Nebraska advertiser., 1868-04-02
BeatTIce---Its Prospects, Mall Fa-
Cilities, Farming, &c.
BEATRICE, NEBRAsKA,
March 10, 1868.

March -, 1868.
Editor .AdUeriiser For some time
past I have thought Of letting you know
something Of the wants Of this portion Of
our growing State.
First and foremost we need increased
mail facilities. Business men here find
it next to impossible to reach BrOwnvllle
by letter inside of one week by the most
expeditions route, and if they are 4
day late IN mailing, then It is two weeks
before our mail reaches them. Now,
this is intOlerable, and needs doctoring
from some source To whom are we to
apply. A tri.weekly mail at least is
needed on this route. We hope and
trust that he powers that be will soon
come to our relief.
The lands in this District are now en-.
tered up to the Blue, or nearly so, and
the business of the district will be from
this place, reaching out west and north
west. Those wishing to homestead lands,
or enter the same, have to 90 &c Brown.
vile and back, a distance of one hundred
and fifty miles, to communicate with the
officers of this District, at a cost of some
money and much valuable time, TO rem
edy all of which it is proposed to ask that
the Land Office be removed from Brown
vile TO Beatrice. This will discommode
no one, and be of incalculab benefit TO
the actual settler, who most universally
comes here poor and totally unable to
tramp to Brownviile to transact business
which we think could just as well be done
near The "seat of war" The interests
of the General Government, the interest
of the actual settler, and the dictates O:
Justice demand, as we think, its removal
Are the people of BrOwnville willing to
let it Gomez
The Republicans of this county hold
their county convention bn the lIth day
April, for the purpose Of appointing del,
egates 10 attend the Representative and
Senatorial district conventions. The
counties of Gage and jefferson compose
The representative district, and hold their
convention at Beatrice April lIth, for
the purpose Of appointing one delegate
to the State Republican Convention.
The Senatorial district is composed of the
counties of Pawnee, Gage, Lancaster,
Jefferson and Saline, and will hold q
convention in Beatrice April 18th, fol
the purpose of electing a delegate Il
represent the district in said State con
v%enIion.
Our people p~atrUDize the press liber'
ally. Most Republicans subscribe fOl
and take from two to FIVE different papers
and our post master has just forwarded
The money for sixty odd New YOrl
Weekly Tribunes. We have a large lis
f of subscribers for the Press and for th,
.Aduertiser as well.
Our merchants are doing a good bu
%siness; emigration is coming in and ar
10 be supplied with household goods, sta
, pie articles, Sc, so business begins % b
more lively. Stone is being taken from
the quarrys near this place for the Stat
{ Capitol. Il is about fifty miles from Ihi
D quarry to the Capital, so the stone in tn
wall must cost the State a large sum, bu
e they are sure of a good article of stone
J. Small grain was generally sOwn in thi
county in February, and l am told ,ha
S the seed has sprOuted, and much of it j
uP-and looks well. A large breadth Q
land has been sown.
1 will e~ndeavor to keep you posted j
what transpires on the Blue the comm.
e summer, if this is acceptable to the pub
lie. am, &c,
N. BLAKELY.