The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-02-12

| elSnLeen Inches Wl0e ata4
A great many people still address mail mat
ter intended for this place, TO Sheridan p. o.
The name of this office was changed to Ameri-
Gus over two years ago, and as there are two
other post offices in KANSAS that go by the
name of Sheridan, nearly all mail for us direct
ed to Sheridan makes the round Of these Offices
before reaching Us. yr,rz 4.
THE PIONEER REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
We have intended for some time past to give
an extended notice of E. p. Bancrofts Real
Estate Agency, but from press of business, have
been unable to do so until now. The Major
was one Of the earliest settlers in this part OF
the NeOshO Valley, and opened his Office in
June, 1857. The first two or three years were
mainly devoted to obtaining an accurate
knowledge of the whole country; disseminat-
| ing such information throughout the Eastern
states; encouraging immigration, and assist
ing immigrants generally, without charge, in
selecting and locating lands. Probably no
man in Southern Kansas has done more to
facilitate the settlement of this country with
the enterprisings and intelligent population
that we now possess. Upon the admission of
Kansas as a State, he was appointed by the
Governor one of the Commissioners to select
all the lands granted to the State by the Act
| of Admission, but resigned the position to join
the Army before the work was completed.
Since the war he has been constantly enlarg-
ing his business, and adding to his facilities
for transaeting it promptly and accurately.
During recent visit to his office, we Were
surprised at the extent of the facilities for
doing an extensive business in. all the depart
ments. His tax-paying business is immense,
extending over the whole of Southern and
| Western Kansas, and is conducted with per-
/ erTtt.--
landowner, with description of his land is
recorded, time when notice of taxes due are
sent, date of money received, and date when
receipts ARE sent, are all carefully noted, so
that mi stakes are almost impossible. For the
! sale of Farms, Unimproyed Lands and City
/ Property, the facilities are unequaled by any
! Office in the State. The Proprietor under
stands the science of advertising, and while
not inclined to the buneOmbe or Patent Medi-
cine style, never spares expense to put his
! business before the right class Of readers. His
| correspondence extends into every State and
| nearly every county in the Union, and his
card is read in several languages and by all
classes Of people, in Europe as well as in
| America. 4f Il 4s ~
He does not seek to cucumber his books and
circulars with long lists of unsaleable proper
| ty, and often refuses the Agency of property
because it is held at too high figure A
splendid set of books for Abstracts of Titles
has been added to his office, gotten up on
plan of his own, whereby the entire history of
every acre of land and every town lot in Lyon
county can be seen at glance, and any tract
found as easily word in Dictionary.
This supplies want that has long been felt IN
this county, and is a tedious job and often
very difficult to obtain the exact title to land
by consulting the county records. In connec-
ton with the abstracts there is a book of plats,
showing the name and date of entry Of every
tract of land in the county, also, all Railroad,
Il State and School Lands, and all vacant and
subjecrt0 the Homestead Law These are the
only pIats of the kind in the county, and a
q large majority of the titles cannot be assured
without them. The Major has the experience
of years as Notary Public and COnveyancer,
and is prepared to make Deeds, Bonds, Mort
cages, Leases, Contracts, &C., neatly and-cor-
rectly. He drafts plans for Parks, Cemeteries,
) Ornamental Grounds, Town Sites, etc., on
short notice, and will furnish the topography
of any part of the county to order. He has
; recently purchased an Electrotype of Lyon
: county, on a small scale, which he will publish
for free distribution with his next circular
showing all the streams, towns, post Offices
and proposed railroads. This win be very
4 convenient for resident landowners, as
5 they can see at glance how their land lies
: with reference to towns. streams and railroads
: We have secured the use Of this map for pub
: lication in THE NEWS at early day. Al
: obstacles to the publication of the large maj
of Lyon county have been overcome and il
I will be ready for delivery on or before th'
S first day of April next This map has beer
e gotten up at an expense of over =, GOO and il
e the first thing OF the kind attempted In thi
r State. 1t will be 45x60 inches in size, coloreC
6 by townships, showing all streams, villages
i postwofaces, roads, railroads, seioOi houses
= IamiIls AMI the name Of every landowner on hi
81 land. We bespeak for it place in ever!
home, Office, store and shop in the county, an'
every nonresident landowner should certain
= The Old Reliable Land ONCE is, as it shoult
e be, the headquarters for strangers where relia
z BILE information is cheaply given with regarC
e to all parts of the Southwest, and where al
are welcome whether thay wish TO buy or not
81 We are glad to know that the patient, careful
? labor of years is at last meeting its reward, \
e the sale by this ONCE, within the past year @
p tseeaty-eight Improved Farms, one hundre'
'e and serenity town lots and fifteen usoHsGR'
y acres Of 'Uninproved Land, coAclaSiyel
II shows.
II Elder Croswell has returned from Burling
IN ton, where he has been laboring for the pas
le few days, and the regular services will be he'll