Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-05-08

prairles are just rolling enohgh to be de-
lightful, while the streams are bordered
with heavy growth Of timber, consisting
of black walnut, sycamore, cotton wood,
mulberry, ash, elm, maple, oak, baswood,
etc. Beautiful farming land can be
bought on these prairies at from s. to S.
per acre. The soil is very deep and
black, and from thirty to forty five bush
els of wheat is the usual yield to the acre
Corn grows very stout, and, in short, all
the cereals do as well as in any horther n
state
We took dinner fifteen miles from En-
poria, where we also changed teams, and
to the great satisfaction Of all, had the
best team and best roads on the last ff-
teen miles We arrived at Emporia about
4 o'clock in the afternoon, and as the stage
coach turned up the street, after leaving
US at the hotel, we watched it for a mo-
ment, as it was disappearing, and then
unconsciously exclaimed amen! Empor-
la is the county seat Of Lyon county, and
is situated near the confluence of the Cot
tonwood and Neosho rivers. The location
of the village is beautiful, being on a
small prairie between the rivers. The
town now boasts of some twelve hundred
inhabitants, four churches and a district
school house The normal school where
teachers receive tuition and books al the
expense of the State is located here. The
normal school building is of stone, and
cost upwards Of twenty thousand dollars.
The county is also putting up stone
court house, at . cost Of twenty thousand
dollars. Dry goods and groceries sell
nearly as cheap here as in Wisconsin,
Village lots can be bought at from twenty
FIVE to three hundred dollars each Wood
can be purchased for three dollars cord
Wheat, So 90, oats, Is cents, corn Sl.OO,
and potatoes scarce at two dollars bushel
The surrounding country appears much
older than it really is. Nearly every
farm has it's peach orchard Of bearing
trees. One man few miles from here
raised seven hundred bushels Of peaches
last season. The past winter has been
uncommonly severe, and it is feared by
some that the peach crop will be small
this season, while others say there will be
an abundance. Every stranger who ar
rives here is closely scrutinized, as the
citizens of Kansas are on the lookout tor
the murderers of Brig. Gen. Joseph Bal
lev, late Sheriff Of Vernon Co., Mo-, and
formerly of Kilbourn City, Wis. The
murderers are two brothers, Perry and
Lewis Pixley: They obtained something
over a thousand dollars by their foul and
atrocious crime. A reward of three
thousand dollars is offered for their appre
hension and delivery to the authorities OF
Vernon Co., Mo- They are described as
follows: Perry Pixley is five feet, eight
inches high, weighs about l65 pounds
small, clear, blue eyes, fill face, lips COM
pressed, light hair, very light thin whis
kers, twenty-five or twenty-three years oi
age and talks out of one side Of his mouth
which draws that side down somewhat
while speaking. Lewis Pixley bears
strongly the resemblance Of Perry, but is
larger and more rough, nose is larger ana
face longer, about five feet nine inches
high and weighs about 180 lbs, smooth
face, light hair, twenty five Or twenty-siz
years old, and has a defect in one eye
which gives it slightly infamed appear
ance, was once shot in the left arm, from
which cause he carries his left shoulder
an inch lower than the right, was ais,
wounded in the thigh, which causes ;
slight lameness.
The Emporians were favored last nigh
with lecture or speech by Lucy Stone
and her husband; DR.. Blackwell. Their
was a large and respectable audience out
and Lucy entertained hem to their high
est satisfaction. They are now travelling
through this state giving free lectures ol
woman's rights and universal suffrage
Lucy Stone is so we'll Known to the pub
lie that we need say nothing of her superio
delivery. The Doctor made some appro
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