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Empire City Echo from Empire City, Kansas • 4

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Empire City Echoi
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL SI)VS. EMPIRE CITY ECHO. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS FROM KANSAS CITY. The Louses represented in this column are among the leading and most reliable firms in Kansas City, and we cordially recommend them to the confidence and patronage of our readers. Ira Taylor reports business considerably improved this week.

George Logan, of the Excelsior drug store, returned from Nevada, yesterday. A. OLiTJjSTD, yVHOLKSALK ASD EETAIL IX 4-XEW CITIZEN, TUl'US DAY, MAY 23,1878. liiiiiisou vs. rJaJanoy A rain.

GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, Cigars, Tobacco, and Ueed. I. few Tieaj "PUAIRIE CITV," And all other -Joe Fleming is the high boss in the Palace drug store this week. The crippled hand organ man struck town yesterday at ternoou. Maj.

Bloomlield took charge of the county jail at Baxter, this wee k. Prof. Shoman and Dr. Ilutehins are absent in Southwest Missouri, this week. Lead is still quote 1 dull at $3.23 in the St.

Louis market. Lord, how long Two dunce-Louses still flourish on Columbus street, and mineral quoted dull in St. Louis at HIGHEST ilARKET CASH PKICE PAID POP. COUSTliY PRODUCE Mr. Deunison, in Lis affidavit, tiled in the district court for a change of venue in the content case, says ''the Echo published many articles of stricture upon the conduct of the trial, referring to the mother of the prosecution of said of the judge of the court," etc.

The files of the Echo do not show any censure of Judge Perkins in his rulings cn the. case, unless it can Le culled censure to say that we believed the Judge t-rri'd in aside the verdict of the jury on what we conceived, and still be- lieve to be, a mere technicality. The jnry was composed of intelligent citizens, majority of whom were political friends of Mr. Deunison: the COOK STOVES. GLASS WAKE, JHEBESOLLDEASCCD LIVERS This medicine SHERMAN'S Jllii2lJznii -w QUEEXSWAUE, v.

as rigmateu to meet the demand of physicians for a re- Poor and Rich treated alike at the 1 On account of tne hard times, I have adopted the tknny systkm, and wil make the EXACT CHANGE, even to a Penny's worth. SLy Goods arc all New, selected irith care and will be sold as cheap as jCjf fU 0llilvcs TIXWABE, Gov. Crawford delivered Lis lec liquid 3 tliFilB Cathartic. It is readiiv taken bv children and adults. "Kansas at the Centennial" at P.

X-loolliig Griittering. the first of the week. withoj-t nausea; FiOIJ operates neeiy without min. I lie cathartic -More rain Tuesday and Wednesday, ingredients are so perfectly controlled by ch flooded many shafts and will ITERS. "West side Columbus Street, Emiike City, Kansas.

this scientific combination that it acts as mil 1- cause a light turn-in this week. lv as castor oil. mav2.Lnl trial id lasted near! two weeks, to tho exclusion of other important business in the district court; both parties seemed to have exhausted all legitimate resources to make their case; Mr. Deunison had the. ablest counsel in this and adjoining counties to look after his interests, and still Major fJdmey had come out victorious.

We believed then, and still believe, that the tray animus of the contest was to ca-t a shadow on the name of the rood j.eo-de of Empiie City for giving almost a unanhaous vote, for Mai" Ilali- From the Jojdin Herald we learn Kemember. the place to get your money's worth is at TEVIS' NEW BEICK STOEE, that L. D. Gtuin and John Walters are running saloons at Hot Springs, Ark. fgyTlie manufacture of all kinds of Tinware a specialty.

Jan3 rn 4 Angus 2ucKay this week struck up XORTII SIDE MAIN EMPIRE CITV. KANSAS. a chunk of mineral in a drift in his shaft says is as jiev. of aii Iiowe-t elfort to defend on me land, that he the purity tlie ballot-box. There are big as a mule.

THUS. E. TOOTLE, President, p. Superintendent. TI10S.

