The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-13

Ta0 ltivAlsrrA3 StORys OF West.
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s&5n Creek 4 'itreSmsin UherokH2
county, Kansas 4 On IL, 1. banks re-
Gently dead has beeR 'tlisc0yered. end
70 ~ 9toat tpfeh @ aiife fQHG lixKl
been mime 70 Hes lDavs .apFsknG
IuPalnaqet In Hr14yf jn'th0flew cotIt1tfy
and ~ ID their fivBl iilertta that Ca1fllJ1
Guide singH. Camps Guide AZ q "a,
per published In Fort Scott and Mr..
Camp, doesl,'t propose to write 0f what
he hasn't seen, or to hire another man
TO write for him He has been to both
cities and nov he gives US pictures 0i
them His paper for July lsI just re-
Empire City Is "the youngest and
heaithiest city Ia the state of Kansas. -
AS the editor who visited Il six weeks
after the settleIifSnt, Fenmrlxs:
The first exclamation that passed
our lips hpon oiir, arrival at the top OF
the hill was Cpl be hornswoggled Ii l
ever saw, the, likes.pi There / stool
surrounded by 148 houses, the of:
spring OF q little child only forty-fiye
days old The scene WAS too severe
for an empty stomach, so we stepped
into the Empire House and had, q red
hot breakfast, which strengthened us
up In coed shape. for business. tnA ss'
The, 'sbusiness" was to survey the
place in reporters capacity. Main
street was first taken dp. Beginning
ut the west end and going east on the
north side John Forbes frame build
ing 20x26 feet Is first. Next comes q.
w. Burlingame's boarding house Tx
10, and 30 on till
We will now stop anu take an an.
l.. X" manufactured by M. Kaiser,
Fort Scott cigar ut the tobacco stand
Of Miss Minnie stanton, who we find
snugly located In q f6ofn 6lxl6 feet.
After passing u half Dozen other pal
atial structures ~ 80 pfHf = f@"f
.As94xl6 barber shop Is next in order.
We were unable to learnsthe name OF
the gentleman who swings the brush.
1t Is now time to wet our whistle,
and no better place can be found than
ut the saloon of our next-door neigh
bOrs, Foster Bro. IL Co. They have
the finest buildin 3 on this side of the
str t. They keep their bar stocked
wit the finest of liquors, and appear
to lie very clever gentlemen, sr0a sst
On the first floor of the next build
ing "we find Bob Phelps with well
Stocked bar" and the next thing we
ike is tent, and in it we find Mr..
Curtis Lester lying on the ground sick,
pal taking of some nOu 'shment that
some kind .iiend had brought In AS
soon az he. Is able he willcOntinue his
business that Of n phOtOgra )het' = G.
Meanwhile the.phOt0g lslpaer Of Ed
itOr Camps pen will suffice. The
south side of Main 9 rect IS given with
equal fIliness to IL description of the
north side, aud JOn South Columbus
street we Hold .he Empi.e Opera House,
which holds three hundred, and hes u
stage "sixteen foot In the clear"
AS you en.er YOU findsppon the. right
the ticke' box, while At ishe 1e.C is a
well stocked bar, tastiiy1 arranged.
This opera house was E"dedicated''
Sunday evening, July LIST, this year, by
JOhnsOn's .minstrels,, and variety
troupe, from Vaudeville Theatre. . op-
lin. ~.
About noon the company arrived,
headed by the Joplin brass band, and
followed by numerous carriages filled
with pleasure-seekers from the. same
place. They Immediately found quar-
tiers at the Joplin House. At s p. IN.
the band commenced parading the
streets of both cities, and, the result
was that when the doors-were opened,
an immense crowd was on hand to
witness the opening performance. We
were one of the crowd, and one of the
first to get in. as we were bound to see
the, elephant. tail and ALL" The man.
ager of the house, Mr.. Leverick, soon
after the'opening GLORIOUS, took us un-
der his wing and. "pilOted" us to one
he more comfortably fixed to take il
all in. We We're surprised when the
curtain went up To see such nice lot
the half circle, from the fact that some
form us during the day>that the COM
pany was a "snide OUTFIT We failed
to see it.
All the performers did well but, II
seems, Miss Avery who sang "Wipe
off your Chin /" "has the most magnf1i-
cent voice we ever heard on the stage.,'
The first Sunday school, it should he
Noted, was held June oath, week be
fore this opera house dedication, and
the first sermon was preached on O
week day, June I'd. AS for the first
newspaper, the EDITORS narrative says:
The Mining Echo, published every
Saturday morning by Hadley e. Webb
was moved from the old to the new
town about the first of June. We went
down to the office to get the exact date
Of the removal, but the following
notice pinned upon the door informed
us that the editors were taking their
annual scrub, so we failed tn get the
date:-" Short, Greek or bustl Gone
swimming;s be back ut 8 d. III. sure
All kinds OF Job work done tonight
for the 4th. Stick jobs under the door
and we will find them.n The Echo IL
q lively paper. -
The Empire Town com pariy was In.
corpOrated June 9Th. @ On the 10Th al
ternate lots were given away by the
town to all who would agree to build
within sixty days; OH. the 18th of June
the place was Incorporated rs o city
OH the 9TH Of July il had 5000 inhabi,
tants; and yet on the 25tlr of May the
first building was erected There wa
an election of mayor and other city
officers June 30th. There were %
legal votes cast; nearly every Othel
vote was challenged and thrown out. ,
'GaleRa Is the rival of Empire City
It also Is on Short Greek. IT, Is tn,
elder sister byafew hours 1t has pait
from the start The Jig acres of. tha
town We're bought-by its corporation
for $1O, 900; the next daya haff ihteres
therein was sold for 81, 900, and nov
every plat Is SOLD at $75 each or more
Lots that were first sold for 500 brine
$500 now. No doubt mortgage. ,lOanI
lr,or half the value'' can be had q
round rates ofihterest on this fifie I'm
proved real estates The principa
avenueiof GaIena Is Red Hot street
Up and down IT the editor went, cata
sloguing as faithfully as in.Ehpirek,ity
He got the lyarber'se name here, ais
t"MisS Nan Humphrey, booth. Bxl4,,
and alliother dealers on the street. Til.
largest lbiildingiis 1Sx45, ThelQnges
notice ls.gHet 20 q
i. M. Mlgsans, saloon, 16x22.. Nj
Wiggahsis one OF the most social gen
tlemen on Short Creek, He formerly
kept hotel inBaxter Springs and For
Scott. He has set OF Fairbanks
l. -. g.. ~ n - - a