Irving Blue Valley Gazette from Irving, Kansas • 2

I n.til, nf Avon nnrl nnmn T. II. Baker and 13. W. Powers nnd firt, 31,.

manding presence, of long experience in mill business nnd with capital sufficient to accomplish what he uudertook he commenced nnd steadily carried forward to completion the dam and HO FOR THE BLACK HILLS TflE MOST EXTENSIVE and elaborate Stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE ever offered to the people of M.ir.ihall and adjoining Counties. 1" now on tale at tho WISCONSIN CASH STORE, IRVING, A A tS. Departments are all FULL TV1 C03LPLETE 1RFSS (1 001)5 from 12.J cents to $1.00, in all the newest detignt, Tho KOSK BRAND of BLACK LAPACA we think the choice of all iLtri, sndsl Prices to Suit All Purchasers. MY ASS ORTMENT of Prints, (iinuhniiis, nnd l'rocnles, IS TBS BEST Wet of tk' Missouri River. I keep all thu various brnnda of BLEACHED AND BR'JWN SHUT INOS.

In all the dlff.ironi wid ln; full lines of BROWN' end BLEACHED TABLE LININ nlso NAPKINS, TOWELS, CRASHES, Etc. Etc. I keep the most complete stock of fixe a ssi nn. idclotiis, axd dofskixs, of any house in the cnunly. Evm thins lu V.

M. CkSSIMtR STRIPE, sui'nMc for men or tmys I'D a A Notions. jSTotions Twelve pairs Ladies Hose Iorne dollar. Twelve pr. Cents hose, one dollar.

An eudlcss variety nf Thread, and Kid (Hoves, from 'il cent up. A No. 1 corset for 60 cents Look at my Tulip Comet. Ladles' plain and liein-stltched Handkerchiefs, cheap. One rfo.rrn ALL UXE.V HA KERCH for fnt.

Ladies and Gents MockUcs at a liargaia, Evcrytliius; in Rilrxm. Sash Ribbons 8 inches wide, lo all .11 cinU pr. yard Ladies Linen nnd Collars, with Cuffs to match. In connection with my EXTKXSVE STOCK OF DRY GOODS, I.na: full I.ADIKS' ClIir.DRKXS' TRI.MMKD If Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, and Clothing for the COOD SUITS for 6 On, 7.rm, P.nn, fclO.OO. A good pr.

CilthH s3 50. These- an only a few of my prices. All I ns'; is an exainin of my stock to prove my prices are low as (l.e lowest. Groceries, Qiiccnsware, HEAPS nunii irilroiiK for punt f't i'nr, nnd eontint ni-t of fie Hiime, I remain. Yours truly.

m. A. LEDDY. Ol, ltH big equipments he started lor Ino mill No record was kept of the times th boiler tipped off from Ihe Wagon, nor oflho amount of swearing that was done on the route. An incompetent mill wriiih came with them to set the mill up.

The mill wright after a Ions; waste of time said the mill was ready to start. The boilf had been filled by hand from the waters of tho Blue. The null started oft furiously but tiller awhile alarm whistle of loo much steam was heard and the tallest running for dear l.fe made by President, mill company ami spectators that is' on record in Valley, it was found thai the distance ol the Blue Irom the boiler war too great lor the orking of the common pump. Bui the niill wi ight contended tor days that the real trouble was trogs or fish tlmt got into the pipe. The hurricane look down tho smoke stack.

The debt oflho company Increased daily. At all hours of the day and night the President was harassed will) duns and nothing to pay. i-ewas ndvisnd to give up llns worlds affairs and give his attention lo religion. Irving was tojhim hell, and hu started in his pious course by moing his tamily back to Lyons. Ho is now there a promising candidate lor Congress.

After the war the great hope of Irving seemed lo center upon a railroad from Atchison. The Irvingilcs were often laughed at by strangers by placing coulideiico lu a railroad hilling them, especially as it was the fashion of railroad companies after getting land grants and subsidies to build their own towns. But tho Irving pooplo contended ihey were on llie natural route and Unit the crossing would certainly be at their town. At lasl ulter months and years wailing the surveying corps c.iuiu through crossing Blue ai Irving. A festival was got up and guests Irom abroad present.

