The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-07-09
t6orfsspondencs Of the 1rsvs.
Letter from Northeastern iowa.

Iowa RiUerS-A Mistake CoTrettsd-Erte1a-
size Water Po1Uer-FI6tsr lfuls End Other
Manufacturing establishments on Cedar
RiUer-Tol61lSa Sand Population Crop Pros
poets, &C., &c.
WILL1AMsT0wN, CHIcRAsAw Co.
Iowa, June Is, 1868.
Mr.. EDITOR After a silence Of two
months the pen is resHmed. And first I
wish to say, that in my last letter. either
the types, orr the cOpy-prObably the latter
omitted part of a Sentence, destroying
the sense of the whole paragraph. The
paragraph in question should have read
somewhat like this: 1.-THE streams here are
very long, and remarkably close together.
From their length, they afe called rivers,
but in breadth they are only creeks. Take
for example, the Cedar and Wapsipinecon
rivers. Both flow through the southwest
part of Chickasaw county. At this point
they are about 10 miles apart, and one hun
dred miles further down, they are but little
more than twenty miles apart" The last
clause, which gave point to the sentence
was left out.
Reference has been made to the water
power of those streams. In order to give
an idea of the use already made of this
power, we will follow the course Of one of
them for some distance-fOr instance, the
Cedar. At Nashua villagein the SOUTH
west corner of ChiCkasaw couhty-is d
Touring mill, with a capacity of two hun
dred barrels Of flour per day. At Waverly,
the county seat of Bremen county, eighteen.
miles below Nashua, the Water-POwer is
only partially improved. At this point,
however, there are two Touring mills,
which shipped during the year 1867, ao=
cording to the agents report, 1898 barrels
of -four. There is also at this pOiht wool
ed milt, two saw-tIfills, and some smaller
manufacturing establishments.
At JaResville, six miles below Wavef1t;
4 fiouring-min has been erected at a cost
of $35, 600, having five run Of stones, stor-
age capacity, $4,000 bushels. They report
1900 barrels of flour as being shipped from
this mill during months of the past year.
At Cedar Falls, in Blaekhawk county, 9
miles below Janesviile, the water-power is
unsurpassed At this point there are three
merchant flourihg-mills, Tie buildings
are 35 by 90, 40 by so, and 80 by 80 feet,
respectively, and all of them afe four stO-
ries high, with an aggregate capacity OF
three carloads of -four per day. Besides
the milling interest, there are at this place
wOolen-mill, furniture factory, starch
factory, &c, A paper-mil1 is in contgmpla-
ton, and also a new w0olet-facturt, for
the manufacture Of fannels exclusively.
Waterloo, six miles below Cedar Falls;
and hear the center of BlacEha'tk Uoutityj
has an excellent water-power, but not so
well improved as at some other points, it
has, however, two custom fiouring-mills,
and two other louring-mills in prospect,
a woUlen-mill, sash and door factory, &C.,
sc,
Leaving the Cedar at Waterloo, and go
ing 6dSJWdIuJ Via Iu6 OuDuqu6 anu ClOuA
City railroad, arriving at Independence, on
the "Wapsi," (Wapsipinecon) the county
seat of Buchanan county, besides a custom
Touring mill, we find in course of erection,
five-story building, 60 by 100 feet, for a
Touring mill, and woolen-factory COM
bined.
At Manchester, in Delaware county,
where the D. & S. c. R. r. crosses the Ma
quoketa, we find two flouring-miIls. The
capacity of one of them being 200 bbls.
per day. Also a woolen-factory, besides
other manufacturing establishments.
The population of these towns, as nearly
as I can ascertain is about as follows +;
Manchester, 1000, Independence, $500,
Waterloo and Cedar Falls, between 5000
and 1000 each, Janesville, 500, Waverly,
between 1000 and 5000.
If the soil sustains such a milling inter
est now, when less than one-third of the
surface is cultivated, and exports large
quantities of grain besides, what will it
support when the whole surface is culti-
waited?
From these data, it will be seen that the
Hawkeyes are not in the habit Of doing
things by halves. The spirit of doing ev-
erything by wholesale pervades ali classes
of community. Machinery is used wher-
ever practicable, and that of the most ap-
proved and latest style. The farmer con-
siders the renper and mower about as ne
cessary as the plow. Ihave Travelled thous-
ands of miles in Upper Iowa during the
last three years, and I think that can
safely say, that I have not seen a dozen
scythes and cradles in the State.
The present season has been very favor
able here to the farming interest. The
month of May was rather dry, but since
June 1st, we have had abundance of rain.
At this time we have every indication of
an abundant harvest of every kind of crop
that is grown here. Immigration is heavy
this season, and it seems that at no former
period has there been so much prairie
broken in a single season, as during the
present one.
The decoration of the graves of Soldiers
on the 3Oth ult., was not forgotten here.
The impeachment failure caused little
futter here, and much ehagrin to the friends
of the Government. But they quietly
await the 4th of next March, when it is
confidently believed that Grant and COlfax
will be inaugurated. More anon.
r. WOLFE.
"Ma," said an inquiring little girl,
twill rich and poor folks live together
when they 60 to Heaven ?"
eyes, my dear, they will be all alike
there"
WThen ma, why don't the rich and