The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-29
FROM GREENwooD corNry-

FRIEND SToTLER-Dedr STR: Permit
: me, through the columns of your inval-
, liable sheet, to report progress in Green
wood County. We are more than glad
to be able to say to our neighbors that,
f Notwithstanding our remote location
from points accessible by railroad COM
munlcation, there seems to be something
about the Fail River and Verdigris
valleys as potent to attract "wise men,
: from the East to desirable location, as
the star that stood over Bethlehem.
The result is that there is not day but
, that the roads winding along those rich
and fertile meadows are dotted with
; wagons filed with human freight
destined to become citizens among as.
Lands are bought daily at the agency
Office of Phenis & Nicholas, at Eureka,
from parties who have held them here
|, tofore on speculation, by men for
homes-thus increasing our population
this spring with a rapidity hitherto
unknown i'll the history of this County
giving all impetus to the development
of the resources of this part of Kansas
truly encouraging to those who have
been bearing the heat and burden of the
day-enduring the hardships and priva-
lions of carly pioneer life.
4 The growth of our county seat is not
among the least matters to be noticed
by the casual observer. Men who but a
few weeks ago passed up the country
i looking Tor cheaper lands observed
nothing on our town site save hand
full of store goods and two old LOG
cabins, on their return find good saw
j mill turning out its thousands of feet of
lumber daily and collection of houses
built theretrom worthy the title of
village; village of nearly q score of
families, three large and well selected
stocks of merchandise, a commodious
hotel iii good running order, good
and comfortable school house built of
stone with a good school in it of about
fifty scholars from the town and neigh
boring settlements, conducted with as
much efficiency by our gentlemanly
teacher, Prof. Dobyns, as is usually met
with i'll older places.
Seemingly, the only thing lacking
among our people for rapid growth is
a supply of skilled laborers; the supply
of carpenters is about equal to the de-
mand, but we do greatly need stone
masOns, stone being the natural materi-
al to build with here. We want men to
come who will identify themselves
with us; who will take hold of the
!
| rock, burn lime or build walls men
who can make themselves generally
useful-such men CAN succeed here and
II mistake. Blacksmiths, and wagon
and shoemakers would find this Il
desirable place to locate.
| No point south of the NeoSho offers
| greater inducements for the erection of
a Touring mill; the country that would
support it embraces the entire Verdigris
Nyal 10 <NfE
wood County and westward and south
ward to the Arkansas River, an area of
country fifty miles from north to south
and from seventy to eighty from east
to west, containing the richest valleys
of Southern Kansas dotted all over with
| broad fields of wheat at this time prom
Using an abundant harvest.
n new town has been surveyed in
| the northern part of the county under the
title of Lincoln City by a gentleman by
the name of Heath from the East. 1t
is expected that it will make something
| of business nucleus.
Our District Court has just passed off
with nothing of note transacted during
its session save the general interest
| manifested in the case of Ella VS. Mar
| tindale; the case was continued, owing
to q failure of the jury to agree; it stood
| seven for Martindale and five for Ella.
1t is an action in replevin.
We are, glad to inform our friends
| abroad that since the erection of our
school house we are blessed with reg
ular preaching by ministers of three
different denominations. And have a
| Sabbath School organization crcditable
to the place. with about fifty scholars
enrolled which is destined to do good
work in our society.
/ Our people arc burning with a
righteous indignation at the treason of
Senator Ross. 1t is to be hoped the
press will do its duty in holding him
up before the public i'll his true light
Judas to his trust. AN OBSERVER.
Eureka, Kansas, May Goth, 1868.
ITEMS FROM OUR COUNTY ASSESSOR.
EDITOR NEWS: In my travels over
and prosperity on almost every farm.
a large amount of unbroken prairie is
being fenced i'll and plowed up; new
+ houses and out buildings are going up
} in every ncighbOrhoOd. In the town
ship of Waterloo, which embraces the
north east corner of Lyon county, there
has been twelve new dwelling houses
, built within the past year, and nearly
: all of them are occupied by persons
who have come into Kansas within the
past year. Most of these houses are
S frame buildings and some of them are
G credit to the county and would rank
= as first-class houses in almost any farm
e ing community. There has been one
= new School house built and one other
Y improved to the amount of over 5000.
c Other districts in the township are
S preparing to build better houses. Sew
, eral of the schools are supplied with
/ maps and globes, so that the facilities
: for education are as good, probably, as
i they are in any township in the county.
A great many miles of hedge have been
S put out the past spring. A large
Y amount was put out last year and is
!, generally looking well. Some of the
: plants killed to the ground but nearly
t every root is alive and throwing up
r strong shoots again this spring. There
L is a larger amount of small grain sowed
t than usual and it is looking very prom
;. Using at present. Corn and potatoes,
q too, are looking finely, and last, but not
: least III importance, is the prospect for
J. fruit. Where there is any fruit trees
t of proper age they are loaded with
d fruit /; grape vines are also full of bloom
V and promise fair yields On the whole
farmers and stock raisers are cheerful
l. and hopeful for the future, and all, on
nearly so, seem to be making advance
ment in wealth and prosperity. Other
parts of the county are alike EprOspering
At another time l may speak of other
townships, but for the present this
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