The doors of Welmore Institute were thrown open fur the occasion. It was a joyous lime. A great supper, speeches, a railroad paper reail and a play acted entitled "The cars are coining." By some kind ol cute yankee contrivances tno lience could hear the engine whistle and bell nnd rattling csrs. The cry ol runners for hotels and hoys with morning papers and the rush of travelers representing all kinds of iui migrants into llie audience room has never been equaled since the completion of the ro.ul. Still Irving was doomed lo more misfortunes.

When llu railroad was completed its avaricious iilders wanted halfol Irving as a gift or they tvoul.l refuse it a depot and buil.l a town of their own. The demand was not complied wilh and enough ihey purchased bind and built their depot on it one mile ami a half south east of Irving. Every body said was an oiilr.igiand S-rut or I'omeroy who hud secured ihu company a l.iml grant ami subsidy, ami wh was look 1 lo Im more I Ivors, si led with I iug, and alter a lime gut. it moved. Viler it was moved it caught lire from the locomotive nnd as burned.

A second building wus erected struck by lightning and burned. The depot now at Irving is ihe third one built. The failure to get a depot at the time at the completion ct the road, ami ond oilier nii-fornnif led some of the urigiinl owners of thtf town to sell out a ml abandon it. W. V.

Jerome, on a visit east in IHK1I, concluded, that his experience in Kansas lilted iiini somewhat to insist organized immigration to that place, issred his circulars and so ui had inipiiriui letters by the to answer. 11; attended the org mix-ation at I.elt iy, N. of the (i colony and became one ol ils directors and a member of llie locating committee, little dreaming in his efforts, that i llie colony to locale within five miles of Irving, and become the present Bine Rapid Thu original plan was to locale in the center of Wash ington county, Keen I ing largo tracts of laud, mostly at terms, and becoming a county seat. This colony filially decided lo locale nl Blue Rap ids and Jeiome had only choice lo locale wilh il or slick by li ving, and decided upon tho hitter course and concluded that if Irving to dis hu had rather ho otiu ol Hie mourners tli ii a pall bearer Blue Rapids now nourished liUe it grcAii bay tree, and Irving about this liino discouraged, and sick, went lo sleep. The railroad surveyors had reported no rock bottom ut Ji ving and had most unwisely constructed the rail road and common road bridges on sandy foundations.

It is an old saying that Ihe ot the gods grind slow but uro." By some inypteriotis promptings llie Irving people wero aroused Irom ilieir slumbers and notwithstanding thu report ot skilled surveyors no rock bottom to the Big Bine at li ving, the heavy nun of the town wert seen cutting holes through the ice and pounding down i-oii lods wittv sledgu hammers. At lust rock was siruck and il was to the Irving people like the cry of "land ahead" to ihe crew of ihu di ring Columbus, T1k' laud was purchased und Ihu rigdil lo build and maintain a dam obtained from the Kansas Legislature. Advertismeia nf superior in-1 duci incuts, to mill capitalists was' sent abroad, (len'l Warden of 1 Wis. was most foriunatly mo- cured, for the enterprise cd Jlinildiiig a ami the Wrt uiill. A muii their associates nnd successors were constituted a body politic and corpor ate.

11. Warren arriving sojii ntier became one of the colony. Town building and tho improvement of ad joining claims of land went on bravely dunnij the spring ol it was estimated that not less than two hundred families in Iowa and Illinois acuanted with the colonists were planning to follow their lead to Mine Valley. A few inrre weeks of Kansas experience, and immigration ceased. The heavens gave no rain; the ever lasting south west wind blew; the pious people of Irving prayed for rain; others thought there was no use lu tnis as long as tho wind was in the south-west.

