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III .- Lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are forever prohibited.
IV .- All public printing shall be let on contract to the lowest respon- sible bidder, by such executive officers, and in such manner as shall be preseribed by law.
V .- An accurate and detailed statement of the receipts and expendi- tures of the public moneys, and the several amounts paid to whom, and on what account, shall be published as prescribed by law. -
VI .- The Legislature shall provide for the protection of the rights of women in acquiring and possessing property, real, personal, and mixed, separate and apart from the husband; and shall also provide for their equal rights in the possession of their children.
VII .- The Legislature may reduce the salaries of officers who shall neglect the performance of any legal duty.
Mrs. W. T. STONE, Dealer in Millinery Goods, No. 110 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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COUNTY, KANSAS.
DONIPHAN
JACOB LEN,
MANUFACTURER OF
TIN, COPPER, & SHEET IRON WARE,
Galvanized Iron Cornice, Roofing, Gutter, and Pipe.
DEALER IN AND SOLE AGENT FOR BUCK'S PATENT IMPROVED
PEERLESS COOK STOVE,
ALBO PARLOR AND HEATING STOVES,
Commercial St., bet. 3d and 4th Sts., South side, ATCHISON, KANSAS.
Job Work of all kinds done with neatness and dispatch.
VIII .- The temporary seat of Government is hereby located at the city of Topeka, county of Shawnee.
The first Legislature under this Constitution shall provide by law for submitting the question of the permanent location of the Capital to a popular vote, and a majority of all the votes cast at some general election shall be necessary for such location.
IX .- A homestead to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres of farming land, or of one acre within the limits of an incorporated town or city, occupied as a residence by the family of the owner, together with all the improvements on the same, shall be exempted from forced sale under any process of law, and shall not be alienated without the joint consent of husband and wife when that relation exists ; but no property shall be exempt from sale for taxes, or for the payment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said premises, or for the erection of improvements thereon : Provided, The provisions of this section shall not apply to any process of law obtained by virtue of a lien given by the consent of both husband and wife.
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Every Housekeeper uses ELFRED'S BAKING POWDER. HISTORY AND DIRECTORY 0 F
The popular vote for President at the last Presidential Election (in 1864) was as follows:
Union candidate, Lincoln, 16,441.
Democratic candidate, McClellan, 3,691.
Union majority, 12.750.
The Constitution of Kansas gives a vote to every white male adult who has resided six months in the State and thirty days in the town, who is either a citizen or has declared his intention.
Names and Salaries of the Kansas State Officers and Judges of Courts.
S. J. Crawford
Governor
$2,000 00 per annum.
N. Green ..
. Lieut. Governor
6 00 per day.
R. A. Barker.
Sect'y of State
1,500 00 per annum.
J. R. Swałlow
Auditor
1,500 00
M. Anderson.
Treas.
1,200 00
P. Mc Vicar Sup't Pub. Instruction
1,200 00
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G. II. Hoyt.
Att'y General
1,000 00
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JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
S. A. Kingman Chief Justice. $1,800 00 per annum.
J. Safford. . Associate Justice 1,500 00 "
L. D. Bailey.
1,500 00
JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT.
D. W. Brewer. 1st Dist $1,500 00 per annum.
R. St. Clair Graham 2d
1,500 00
C. R. Gilchrist 3d
1,500 00 66
D. M. Valentine 4th
1,500 00
J. HI. Watson 5th
1,500 00
D. P. Lowe
th
1,500 00
Wm. Spriggs.
th
1,500 00 "
James Humphries.
8th
1,500 00
S. N. Wood. 9th
1,500 00
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UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN. SIDNEY CLARKE.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
S. C. POMEROY.
E. G. Ross.
MARK M. DELAHAY, U. S. District Judge. G. B. LINES, U. S. Pension Agent. C. C. WHITING, U. S. Marshal.
SAM S. McGIBBONS & CO., Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Mar- ket Square, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sign of the Elephant.
