to appropriately decorate the
NJ. E. church for Memorial services.
John Bond, mayor CT Americas, has
issued his proclamation requested that
business houses be closed May 3Oth,
1888 between the hours Of II m and S
p. m. for the proper observance of the
day.
Listed corn, has had to be replanted
in good many cases, as it has been so
dry, that it has failed to materia1ize.
RJJRTOW
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w. w. Miller, of Usage City, Daniel
SeYery, of Peabody, and d. n. Heller,
of Usage City, representing the Cas-
cade (Colorado) Town Company, met
in this city Monday and adopted plans
for hotel to be at once constructed at
that place. 1t is to be three stories
high and to contain not less than sew
enty-five rooms. This will be a fine
structure with all the modern i'm
prOvements, elegantly finished and
finely furnished. Cascade is rapidly
becoming, in fact is now, the most IA
nous place in ali that part of Colorado
John r. Price s. Co., of Topeka, are
building carriage road from the town
to the top of Pixies Peak which is to be
finished by the first of August. The
company is now working one hum
bred teams and will have the
road open for tourists, probably be-
fore that time. AS summer resort
Cascade promises to be a place possess
ing advantages to be found no where
else in the United States.
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IT is now asserted that General John
G. Black was born in Mississippi.

If the old saying is true. ''when the
clouds weep the farmers laugh, . what
a rollickng jolly time the grangers are
having now.-Arkansas City Traveller.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

If you have old roots of teeth in your
mouth do not have them extracted,
but go to DIR. Murray and have NEW
crowns put on them. He can do it sue
cesSfully.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

If you want artistic. and practical
dental work go to DIR. Murray's Dem
tai parlors, No. u, Sixth avenue.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

WANTED.-Catt1e and horses to
pasture. Good water and shade.
Lyman Hall, eight miles north east of
Emporia.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Have you seen our stock of mems
overalIs, shirts, jackets, underwear,
hosiery and suspendersP Best values
in the city. II. THOMAS s. Sons.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

IF you need set of teeth do not fail
to go to DR.. Murray. His prices are
reasonable and all work guaranteed.
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pOrla

Look at our stock of umbrellas and
parasols. Can't be beat Tor quality,
style or price. N. THOMAS & Sons.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

We learn from the sheriff that an
attempt was made Friday night about
eleven O'Clock to wreck train on the
Santa Fe, one and half miles west of
the city by obstructing the track with
ties. A special freight approaching
was signalled by couple of small boys
which stopped while the boys pulled
the ties from the track. The sheriff
was at once notified and went out,
but could find no clue to the perpe-
traitors of this dangerous piece of work.
nor the boys either.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Mr.. and Mrs. 81. P Hood, of Ameri-
Gus are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John E.
Martin, at their home ON TAILOR street.
State Journal.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

AMERICUs, May 2S.-Rev. Hoover
of Reading delivered a very appropri-
ate discourse to a large and apprecia-
tive audience al the NJ. E. church yes
terday in commemoration of the coun-
try defenders. In the evening he occu-
pied the same pulpit and preached a
good sermon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George 10y of Empo-
ria were in attendance at the quarterly
meeting services yesterday.
a card from j d. Gibson and party
brings word that they are enjoying
their overland western trip immensely
NJ. s. Hutchens is going to cover
good portion of his engine room with an
iron roof for the better protection
against fire, the building having caught
fire five times in one day recently.
RTyRIOW
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Money. money! money

We loan money on first farm mort
cages. We loan money on second farm
mortgages. We loan money on chat
tel mortgages. We buy ali kinds Of
secured papers.
FILKINs s sIsLER, Brokers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

500 pounds white carpet warp best
quality at twenty cents per pound
in five pound packages.
NJ. THOMAS 81 Sons.
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A good coat for S5 cents at M. Thorn
as & Sons.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Have you seen our line of scrim
cloth at 10 cents yard? just the thing
for curtains or aprons.
NJ. THOMAS s. Sons.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Did you ever examine our bargains in
remnants? NJ. THOMAS s. Sons.
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S14 suits for 81.
80 SI1ifS fnr. &c

$12 suits for So,
SO suits for SIS.
50 suits for 81
Just half price at J. D. Gibson's. These
prices will make them move. Come
early.
Buy your flour cheap for cash of J.
w. Lesh at the Henning building.
J. d. Gibson carries the largest line
OF ladies' and misses fine shoes in the
city. Prices as low as can be had of
any house in Lyon county.
Wantedl!!-5OO dozens of eggs and
LOCO pounds of butter at Tressler s.
LowTy's.
One ceat Carriage Paints in quarts
mixed at Bonds.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31
II. THOMAS

A u cent, yard wide. unbleached
muslin for 81 cents a yard. You
ought to 1uy bolt at this price.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31

Daniel D. Davis left for Horton,
Kansas. Mr.. Davis has been living on
farm four miles south of the city for
some time, and he goes there to follow
his old trade as stone-cutter.
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- Cnmrnareial atreet

First door south Emporia Natl bank
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GasOlina AT ROn6,s


Buy your fresh meat and bologna of
Bircket s. White at the old, reliable
city meat market, Americas.
Bran, corn, shorts and feed on hand
at the HenEing building.
w Ircu
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Garden seeds in bulk at Tressler 4
Lowry's.
Buy your paints at Bonds.
German Millett seed at Tressler s.
Lowry's.
AT the old Henning stand will sell
flour right down to bottom prices for
cash during the present hard times.
L W I,FSH
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IA MAIN

WITH THE csocaATaY OF THE COUNTY, WILL zEAN
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q THE GREAT sourawEaF
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-12-13
KANSAS KOIES.

