The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-02
EMPORIA NEWS.
Friday. :: Sept. 2. 1870.
PROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

ELDoRADo, Kansas, Aug. Is, 1870.
We left Emporia on the sd of Au-
gust, by the Southern Kansas Stage
Company, for Wichita, via Bazaar,
Chelsea and Eldorado. All day we
travelled over beautiful country, which
is rapidly filling up with settlers, who,
though they may not be possessed of
the strocks," have sssand" enough to go
to an unbroken prairie, set their stakes,
and make house for themselves and
their children. Two of our fellow
travellers were of the Ohio excursion
party, and it was peculiarly gratifying
/ to Kansas man to hear their outbursts
of admission and establishment, called
forth by the many new beauties con-
stantly coming to view. But when we
arrived at point about 9 milo above
Chelsea, their admiration was raised to
ouch degree we feared we would lose
their genial society, or that they would
soon be guests of the Ossawattamie
Hotel.
CHELSEA.
We did not stop here and had but
little time for observation. The town,
however, has an air of thrift and enter
prise, and is certainly situated in one of
the most fertile districts in the State.
In this place some enterprising individ-
ual had painted on the side of house,
"Beer to Sail ;" but the time this singu-.
lar aerial phenomenon was to take place
is still shrouded in mystery.
WICHITA.
We arrived at this place at one a. m,
with our bones and head in a slightly(?)
at the Wichita House brought us around
all right. During the preliminary sur
vey of the city, we found that to be in
the fashion we must be surprised at
everything we saw in the way of i'm
provement, and as we had a very dis
tinct remembrance of visiting an old
government trading post at this same
place, two years ago, we found it easy
to comply with the fashion. At pres
ent the Texas cattle trade, in conjunc-
ton with that of several neighboring
settlements, is making business very
lively. Several firms are carrying heavy
stocks of goods. In the grocery line,
j. E. Price & Co. and Matsell s. Hub
bard are prominent. Mr.. Price, formerly
of Junction City, is young man of
energy and ability, and is doing a live
business. We are indebted to him for
many favors. In hardware, stoves, etc.,
Mike Zimmerly and C. A. Bailey Sc Co.,
take the lead. M. F. Wright is doing a
fiourishing business in flour and feed.
Pearce &c Vantillburgh have opened a
very important branch of business, a
livery stable. We formed the acquaint-
ance of Mr.. Nugcnt, baker. c. NJ. Gar
rison is carrying on good trade in
harness and saddles, and Mr.. Bragg in
boots and shoes. Briefly 81 Martsolf,
builders, informed us they had several
buildings under contract, and many
others about completed. The paper
here, called the Ttdette, published by
Sewers & Hutchinson, is sprightly
little sheet.
We spent very pleasant hour with
our genial friends, Steele, Roe s. Bright,
of real estate fame. They have a neat
little Office and are doing well.
The Wichita House is the best hotel
southwest of Emporia. The proprietor,
Mr.. Hubbard, has had it finished and
furnished in first class style. The foun-
dation is laid for the new brick hotel,
which will be fine building. We
heard no talk of fighting, and no one
attempted to use pistol on us during
our sojourn, so we concluded that the
talk of shooting and fighting in Wichita
is all mirage. We found class of peo-
pie at Wichita differing widely from
those usually found in frontier cities, |
and have firm belief that a great fu-
ture awaits the town.
Again we turn eastward and after q
ride of six hours arrive at
ELDoRADo,
the capital seat of Butler county, one |
of the best counties in the State. This |
city presents an appearance of perma- |
nent growth not found in Wichita. The |
stores and residences, the teams of set |
tiers on the streets during the day, the |
town supported by well settled and
fertile country. We visited the Office |
of the Walnut Valley IisGes, published |
by 7. B. Murdoch. This is undoubtedly |
one of the best local papers published |
in the State, and will be be enlarged in |
a short time. We wish Murdoch and |
the Times all kinds of good luck. We
called upon Bronson s. Haubuck, real |
estate and insurance agents, and though |
we suffered severely from one of Bron- |
sons jokes, we like them, and are glad |
to see them so successful in business. |
One of the finest dry goods stores in
the place is carried on by Gardner s. |
Gilmore. They also do q considerable |
wholesale business. Knowlton & Ellet |
are carrying on large hardware bust |
ness. We formed the acquaintance of
W. P. Campbell, county attorney, (who, |
by the way, talks politics game,) and |
DR.. McKinsey, formerly of Topeka. |
These gentlemen are enjoying large |
patronage in their respective profess
sions.
Eldorado is not behind other places |
in public Improvements. They have a
good stone schoolhouse, churches, etc.,
and are expecting at an early day TO
complete an excellent court house. AS q |
field for immigration, Butler county is |
not surpassed by any county in the |
State. The soil is very similar to the
eastern part of the State, the upland |
differing but little from the valleys, and |
water and timber plenty. There is |
large steam saw mill at Eldorado, which |
is in operation most of the time.
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