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
TAYLOR & ORTONS,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER, LATH & SHINGLES,
And all kinds of Fencing & Building Lumber & Timber GENERALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS SAW MILL, WHITE CLOUD,
Kansas.
. CUSTOM WORK DONE TO· ORDER.
Terms of the District Court in the State of Kansas.
1ST DISTRICT .- Leavenworth County, on the Ist Monday in March, May, and September ; and the second Monday in November. (Leavenworth County Seat.)
Wyandotte County, on the 1st Monday in April and October. (Wyandotte Connty Seat.)
2D DISTRICT .- Atchison County, on the 4th Monday of February, 2d Mon- day of June and November. (Atchison County Seat.) Doniphan County, 3d Monday of March, 2d Monday of September and December. (Troy County Seat.)
Brown County, Ist Monday of April, and 2d Monday of October. (Hiawatha County Seat.)
Nemaha County, 2d Monday of April, and 3d Monday of October. (Seneca County Seat.)
Marshall County, 3d Monday of April, and 4th Monday of October. (Marysville County Seat.)
3D DISTRICT .- Jefferson County, 2d Monday of March, and 2d Monday of November.
Jackson County, 4th Monday in April and October.
Pottawatomie County, 4th Monday in April and October. Wabaunsre County, on Monday next after the 4th Monday of October.
Shawnee County, 3d Monday of May, and 4th Monday in November.
4TH DISTRICT .- Johnson County, 2d Monday in March, and the 5th Mon- day after the 2d Monday in September of each year.
Franklin County, 4th Monday in March, and the 3d Monday after the 2d Monday in September of each year.
Douglas County, 2d Monday after the 4th Monday in March, 2d Monday in September and November.
Empire Sewing Machine, WELLS & RICHMOND, Gen'l Western Agents, Principal Office, cor. 2d and Francis Streets, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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5TH DISTRICT .- Lyon County, Ist Monday in March, and 2d Monday in September.
Osage County, 3d Monday in March, and 2d Monday in October.
Morris County, Ist Monday in April, and 3d Monday in November.
Coffee County, 4th Monday in May, and 1st Monday in December.
Greenwood County, 3d Monday in May.
6THI DISTRICT .- Miami County, 3d . Monday in March, Ist Monday in September, and Ist Monday in December.
Linn County, 2d Monday after the 3d Monday in March, and the 3d Monday in September.
Bourbon County, 4th Monday after the 3d Monday in March, and 2d Monday after the 3d Monday in Septem- ber.
Crawford County, 6th Monday after 3d Monday in March, and 4th Monday after the 3d Monday in September.
Cherokee County, 7th Monday after the 3d Monday in March, and 5th Monday after the 3d Monday in Sep- tember.
7TH DISTRICT .- Anderson County, on 2d Monday in March and Sep- tember.
Allen County, 4th Monday in March and September.
Neosho County, Ist Monday after the 4th Monday in March and September.
Labette County, 2d Monday after 4th Monday in March and September.
Wilson County, 3d Monday after the 4th Monday in September.
Woodson County, 4th Monday after the 4th Monday in March and September.
STII DISTRICT .- Davis County, 2d Monday in March and September. Riley County, on 3d Monday in March and September.
Saline County, 1st Monday in April, and 3d Monday in October.
Ottawa County, 4th Monday in October. Clay County, Ist Monday in November.
9THI DISTRICT .- Chuse County, 3d Monday in April, and Ist Monday in September.
Butler County, 4th Monday in April, and 4th Monday in September.
Marion County, on the 1st Monday in May, and 1st Monday in October.
Get your Watches, Cocks, and Jewelry, repaired and war- ranted, at J. GOODLIVE'S, No. 60 Edmond Street, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
JAMES F. CLEMENSON,
SHINGLE MANUFACTURER
WHITE CLOUD, - - Kansas,
(ON RIVER BELOW TOWN).
FIRST-CLASS SHINGLES ALWAYS ON HAND AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST.
Names of the Members of the Kansas Legislature for 1868. Pay $3 per diem and Mileage.
