Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08

Great Sale of Lots
FLORENCE, Nebraska Territory.
nNE HUNDRED LotS have been selected and
- will BE- sold Ia said Tow, al Pubie vendue, com
menelny at IL O'Clock A. NJ, the First hay OF DC
tober nsat and continuing from day In day unhi all
are sold TERMS, hafel sh, aud the balance ia four
moh'hs' with approve, . .srs,s,s;
/. situated on the West bank of the Missouri River,
six mile. above Council Bluffs city. and imme tAtey
opposite the Pigeon Valley, The sarsd route u The
MISSISSIPPI L MISSOURI RAILROAD.
The sight one the NEST elig bio ia Nebraska be-
ing located beautiful bench some sixty feet above
ground, the whole Icing Id ofi6e Plat; there
nne streams running through the Town, arordihg er
celIen, WATER PRivtLkGEs, on one Of which
there ar, now in progress Of election, fLouRiNG
SAW MILL,
which will be completed and la operation BY the ff
teen,h of next month. Adjoining the town site, On
the North, there Is Grove OF about eight thousand
acres OF hard wood
IMBER.
OAK, WALNUT and ELM Suitable for a kinds OF
building purposes. Taere isltse.ise great amount
~ anc large growth cor r0Nw ooD viiitn from one
three miles, and u The immedin Vicinity taere u"
several excel ent LIME STONE quarsies, two Of ~h'h
beiGg orke., there IL also az abundance Of
the best quality Of Gravel sand, Mari and Clay suiia-
BILE for making brick and Other purposes, briss
Making Is nov belag carried on ggils extensively.
On the South anu West ADJOINING the Town siIs,
there four hundred acres of Prairie Broke
Fenced, aud the most Of II undsr cultivation. The
RIVER at iis point oHiy about $50 feet side. per
fecty clear snags sand bar, any other obssrac
lions, " it'll Rock bogad shores, AID
Rock Bottom,
all the way across. depth lin ordinary stage
rock bare considerable stance from the shores,
rende ring !, bat . sn,aii affair to baiidA
BRIDGE
a, this point tfor which ve.y liberal Charter was
h. AahSu -
CON pared 10 that bridging the st. Lawrence, at
Montreal; the Mississippi at Rock Island, and many
other bridges which have been erected In North
FLORENCE is situated nearly due Eas. "a little
SOUTH OF the GERAr BEND, OF the PLATTE kiV-
Err, and OF ELK HORN CITY, at the great crossing
Of the Elk Horn River distant thirty miles from the
former, and eighteen f'om the latter place. There
are good permanent
STEAMBOAT LANDINGS
on both shore.-the best. perhaps, on the Missouri
River thai the Nebraska side extending the wbs
length OF the Town sic, aud rs n Ferry crossing, II
certainly is one Of the very best on the River.
STONE COAL
ofa superior qualit, has lHte, been discovered e.
miles North of Florence, aud is the pnon those
best with The ariiee that ere are large
deposi,es OF II In that vicinity.
With ali these advantages tand easy grade up
Mil creek, ono OF the streams running through the
Town there Is scarcely doubt bat that this AZ be
the crossing OF the GreAt Pacific Railroad, should II
cross North Of the Platte River.
new and commodious Hotel, Lately erected by
the Proprotors Of the T"wn Site Is open and ready
to receive guests. Those ishing 10 visit the place
before purchasing, Will ind Dir. p. c. CHAraas, and
his estimabie lady pre- pa RED 10 entertain hem
fortably and make their stay At Fioren nee pass Oh
pleasantly. JAMES &. MITCHELL,
sec'y. Florence Land Company.
Florence, Aug. 18Th, 1855.
REFERENCES:
GEoRaR PEsaAa, Esq. 81. Louis, Mo.
BosERT kkRK. Il CO.,
RosERT uonkrLL, Esq., ST. Joseph"
b. n. HssnxL, ESQ,
r. FRANoHR DANA, banker, Chicago, His
ALLAN Toalis. Esq, Gaiena, Illinois.
Cook, SARaKsJ d Dosat Bankers, Iowa
CITY, lows.
Hon. JAMES GRANT, Davenport, Iowa.
PLAIT SAITH, Esq, Dlbgque, :.
JoHs III. Eaxos, ESQ, klyus, Ohio.
h. B. CHAPMAN, Esq,
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