The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-06


1869, and move q during the spring 10 their new
house on the corner of Commercial and Sixth
avenue, since which time it has had a credita-
bic share of p, tronage, and its business, dur
in~ the last three months, has been three or four
tia'es greater than during the same time the
year before.
The three hotels in operation at the begin
ming of the year have been constantly throng-
ed with guests from the beginning Of the year
to it, end and two new ones Of smaller capae-
ity, the Indiana and Clifton, have been opened
and well pafronized. The number of board
ing houses has not diminished, and, although
they are all crowded to their utmost capacity,
the demand for boarding continues with una
bated zeal.
With the increase of population and the set
Element Of the country, every department of
commerce, in short, has been established as
the demand seemed to warrant. Morris &
Bottger began the manufacture OF candy, and
have furnished 4 considerable share of the con-
| fectiOns used in the counties south and west.
Smith & Kaiser opened cigar mandatory.
and have made great quantities. The saddlers
and harness makers, Horace Bundrem and
Charles Nye, the latter having bought out Jos.
Ruble, manufacture and sell every varie-
| ty Of article in their line. Feed stores have
been opened and are doing an immense amount
| Of business. The ladies, too, have kept pace
with the times, and five millinery stores and
| dress-making establishments relieve the sex in
| this locality of the doleful cry of nothing to
wear. These stores are amply supplied with
| the latest styles and most beautiful and eXpen-
| siVe ribbons, hats, bonnets and flowers, the last
| specimens from Paris before the blockade.
| The post Office book store passed into the
hands of II. q. Williams & Bro, and this and
| the new store opened by Miss Plumb, now the
sole proprietor, and Mrs. FoSte, supply the
population Of the city and country with the
latest conceptions of leading thinkers and
writers, and many.notions, etc. T. NJ. Fry con-
| tinues to sell jewelry, clocks and watches, at
the post office, and NJ. Graham furnishes COM
petition in this line, OF Sixth avenue opposite
the NEWS Office. The picture galleries Of
Anes, who will occupy the rooms in Van
Holmes new building in a few days, and Card
/ IL Ong, who will move into the rooms now oc-
cupied by Ames, have taken many pictures
and as good ones as can be seen anywhere
| The bakeries, restaurants, meat markets. liv-
| cry stables, mills, wagon makers, blacksmiths,
| shoemakers. and all other arts and artisans,
| have contributed their full share to The sup
port of the busy scene of life daily enacted
within the city limits. To give separate par
Agraph to each branch of trade would require
more time and space than we can now devote
| TO this review.
And last, but not least, in this category, are
the printing offices Of the city. The NEWS Of
flee has been thronged with work throughout
he year. The pressure in the job department
necessitated the purchase of the second 'Non-
pareil'' jobber and still the copy hook contin-
| ues full of orders. From eight employees
year ago, the working force of the office has
grown TO fourteen. The amount paid to work
| men during the last month was SS02.O0. The
circulation of the weekly increased between
| three and four hundred copies, but was reduc-
| ed somewhat by many of the subscribers TAX
| ing the daily instead; but the weekly list Of
! patrons is again on the increase, and we hope
| to see it nearly, if not quite doubled during
| the year TO come. Many of the advertisements
| in the weekly will be discontinued when the
time for which they were inserted transpires,
and more room will be made for reading mat
ter. The DAILY NEWS, the first copy of which
was issued September %, 1870, and its regular
issue commenced November LIST, was an ex-
pertinent in which there was not the utmost
encouragement, but there was a strong de-
mand for it in the city. 1t is already self-sus-
tanning, but its circulation should be largely
and Immediately increased. The Emporia
Tribune is in its second volume and in new
hands. 1t is a good paper, and if it has not
been well supported heretofore, we sincerely
hope il will be in time to come. Messrs. RAN
dali & Miller are men who will labor indus
triously and well to make it a credit to the
city, and of eminent usefulness in advancing
the interests of the people.
As another indication of the growth of the
city, we give the following statement of the
business of the post office, for which we are
indebted to the accommodating assistant Post
Master, 1. d. Fox:
No. letters sent out in October, 1864
I" - November, 23,7S2
q :" December, 24,561
The number Of letters forwarded from this
| Office during the month of December, 1869, as
we discover by reference to files, was II, 112,
| or 13,449 less than during December, 1870.
During thelast three months of the year, 1901
pounds of mail were received, and 42,240
| pounds sent out.
| And now, with two good railroads, roads
which, when finished, will form important
| trunk lines, crossing each other here at right
| angles, affording us convenient communica-
| ton, they will in course of time, with the
| four corners Of the Union, and with the COM
|
plated, and which will surely be built within
u few years, to afford us cheap transportation,
Emporia looms up as large city, grand and
| prominent, among the probabilities of the flu
| ture. The substantial character of the i'm
prOvements made during the last year, her
central location, the vast extent of country
now tributary to this point, the character OF
her institutions and people, and the enterpris-
es already projected, give her prestige that
will grow in force with every successive year.
until she stands the most important, beautiful!
and conspicuous center OF commerce, intelli-
gence and virtue the prairies of the west.
Already are the plans being considered for the
erection, during the ensuing year, of many
larger buildings than have yet been builtin the
city, and with the opening of spring we will
witness a degree of commercial activity here
that we have never yet seen. Let the citizens
be up and~doing. There is growing necessi.
tv Tor the establishment of manufactures, and
these must be looked after. They are needed
to sustain the value Of property in the city, a.
we'll as to supply the rapidly increasing popu
lation Of the country south and west, and al
every citizen appreciates the importance Of tbs
interests involved, we feel confident that En-
poria will soon be shaded by ascending col
umns Of smoke and alive with the whiz ant
whir of revolving spindles, and the rush ant
roar Of engines of power and profit.
The LAST GRADUATING Glass;. NJ
' Spangler of the class graduated from the Stat
: Normal School two weeks ago, has been EN-
: ployed as an assistant in the school for tn
: present term, at a salary of $50 per month.
= Miss Nellie Storrs is continuing her studio
l. in the classics and assisting the Faculty b
i teaching one class in the Normal Department
: and one in the Model School, until the add
e tional assistant teacher is procured.
: Mr.. Bales has gone to Fort Scott to tax
e charge of the Colored School, at $50 month
Miss Hawkins has taken the priucipalshi
IS of the public schools at Cottonwood Falls,
l. 500 a month.
Miss Duren has returned TO her home
n Garnett. She prefers not to begin teaehin
z. until spring, although she can have the choic
y of two or three situations.
S II. c. Champlin is at work on monument
mark the resting place Of the late Rev. G.
IT Morse. 1t will be composed, base, die an
lie shaft, Of native limestone, and will be sever
sr teen feet high. This stone, as Mr.. Champli
l. has demonstrated, is susceptible of very fiji
5. polish, and when finished this monument wi