Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-07-10

600: a Methodist church costing
1 $1,000; beautiful oriek school
house costing $40, 600, and IN in,
telligent, enterprising and moral
community. There has never beer
4 a licensed liquor saloon in the city
or county. On enquiry, we fine
the price of brick to be $40 PEI
thousand ; coal So per ton lum.
Der $26 per thousand. The people
are kept posted by the Hutchinson
lNeacs, a, healthy-looking large
weekly paper. which IS edited and
managed with rare ability. At all
points along the line Of the road
we received a hospitable welcome,
but none more SO than was ex-
tended by the enterprising and
plucky citizens Of Hutchinson
tie ladies especially. To TIE
young man going west,o advice
is stop al Huichinson-ghat is,
If you have business energy deter
mination aud pluck there are no
drones in Hutchinson. Railroad
land near Hutchinson, such as is
producing thirty bushels of wheat
to the acre this year, can be had
for S. per acre on eleven years time.
A number OF ladies and gentlemen
of this town accompanied Us ON the
excursion from this point to Gra-
nada,and we parted company with
them with feelings Of regret.
For the good people of Hutchin-
I e-h a taf a
most kindly feelings, and wish
them all health, happiness and con-
tinued prosperity.
Leaving Hutchinson, we proceed
ed on the main line of the road I,
passing the thriving little towns
of Peace, Ehinwood, Great Bend,
which takes its name from its
location at the apex of the Great
Bend ofthe Arkansas river-paw-
nee Rock, Larned-located near
Fort Larned, government out
post--Kinsley, and arrived at
Fort Dodge for dinner. And such
a dinner! The bill of fare would
have done credit to the Carrollton
in Baltimare. The dinner was ten
dered by the citizens of Dodge city
and the Town Company of u. S.
/ troops stationed rere, Weremens-
| Der only partial list Of the bill OF
fare, as follows: MEATS Roost--
Buffalo, antelope, beef, pig, pork,
mutton, veal. Boiled Ham,
shoulders, middIings. FOWLS
Turkey, chicken, duck. VEGETA-
BLEs Green peas, beans, beets,
cabbage, potatoes, onions, &c. The
dessert and pastry embraced pound
sponge, jelly and other kinds of
cake, cherry, raspberry and cur
rant pie, ice cream and frozen GUS
tard, and the entire party of three
hundred were supplied with all the
champagne they could drink-the
reader can guess the quantity con-
snmed by taking into considera-
ton the fact that it was an edito-
rial party. After such a dinner
on the frontier, we knew that the
talk about grasshopper devastation
and starving Kansas" was all
bosh. HolU a country which was
swept of its subsistence year ago,
and whose inhabitants themselves
were dependent upon the sympa-
thy and aid of others, could fur
nish such quantities and qualities
as were prepared for their present
visitors, was and still is mystery.
| But it was done, and done with
a liberality and hospitality with
out the slightest stint. Everywhere
the excursionists were met with
the most cordial expressions of
welcome. Every house, If neces-
sary, would have been opened to
them. and the most bountiful ia
bles were spread for them at the
designated points OF entertain
ment. But we are in Dodge City,
352 miles from AtchisOn. 1t Is a
wide-awake little town of about
400 Inhabitants, exclusive of the
soldiers, and is a place of consider
able business importance, in con-
nection with the Military Post of
Fort Dodge, 4 miles down the riv-
er, and the Government freighting
business to Camp Supply and Forts
| In 4NOttH- WSotCih lCAoo. kOth
Fort Dodge to Grenada, distance
of 155 miles, we pass few small
settlements about Syracuse and
Sargent. The other Stations are
merely Water Stations and sid
ings. Grenada, Colorado, is about
500 miles from Atchison. The
population is made up principally
of Mexicans and half-breeds, and
the society is rough. All the worst
classes of people, who have been
driven from the towns farther
East by the march Of civilization,
press towards the frontier towns,
where, for time, they can hold
high carnival without fear of the
law. Grenada is now going thrO'
| fts worst sta es. as all other towns