The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-09-12

Charley Barnes Is now local editor Of
he News. As he is Too well knoWnin
he city 70 need any encominm we
merely announce the fact, and bespeak
or him such kindly ofices from the
public as he may deserve:
Mr.. Eakin has already sold three car
oads OF goods from the canning fac
iory through the state while one car
has been ordered for supply camp IN
she mountains Of Colorado.
Clarence Wheldon, who has been in
Pennsylvania during the summer with
Mrs. W. n. D. Bird, returned home
last night, making the trip from the
Keystone state unaccompanied by any
one.
The young Peoples society of the
NJ E. church give reception, ON We'd
nesday evening at the home of Judge |
Cunningham to the students and |
members of the congregation. |
A cordial invitation is extended to all |
who feel they are not acquainted.
We publish elsewhere set of reso-
lutions in the shape of a platform
adopted by the farmers alliance at
Plymouth, that have as much rele-
vancy to the practical ends and aims of
the farmers as q chapter taken from
Solomon's Proverbs.
d. d. Myers who has been connected
with Peters Hardware company, has
resigned his position and in connec-
ton with John Bay. will open up 3
first class grocery house about the
first of Octor probably, on West Fifth
avenue.
A Salina mau was held up to be
robbed the other night by three road
agents. He informed the trio that ne
had been out with his girl all day and
the Would-be robbers generously made
up purse for him and sent him on his
way rejoicing.
A ladies' auxiliary to the Brother
hood of LOGON olive engineers was or
ganized in this city Saturday by ladies
of this city, assisted by several ladies
from Newton. This is the third or
ganization of this kind in the state,
and will no doubt be a valuable addi-
ton to the Brotherhood society.
A few miles northeast Of town the
downpour Sunday was in the nature
of cloud burst. Every favine be-
came raging torrent and every de-
preston pool or lake. Bridges and
fences were all swept away without ex-
ception, and travel over the roads made
difficult if not impossible. Such a rain
the oldest citizens never saw before.
Mr.. O'Toole sent a man out to Bad
ger creek to-day to recover his buggy
and harness, but the dead horses and
the buggy are in deep hole lodged in
any old tree top, and the men were
unable to get at the buggy which is
pretty badly broken up. Those who
visited the place to-day were surprised
that even the boys escaped drowning
The following, taken from the Law
renee Journal, explains itself, and, as
usual, an Emporia boy is getting tc
the front, fact which we are pleased
to note:
Messrs. Will A. White and Vernon
l.. Kellogg, having returned from q
summers vacation spent in Colorado
have taken charge of the local and ed
itorial work of the Journal.
A prominent contractor of this cit,
was on Commercial street one day last
week, in search of men to work fol
him. The four corners on Fifth avt
nue. were crowded with loafers. vel
not one would take work when Offered
to them. This is sample of the clas'
Iof men who are dead set agains
anything in the way of work, and ar
in the same condition towards anyone
who attempts to further the interest
of the city.
! Lieutenant Woodruff is campet
on the show grounds, having il
: charge sixty men of light battery F
second artillary from Fort Leaven
} worth, enroute to Chillicothe, Indial
: Territory, where two regiments o
, cavalry, two regiments of infantry ant
four batteries will be present, and par
! ticipate in manoevuering of differen
characters, intended to best improv
: the condition of the men.
Sundays rains are still being hear
from. Owing to to the passage wa
of the water at Third avenue and tn
, railroad becoming stopped up, tn
water collected in large quantities an
found its way into Armor & King
-four and feed store, doing considers
Bile damage. The slough near Armor'
mill became Every much full'' and tn
3 water runniDg,in the basement of th
T mill. damaged one hundred bushels G
wheat, also parts of the machiner
which are located in the lower part G
the mill.
The following is a partial list {
: shows billed to play in this city at til
! Whitley Opera House during this sea
: son:
: The McNash s. Ramsa MINSTREL
: September ., are the first.
"a Noble Outcast," October 10.
It esShe.n
' Chas. Gardner in ssKarl.''
e "a Night in jersey. /"
3 ssSnow Weeks. y
II zone of the Finest
! J. S. Murphy.
s'Soap Bubble
Myrtle FerneS Co.
d "UncIe TOMS Cabin. !"
" Shafroths s. Co.'S Minstrels.
ssBunch of Keys
tsWin o. the WiSD.o
Is tHilarity."
n These are all on the boards.
Sunday afternoon while Charl
- Prothero and Llewellyn Jones were I
- turning from Lebo. after the rain, tn
attempted to ford Badger creek, viii
- was very high. though the boys d
not know it. They drove into t
. creek. and almost instantly the hors