The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-22

soon branch going directly east to Leave
worth VIII be built and operated by the san
company. The Union Pacific also pass
] through Topeka on the opposite side of tt
river from the Santa Fe, giving the town IL
benefit OF competing lines from Kansas. CITY.
can imagine that in rainy weather wi
At..to Topeka would be impressed with ii
idea that he had come to stay whether he willie
it so or not, for there is quality in Kanss
mud-especially Topeka mud-that makes
stick closer than any brother, and some MOI
resisting individuals might prefer to renal
rather than make the fight necessary to q
away.
Topeka has excellent sidewalks borderin
the streets in all directions, but the streets ar
still unpaved, and their generous breadt
makes 1t quite an undertaking to cross then
The public school buildings equal those {
any eastern city, and some of the churches ar
fine-two built the handsome building ston
nominations are represented, for there is de
mand for as many routes to Heaven from Kan
sas as from any other State. e
Washburn College and an Institute 70
young ladies are located here, the latter unde
the auspices of the Episcopal church,
The Insane Asylum for the State is thre
miles from town, and like all those institution
is crowded with patients. aiage.a5a
The residence part Of town is rapidly i'm
proving, handsome houses going up in many
directions, and desirable lots Increasing il
value something after the fashion of cornel
lots in mushroom mining town.
The capitol. if completed in accordance
with the plans, will be one of the prettiest il
the United States-a pocket edition of the
Capitol at Washington, in fact Only the two
wings are completed, and they look most toe
solid to fly away without their body, though
it will be strange if, in the rapid development
of the western portion of the State, some rest.
less spirit Goes not start the question OF NOV
ing the capitol to a more central point.
The assembly room, in the west wing of the
building, is a poem in marble. A more artistic
combination Of the many varieties of this
beautiful material would be hard to find. the
colors ranging from deepest chocolate down
to pure white. Some pieces showed such del
icate tracery of veins question if an artists
brush could initiate them. The library rooms
in the State department at Washington are
finished in the same style, but with different
effects.
The ceiling bears four historical paintings,
on which the artist did some very good work.
Portraits of the men who have filled the guber-
material chair adorn the walls, and they with
the dignified faces in the frescoing ought to
keep the Kansas lawmakers from breaking
down the fence between them and Fools pas
ture very often.
Ia the natural history department, in the
basement of the building, are very interesting
collections. The Indian relics are very curious
and the specimens of Eye Agates and Aga
TIED wood the finest | ever saw.
TOads and frogs, like apples and pumpkins
grow to enormous proportions in Kansas In
perfect good faith / asked the gentleman in
charge of the room if one saw in pickle
wasn't baby monkey. am sure the person
who wrote
ST would not die in spring time
When frogs begin to squall,''
had never listened to the stentorian voice of a
full grown, well developed Kansas animal of
that name. -
In the same grounds with the Capitol is a
very fine public library building. The Atchi-
son and Santa Fe railroad company donated
the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to
aid in erecting the building and it is probable
they will follow that with sum to be invested
as permanent fund to increase the books of
The library. The offices of the company are
located in Topeka the shops of the road are
also there, and the interest they manifest in
The welfare of the town is both natural and
The business houses are substantial and nu-
merous. There are foundries, rolling-mills,
and manufactures of various kinds; plenty
Of hotels lively newspapers street cars and
| presume city debt, though l failed to in
4uire. | noticed livery stable, the owner Of
which had evidently lived abroad too long to
come down to plain English, as his sign bore
The inscription
''HoTEL DE HOss."
Summing it all up, Topeka is pleasant,
thrifty, healthful young city, constantly i'm
proving, in spite of croakers-and it takes
more than Kansas blizzard to blow the croak
out OF either man or woman if they have
once tuned their harp strings to that key
LEAvENwoRTH,
The Oldest city in the State, is located on
bluff Of the Missouri river, twenty-six miles
northwest of Kansas CITY, The first thing
that attracted me toward that place was par
talists to come and establish "a pottery, a
glass factory, a corn starch factory, nail ard
brush factory iron works." ETC., etc-not that
expected to have sufficient money left over
10 "fill the bill" but wanted to take look
1t the people who are long-headed enough to
)ersistently advertise their business chances
Leavenworth leads Topeka in business. Her
Ocation on a navigable river IL an advant age
ler railroad facilities are good and the mil
tary station is of considerable Importance to
he town. It is the hilliest CITY saw in the
State-not waves but bona fide hills Its pop
llation is about twenty two thousand scattered
,ver considerable ground, some of them liy-
Dg in elegant homes. 1t isn't large place,
~ any means, but bear in mind the fact il il
till young Mr.. 81. Miles Moore, Sec of the
present Board of Trade, is young man vet
md he told me that he drafted the papers
when the town was first incorporated and it
s probable the city then consisted of two bar
ooms, smithy shop ard a log cabin. Now
t has list of manufactures it can well feel
,roud of, among which are the great Western
stove Works; Iron Foundry and Machine
Works Furniture Factory; Organ Factory;
sash, Door and Blind Factory q Wagon Fac
DRY which turns out so many wagons in a day
am afraid TO tell the number; Iron Bridge
" forks where an immense business is done
Jandy Factory; Glucose Mills and the Kansas
kanning Kompany. All these companies Go
N extensive business, and there are many
'ther establishments running on smaller cap
tai. Shipments of goods are made to places
$ remote as the territories of Arizona and
Montana, points which ought to look to San
francisco for their supplies and would do SO
it were not for some Determinations made
" the railroads. Messrs. Stewart & Garrigues,
lealers in iron furnishings have steadily in
reasing trade with both those territories and
Frisco people must know there is screw
Dose somewhere
At the cannery 10000 cans of fruit or veg
stables are put up every day during the sea-
on, furnishing employment to one hundred