The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-03-01
EMPoRIA.

EMPORIA.
The following facts in regard to our
town were mostly published two weeks
ago, but as this paper will go into the hspds
of many new readers we republish them
People who are intending to immigrate to
Kansas want facts, and this ar tiele viii give =
tolerably correct idea Of the town:
LOCATION.
Emporia is located between the Cottonwood
and NeOsho, six miles above their junction,
and it is about q mile aad quarter from the
town to either the streams. Is situation is
beautiful, aud healthy. 1t is surrounded by
large and what is destined to be wealthy
agricultural and stock country. of which it is
the natural center.
ITS POPULATION
is estimated at from six to eight hundred,
though We think the former figures are nearer
the truth.
SCHOOLS.
The State Normal School is heated here,
and it is not too much to say it is the best
conducted and most successful as we'll as the
most useful institution Of learning in the
State. rs special mission is the education
OF teaches for our common schools ana the
law under which it was organized provides
that one scholar from each representative dis :
trict in the State shall be educated in the
institution fee Of tuition. There are now
about one hundred students in attendance
The school employs three eachers. A buiid-
irg has just been erected for this school by
the State ut a cost of about sixteen thousand
dollars. The building is located on site Of
twenty acres adj dining the town on the north
Our district school is also in a fOurishing
condition. The district has large two story
stone school house, erected at cost of nearly
six thousand dollars. NO point in Kansas
furnishes better facilities for obtaining good
English education.
CHURCHES.
There are four church organizations in the
town who have houses Of worshl p, viz Con-
gregationalist, Methodist Episcopal, Chris
tian and Friends.
SOCIETIES.
The MasOns, Odd Fellows. and Grand
Army of the Republic all have working and
growing societies at this place.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Beside the Normal and District school build
ings, the county is erecting q Court House
and Jail at cost of $4,000, and the Normal
School Boarding House Association is erec-
ting a building for the accommodation OF
Normal students. az cost of $4,000.
MILLS.
On the Cottonwood, mills and quarter
&C nth of town is W. T. SOdeL's large water
Touring mill on the Nsusho, mile and
half northeast of town is the large steam saw
and grist mill Of Daniel Rich /; four miles and
half east of town is the steam saw and
grist mill of G. D. Humphrey a mile and n
half north of town, on the NeOshO, is the steam
saw and grist mill of Thomas Armor four
miles west, on the Cottonwood, is the Wa ter
girls; and saw mill Of J. H. Hunt.
NAIL FACILITIES.
We have daily mail from Lawrence, which
brings all our eastern papers and letters. We
have mail triweekly down the Neosho Valley
to Fort Scott, and tri-weekly up the valley to
Junction City A semi weekly mail via Cot
tonwood Falls, to the southwest part of the
State, which also connects at Cottonwood
Falls with weekly mail through Chase and
Marion counties, to MOOre's Ranch, en- the
Santa Fe road, Also weekly mail south
through Greenwood eountY.
BUSINESS HOUSES.
Our mercantile establishments consist Of
five houses that dOG general dry goods, cloth
ing, grocery and boot and shoe business, one
that does business in dry goods and clothing,
tw o in groceries and queensware. one in or O.
ceries and hardware, one in hardware, tinware
and agricultural Implements, twoin drugs and
medicines, all doing business ranging from
$4,000 to $40, 600 FER year, according to cap
ital invested. We also have a large furniture
mandatory and earding machine, two sad
die and harness shops, one matchmaker &
jeweler, two hotels. one printing Office, one
book and paper store, one photographic, q
bank, various lawyers, claim and insurane
agents, cOnveyanceEs, physicians, county Off
ers, tailoEs, music teachers, milliners, carPen-
tiers, mnsons, wagon makers, blacksuiths.
painters, n livery stable, billiard saloon, res
taurant butcher shop, but--NARRY WIS
Z KY SHOP. There is not q place in this
village where anything stronger than "lager"
is rold sJCH}y TIayel,rs in the habit Of tax
ing "a nip" before breakfast had better come
prepared
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