Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-08-16

u0 was Rlhu u0 Was uOb ROluB w nave
any corn after all, his hands would
not get sore husking it. Stock deal.
ers are rushing off their stock because
there will be nothing to keep it on.
Last Monday more than 900 hogs were
shipped from this station alone. Men
who bought range cattle for feeding
are in a bad way, the cattle are so
poor that they will not sell, and feed
is SO high that they will loose money
every time they feed them, some have
bought: heavily of range cattle, one
man near here having some fifteen
or sixteen hundred on hand.
There is one bright spot amid the
gloom however, it is said that the ap-
pie crop is unusually fine and that ap.
pies will be both cheap and of good
quality. 1t is to be hoped that such
is the case for it has been three years
since there has been large yield of
apples, at which time they were 80
plentiful that one could have good
winter apples put into the bin for fif-
teen cents bushel.
Wamego is surrounded by very
rich farming country, and IN good
season is one Of the best shipping
points along the Kansas river. Owe r
in Waubunsee county, just across the
river is a large community of rich
farmers who are practically citizens
of Wamego, getting their mail here
and trading with the merchants OF
the town. These men bring a large
amount of trade IN the way Of corn,
wheat, oats, fruit, stock etc. each year.
and add very materially to the pros.
perity of the town. Louisville is just
three miles north of Wamego, and be.
ing village of some five hundred
people, takes that much trade away
from our merchants; were it not for
that, and Wamego could draw from
six or seven miles north, it would be
a that much better town financially.
AS 1t is do not know of more pros.
porous town of its size in the state.
Several business blocks, and good
ones, are being erected, and several
dwellings also, one of the latter is to
cost some $12,o 900. In these times 1t
is counted good place that can hold
its own, let alone improve, but
Wamego is not only holding its own,
but Is putting up perhaps $35,eOO
of new buildings,--not a bad record
for hard times.
When the troops from Ft. Riley
went through here few weeks ago,
it created quite an excitement. 1t re-
minded me of war times, when all
Napoleon and the surrounding count
ry turned out to see the old sixty.
eighth regiment start for the front. !
can remember just how they looked
marching down from Camp Latta,
through town and on from Jones's
liver stable to the depot. I was one
of the small boys then, and helped
cheer them on their way wishing all
the time that | was large enough to
go to war too. But I started to write
about the regulars from Ft. Riley, not
the veterans of the 68th.
They had been ordered to Chicago,
and there were two trains OF about
forty cars each; both were mixed
trains consisting of cattle cars for the
cavalry horses, fat cars for the artil,
lery, and passenger cars for the
soldiers. 1t may interest Debs to
know that the officers rode in Pull.
mans. The whole town was at the
depot to see them 60 through, and it
looked like business sure enough to
see the veterans of the famous seventh
cavalry. The regiment of the Little
Big Horn, and the Wounded Knee
fight, with the batteries of field
Hocthkiss, and gatling guns. The
engine was heavily guarded, as was
the whole train, and the strikers
would have molested it at their peril,
for those men looked as if they would
shoot to kill when ordered to do so.
1t is wonderful what effect show
of physical force has on people. Not
a man here bus felt that the strike
was practically at an end, when he
saw those United States soldiers. II
was tangible evidence to him that the
government was in earnest, and meant
to control at whatever cost. I heard
more than one say "Weil, I guess thai
mob will sing small l'when the seventh
gets to Chicago"
Kansas takes great pride in all that
pertains to Ft. Riley, Gen. Forsythe
and the soldiers. They are regarded
as belonging to the state, even though
it is q United States post, and the
people are proud of them accordingly
The last Legislature passed;a resolution
recommending Col. Forsythe, to give
him his proper title, to the constitut.
ed authorities for promotion to the
next vacancy in the Office of general
but the known hostility of Gen. Miles
probably prevented the promotion.
1t was wonderful to notice how
party lines disappeared during the
strike. Every where and from every
body came commentator OF Presiden
| Cleveland. No man in the presi
dental chair ever received more mora
support and such hearty compliments
as did Cleveland from the Republicans
of Wamego; and as it was, here so il
was every where. 1t goes to prove