The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-05-18

Correspondence Of the Nevs,b
Letter from Pike County, Illinois.
NEAR PITTsFIELD, PIKE Co, Ill. ,,
FRIEND BoARpMAN:-Dear Sir; Havr
Jog given your readers what i conceived
to be the best way to gat to this psrtof
the great State of Illinois, now pro-
oeod to give brief description Of this
county, as it presents itself to : pe,O
conner.
Pike bounty is situated on penin-
sula, formed by the lllinoisiand MisAi4-
sippi rivers, about forty miles from their
junction, aud about eighty miles north
west of ST. Louis. h s-sistL
The principal shipping points are,
Naples, Griggsvills Landing,. Florence
aud Montszlm', 90 the Illin9is river,
Pitts6.ld, the Oounty scat, is qnits =
pleasant town, situated on the Pitts6 sldi
prairie, about eleven miles wsstyo Of
Florence, with which point it is con-
uocted by turnpike, (tho only Que in
Ntho county, and poor at that upon
which there is daily line Of backs oou,
Oocting with the daily packets. Thia
town contains, should think, about
fifteen or eighteen bundred inhabitauts
aud judging from the, Church ediGces
one would suppose the inhabitauts are
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quite religious. There is also, large
College building in process Of constrpc-
tiuu, Their Jail.house will compare
favorubIy with the rIfnest dwelliogs 10
your "Model iowa" This is the finest
county prison havo over seen. b, ,ae
! Griggsville is situated on the Griggsr
VILE prairie. about eight miles north
east from Pitiadsld aud Eve milos west
of It's landingron the Illinois. This
place is ahuut as large as Pitts6eld, aud
point of considerable trade. Griggs-
Vile has the advantage of Pttsfeld in
It's site being situated upon quite an
elevated ridge, whereas the latter is
= rather.level and has somewhat tho ap-
pearanee Of being built oG the ground.
From ny staud- -point, should judga
that for produetiveness Grisssville prais
rie is surpassed by but few parts of this
fertile State.
I The county is divided into the fol-
lowing named townships, containing
s villages, the names of which follow that
! Of the township in which they are stu.
atod, (Vilhgcs in italics): Chambers
burg, Chambersbarg; Perry, PsrryF
, Farm cunt, -; Flint, -; .Griggs-
Vile, Griggsvale and Nsa0 NGysuitIs;
New Salem, Nep Salem; H&dley, Phiid-
deIphid; Blrry, BrrB Kinderhook,
j. Kinderhook; Dsrroit, Detroit aud For
e encc; NeWburg ---; Pittsdeld, Ptts.
v fsH; D rry,, EtDd,y; Pleasant Vale,
q Nep Cdatoh; Mthtezuma, Noatcsam1,
y Bedford AMI Milton; Hardin, Tine;
e Martiusburg, NartinsJ4rg aud NeO
Hartford; Ala., ALIAS, Ro6kPort and
lSanm,e, Ha';, Pearl, -; Spring Greek,
: IL. and Pleasant Hill, Pleasant MI.
This county having had the sdvan-
u tape of river connection with the rest
: of the world was settled in early times,
+" and is now what would be c0lled an
= old-settled country. There is but little
, vacantland in the county-the farms
are not generally very large-henca il
n is pretty tbicRly settled. The surface
.e is generally rolling; indeed you would be
IS likely to csli it billy, There Is, how.
!, ever, a'striyJalong tho Mississippi river
from three to six miles vide, which il
= level and suhj4c, to over flow.
i'll There is an abundance of timber in
4 the county, to fenos itand for fuel, yet
it is Of distributed Just as the prairie
e pc ople would Alike to have it. l have
OF vat learned whether thsre is coal iu
the county or not aud as to Slls' 4
~ have heari nothing said about II. A
~ to the soil, am,of the opinion that i
y is geserallyv~oge productive than thaI
- Of Highland county, l3rL lsr4o'.' ~.
= Whether his county has very gsea
- advantages .ovsr Highland, all thing
+ cousidered, is more than. | am prepares
to say from personal knowledge. There
rk are, however, quito a np mber OF High
ID landers here, some Of whom have beef
II, hcre number of years, who generally
II regard this as better and more health,
country than your county. Highlan
has furnished moro settlers TO thi
= county, presume, than to any other I
- the West, and whom they get here, ia
some reason they generally IicS Lone
$40 ar ahad ,PETEa did whom he went Wes
II | live, l expect to remain bsrS lou
&c, enough to form an oPinlon of my ow
as after which I wilt write again.
ed: N. B hope all who read this, an
10y TO whom I have promised to write, vi
M acoent Il as n letter TO them.