The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-11
MARI0N COUNTY.

Last week We spent several DAYS In
Marion county, found IL alive and wide
awake and impnoViilg as rapidly rs
could reasonsblE be lexpected.4 Gom-
pared with Chase, we should saw that
Marion IS more smooth and level. is
equally as Well wstered, has as good
land, but with lesstimbets but stilIswith
enough TO- meet the absolute nee Is of a
much larger population than the county
at present has. We find ON inquiry. that
there is n large amount of vacant land In
Marion county, subject to settlement
under thel presumption and Homestead
laws, and that the. county offers great
inducements to those seeking cheap
lands. Marion county has one draw
/ back OF which the people greatly COM
piaifs a large portion of the best flahds
are withdrawn from market to aid in
the construction of the A, T. 81, s. T.. II.
II. This retards settlement not only on
the lands so Withdraw WI; but it raises the
price ofother government lands, and di-
ninishes the. amount that can be obtain
ed by homestead. The people-o Ma
rion think, that Justice demands that
either the railroad be put on a basis to
ibe built through the county, On. else the
lands be returned to the general land
system. We think they are right this
opinion; they have. paid for their lands
at high rates, under the expectation of
the road, and now the company is rum
ming their surveys away from them,
while their, grants are delaying settle-
ment.s The interests, of the company,
as we'll as of the people, would seem to
their line, aud release the lands which
lie without their contemplated route;
and doing this, the people of Marion
county would be benefited whether t he
road runs through the county or not.
Marion Center is the county seat of
Marion county, ItisIocatsdaoar the pot
tom, near the confluence of. the Cotton
wood and Muddy creek, Except for
the fact that that the site is too low, the
location is good one, and the town con-
tains quite population and quite a
number of good buildings. The stone
around the Center is excellent, aAd the
people are using it to q considerable ex-
tent. The school house, the store of
Moore & Billings and of j. I'll. Costello,
the residence of "A. A-Moore, and that
of w. III. Billings, which is now being
built, aud the Office of Dr. Rogers are all
of stone, and are buildings which would
be a credit to a much larger place. Mes
srs. Moore d Billings and j. H Costel-
10 have, in the Center good stocks OF
goods; the former firm was filling up
when we were there, and their stock in
all respects seemed to be complete The
two stores are situated some hundred or
more feet apart, aud heiriproprietors
have connected them with plank side
walk, for which we doubt not the; ladies
are grateful. There is at the Center a
blacksmith shop, two doctors, one of
whom, DIR. Rogers, has quite supply of
drugs: two lawyers, a hotel, kept by A.
+. Case, and at present steam saw mill.
A parsonage for the pastor of the NJ. f.
church is to be built this year, and other
improvements are projected. About
two miles from town is an excellent
mill privilege on the Cottonwood, and
we would call the attention of any who
desire location for mill, to this point,
and as there is no mill i'm the county
doubt not that one erected here would
be a paying investment; the, owner of
the land where the privilege is, would
give it, we are told, 10 any one who
would permanently improve it, Chase
County Banner. -F tfdsa