Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-11
About Kansas.
4 l.ErrER FROM MIR, Nj, i. CAsEN.

mission desire to answer through
the columns of your paper, n request
from many persons in your county,
to write respecting the condition OF
things MS they appear to me in this
quarter of the globe,
left your city ON the six o'clock
train, Monday morning, March oath,
and via Mendoza, Ruincy and AT
Gibson, and reached Rcloit, Kansas,
on the following evening nj 10; 10,
In Atehison | met with Hugh Con-
naughton, formerly Of Mineral Point,
with whom took dinner; from him
named Cassidy and Short, formerly
of your county, were at work in
that city.
On the route | passed through
many good business towns, but
consider Atchison the best, yet |
have been informed by many that
it does not begin 10 compete with
Kansas City for business,
Hugh Conaughton seems to
have heon quite fortunate IN his IN
vestment IN property there last
wear, as since il has moro than trch-
hled its value,
Though building is going on
there quite rapidly, yet it seems
not to be equal to the demand, Eo'
very small rock cabin not entitled
to the dignity of being called /
"house,' was pointed out to me Us
being rented for ten dollars pei
month. | have made n comparison
of the towns ON the route; now m
to the States through which pass
ed, via Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas, let me sny that TIN
half of Kansas over which passc,
III reaching here, is, il my opinion
ahead of anything ! saw ON TIN
route, at least in appearance, thougl
possibly it may not excel lllinoi
in parts, in fertility of soil.
Rain has not fallen here for scv
eral months, and consequently it i
dry and very dusty at prcscn
making il rather unpleasant, cspoc
tally to one not acquainted with 1t
But they say that this is thei
March weather, and that this is NJ
uncommonly dry season, and aS
sumo such 70 be the case, for th
press generally IN the state allud
70 the fall and spring grain suffer
ing through want of rain,
On reaching Bcloit, which is th
county seat of this county, ] foun'
the District Court Called in you
county, Circuit Court) III session
and upon presentation of II ccrtlll
cate of admission TO the bar in you
county, was admitted to practice il
this. was present ut court fou
days last week, and ms far rs ! un
dcrstand il, the practice is yer,
much like that in your county
The forty odd cases on the calcn
der showed M absence Of causes fc
divorce, there being no time for lit
eating such vice questions herr
where all il tumult in the hurry I
speculation. One young man pleac
cd guilty 10 the charge Of horS
stealing, and got 4 years and
months working for the State.
case of Fraud in which some 100
was involved was tried, in whic
able counsel from Atchison an
elsewhere were present, anon
whom were the Attorney Gcneu
Guthrie, and Waggoncr, Of Atchiso
the latter Of whom, though con
paratiycly young man, II rcputc
one of the ablest lawyers in III
State, and | confess 60 you but NJ
10 parties herc) that ! have nevc
seen his equal before.
To give,you nidea Of the growt
and development Of this countr,
let me state that but a few yeal
ago where Beloit now stands, Ill
present County Clerk ofthis count
and others came within a hail
breadth Of losing their lives by I'll
sayages, where to-day stands a cit
of fhp ngpcond claps. 7 "a STYLED Il