Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-19

TEJHE attention ohe enerpng and industrious portion Of
4 community directed the following statements snd liberal
Inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
which rs they Will perceive viii enable them by proper energy
perseverance and Industry provide comfortable homes them
selves and families WITH comparatively speaking, very little capt.
tai
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State In the Valley Mississippi Offers great
nent settler the State Of IGos. There Il portion
the world where all Of conditions OF climate and soil snra
bly, combine produce these great staples CoRS and WHEAT
as the Prsiries Of Illinois.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands are contiguous railroad 7O miles In length
which connects with roads and naygabe lakes rivers
hr Arng an unbroken Communication with the Eastern and
Southern markets.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over siOO0OOOO !,&Is sA. have beea expended the
railroad y..c illinois Inssmueh part Of the income fros
OF ,hese works with valuable public fund in lands
diminish expenses the LIGHT and mug!
qIently every day decrease
THE STATE pEpT.
TIE Sg,, dst oy siOO6S9s H. and ViGta ne lat ree
-1,s been reduced s29 5 So and may reasonably
expect nat ia I'm gears q ioiR 66c0as extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly Hing up vh population; ssO95 person
hayag been added nce is making the present population
/ 7l9, 400. ratio CT l0a per cent IN ten years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
TIE Agricultural rroducs Of Illinois greater than those
any ether state The products sent out during the past
ceeded 500 The wheat crop 1850 approaches
600 bushs crop Yields not less than 100000
bushels.
FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
Nowhere can the industrious farmer secar sach Immediate re-
his abo. upon prairie soils they being composed
ofa dep loan. the fertility OF which unsurpassed By AnJ
the globe. ,..,.-.,,.-.,,,,
Srce 1884 q; Company aG5s sod 100000 ceres TAeyseH On
u . -ot cisI,,- GEi eusy contract cota!ns agres
.qsat c,Ba. The roI1 h's been constructed hyot tiess
lands at an expense Of s30O00C0O IL g50 Ia population u
rt,nia. oounts. g-esl ,siei passes only $685.
snce Az S haze bean Gddd asattg DC lshole populd-
ssca si4,ssl, a gain ofi43 per cini
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As an evidence THRU the people, may be stated
6oOOOO tons freight including goo bushels OF grain
40 600 barrels OF -four forwarded hs as44' year
PRICES AND TERMS or PAYMENT.
Tho pc ihe-e land1 vary from s6o roper acre according
TO location quality &c First farming Lands
40 S2 per and the relative expense Of subduiug prairie
land At compared with 10 IN favor
the The sale for the bulk Of these lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
st six per cent per annu and z Interest aots at six per CENT
payable respectively in one two re cur Ave ana six years
from o. sse and four FOR principal pay able In four
Owe seven OF sale the spuie
ng onetenh th tract purchased shall be fsa and eu
vstsl each and every year. io hge S The date sale
end Of I'VE yE Oasn shall be fenced And under
eult!vsic-.
TWENTY PER CENT. WILL BIZ DEDUCTED
for the valuation Tor cash. except s should be at six dollars
per acre, when he cash price Will be ave dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands soil climate productions
prices and terms Of payment be had application
wv. FOSTER
Lard Commissioner, IlIia0iS Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois.
For the name Of the Towns Villages and situated upon the
niDcs Railroad pages Is is', 100, APPetons Raj
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