The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09
WHAT THE EDIEORs say
OF Us.
From the chicago Daily Inter-ocean.


From the Chicago Daily Inter-o Ocean.
Emporia is the county seat of Lyon.
and is situated at the junction OF the
Missouri. Kansas & Texas, with the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway.
It is one of the most flourishing cities
of its size in the West, and can boast
OF excellent hotel accommodations.
Every one of the go hungry editors
who partook of the hospitality of En-
poria will youch for the bills of fare at
the Windsor, Merchants and belmont
CO. The State Normal School, hand
some building, is located here. The
business structures rival those of older
and wealthier cities.
From the Savannah, (Alo) Republican.
A magnificent dinner was given by
the citizens and served nc the differ-
hotels of the city. 1t was cur good
fortune 10 dine at the windsor House,
the dinner consisted of roast meats OF
all kinds, vegetables raised this year,
together with the usual ct ceterds. In
Justice to the other hotels Will say
that the dinner at all was highly eulo-
gized and enjoyed at each of them,
and taking it all together it reflected
great credit on the town.
At Empoiia we met Dr. X. X. Nc
Candies, formerly al this place, how
a druggist at Emporia.
From Ill.,; Warrensburg MOI Standard.
At II 30 q. IA, we reached EnpOria,
having made ruIu at III miles from
Atchison. Here We found that the
good people OF EnpOria had
provided dinner for the hungry tour
lists. And such a dinner. IE was with
no little surprise that the eastern boys
found themselves, way out on bound
less prairies of the w est, seated at Ia
bles which could not have been excel
led at the Fifth Avenue, or the Grand
Central, either for excellence, variety
or style.
From the indianapolis Daily Sentinel.
Burlingame and Usage City, two
goOdly sized towns, were passed, and
at dinner time q very good dinner was
as heartily indulged in by the party,
as it was offered by the citizens OF En-
poria. EmPoFia was probably the
prettiest place seen on the road, and is
Ill miles from Atchison. Still the
country presents q beautiful aspect.
The road at this point, after having
run in a sOuthwesterfy direction,
turns and goes directly west distance
of $40 miles to the end, keeping about
one hundred miles north of the line of
the Indian Territory, and consequent
ly about two hundred miles south of
the northern line of Kansas. Soon af-
| fer leaving Emporia the road gets into
the Cottonwood valley, and remains so
for fOrty-fiVe miles west, going
through as fine farming land as can be
found in any state in the Union.
From the Decatur In) Republican.
We reached Emporia about noon,
| or din.
ner. The citizens here received the
excursionists with q hearty welcome,
and provided a magnificent dinner at
the various hotels in the city. This
was the first point at which we receiv-
ed the Inequalities of the people of
Kansas after leaving AtchisOn, and
the whole party were unanimous in
the expression of generous sentiments
toward the hospitable people of EmpO-
ria. EmpOria is the county seat of
Lyon county, and one Of the hand
soonest cities in the West. 1t has a
population of about $500, and is the
and stock raising regions in Kansas.
The State Normal School is located
here and its splendid business houses,
fine residences, good streets and gen.
eral appearance of the city indicate to
the stranger that he is in the midst of
a prosperous, energetic, generous peo-
pie.
To give our readers an idea of the
business of this small city, we present
a few of the figures of last years work (:
Cattle shipped, 20,32S; railroad tickets
sold by one road, $40, 51S.25; freights
forwarded and received by one road,
35,656,155 lbs; dry goods sold, $780,
4S4; groceries, $427, goo; lumber, $780,
400; hides and furs handled by EmpO-
ria firms, $105, goo; capital of her two
national banks, $1S5, 900; circulation,
$135,0O0; aggregate amount of depos-
its, 1885 600; exchange sold, $2,624,-
OO9.
At Emporia the railroad enters the
beautiful Cottonwood Valley, which it
follows to Florence.
From the Green Castle Qnd } Banner.
Emporia, Ill miles out, is place of
$500 Inhabitants. 1t was located in
1857, but its growth has mostly been
since the completion of the railroads.
: 1t has an important trade, and is beau
: tifully situated. Here we had our first
experience of Kansas hospitality in q
dinner that was eminently satisfactory.
both in its quality and the manner in
, which it was served. The citizens all
seemed to vie with each other in plac-
| lily DclOFO us TIC DcSL IIl0 GOWn dlIOEu-
ed; and indeed, this was true of all the
Kansas towns at which we stopped.
The State Normal School is located at
this point. The attendance the past
year was three hundred. The excel
lent system of graded schools adopted
, by the state, is in full operation here
From the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer.
; Reaching EmpOria, a beautiful grow
ing city OF 1850 inhabitants, substan-
/ tial buildings and busy marts, we were
welcomed to q bounteous dinner spread
by the good citizens of that place. The
! country surrounding the valley of the
. NeOsho is q magnificent body of land
stretching away in gentle undulatiOns
covered by dark green grass or waving
l with golden wheat. Its country K
make the eye of a farmer grow bright
and his mouth water. Leaving Empor-
ia the railroad runs up the valley o
the Cottonwood river a distance O
; forty-five miles to Florence. This val
s lev is one of remarkable fertility. TIT
bottom land is as level as floor, darl
: rich loan, no depth to the soil. diG
: not go down to see, but the river banl
showed eight to ten feet, black as you
hat. The people were in the midst oil
harvest.