The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-10
COWL.EY COUNTY.
AUGUSTA, July 3Oth, 1871.

To lie Editor u the Times:
1t has r,ined regularly once week the
whole season. till now, in this section Of
cu,sed, drouihy Kansas, it rains nearly all
the time. 1t is thought, however, that the
later crop OF sod corn is past injury from
wet weather.
notwithstanding the Indictment weather
aud difficult crossing OF high streams, the
land officers are kept busy with the filings,
entrees and contests ofsettlers. The appoint
ments of the Augusta land Office seem to be
meritorious, and thus far give great satisfac-
ton. Here We have the kind hearted Judge
AIKEN, with his expert and obliging clerk
Avery Ainsworth, in the Registers Office,
causing every one to feel at home while doing
business there. Then, stepping into the
Receivers Office, We are greeted with the
genial bow of that prince of good souled
men, Capt W. A. Shannon, well and favor
ably known by my readers in Leavenworth)
who always has word of welcome, while
the efficient Pennington, whose clerkly quail
ifications have given him an enviable and
wide spread reputation, is preparing and re-
cording your papers.
Entering another Office from the same hall
We meet, bless me! our old friend George F.
Shannon, recently from New York, but
formerly our "Frank" of the Leavenworth
Fire Department. He sits there, the same
good looking GUS, taking the proofs Of set
tlen. He is in no hurry. He asks a wit
ness how long he has known the claimant,
and then enquiries affectionately about the
number and health of witnesses family.
He asks about claimants buildings, and
wants to know what witness gives his eldest
daughter for the ague He inquiries about
the nature and value of claimants improve
ments, and solicits information about the
sex of witnesses youngest child, and volun-
teers a recipe universal remedy for the
measles, whOa.ing-cough, mumIs and
scrofIla, il the little o.e should he affected
in that way. Frank was always good iel-
low. And 80, the machinery oi the land
Office, by means of the iuhrieating agencies Of
capacity and affability, moves smoothly an
I believe j, is pretty we'll understood that
COwley is the garden county Of the State
The lower half OF Butte, may safely be said
to rank next to it. One year ago the first Of
this month Augusta contained three build
ings. 1t has now spread out into thriving
town; city, in fact, with mayor and coun-
Gil. The Augusta Creseeni, published by A.
A. Putnam, is one of the institutions Of
Southern Kansas, and has contributed in no
small degree to the rapid growth of Augusta.
The more look at the map of Kansas, on
my wall, the more it seems to me that
Leavenworth should have as nearly an air
line railroad to Ottawa as il would be posi-
bic to mske one. Allow me to suggest to
the enterprising Kansas Central Company
that a narrow gauge from Leavenworth "a
Ottawa, Burlington, Eureka, Winfield, "a
the Cattle Trail, would cut the end of the
Southern Branch of the A., T. & s. F. r.
short off.
/ find the people in this part of the State
rejoicing in the glorious prospects of Leaven-
worth. The common saying is, well,
believe Leavenworth is now coming out -
All GU. merchants will hail the time when
they can get into L.eavenworth and out
again, with the same through facilities thai
Kansas City affords them.
trust the people o: Leayenworth county
will soon prove to the great body of mer-
chants in the State, now trading at Kansas
City, that they appreciate not only their good
will hut the importance Of making il posi-.
bic to trade with them. Through freight
and through travel alone can do Il.