To bring Sumner before the public Mr. Wheeler engaged an artist named Albert Conant to come out and make a drawing of it, and this was later taken to Cincinnati, and a colored lithograph made from it, which was widely circulated. From copies of this lithograph still extant it must be admitted that the artist did not slight the town in any particular. In the fall of 1857 the Sumner Town Company began the erection of a large brick hotel. Samuel Hollister had the contract, his bid being $16,000. The brick used in the construction were made on the ground, and the lumber used in the construction work came by steamboat from Pittsburgh, Pa. The hotel was completed in the summer of 1858, and at last accounts the town company still owed Mr. Hollister $3,000. Some years later the brick used in the hotel were gathered and cleaned and hauled to Atchison and used for the construction of a building owned by the late John J. Ingalls, located at 108–110 South Fourth street. In the fall of 1857 Cone Brothers (John P. and D. D.) brought a printing outfit to Kansas, and were induced to locate in Sumner, where they shortly begun the publication of _The Sumner Gazette_, the first issue of which appeared on September 12. During the political canvass that fall they also issued a daily. _The Gazette_ was issued until 1861 when it suspended, its publishers believing that it was the only paper in Kansas that outlived the town in which it started. Among those engaged in business in Sumner on October 1, 1857, the _Daily Gazette_ shows the following: John P. Wheeler, attorney and counsellor at law, commissioner of deeds, dealer in real estate, etc. Kahn & Fassler, general store, on Front street, between Washington avenue and Chestnut street. Mayer & Rohrmann, carpenters and builders. Barnard & Wheeler, proprietors of the Sumner Brick Yard. Wm. M. Reed, contractor, Atchison and Sumner. John Armor, steam saw mill, in the city. Butcher & Brothers, general store on Front street, between Washington avenue and Olive street. Allen Green, painter and glazier. S. J. Bennett, boot and shoe store, corner of Washington avenue and Fourth street. Arthur M. Claflin, general land agent, forwarding and commission agent. J. P. Wheeler and A. M. Claflin, lumber, office with the Sumner Company. H. S. Baker, proprietor of Baker’s Hotel, corner of Front and Olive streets, near steamboat landing. A. Barber, general merchandise, Front street, between Washington avenue and Olive street. Lietzenburger & Co., blacksmiths, wagon makers, etc., Cedar street, between Third and Fourth streets. D. Newcomb. M. D., office in postoffice building, corner of Third street and Washington avenue. Mr. Newcomb also dealt in lime, and on September 24, received a large and select stock of hardware, stoves, etc.