Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-15
Great Sale Of Lots
III
FLORENCE. Nebraska Territory

Great Sale OF Lots
FLORENCE. Nebraska Territory.
NyE HUNDRED LOIS have been selected, and
" viii be sold Ia said Town Public vendue,
Eencins at II o'clock A. NJ on the First Day Of oc
are sold TERMS halfea Al, and the balance in four
months, with spProved security.
10 situated on the West bank OF the Missouri River
six mile. above Council Bluffs city, and immed ntely
opposite the Pigeon Valley, the suryd route ofthe
MISSISSIPPI & MISSOURI RAILROAD.
The sight Of the eligible In Nebraska be-
Ing located beautiful bench sixty feet above
high water mark with gently rising hill IN the back
6ue streams rumningthrough the Town afordng en-
eelIess WATER PRIVILEGES, on one Of which
there are nov In Progress Of ereetio5, FIGURING
SAW MILL,
which viii be completed and ia operation by the ar
teensh OF next month. Adioining the town site, on
the North there Is Grove Of about eight thousand
acres ofhArd wood
MBER,
OAK. WALNUT and Elm suitable for all kinds Of
Of sns isrre growth CoTToSW ooD. wi,hin from one
three mice. and In the immediate yieiaty there
ssyera excellent LIME STONE qRarries. two Of which
being worked. there is also an abuDdanee of
the best quality of raYrl Sand Mari and Clay sutz
bic for making brick and other purposes. Brick
Asklngis BOW being carried 90 quite exiensYely.-
On the south and West, atyoBing the Town Site
tasre over four hundred Of Prairie Broke q
Fenced and the mos. Of II undsr cultivation. The
RIVER at Ibis point is onig about $50 feet ~ide per-
fscly clear Of sand bar, any other obarEc
tiens, win Rock B2aHd shores, and
Rock Bottom,
al the way across depth lin Ordinary stage
the Rivef) of from two 10 tea feet-in low the
rock bare considerable distance from the chores,
rendering IL but q small sfEsir 10 bnilda
BRIDGE
al this point for which very liberal Charter was
grsnted b, Legislature Of Nebraska, last winter
compared 20 that Of bridging the 81. Laurence. at
Maftr II SIS ami s4 and maj
other bridges which have been erected la North
America.
SOUTH OF the GERAf BEND. ofihe PLATTE gIv-
En- ANA Of KLK-HoRN CITY. AZ the great crossing
Of the Elk Horn River, distant thirty miles from The
former, and eighteen from tie latter place. There
are good permanent
STEAMBOAT LANDINGS
on boih shores-ihe best, Perhaps, on The Missouri
ehgtb OF the Town Size, and a Ferry crossing. 1t
certaini. ID OF The yery best the River.
STONE COAL
ofa superior quality ha. lately been discovered fe.
miles North Difference and IL - she Oplafon Of those
best acquainted with article, Il large
deposies Of i! In thzt vicinity.
With all these advantages land an easy grade up
Mil creek one Of the streams running through the
Town there h. scarcsy doubt bat thai this NIL be
the crossing ofthe Great Paesde Railroad should il
cross North 81 ;he Platte RtYer.
new AID eonmodoGs Hotel. Iaie'y erected by
III. Propretors oftbe Town ste IL open and read!
70 receive guests. Those wishing 20 vist tle place
before purchasing, " III nnd Mr.. p c. CEAFx.s, and
his sstinable lady, prepared 10 entertain them com
fortably, and make their stay st Florence pass of
pleasantly. JAMES c. MITCHELL,
see'y, Florence Land Company.
Florcace, Aug. 18th, is55
REFERENCES:
GsossE PEesAs, Esq, ST. Louis, No.
BoExKT kEEs. 4 Co..
kosxRT DosSsiL, Esa, 81. Joseph
y. M. HrengL. E.a :.
r. FR.sers sp4ws, banker, Chicago, Ills.
ALLAN TonLIs, Esq., GaieBa, Illinois.
tapK MAJ II IllNk AaRE1
Cits, Iowa
Hon. J.aEs GsAsr, Davenport, Iowa.
PLA1T SMITH, Esq. Dubuque, -
J.Hs II. pAKos, ESQ. kiyris, Ohio.
n. b. CHAPMAN, Esq,
sept4dsw
Teas, Teas, Teas
DA0 packages teas from OLD boxes 10 chests pat up
ZVoexpressi. for family ST very low prices
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