Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-09-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
GREAT SALE OF LOTS


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NEBRASKA TERRITORY
InNE HUNDRED LOIS have been 10 sctaa
~ aud will be sold in said town, 1t Public
Vendue, commencing at ii o'clock. A. M IN
I the Frst D. y Of October next a nd coDtin,;na
from day to day unt1 all are sold. T.rmss
half cash, and the balance 10 four months sin
approved security.
+ L 0 r E N CE.
| Is situated on the West bank Of the Misssr~;
| River six miles above Council Bluffs Civ 49,
Immediately opposite the Pigeon Yailey-.rnn
surveyed route of the MissiSsippi r. Wn,o,.v;
Railroad. The site is one of the most el,vihl,
in h ebrasks, being located on a beautiful bspch
some 60 fe above high water mark. with 8
gently raising hill in the back ground, The
whole length of the plat. There are two fiae
streams running through the town, affordiuy
excellent Water Privileges, on one Of vh;ci
there are now in progress Of cree ton FLosriog
MMs and Saw NIL which will be comnle,eI
and in operation by the 18th of next month -
Adjoining the town site on the North there
is grove about Eight Thousand acres ~
II A r d w GOD TIMB BERT
Oak, Walnut and Elm, suitable for all kinds
OF building purposes. There is likewise oreat
amount OF tne large growth of Cottoa,oood uitb.
IN from one TO three II lies, aud in st, o iun,r
date vicinity there are several excellent Ltms
Stone quarries, two of which are now being
worked. There is also an abundance of Gravel
Sand, Mari and CLAW suitable for making bricL
and other purposes Brick Making is now be-
ing carried on extcn siyely. On the Sout and
est I'D dining the town site there is over fopr
hundred acres Of Prairie Broke and Fenced
and the most of il under cultivation. The
R'oer, at this point Is only $50 feet WIDE. per
fectly ear Of snags, sand bars or any cther
obst nc ions, with Rock Bound Shores AMI
K o G K B O L T O NJ.
All the way across at depth, lin an ordinurv
stage OF the rlver) Of from two to ten feei-iI,
low water, the rock is bare considerable dis.
lance from tue shores, rendering it but small
affair to build Bridge at this point, (for which
avery liberal Charter was granted by the Leg
islature OF Nebraska, last winter) compared to
mat OF bridging The 81. Lawrence, at Montreal.
the Mississippi, at Rock Island, and many other
bridges which have been erected in North A.
merca. Florence Is situated nearly due East
"a little South) of the GREAT BEND Of tho
Platte Rlcsr, and Of Elk Horn CITY, at the preat
crossing OF The Elk Horn River; distant t5irtv
miles from the former place, and eighteen from
The latter place.
There are good permanent Steam Boat Land.
tngS on both shores, the best. perhaps, on the
Missouri river; that on the Nebraska side ex-
tending the whole length of the town size. am;
as Ferry Crossing, it is oert1inly one of the
best on the river. STONE COAL, of a suns.
nor quality has lately been discovered a few
miles north OF Florence and il is the opinion of
those best acquainted with the article that th.re
are large deposits OF il in tina. vicinity. With
all those advantages, (and and an easy grad.
up MAI Creek. one 0flhe streams running thro'
the town. there Is scare ely adoubt but that
TINS VIII Ia tue crossing Of the Great Pacific
RattToad, should it cross North of the platte
River. A new and commodious Hotel LATELY
erected by ihe Proprietors of the town site i
now open and rea4y to receive guests. Tho.,
wishing to visit the place before purchasing,
Will IND Mr.. +. e. Chapman. and his estimabIe
lady, PR pared to entertain them confortably.
and make their stay at Florence pass o # pIeas
autly. JAMES C. MITCuEIL
Secretary Fiorenco Land Co
Florence, n. T., August l5th 1855.
References. - George PegrAm, ESQ 81.
Louis, Mo; Roberts, Kerr & Co, do; Robert
Donneil, Esq, ST. Joseph, Mo. B. NJ Hughes,
do; r. Granger Adams, Banker. Chicago, NJ;
Allen TomIin, Esq Galena, H.; Cook 4 Sar
CONT Bankers, Davenport, Iowa; Cook, Ssr-
gent Downey, Bankers, Iowa City. Iowa;
hon. Jumcs Grant Davenport, Iowa: Plat
Smith, Esq, Dubuque. Iowa; John H "axon,
Esq, Elyria, Ohio; q. Chapman. Esq. Elyr-
ia, Ohio.
ca Chicago Daily Times please publish the
above advertisement until 20ih Sept and send
OIL 10 this oihce. v5n24wT