Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-08-30
BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE.

Fort Madison, Mount Pleasant and Fairfield. !
Within short time we have paid flying visit to
each Of the towns above named. The first 10 TWEEN
~ miles below Burlington, on the river. And pref
~ town it is, too. The large number Of handsome
brick stores and dwelling houses that have been
erected within the past or three years. set the
town out to great advantage. Among other iRaD
provements, the State Pcnitentiary, located thsfe
10 now receiving additional story Of cut stone,
which it very much needed, not on account Of the
mutiplicitnPf convicts, but for appearanceake. Mr.
w. c. stri the gentlemanly host Of the Eagle Hoo
tel, keeps most excellent public house and is very
attentive to customers. His table is well supplied,
and none can visit his house without being struck
with the neatness Of his rooms and beds.
Mount Pleasant.-This is the county seat Of Hen
r. county. The town is most beautifully situated,
twenty Eight miles west Of Burlington and deserves
the reputation Of being one Of the hsndsomest in
Iowa. The public square has recently been enclos-
ed with neat fence, surrounded with an outer and
substantial sub-fence OF oak for the accommodation
Of horses, &c. Trees have been set out on the
square and by another year it will become most
delightful promenade. The Court House, which is
In the centre Of the square is now undergoing re-
pairs. We hope they may be able to surmount it
with neat cupola. The Methodists have neat
chapel. The Baptists are erecting handsome frame
building, and the Congregationaists have the walls
up for quite 4 large and handsome sdifice, which
when completed will be ornament to the
town. The place is just recovering from the Cali
fornia gold panic, which took from that vicinity
large number OF its most enterprising citizens
Another year, when the Plank Road is finished
from Burlington to Mount Pleasant--as it will be-
will make the latter town double its size in a short
time. The two towns between Burlington and Mount
Pleasant-Middletown and New London,-show a
thrifty growth.
Fairfed,-situated twenty-four or twenty -fve
miles farther west from Burlington-has grown
very much within the past two or three years. It
is the county seat Of jefferson county, and the To-
cation of the Land Office for the Southern Land Dis
rict. It 10 one ofthe prettiest inland towns of Iowa
The Public Square is very neatly enclosed with 4
circular fence and trees have been planted, which
already make thrifty appearance. large bust
ness is transacted in Fairfield, and we cannot but
hope that the citizens will eventually see it to be
for their interest to join Mount Pleasant in having
the Plank Road continued to their town. Four
horse mail coaches meet here from Burlington and
Keokuk, triweeky, and the mail matter is then for
warded in two horse coaches oil the way up to the
rapidly growing town of Fort Des Moines, at the
Raccoon Forks, which short time since was per-
feet wilderness. These two horse coaches pass
through the thriving towns of Agency City, ottum-
wa, Eddyville, Oskaoosa and Pella, to Fort Des
Moines, giving passengers an opportunity to 80 all
the from this place to the Forks, in comforta-
bic vehicles. Messrs STEWART Co., of this place,
now own the whole route, and take great pains in
keeping up good teams and careful and ooging dri-