New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-09

snAak us of the condition and prospects OF the col
ony: "Franlly it Is at standsth mink, just now
but 1t is bound prosper and be success You sec
Is not an agricultural locality. Gardening, s0cklalhlho
ana MISUNDERSTANDING are pursuits. great deal OF
,uoney has been invested aud it is in the hands OF men
who have no idea Of failure magnificent roa" tue
finest drive Ia the South, has been Dut from the to"h
10 the railroad distance Of seven miles al cOs' VI
$4,000 They have nne hotel, costing f2ooOo' Wi',o
you are served on silver, and as wei as in NeW-forh,
Fine aences and business houses arc going up, anu
think every lot IL the corporate limits has De'h So 90
usual in o and mountainous c"unuy phiuIns
materis IS and G,nbcr are hard To get We it'o -
class bltlCyar0 and viii have enough or4eN lor
bnildioo and lumber viii be got out. Some distance
from Rugby Mr. Clark the former business manager mas
bought tract OF farming lana ana WIN
stock company win develop It, This Will do an immense
amount OF good to the colony When all these under
takngs get ven settled, predict that Rugby VIII ne
come sronc and rich city. 1t contains some OF ire
finest mineral springs in the country ana Deng a Ido
summer will always be pleasant. II can ana VIII be
made resort for Southern people in the summer ana
Northern people in the wiutor. l am going 10 build
some on my lot aud eyoryb1d y making arrangements
10 do ali e can to buld Rugby II is bound 10 sue
coed and become nTishihg and wealthy place.
Mr. G.. e. Carpenter, of jamestown, Cloud
County Kan, sends to old friend I'm Peekskll uder
date of July "a, the following gloomy picture the agr
cultural prospects of his neighbOrhood 81 was III hopes
that by this time could give more favorable reports OF
Kansas and our prospects for tie future hut sorry
10 say that our hopes all blasted and to-day the
prospect is darker and more unfavorabe than at any
time since to the State For the two last years
we did raise a little by hand labor-enouSh to eustan
ufe-and up weeks the corn babe rar to
be an immense crop Notwithstanding the dry weather.
but the heat and drouh Increased that last Tuesday
and Wednesday it seemed as II the heavens were OF
melted brass and che earth almost burning fur
mace On Wednesday the thermometer averaged ia In
the shade. The wind blew strong from the sOuth-what
Is called the hot wind It seemed though 1t was blow
tng off from burning furnace, blasting every thing be-
fore it. may be if get in few days that there
S small piece of very late here and there through
the country that would make perhaps oneQuarter of
crop. There is very little wheat through this whole
country. Most all Of the wheat winter-kiDed and
the spring wheat all killed by the ohinchDugs You
may think this is dark picture, but it is not so bad to
read about to experience. here is hardly living gar
den vegetable in the whole country around here. have
not grain of wheat rye only few bushels of oat 3
which would last my team six weeks perhaps-nOt eyo
any potatoes don't know what people will do. FOR
there work get to do here there is in @
East; but am trusting in the Lord and believe that
there VIII be some way provided