The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-05
IRON MsTCHELs. COUNTY.

dsnce al THIS place, perceive there Is con-
siderable dissatisfaction al the non-arrivaI
OF THE TIMEs, until it becomes too ol 20
be fresh. II takes from one TO two days
more for letters and papers from Leaven-
worth to reach this city via. Atchi-on q
COncordia, than by the X. 7. and : Ilonon
City rosds Ii there ia any gal m thod
whereby this can be Corrected, have the
correction made, 10 III. qualification OF
your subsgrib r. as well as resd.rs-
Tomorrow the Central Branch Railroad
will be completed to tlii, point, ani The
Opera House
OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.
This structure, the Opera House, is Of
stone, with capacity to seat rs many people
as Laing's Hall, and stage larger than
that of the Opera House Of your city. The
house and stage fixture- are being gorgeous
ly embelished by one Of Lsavenworlh's
old favorites, Mr.. George Burt. George
and his fImily have made this their ahid-
ing place, and his troupe, consisting Of
some of the best comic actors in the Wet,
will probably be the first to entertain an
audience in the new hall Fifteen years
| absence from
TIE METROPOLIS IF KANSAS,
seems not to have dimn.d the luster Of
| Georges eye, nor subdued the bouyancy Of
! his spirits. lie is the same inimitable
George, and fully believes his benefits"
will ever break the spell Of long drought.
By the lst of October, il is understood,
the Solmon branch Of the Kansas Pacific
will be finished here.
Ii is now in running order to within
| about thirty-fye miles. This road Is the
| one most desired by these people, not only
| because il brings them into direct commu-
nication with the
BEST Markets,
but il is understood to be more accommoda-
| ting, than Others, to Its patrons.
The prosperity of this place is evident to
| the most casual observer, and its future, as
| pronounced by wisacres, is TO be the great
commercial city of the great Northwest"
1t is beautiful, and il very pleasantly stu
| ared upon the left bank OF the Solomon
| river, on gently undulating slopes, which
increase in heighth as We rccede from the
river.
A substantial dam across the river has
given ample water power Tor manuiac;ur-
ing and milling purposes. Grist and saw
mills are in active and profitable operation
| Churches are numerous, nice and commodi-
Gus, all built of stone. Whisky has but
few acquaintance. Beer retalls
4
no shoot legs" are TO be seen at that-xhat
a sad place for some OF the lie wentworth
ties. But two licenses have been issued
| by the city authoriti :, each costing $500.
| -Four or five drug stores are in active blast,
doing a legitimate business Soda water
plentiful but unmixed with ''check.rherry."
Lawyers, doctors and school marms are
thicker than shippers in "vermicular"
cheese. Tenant-houses are i'll demand ;
scores of families are unable to get suitable
| shelter. Dug outs, tents and wagon -h,et-
| are common methods Of protection from
, the suns rays, which have Of late b. en- most
| severe.
The agricultural products equal those OF
| any part Of our State, and even the ~.
| lands are much richer than most Ci the
| counties upon
OUR EASrERRS BOUNDARY.
Thousands OF bushels OF grain now await;
the cars Corn Of best quality, that ought
to be feeding the starving millions of Lu-
man beings Of other lands, and our own,
a. in New Mexico, is now used for fuel.
At every kitchen door, and even 10, engine
purposes, may be seen piles of the glisien-
ing golden grain awaiting a Use that only
,aal ..,,tx- a,arhr H.
will he changed when The railroads are
completed, ii is hoped.
No speculatCr has east his lighting
hand upon these fair lands. No railroad
grant has alienated these rich prairies from
the settlers sturdy arm. Upon almost
every quarter section and often upon each
sub divivision Of eighty acres, may be seen
the original claim cabin, and standing near
it the improved, comfortable, cOmmodious
tenement. with substantial out-houses and
barns surrounded by groves of forest and
fruit trees, shrubbery and flowers, with
acres of untenced farm products, all evi.
dences OF Thrift, comfort, and plenty. The
buffalo, coyote and prairie dog have gone
with the red man, and the buffalo grass is
yielding up lis existence TO the better
things Tor human life, corn, wheat, the
tame grasses and fruits.
The breaking" OF these lands j. accom-
plished with less labor than those further
east. 1t may be that the 10 m of the pillow
has much to do with the amount OF power
required 10 do the work. Instead Of a
pointed share with a solid cas;steel mould
board; these plows have half-ipch rods
substituted for the mould board, and the
cutting edge of the share is at right-angle
with the land side, thus preventing square
cutting surface or edge, like chisel 10 the
unturDed sod, upon the Landslide" is weld
ed stationary coulter projecting upwards
from three to five inches and about two
inches in width. With these Flows quite
an ordinary team Of horses can plos from
two to two and a half acres per day of vir-
gin soil. Never having seen ore of these
plows in any other part OF our State |
thought best 10 describe II. Ii is one Of the
products of the great west"
Leavenworth has her representatives here
in various branches of business, and could
she afford TO send out a few OF her laundry
men, or women, it would be favor to I'M
mated males, who now have to pay as much
for clean shirt as for glass of uniced
beer-ten cents.
did intend TO say something about the
delegates from these parts, upon their re-
turn from the Manhattan Convention, but
perhaps it is too late. A livelier set of de-
funct delegates have never seen in Kansas
through a residence of over twenty one
years. Some of them had The lock Jaw
through sheer madness, and were too mad
to swear. Others felt religiously inclined,
and thought the defeat of their favorite,
Col. W. A. Phillips, was a curious NANTES
tation of providential evolution, while many
were imbued with a spirit of benevolence
and wished TO give some OF the Atchison
county politicians
THE BENEFIT OF HEMP,
that the coroner could have job of post
norton examinations Smith county is
Rampant, but will have destruction and
revenge in view when assembled in conven-
ton at Topeka. Alas. Mr.. Editor, the
solid Northwest is sadly out of whack. The
sweetness OF the convention will have TO do
some nice coaxing ii they succeed in max
ing those delegates "about-fsce" in favor of
any citizen of Atchison county for political
preferment. Have an eye upon them. ST.
John has grown in favor because Martin
has lost in favor; not that they like St.
John more, bnt Martin less.
With respect am,
SILEX.
THE DISTRICT fASR AT VALLEY