The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-16
KANSAS NOTES.

The police at Topeka are somewhat
busy Taiding joints of late.
The northwest Kansas editorial asso-
citation will meet at Minneapolis May
Is.
Dan1 C. Nutting of Norton has just
been chosen in the Sixth congressional
district as a cadet at the Naval Acad-
envy.
A young man of Latham, aged TWEEN
ty-fOur, elOped to the Indian Territory
with tweIve-year old girl and married
her there.
w. D. Gilbert and H. NJ. Jackson,
two prominent lawyers and ex-judges
of the circuit court, both living in Atch-
isOn, boxed each others Jaws on the
street the other day.
1t is reported from Lawrence that
the Kansas City, Wyandotte & North
western will soon gain control of the
Lawrence, Emporia 81 Southwestern,
known as the ''Carbondale Branch"
The state coal mine at the peniten-
tiarY has, during the seven years since
its opening, produced nine and half
million dollars worth of coal, nearly
One-third of which was supplied 20 state
institutions.
Major Hudson and wife of Topeka
have returned from three months
|
| all places of interest from New York
and Boston as far south as Cuba where
they spent few days.
". S. Miller, living near Abilene,
was chased all over a 100-acre lot by a
thirteen foot rattlesnake with twenty
| six rattles. Miller finally tired the
snake out and killed it. This is one of
| the first snake stories of the year, but
IS worth preserving.-K' G. News.
A northwest Atchison young man,
| who was to have been married on
| Monday last to lady residing in the
same portion of the city, left town
about week ago and did not return
until last night. The young lady had
all her wedding clothes made, and the
affair affords food for considerable Cos
sip,-Atchison Globe.
| D. w. Blair, proprietor of the Nail
hotel at Tonganoxie, LeavenwOrth
county, borrowed $40 of the Tonganoxie
bank on April 80, and has not been
seen since. A few days before that
Mrs. Blair found that her sister, who
was living at the hotel, was intimate
with Blair and drove her from the
house. 1t is supposed that the sister
and Blair are now together.
While the proprietor's attention wa:
directed to another part of the store, I
bold thief who had just been examin
ing some jewelry, picked up tray o.
assorted diamonds in the store of J. A
Chopard at Kansas City Wednesday
, and made off with it. The tray, which
was valued at 900, was missed in /;
minute or two and pursuit made, bu
the thief succeeded in getting away.
! Saturday afternoon, w. G. Spear,
' farmer living near Wellington, sufferet
= a horrible accident. He had PLACED
his cultivator across some scantling
in the upper part of his granary, and
while attempting to take it down, h
n fell. The cultivatOr fell upon him, an
the shovels were thrust into his aldo
men, lacerating him in a shockin
manner. He lived in great agony unit
s Monday.
Z The darling girl knew everything
g knew Hebrew. Latin, Greek-yes, sex
eral other languages with fuency coul
speak. OF music, art, embroidery, sh
J, had a pefect knowledge, and man
other things besides that girls ar
c taught at college. The only thing Sh
> did not know (nor could the maid col
ceal her ignorance of that was how I
g cook meal. But did that make tt
q maiden less desirable to me? No. sh
$ was rich and could afford to hire
cook, you see.-Walt Mason.
You want to engrave it on the tai
lets of your memory. and not forget
10 as you go along, that this is Kelle
lie year in Kansas. Harrison Kelley
"A the nominee for congress in the TopeR
district; Fl. B. Kelley of McPhersC
has been elected an alderman in Gut
x RE, Oklahoma; Phil. Kelley has bee
IN appointed postmaster at White Clou
and Rev. Bernard Kelley is said {
have the inside track for penslC
f agent,-Ex.
N President A. R.'Taylor of the Sta
IS Normal School, who delivers the ann
\ al address at the junior exhibition
- the opera house tonight, is a finishE
A. scholar and one of the formost educ
I'd tors in the west, as we'll as being
ar pleasing and interesting speaker. e
y will say many things worth remembe
ing. The Monitor hopes that Il
opera house may be well filed by Wa
il OF encouraging our schools as we
AZ as in honor of this distinguished gel
- tleman.-FOrt Scot Monitor.
- George w. Robinson, a raiIws
Is brakeman living at Wichita. while ri
he ing ON the engine of a Frisco trai
t. near Augusta, Tuesday afternoon, a
complished a thrilling feat in saving
child's life. The child was seen fro
OF the engine cab, sitting on the traC
y OOAO AAoSoAOO OhCoA- CD tAS GId
at was running at full speed, it was in
possible 10 stop it in time to save Il
o child'S life. Robinson jumped out ,
Is the cab and in an ihstunt reached Il
e. pilot of the engine, barely in time
:, grasp the child and snatch it from Il
wheels of the engine as the train spC
on.
Z An A class high school girl beiT
le told by her teacher to parse the SCI
4 tence, He kissed me, consented n
luctantIy, because opposed 70 speal
70 ing of pTivate matters "a pubic. 1He
, she conmene WITH uhnecessal