Newspaper Tidbit

[W. Gray]

Kansas Democrat (Independence), January 31, 1873:

Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Line. Daily trains between Lawrence and Independence. All trains carry passengers. Night Express north will run daily, Saturdays excepted. All other trains will run daily, Sundays excepted.

Day train from Lawrence arrives at 6:40 pm. Day train to Lawrence departs at 6:30 am.
Night train from Lawrence arrives at 6:30 am. Night train to Lawrence departs at 7:00 pm.
Connections at Independence with stages for Elk City, Longton, Peru, Elk Falls, Tisdale, Winfield and Arkansas City.

Tisdale is now just a blip eight miles east of Winfield.
There were no rails west of Independence at the time.
Wichita did have end of track service but its line came from Newton to the north.

[W. Gray]

A word from Adrian J. Reynolds editor of the Howard County Ledger (Longton), February 23, 1871:

"Portions of the barracks at West Point were recently destroyed by fire. Pity the whole institution were not destroyed never to be rebuilt. It seems to be only a place well calculated to educate and feed a select few aristoeratical fledgelings, not a few of whom are ready—it seems—to turn against the hand that warmed and fed them, when opportunity offers."