The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-03

90 remarkable that it IL worthy to be in
scribed upon enduring marble and firmly
ret with cement over the main entrance
Ii may have been a mistake-somebody
may have intended 10 make a steal and
forgotten it-but such errors don't happen
very often in kansas, and it must in all
probability be admitted that the intention
in this matter wss honest, and as honestly
carried out The house has been built
twice the fret time il was put up the bill
was $50 600; on the Ali of March, 1879. il
was burned to the ground, and from the
ruins of the old building arose the present
beautiful one, costing S2l 090-a small
price to pay for such a fine building, and
cheap at twice the figures.
FAC:s ABOUT THE COUNTY.
The county of Nemaha is one of the
northern tier, AID joins Nebraska on the
north, is thirty miles from north to south
and twentv miles from east to west, and
contains $50 500 acres.
The popui alton of the coun'y il estim ated
at between 10000 and IL ,01O. the total vote
b-ing 80 the population Of Senecs. the
county seat, is ], 100 ard the vote 30.
The amount of taxable property in the
county is - Ga 9SS, and the tax rate 261,
the latter being a most cheerful comparison
| to the heavily burdened communities Of
some other parts Of the State. The amount
OF vac mt. unimprovsd land in the county
il 81 575 acres, which averages about 50 in
price; the improved land amounts 10 So l24
acres, which can be purchased on an aver
age Mt from $40 to sl2 PER acre, according
TO Location.
According to the last report made by the
county clerk. the number of hor-es in the
county Is $3.50; mules, 325; cows, 1898;
other cattle, 1919; sheep, sd; swine,
p, 34l.
Thu number Of acres act ont in orch ards
is 10 90; in vineyards, 20; number OF acres
in small fruits, 80; in timber, 800.
The cheese interest of the county is
large. There are four factories for the
manufacture of tbi- luxury, one at Corning,
txo at Centr-lia al d one at Sebetba. One
of the factories a. Centralis, from April to
November Of last yssr, shipped l25 600
ponn,'s OF cheese, which represented the
milking Of Elk hundred and fifty COWS. The
average pri e Of cheese at the factory was
seven cents Ire account Of capital in
vested in this industry 10 this county il
abont so 900, and the Dumber of pounds
manufactured aggregated about $3.50 600.
The county has several streams which |
afford good wafer power, but which has,
ss yet, not been UTILIZED 10 any great ex-
tent. There are four Il ruring mills in the
county, the capital Invested aggregating |
$50 900; the mill at S.betha hiss two run OF |
BURR, that at Seneca four, the one at Cen |
r lila two, and the one at Neuchotel two. |
The number OF bu-h. L. Of grain rsised in |
the county during the last year aggregates
about al follow: Spring wheat, a 600;
winter wheat, 40 325; corn. the staple pro-
duct of the county, SOP 2i0; oats, il5, $50.
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS.
There are eighty four school districts in
he county, the indebtedness upon which
will aggregate about 81 1000. Eightytwo
If the districts have school buildings, nine
If VII ch are stone, sky seven are frame
md four log The school population Of the
county is 5 6lS, the enrolment , 92S, AID
he average attendance 1919 About 60
,sr cent Of the enrolment and nearly 80
,-r cent. Of the school population is in d al
y attendance. The school tax for The
ounty is eleven mills which is The heaviest
AK the people have to besr; during lat
ear 80 900 Was collected Of which so 032
vas expended on the IN intenance OF the
choois.
FORTUNATE COMMUNITY.
Nemsha county is out Of debt complete
y, and in every sense of the word; her
ailrosds cost her nothing, for the people
ought the payment Of the Dor ds voted upon
be ground that the railroad hadn't full.
lied their part OF the contrac' entered into
nd won the csse: she has Sl4 600 in the
aud pays c,sh for everything she
uys The railroads pay her IS 900 yearly
n taxes, which go-s a great way toward
he running EXPENSES of the county and .
ghtening the burden Of taxation.
RAILROAD ADVANTAGES
Tie railroad advantages of the county
re excellent, consisting of two roads,
'hich, at the present time, while uncom-
leted to their ultimate de-tination, are
-unk lines The Central branch of the Union
'sciic, now completed to Beloit, one
undred and eighty-three miles west from
he Missouri river, and which will be eX- i
,nded to Cawker City by the 18Th OF May,
lns through the sou hern part Of the
,unty. the principal stations thereon being
Vetmore, Corning and Centralis. The ST. i
oseph and Denver City TO d runs through
he county little to the north of the CEN
r, upon which are situsted Sebetha, the
.cond city in the region Of the county and
eneca. These two roads furnish Nemaha
Dunty with direct connections with the @
,st and gives the county the best benefit
the best markets the county affords.
wErMoRE
one Of the shipping points in the county,
nd is located on the Central Branch road.
NJ and one-hslf miles from the east and
,uth line # the comfy. The county sur
,unding We'mcre il rich. rolling prairie,
iih an abundance of timber for lumber
nd fuel upon the numerous creeks and !
Dttoms adj AGENT. 1t ia a cd point for all
ranches of trade. Weimore has a good
hool hou.e, the school population being :,
ne hundred and twenty. with an attend :
nee of ninety. The town has an elevator,
hich, however, il no more than capable of :
accom- daiing the vast amount Of grain :
hich pours into this point from country =;
the county, which is protita' .
= agricultural recon, growing 10 perfec-
IN all cereals and raising a superior
Iaptity of fruits. Unimproved land in :.
nd in the vicinity of the town range in
ice from Sc to SIS per acre.
CORNING n
good business ppint and has made a e
nriderabe advancement during the last /
.sr 10 The matter of an increase of pop 81
alton and the erection of new buildings. u
CENTRALIA
an old settled place the frat house hav v
z been erected in 1858 is on the line of
e Central Branch, sixty-two miles from u
p Missouri river, and located nesr the 7
,sd of Black N.rmillion creek, claiming it
the present time population of 500.
,ntralia ia building up at lively rate, a.
ere being several business houses Of good u
oportions and msny residences nos in u
'ocess of erection. The two cheese facto u
P. at this point do an enormous business, 4
ID during five months OF the psst year Ct
ipred $4,000 pounds of this article to el
e East. Thi. industry ia a great adv ,n- Il
&c to the town. and the cheese manufic- CT
rid here being a prime article gives \ a
rr responding advantage through the means e'
its reputation to the State. The steam y
,uriDg mills here have three run of hurs, i
I'd produce an excellent quality of -four. b
.ntrslis hss two or three good hotels, sev u
al church buildings snd a school house. II
he daily attendance upon the school il d.
out one hundred and fifty. This il a II
cd shipping point for grain and stock and a
ing surrounded by rich and well-seitled L
un,ry, enjoys fine trade. There is no h
wn on the line of the Central Branch road 5
,ich gives evidence of greater promise u
sAEETdA r
the second town in -iz. in the county, and a,
ioys an euvious business location, bel ~
rounded on all side- by ell-settled II
rmipo section vhose trade mskes GOOD | :,