, 1864-06-29
GROWTH OF AN uLL1NUER
TOWN.
Ford County md Its County Seat and
Vicinity,

[From the Paxton tTll.) Record, juno a3,1
totd county was formed Ia t!S Spring OF 1850.
r. apefopI1!4W5Dg the territory tnen known as lhe
1867. the County Corr: clanccd lhe natae Of
Prospect City to1hat Of Paxtou, IN k'nor Of slr
@ Joseph nt4xtoE, the distinguished archisect, and
author ot design Of the london CrJsta. PaIace q
gentleman Of nvbls qualities, and proprietor Of 4
laree amount Of stock IN tho Illinois Central Rail-
reed. Paxton having been chosen ID the county
the simmer OF le6o, and compiS.1d the following
egaso1, II Is dno stone structQso, three stories
hish: GOOD d. tail Al Is IN the basement: The
and were donated. We learn, by Jas, Al1, Esq., oi
chtcogo for county pntpoacs. The, Courthouse
The PLACE, and PLEASANT resort 1or our e1lzcna On
fs1tot, % % l. Situated on tho Chicago branch Of the
Illinois Cen:ra. Railroad. 100 miles soa.h Of Chi
cago, - malea north OF ufbana and Champaign,
wcst OF Da4v:ue, G7 mltes west OF La{ay ayette snd
Is the commercial ce1ter Of one OF the best aeri-
cultural regions Il central Illinois. The first
hero In ISL In 1=60 there were bu: lew fan! les
hefa; now We have poPalation OF over 1,0al.
,!9 a. the number " Increases daily. The town ID
highest e:erat1on between Chicago and Cairo.
Our ednsation facilities tof which every TILL
no;san na = Justly n5ona sEe t9ly appreciated here
1ncature owing to the-4erSc school 1nnu sYsrT
district In the county owns. THIS mud arises
from ta12tiUn and the township fund, but chiefly
from fhe 1attcr Which is derived trzm tue Govern.
MELT, and c6nhlsts Of every 10TH section. AMI az
only the interest Of this lu1d can be used, It IL
made perpetual, end In maaY districts ia g1ff-
c1ent Ct Itself to continue schuol the whole year
11deftaFing al expenses. The sehoo! houso in
taxt9n (Which ia oulT y common district SCHOOL,
ie as large as most COLLEGES and academiea aud
the schoolfs conducted with oonsummate ability.
In short, We have tree ecAosl eystcm auperiOr
TO any other State In the Union, The sranp
lands which the General Goyetument doaated Il,
the state and the Sate to The ecounty, IN addition
tue county, go thai financially, We are in az Tood
cond!'1on % as any county IN lie Stats: The coan-
T. contains up" ards Of four hundred mud slxty-
r, A large delegation from the synoi Of the Lu-
theEau Church OF North Amercs, met In thfa place
about one year ago. and se1ecteS sta upon which
College of North America an1 10 TO be in c1auaes
tion with Scandinavian colony. Ths III. Cen, K. !
+ 4, COMPANY and the citizens of Paxton donated
ostsy ss su?y.'ed 10 ihs lbs Tae Swsn
LlbrsIy. containing 6.tD0 volumes, In French,
Scandinavian, Grees, Hvafcw, Enelfeb, d.. Tass
lao,es o. 2 town ia Sweden hare alec donated
building will be commenced This tall Tts tns.i-
tu1ion :" III not be exclusively Swedish: on the
contrary We learn that !: w1u bc conducted accord
ffEt-class American Colleges. Ii will undoubtedly
- 1sak With the best institutions In the country.
1hey ydIanp 5age procured - @ m Amsrlca. professor
PIoEpstous portion Of our POPULATION, aud We
learn that many more are coming. The members
q M snis colony hare already purchased 10,.oJ or
M aeIss 81 ia9d IN this county, and those yet
divided into torts, sixty. eighty and one hundred
acre tracts, and will koon be in good state of ,
cultivation. Our ct1zens have learard to extend
grants, az they arc almost without exception, IN
tcllstnt, honest and industrious, Thev arp EN-
pioJed In every department, Of industry and
mechanics In the country. Many OF them have
lived 1n the United 6tates tor years, aud posscss
good EnSlith educatloo. They aru not c!annisn |
emily. each man for himself They have church
edifce In which they worsh!p every Sabbath, The
pastor, Rev. Mr. Hasselq1lst, breaches In English
on the flfet Sunday IN each mdnth.
tho aptsts. es suheGay; eayE;y y
rst ss Psesi eRa 29tss
build churches this fall: We believe ali arc anita
wealthy H. IN m%embe,shtp. % and rapidly growing.
churches have received many acccsaions.
:, A large body OF timber called Ten alla Grove,
lies tN miles west or Paxton, west ol which flow
eituataa Dummcr's Grove snd Clepcs's GroTa,
There are SONG $50 families settled In and
around chenes's Grove, which was settled thirty
high etate Of cultivation. On many OF the farms
you will see apple orcnar1s and other traits. All
ibis country. which 1s twenty six miles west OF
va n Ghcao md IN ts rsspect + hss
" aasant3Ge Of the chicaeo.Alton and st. Louis
On tbe etheaet Of Paxton flows the vesnl,. !;
lion; viii Is finsed With heayy belts Of timber,
On the boDe r. OF which are settlencuts. oIii and
new, extending from thls place the whole Of tue |
Way 10 1n51nna, d1stapce Of about 80 miles, phis
region f. said by geooyists TO be rich in coal,
Dansil1e is the nearest taltroa town eou,besst AZ
us. on the Great Western railroad of Ino,. In +hn
pei heoThood Of which is On abundance of coal. !
loda n1 is miles NoI:h, on tue railroad and IS
tEF thc health rs good. From the srstamente a. |
ready made 1t will be seen that there Is no scarcity
ofluei. Wood Is delivered At from se.so to s %,
mines md from those at Fairbury. II is retaiied |!
b. dealers at reasonable rates.
!. = hare supply Of timber for many genera
[lohs, ior tuel. fencing aud building purposes,
obviatcd by onr clote proximity with Chicago,
= here all kinds Of lumber can be obtalnad at low
figures. Nr. .. D. Richards, dealer here, Is pre-
to sGS S saeI n al aae's
which vary, according 10 quality, from abont ten
70 forty dollars per acre and prslrie iande. In
3r1teo and u2I5nprored. from a'e 10 tweaty,nye e
shh iates BsSe
lo*eVer, ts xdSenctn1. There Is gEeat del4 ~ i
1nImproSed farming lind offered for sale both By +
snnsin9s and sae e D. 3 iist
'tic, 11dnstrldns population, renres sentius evrry
ant .of Cnele sam's domain, thaush xe he1Ieye
hat Ohio, Indiana and the Eastern States are
ate in the West. ehopld not ncslcc: TO visit our
ountry. Here they will fnd ricL countf5, IN
Intelligent and hosp1tab1e people, In the enjoyment
al the privileges Of which IN American can |
oast. -:.,: ::
important changes OF Generals in the
department Of the Gulf. "a
Minor General J. ]. Reynolds, who for
m, f$Tne ,, 411 ~ |