STATE SENATORS HOLDING OVER.
H. C. Clarke,
Doniphan County.
A. Lowe, .
John M. Price,
Atchison
H. C. Hass,
Leavenworth County. 66
R. C. Foster,
J. B. Sharp,
Wyandotte
L. F. Greene,
Douglas
J. B. Abbatt,
Johuson
Geo. W. Veale,
Shawnee
Dr. Cooper,
Jefferson
George Graham,
Brown and Nemaha Counties.
J. M. Harvey,
Riley, Marshall, &c., Jackson County.
W. S. Blakeley,
Davis, Saline, &c., Counties.
P. M. Maxson,
Lyon and Greenwood
B. F. Simpson,
Miami County.
Daniel Underhill,
Linn
James Rogers,
John W. Scott,
Osage and Coffee Counties. Allen, Neosho & Woodson Counties.
STATE SENATORS ELECTED.
Sam. Hipple,
Atchison County.
W. Mathena,
Bourbon
O. E. Leonard,
Douglas 66
P. P. Elder,
Franklin and Anderson Counties.
A. A. Moore,
Morris, Chase, &c.,
REPRESENTATIVES.
T. J. Vanderslice,
. Doniphan County, · 1st District.
Henry C. Moore,
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Peter McFarland,
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II. C. Dodge,
ELFRED'S BAKING POWDER the best in the Market.
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HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF
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William H. Smallwood, . E. J. Jenkins,
. Doniphan County,
3
District.
Capt. J. L. Philbrick,
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George W. Glick,
. Atchison
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B. W. Williams,
W. L. Johnson,
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E. Bierer,
Brown
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John Downs, . P. Rockefeller,
. Nemaha
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John Hodgins,
. Marshall
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S. F. Snyder, .
. Washington County,
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R. W. Jenkins,
. Pottawatomie "
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D. W. C. Locke, J. B. Johnson,
. Jefferson
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A. Armstrong,
. Leavenworth
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H. Miles Moore, C. R. Jennison,
Mat Ryan,
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James Cooley,
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T. Towne,
Wyandotte
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J. P. Robinson,
. Johnson
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J. B. Bruner, ..
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G. W. Smith, . Joel Grover,
. Douglas
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Joel K. Goodin,
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G. W. Zinn, .
Horace Tucker,
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John Guthrie,
. Shawnee
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Dr. James Fletcher,
Miami
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J. W. Gossette,
W. H. Huffman,
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A. A. Smith,
Linn
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Henry Blackburn,
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Satisfaction always given and Goods warranted, at J. GOOD- LIVE'S, No. 60 Edmond Street, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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W. C. Butts,
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W. C. Gamble,
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W. H. Hastings,
Seth Hollingsworth,
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A. G. Patrick,
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Maj. H. H. Williams,
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
EXCHANGE, SALE, LIVERY,
AND
FEED STABLE,
J. C. PIERCE, WHITE CLOUD,
Proprietor, KANSAS.
J. W. Garrett,
. Linn
County,
48
District.
James D. Snoddy,
W. Hinton,
. Bourbon
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B. F. Salley,
J. B. Moore,
E. M. Mulett,
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N. D. Blanton,
. Allen
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T. G. Headley,
Anderson
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W. H. Hamby,
66
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James N. Foster,
. Franklin
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J. R. Stewart,
. Osage
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Harrison Kelley,
. Coffee
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P. H. Smith, . D. W. Finney, Col. P. B. Plumb,
. Woodson
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A. J. Andrews,
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J. T. Donaldson,
. Butler
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. Chase
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O. H. Drinkwater, Isaac Sharp,
. Morris
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Wm. Mitchell,
. Wabaunsee
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J. K. Wright,
. Davis
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D. M. Johnson,
Riley
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William Lamb, Edward Millard,
. Saline
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E. Tucker,
. Greenwood
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C. O. Fuller, .
. Marion
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J. W. Hagaman,
. Cloud
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T. H. Butler, .
. Neosho
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G. W. Miller, .
