The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-07

he had just moved in the morning from
point near Pomona, but we found his
house in order and everything prepared
for as hospItsble reception Is It was
ever our pleasure to meet with. Here
We were Joined by G. E. No ntandon,
the engineer OF the road. and he placed
the party under many obligations for his
great kindness. The spread prepared
By Mr.. Moushell was addrt ssed with an
svidity which At frat gave rise to the
suspicion that the object of his guests in
coming 70 Ottawa was to bull the provi-
sion market, and, if possible, insugurate
a bread famine. and the ceIe-
rity with which the roast chicken,
potatoes, sauces. pies, cakes and
cOfee-not to speak OF the rare luxury
which grsced the board In the way of
SWISS cheese-dissppeared would have
doubtless discouraged less genial AMI
experienced host than Louis. The
menu in point of abundance and excel
lence could not b We been excelled, and
we regard it only just to make confession
that the proprietor of the Centennial
house at Ottawa is indebted more than
/ he can ever know to Mr.. MoushclI, who
so couTageOusly and unfinchingIy sus-
tanned the initial onslaught of the EN-
porIa foragIng party. After dinner the
excursIon;sts were pulled up into the
city over the Kansas South
ern by Conductor Sheppard. by
whom we were informed upon reaching
the town that or iers had been received
from Mr.. A. A. Robinson TO hold the
train at Ottawa till morning. Horrible
stories of journalists stranded in strange
cities without visible evidences of sup
port flashed simultane Iusly through the
minds of the pr 30 representative, and
the agony OF the STU ,tioD was iatensi-
fled when we wee informed that the
carsvansaries uF Ottawa had recently
established an iron-clad rule touching
the que tim of bagg Ige 10 connection
with their GU 8. A hurried inventory
Of The watches, al rings and Overcoats
of the party was made, and then the line
of marc9 was taken up for the Centen-
NAL house, v h Dse proprietor, Co. Silss
Pe4rsoll. established g claim upon the
gratitude # his EmpoIia guess which
we fee. secure in assuring our
readers will never, never be eff
cumstsnces, or time. Without specifying
the exact nature of his benevolent
consideration we can OILY say that we
| found the Cen ennisl one of the COST 81 :,
cleauest and most home like places at
| which il was ever our good fortune TO
stop, AMI persons visiting Ottawa will
ind in Col. Pearsoli host who knows
how to keep hotel, and does il to the en-
tire sa isfaction of the travelling public.
A CANVASS OF ottawa
revealed city "5eautiful for situat on"
the pride aud the joy of franklin county.
of which 1t is ibs county scat. Ii h As
between 5000 and 5000 Inhabitants aud
ab,unds in handsome dwellings, we'll
kept grounds and ample evidences of
business prosperity. Main street,
the principal thoroughf,re of trade,
is lined with large aud b Indsome stores,
all of which Sc, med to be ihronged with
buyers. The town possesses q great ad
vantage in the way of an excellent water
power, and its manufactuIing interests,
| including several of the finest Touring
mills in Kansas, a large sorghum mill,
the car shops of the South, m
Kans IS, which were recently burned
but are now being rebuilt, fur
nIsh the basis Of a prosperity which is
further supplemented by the magnificent
agricultural country which is tributary
to the town. The city has two
DatiOnal hanks and one private
bank, three newspapers-she RepGb-
llcan, daily and weekly, and two
weekiies, the j rurnal-G reenback-and
Ire Herald, which is D, mocratic in pol
uics. We visited ell three offices and
were treated with great consideration
at each place, though We desire to &c
knowledge, in an e1peci manner, the
kindness of Mr.. Clark, of the Republi-
can, who showed tue party many cour
tesies.
The leading denominations all have
flne houses of worship. and the NJ. E.
church Is one of the best 1--WE have seen
in the state. The exterior is exceeding.
lY imposing and we have the assurance
of Messrs. HOsterman and McCoWn, who
attended revival services IN the evening,
that the inside Of this beautiful temple
fully realizes the promise OF its outward
adornments,
In connection with the morals of the
tDwn we desire to attest our full belief in
the oft made representation that 81 pro-
hibits beyond doRhs 1t Ottawa. We
took paina 10 make special inquiry on
this point and the Deart st approxima-
ton to a violation of the law which We
encount, red as the re ult of our profeS.
sional observations stood confessed IN q
row of inverted glasses surmounted with
lemons, of which We gained a hurried
} glimpse in passing q billiard hall, and
a number of drug stores which, we learn.
ed, enjoy lucrative trade in prsscrip
tIons.
Ottawa has beautiful Opera house,
four very fine schS)l buildIsgs, the Bap
tist university, with $50 students, is 10.
Gated at this place, and The mental and
moral advancement of the town has kept
pace with its MAZE i4l prosperity
The railway facii,Ies of the place are
, admirable, 1t being lhA centtI
OF the Emrora, Burlington, Kan.
{ cas- City, and Lawrence branches of the
Kansas Southern, and it Is also located
on the line of the Missouri Pacific road
We should forget one # the chief al
fractions of Ottawa if we failed to men
lion Forest Park, which, outside OF Bis
marck, is probably the prettiest grove il
l the state. The Ottawa folks are PROUD
: of it, as they have right to be.
We should like to devote mucl
3 more space to enlarging upoI
$ the beauty and enterprise of on
0 new nelghbor, but time will not sllo1
this privilege. We can only say that W
f want Emporia and Ottawa to be fas
friends. as we know they will b. whel
n they come to know each other.
THE RETURN TRIP
In returning to Emp1ria the tram lei
s Ottawa al Z 80 on Friday morning, an
= reached Emporia at 5:30p. m. Ther
,. were large number of passengers, II
p Guiding Mr.. E. L. Mooney. auditor {
" the Santa Fe; 3 T. Fender. travelir
J, auditor OF the Kaas IS Southern; ].
II Heldebrand, general road master of I'll
!" Kansas Southern; j. H. Butler, rOat
r agent of Adams Express. and Eva
l. Davis, ticket clerk OF the SoutheF
e Kansas, at Lawrence, al of Whol
-e proved delightful travelling companions
d The delay in reaching Emporia was O
g. casioned by the waits at each of the st
" tious to allow the auditors of the ia