The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-06-16
Correspondence OF TIE NEWS.
CONEBURR AND PEABODY.
CoNEBUR9 (ALIAs PEABoDY.) !
June Ii, 1871.

NONEhUR3 NALAA5 1EAbOD1.I Z
June Ii, 1871.
Westward, hol" But yesterday,
it was Florence. To-day the track lay
ing on the A. T. q 8. =. r. r. reaches
COneburg, and that place is looming up
on this wonderful tide of western emf
grafton, rapid settlement and material
growth OF "the great American dessert"
Embarrassments are demolished by en-
terprise, or as Cough would say, by the
" tug and stuff" Of American character.
No wonder our Eastern friends have
such an erroneous view, often, ofthings
in Kansas, when we who live in Empo-
ria may not exactly comprehend the
situation Of things as near home as Ma
riOn county, without visit on the
ground. acknowledge it was the case
with the writer of these lines. We
hear q great deal pro and con, and then
the mind has to guess ct the truth.
The actual facts in the case, as they
strike me upon personal observation,
are these: Around Coneburg is 3 fine
and beautiful country, for miles upon
miles in every direction. The soil is
good and productive, the hills soften
ing down till hill and valley blend.
Every quarter section lie capable Of ma
king . good farm. And already the
prairie, as far as the eye can reach, is
dotted with houses Of the actual settler |;
the government land il principally ia
ken mp and much Of the railroad land
also. An excellent class Of people
enterprising, industrious, frugal, tenn
perate, moral and religious, have the
decided sway in the community. Scarce
six months have elapsed since the first
lick was struck, and now, home-com-
forts, business, school and church In
terests are established facts.
The country interests commenced de-
veIoping first, and are really ahead OF
the town. But half section has been
laid ont into town adjoining the An
omalous, uncertain, and now litigant
eslOnian tOwn-site Of Coneburg. This
new site, on which the railroad depot
is located, ia named Peabody. One
reason Of the new name, is that the
railroad men win not have Q station
called Coneburg on their line. Having Q
bona fide title to the land, and the rail-
road depot located, with enterpriaing
business men to push Il on, Peabody 10
springing into being, like many ether
towns, with good and rapid
IL developing country to back it. As
to its future, Q pleasant and thriving
village with every business interest,
churches and schools is . fixed fact, |
while the size Of the place win depend !
upon the trade that can be brought |
from the country north and south, and |
The capital which flows in to support |
md secure such trade. In this respect,
compares favorably with 9th.
II towns west Of Emporia.
Emporia Is well represented in the
Iettlement OF COneburg, by such men
Is Milliken, Potter, Skinner, RathbOne
md Il. r. Moser, who always strikes
when the iron Il het and somotimes even
lsats it by striking. Friend Mosier, in
with fhe difaeulties Of set
ling and developing new place, has
that his forgeing skill il
lot confined alone to hot and cold iron.
He knows something about what it
axes to make mp true man, and how
o deal with them according to their
aerits. Though most c0ngensal and
cspitable to friends, and kind to stran-
ers, the man who deceives him, OF
eeks to impose upon him, or in any
ray acts the rascal, win find him true
On Of Vulcan to heat up the atmos-
here all around sucL an one. Cone r
urg 10 much indebted to her black
NTH for heating, tsmpering and forg-
ag things generally, and can't veil do !
rithout him. Mr.. II. has done sene.
ling for himself as well ~ for tia pub
C, in his new home. He hes 'tstraek :
I, }" in the matter Of demonstrating ali
ne quarter-section OF land one
lie from town, where he has Q most /.
ghtly and commodious residence, and | {
opening farm with all convenienees b