The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-08-18

points. Trees forty, fifty md sixty ieet
long are felled and trimmed 10 the
sqnaze and hauled by OK team or with
horses iothe Monongallela, and thence
raflesi to market Single trees ollen bring
as mslch as $50. 475 and $50 was
told of ons iree he othes day which
brought about SIOO The immense oaks,
poplars, chestnuts, etc. are found from
four TO six feet in diameier.
This country has gone On for over
hundred years in the primitive ard slow
ways of humanity. OF course there is
much improvement in many things.
What is wanted now IL che infusion Of
northern enterprise and energy, and
with these few more railroads. The
people here are ready and anxious for.
both TO come We have been almost ex-
clusively among Republicans, and have
heard Of but one or two Democrats
among the immediate relatives of Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Murdoch, who are not
Republicans. Preston and Monongalia
counties are Republican, and Marion is
9 close county. 1t is believed that West
Virginia will report on the right side in
1884. The people, while they.
cling to many of the old ways.
are intelligent and econOmi-
cal-llving almost entirely on their own
prodncis-exceedingly religious, PLATA
Of manner and speech. and the most
friendly and hospitable ! have ever met,
Amer All, it Is men and women that
make an empire, and the foundation for
rich and, It no distant day, . prosper
Gus state. Is laid in West Virginia, in
the intelligence and virtue Of her PEG
pie. Many railrOad projects are being
discussed for this state. The one that
most directly interests this section Is
from Pittsburg mp the mouth Of the No
nongahela 10 the mouth Of Cheat river,
thence up the latter stream to King.
wood, and on south. The people are
alive to their interests, and anxious for
the building of this road. Already
bonds have been voted in some of the
districts. That the road would pay
from the day Of its construction no one
doubts who knows Of the natural wealth
Of this coantry. That this road
and others through this section are soon
% be constructed there seems no doubt.
In Kansas they would be built within
the next year. There is already consid.
cradle activity in, coal lands in apticipa-
ton of the hnilding Of the roads. Near
Aorgantown, land is being sold At from
SEQ TO 500 per acre. Lands all through
tins county are higher in price than we
had expected they were. Choice noun
tains range In price from $40 to 500
per acre, and we believe there is little
foE sale at less than $s5 aud $50. The
people expect great things from the
benefits railroads win bring, and they
will not be disappointed. 8,
K1xewoop, West Va, Aug. IL, 81.
| "a WEST VIRGINIA SCENERY
is, in many places, simply grand.
judge Il to be finer than that of Colorado
(Which have never seen) In that II il
more varied, and in that its mountains
are covered with grass and better vari
ETY. of trees. The roads wind their way
up the mountain sides. Below are
beautifully shaded delis. The creek
bottoms are generally composed of rocks
thrown together in wild disorder
and moss covered. Over these the clear
pure waters tumble and bubble, Otter
falling over the rocks distance of eighi
| or ten feet. The stiffness of the woods
save the noise Of the ripping and fall
ing brooks. and the deep shade, make {
/ visit to them most delightful. Thef
upon the SUBMITS and green slopes o
the mountains one may look over thu
varied scenery, and the landscape is a
handsome as any picture could be i'm
agIned. One can see distance, often
of fifteen or twenty miles. Here is q gold
en- field; there meadow; yDRder
rugged peak covered with trees Of tn
deepest foliage. Mountain after noun
tain rolls back to the clouds. Orchard
and farm houses of brick, stone or whit
painted frame, nestle in the narrow val
lies along the hill sides. The people ar
industrious, happy and contented, AM
the picture presented il one calculates
to inspire the mind with the bette
thoughts of the human soul. Here Il
this old country have gone down to tn
grave generation after generation of me
and women unknown to fame, unaccul
toned to the mad rush for wealth an
position, but who did their duties hun
bly,, and are receiving the reward of p'
: tient toll ''over the river" -
: A CURIOSITY.
Il We Joined q party the other day
whose eyes were sparkling with deligl
: with the promised visit to "Alur
D Rock" on the Cheat river. The tri
was described as not very desirab
] one to one loving his ease. Nine Of I
D clambered over the hills. through brit
s patches, and over fences to the top Of
g mountain come six hundred feet aboN
9 the bed of the Cheat Eiver. The q
i venture consisted in the act Of clambe
{ ing, rolling and jumping hundred fe
e or SO down the mountain, and then pr
ceeding to climb along the mountai
9 side half or three-quarters Of a mi
e to get view Of one Of natures wonder
Q This consists of an immense mountai
8 out Of which oozes alum and cOppers
t almost in perfect state. There are al
= many interesting caves and formation
g Of rock. In some places the fantast
o shapes Of the stones, gave the Inounta
q side the appearance Of the work Of /
8 artist. Above us almost in q straig
a line, rose the curious rocks one to tV
q hundred feet high, while below rs fro
n four TO 1--WE hundred feet throul
3 the dense forest, crept the Cheat riv
], on its winding way. The trip arOuI
l. the mountain side was most hazaTdo
u one, as there was no beaten path, and
% many places it was difficult to even gel
n foOthOld. A mis-step or loss of balan
re would have sent us down the ste
K mountain several hundred feet, in spi
1t of all resistance. Notwithstanding &
of danger OF the undertaking, Mr.. and n
le Murdoch, Of our town, made the trip,
d did Mrs.Jones. Mrs. Murdoch's sistI
Is weighing over 200 pounds, and beil
t. above sixty years of age. The und
e signed felt some better in about TIN
g days Afterwards than he did immediate
n after gaining solid footing again. III
D. Sarah JacO, and her sister, Mrs. Echa
5. who acted as guides, and who b
% been over the ground befC
st did not mind the journey mu.