Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-06
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.

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LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State ia The Valley or ., Mississippi oGes so great an rdocs
meat % ths settler as s,te Illinois There rorouo
ere world where 500 90 e conditions % climate and soil 81 admir-
Zig combine 90 produce these great 4ps Coas and wGa,r
SIS the Prsrrs Of Illinois.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands are contiguous to railroad 4 miles In length,
l connects with other roads ani navgabe lakes AM rye's
l ras aa uuSr5kea Communication with the Eastern and
Southern markets
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over oo private capital have expended The
.oad system Illinois, Ia.,rgsh part o. The income rom
s. of,-e works. vi' alus1s publ, 'uai ia lands, 20 to
h h state eNpa 5,s the T,Z ARK Il1r, AMI 1st conss-
gu=lty every lay decrease
TIE STATE DEBT.
The SUITE d1t ogy .lolo6s2, O. ad ,-ia ne '5s, Rrss
.rst,. lea raiaj t39a7iG SD u5d may rta,o,otiy
.-ps.s t.al g., tu yslr. h'riH lseaus extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The STATE rapidly nnr up with population; s6s o25 persons
having been added sine, 5 makng the present population
I,,iy4yo sr,uo of'o2 rer cent inten years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
TIE Agriculture. Products OF Illinois are greater an those OF
,ll tons TIE vhat esoa 1sco approaches Saooo
o bushels while the crop yields not less than 100000
FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
Nowhere can the Industrious farmer secure such immediate
salts ,,r MS labor u upon prairie soils they being composed
Ga .,- .hlcar the fertility Of which unsurpassed by any
TO ACTUAL CULTIvATORs.
Siqc, 1881 Pie Company hare sol 100000 7aeysR
2 sr1r5 al
,st Q, etirits The road ms been constructed through hese
tsFs az r e-psc 81 s3DOooooo. IN 1850 tie PoIIton "
trns c.Htis, through Uairi pas,s 'ras only So55ys,
sine. ci 40 hare ben Gidod making e 11Ots pCid
ton sI4 SCI, a gain ef143 per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As an evidence othe h Of the people, may be stated that
cOOo0 freight Including 100000 bushels OF grain and
$4,000 barrels forwarded the neas; year
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices othee vary from soto s25per acre according
to location quAty farming lands sell for about
80 S2 per acre. and the relative expense OF subiung prairie
land as compared land In the ratio Of to 10 favor
TIE osss for the bulk Of these lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
SIX per cent per annuu per cent,
payable respectively in two, three four Eve and six
date sale and four notes FOR principal payable in four,
ave date OF the contract spulS
ting than onath OF the tract purchased shall be fenced and cu
y and every year FOR Eve years from the date sale,
end Of Ave years Oneha shall be fenced and under
cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT. WILL BE DEDUCTED
cash except should be at six dollars
per acre. when the cash price viii be Ave dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands soil, climate productions
prices and terms Of payment be had application 10
wv. FOSTER
Land Commissioner Illiaois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois.
FOR the name oithe Towns Villages and Cities situated upon the
Illinois Railroad pages ISIS 49, 9O APpetons Rail
u4v GuIde. jal4- dkwcm
XITHITR GREASE-llO Iackages superior quality, land
ans LAG b. DAVENPORT.
INVEST & JOHNSTON. -
w BOOKSELLERS, sTATIONERs
AND MI-lC DEALERS, l45 Main street.
Have ADDRESSES delivered before the Virginia
Conven;iru by
Ho, FULTON ANDERSON.
Commissioner from Mississippi