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

rad at Emporia? Wouldn't lixe in
town without railroads, and SO On. In
fact, all the people wersAal srrays with.
extitement. 4<<eEl
Z Ihe next morning In compsny with
George Quimby, former resident o..
Lyon county, andIW. 2. Nlsel,s We redo
down to Ossawattomie. This historic
old town is still silent and undisturbed.
1t is soon TO be Weakened from its slum-
Der, however, as it is expected the road
1rep Paola to Garrett viii pass Through
the place. Returning we visited the
Insaaeu q few lEaiRates.Tr The.
inmates were out for. their morning
walk, and so we did not get > chanre 70
see what Kansas ,cando in ii.e way of
insane people. The building is SPLEEN
did affair, well arranged, and put up in
the most substantial manner. The State,
has q good honest job of work in this
building 1t seems to be well kept
and everything is neat as a.pin from
cellar, TO garnet, Order is the rule in
this Institution. va
Attwo, clock a meeting was held at
the Court house in the interest of the
Holden s. Emporia railroad. Delegates
were present from Missouri and all the
speeches were made by II. 5. Stevens,
Messrs. Nation and T'yrrel from Mis-
souri,, Major Elder and others. The in
terest felt in this enterprise insures its
success. The counties in Missouri
through which it passes have voted aid
to the amount of nearly four hundred
thousand dollars. Miami county has
promised aid to the amount of one
hundred and twenty-five thousand.
Franklin county will go one hundred
and fifty thousand more. The people
/ of Usage will give one hundred thous-
and, while the large Innd owners On
the Sac & Fox reserve pledge one hun
dred thousand dollars worth of. good
land. Backing this enterprise is the
city of ST. Louis and the Missouri Pa
cific railroad. Both these Interests are
directly interested in its carly construc-
ton. The eastern capitalists who are
building the Neosho Valley railroad
also feel deep interest i'm the success
\ of this enterprise, 1t would be a Short.
err route to the West than the route via
Kansas City and Lawrence and The
bulk of the business between St. Louis
and the west would 6e done over it.
/ The best of feeling was manifested III
| the meeting, and all went away much
/ grati6ed at its results. a.s
The trip home WAS without incident
The high waters having abated we re-
turned via the Agency. AT Ottawa we
met several Lawrence gentlemen, who
were in attendance upon aISunday
School pic mic and the Baptist State
! Convention. Among the number was
the great writist, aud the famous broth
er-in-law of the Methodist church
Milt Reynolds, of the '.great combina-
ton" We accounted for his. presence
from the fact that the Republican JOaI.
nal is now "doing" religious conven-
tions extensively. Here we learned Of
the infinitesinal meanpess of the Otta,
wa bridge company in charging full
toll to an Ottawa Sabbath School fol-
crossing their bridge to join the Law.
renee school in the pic mic. Taking an
i excellent dinner at the Lndingtou
House, the best kept hotel in Kansas
we took our departure for the Agency
where we arrived little before sun
down. The country between these
points is so thickiy settled By new com.
ers, that we were compelled to go miles
out of our way to get around theil
! fields. The road is not only indirect
but in wretched condition. The PEG,
/ pie along, the line ought to fix it Mt once
as the travel over the route is sufficient
to demand good road. At the Agen.
cy we met our old friend Warner Craig
twice Il member of the legislature from
/ Douglas county. For the information
of his friends we will say he still has {
Few blOOded bulls to sell. This will nC
doubt be gratifying news to Sol. Miller
and Bill Martindale. We spent pleas.
ant evening with friend Craig, Major
Wiley and others at the Agency. Thu
Major informed us that there is getting
to be a good deal of bitter feeling be
tween the settlers and the Indians. Al
outbreak is feared. That day there hat
been fracas in which n gun had beer
brought into use. Fortunately no on
was hurt. We hope the whites will
not be the aggressors- The Sac & Fo1
Indians have generally behaved them
selves well, and the settlers can certain.
~ afford to wait till they are removed
to get their titles to their land. W.
understand there is Il regular organiZa
ton among the settlers. They should
not listen to the counsels of reckless
END lawless members. 1t will be mucl
better for them and the indians to keeI
peace. BY all means, Let us have
peace"