The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-02-02
Saturday, /; g IS February ., 1857.
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EMPORIA AT THE GREAT PAR.
Ir is EX POSITION. =

4 iT Is EXPOSITION. = -
We regret that the following tcirc uIar. ca me
TO hand at 30 late .te that it isimpSssibl,
for US to comply With it in the sr which
lie inPgrrhce dsuaandss q. We csnrpHiy Civ,
a hastily written sketch Of our town and tl,e
81 rounding country. without having tine to
search records or gather statistics. We cheer
fully comply with this OppOrtdAity to Civ,
our little corner of the globe hearing in the
Worlds Fair. The followingis Mr.. Yeung'.
circular: via. q - lsi..sss55-1st1 :.
By an arrangement ten copies Of every news.
! paper published from the 20th Of Jantiarv
ie61, until the LIST Of February, throughout
the State Of Kansas, with statement 81 the
amount of circulation and the statistics OF
the business of the city or town, with q list of
I Fall the merchants and business men The
copies so issued will &c placed in promin e mt
| position IN the Exhibition. 1t Is to be hoped
that the proprietors of the various rubIiea.
tlo"s IN question will body, perceive that
the success of this important featur, Is a mat.
ter which at once concerts their private in
terests and profits. Publishers wifi forward
/ their ,pape' 10 the LeaYeRyssLh Post Office
ISAAC YOUNG.
l3lL ytsFgEfs iggg8fEi A Commissioned
Our circulation is seven hu idrei an fftyl
copies weekly, and nearly all in the Neosho
Valley. 's 700 sH- ~ lsH.ssafae Z 'Hoe
We have no figures at hand b:ch win give
the amodut ef busi nesS done in. lie 4owa, but
will state that all the business housea and pro
fessiOns included int list below are doing
good and prosperous business. @.
The town Of EmpOria was founded in Feb
ruaFy 1857, ten ysaFs Agodhis month. Ii ia
located between the NeoshO and Cottonwood
rivers, about SIX miles above their confluence.
The Cottonwood is mile south of the town
and the .Neosho mile north It's location is
'eieVGtei, beautiful aAd healthy. It now con =
tains about eight, hundred. Dhabitants and is
the principal town In Southwestern Kansas.
Itisths County seat otJLyons tue most popu-
lous Of the Southwestern counties Besides
the sbusiReSs houses .tFaEes, and professions
represented ia the listq beiOw, lit has fouf
churches, one Methodist EpiscOpals one Con.
gFegational, one Christian and one Friends,
all having eohfosta ble ami com N iious hoa sas
of worship. The State Normal School is To-
,ssted At ibis place, with niaety. students and
three tessbers- ITS mission is Abe education
OF teachers for ur common schools, 1t is in
very suee essiul o operations The district OF
common school of the village is elso in q pros
Perons condition. The district has lArgsI
stone school house seResssd Skla eOssssf six
thousond dollars, we Il seated and furnished.
2 In the vicinity of the iowa, are W. q So
dehS large ElouEihgsm !, prOpelled b. 4Sater,.
power Daniel Rieh's Steam Saw and Grist
Mill; G. D. Humphreys Saw and 6rist Mill;
J. H. Hunts Steam Saw and Gtist Mill. No
section of The state Il better provided with mills
EuFori a is the natural business eenteF+Cf
l45s4 and rich Agricultural and stccS rafda!
district Of country. Tbs wealth ofthe eeuntry
consists chiefly IN its growing herbs aud
Aeeks. Lyon county is one Of the best for
agriculture and stock raising in the state. Il
is only e9ualed by the surrounding counties
of Chase, Butler. Marion, Green wood, Morris,
Coffee and Osnged It's entire width is travers-
eddy theq aCoitohWOoai and Neosho' rivers,
Will The numerous tributaries of these stre1 rs,
make itOnA Of 'thssbest itiun6eFed and Waterel
counties in Southern .KaRsass Wheat,I Corn.
'Osts, Rye, Potatoes, Sorsuui ,and all FegstAb'es
grow in abundance. while stock fAttsns on
the Fild RfSFie gF9ss, and u sis ,keetCpt very
small expense. In some instances stock has
liied -thtoughithe Water 'WhiGhyis generally
short al al mild, without eeding Occasionally
the crops are cut shcrt by dry weather setting
in before they are niatured. But our best farm.
ers say III at the country will average as good
crops as nsst q me. Western shtes. The
crops have never been cut off entirely but one
season IS. dl6gthT--- 1860. Last year and
several other years since the settlement Of this
county III whea; crop averaged thirty bushels
TO the acre. Very little has been done yet in
the way of cultivatirg fruits, but experiments
are not wanting to show that the grape aid
most all other fruits will do well. An nbun
dance of peaches were r. ised "a dis locality
last year, and wherever grapes have been,
planted and properly cultivated they have
done exceedingly we'll "A sDOd market is af-
fordsa Tor surplus, at good prices, by emigra
ton 70 the country, and By the immense bus
mess on the pIaiGs little to the west of Us.
OdrrailrUad prospects are good The south
ern branch of the URion Pacific Railway from
Fort Riley, boxing to 40 outlet at Galveston
Bay. passes through the heart of Lyoa eouRty.
] his road has lich Landed endowment, an +
it's confidently expected that Congress will
| extend the came aid in Cove rment bonds to-
this branch that it has given to other branches
of this great National thoroughfare. EmPOria
tzis.tke ielniH rs of the PrOsPeesed Rad from
Lawrence, This road aisO hasl landed en-
dowment, and the counties along its line have.
TOied boGds 10 aid ofits oonstruetiOnJ dTOPe-
kA, distant fifty I've miles, Is ct present our
nearest rail- road depot.
- Resides EmPOria there Ale ssseral flourish
ing village in Lyon county. Hartford IN the
eastern part Of the county. on the HeOsh9 nv
er. has a'cO,lege under the care Of tire n s
Church, mill, a store. etc, end Is aur Ound-
ed by rich country and an intelligent com
munity. Neosho Rapids.a at the junction OF
The Espho Sad COtleeEeOd. is1a thFivinng
town. At this pointis lOca,ed the large water
mill Of Harvey and Baker. several stores 3
Bsesist eAursll, blseksmith shop, two heels
] etc = Am ericuS. above EmOOria. on the north
I 3 ide cf The EecshO, is town Of considerable
,ImpOrtauee.5 1t has two stores, 0aashuach,
god hotel, cheese factory. q nill, ana IL sur
rounded by rich agricultural district. iPiy-n-
9th, on the Cotton aoOi, eight miles We.t d
this5iS also STATED IN 8 risb aeige 00FhPoi