The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-04-03

launched into newspaper fame with hls
g FTeenaen's Champion" in 1857. Nor
wood consists of one little unfinished Ia
store room, without store-thats all I
We hope Beecher's novel, for which this {
town was named, is Ia a more flourish
ing condition. The wheat fields along /
this route looked better than in any 9TH
er portion of the State In which we
have Travelled. We found the new road3
in splendid condition. The passenger
coach was elegant, and we were
more than pleased with the smoothness.
of the track, and the. decided improves
ment of this mode of travel over the old
hacks and stages. To the energy and /
enterprise of Mr.. Sturges, Col. Vliet and /
Major Henning the people of that por-
ton of the State traversed by the Leav-
enw orth, Lawrence & Galveston road,
owe debt of gratitude which they can
hardly pay i'll generation. They have
had mountain of difficulties and OBJ
structions to overcome. They have real
| " accomplished wonders in pushing the
road south so fast as they have. Weare
I
/ which some of the citizens of Lawrence
are now giving the Company, who have
so generously advanced the money and
builtthe road, in the shape ofinjunctions
to stop them from getting the bonds due
them from Douglas county. We don't
blame the people of any community for
looking out for their own best interests,
but from W hat we could learn about the
matter VIC hardly think the course of
that portion of the citizens of Lawrence
who arc getting out these injunctions, is
the best for them in the long run, or rust
ifiablc.
We found Ottawa, as we expected, a
city Of no mean pretensions. 1t con-
= tains, we should say, all its people
claim in the way of population-two
thousand inhabitants. The wire suspen-
sion bridge is not only ar'thing of beau
ty," but of immense usefulness and adj
= vantage TO the town. 1t is real bono
tide monument TO the go-aheadativeness
and energy of the Invest little town Ill
. Kansas. The bridge was built by pri.
: vate enterprise, Mt cost of ST., 900, anc
c when we know how well it pays, the
: wonder is that there are not more
: bridges i'll Kansas. The only reason W.
i can ascribe now is that there arc no
O found many communities containin:
IS such energy as do the people of Otta
!: wa. We first saw Ottawa little Owe
- three years ago. 1t then contained abou
~ half dozen shantics. 1t now spread
l, itself for mile or more along the Ma
y rails DIES Cygnes, and runs back near
q ly mile from the river. Its mai
% street is business mart lined on eithe
/ side with business houses of all kinds
c, The browning institution in Ottaw;
l though, is the new hotel-the Ludigto
y House. 1t is three stories high, cor
= tains about fifty rooms, and is q real cit
affair throughout. No wonder the pee
pie of Ottawa put on ''city airs" abor
" their big hotel; they can afford to. w
NJ should if we had such an one. We thin
es if we had such hotel in Emporia W
nc should follow Kalloch's example and 9
Oh there occasionally to ''pick our teeth
y We don't think it cxtravagant or at a
II out of the way TO say that the Ludin.
ton House is the best hotel in Kansa
We should be willing to say that eve
If we had been required TO pay our bi
which we were not. The beds are In.
urious, the table is spread with ever
thing the taste could desire, and bett
than all, the yictuals are cooked so til
a hungry man can relish them. VI
really felt sorry for the landlord whC
we saw Speer and Murdoch cat. Thu
ought TO have rendered Ludington ..ha
fare at least. To sum up, this hotel
Il credit to Kansas, monument to Il
he enterprise of Mr.. Zimmerman, the bull
&C er, and standing eulogy on Ludin
he ton, as a landlord. We felt Just
- though we should like to sell our cart
ise ~ possessions and take up our perm
les Icnt residence i'll the Ludington Hous
Ia where we should like to have no 9TH
- !. task to perform than to take dai
w.Iwalk down to the wire suspensiC
bridge, and read the Daily Westcl
the Home journal. We found our O.
ny friend, John IL. kits, running job Q
IA. flee, and doing well. John is a sple
M did printer, and we presume the Peep
8 of Ottawa will give him all their w or
"a They ought TO, as he has fitted up a nj
an Office for their accommodation. Hem
Purcell, formerly of this village, is
the grocery business at Ottawa, and v
~ were glad to learn is doing good bus
i ness. In walking about the streets v
81 saw many nice residences, churches al
IN other fine buildings. The country abo
nd Tire town is filling up rapidly, and
mo ing located sixty miles from Empor
m we see no reason why Ottawa is not
=. become one of our leading cities,
oo wealth and Importance. It's enough
W. surprise any one who visited Ottav
~, two or three years ago, to go and see
now.
aJ To the authorities of the Leave
m worth, Lawrence s. Galveston Raiiroa
lin to J. B. Boone, the gentlemanIy col
. ductor, to Messrs. Kalloch, Ludingto
his Kits and others, of Ottawa, and
VS. John Speer, we return thanks for g
ks, agreeable and pleasant trip. and a GOO
inc time generally, on our recent visit
he Ottawa.
we On our return the next day we fe
,cs in with Messrs. Bryan 81 Corey, of ii
wn Kansas Family Visftor, printed
- Baldwin City on,5 au;o,-ad N social rl,.