The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-07
FROM NEBRASKA.
DAKOTA CIT, DAKOTA Co., !
SKEEAsEA, Aug. 5, '67. ]

E,lisors L5LteNi5eses
GESTLKXES-Believi that you viii
give spaee in your valuable eoloin ~
for Information that viii tnfsTes tIe
good people Of West Virginia, sspetiiAI
II as il CONES from 4 former cltlIen -. y
Wheeling, ". Va, and kuoHabE - -
general Iit.rslItY or the press IN gis4n8
1ereysI Information TO the publie IN re
1ard 10 .ffs great Western COUNTY,
wish 10 bring before the People o. , ~, ~
,-fr5,7f,- lex fscts concerning TINS
ri Of Uncle SAM domains As mere
an. many ggerais1 accounts sent 10
1,;e-5s and relsriyss living Essf' BY
rIayt.e- out here. / propose 10 give you
tex fselz - they are, and noi zs they
[aiyft -. and for which my fellow
ritfzsDs will EOUch. a few words viii
.1ffjce 70 SHOW that our country needs
5uf 10 be Sesn 20 be admired. A large
portion Of our country j. valley land as
rich az can bs found in the world com
posed Of candy loan, which i ready foT
the plOg in few hours after the
h-a Wet rains, and wholly unaffected
Nv q roufh Inc whole s1rfaes Il Gov
cred With the richest grass and rushess
on which stock sabsist. and keep IL
f.FF orde. at ali seasons OF the year
Any amount Of stock can be raised
Sithcut grain or labor, further than 10
save EhAt nature has 50 bounuia4y
supplied. All kinds Of grain raised N
.he NortEe-u StaLEs, succeed yell ana
usrticuiarlv wheat ard oats. Several
crops have yielded over cry bushels OF
wheat psr acre. Forty bushels Is quite
a cominor yield. Irisb potatoes, and
roofs Of s!l Eiuds, come 20 thetr rtu1osL
perfection. TiDl.sr Is here IaoSs alum
dzst than a. sEy other point On lle
Missouri river, md = stiil cheap IL =
g-lnnuCzzd Oi CO lOnE God, me various
hGeECwLT
elm, cedar. and most Of the other van
sries found in the West. Fruits have
no. been tested, bat 80 far as apPtss
have ben tried, they succssd We'll.
VIII fruits srs very soundsnis such As
pluLu-, graDez, goOssbSrrisz, EasPDsr-
Ti-z. mulbsTrisz, straw bFT1 -, &c
Probably no part of the United States
i 80 natural to the Prodoc-io1 OF
grapes. Inc climate : IS gOol a.
could be expected in our lztltude,
having the advantage OF more dry
weather 10 Autumn and Winter than
East Of u. The delightful Fail
weather known ne Indian Summer
often lasts until Besr Christmas. 10
fact, =tock often live on the prairies Al.
winter without any other feed than the
prairie grass ann PUSHES upon winch
they Craze. Health Is 80 good that TO
D,. sick l. a contingency scarcely
thought Of. Many persons have come
here y DO had not enjoyed days good
health NoE years, and have wholly re-
covered their heaIin. We scarcely have
use for pay sicians or medicines.
We have direct and cheap tEanspor-
tatlOn by the river 10 southern markets
and near three thousand miles Of navi-
gable waters " est, leading 10 the mex
lIaustibie mines OF Hontans, with uu-
Tnerous Government military posts and
Indian Hg-ncies, where millions OF dol,
lars are annually dlsDurrshr al Of
which furnish market superior 10
eastern or southern; and when our
railroads are cOmpleiEds we VIII have
the nd vantage OF eastern, southern,
northern ana western markets.
Land IL still cheap but rapidly rising,
owing to our railroad prs poets and
river navigation There are roads now
building, with liberuI land grants 10
insure completion, from st. Paul, Min
nesOtz; Dubuque. Iowa. McGTegOT,
Iowa; st. Johns, Iowa snd one branch
Of the crest Pacific road, all censeTing
ia our vicinity. Good raw prairie land
eau be bought here at the present time
from two and a half TO ten dollars per
acre, and good timber land from ten
to twenty and thirty dollars per acre.
Improved land from fiftsen 10 twenty
I'VE dollars per acre. some at less hg-
uTes.
Our population within the last year
has Increased nearly one hundred per
cent. and the emigration expected from
the East this FAN and next Spring II
is supposed will exceed that OF the last
two years. Tbua you see that our
country Is increasing in population
that exceeds all our expectations of a
few years past. Daring The hest of the
summer months we are not subject to
the dull, suItTy weather that We e1Pe-
riencsd in the eastern and southern
States. We have a good strong breeze
blowing almost continually. We are
not subject 10 the sultTy, sutfocating
heat at all in this mart of the country,
bot II is mild and delightful always
during the summer, which tends to in
crease health. and makes one feel buoy
ant and robust. oar winters are not 60
severe and do not last rs long as
many OF our eastern friends would
imugine.
Hoping that these facts will be wor-
thy OF notice through the medium Of
your valuable columns, / submit them
TO YOU for publication. More anon.
Your, respectfully,
JOuS p RAYHA