Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-12-28

CohtrIVe 10 Sneiter people, and the
sound of the hammer and saw are still
heard on every side. Mechanics are
in large demand, and carpenters can
with difficulty be obtained at three
dollars per day. #nf#
NEW BUILDINGS.
A school house 55x6O feet, is now in
process of construction it is built of
stone and will be fine ornament to
the town. 1t is Of three stories inclu-
ding the basement, has six rooms ca
pable of seating seventy-!ive pupils
each and will cost $l2. 900. One depart
ment is to be reserved as an academic
school. The Disciples have built them
stone church at cost of $4,000.
The Methodists are to put up church,
also of stone, in the spring, which will
cost as much if not more than the one
which has been erected this year.
They have already purchased lot and
have 50, 900 subscribed. The Congre-
gationalists have between 81 900 and
$4,000 already subscribed and expect
to build next year. j. w. Lehmkuhl
4 r,
does large business. Next door Carl
Merckel has during the past year put
up stone store for his own use in
hardware and stoves. John Kuck has
put up a fine two story building of
stone, which is occupied by Mitchell,
Fairfield Il Co. for bank. Next door
to this FREEHOLD has put up a stone
building. "A building has been put up
near by, which is occupied by DR.. 1r-
win for drug store. On the oppo-
site side of the street John Mahara in
1864 put up fine two story building,
which is principally occupied by Cole
Il Kees, merchants. During the year
Woolley & Snyder have enlarged their
plow manufactory, and have lately
disposed of part of their interest to a
Mr.. Chipman, of Berlin, Wisconsin,
who goes in with them and establish.
es foundry and machine shop. On
the west side Isaac Grove is putting
up building which will be used for
hotel This list is not by any means
perfect one of the business places
erected during the past year but
these are the principal ones.
LUMBER.
Lumber in this section is scarce,
from the fact that the town does not
have a single yard all the seasoned
is brought from the railroad, distance
of thirty miles, and as a consequence
building is much retarded. 1t would
be safe to say there would have been
during the past year and will be du-
ring the coming year, at least SO per
cent. more Of building if lumber could
be obtained in sufficient quantities and
at fair rates. There are four saw
mills in the immediate vicinity-Kel-
ly's, water, and Gilberts, steam, in
the village, Sonthard's four miles up
the river, and Ripley's FIVE miles be-
low.
1t will naturally be inferred from
what has been said that landlords are
reaping a good harvest Rents arc as
high as they are in Dubuque.
THE HOTEL.
The most imposing building in the
town, next to the court house, is the
hotel, built of stone and proprietored
by George Holcomb, and to say that
it is not excelled in all the Cedar coun-
try is only poor praise. Venison, prai-
rie chickens, wild goose and turkey,
ducks, bear and fresh fish (caught
with spoon hooks) are the daily fare
he serves up to guests this season.
.. .. MERCHANTS.
Among the principal merchants of
the place are j. w. Lehmkuhl, gener-
al store /; Saxton g. Fletcher, do; Cole
& Kees, do; Frank & Herman, dry
goods John Mahara, general store !;
O'Hair Brothers, groceries !; Gilbert &
Case, hardware !; Smith g. Atkinson,
drugs, books, &c. s. G. & z. z. Bry-
ant, drugs and groceries John Stol-
le, groceries DIR. Irwin, drugs S.
White, watches and jewelry Carl
Merckel, stoves and hardware.
THE WEST SIDE.
1t was the expectation of DR.. Free
man when he laid out his plat on the
west side, that the town would be on
that bank, but the east side carried too
many guns for it, and as a consequence
two years ago there was scarcely
building on the west side with the ex-
ception Of the court house. During the
past year, however, a large number of
buildings have been erected on that
side, and some of the residents there
think in time they will be able to cope
successfully with the the east side.
Lots on this side command large pri-
ces, though they have not yet worked
up to the figures that prevail at the
other end of the bridge.
HOW IT GOT IT'S NAME.
When Mr.. Reilly went there in 1851
he took with him his son Charles, then
a lad of fourteen or fifteen years of
age, and thinking that boy courage
Gus enough to go out thus into an un-
known and unbroken land ought to be
remembered, he called the "ford |"
Charlestown in his honor. In the
course of time, when a postoffice came
to be established, it was found that
one Of the name Of Charlestowh was
already in existence in the State.
Hence the name Of the place was
changed to st. Charles. But the fates
were against them, for Madison coun-
ty, south of Des Moines, had st.
Charles, and it therefore became ne
cessary to change again, and it was
accordingly done, and St. Charles ne
Charlestown was dubbed Charles City,
name it has since borne and one it
is likely ty carry as long as it exists.
| BANK.
! Among the other new institutions
the town sports is a bank which has
been lately opened by Mitchell, Fair
field & Co. 1t has done much larger
business than was anticipated of it,
and will prove great convenience to
the business men of that section that
will be appreciated. With its enter
prising proprietors and in go-ahead