Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-09-25

immsdialsly opposite the Pigeon V.Iley-,n.
sarveyed route Of the Ajssisei,pi q Xis,eur;
Rsi.rsed. The site IL one q the mos. eilvibl.
in Nebraska. betsy leeaisd q beau,iful beuch
some - e / stsvs high wster mark. with .
geatly raising hill II the background. the
wsoss issSfh " sns plat. Th.rs are two fine
streams ranRlag through the town. .ifo,din.
excsllent Raar Pyioieges, on ON. of vh,ct
there are nov Ia progress Of srec ton Flo.,;n~
MMr and q Sac Mil which will be comnI.,aJ
aud III operation by the 18th Of next month -
Adjoining the town site on the North. there
Is grove q about Eight Tbous.nd .cres ~
Il A 4 D W OOD ABEKI
Oak, Walnut and Elm, suitable for Nh kinda
OF building purposes. There 10 ,ikevise . v,...
amount Of tine large growth Of CetseaseekS ith.
IN from one 10 three y lies; and In tls imm..
diste vicinity there are Seversl excellent Li.,r
Stone quarriss, two Of which are nov beinv
worked. There Il also al abu dance of Gr.vei'
Sand. Nd and CLAW suitable for making bsici
ing Carried on extensively. On the Sout and
West, adjoiuing the town site. there is over four
hundred acre. Of Prairie Broke and Fsaced.
aud the most Of il under cultivation. The
RtreT, At this point, Is only 75O feet WIDE Der.
fectly c ear Of snsgs, sand bars, or any ether
obst NC ious, with Rock Bound Shores, and
RO G X B o ITO M,
All the way across at depth, lin an ordinary
stage Of the river Of from two to ten feet-in
low water, the rock is bare q considerable dis
lance from the shores, rendering it but small
affair to build bridge at this point, (for which
q very liberal Charter was granted by the Leo.
islature of Nebraska, last winter) ,ounnarsd %
that Of bridging the st. Lawreucr, at Montreal
the Mississippi, at Rock Island, and many other
bridges which have been erected in North A.
merica. Florence is situated nearly due East
"a little South) of the GREAT BENDof tn.
Platte R'oer, and OF Elk Horn City, at the great
crossing OF the Elk Horn River; distan, tHirs
miles IRON the former place, and eighteen fretn
the latter place.
There are good permanent Steam Boat La nd.
tngs on botn 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 certainly enc Of the
best Oh the river. STONE COAL, Of supe-
nor quality has lately been discovered lew
miles north OF Florence aud ii II the opinion OF
those best acquainted with the article that there
are large deposits of it in tina vicinity. With
all those advantages, (aud and an easy grade
up Mill Creek. one Of the streams running thro'
the town. there is scarce ely adoubt but that
This will be the crossing Of the Great Pacific
Ra'Iroad, should 1t cross North of the Platte
River A new and comnodious Hotel lsfalv
now open and ready TO receive guests Thoss
wishing to visit the place before purchasing,
will hnd Mr.. +. G. Chapman, aud n is es,imsble
lady, pr. pared to entertain them comfortably.
and make their stay at Florence pass off pleas
antly. JAMES c. MITCnELL.
Secretary Florence Land Co.
Florence. N T.. August 18th, 1855.
keiereacess - George Pegrsm. Esq, st.
Louis. Mo-; Roberto, Kerr 4 10, de-; kshart
Donneii, Esq. St. Joseph. Mo-; b. NJ. Hughes,
do; Granger Adams, Banker. Chicago, H.;
Alien Tomliu. Esq Gaiena, ILL.,; Cook ssr-
gent, Bankers, Davenport. Iowa; Cook. Ssr-
gent Dowaey, Bankers. Iowa City. Iowa;
Hon, James Grant, Davenport. Iowa; Pis,t
Smith. Esq. Dubuque, Iowa; John H. Taxon,
Esq. EIyria. Ohio; b. 3 Chapman. Esq. Elyr-
Ia, Ohio.
q Chicago Daily Times please publish the
above advertisement until 20th Sept and send
bill TO this office. v5n24x7