Dryer and hotter it came. Immigritioii not only ceasd but families commenced moving back. Others remained reasoning that all things must have an end and to with llie drouth. On the last day of July all tho northern sky seemed filled with risins thunder clouds. Groat was the joy at the approaching Blorrn.

About 4 clock 1. JU. the dark, heavy, angry, clouds reached Irving. Such uiipo-tented lightning and earth shaking thunder! 1'ain, hail nnd a hurricane! Houses were unroofed and blown down bnt fortunately no one killed. The Kllis family took refuge in the cellar a few moments before their house fell.

Einmigralion moro than before look tho place ot immigration, 'flic New England parson's prayer was suggested as form for tho Irving prayer meeting. "Good Lord, send us rain. not a tempest nor a hurricane but good old fashioned driz zle drozzle." During the summer ol 1P60, Parker D. pastor of the 4th Avenue Presbyterian church N. Y.

and at one lime accorded the reputation of being iho best sernionizer in America, visited Irving. So pleased was he with tho town site ami Blue Valley that he counselled the fimilies to remain, and predicted that in a lew years Blue Valley would have a large population and Irving become nn im portnnt town. Probably the best sermon ever preached in Marshall tounly was Dr. Parker to the Irving people on this occasion. Under his giiiding influence and ciicourgerment tho Irving oople built the first church building in all this region of country and as early as 1802 laid the founda lio for an institution of learning.

For this icily planting of an institution oi learning the christian friends of I)r Paiker at the east gave liberally and sent Kw. Chas. Parker to lake, charge of Subsequently the Missus Blackley and Hev. J. L.

Chi pman, and Prof. Ci'eegan and his corps ot teachers were also sent ail highly educated and accomplished. Wetiuore Institute thus early planted is now under chnioo of the Highland Pies bytery and rccr -ant indeed must the historian record Ihe Presbytery to their trust if they suffer it lo be lost lo christian education. The great war of the rebellion hav inp-commenced gloomy indeed were the prospects for Ihe people of the Kan fas frontier. Marshall county had then many rebel synipa The Irviugiles were particularly ob noxious to them.

They called them "Blue bellied Yankees" and "damned ab jlili Miists and if Kansas became part of the southern confederacy ii was that tho Irvingit.es would bo hung. Tho evening the news came of the firing upon Ft. SuiupUr a M.F. preacher of the South Church hail an appointment at Irv i ti ir BelieviiiLT in the Southern cause i. i I 111: llfl A IUI ill It'AV llllll IIIU luiun of this world are to pass away and applied it to tho United States as about to bo fpht in twain.

The audience heard him through patiently, hut close i the liit-t word of llie benediction organised a meeting with the "stars and slnnes" for text, nod invited the Reverend gentleman to tairy. Thu indignant outburst of el oquence in opposition lo the application of lliu sermon, and 'for ihe union, ono and inserierablo" gave the preacher such new ideas of die kingdoms i this world that hu never afterward tilled his appointments at Irving. During tho war tho people of Irving and all tho Kansas frontier were spaoially sufferers. Howland and Halo of Irving fell in the battle of Chicaiuauga. Jayhawking and fear of depredations Irom Indians and invasions from Missouti kept tho unprotected frontier in constant alarm.

At the time ot the interception of the overland route by the scalpers the fright wan general. Hundreds of families had household oft'ccls paekod ready lor a start. Among the laughable incident! in tho early history of Irving were tho follow ing: ne ol the colonists, since Stale Senator, ihmmbt in the time of the drought he could ike money oy inlying up ine pis ui.a were offered so ohu.ip, not considering on what lie could feud llu in One ol his drouth struck pigs survived ami was kept lor three years, and in every stage of its growth was heaviest front ils forelegs lorward, stunted curios liy, that llie proprietor was frequently urged lo take East and exhibit as un argument tor Kansas aid. The President oflho Irving Manufacturing Company, a lawyer of more than ordinary lalenls in his profession thought he could in ike himse'f nnd company rich wilh an old steam saw iill ho km.iv of I ir ilo in ir--r-f JOIITIIOIISOK, Editor IRVING. SATURDAY, JULY.