K. IIAXNA. 8ecv and Treasur' V7 OLUMBUS St. LIVERY, SALE people in Cherokee, couutv who have al- wavs acted as if thev thou "lit it a crime Johnson's Variety Theatre Band au FEED STABLE, ALSO YAGOX YAED! to attempt to build up a city on the north novs the revivalist, Hammond, bv plav l7r V. US a 11 ing on the streets during services.

or. GomV West Joplin, SLsead i.olitie.d friend nf Mr D. i vV li" will soon be called the wickedest city Ul this reason we in common with a verv iu tlie Southwest larrre ni.iioi itv of tbi lb-nubile i vntei-l i k. 0 0 CO of Empire Citv cast our vote for Maior A'artics owning real estate of any P. P.

RillNEUAKT, PiOp'r. The best of rigs and saddle horses for hire. Horses boarded by the day or week. Due east of Bonanza, cor. Vine and Columbus Streets.

Jiahuey and Charley Saunders, the Dem- kind, which they wish to sell or cx- i aste rs sr ici ins. oerauo canumites lor sherilt and county change for other propertv, will do well 2. 7, V. calling at this office. Xo charge for Emiikk city, Kansas.

advertising unless a sale or trade is made. CO S3 fairly in the existing town rivalry. In view of all these facts, and manv T. X. Walker, on inula jr evening Toplin, ZNFo.

last, raised quite a purse by private sub- pioxeer. others not necessary to mention, we believed Major Jiahney to be the legally in criptiou for the benefit of the Calvert shell tl of Clierokee county, and 3 ia nor Mouse 1 family, in indigent circumstances, and Mr. Deunison to abandon a contest in which be could not reasonably recently bereaved by the death of 3Iis. This company own and control several thousand acres of the best mineral land in the Southwest, and oiler to succeed in a fair and impartial Calvert. -A trial.

And we think 31 r. Deunison will Andrews on lot Empire home day, if he does not already, regret ihat he uul not follow our aduee. SCIILOSS, PROPTT, JOI'LIX, 3LlSSOUllI. Dealer in WHOLESALE LIQUORS 7s 1 cic; a us. Arcnt for the celebrated T.

J. W. Gail land, made a good strike Tuesday. They have been prospecting a long time, and Great Inducements to Prospectors! All For trawl orI. we are glad to know they are likely to XT.

S3" 02 be handsomely rewarded for the money If I). II. Anthony savs he is not in the field, wc cLeerfuj'ly ljoist the 11 tg for and labor expended Geo. A. Crawford.

Witljout doubt yve Col. Miller was lined $.1.00 and costs make him a sure enounh Governor. mds and fur- and Co. WHISKEY'S, Also, Agent for Balke Brunswick BILLIARD TABLES! vl uo39 If MR. MURPHY, General Superintendent, will diow parties thes hany information desired, iqon apiJic.ition at our ollice.

in the police court, Tuesday, for committing an assault on E. T. BrulTey. coiue on; the Tribune for Crawford. m- Lawrence Iribune.

CO to IT- The trouble originated about the posses A number of our exchanges favor the sion of the Quiu Jaro mine, which Mr. B. jiominaiion oi tne Hon. eo. A.

Craw STWk Pay the IIh.iiest Maickkt Pkice fok Bone. Si.a;. t.T;a has been working under a sub-lease. ford for Governor. The State owe The Chang and Eng of the Cherokee something to Crawford for the able man ner in which he has aided every enter- county press continue to be worried j.n.e mat leuuei to increase its prosper AT THE RED FRONT Xorth side of Main, near Columbus St.

Can be found a complete stock of Groceries and Provisions, Jan3 S. M. Proprietor. Groceries. Provisions Main first block west of Columbus, Eiirnn: City, Kansas.

SMITH ALL EX, Pnorinin dns. Fi.oun, Fkei and all kinds of country 1 produce constantly on hand. about the welfare of the Grand Djuke of Olliceiu Brick Hotel. West Jt.plin. ity, lie is an honest man ami will make Empire City.