They must have joints at Topeka, if
they are joint sOcials.
DarWinism has a boom in the windy
city called the Peerless Princess.
Nineteen horses were burned to death
in Kansas City livery stable a couple
Of nights ago.
The brain of Joe Tobler, the muir
derer hanged at Wichita few days
ago, weighed As ounces.
The sale of crab apple cider at Vel
lingtOn has been prohibited by the mar
shal as violation of the liquor law.
Thomas Kirk, a conductor on the
Santa Fe between Emporia and Salina,
WAS arrested last Sunday morning for
knocking down.
Sectionalism is dying out. James
G.. Smith, graduate of the Kansas
State University, was elected to the
Missouri legislature.
at Fort Scott some unknown and
ehterprising ruffian goes about at night
trying to enter the houses of widows
by pTying open the windows with a
spade.
What carniverous people there are
in Topeka. They estimate that 1 900
beeveS, ]. 200 hogs and 800 sheep are re-
CURED to supply the city with meat for
one week.
The Western School Journal. pub
lished at Topeka by Il. W. Turner.
was purchased last Monday for Sc 600
by John Macdonald, superintendent
Of Shawnee county.
Horses IN the neighborhood of Bur-
den; Kansas, are dying of a strange
maiady that requires only about 4S
hOuIS to do its work. The animal ap-
pears craZed OF stricken with fright
during certain stages of the disease.
Wichita promises book soon on
Pure Passion Pure fIummery.
What have we Ella Wheeler Wilcox
and Amelie Rives Chanler for? Does
Wichita think it can dish up more
savory mess of erotic fOl-de-rol than is
supplied by these enterprising ladies!
Give a Wichita man the choice be-
tween altar of roses and the OdOr from
the new packing house and he will
choose the packing house every time.
The latter means business, and Wich-
tia man has very little use for altar of
rOses.-TOpoka Journal.
\ Topeka paper tells of Kansas
man who wrote to the governor to re-
sign the office of justice of the peace,
to which he was lately elected, because.
as he says, ''Of not being well enough
qualified to fill the office" A Kansas
man who could do a thing like that
must be deaf, dumb and blind.
The railroad hands tell of an original
scheme a farmer near Parnell has
adopted to get his winters coal. His
ground is between the two railroads,
and near either track he has set mp sew
eral images of ROSTERS Tabled "Cleve-
land at which the train crews jeer-
ingly throw coal. After train has
passed, the old man and his boys gath
er up the harvest. He averages about
a ton a week.-Atchison Globe.
H. p. STANDBY. book-keeper for the
Matlack dry goods company at Arkan-
sas city. was detected in embeZZling
from the firm. He confessed that b 8
pilferings had gone on for some time
and amounted to some thousands of
dollars. He decided his property to
the firm and was by Mr.. Matlack
given $500 dollars with which to leave
the city with his wife and family.
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raath a En-. Hanriatta Conmhs.

Born in Rome. New York, July 5th.
1882; died of chronic trouble in Empo.
ria, Kansas. November %, 1888, Hen
rietta G. Coombs, wife of James M
COombs of Marina, Kansas, who still
survives. The deceased was the moth
er of six children. All survive her and
with the exception of the oldest son,
were present at the funeral services
which were held at 2 o'clock, Noyem.
Der 30th, at the residence of w. L.
Coombs. The services were conducted
by the fourth son, j. E. Coombs, pastor
of the First Baptist church. Auburn
Illinois. assisted by Rev. Vail of the
First Baptist church of this city. The
remains were inferred in MaplewOod
cemetery il. this CITY.
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READESG NEWS.

READING. Dec. 4.-Russell Spencer
is expected in from the west to-day with
800 steers to the be fed by Spencer
Brothers.
James Geraghty shipped twenty
steers to Kansas City Sunday night.
d. C. Jones is shipping a car of COWS
tonight.
The present market prices do us no
good, even with twenty-five cent corn.
A. w. Plumb is shipping corn west
and paying twenty-five cents cash or
twenty-three cents in trade.
The Baptists are again holding re-
Vival meetings.
w. II. Seyery is off for Fort Worth,
and his wife and her mother go to
Texas to spend Christmas. Most of us
about here are too poortO leave town.
The NJ. L. Sunday school voted to
have a concert and Christmas tree on
Christmas eve, and they voted to in
vite the entire community to enjoy the
occasion with them. viz: every nation,
kindred, sect and tongue. DIR. Morri-
son, the popular Sunday school super
intendent, has charge of the gathering.
Born, a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Manning Sells.
l. L. Davis is stopping among US for
the present.
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A Tu. E;u

Word received from Salina yesterday
states that the grand jury found a true
bill against Thos. Kirk, conductor on
the Santa Fe between Salina and abb
lene. The conductor on that run does
the express messengers work and the
station agent at Salina made remit
lance on the oath ultimo which was
given to Kirk. The agent failed to get
his receipt in the usual number of days
and correspondence revealed the fact
that the package amounting to s97 so
disappeared between Salina and Abb
Iene. Kirk says he remembers of re-
ceipting for it at the starting point, but
does not remember what became of it.