8, 176. NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET. For President. RUTHERFORD B. IIATKS.

of Ohio. For Vict 1'rmldnU WILLIAM A. WHEELER, of Now York. 75tli Kcpreaenlntlve District Itr-publlcait Central Committee, ThcToth Representative District Republican Central Commltco nro requested to meet, nt ISIiiu RaplCs, SuturdawJuly 8, 17(1, at2p for tho purpose ol fixing time and place torbhe election ol delegates to Stato, Cnnsresslon.il, nnd Judicial conventions, and tun transaction or other business. JNO.

THOMSON, Chairman. I RVING The Gloomy Past The Cheerful Present Tht Jlopejvl Future. "Ad antra per aipera." Kor the (iAr.BTTB, hy one ol the originul yirueniptcra of Irving. In Aiiutft 1859 ten citizen, of Lyons City, Iowa, who had been more or less prominent in building tlmt Jiluce rind who had financially suffered liy the criois of nnd the growth ol tlio rival city of Cliuton, concluded to organize a colony for a town building nnd settlement eomewhere on government land on the great frontier. Of this number three were lawyers, two doctors, two merchants, one teacher, ouo preacher nnd one hotel-keeper.

None of them had had frontier rxper-nee and but very inocrrectly calou lated its hardsli'ps. A map was drawn and agreed upon showing how the land when found, nhonld he divided Into lots, park, streets and adjacent claims. It was a beautiful paper town. The number nf ordinal owners was increased to fourteen, each of whom in llio compact not only to pay in nasesB-luents but als to move his family to the now town in tho spring of 1800' Kv. Joel I'arkcr, 1).

who Was to be the colony tower of strength, in their religious and edufiation.il interest was excused from moving his family, nnd allowed to substitute the residence ol his eldest son Duncan, a fresh graduate from Hamilton College. To agree upon a name for tho new city occasioned many bullotinijs. Names persistently voted for were Auburn, Lyons, New Haven, Jerome, Antiocb, Irving. It was linally agreed to name the town after Washington Irving. An agent was appointed and SJiit forthwith red-tape instructions to explore the frontier.

W. Jerome ns such agent soon found himself i.t tho cud of rail roads. llu found the jumping off place it St. Joseph Mo. Keaching Aicbuon he was moul cordially received and entertained by CJeVI I'omeroy, since Senator of the United States mid then an camera hard worker for Kansas immigration.

Ju his own conveyance drawn by his faithful mules he showed the ugent portions of northern Kansas, Ulue anil Kansas valleys. While the agent ad mired Kansas valley very inuel. he concluded thero was a Millicicnt crop ui towns already planted lla-io ami concluded to recommend a most beau i til I tract of land on the west, side of the Hig Blue river between ihejunc-tiou of the Little liluo river and Game Fork stream wilh the liltj Ulue ns a suitable location for the tuture Irving. On returning to Lyons he represented the site found as tho most beautiful he bad seen on earth, and raised the question whether it was not Do lust Eden. The new town spirit ran high.

were the applications lo become original owners but persistently refused liy the original fourteen mi the ground that too many inanugers would lend to discord. Good induct! luents howtver were offered to others, to join the colony and many did. Id December '59 ten of lie founder left Lyons 10 commence operuling lor the new town on tho proposed site. Soon at the end of railroads at St, Joseph, the ten found ihcir way over land against a fierce north winter to tho L'lg Blue. This trip with the lirst few days experience keeping "bach" in a miserable log hut took the starch out of the immortal fouu ders considerably.

The town sitr was preeni) ted and adjacent claims secured and the first building commenced. The first house was built ol hewn lugs 19x21 lee', one and a half stories high, was soon completed and occupied ns a a hotel. A Irnuiu store building was next completed, the linn tier hmled from Atchison. In KuK i H00 by act of the Territorial Legislator, W. W.

Jerome, C. K. U.iylord, .1. II Klini, J. T.

