The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-12-13

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UnAnA CirY, Oct, 1856.
This place. the capital Of Nebraska
Territory, i. " the Missouri river, eigh.
hundred miles. above -. Louis. and Dr.
rectly opposite Council Bluffs Iowa. The
State House, for which an appropriation
OF $50, 900 has been made by the Gener.
al Government, il now Icing erected.
and whes conple.ed will be beautiful
building. Il is situated on bluff one
hundred feet high, directly back OF the
city, overlooking il ana valley OF the
Missouri or forty miles in either direc-
ton. The air is usually so pure and Tree
you can see that distance, but at this sea
son is at times obscursd BY the smoke
Of burning pra,ries., A military road,
towards which which Congaess has also
appropriated $4,000, starts from here to
Fort Kearpey. lSS miles west.
The first house was butt two years
since, and the population is now fourteen
hundred. Emigration in the past season
came in very rapidly, aud even now has
not wholly ceased, and large increase
is expected with the coming spring.
Two schools are now in operation. a
Catholic Church finished, Congregational
and Methodist churches nearly so, two
| newspapers. two banks, merchants. law.
gers, land agents and physicians in pro-
| fusion.
The soil Of Nebraska is generally ex-
cellent, and in this portion, is as rich as
in any part Of the country. l, lies in
rolling prairie, and is we'll wa,ered by
streams in every direction. We are nj.
mos, shut out from the East, for the
nearest railroad is vel two hundred end
fifty miles from US. This objection will
be overcome with the completion Of the
Mississippi and Missouri road within
three years.
The greatest objection here is the scar
Guy OF timber. This also will be bu, tenn
porary, as coal is now being discovered
M different directions and in sufficient
quantities to furnish an abundance Of
iuel; aud brick can be made cheapy and
we'll Ion building.
Nebraska holds out strong inducements
10 the farmer. The past summer seems
TO have been spent in building cities { on
paper) and specializing in town lots BY
tar too many, leaving the few to the more
important business Of agriculture. The
land offices are not yet open aud warrants
cannot be used, bu. claims and rre-emp.
ton rights answer temporary purpose
for the actual seuler. The land is pretty
much all AIKEN for twenty miles west, and
occasionally as far as For, ke,rney. A
claim is made by agreement TO embrace
a bali section, although the law allows
for quarter section. They can be bough,
at all prices. from $50 to $4,000 above
the Government price Of Sl,25 per acre.
Five hundred dollars will buy good
claim five miles from here, which will
produce from two to four hundred bush.
els OF potatoes, or one hundred aud eigh.
ty 20 two hundred bushels of corn TO the
acre. and other crops in proportion,
Potatoes are worth eighty cents pei
busheI; -four SIX dollars per hundred, b /.
lie. forty cents, sc, Labor is worth two
dollars per day Tor the cheapes, kind
while mechanics earn from three TO five
dollars,
ints latitude Is few degrees below
yeur city, while the longitude is so far
west as TO make a difference In tine OF
an Gour and ior'y minutes, though VI
must travel considerable further TO pet
here b. the river. which is much the eas er
route. The climate Is generally HdIer
] Than with you, though sometimes strong
and piercing winds from over the rrarles
make the cold severe.