. Jackson
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Richard Hewitt,
. Wyandotte
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R. D. Mobley,
. Ottawa
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M. H. Ristine,
. Clay
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N. D. Ingraham,
. Cherokee
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H. P. Welch, .
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Empire Sewing Machine, WELLS & RICHMOND, Gen'l Western Agents, Principal Office, cor. 2d and Francis Streets, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF
Pavon Fay,
. Wilson County
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District.
W. C. Watkins,
. Labette
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J. Hamilton, .
. Crawford .
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Charles C. Duncan,
. Ellsworth .
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W. E. Webb, .
. Ellis
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The Supreme Court of the State of Kansas meets annually, first Tuesday in January, at Topeka.
State Capital,
Topeka.
Penitentiary,
Leavenworth.
Weights and Measures of the State of Kansas-(Act approved Feb- ruary 27th, 1862).
Wheat, per bushel,
60 pounds.
Rye,
56
Corn (in the ear), per bushel,
70
Corn (shelled),
56
66
Buckwheat,
50
66
Barley,
48
Oats,
32
Beans,
60
Clover Seed,
60
Potatoes,
66
60
Flax Seed,
56
Onions,
57
Salt,
50
Castor Beans,
46
Hemp Seed,
44
Timothy Seed,
45
Dried Peaches,
33
Dried Apples,
45
Stone Coal,
66
80
Unless contract is made between parties prior to purchasing or selling any of the above-named products, these weights shall constitute a bushel.
SKETCHES FROM THE HISTORY OF KANSAS:
ITS ORGANIZATION, SETTLEMENT, SOIL, CLIMATE, GOVERNMENT, AGRICUL- TURAL AND MINERAL RESOURCES, IMPROVEMENT, ADVANTAGE, ETC.
CAPITAL, TOPEKA.
The State of Kansas, in the great valley of the Mississippi, formed of the lands, a part of which formerly belonged to the "Kansas tribe of
SAM S. McGIBBONS & CO., Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Mar- ket Square, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sign of the Elephant.
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
ADAM E. CAMPBELL,
WATHENA, - - - - KANSAS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN .
Dry-Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, CLOTHING, AND QUEENSWARE.
I am prepared to give extra advantages to all dealers in my line, as I buy my goods in New York City.
Indians," from which it derives its name, lies within the following boun- daries, to wit :
Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the thirty seventh [37] parallel of north latitude crosses the same, thence west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of longi- tude west from Washington, thence north on the said meridian to the fortieth parallel of latitude, thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the State of Missouri, thence south with the western boundary of said State to the place of beginning.
The Territory of Kansas was organized under the administration of Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, who approved an Act of Congress organizing the said Territory on the thirtieth day of May, A. D. 1854, which Territory up to that time had no other name than the Indian territory.
This country retained its Territorial organization until A.D. 1859.
In the month of July, 1859, the Territorial Legislature passed an act to call a convention for the purpose of framing a Constitution for a State Government, which Convention convened at Wyandotte, on the 29th day of July, 1859, and framed and adopted a State Constitution, which was submitted to the people for their ratification or objection, and was ratified by a vote on the first Tuesday in October, A. D. 1859; and on the first Tuesday of the December following, at a general election the following State Officers were elected :
Charles Robinson, Governor.
J. P. Root, Lieut .- Governor.
John W. Robinson, Secretary of State.
George S. Hillyer, Auditor of State.
Wm. P. Tholen, Treasurer of State.
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B. F. Simpson, Attorney-General of State. Wm. R. Griffith, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Thomas Ewing, Jr., Chief Justice Supreme, Court ; term six years.
3. A. Kingman, Associate Justice Supreme Court; term four years
L. D. Bailey, Associate Justice Supreme Court ; term two years.
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For Miscellaneous Books, go to J. B. MCCLEERY & CO., 103 Felix Street.
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HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF
W. C. McDowell, Judge District Court, 1st District ; term four years.
A. L. Lee, 66 66
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Jacob Saffold,
3d
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S. O. Thatcher,
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4th
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E. O. Leonard, 66
5th 66
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Martin F. Conway, Representative in Congress.
