Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-03-03
From the 81. Louis Republican.
SIOUX CITY CORRESPON NDENCE,
Sioux Clrr, IuwA. Feb & ls6O

'"i. LDiio" Among we many features
that tend 10 make your Tri- Weekly 80 de.
ssrsedy popular in all sections Of our
country, | have Thought that none were
more prominent than yonr id-ly -xt-n :
ed system OF correspondence, BY means ID!
which you are enabled to communicate e
valuable items Of inteli gence from remote
regions upon our frontiers, thus irnrarring
reliable and useinl- i,hurmstion that va
not he made pabllc Ia any other ,na nner.
Having. after rather extensive journe, >
'nss to and fro, assumed the position # a
'squa',er at this point, uron the very
borders If civilization, it has occurred TO
me that could employ an occasional
leisure hour rreitably to myself. aud per
haps, to some of your readers, by sendny
you notes OF such local items and Incl
dents rs may come within ny immediate
observation .. .a..z ....-
Sioux City may he regarded as the very
outpost of city organizations in this air-c
,on, being the highest point unon the
Missouri possessed Of advantages, rresen,
or prospective. which are particularly in
viting, either 10 the settler or speculator.
So far as person can judge from appear
ances, it is une of the very few new towns
possessed OF sufficient vitality to have
withstood the financial crash of the last
two years. so fatal 10 the great majority
Of these pioneer enterprises. Tho town
is beautifully located immediately upon
tho river, the banks Of which are high and
secure, and extends on to the bluff. or up-
land, rising by an easy and very regular
grade, and aft riding beautiful aud eligible
sites for resi- iences in all parts of the town.
The first house WAS erected only ab,tnt
four years sincc now the population NUN.
bers from l,0ODto l.500 4 majerty Of
the people are New EugIander. and seem
10 possess in an eminent degree the
shire aed enterprise characteristic
Of fankeedom. They have .an organized
city government, with u Council com posed
ot practical men, who are devotiny mmch
attention to rea'I. useful pubic improve-.
ments, such a. the construction Of sub.
staaii.i bridges upon the ,horoue hiares
leading to the city, the grading Of streets.
providing Of sidewalks, &c. There is AN
excellent system Of free schools in opera
tion, with com retent teachers for the pei.
mary and higher departments. employed
by the year. There are already two large
and well finished school houses, aud il is
now in contemplation TO erect first class
central building for high school. There
is regular Sabbath preaching by stationed
clergyman Of the Methodist EPISCOPAL,
Presbyterian. and Protestant Episcopal
Churches. For the societies oe the two
former, church ed'fces have been erected
dusinR the past season. which are equal in
every respect 10 those met with in Auy
part OF the State, and arrangements ara
now being made for s,ill nno,her There
are bnt few dram shops TO be met with.
there being msHttes,ly uron the part Of
,he people No dislnsition 10 snstain then.
From all can see. nv conclu ,ions are
thar you vii scarcely find in any New
England village more orderly. quiet and
enereetic GLASS Of people than the o;sissns
of Sioux Cny. There are scsne half dozen
dry goods houses.h most Of which may bs
said to have large .stocks Of staple and
fancy eodds. q nuulher Of whic.a have quite
an extensive Wholesale trade IL suppiyi
the mcrchants of the surrounding towns.
There are several exclusively grocery and
provision houses, Which are truly first
class establishments also. one drug store,
one hardware store, and one stove and tin
s,or., and aprea-srcs' ia.,ica,es that nll
these departments Of trade ar~ well su..
t,ined even in these panic times, there
seems % be u good SIMPLY 0: cash Gus
TONERS. and less complaint Of hard times
than in any Western town which I have
visited. soi essdi 3i8E I'll 1sUaau 9f3 pstt|
i presume. the business men Of, Sioux
City are largely indebted for their presrn,
pro,paritv 10 the military post NJ RI. Han
dai, and the Yanctnn indian Agency IN
Daknss rervitors; each Of these .;overa-
mant establishments are within pss hun
dred miles, sni NJ bs,h If Them large .,i,ns
Of money are disbnra.d, much ot which
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