Nebraska advertiser., 1868-01-30

prove them TO be promoters of inlelli
gence and virtue ss well. We arrived,
at Peru in good time, and delivered our
self and horse into lhs possession and
good keeping Of Mr.. Swan and bis kind
lady, of the Peru Hotel. After a thor
bugh warming and a good dinner, we
aired ourselves 10 the streets of this
thriving town aud were heartily well
coined by the business men of the place.
Peru was entered, patented, and re-
corded as a town site by Chambers, Muck
oils, and Frame, in the year I856-
She has had the ups and downs with the
~auctuating tendency of the commercial
affairs Of the country. precisely similar
10 the history of all enterprises then
protected. In November, 1865, Rev.
H. Burch, Maj. w. Daily and D. c. Cole
called a meeting of the citizens in and
around Peru, ard laid before them die
proPrieIy Of erecting a seminary build.
ing and of starting a high or select
school therein The project received the
appreciation Of those present and many
others have since given the enterprise
their hearty support. Messrs, Daily,
Green. Cole, Neal, Reeders Majors and
the Rev. Mr.. Burch have been firm and
true friends Of the institution, and have
raised and expended in erecting the bull
ding, about $4,000. The trustees of
the project rendered the Building and six
ty acres of land TO the State last winter
as a free gift, oncondition that the state
should endorse the same, and take it I'M
der their fostering care, as "lhe State
Normal School / Peru" This the
State, through the Legislature. agreed
30 do, and in furtherance Of this agree
nent have expended on the building the
further sum of three thousand dollars,
finishing some of the rooms and prepar-
ing the balance Of the building for the
plaster. The building is about 40 fegt
by 50, on the ground aud lhree stories
high. The first floor has been finished
for school rooms, the second and third sto.
hries for recitation rooms, and rooms fol
students. And the citizens of the town
are about raising means to purchase a
bell for the State, to be placed in the
Rcupola of the building. There is timber
enough on the sixty acres on which the
TbuiIding is situated, TO furnish fuel for
the school for all time, if properly cared
for. Too much praise cannot be given
10 those who fostered this enterprise,
with such untiring energy and if they
make it a success, as it undoubtedly will
be, now it is in the hands Of the State, il
will be a lasting monument to the enter
prise and public spirit of the good citi-
zens of Peru. And should they live as
they give promise of doing for many
years TO come, they or their children
will find that they have sown but to reap
6bountifully, not only Of this worlds
goods, out of that good feeling and hap.
Ipiness known only to those who know
) their duty and do 1t. They will have
! Rthe consciousness that during their
strength and younger days, they
have hot only added to the material re.
sources of their town, county and Sta,e,
but have been the instruments in the
hands of a benefcent Providence, of ex.
tending the intelligence and virtue of
the futSFe inhabitants of our new State.
Peru is situated on the Missouri River
Eight miles above Brownville, and is the
second place in size and Importance in
Nemaha County. We notice that she
has four dry goods stores, two grocery
stores, two drug stores, one hotel, one
hgrist mill, with three run of burrs, three
blacksmith shops, one tin shop, and the
usual number Of mechanics. There are
two religious societies holding regular
meetings-the Protestant Episcopal and
/ Methodist Episcopal -
The 1, o. of G.. T. and the A. F. s.
A. NJ. have each q large and Furnishing
membership.
This town was incorporated under the
general laws Of the State but a few
months since, which marks a new era in
its history. Drunkards and dram shops,
be it said to her praise, are unknown
within her borders. The surrounding
country IS well settled up and prosperous
and were a little more young blood, as
it were, infused into her merchants and
traders, and did they fully understand
the value Of judicious advertising, there
would be no better trading point on the
Missouri River than Peru.
The AtChiSOn and Nebraska CITY
Railroad.
Our citizens have thus far been some