The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-07-30
N1NNEsoAH NOTES.
N1NNEsoAH, Jul.


EDITOR News: These few items may
serve to impress some of your readers
that there are other places that improve
besides Emporia.
To give some idea ofthe rapidIty with
which these new towns build up, know
that two weeks ago the framework OF
two buildings, 20x40 feet, were all that
could be seen on our town site. To-day
thirteen business houses and dwellings
adorn this fertile spot of prairie.
Maud. small village, distant three
and one-half miles, demonstrated that 3
new town should be started in such close
proximity at first. has now submitted TO
the inevitable, and each evening about
sunset can be seen house top moving
along the road leading into Minnesota,
looking not unlike steamboat approach
| ing the wharf at st. Louis or Chicago.
These daily consignments are from
Maud, and the best of good feelings now
exist between the place that is fast
beng robbed of its buildings and this
point.
4 a AIOL4 OoNoGh8y 0AASSO~A@B
has made arrangements to move his
$4,000 dry goods stock to this place.
Other branches of business which arc
represented are two hardware stores. two
groceries, one furniture, one harness
shop, one blacksmith shop. one laundry,
one feed stable, one land and loan office,
one lumber company, one hotel, two
| drug stores, and Office of town company.
Stages pass daily both east and west
through town, by means of which we get
United States mail.
Last Sunday our citizens enjoyed the
luxury of sermon, better appreciated
when 1 say that our sister city, King
man, claiming 5000 population, has but
one church that is visible, namely,
Methodist.
The first OF last week l made trip in
company with NJ. V. Yancey, NJ. D., a
former Normalite, to Saratoga, Pratt
county, thriving town forty miles west
of Kingman. having population OF 800.
Two and one-half miles west of this
place is Pratt Center, claiming popula-
ton of 1000. Two such villages so close
together present a strange contrast to
the vast amount of surrounding country
that is in the hands of spectators,
hence houses do not appear nearly so
often as in our vicinity. At the latter
place / called upon F. A. Lanstrum, a
fellow typo on THE News twelve years
ago, who is publishing the Pratt Center
| Times. Both towns are striving for the
county seat, and both equally confident
of success Citizens of either place can
almost exist on hope.
Upon our return TO Minnesota, in
company with Frank Bucher and
brother of Emporis, who were en- route
west in a covered spring wagon
on a tour of inspection we
found arrangements had been made for
dance that evening. w. II. SeVerY's
business house is just completed and is
being dedicated by party. 1t was genu-
inc sport for those of US who had never
witnessed western country dance.
Minnesota Is free from the fever
ish anxiety caused by the doubts and
fears of pew towns as to whether or not
the railroad will come TO them, for 1t is
upon the line of survey for the extension
of the Wichita Sc Western railroad
That readily accounts for the magnitude
of the sales of the Minnesota Town
company. which reached the sum OF
$500 one day last week. The town is
well advertised through the untiring
efforts of c. L. Severy, secretary of the
company. The agent for the town COM
pany and your humble servant do not
escaped his mania for advertising.
We sat with our feet out the window
during a luIl in business, conversing not
giving any attention to the secretary
who was passing his hand over the soles
of our boots till some stranger stepped
before US and read from our leather bull
letin board, 1.-THE new railroad boom I!
Ninnescahi Kingman county, Kansas. u
printed on stick-tabs and put on our
soles. Yours, BULLETIN BOARD.