Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-10
COOKING, AIR WARNING & vENrILATINa
Great Sale of Lots
IN
FLORENCE. Nebraska TerritOr,

nNE HUNDRED Lofs have been selected aud
will be sold tn said Tow, al Public Vendue, COM
menciny at IL O'Clock A. NJ on the First Day OF de-
lober next, aud continuing from day to day until ali
are sold. TERMS, haiti III. aud the balance in four
mouths, with approved security.
/. .i,uated ON the Yves, bans OF the Missouri River
six miles above Council Bluffs city, and Immediately
opposite The Pgeon Valley on The sGrvd route oil The
MISSISSIPPI 4 MISSOURI RAILROAD.
The sight Of The NEST egible 10 Nebraska, be
ing located GU beautiful bench s'st! feet above
high water marx with gently rising hill la the back
ground, the Whole lcng III ofthe Plat there are t~o
nne streams runnll. through the Town. anording
ceiieut " AfEA PRiNlLEGkS, on one of watch
there arr now IA progress oil ersenoa, rLoukia1
MILLS, and a
which will be completed ana ia operation by The hf
teenIh OF mouth, Adjoining the town safe, on
the rth, there Is u Grove of about eight thousand
OF hard wood
tt MBE r.
OAK, WALNUT and Elm suitable for q Kinds OF
balldng purposes. iHerc Is likewise great amount
nae iatge sgusth COT On WOOD, witiin rom on"
go hres mites. ihs immediate vicinity there ar"
several excel LlNE SION auarre., Two of which
re now being ~orSe,t there Is also abundance OF
The best quality OF 0rsei, sand Mari and Clay suita-
bic for making BRICK and other purposes. Brick
Making is nov Oeing carried % quite esiensisey.-
ON the South ana West, adjoining the Town Site,
thsrv are four hundred Of Prairie Broke
Fencst, and the most of u Eni2r cultivation. lhu
KIEEk lhis point is only ABOUT 80 feet wide per
sety clear 81 sand bar or any other otsifue-
tons, " it'll koSk Bound shorts and
Rock Bottom,
all the way across al depth lin ordinary stage
the River) frota feet--in i0~ water the
rock IL bare considerable Stance from tDs shores,
rendering il but small affair 10 bGilda
BRIDGE
at this point (for watch Il very liberal Charter was
granted by the Legislature of Nebraska, last winter
compared to that 81 bridging the ~. Lawrence, ut
Montreal; the Mississippi al Rock islBpi aud many
other bridges which have been erected in North
America.
FLORENCE Il situated nearly due East IA little
South of the GERAT BEND, Of the PLATTE NV
Ek, and Of ELk-HuRA CRY, at the great crossing
of the Elk Horn River, es,ut thirty miles from the
former, and egbieea nom the latter place. 1heIe
good permanent
STEAMBOAT LANDINGS
on both shores-ihc hest, perhaps, on the Missouri
RyeI that OF the Nebraska SIDE extending the wbsie
length OF the Town site, aud Ferry crossing, IL
eeflaini. is ono Of he very best on the River.
STONE COAL
Of a superior quality has lately been discovered fe,
mites Norm of Florence, and ii is the opinion OF those
best acquainted with The Grcle. that Il ere are large
deposics Of u 10 that vicinity
with all these advantages tand an easy grade up
Mil creek, Of the streams running through the
Town there is recls doubt bat that THIS will be
the crossing of the Great Pacific Railroad, should il
cross North Of the Platte River.
A new aud commodious Hotel, late'y erected BY
10 receive guests. Those wishing to visit the place
before purchasing viii fad Mr. p. c. CHsPs.s, and
his esmahie lady, prepa red 10 entertain them com
for,aoly, and make their stay al Florence pass of
pleasantly. JAMES g. Mitchell.
Sec'y. Florence Land Company.
Florence, Aug. 18Th, 1855.