Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-08-08
Troy-Miami County.

longest street IN the toWn, anu ~ ho0ut thfee
quarters Of mile in lepglh The public
haildings consist Of a Court House, Jail, tlhe
best IN the State,) two Presbyterian churches,
one Episcopal. one Baptist, one Episcopal
Methodist one Wesleyan do. one Catholic, and
one Itheran Church; one town and one Mason.
ic Hall Market House, and a splendid Central
School House, which cost about twenty thou
sand dollars. It's manufacturing establish.
ments consist Of three Touring and Eve saw
mills, one foundry, one machine shop, one
shingle and one pillow factory, one fax and one
planning mill number Of black smith. carpen.
ter, cooper shops, &c,
The Miami Canal. from Cincinnati TO Toledo
passes through this place, which affords it eT,
cellent facilities ior shipping the immense pro
drctions Of grain, whiskey, DC, of an exten
siye aud fe,tile district Of county, purchased
al this point. Nine warehouses engaged in
forwarding aud receiving grain. and other pros
duets, report their annual sales at about nine
hundred thousand dollars. II isone Of the best
grain markets north Of Dayton. and ts trade is
constantly increasing, Railroad, the Dayton
and Michigan, already connects the town with
Cincinnati and will in few days be completed
to Toledo when facilities will be afforded to
ship either by canal or railroad 10 the Ohie or
Lake Erie; and good turnpikes are constructed
east, north west and south. These roads aud
canals give he Trojans highways that enable
them to uayel from Centre to circumference
without delay, and with the greatest ease, and
We shall now expect them to initiate their
neghboring towns and become fast people
A large New School, Presbyterian church, five
new store rooms, by j Yousrt, and several new
dwellings, arc now being built, and several old
buildings are shortly to be torn down to make
room for houses of modern architecture
Troy has reason to boast of the Morris House
one Of the largest Hotels in The Valley, and her
mercantile establishments are doing a large
and healthy business. The town for long
time suffered, like all river towns, from the ef
fects Of Miasma, but now that The streets are
gravelled, the ponds drained and the country
which surrounds ii improved, it is as healthy
rs any other place. An extensive hydraulic
power can be had here at triaing expense,
capable of turning hundred run Of burrs.
which will at some future day be brought into
use
The county of Miami has more bottom land
than any other in the State saltwater, Green.
vile Greek, and several other streams run
through the west part oft, and the Miami and
Laramie on the north, Indian creek, Lost creek,
Honey creek and Spring creek water the eastern
and southeastern part Of the county, all Of
nh at 4
The Miami runs directly through the centre OF
the county from north to south, the bottoms Of
which spread out from one to Eve miles in
width These streams propel twenty one
Touring mills, aud about one hundred saw
mills,
THE country is not only well watered but
has been well timbered. A rich growth of
Poplar, Walnut, Cherry, Ash, maple, Oak and
Hickory formerly covered the whole county,
but these fine old forests are fast disappearing,
Ten years ago great portion Of the west half
Of the county was new, and sOme Of it consid>
cred too wet to cultivate, and could be had for
ten dollars per acre Now il is nearly all
cleared off and it is considered equal to any in |
the country, and cannot he had for less than |
from fifty to seyenty-fve dollars per acre. The
farmers of Miami county are all rich, or are
fast becoming so. Their dwellings are as com
modious, elegant, comfortable, and richly fur |
nished as those Of our merchant princess, and |
they deserve great credit for their industry, in.
telligence, good taste aud public spirit The
construction of canals, railroads, turnpikes and |
manufactures have greatly increased the de
mand and price for their products, and will |
stimulate them to acquire all OF the most i'm,
proved agricultural machinery, as we'll as TO
avail themselves of all the improve nents in az
ricultnre.
The population Of Miami county ia now
about thirty Eve thousand, and Of its towns M
fOllows--Piqua GOOO; Troy 1000 Tippecsnos
1900; Coyington 300: West Milton 500, Fleteb
er 3OOi Casstown 400: Lssa 209; Brsnt GOO.
West Charleston 300; Newton 200; Fredrick
town 100; Laura 100; Clayton 100 Miami CITY
5Oi Georgetown 5Oi making 1880 people who
dwell In towns aud cities. This il nearly one
bali Of the population Of one of our most
fertile and productive counties in the State
OF those who live in the country probably one
fourth may be put down as lillers Of the soil !,
This reduces the number who produce bread 70
5000 to feed population ofthirty Eve ,housapd
A county that has so much rich soil as Miami
requires much larger number of farm labor.
eTs, where land ranges from Fifty to hundred
dollars per scfe.
great many interesting incidents connected
with this county as well as i,s comparative
growth, are necessarily omitted in this notice
but we may find time to give them hereafter.
~ President Folks views on territoyiaI
popular sovereignty are very plainly express
cd in the following extract from his last mes.
sage 10 congress -
'sThe people Of the acquired Territories
when assembled in convention to form STATE
constitutions will possess the sole and con-
elusive power TO derermine for themselyea
slavery shall OF shall not exist with,
In their limits. If Congress shall abstain
from interfering with the question tho peo.
pie Of the Territories will be left free 10 ad,
JUST it Is they may think proper when they
apply for admission as States into the
Union,"
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