The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-07-25
Local News NoTes.

that the rain south of town was very
heavy last night and caused raise of |
four feet in the Verdigris. The fall |
here was hardly an inch in depth.
Senator Plumb is beginning to wear
q sort of care worn, wish-I-wasn't-l
here expression, that undoubtedly re-
suits from being the object of SO many
social calls'' from political friends.
The rains, which are quite general
all over the state, caused several
washouts on the Santa Fe. One or
two are reported on the NJ. K. s. 7.
Trains from the west were all delayed
Tuesday.
They are still talking at Olathe
about the sensational elopement that
took place there Saturday. The elo-
pers are Joel Cochran and Mrs. E. A.
Mol. Both were married and leave
children behind them.
A gentleman name Gray has estab-
lished white shirt factory i'm Empo-
ria. He seems to be all his'name indi-
Gates, as white shirt is as much of GU
rioSity there as black rabbit.-Wich-
| tia Journal.
1t is reported that Henry Gunkle
living out near the Humphrey mill lost
his house by fire last Friday night.
The insurance of $500 will not cover
the loss, as the building was better
than the average farm house.
We are informed that the Indians
of Southern Mexico, go attired during
the hot weather only in straw hat,
neck tie, ankle bracelets, and pair
of spurs, aud yet civilization claims
| it has the edge on savage life.
The reason that Kansas farmers go
to bed so early these nights is to have
a chance to lie and think what they are
going to buy with the seventeen mil
lion dollars which they will get this
year for their wheat crop.-Butts.
Mr.. H. F. Berry of Waubaunsee
county, and an old subscriber to the
NEWS who dropped in to-day to renew,
said that in his thirty years residence
in Kansas he never saw crops looking
as well as they do now, especially in
Waubahnsee county.
Judge combs made another couple
happy last Saturday evening by grant
ing them a permit to enter the matri-
monial ranks. The contracting par
ties were, w. G. Jackman of Chanute
and Miss Mabel Robinson of Madi-
son.
Uncle John Carter of Plymouth was
/ Svth nr nd in
neighborhood are in fine condition.
His hay he says is the heaviest it has
eyer been, and as he has been in Lyon
county for over thirty years he ought
to know pretty we'll how crops aveaage
this year with former seasons.
Mr.. Elliott, farmer living east OF
town, was bringing load of hogs in
to town Monday when two of the
| largest died from over heat. The far.
J farmers should be careful about load
ing too many hogs in one wagon while
, the weather is SO warm, as they arr
easily killed by being over heated.
The heavy rain north west of herr
Observation-Disclosures out a twentyfoo
cuIvert near Parkerville on the NJ. X
. 81 T., delaying the train due here a
1928, till tempory culvert could bt
constructed. Several other smalle
washouts have occurred on the differ
ent roads during the last twenty-fou
hours
The stairway to Senator Plumb
Office in the Masonic building has beel
kept at a high temperature for tn
e last few days by those interested in tn
g post office. The matter has got t
+. that point where the senator woul'
b gladly be rid of it, no doubt, and h'
will probably settle the matter yer!
a soon one way or another.
Chas. G. Sullivan and Miss Maggi
g Chute were married at tn
d brides home in Girard, Kan
}. sas, Tuesday. Mr.. Sullivan
9 in tue employ of the Santa Fe, an
y is-one of the most popular boys on tn
road. He and his wife will come to
7 Emporia in a few days and commenc
Q house keeping.
The representatives of the Chicag
grocers, who have been selling chea
:, groceries to the farmers, are in the cit
3 waiting to distribute few more ca
d loads of stuff to the farmers. TIL
$ local grocers are talking of "a concerto,
q scheme to boycott the farmers patron
izing the Chicago fakirs, by refusin
f to purchase their butter, eggs an
other produce.
vi From some unknown cause tw
freight cars loaded with cattle wer
derailed near the junction about /
# O'Clock last night. The junction de
$ pot platform was mashed up consider
g " and two cows were killed, but non
. of the train men were injured. III
:. cars were damaged slightly, but as TIN
train was pulling out slow no grea
is damage was done.
o No one knows what answer he is &C
:, ing to get from any question that h
. may put to Ruskin. When asked
he did not think it would be goo
thing if the Welsh language would di
out and be le. laced by the English
he replied, God forbid. The Wells
language is the language of music
There is no genius about the Englis
language. The Scotch have got all th
II poetry and the Irish all the wit: an
II how the devil we got Shakespeare
do not know.
o An Atcllison paper notes the rune
n that few Kansas capitalists are abou
q to open national bank in New Yorl
: with Major Hood as president, au
John Francis of Topeka as genera
e manager. Among the stakeholder
, are mentioned Tom Osborn, Sar
e Crawford, II. c. Cross and Others
n We were unable to see any of the gen