The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
GREENWOOD COUNTY CORRESPOND
ENCE.

GREENWOOD COUNTY CORRESPOND
ENCE.
EDITOR EMPoRIA NEws:-After. lapse of
time again write you from this wfde-awake,
infant village of the Southern frontier. Moth
ing Of extraordinary note has taken place since
my last, yet there is enough In detail to claim
the attention of even the casual observer as ne
passes along For miles up and down Fall
River and Spring Greek within the vicinity of
Eureka, where even just last year the vast. nm
broken monotonous prairie produced nothing
but Ito the world) worthless grass, and flow
e-s that @wasted their sweetness on the des-
ert air. are to be seen large fields Of wheat
and oats, producing their twenty and thirty
fold, (bushels) and corn, although upon the
sod, promising--an abundant yield, thereby at
once remunerating the laborer for his toll, fur
nishing substantiaIs for our vast Forthcoming
immigration and making 1.-The wilderness
bloom as the rose.'' Thousands Of acres
have changed ownershlpin this county within
the last twelve months; n creditabie portion of
which has passed from the hands of the
spectators to the actual settlers, most desi-
IA bic condition of things, as the land monopo-
list Is, since the death Of the accurscd slave
holder, the most formidable barrier TO the de-
velopement and growth of civilization in our
American society, especially here in the far
West. To-day / can cite you to nearly half
score of neighboFhoods where, on an average,
about one half of the land is owned by nom
resident SPECTATORS, who hold to their
lands never intending to occupy them, but
hold on to them for the increase in their value,
thereby virtually robbing the settlers out of
every farthing that the aristoeratic speculator
will ever realize over first cost, by compelling
alone, single handed as it were, battling with
all the difficulties that stand in the way of de-
veloping the resources of the country and en-
HANGING the value OF its realty. Nor is this
all. The gratest outrage is yet to be noticed,
an outrage the preparation of which, were it
by a legal tribunal fastened upon any man, I'M
like his great prototype Cain of Old, he would
require no mark upon his forehead to protect
him from the vengeance OF his brethren; for
the infamy of his crime, when he'd up to the
view of all phila nthropists, would cOnsign him
to the shadows of such an oblivion that the
resurrecting angel would surely pass him by:
The compelling of parents of these sparsely
settled neighborhoods to rear their children
without the advantages of a common school
education.
When we reflect upon this sad condition
of things in so many neighborhoods in our
young and struggling State, and recollect that
the perpetuity of our Republican Institutions
depends upon the intelligence of the people, we
most devoutly pray that these hindrances-
these traitors to humanity's best interests
would follow the example of Judas of old.
Our towns still making steady and sure
growth, keeping pace with the strength and
growth of the surrounding country. Owing to
the heavy and continuous rains through all the
past summer months, the work on our grist-
mill has progressed but slowly, but we are as
sured that its early completion is secured
When that is done and w. C. Waybrig hit. sew
en- miles below here on Fall River, gets his
merchunt mill in operation, we, of Fall river
and Verdigris, won't care whether you, OF
Emporia, bridge the Cottonwood bottom to
Soden's mill, not, far ''gotng to mill'' is
cerned.
Our enterprising Clerk of the District Court,
w. w. Dennison, together with the other wor-
thy members of the firm of IS Stoddard Denni-
son & Co.. are making quite an Improvement
on their block by moving their neat little one
story store room back and putting up in front
a good substantial two-story building. E..
Olney Il Son, Druggists, are also compelled
to abandon their tastefully arranged little shop
of 16 by 20 it., for more eX pensiye ROOM tC
meet the wants of their Increasing trade and
accordingly have the material all on the grond
and the mech anics ut work putting up Il bull.
ding Is by SO it,. along side Stoddard & Denni.
sons rooms. And just across the street
our genial Canadian j. S. Hodgson, is putting
up nice little building with glass front, Is fl
in width, for restaurant. which, when compile
! ted, will reflect credit upon the builder. Mr.
| Adare, the celebrated Texas cattle man, ha:
located here together with five other familie:
which he brings with him. Mr.. A. is putting
up stone residence two stories high "a by sc
! feet with some side attachments. Other i'm
provements too numerous to mention are also
going on in our village, giving it an air of in
dustry truly gratifying to its friends.
Our school has just closed Common schools
are so common that the noticing of ours may
be considered commonplace by common peo
pie, but the very praise-worthy manner in
which our schools have been conducted du.
| ring the last winter by that perfect gentleman
Prof. Fancher, and the Spring and Summer
term by Miss Lizzie Tucker demands that
their merits be remembered by grateful par
ents who have deemed it privilege to have
their children under their excellent tutOrship
! These teachers and their schools would reflect
credit upon the best common schools in the
New England states. So that families wishing
to come among us need not be alarmed about
| the " School-masters being away from home
Our prospects for the establishing of rail.
road through this section of the country one
now quite fiattering.
When last wrote you our entire popula-
tion was about fifty souls. We now number
near three hundred inhabitants.
I see by posters that filings are received up
on the Usage lands at the Real Estate office OF
Phenis & Nicholas, ut Eureka. This 30 mil e
strip is now open to settlement and as it con-
tains some of the best agricultur lands in
Southern Kansas, it presents inducements wor-
thy the attention of parties coming to this
State in search of homes. For fertility OF soil
and pure water the West can not beat it. And
as to timber it will compare in quality and
quantity with any prarie country west of the
Mississippi river. So we would say to immi-
grants come and see Greenwood County before
locating elsewhere. MORE ANON.
Aug. %, 1869.