The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-10

rntlA CITY. NeDfAska.
A paper has just been started at the New
town located Mt the Falls OF the Nemeha, in
Nebraska. The paper is called tho "Falls
City Broad Axe" The outside 10 dated a
week ahead Of the inside. The paper having
| been "sot back" a week because the editor
"went shaking and couldn't work" The
editor thus sets forth the advantages OF the
/ location
FALLS cnY-ITs LOCATION, ADVANTAGES, &c.
In compliance with the custom Of newsps.
pers giving publicity to the peculiar advanta-
ges OF their own towns, we would give brief
description of that great metropolis and flu
tnre commercial emporium "Falls City"
Situation. Ii is situated at the Nemeha,
j. e. four miles from the falls, on the bluffs.
Natural Water Potcer.--It has an i'm
mense water power. BY the aid Of a hydrau-
lie ram, power Of 81 inches could be OBJ
tanned from Gleason's spring, which would be
amply sufficient to run autter mill and two
goose ponds.
Nemsha Navi9able. Nemcha is nav
igabla Tor small boats. We saw "skina-
way" (lndian boy) navigating slab in FIVE
inches OF water to the foot Of the fails, and
mary" breaker to interfere.
The Falls a Curiosity.--The falls are a
great curiosity. The water flows over hori-
xontal layers OF rock, and falls perpendicu-
iariy at some fell swoop," distance of
foot 81 inches, by actual measurement.
Dry Botfom.- beautiful "dry bottom"
slopes gradually from the river to the table
land. During the last freshet, horse l6
hands high could swim that "dry bottom
between the town and stream, il he didn't
give out.
Productions Of that Dry Bottom.''---
That "dry bottomn produces an abundant
crop Of mosquitoes, which increase the &C.
tivity Of our citizens very materially. Also,
it produces an abu ndsnt crop of green head
dies, gallinippers, rattle-snakes, stink weed
and ague.
Ours Pushing, Drifting Population.
We are pushing, driving people. One Of
our citizens, last week, was seen pushing a
wheelbarrow up street, and another, few
mornings after, driving o COW and seven hogs
out of bis kitchen.
Popuiafion.-Th population of our town;
including dogs, puppies, hogs, bed bugs, and
other people, is eonsiderable-may be more.
This shows an astonishing increase over what
1t was when il wasn't so great.
Our College.--We have a College estab-
lished on firm basis four oak butts planted
in the ground. Nearly four hundred acres
endowing it, nearly three acres of which has
already been pre-empted, and now all we have
to do is to make up Anorher four hundred
acres OF land, build the institution, furnish i.
with mathematic, chemical, and other fixtures
and deed it to some church and they will elect
/ teachers and professors. N. B.--'Spakin'
the dead languages will be taught.
4 School House.--We are wonderful peo-
! pie for education. Onr school house was
started year ago, and after repeated town
| meetings, speeches, gas, &C., it will probably
be finished about tho time Of the millennium,
III sooner, due notice of 1t will be given to
the world through the columns of the Broad
Axe.
Our Sag niii.-We have a Gne steam
saw mill that is perfectly independent Of roof
or enclosure, built after the new style OF ar
chitecture, and which will saw from 500 TO
1000 feet Of lumber in a given time, prov-
ded the time is only long enough.
rs Point for Tradtng.-our town can
scarcely be excclled--there were two horse
swaps and jack knife trade all in one week,
and the amount Of manufactured goods sold
to the citizens of Sac City, could better be
computed by ''quarts" than yards.
i Property Adrancing.--Ih The advance in
prices Of property has KEEP, pace with the i'm
provements Of the town. One year ago there
were 80 vacant claims in the neighbcrhood ;
upon inquiry few days ago, We learned that
the owner OF one among the best Of them,
offered il for $500. This shows an advance
of So 400 in IL months. An increase in the
same ratio for ten years--and we have reas
on to expect it-and our lands will be held
| at $500 per acre. Future prospects are brill
liant.
Io,on Properfy.--Town property has kept
pace with the country. Twelve months ago
shares Of 10 lots we're held at S250-the own
ers having firm hold, having been enabled
| to hold them ever since, and We presume, at
the same rates, will, without difficulty, hold
them for great while, vet to come.
In short. Falls City, being only ten miles
from the "center OF all creation" aud pre-.
cisey 400 miles, 3 rods, feet 81 inches from
the gold mines ut Pixies Peak, is next to the
only place in the world, and 10 now only
awaiting the lumber to be sawed and lime
burned to be fenced in, whitewashed and -
finished.
n. b. Trains for the gold mines furnished
with provisions, one Of our grocors having
just received large lot, viz side rusty
bacon. quarts beans, bushel corn meal,
yards bologna sausage, IL dog. smoked her.
ring, plugs dog-leg tobacco and | gallon
rihe whisky, which he proposes selling q,
kulo prices, II ii breaks him.
CT Philadelphia correspondent of tn,
Springfield Republican makes mention =,
follows Of DIR. Barnes:
!, few Gays since called upon the Rev
: Rev. Albert Barnes--one OF the most re
! markable men OF his age. Probably he ha
: done more, within the last twenty years t,
change the theology Of the Presbyterian
Church than any man living. He has grow
. prematnrely gray, with face and forr
!, wasted BY incessant mental labor. He re
:, minded me Of the lines with which Byro
!, commences "The Prisoner Of Chillon -
my hair Is grey but not with years,
I, Nor grew it white
D In single night,
AS mems have grown from sudden fears.'
Z Probably II Mr.. Barnes had not been .
. good man, and so great man, he woul