The President of the United States (James Buchanan) approved an act of Congress, on the 29th day of January, 1861, for the admission of Kansas into the Union as a State under the Wyandotte Constitution, and Charles Robinson issued his first proclamation (as Governor of the State of Kansas) in February, 1861, calling the Legislature together on the 26th day of March, at which time the career of the State began.
Since the admission of Kansas into the Union on an equal footing with other States, no country has ever settled more rapidly, and no com- munity grown in wealth and enterprise faster. Kansas, with her broad prairies and wooded bottom-lands, offers facilities for the emigrant and settler that can not be found in any other State in the Union; and with her additional advantages of the very low price at which lands can be pro- cured for farming and mining purposes, none are so poor but that by a little energy and industry they can gain a good competency, and ere many years amass fortunes to which they have never before aspired.
The sun can not shed its rays upon a more fertile country ; nor can man, with his ingenious skill, shape a country better adapted to all kinds of agricultural pursuits.
Kansas contains an area of eighty thousand square miles, and is as large as the whole of New England.
The census of 1865 shows a population of 167,205. This census was taken over two years ago, since which time the State has improved faster than ever before, and it is safe to estimate at least one-fourth increase, which will swell the census for 1868 to over 200,000 souls; and being in the same latitude with Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, and Southern Illi- nois, it is, therefore, well adapted (by climate) to all the products of those several States, while her lands are much richer and adapted to many pro- duets which can not be produced in any of the aforesaid States.
The soil is a rich black loam, from two to five feet deep, with a sub-soil of clay generally free from rocks, and is well adapted to all products of the temperate zone. The staple products of the country are corn and wheat. Corn yields from forty to one hundred and ten bushels; wheat, from twenty to forty ; rye, from twenty-five to forty-five; oats from fifty to eighty ; barley, from thirty-five to fifty, and all other small grain yields very bountifully. Cotton is also grown very successfully in some parts of the State, and hemp and tobacco promise fair to exceed the growth of any other State in the Union.
The climate is mild, and the country generally very healthy. There is in some portions of the State a little scarcity of timber, but generally
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS,
AUG. MILLER,
Druggist ##1 othecary
ST. JOSEPH STREET,
WATHENA, - - KANSAS,
- DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, WINES & LIQUORS, Chemicals, Perfumery, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Coal Oil and Lamps, Books, Stationery, &c., &c.
enough for use for many years; every stream (and there are many) is skirted by groves of timber, and along the principal streams the heavy timbered land extends for miles each way. Coal is very abundant throughout the State, and but a short time will elapse before it will be almost entirely used for fuel.
As a manufacturing State (although not mountainous, and, therefore, not supplied with as great waterfalls as some of the Eastern States) Kansas has the advantage of most of the States of the Union. There are many water-courses through the State, and many good water-powers on each of these streams which are abundant to drive the heaviest kinds of machinery for from eight to ten months in the year.
Situated as it is on the western side of the great Missouri River (which is the only navigable river in the State, and whose muddy waters wash the eastern boundary of the State for many miles), her vast expanse of prairie is watered by its tributaries and the tributaries of the Arkansas river. The Kansas (with its tributaries, the Republican, Blue, Grass- hopper, and Stranger on the North; the Smoky Hill, Mill Creek, and Wakansa on the South) flows into the Missouri River ; and the Arkansas, which rises in the State of Colorado, flows through this State, receiving the waters of the Neosho, Verdigris, and other streams on its meandering course through the State ; while many minor streams (the Independence, Wolf, Deer Creek, Mosquito, Peters, and many others too numerous to name) drain the northern part of the State and empty into the Missouri. But few of the streams have a very rapid current at ordinary stages, but most of them are sufficiently large and banks sufficiently high to admit of driving back, without danger of injuring or overflowing any of the lands adjoining upon the streams, so that nearly every stream can be used very profitably for propelling machinery. And aside from the advantages of water-powers, there is an abundance of coal in nearly any part of the State, which can be had for a very little advance upon the cost of mining.
