The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-06
KANSAS.
Letter From q Correspondent At Large.

Letter From Correspondent At Large.
CHRISTOPHER FALLS, July 30.
Editor Times:-I send You an account Of =
round trip which have lately tatea from
your Gig. l fret struck the noted town Of
Ess.on, on the Marrow Guage railroad. This
is the battlefield of a Eos. Office var. Hon.
Jo,h Turner applied for the p,st-of6ce, but
Bob. kelley aud Ell. Allen rebelled. Pesi.
ton recommending Turner as a suitable
person 10 FL the place, circulated freely, .
large number Of citizens signing il. The re-
monstrance circulated BY Kelsey, also receiv-
ed number Of signers. Great excitement
prevailed for short time, until the war a.
tumed new feature. Mr.. Prentice, . min.
ister Of Christ, took it upon himself to tell
the readers Of the New Era of Grasshopper
Falls, how wicked some Of the sinneis of
Easton have been for some time p,s.,
which information was not relished too
we'll by those to whom il was intended. So
it came to pass that some Of them got their
backs up about it, and en- one Sabbath even
ing when Rev. Mr.. Prentice had an engage.
meot TO hold worship in the Methodist
church, he ''smelt mice" and did not go TO
the house Of prayer that night. Bnt the in.
juied gentlemen referred to we're there. The
ab ence of the preacher prevented var and
bloodshed that evening. then preceded
to Winchef ter, the livelitst town On the K.
C. Railroad. Here had The exquisite
pleasure Of meeting several OF Winchester's
beet business men. Among whom would
mention Barnes h Gibson, opp0 ito the
Henry House. This firm keeps . full sup
ply OF drugs. dye stuf, stationary, books. and
. full and complete stock Of groceries Of good
quality, at The lowest prices. Mr.. Barns. OF
this firm, was at one time . tuccceseful dry
&C DDS merchant ON Shawnee street 10 your
city. He AID Mr.. Glib on have the conf
dence Of this whole community, BY whom
they ere vel! pstronized.
Il. C. kirkpatrick 10 another druggist OF
Winchester. What ha. been ssid OF BAroe, Il
0ibsop, can vel be said of Mr.. Kirkpatrick.
He has a neat little drug itore, AM is doing
. good 5ufioess-
D. ]. Grits. is the lumbermau Of thus
young city. He keep, lumbtr Of every |
kind, window blinds, essh, doorr, Ornamen- |
tai work, and everything else in hi, line.
The p.ol le around Winchester should. n
they have always done, Pa.ronize Mr.
Griest.
The Henry House il the only hGtel in
Winchester worthy of notice. This 10
good hotel aud the proprieitr IA . good
nan. II you so to Winchester sop n the
Henry House.
wilhelm & Gorham are the lsadiog men |
in the dry goods business in this town.
They reed no extended notice, as they nov
do large business, and a'e veil and favor |
ably known th:ou. bout the entire county.
next came to
GRA3HOPPER FALLS,
and nut I'D At the cid Cataract HOuss, which |
+. the only regular hotel in this town.
There il no better hotel than the Cataract |
in the counry. The table is we'll applied |
v;,h the bss, the market can .Hord. The |
COOKING is veil done. the rooms are neat and |
cIe.n and the proprietoss and managers
ch.erful and pls a<anf. The Caiaract is
!, erect home for all who "put ~" there.
Ny mex, place TO stop vas At
CExTRALIA,
m the Ceslral Branch road, running from |
A,ebiaou 10 Wstesviile. here pDt up At /
The McC~Ablis House -iae best hotsl in the l
olsce. IkneV Nr. 4eCdbbin tVesty-h
vears ,eo whsn be VS. hosel-keepef in IN.
other State.
Ce.t,,lia en- b,sst Of tie best chess fac.
so,v 4. Karsu. Forty Patrons Of Hu+
kondry Who own COWS agree to fuTni.h milk
trpn e,tsin sumber Of cows which hey nay
hapves to have on the fern. The milk fur |
,;.hed b. eech patron i weighed sspsHsfe- |
II every morning ard evening vhes deliv. |
md u tie cheese factory, and When
~ cheese shall have been ms6e hs y
e,rdi,ed for his sAase Of then. Tie quaa-
e;tv q milk used each day il little 1ose |
thau zine ihoonsd poands; IL number Of |
rounds Of ehee,s na6e each day beisg sbout |
fve hpudssd. The nunb9 of CO.'S MIXED
b this 6rm II near hvo hundred.