Demoine courier., 1856-09-11

'bree Cheers ror ouu,n WA:

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sph.;- - forward are beginning 10 attach new
u''s' pssresi to our Town. II 10 quite evil
Ierf:an III that Ottumwa has taken fresh
paa.ma tarsfand fiom this tine forth will con.
twen- ue 70 press forward 10 the position
cci aIa,. ich her natural location and 's.our-
10 has IS have marked out fos her. No one,
at. sho places any reliance upon The Geo
srphical advantages OF Towns aud
m of sae'' can tor moment withhold from
solved t!umwa the concession lha, i, is une of
s' d.. = ae best, II not the very best. natural
onhn- DinI Tor Commercial and Manufac,ur-
). H. ag City between the Mississippi and
issouii Rivers. In the frs, place. 1t
favorably located, with reference to
arlington and Keokuk being far enough
ass u ;e pm them MOI 80 be affected By The in !.
ance. bences hich usually re,ard The srow,l,
Townsin The n.ighborhood of large
~ iiues, aud YET near enough 10 be reached
.tofore The impulses which the capital and
met Enterprise Of those two ciues will give
Pam ;.iis portion Of The State. Ouum v h
- already attracting large share Of the
E an. !eh'ioa ol The business men Of Bur.
a lsSpgion and keokuk, aud we learn tina,
+d irn ves.msnls have lately been made by
-. qapi;alisla ir,,a those places.
Ano,hes very important fac, connect
POO. with the growth and importance OF
eel:n~ 9i,u!awa is. tho, i; will be the point of
X Il ~, IL u
ge e. Essmo!mes." ard Burlington and Nils
I. pun Rlser.' Railroads. /, is a iaei
ehieh is beginning 10 be generally &c.
" Il. aowlsdsed ,ha, the bee, route from The
yates Ems, Of the Mississippi to Ne.
6rasIa and Kansas lies through South
States Urn Iowa, The Geography Of the Coun,
'f q W marks this as fixed fact, aad con.
"a, fqnen.ly, 'his being the ;oint o: inter
ma Fciion Of the Southern road to HE Mis-
aght- ebuii River, with The road isDrrs Keokuk.
g,s be entire nvel TO Nebraska and Kansas,
9th that portion which strikes The Miss
fsppi at Burlington and MA, which
t,riiass il al Keokuk, will Concentrate al
| I'd f5r b:s point.
9aa 4 sl!ll further sdvan,age il, that owing
TOD the grea, tall in The Des Moines in this
!...nT eeighboricod vast amour, OF water
as nower can be obtained for manufa featuring
a5 Ind other purposes.
Add 90 this that we are in tho centre
one OF The Gchesi agricultural coun.
les in the State. and one settled Up by
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49, hardy, industrious and en,crprising
% y, people, aud no one can resis, The con-
q flusion that our town possesses the sufe
so9@ elemenis OF success.
Oh Of We are gra,ltied, therefore. thong b
cling 20, surprised, 10 see The Improvements
allnis
heep, fhich are being mace. Messrs. Hen
| n p0' fTis, Hunter IL Sewer, the owners Of the
Joe cew steam Touring mill a. me wes,
NO ena of town, expect 10 Lave il in full
4.-1' last nex' month. In addition to the
hi for II,
Al the locks lstsly erected by Messrs. Rich
&c 0: sscs and Wood. Mr.. John Pdmroy ha.
enow De walls up Of 6ne brick block Of
eon beautiful architecture and goodly dimen-
+ ions, sthree stories 20 by 80 ~ on he
Sc, oraer oil FroEi and NJ ark ct streets. and
1r. Thomas Sinnsmon 10 lay ing the
Dunja,ion OF thres story brick block
tDriy feet front. nj the corner Of From.
.icular md Green streets. Al The west enc, on
ass Of NE biuf, and at its base, improvement is
Is va kusy. On Second street, Major & Bro.
"a AVE 10 a forward state, -four residences;
thc. ,s.. ]. W. Neighbor has neal brick
vkl be ke,.SGe about completed, and Mr.. X II.
III no Warden las commenced fue residence
fnons, ~ The biuf. On the proposed extsnsion
Courl street. MIR. J. H. Myers has q
beautiful Swiss Consgs approaching
completion. aud jus, hey ond him, up the
biuG, J. d. Devin. Esq. has broken
r, for TouId br fine residence. On the
wy ~ ace 81 the bln1 on 4h street, MIR. Tn
sea- eal has The wallis up Of a fine Two story
entiye brick residence. and on Jefferson street.
vgor. Nr. ID. Barrett is finishing dwelling
ai' housc Of wood. At The corner Of Sec.
-,'-''' Ind and Green streets. Mr.. J b. My.
> 10 % has completed ,he foundation Of an
neigh clsgon house, 20 fest diameter, to be
en al kuilt OF grout. AT the east end, Mss.rs
es"vas. A. e. VIM. II. Hammond are en-.
!, nj. ragged upon q iins residence each. which
health siH be ornaments TO that part Of town
icioas Er w. II. Clifton is building residence
Fe adj The corner Of Second and Msrket and
~ dsssss. ]. w. Caldwell e. o. H. Har-
NAidlan(t livery stable on Second between
.sS-ne arke, and Court
This list Of Improvements nigh, be-