For their information, we ut excellent governor. hone our Republican friends will reward him witl will state that the G. D. is prosperous the nomination. Wyandotte Herald.

and happy, and visited the count' seat (Dem.) last Monday. AND MOST Several cigar, tobacco and liquor A number of papers are nominating 1 3 dealers got "picked up" by deputy reve Hon Geo. A. Crawford lor Governor. That he woidd make a good one is cer nue collector Jones, this week, for neg tain, but we would prefer to see him in lecting to properly cancel the stamps on the L.

S. Senate. Man anbittm Xation- alist. empty boxes and barrels. In some cases we fear great injustice will be done, as i.ist of LirrrcKK their offense is entirely one of omission I.

A. TAYLOR Town without any intent to defraud the gov Remaining in tlie Enndre City postofiice ernment whatever. Some of our most for the week ending May 17, 1S78; it liEAI.Ei; IX not called for in days, will be sent respectable merchants are numbered among the victims of the vigilant collector's drag-net. Some miners and others on Short to the Dead Eetter joJUce; irnes Matilda I.oyd Clara Brown Thomas McKee -2 CJaewers II Paschal 1) Johnson Sterling Smith Miss Tillie Tendey T. J.

Hadlky, P. M. DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING- Boors, Shoes, Hosieky, Xotiuxs am Fancy Goons. tSTDRESS GOODS AND GEXTS FURXISIIIXG GOODS A SPECIAL IT The most complete stock on Short Creek. creek are very naturally becoming dis 500 Lots for Sale to Those Who will Build.

couraged at the continued low price of mineral, and talk of seeking employment elsewhere. This is not to be wondered it; but unless 3 011 have a sure thing, it South siuk Main Stkeet. Emtike Cnv, Kansas ico. A. rawfonl for Gcvoraor.

Leavenworth Times. is better to work for even small yyages than to spend weeks and perhaps months We are well aware of the fact that Mr 7 7 7 Crawford has said, to all who have asked of time and a large sum of good money iu seeking something better. A friend him. that he is not, and dose not intend to be. a candidate.

But that is not the writes us from Pueblo, May 12: The OOO Lots a Gift to Those avIio will IBnild and Occupy for One Year! The eople of Kansas know country is overrun with poor people IT. 1 TI HMOM), Georjje A. Crawford; they know that seeking employment; they came here Ihere are very few men in Kansas who have done as much as he to advance the expecting work on the A. T. S.

F. R. interests cf the State, and if, in consid R. extension ten times as many as were eration of his past services and his pres Hundreds of poor and honest 9 cut ability, thev see tis to nominate him fellows are now tramping their way back for Governor, it will be his duty to ac- ecpt and "little George" has never yet east, many beinij compelled to be for Jx'en jnown to shirk his dutv. There is West Side of Columbus Street, near Main, t- I 4iV.t 11 ILI tl si very general leeimir that would honor herselt 111 electinir him.

JESrPay Hi co of Murphy Cheney. Empire Mining Company, and West Joplin Lead and Zinc company, at Town'Company's Ollice. Lead House adjacent and Mammoth Specimens of Lead on exhibition. Empire City, iv: Attachment JVotice. A.

A. Fletcher vs. Georgia Green. Xotice is hereby given, that on the 7th Marriage Itells jingled merrily yes- terday evening at the residence of Mr. J.

F. Hedges, a half mile cast ot day of May, 1S7S, John A. Harper, a Jus town, The occasion signalized the un on tice ot the Peace lor Empire City town of Chas. A. Clark, of Empire City, and ship.

111 Cherokee county, Kansas, issued Miss Fannie E. Hedges, one of the most an Order of Attachment iu the above named case, for the sum of ninety-four amiable and highly respected of Fredo-nia's fair daughters. The groom arrived Tha Mo. mm. Ul I I here late yesterd.iv evening, and the cer Bus KiABu GiaieiN a sii rSCSB t7 vi IsEa Si dollars, -and that said case will be heard on the Sth day of June, A.

