The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-03-26

For three successive years our young
peach orchards have borne profusely.
Thousands of bushels have been canned
for two successive years. Wild plums,
grapes, gOoseberries, strawberries, rasp-
berries, etc, are found in large quanti-
ties. Some of the incest apples we ev-
er saw are those raised i'll this county.
The young orchards are just beginning
to bear. We know goodly number
of farmers who raised enough last year
to do their families over winter.
SCHOOLS.
In the matter of schools, Lyon coun-
ty is in the front rank. There are 40
school districts in the county, and about
80 of them have good school houses,
most of which are as good as will be
found in many of the old States. The
people cheeriully vote upon themselves
heavy taxes to build school houses and
maintain schools. Nearly forty districs
had schools last year. New corners can
hardly go amiss for good schools in this
county.
RAILROADS.
No county in the State has better or
more equitably distributed system of
railroads than Lyon. The NeOshO VAL
lev railroad, with rich franchises, and
now being built, enters the county near
the northwest corner, and runs down
the NeOSDO III d
direction through the entire county.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road
ruus through the county as far as EN-
poria from the north, and then will go
up the Cottonwood valley. This road
will be built to Burlingame, 80 miles
distant. this Season; and it is confident
ly expected that it will be extended to
Emporia next year. 1t has rich fran
chises. The Kansas City & Santa Fe
Pna6 antnPS the county the east line.
south of the center of the county, and
runs to Emporia, and from here west,
or southwest. This will make about
so miles of road in the county, and ev-
cry section of the county, almost, will
have a depot. The latter named road
will undoubtedly be built to Ottawa
this wear, within sixty miles of us. The
large land owners along its line, togeth-
er with tire efforts of the people will
push it to this point at an early day.
MARKETS.
The immense trade of the plains, a
little to the west of this, together with
the almost constant influx OF imml-
grants, has always afforded agood mar
ket at fair prices for all the surplus the
country raises. Corn, wheat, -four, po-
tatoes butter, and everything the farm
er has to sell, bring good prices at most
seasons of the year. We are closer to
the Colorado mining regions than any
other agricultural country, and hence
will have good market for everything
we reise when the railroad gets through.
Cheese from the extensive factory OF
P..B. Campbell, of Americas, in this
county,, has found its way to COLORADO
and New Mexican markets, and brought
big prices.
FINANCIAL STATUS.
Lyon county is out of debt, and her
| scrip is at par and has been for 1--WE or
six years. Her fine county buildings
are paid for. The amount of taxable
| property returned by the assessors Iasl
| year was very near S2,2OO.UOO. On LnIs s
| we raised about $4,000, nearly II mol
| quite half of which was district scnool
| tax. levied for building purposes ano
other improvements. The county ma ma
taken. by vote of the people, SzuO.UU
stock in the Neosho Valley railroad
One of the conditions of the vote re
i 0,rires fI,a company to build the road e
E,mnoria nv next December, otherWls'
5. the bonds will be forfeited. To pay m
i interest on these bonds will require TN
raising of $4,000. The bonds run tnel
| tv wears. By the time we are requires
10 nav this interest our taxable proper
ty win Be at least $3,O00OO0 and tn
heaviest item in our present tax, va
the building of school houses, will D
| removed. Last spring the people OF "a
county voted to build three or1dgcs o