, 1879-05-17
ISAIAH MONTGOMERY.

Special Correspondence o} The Tribune.
TOPEKA, Kaa., aIny 14.-isaah Y. Mont.
go1nery, of alc old 0rsn OF Montgomery &; Suns,
piuntrss Ut Davis Lend. Miss, has bern spend-
Ing tie lust ten duya in Nausas, studying up the
co1orcd exouus. AlhnY Of your readers know
thut
THE MoNTdoMEnYs AnE coLoRnp MEN,
who wcru confidential servants OF 10 Dayls,
brother Of Jctt Davis; and that, by CONCESSIONS
given them bY Dnsts. helped on by the
yicfssitudcs Of war, nms guided BY III
tcIlgence, enterprise, nll industry, they
acquired very lArgo lnndcd possessions in
Mississippi. But The fail In the ps;co oE rotton
from tire l,nrl tttues of The last few years, fall
heavily on tho Montgnmnsys. reducing their
possessions to 001ar !, ,1UD sercs, Witch they noW
own, and Of which they arc at present cultvnt-
Ing some 500 arscs, being a!so engaged in tue
cultivation OK sotlu }uA4cl land.
The Montgomerys wcrs threc.-fa.l1cr mid
two SOUS. The father died two years aco, leav-
In, tho Montgomery pr roperty uni aifaira to the
two sons,--tsaiAt +. as,l 'rt,orntnn, Quite q
nuuher OF tho MonlGonerys' Iuborcrs sotuc
weeks ago cnnie to Kansas, viii, ott,cr Missss-
sippi immigrants. Isuiasl Montgomery hnvug
business in st. Louis, concluded to visit Kansas
tuo, TO
SIZE WHAT KIND or 4 COUNTRY
his neople were coming to. Finding some Of
Them at Lawrence, With the 1onhla purpose ut
hcptnE .llc.n TO locations, and to giye himself
it'll opportunity to form n Just OpInfun Of Kausas
rs q lloue for Southern coiorcd people, he bus
Travelled extensively over te state. So,ne days
ago he catne before ihc Stutc Centrat Freed
ucu's Committee here, and stated to tho Ct,,,-
tnttcu that his observations had Impressed him
must fayorahly; anil lhat ilo pr0pose,l to Gt,-
ueratp with tic COMMITTEES IN thu Immigration
work. 1tr eAtd 1ln had been out on the kallsa,
pariflu Railroad, passing through Tho older
whrat-Gruwttl. ruuntfes Oh That road, md cxarll
lining llc limits IN frcg1 CouBty.. etenr III tho
frontier, fte lad a1su examined kot.,e Iatlk on
the Atshiso,l, Topokn Il Santa Fe RoAti, in I.y0l,
County. Ito lad bcun SURPRISED NMl pleased
With what he bud seci; and he hInaeaf pro-
posed to
TAKE FART III Il COLONY EsrERrh.Bn
In Kansns. lie proposed to The Consnl.ter that,
II they woulI ''estah'sli colany OF this freed
mcn in either Lyon Or Trog" County, at the
Which might bc.nevresl upon, lie wunid il,tn.sIt
nrghasu section V'i0 nerr5) Ut latai, uilti nut
It III cultivation, giving nlore o. less ctnpioy-
mcnt to this eolonlsls, ath1 contributing, as lie
thought he would he able tu, 10 mnny wayh to
The advantage Of many families who might 10
thus located. The COMMITTEE tn.inettAteiy topk
Into consideration The praosnl, h,l, I" aid slr.
Montgomery III furtersne erIn|t tnatto1's. sent an
III p Ins. h.. ,s t' ~ ' ta, h,vo
~ ard arn"1 .,, aaa pGst f l's "''"osV'e"S naVo
'.s., s,,,.'s, "s's.o "ps a,s,as ~ -, .,,.
cohoSf LOCATED IN w"hAoSssE COUNTY
furty Mies southwest U! Topeka. Five Sec
tiuns Of laud belonging to The kansAs Statu Uni
vcrstty haze Dcuo selected. ono section OF Which
Mr. MoMt.oHitry hsa purchased for his own
uBr. The uttrr four gtEl Jls Rru to t1a divided
up atnonE aomo ilfty or sixty fatn!es.
| cacl, having forty ucrrs U, la,iu. Nine lum-
HES trum MontGomsry's p!antauuns now
llcrc, nr1 nsilnl,g tho HIST 10 be
located The price hAr acre IL $G.H5, on twenty
yca9 payH.eHtS' ~ { per eeat lhtefcst. Tue
SuntnHtee aG ~ M NV no'ao " .ua en'os'shts ~