D. 1S7S, at 10 o'clock a. ul. A. A.

1 1 Plaintiff. a niony, yyhicu was perlormed by Rev Three Railroads Within Sis Miles J. Adams, was witnessed by relatives Offers for Sale FOR CASH, in tracts of 10 ACRES, ot tne contracting parties ana a lew 111- Xhna.to Mr. and Mrs. Clark will Attachment Xotic.

,000 pend a week vdtli their friends iu this couutv. and then setth' at li is, borne in of Mineral Lands I C2z Empire City. They will carry with STATE OF them the congratulations and best wishes County of Cherokee, In Justice's court before John A. Har of many old and steadfast friends in this yieinitv. I rcdoim Citizen.

per, J. P. in and for Empire City IX TOWNSHIP 31, RAXGE 23, AT FROM $10 TO $20 PER ACRE. Choice Bargains Can Still be Secured. For Information apply to J0IIX A.

CLARK, Land Commissioner, Or, R. H. LAWTOX, Agent, Columbus, Kansas. Fort Scott, Kansas. Population of Empire City, 2,400.

lownship, county and state aioresaid. X. M. Wellnian, Plaintiff, vs. Mrs.

Margie Lewis J. D. Lewis and her two little girls started for D. II. Campbell Def Kansas this week to rejoin her husband.

On the Dth day of May, 1S78. said issued an Order of Attachment in Quite a number of friends called and bid her a reluctant larewcll on the eve. of the above action, for the sum of eighteen tne aoove action, lor tne sum or cignteen her departure. All agree that Liviinr- 23, 1S77. Location Healthy and 77 ir dollars, which said cause will lie" heard CltlJ laid OUl MdJ oil the loth day of June.

1S7S, at 10 ton has lost an excellent christian a good neighbor and kind-he irted nioth-J Ornamented with Forest Trees. o'clock a. m. Middle Icnncsseean. WMML iimg mmm The way too make a town is to yvork font, Talk and write it up.

If you I can do neither one or the other, there is Empire City, May 10, 1S7S. td Attachment Notice. THE STATE OF County or Chekokee, -j-- In Justice's court before John A. Ilar-jkt, a Justice of the Peace in aud for Empire City Township, couuty and state aforesaid. one thing you can do, and that is to lend TOWN COMPANY: PATRICK MURPHY, President, Joplin.

J. L. Barxes, ICansas City. GEO. A.

CRAWFORD, Ft. Scott, C. H. Prescott, Kansas Cit.y. Solon L.

Cheney, Empire City, J- E- Lock wood, Kansas City. Mipjort to your home -paper. Give it! some encouragement to work and write lor you, Xo iuan cyer lost a cent bv OF ALL.KJXDS BLASTIjSTG MATERIALS advertising. Ex. J.

D. Hale, Plain liiYA II. D. the Monitor mentions the birth of a 2 1-2 pound baby there last week. Another evidence of the stringency of the A.

B. Haughey, Empire City, M. V. D. Bexnett, Empire City.

Matthew Clauy, Baxter Springs, SUV- J. II. Playter, Girard, I C. Vax Pelt, Lamar, Missouri, James Mcll ugh, Joplin, jAiiES 31 crthy, Joplin. 1 Frank KEESiiAyv, Joplin.

times and consequent contraction. Said Justice Issued an Order of Attach-incut against the defendant in the above jjsrtge Mission Journal, entitled cause, on Uie l)th iby of May, Fkaxk Puiyter, Girard. 1S78, for the sum of and costs. Geo. A.

Crawford, of Kansas, left Said cause will be heard on the Hth day- McDonaep, Ft, Scott, esterlav morniu at 9 o'clock a. in. Dayit Kelso, P.irsons, Citv Journal. l'Jtli. EMPIRE CITY, KANSAS.

COL I US ST ET, D. Hale, riaiutiff. t4.

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1877-1879