Wilson, L. A. KHis, M. D. Abbott, W.

S. KuhiiiKoii, icnmolid, Joel F.irker, ('. M. Gifb i grist mill. As the waters of tho Big' Blu: at this dam set in motion lor the lirst time tho wheel for manufacturing there was joy in Irving and unmistakable evidence that long sleep was not death.

This first mill has been running but a few months and It has already set in motion the mechanics hammer on now buildings, brought to Irving new first class mercantile houses, hanking firm wilh louudalion, a lumber yard and a lirst class black smith and wagon Bhop. The streets of Irving are daily filled by farmers from Marshall, Pottawnttomie and Kiley counties who used to puss through Irving enroule to Bluo Hupids as rf Irving was a cemetery without head boards. The dam at li ving has not only rock foundation, but has high, never changing banks. The Missouri river affords no wtiter power. The streams between the Missouri and Big Blue fail lo com maud Ihe respect of mill capitalists.

It can bo but very few yer.rs before all lliii fast developing portion of Kansas will demand for manufacturing purposes the use of the whole (power at Irving. The water power here lien. Warden says, is ample when fully improved, to run twenty "manuf.icto lies of the size of this tirsi mi I. Irving is located at the greatest bend ol ihe Big Blue east, and has the nearest great water power lo the wealthy counties cas) of the Blue. It is the iiiiliiral location lor a railroad center in Blue Valley.

Tho Central Branch nnd Blue Valley railroad surveys found their best routes lo it. St. Joseph in her proposed south wes tern road will find the route down the Vermillion, crossing the Big Blue at Irving nnd I hence up Game Folk or down the Blue to llindolph, her best route. Leavenworth and Kansas City in their proposed north western roads will be led down the streams empty ing into the Big Bluo and cross In-re. It Toiiekn is to rem in the capital ol the great Slate nf Kansas it must have a northwest road, and will find nn excellent route up the Kur to near Louisville, 1 thence via cl Creek Pleasant Bun, anil Spring Creeks in the Big and Little Blue Valleys.

In closing this short sketch for Centennial inspection, the writer wishes it distinctly understood that his subject is big with promise, and that Irv. ing enters upon ihe next century with courage and high hopes. DILI). CAYLOKD-Annu 11., wife -At C. E.

(1 7, 1S7 lord. NOTICE. I'll Ii herehr Klven to all whom il lilnv coin-el ii, I ll.it the. W.i-liinr- 'too K.i I (J(iminnv did, on Ihe "ilh iLi ol I July, A. 1S7II, mipl in vii iiiri; lo II i- linn-jiiiithk- Andrew fS.

In- I Court of M.iislnill miirv, sinie of Kiiiwis, tor jlllo ill three to I liiy mi uloni; Ihu lu il alervillc mill W'liiintoo Itiiilriniit. as Incuted hy mih! Ituil-I rouil Compiiuy from Ihe present iVi-minn ol the en! nl lii nn''li I oiou 1'iu'ilie ut YViiterville In suia Coiiiil ul I in Kcncrnl Westerly course to llie ll In. hi-)- line ol Mild Cnunly ol In lie-direction of W'usiiinion Ccy, In Wiu.ihiyion KiniMis. ii route lor s-ueh oroti.iM il r.illi oi.d.liot cxeo idine; oik; htiiiJrcilf looked, in iill except Unit, lor tint purpose, of cull he; nlul cnilniiiknu-mw us inii-li more hind may be I us limy On necessary tor ihe proper inn-1 liiieliiin slid security nl said ruilrotiil; s.iid route to in laid out fur such ilisl I siiiil county of as in.iv hu desired Ii) suhl Railroad Coinpauy, anil of Midi ivkIio; wilIiiii the limits aloresai nnd upon such locution may he desired hv said Hailro Company, and also to lay oil' such laud as may he d.icoied neeessaiy for sill i traeK-, depots uiul ivorhs-liup und water slal.ons, lllaleiials lor const rncl ion, except timber, '(flu ol way over adjacent lands s.lli. ii-nl to eniihle said Railroiul ('nmneny to eousi ruel and repair Ils roads and stiiln-ois, and rluhi 10 conduct walcr liy and llie iIl-IiI of inuUinL' proner drains, and to make uppruis-men! ol the.

