The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-01-07
M.gRTFORD.

The writer of this article occos;ono,,.-
sends a few items to The EMpoRI.
NEWS. He gives three reasons for do
ing SO. LIST. He lives in Hartford and
likes the place. 2d. He makes mo,av
IN Hartford. Sd. He thinks a Great
many more men could do the same
The location of Hartford is an impor-
tant Item. tits on the railroad, midway
between Emporia and Burlington, being
ABOUT fifteen miles from each place. Tt is
the only town between those two CONN.,
~ seats. 1t has the only eligible loea-
ton for town in this distance of tbi,tv
miles, as it is the only place where the
railroad leaves the low bottom of the
Neosho river, between Emporia and
burlington. 1t is located on the south
SIDE OF the Neosho river, on a gentle
swell of second bottom land. The pre-
Valllng winds of summer being from
the south, makes this location healthful
and agreeable.
BUSINESS.
Ihere are two fourishing stores here.
With the business of one of these, Mr..
Br1tton's, 1 am quite familiar. I have
known when his sales were over three
hundred and fifty dollars in one day.
To-day, with the gentlemanly proprie-
tor, looked hastily over his books.
The lowest sales for the past four
months were seventy-five dollars, and
the sales were over three thousand dol
lars per month, for the same time.
The other store has recently. changed
owners. am not SO familiar with the
daily transactions. Mr.. Gould is the
proprietor, and has the reputation of be-
ing an honorable dealer. He buys and
sells for cash. 1 have known his sales,
in single evening, to be seventy-five
dollars. One day last week was in his
store, and he showed me the figures for
the two previous days sales, which were
one hundred and fifty, and one hundred
dollars, respectively. Mr.. Gould has a
stock worth about $4,000. Mr.. Bril-
| about $4,000.
There are two taverns in the place, and
| are crowded to Overlooking, as are the
boarding houses also.
There are three practicing physician.
in the place.
DIR. Rice, Presiding Elder of the Em.
poria district, and goodly supply o
preachers reside here.
Hartford Collegiate Institute, a flour
ishing school, under the charge of tn,
NJ. E. Church, is located here. A. d
Chambers, formerly Professor of Natu
raj Science in Baker University, is tn
Principal, assisted by two teachers. TIL
Academy is crowded to its utmost ca
pacity. It's friends are charging its &c
Communications. New recitation room
are to be fitted up, and boarding house
erected.
Messrs. Chambers s. Baysinger hav
opened q nursery on grounds adjOinin;
town. They will add very largely t
their stock in the spring. Mr.. Baysinge
is an experienced nurseryman, and Ia
charge of the nursery.
There is one blacksmith shop in ope
ration, and the lot and materials for an
other have just been purchased.
A building for hardware store an
tin shop is going up, and part of tn
stock is on hand.
The building for the drug store
about ready for use.
There is one shoe shop here. There
one harness shop. Mills are converter
to town. There aretwo carpenters an
one wagon maker here.
PROPERTY
In the town has not yet been raised
such prices as to drive away those wisl
, ing to settle here. For purposes of in
provement, lots can be had at from 81
to $50. There is an effort being mad
: to secure a number of lots owned b
non-residents, SO as to give them to pa
ties wishing to improve them.
A great deal of town property
changing hands. 1 did intend to mel
ton some of the principal sales, but
may make this article too lengthy. Pei
haps it is enough to say that at least ha
the town property has changed hant
once, or Oftener, this year.
NEEDS OF THE TOWN.
More stores, more business men, MOI
people. A man to open a lumber yaI
here. A well supplied drug store an
almost any kind of mechanics. We e.
pecially need the capital to improve
valuable water power within half a mi
of Hartford. This would be a mine
, wealth to its owner.
PROSPECTS OF HARTFORD.
That the cars will be running int
town, or at least within sight of it,
f the time this article gets into print.
A. d. C..