The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04


Washington Kansas is to have a
Quaker college.
The Atchison republicans nomina-
ted j. T. Hersey for mayor.
A strange and fatal malady is carry
lug of people around Paola.
One third of the registrations at
Fort Scott we're made by women.
A ''pernicious fever" is said by a
local payer to have carried of a couple
of children at Paola in few hours.
About 500 inmates of the Soldiers
Home at Leavenworth have "gone
home" for the summer on furlough
Evans Brothers of Hartford sold
their Clydesdale stallion, Bounding
Scotchman, !" to a Wayerly stock com
pany.
A farmer living in the eastern part
of the state ,netted 1920 per acre from an
orchard of cherry trees. The trees
were planted six years ago.
D. r. Anthony, II. L. Hacker and
j. r. Alternately were appointed police
commissioners of LeaVenWOrth Wednes'
day by Governor Humphrey.
They now talk at Lawrence of turn
ing the Walruff brewery into stove
factory. What's the matter with q
canning factory or creamery?
E. A. Martin, of Norwood, raised
three thousand bushels oil potatoes
| last year. AS he sells them at fifty
cents buShel or more, he makes a
good thing out of his farm.
John Dudley, who went to Ell Dorado
some weeks ago to open butcher shop
has again returned to Hartford and
will continue the business there will
his brother.
Emporia is the only town in kansa!
where the women know enough abou
politics not to bite their lips or sticl
their tongues out of the corners OF theil
mouths when they register.-Butts.
The company of National Guards
who some months ago marched with
banners flying into Stevens county anC
put speedy end to the internecint
strife there existing, have jus
received there pay 1870 each.
Frank MuntZ, aged 10, who lives OF
Buch creek, was carrying loaded re
VOlver in belt Monday. The revolve
! fell out, the trigger struck a rock, anC
/ Mr.. MuntZ is now carrying the bulle
in his arm.-Chase county Republican
Another kick at Wichita. The 10
cal bricklayers have Illuminated a bul
! against any further Importation by
contractors of jOurneymen bricklayers
| There Is not now work enough 10
those living in the Windy town.
The safe in the Missouri Pacific de
pot at Harrington was blown opel
Tuesday night and $500 in cash taken
In addition to the money large mum
Der of valuable papers were taken bu
were thrown into the street OUTSIDE
when they were found to be of no val
ne to any one except the railroad com
pany.
Orrin. tho bright little son of Henri
Batch of Neosho Rapids, aged abou
six years, died on Monday, March 18th
1899, of scarlet fever, This is the thir
child Mr.. and Mrs. Batch have BEEF
called to part with during the last 81
months. We sincerely sympathiZe wit
the sOrrOwing parents in their deep al
fliction.-HaItford Call.
John Guthrie of Omio, lost small
fortune last week. He drew Sc 800 il
currency from the First National ban
of Jewel and went to Hays City to bu
cattle. After his arrival there he ha
to go out into the country about tie
miles to a ranch. When he got Their
the money was gone. 1t was bulk
and he had rolled it up in a newspape
and crowded it into his overcoat pool
ct, which hung across the saddle.