value ol any porlion of iiuy sueli quart er seel I in or ol lie lot of laud and assess the damages thereto 111 Ihe manner proUdcd hyla.v lor siieii purposes. And on suid application Ihe Kild ol sihl lllsinet Court ot Mai-Hltall County, Stale of Kuusav did appoint for the purposes aloresttid us such cominiHsionr rs R.S. Newell, Charles Preston, and Fred. Mills, each he'mm resident and treeh dder of said County of M.ir.diuil, lo per for each, every, and all ol ine aforesaid, and lo nialiu due return of their proceedings in llie manner prescrihcil Ity law. Audrolieels further (iivell I hat said eolu -lllissioners will meet oil: Tiimlnu tllvHIU .1.

I), ItTH at Watcrvlllij In said of Marshall, und will Immediately I hereafter commence to lay 011 said railroad routo. and uwiiai.e the land assess the damages and do and perform each, every, nnd all orthe dm ies in the luaii'ler prescribed hv la.v. tVwisavii.r.n A- Washington ltwi.uo.ui Co. liy W. K.

Downs, Washington, Kanv, Manager, duly II 1 flt IRVING HOUSE. W1K CNDKRSICNKl) havlnir leannl the Hotel ut Irvlinr, t. now pretiared lo cnler- liill llonrilers, unit Ihe Triuelinif public Willi FIRST CLASS ACCO.UOJJATIO.V. Cood rooms for Cnimere'ui) Ti.ivelcrs. A coinlorlalilu slahle, imd teams ill connec-lion wit 11 the hotel.

XL ttsn CoMuihdia, Ks. June lo, IHill. No. Dido. linvlini been entered ill.

I his VOIIice hy kropaeeU I -b Chai'l-Ies I'arUer, for aliatuloniutr his llomesiead enliy. No. IVJIl, dated lHl'i, upon the lois (1 ii nd II, section II, township soul h. raillte 8 cast, in Maisllall couiil KilUsus, il II il view to lie cam-elliil pin ol bald entry, the said parties me hereby suluinimrt) to iippear at this olllec on Iho lolh day of Aiil'iisI, ISHi, at III o'clock, n. to respond lornlsh testimony Cdueynilii; -aid abandon.

Ill'-Ul 'I I I II II M' l.i'KltllN. I( I WT-S'tfim-? stStr-rH-S'-- mom ww. the oriijinul of it.i rln.ii,' in iWimi rihlij nml i ulti of oil entoptillion Outse'ls all other Reapers and Harvesters, Giyos better Satisfaction and more Popular it'iti nnd Fortmr't irirep, than on; other yet It in Cheap, Lijh, h-ti no aide draft, I ihof Illld lOx MIS4 in the Field and limine, Mnrm oil the lira and icierk well in oil rondifiviin of ('fill and are wimp'', ham term, i('c, E. imoMW, Aftf. Irving.

Kann. a I Silrl-ifflrl I lU'M'VflJTl Id" 1 ft if Downed ft UK' GRAND PRIZE Sri MEDAL. WARRANTED FIVE YEARS I It rtaulros no Instructloas to run it. It eon not est out ot It 'will do evory class and kind of -work. It "will so-w from Tlnsuo Taper to JZurncsa Leather.

It is as far in advance of othor Sowin? Hacninen in tto maernitude ef its superior improvements, as a Steam Car oxuoUs in acMovoments tho old fashioned Stago Coach. Prices mado to suit tht) Times, Either- for CQ3h or Credit. AGENTS WANTED, STYLES and WILSON SEViMO MACHINE CO. CLEVELAND, OHIO, CHICAGO, :LL.f ITSTr" TOIW V. jtsv or.Li' Ar, t.cv:2, v.o..