The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
DOWN TIE ROAD

HuNA al NhNIllNAl w SIt
the country below Eureka, from the
fact that Messrs. Mitchell and NettletOn
were going down on a special train with
men 10 gather up bridge timber and
other material left at Howard and
Severy \ jolly crowd of business men
from Eureka also went as far as Severy,
but the train not returning the same
evening, they were compelled TO charter
n lumber wagon in which TO return. It's
my impression that none Of those gentle
men invested in real estate at the cross
roads
The word blooming" has been going
the rounds of the press for several
months past, but had not found place
where it seemed entirely appropriate I'M
til | stepped off the train at Severy. The
idea seems to have fixed itself upon the
people of Kansas that where there is
railroad crossing there must also bc a
city, whether there is anything except
the bare railroad irons to support it or
not. The junction of the st. Louis &
San Francisco road with the Eureka
branch furnishes an example. The coun-
try around is sparsely settled, and there
is no increase in population excepting
hundred men or so, who are tempo
rarily at work laying track, YET
men are wild over the place and
hundreds have rushed in to buy lots and
start business. Many have taken in the
situation and gone away without invest
ing, but II good many have purchased
lots, paying eXtOrtionate prices. | was
reliably informed that the company own
ing the site had cleared, over and abo"e
the cost of the land, about two thousand
dollars in two weeks Drinking whisky
and racing horses appeared to be the
principal occupations while remained,
and citizens told me it was so all the
time. a rough looking crowd of fifty
or hundred men were congregated on
the street when we arrived, and
on going near we soon learn
ed they were excitedly betting on
a horse race--the bets raging from five
to fifty cents or n pocket knife. The race
took place on the principal street. The
San Francisco company discharged their
track layers a few days ago until the first
of March, and many of them are laying
around Scvcry spending their wages for
cheap whisky. From "a dozen To fifty
drunken men may he seen ON the street
at any time. Their horrible oaths and
blasphemies fiji the air and render
the place hideOus To those who have any
respect for God or mankind. Some of
the citizens are very pleasant people, and
deprecate the carousing and drunken
ness as much rs any one Both rail
road companies are building commodi-
Gus depots, and there are a few good
houses, but the majority are mere
shaniics or tents. The reader may draw
his own conclusion rs To my ideas of
the word booming"
HOWARD,
the county seat Of Elk county, is a good |
town, we'll located, and, judging from |
the number of new houses going up, is |
in Il prosperous condition. did not re-
main here long enough, however, to form
4 very correct idea concerning the place |
N,D,sON
is Il thriving village situated in The fer
Tile valley Of the Ncrdigris river, twenty |
miles snu,h of Emporiu. The citizens
are wide awake, intelligent and happy, |
from which judge they are doing
gnpd business From the Tollowin di- |
reciary it will be seen that several OF the
business mca were formerly citizens of |
Emporia;
Grocerics-Georec Oglcs5y, W. II. |
Green and Grange Store, ~ II. Weir
man, agent.
Dry Goods Sherman & Richardson,
c. L. Brvadwell agent; W. II. Green.
lIarlwarc--S. T. Smith, ]. r. Patter-
son
Beck S,ore-J, d. Thompson.
D-ugs-L. J. Cunkle.
Lumbcr-W. c. Jones and Chicago |
lumber company, r.. r. Funk. agent.
Livery-T. b. Mcclure
Shooshop-D. Pcasc.
Blacksmiths-H. y. Wicker, s. b.
Green. J. ID. Kelly.
Meat Markct-T. Hathaway.
Madison Steam Mills-Giazebrook &
Riny
Madison News-w. o. Lunsford, edi-
tor.
Physicians L. j. Cunkle, J. w. Gun
kle, \. Stanley.
MillinoY-Mr Ravenscroft.
Barbor-James Butler.
Hotel - Madison house, G. Siolpe, |
G. o. Levitt, notary public and insur-
ance agent. n VS..
MADISON, Jan. "a