The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-26

The Cottonwood valley rejoices in 8
rich harvest of wheat and oats. It il
proper to say the farmers have raised 6
Cheap" or rather heaps, of grain this
year. Above the Falls the corn crop
will be short-say half crop.
COTTONWOOD FALLS
Is waiting for the railroad. / see one
or two new houses. DIR. Cormack has
put up good residence. New black.
smith and wagon shops have gone up
The Catholics are building a small frame
church. The Methodists will have theirs
up in a short time.
CEDAR POINT
Is growing slowly. I spent two days
there very pleasantly. 1t has been quite
dry, but when 1 left them, Monday. 9Th
inst, they were enjoying good rain
The late corn and potatoes are made
The mill-dam was filling up to the joy
of all bread-eaters.
THE WALNUT VALLEY
Is fiourishing. They have stacks OF
small grain, and the corn crop is very
promising. The grass is good.
ELDoRADo.
The cheated term" has somewhat
checked the growth of the city. 1 see
some good houses going up on the bust
ness street. Like Cottonwood Falls,
it is gaining some notoriety by horse
racing. No one has been killed here
yet, but some of them are in litigation.
am inclined to believe that honest, in
dustrious men seldom, if ever, engage
in gambling of any kind. Horse racers,
card players and tipplers never do any
thing toward building up towns. They
are curse to society. The editor OF
the Times was so bent on an item that
he had not been heard of about town
for more than a week.
AUGUSTA.
This is small town near the junction
of Walnut and White Water creeks. /
see some new houses. A good school
house is going up. y A newspaper,
Crescent, has just begun to shine upon
the inhabitants of this country. The
new land Office has been located here.
The town viii take new start now.
WICHITA.
.Whewl How this town does grow.
Three months ago there were twenty
eight houses, all told now there are
about one hundred. There are some
good two-story houses. The founda-
ton is laid for large brick hotel.
Every house that can afford woman
has to keep boarders. spent my time
at the Munger House and Waters
boarding house. They treated me well
at both places. The Vidette is out.
RAIN.
I left home on Thursday, 4th inst,
and It has rained thusly: A shower
Saturday; rain Sunday evening and
night; showery Monday morning rainy
Tuesday-pours down six and hall
inches at night; rains Wednesday
rained Thursday; Friday rained nearly
all day and night; rained almost the
whole day Saturday drilled Sunday
nearly all day. o, the drouth. the
drouth!
MERE MENTION.
There are two roads from Wichita to
Eldorado. 1 travelled the lower one
The creeks have been on shigh." The
streets are not navigsble in Wichita
Some men work on Sunday in Wichita
The front door of the billiard saloon
was closed. They sell tebittersv in An.
gusta. They take the whisky straight
in Wichita. The liquor sellers in FL.
dorado have been spending come OF
their loose change by way OF paying
fines. The profanity down this way il
perfectly awful. Fools can swear 81
big as other men. The bachelors need
wives, badly. Sedgwick county is full
of them Sycamore Springs, at the
head of Walnut, is great camping
ground. Iexpect that man at Mercer'l
Springs sells whisky fora living. There
are some big hills along South Fork