Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-16
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From Kansas. |
HUMBOLDT, FEE. %, 1870.
Ed. CHRoNICLE:-Since my last, sew
eral important occurrences have taken
place in this section, which, together
with general information in relation to
the country, may be interesting to your
readers.
The weather has been very pleasant
during the winter, not more than three
weeks of unpleasant weather having
Deen experienced as yet, and we are in
hopes that the winter, for our latitude, is
almost over. In fact, our stock raisers
are confidently calculating that before
the middle of March grass will be strong
enough to allow the cattle to do without
other food. During the holidays, and
tor a day or two after, we had enough
snow to furnish comparatively good
slelghing, but it soon melted under the
genial influence of the southern sun, and
the rest of the winter has been very
mild. excepting a few cold ''spells,"
which are more keenly felt than the
same degree of GOODNESS would be in
your State. Wheat is looking first rate,
none of 1t having frozen out, and with a
favorable season the yield will be enor-
nous. The frost is out of the ground at
present, and many farmers have already
commenced blowing for oats, of which,
together with corn, large quantities Will
be raised the ensuing season.
HUMBOLDT.
The many disadvantages under which
the town has labored seem TO have re-
tarded its prosperity and growth but
very little. Settled sometime before the
war, it was subject TO all the trials incl
dent TO a border country during a period
OF bloodshed, at n time being. with the
exception of a few houses, consumed by
fire, and plundered by nearly the same
band of marauderS who sacked and
burned Lawrence in '6S. II endured
successfully All almost unparalleled
drOuth, sacking and burning. and the
deluge of grass-hOppers, but still was I'M
dismayed and struggled on. Humboldt
was formerly the county seat OF this
tAllen) county, but some five or SIX years
ago a gross piece of injustice was perpe-
trated by the Legislature in cutting oil
eight miles from the southern boundary
of the county, leaving Humboldt near
corner, whereas il was formerly near
the center of the county. This cost the
town the county seat. which was removed
to lola, a smaller town near the new CEN
ter of the county, and which, with the
help thus afforded, was enabled TO keep
pace with its more pOpulous neighbor, )
and has finally grown TO nearly the same
size. But u citizens were not discour-
aged, and have never relaxed their grip.
The L. s. Land Office for Southern Kan
sas is situated here, and has really been
of more service to the town than a eoun.
ty seat, since it attracts visitors from all
sections of the southern part of the
State.
RAILROADS.
In this country, as in some others that
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out Of its way in order to benefit a town,
you must ''pay the piper" The Neosho
Valley Railroad, leaving the Union Pa
cific at Junction City N passing down
through Emporia, Burlington and Neo-
sho Falls, and on through the Indian
Territory TO Memphis, Tenn, threatened
10 leave Humboldt some fUur or five
miles to the east, having already left lola
"Out in the cold" more than eight miles.
But our citizens, with their characteTis-
tic energy, promptly beStirred them
selves in the matter, and in one day sue
ceeded in obtaining sufficient pledges to
secure the building of the rOad to this
place. Shortly afterwards the county,
by voting bonds. Ia certain the build
ing of the Leavenworth, Lawrence &
Galveston r. r. to this city, as well as
lola, and now We are certain to nave two
railroads before any other town in South
u a. AAAR ~ II ia " 6oAlC AAAhN '
the roads will join here, and build but
one road below here, at least as far as the
Indian Territory, but this is merely a
of conjecture, and no one is Ger
tain what will be lone as 10 that.
The Legislature, as a partial though
act of recompense for the wrong
heretofore done both the town and cOun-
y, have just passed an act restoring to
he county a mile and three-quarters of
he territory taken from its southern
boundary. Truly ,
The mills of the gods grind slowly,
But they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience they stand waiting,
With eNacIness grind they all. [
The building of these two roads to this
point, and the restoration of the above
territory, small though il be, will have
much effect upon the permanent location
If the county seat, and if We secure an
EAST and west road, which we hope and
to accomplish, the county seat
may yet be moved to a point which will
afford easier facilities for approach by
rail. Nous rerToHs. =
BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS.
The open winter weather has been
favorable for building and making
other improvements, and our energetic .
nave not been slow in taking adj
advantage of this circumstance. Last
season was so wet, and the roads so bad
that logs could hardly be hauled to the
mills, and il was impossible to supply
the demand for lumber; but lately,
through the efforts of live and pushing =,
men, a good supply of pine lumber from
has been brought into the Z
country, and a new impetus been given
to all sorts of improvements. About m ,
hundred new buildings have been erect
ed in the last three months; as many as
twenty-five are now under way, and the
coming season promises to keep h ball
with Vigor. Real estate is kept
at reasonable prices to those wishing to
build, and with lumber at railroad pri-
ces, which will Don be, the town cannot
fail to become a city of importance. |
A company has just been formed, with
a capital OF $4,000, for the purpose of
bridging the NeOsho at this point. The
stream is generally easily fordable, but it
gets on the rampage sometimes, and a
good bridge will be of immense import
anee to the town, especially as the depot
Of the Neosho Valley road is on the Op- !
posite bank.
JOE BOWERS b,
4 friend of mine, lately travelling
through Pike Co., No., saws he met and
with the veritable Joe Bow
ers, of whom everybody has heard
through the once popular ballad of that
name. It appears that shortly after the
publication of Joe's tale of woe, the
butcher died, and Sally allowed herself
to be consoled by her old flame, Joe, who
married her, and succeeded to the butch
er business, which he now carries on in
connection with a fine farm of $50 acres,
purchased with the proceeds of his Cali
fornia trip, and he now lives in clover
The solitary red headed urchin, the
butchers offspring, is surrounded by a
bevy of black headed boys and girls, and
such is Joe's delight that he talks of
publishing another song, descriptive of
the joys of married life, to be entitled,
"AlPs well that ends WE'LL"
My friend is somewhat given to fish
stories" and
do not vouch for its truth, dye see,
tell the tale as twas told me.
PERSONAL.
The Rev. VIM. Campbell, Of Niles, de-
votes considerable space in the Niles In
dependent of a late issue, to a personal at
tack upon The undersigned, in relation
TO which 1 only desire TO say that 1 wish
no controversy with hlm-least of all q