The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-07-08

north. Ihey dld not aIlSnts ahe
have done no damage in that vicinit,
this year, though very destructive
last season. The United States
Land Office is located here, and there
is good class of settlers in the VI
cinity, principally from Illinois ano
Iowa.
Dodge City, 352 miles west of At
Gibson, is the next place of impor
tance, and is handsomely situated on
the Arkansas river, 4 miles from
Fort Dodge, an important military
post, at present under the command
of 1t. Col. Compton, of the 9th Cav
airy. Four companies, two of caval-
ry and two of infantry, are now sta
toned there. Col. Compton, DR.
Tremaine, surgeon of the post, Ind
several other officers, with their Ia.
dies, were present among the crowd
of citizens who welcomed the arrival
of our train. A fine dinner awaited
us, provided by the hospitality of the
citizens, to which our party did full
justice.
Leaving Dodge City about
o'clock, we continued on our journey
westward, but for the next hundred
and thirty miles, there are but two
small settlements, at Syracuse and
Sargent.
1t was nearly midnight on Friday
when we arrived at Granada, the
present terminus of the road, 4S1
miles west of Atchison. A good
supper was soon spread before us, in
the spacious depot, after which we
retired to rest after our long journey,
and enjoyed a few hours refreshing
sleep in the comfortable sleeping cars
attached to our train.
Next morning we rose early and
looked about Granada, which we
found to consist of settlement of
some 40 or 80 frame buildings, most
ly saloons and boarding houses, for
the accommodation of the large num-
Der of teamsters, cattle herders and
railroad men who find employment
here. There are, however, two very
large buildings, occupied as stores,
in which are kept immense stocks of
dry goods, groceries, clothing and
merchandise of all kinds, which are
wagoned for hundreds of miles, to
supply the wants of the widely scat
tered settlements south and west, in
Colorado and New Mexico. Daily
stage lines run from here to Pueblo,
Santa Fe, and intermediate points.
The track of the road is laid to a
point about 10 miles west of Grana-
da, and after breakfast our train was
backed down to the end of the track,
where large number of hands were
at work, laying the rails, at the rate
of about half mile a day. Several
OF our party tried their skill at driv-
ing spikes, but did not make a very
brilliant success of it. The foreman
of the track-layers was living in q
tent on the prairie near by, with his
wife and children, who seemed hap
py and contented.
It is expected that the road will be
finished to Pueblo, $50 miles further
west, by September or October next.
There it will connect with the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad, running
north to Denver City and the Kan
sas Pacific r. r.
We started from Granada on our
return trip about 1 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, and reached Dodge City
in time for an excellent supper, after
which there were several speeches
made by the citizens of the town and
responses by the members of the Ed
itorial party.
Resuming our journey, we travel
ed all night, reaching Newton on Sun
day morning, breakfasting at Empo-
ria, and reached Atchinson about
half-past l o'clock, in time for dinner.
After dinner we came as far as st.
Joseph, Mo-, where we stopped over
night, and called on our old friend,
Capt. Frank Posgate, who is resi-
dent of that beautiful and thriving
city. In company with his brother
in-law, Mr.. John johnson, formerly
of New Lexington, in this county,
Capt. Posegate is carrying on one OF
the largest job printing establish
ments in the West, and turning out
first-class work. 1t is pleasant to
know that they are also doing well
in financial point of view. We re-
gretted to learn that Mrs. Posegate
is still o sufferer from chronic rheu-
matism, being absent from home,
under treatment. Mr.. Joseph Brown,
formerly of Hillsboro, is also in bust
ness in st. Joseph, but as he lived
some distance from town, and we
left early Monday morning, we had
not the pleasure of seeing him
Our trip home was very pleasant,
but attended with no special incident.
We reached Hillsboro in safety on
Tuesday evening, June 29th, having
been absent only little over a week,
and having travelled in that time
more than $500 miles.