The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-28
TRIP 70 Bz.O;r. MITCHELL COUNTY.

Last week, the writer, accompanied
by A. b. Chaffee, late of the Solomon
City Tines, having procured one Of
A. G. Couse's fine livery teams, started
for the above named place. The course
taken was from Salina across the eoun-
try to Lindsay, in Ottawa county, and
up the great Solomon Valley. Lindsay
is town of about one hundred and fifty
inhabitants, and the place presents quite
a fino appearance. One and one-haif
miles west of the latter town mt o'clock
P. NJ. VIC brought up at Minneapolis, the
county seat of Ottawa county. Here We
met the jovial and good-natured Whar-
ton, Of the Minneapolis Independent. We
teok dinner at the Minneapolis House.
This is a good hotel and the traveller is
well cared for by the accommodating
landlord. The table, for tempting edibles
and SIGH can not be surpassed. The
place presents quite lively appearance.
Having rcplenished the "inner man" We
again started up the valley, passing
through Delphos, Glasgow and Asher
vile. The latter is small town situat-
ed in Mitchell county; is quito trading
point for the country surrounding. and
eight miles cast of Bcloit. One-half mile
from this place VIC stopped over night
with Mr.. Gates, Many who participated
in the Indian troubles two years ago will
remember this gentleman, as his farm
was the headquarters for all the settlers
of the country in time Of danger. But
those trying times arc passed, and the
red devils have been driven west, never
to return, but to seek new hunting
grounds. Settlers are now happy, making
rapid improvement and the county is fast
filing up with an intelligent and indus
trious class of people. All along this
beautiful valley improvements are being
made. Nice new frame and stone houses
are being erected, and the "dug out F." is
now regarded as the thing of the past.
In short the farmer is becoming rich.
The country is thickly settled.
The next morning, at 10 o'clock,
BELorr, tho county-seat of Mitchell
county, "hovc" in sight. Never have
we been moro surprised. in Kansas
towns than VIC were in this. We had
expected to find small place, with, per
haps, from twenty to thirty buildings
and half dozen business houses; but
instead, we found her live, growing
town having about one hundred and
twenty-five buildings completed and thir
ty more in course of erection. The
building are of that class that would re-
fleet credit upon the Older towns Of Kan
sas, costing, each, from $500 to Sc, 90.
The business OF this live town can be i'm.
agincd from the following which We dot,
ted dowS while passing around the place,
Tho business houses are located upon
two streets--One running north and south
and the other east and west. The Bel0it
saw and yrist, mills, owned by T. F.
Jersey. C. Wycoff l. Bro, hardware
and agricultural implements; Valentine
& Ingram, wholesale dry goods and
groceries, Smith l. Co., livery stable
ii. J. Barber, hardware Bell & Best, rca
estate agents; Williams 4 Co., general
merchandise Lyon & Sheltonbron, gen.
eral merchandise /; Cooper 4 Bro wn, at
torneys and real estate agents; Lewis 4
Woodcock, general merchandise Mr.
Bown, blacksmith and wagon maker
DR.. Wiley, druggist vanghse & Gaylord
meat market; Will, r. Nudge, druggist;
Z. Morrill,, harness maker; Jones l. Co,
billiard hall; Mr.. Whitehust, blacksmith