The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-02-14

KMRORIA.
It's Adtantaseous Location, Bu&iness
Houses, Mail Facilities, schools
and General Prospects.

/ ADVANTAGEOUS
| Houses, Mail Facilities, schools
and General Prospects.
We had expected to give a full list of-our
business houses, mechanics, and professional
men in this paper, to let eastern readers see
Just what we have here, but are compelled to
abandon that idea for want of room. and mere
| " give a sketch of the town and its business.
LOCATION.
The town was laid ont in 1857, and has had
slow, steady growth, keeping little behind
the country instead Of ahead of it. 1t is locat-
ed between the Cottonwood and Neosho, two
of the best streams in the county, about six
miles above their junction. 1t is one mile and
u half to the Neosho north of the village, and
the same distance to the Cottonwood on the
south. Its situation is elevated, beautiful and
healthy. 1t is the center of very large, and
what is destined to be, rich agricultural ;nd
stock-raising country, and is the county-seat Of
Lyon, the best county in the interior Of the
! State.
ITS POPULATION
Is variously estimated at from ten 10 fifteen
hundred. We should think the former esti-
mate nearer correct than the latter. 1t is the
largest town in the NeoshO Valley, and does
more business than any other point south Of
Lawrence and Topeka, except Fort Scott
These last two assertions will not be disputed
BUSINESS HOUSES.
Emporia has four stores which DO 4 general
dry goods, grocery, boot and shoe and clothing
business; two that cal in dry goods, boots and
shoes and clothing; three that do an exclusive
grocery and provision business; two hardware
stove and agricultural implement establish
mcnts; clothing store; one book and sta
tionery store; two drug stores; one furniture
mandatory; two hotels; one restaurant and
eatin@ house; one picture gallery; two saddle
and harness shops; one bank; one printing of
fl &C, issuing weekly newspaper and a month
ly educational Journal; four blacksmith shops;
one livery and sale stable; two boot and shoe
shops; a meat market; five physicians; eight
attorneys; a number of real estate and insUrr-
ance agents, whose cards may be found in
another part of the paper; one matchmaker
and jeweler; one barber shop; one billiard hall :;
two miliners; two wagon makers shops: three
house and sign painters; one carding machine;
one wheel wright; two tin shops; tailor;
one dress-maker; about a dozen carpenters;
n dozen or more stone masons, stone cutters,
and plastercrs; number of boarding houses;
4 number of tcamsters, etc, etc.
SCHOOLS.
This is the seat of the State Normal School,
an institution supported by the State. An ar
ticle i'll regard to it may be found elsewhere.
Wa also have graded school, occupying a
fine stone building, put up by the district, at
a cost of $4,000. Three teachers are employed,
and in the matter of schools we are unsurpass-
ed by any country town in the State.
CHURCHES.
The Cnngregationalists, Methodists, Chris
tians and Friends have houses of worsh ip in
the place. The walls of a new chnrch are up,
fl,o I,
town and vicinity, to be under the control of
the Welsh Congrcgationalists. The Bap lists
and New School Presbyterians have lately
organized, and will doubtless build soon.
SOCIETIES.
The Masons, Odd Fellows, and G. A. r. all
have fiOurishing societies in this place.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
4 new Court House has just been completed.
erected by the county at cost of $4,000. Il
is one of the finest Court Houses in the state.
The State Normal School stands on a site adj
joining the town, and was built at cost of
about $4,000. Anew Boarding House Is being
erected by joint stock company, ut cost of
$4,000. tits enclosed.
MILLS.
We are tolcrably well supplied with mills.
On the Cottonwood, IL miles from town, is
located the large water mill of W. T. Soden.
On the NeOsho, two miles from town, is Daniel
Rich & Co.'s large steam saw and grist mill.
Both these mills do Il large business, and the
flour of the former sells at Burlingame. Law
renee and Topeka t the highest market prices.
About three miles from town, on the Cotton
wood, is the steam saw and grist mill of the
Messrs. Fowler; mile and n half north of
town, on the Neosho, is the steam saw and grist
mill of Thos. Armor; in the same neigh borhood
Messrs Roberts & Spencer have portable saw
mill in full operation. Four miles west on
the Cottonwood, is the water grist and saw mill
or j. II. Hunt; in the same ncighborhood is the
portable saw mill of Messrs. Humphrey & Lock-
ermIn.
RAILROAD PROSPECTS.
Emporia is the point of junction Of the Neo-
sho Valley, or Southern Branch Union Pacific
road, and the AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fee
road. The former is under contract, and will
be commenced the coming spring, and the
latter will be built to Burlingamc, so miles
distant this season. This will be the ship
ping and business point, when these roads are
built, for all the country hundred miles to
the south, southwest and west of this.
MAIL FACILITIES.
Wchavc daily mail from Lawrence, which
puts us in direct communication with the
East at that point; 4 tri-weckly mail from To
peka, the capital of the State; tri-weekly mail
running up and down the NeoshO Valley; a
scmi-weekly mail up the Cottonwood VAL
ley, via Cottonwood Falls and Marion Cen
ter, which connects at the former point, with Il
semi-weekly line for Butler county and the
Southwestern part of the State; also weekly
line to Madison, and down the Ncrdigris VAL
ley, through Greenwood county. We shall
soon have semi-weckly mail from here to
Eureka, the county seat of Greenwood county.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
There isnot place in Emporia where wills
ky or other Intoxicating drinks are sold-not a
doggery in the place. The moral sentiment of
the community has frozen out one or two at
tempts in that line. They could not make their
salt in this town.
Cottonwood Falls.
We were promised letter describing