There is timber in abundance for all present use, for improving, fencing, and fuel, although to a new comer (especially one who has ever
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HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF
dwelt in the timbered forests of the North), the scarcity of timber may seem evident. Yet, in traver-ing the country, there will be found bordering each ravine skirts of timber from one to five or six miles in width, except along the Missouri River, where the heavy timber extends far up into the prairie, in many places ten miles in width ; and with a very little labor and care nice groves can be produced upon any portion of the prairie, in from three to six years, that will answer for nearly all purposes-fuel, fencing, etc., etc. The rapid growth of the locust, cottonwood, and walnut, will in a very few years make a timbered forest of the smoothest and barest prairie. The locust and walnut are considered among the best of timber for fence posts, while the cottonwood makes excellent rails, lumber, and fuel. The Osage Orange seems to be in its native element here, and only three or four years are required to make a fence that may truly be called "hog tight and horse high," and not many years will elapse ere the Osage hedge will be about the only fencing used.
The great disadvantage under which we have labored heretofore has been the want of transportation from the interior of the State to the best markets (which were located along the river), while now we are in direct communication with all the principal cities by railroad. Kansas (although it has not yet attained its seventh year as a State) is not behind many of the older States in point of railroad improvements. Our State is already out up with the iron rail, and the "iron horse " already startles the rural settler from his quiet bed by its unearthly screeching, and the voice of the conductor is heard in the remotest regions as he cries his " All aboard !" and plows his way across the rolling prairie westward. The branches of the Great Union Pacific Railroad are being pushed forward at a rapid rate. The Southern branch is already nearly through the State, and the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad is now completed over one hundred miles, while the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad is being built as fast as enterprise and human help ean complete it. There are also many other roads from North to South within the State, which give us access to all parts of our State, as well as speedy connection with all the great cities of the East.
The mineral resources of the country are so little developed that as yet the world at large knows but little of their extent. In the southwestern part of the State many rich specimens of lead ore have been found, and in the opinion of many scientific men of the country, paying lead-mines will soon be discovered there, as soon as the country is sufficiently settled and the proper efforts made to open them, and in the vicinity of Fort Riley rich specimens of tin, copper, silver, and iron ore have been produced ; also large deposits of gypsum or plaster of Paris have been discovered, and in various parts of the State are ric : salt-springs, some of which are said to be very valuable, and to encourage the manufacture of this com- modity the Legislature passed an act in 1863 paying a premium of ten cents per bushel for the manufacture of the first ten thousand bushels, the
SAM S. McGIBBONS & CO., Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Mar- ket Square, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sign of the Elephant.
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
A. B. SYMNS,
[WHOLESALE 'AND RETAIL' DEALER IN
DRY -GO ODS,
GROCERIES, &c., &c.
FALSO.
PORK-PACKER, and DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF GRAIN,
HEMP, and OTHER PRODUCE, MAIN STREET,
DONIPHAN, KANSAS.
money to be paid out of the State Treasury. In the vicinity of Junction City, on S. B. W. P. R. R., there has been discovered a species of plaster (rock), which is of so soft a nature as to admit of sawing to a convenient size and shape for building, and is one of the greatest productions of the world in the shape of building material. The capitol buildings at Topeka are being built of this rock. (Much more could be said of our young State, but we have not the space to admit of a more extended history.)
EDUCATIONAL.
THIE SYSTEM OF SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF KANSAS.
In matters of education, Kansas is not behind, and progress in the line of education is the watchword in all parts of the State.
The State is settled by that class of people who are ever alive to the forwarding of educational matters, and who realize the necessity of giving to youth a good education at the earliest possible moment, and the great idea that free schools are the foundation of Republican institutions, and that intelligence and morality are indispensable under our system of govern-
SAM S. McGIBBONS & CO., Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Mar- ket Square, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sign of the Elephant.
Every Housekeeper uses ELFRED'S BAKING POWDER.
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