The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-10-16
OUR STATE-ITEMS FROM THE PRESS

ScoTr CoUNTY.-At n meeting of the
Board of Directors of Iowa College, it was
determined to remove the Institution from
Davenport to GrnnalI, Powcshek County
meeting was held at Davenport
on the LIST inst, and resolutions were passed
requesting the County Judge to submit to
a vote Of the people the propositions OF
subscription the Davenport, Cedar Valley
and Anamosa Railroad Si25 900, to the
Davenport and lie Claire Railroad $4,000,
and the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad
Sl50,O
LEE.-Dr. Isaac GALLASp, died at For,
Madison on the 9th uIt., aged SO. lie
came to Iowa in 1897, and has resided here
ever since, with the exception Of two years
spent in California.
CO The Davenport Real Estate Register
calls the attcntcntion of the lundlcss to the
fact that the alternate sect ions along the r.
r. lines of this State, that have SO long been
out Of market, are now subject to pre-emp-
ton. Some of the best lands in the State
is still vacant, along those lines which have
liberal grants of land t" aid them in their
completion. Pitch in, boys
JAspER.-The Newton Free Press says,
eve doubt very much whether our citizens
who have not travelled over the county,
have any idea Of the fine country Jasper can
boast Of. We took trip, few days since
up to Clyde and GreencaStle, and we ere free
to say we have never seen as fine country
anywhere as we saw along our route. Soil
unsurpassed for fertility, country well tim
bered, and watered by beautiful clear
streams. Jasper will one day, be one of the
wealthiest counties in the West. With her
coal-felds and fine timber worth more to
her than gold mines, and her great agrlcul-
tural resources, it Will need nothing more
than due exercise Of energy and public
spirit to bring ont her hidden wcaltl.,S&s
Iowa State Fair.
Our exchanges in the interior and Eastern
parts Of the State, speak in enthusiastic
terms of the success Of the late State Fair.
We copy from the Knoxville Journal, a
brief account Of the exhibition, Son Tues
day, the first day of the Fair, there were
about three thousand persons present-on
Wednesday, there were about six thousand,
on Thursday at least twelve thousand, and
on Friday about the same number Con-
| sidering the hard times, all this speaks we'll
for the people Of Iowa, and the agricultural
| and mechanical interests Of our State. The
grounds in the vicinity Of the Fair Grounds,
for acres and acres in all directions, were
covered with wagons, carriages and tents.
Thousands of people were there cncamped,
and, We dare say, enjoyed themselves quite
rs well as those who stopped in the city,
| though no complaints have reached our ears
in regard to the hospitality of the good
people of Oskaloosa.
"Therc were upwards Of thousand en-
tries, and in all departments the exhibition
compared most favorably with the exhibit
tons of former years. The grounds were
extensive, and well arranged for the exh-
bition of stock, &c. Two large halls were
prepared for the exhibition of farm and
house products, wells supplied the thirsty
souls. with water, and all things went merrily
on. All speak in enthusiastic terms of the
whole affair.""