Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-19


shch as they viii perceive enable them by proper energy,
perseverance, industry provide homes for them
and families with comparatively speaking little capt.
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LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State In the Valley OF the Mississippi offers so great
men, 20 Illinois There Is pocn
the world where climate and soil adrs
big combine produce these great staples Corr and WHEAT,
as the Prares Of Illinois.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
Thess lands are contiguous railroad 7O miles in length,
vhh connects with other roads and navgahe lakes rives,
thus ss Al uubroksn communication with the Eastern and
soz.hC,a wuse,5
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Owes co Of private capital have been expended
railroad system fnno Inasmuch part the income from
several Of these works valuable public fund In lands
diminish The state expenses the LIGHT and must
quenty every day decrease
THE STATE DEBT.
TIE S.s deSs Is only aio1O6sos 49, and ,oil as last TREE
yesha been reduced .295946 So and may reasonably
srpect Aat in Ten gears i t7iH become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The STATE rapidly filling up population; sssO25 persons
having been 1882 making the present population
l,Ils,is0. ratio ,1O9 per cent In ten years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater than those OF
any products during the past
The wheat 1880 approaches
bushels Wilde the crop yields not less than 4OOOOOO
bushels
FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
the industrious farmer such Immediate
suits for his labor upon these prairie Soils they being composed
deep loan, the fertility Of which unsurpassed by any on
TO ACTUAL CULTIvATORs.
ucs 1854 ne Company Gdo5 sold 800 GEO 71ysH
IN 20 actual cutraors and suery contract contains agree
pen Q, cr1ts TIE yoad has been constructed through these
ands at an expense Of tSOOoOOOO IN 1850 the population Of
rigais counties through 'eAch passes only $685.
since ,siA 40 Q9s hare been added making n choie ola
ton Sl4, gain er14S per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As an evidence Of people may be stated that
$4,000 tons Of freight including sOOO bushels Of grain and
900 barrels forwarded the lrelas
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices ofese lands vary nom t6tO .25per according
to location quality First cl's farming lands sell for about
$40 $2 per aud the relative Of subduug prairie
land As compared wood land In the ratio Of to 10 In favor
for the bulk Of these lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
at six per cent per annum aad six pc, cent?
payable respectively In three four Avs and six years
nom sad four notes for principal payable four
eve SIX from dse Of sale the contract spua
ting than OF the tract purchased shall be fenced and cul
tvated every year, for Eve from the date sale
so the yeAS Oueh shall be fenced and under
cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT. WILL BE DEDUCTED
for the valuation for cash. except should be six dollars
per acre vher the cash price will be Ave dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands, SOIL climate productions
prices and payment, be had application to
w. P0sTER,
Land Commissioner, I1linOis Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois,
For Towns Villages and Cities situated upon the
Illinois Central Railroad pages ISIS 49, $780, Appetons Rail-
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