Dakota City herald. [volume] (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860, 1859-11-26
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Sinss politics ars getting somewhat stale
and th,eadbare, We will vary the usual JoI-
TO- just Tor a change, and take q view u our
young aud prosperias city.
D,kots city Is the county seat Of Dakota
county, in Nebraska Territory, and lies be-
tFecn the forty secoud aud forty third paral
lr'- u North latitude and the ni1ty-sikth and
ninety cvtuth merilians Of longitude. It is
a real visible, live, incorporate city and
although its population is not counted by the
thou,aud, the actual number Of is iuha5i'.
A.ts falls little short Of three hundred souls.
The town IL situated on an ~al,ayial bottom
toat borders GU the Missouri river, and which
8. about twenty miles long by an average Of
eight miles In VAIN. For richness aoi fer
jihty Of soil this bottom can not be surpassed
Ia the Uuioa. while the genial climate and in
yigore'iDg atmosphere offer peculiar advan.
t,sss 60 those who have, or who may settle in
this section OF Nebraska. There Is an aJuni-
auce Of timber in the county, and in this re-
Epeot has a decided advantage over any other
county in tho Territory or in uestora Iowa.
The number Of houses within the city lin,
its Is between siHiy-fve and seventy. The
buildings are all constructed Of wood although
che finest material for making brick abouuds
10 abundance. Kilns have been burut snd the
brick produced pronounced a superior article
by competent Judges. Coal aud stone are
iyuui IN ne bluffs. about eight miles from
tre city, aud exist 90 abundant quantities
she country being new aud there being O lack
81 enterprise yet, neither mine nor quarry has
been worked to any extent worth mentioning,
The Dubuque and Pacific Railroad has its
Iowa terminus directly opposite here at Ser
geants Bluffs, aud In It's continuation 70 Fort
E%eEraey will Of necessity, pass through our
city. The only Pottery ia the Territory, and
the largest and best Que above st. Louis, is
in auccessful operation here. The p%roprie-
tors, Messrs, Ziegler s Eckhart, have shipped
fry thousand gallons Of StonewRre, to st.
Joseph and other towns on the river, during
the past season, besides supplying the de-
mands Of the surrounding country. They
have now on hand upwards Of six thousand
gallons, aud, with some c~nlargements and i'm,
proyements contemplated during the com
ing winter, expect to manufacture next season
for shipment 10 ST Joseph, alone, one humid
red thousand gallons at least, This ware rs
preferred by those who use it to any manu-
tured In Ct Louis. These sam gentlemen
have a large Dry Goods Grocery and Proyis
ion store, that is doing a more extensive bus
iuess than any similar establishment In Ne
hraska. The United States Land Office is To-
Gated here, of which Col, J.. N. II. Patrick IL
Register aud DR.. Geo. b. Graf, Receiver
The Bank Of Dakota has It's being within the
corporate limits Of the city VIM. f.. Lock-
wood, President, and James W. Virtue, Cash.
Ter 1t is the only bank in the Territory
whose notes are as good as the gold, and
that circulate at PAR out Of Nebraska. We
have tho fnest hotel, the Bates House. in
Northern Nebraska, ana it has no superior
in norhwcstorn Iowa, either in respect to the
building or the manner IN which it is kept by
it1 popular landlord, Col. Z. r. Mason. Do
tides this We have the chihuahua Heuse which
n it csunot compare with the Bates in size
aud finish Of building, has the reputation of
spreading a table that can not fail to satisfy
the most teatidious taste and is presided over
by an enterprising and agreeable host, DR..
J. ID. NJ. CroekWell. Haas & Brother. Archi-
tCcts AMI Builders, are carrying on the Car
penteriug business in real earnest, and End it
50 DO impossible to attend to all the Jobs,
that are urged upon them. Ashley 4 Van
Aukeu, BlacEsmiths, are doing a thriving
business II wo may Judge from the continual
rigging % hs==ors and s%uvils, from "dewy
morn until dusky eve" There are Eve law.
yers spd two physicians in the place but the
supriy is greater Than the demand.
No place that We know Of oGers as many or
AS good iuduoymeu., % persons DESTROYS Of
carrying On any branch OF business, either on
a large or snail s5llc. Peculiar advantages
ricr themse'ys to si5emaksrs, %tsilors, timers,
sSdjlers aud al other mechanics. Capital
eau be enT.cyCd with more certainty Of yield,
Jug a large percentage than in any other place
in the west. Merchants ofsH description can
ful chances here, Jsre to be found elsewhere,
Of engaging 10 any branch Of mercantile bus
lucss With every assurance Of success.
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