Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-08-21
KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GREAT SALE OF LOTS

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I'd NEBRASKA TERRIToRY.
lnNE HUNDRED LOTS have been SC ected
~ and viii be sold in said town, 1T Public
Vend ne, commencing at IL o'clock. A. NJ - on
THE FIRST Day Of October next, and continuing
from day to day until all are sold. Terms.
half cash, and the balance In four mo nths with
approved sec urity.
4 10 r. z N G E,
Is -situsted~ en- the West bank. Of the MissourI;
River, six miles above Council Bluffs City, and
Immediately opposite the Pigeon Valley-ths
surveyed route of the hisstssippi & Missouri
Railroad. The site Is one Of the most eligible
in ebFaska, being located on q eaotifaI bench
some 60 fett above high water mark. with a
gently raising hill in the back-erouud( a.
whole length of the plat Th-re are two fine
streams running through the town, affording
excellent Water Privileges, on one OF wb,cp
there are now Ia progress of cree ton FIo,,rfu0
Mil and Salo Mil which will be com,t.,sS
and in operation by the 18th of next month =
AID Joining the town site on the North. there
is grove Ct about Eight Thousand acres az
HARD OOD TIM BERl
Oak, Walnut and Elm, suitable for all Kinds
OF building purposes. There is ike wise prea,
amount of fac large growth Of Cottonwood with.
in from one to three u ile~; and IN the imrne
Ia
Stone quarries, two of which are now being
worked. There is also an abundance of Gravel
Sand, Mari and CLAW suitable for making brick
and other purposes. Brick Maxine is now be-
ing Carried on extensively. On the South and
est, adjoining the iowa site, there is over four
hundred acres of Prairie Broke and Fenced
and the most of il under cultivation. Tba
f'rer, at this point, Is only $50 feet wide, per-
fectly ear of snags, sand bars, or any ether
1st
r o G K B o r r o Ar.
An the way across at depth, lin an ordina,,,
stage of the river of from two to ten feet-in
low water, the rock is bare considerable dis-
lance from the shores, rendering it but a small
affair TO build Brtfge atthis poInt, flor which
very liberal Charter was granted by the leo
islature Of Nebraska, last winter) com par,dio
that OF bridging the st. Lawrence. at Montreal
the Mississippi at Rock Island, and many otber
orioses which have been erected in North A.
merica. Florence IS situated nearly due East
"a little Soath) of the GREAT BEND of III
Platte Rtoer, and of Elk Horn City, at the .r.at
crosssng of the Blk Horn River: distant TIL
miles from the former place, and eighteen from
The latter place. ava"
There are good permanent Steam Boat Land
sags on Doth shores, the best. perhaps. on the
Missours river; that on the Nebraska side sr0
'ohoing 'he Whole length of the town site. AM,
oA"S2ihS, IL is certainty one of TIA
oest on the river. STONE coal. of sun.
Hor quality has lately been discovered fru
mics north or Florence aud it is the opinion If
'hoSe Dest acquainted with the article. that tbsra
are large deposits Of ii in that vicinity. wiz
al nose advantages, (and and an easy grade
ihii CEeek, one of the streams running thro,
pie town. there is scare ely doubt but that
this wiz be the crossing Of the Great Paei6c
h0HT0ad, should 1t cross North of the PLATE
River new and commodious Hotel. isfelv
erected by The Proprietors of the town site =
now open and ready to receive guests. Thos.
wishing TO visit the place before PURCHASING
viii mud Mr.. 7. c. Chapman, and his estim,bfs
lady, pr pared to entertain them comfortablv
and make their stay at Florence pass off nIa..
antly. JAMES C. MPTcaEI
Secretary Florence Land Go
Florence, N. T, August 18th. 1856.
References. -- George Pegram, ESQ. st
Louis, Mo-; Roberts, herr L. Co, do RohXrt
D0Hnell, Esq, St Joseph, Mo- b. NJ Hughe.
do; r. Granger Adams, Banker. Chicago m,
Allen Tomiu, Esq, Galena, Ill. Cook 4 Sar,
gaAt, Bankers, Davenport, Iowa; Cook. Ssr-
gent & Downey, Bankers, Iowa CITY. Iowa.
hon James Grant, Davenport, Iowa; Platt
Smith, Esq, Dubuque. Iowa; John II. "axon.
Esq. Elyria. Ohio; b. Chapman, Esq. EIyr.
la, Ohio
Gy~ Chicago Daily Times please publish the
above advertisement until 20th Sept and send
bill to this office. y5o24w7