Nebraska advertiser., 1868-03-26
Nemaha Land nIsfrIef.

seen,, and to look up the man who did
not take the .Adoertiser, while Mr.. Tut
tie was looking up the taxable income,
and taking applications for Revenue
License the coming year. So our line of
travel was to reach the well.to-do farmer
and the business man, of which this land
district is better supplied than one woald
imagine who has not "been on the
prairie," and seen the abroad acres
we'll cultivated, the thrifty cattle, the well
filled store, and the %enlerPrising poPula.
ton who are eettling up U State.
We were fOrcebly reminded, before
travelling far, that it would be a great
convenience to those leaving B~rOwnville
for the west, or those who wish to draw
their grain to tha, place for sale, if the
stream by JAMES CoLEMAN's was bridged,
and we take this method of calling the
attention of the authorities to this sub
iect. 1t is now impossible for loaded
wagons. The Board of Trade of Brown.
vile should see that this stream is
bridged, if nc one else Will.
We soon crozs the Little Nemaha over
a good suspension bridge, and afterwards
the two Nudes with like bridges, leaving
behind US Nemaha county, and many an
e~nterprising farmer, of whom we will
have something to say hereafter. We
also soon pass the large farm owned by
MI. ELLSWORTH, of Johnson county,
who has over n section Of land hedged
in. and many of its acres already in
Spring Wheat, whose grean blades just
above ground is another reminder that
spring is with US "once again" We
soon reached Tecumseh, where we
stopped over night.
The Commissioners of Johnson county
have contracted with DR.. WARD. of the
firm of Copy. WARD & CO., to build a
two story court house in Tecumseh, the
county seat of the county. This county
is eighteen by twenty-One miles square.
We were shown the plan of the court
house by the Doctor, drafted by w. L.
DUNLAPP, architect and county surveyor,
and a workman Of the first standing in
The west. His drawings show about
twenty different views of the building,
or sections thereof, In its various stages
of construction. This building has three
Offices below and court room above, and
will be sufficient for the accommodation
of the county for al least ten years, at
which time the homesteads will all have
been entered and the farmers out Of debt
and forehanded. The county will then
be able to build a court house more suit.
able for the future wants of the inhabit-
ants. The county commissioners are to
be commended for their administrative
ability and good judgment in this respect.
The Christian Church and the Masonic
Fraternity, of this place, have made ar
rangements for building a two story
building, the first story for church pur-
poses and the second story for a Masonic
Hall, The building to be twenty five by
sixty feet on the ground.
!
We made the acquaintance of j. G.
at Tecumseh, who is write
ing a book to be entitled Nebraska as
it is" which is TO be ready for the press
in December next. He promised US a
few advanced sheets soon.
We revisited the coal mines, and were
conducted into the tunnel, damp and
lark, a long way, by the proprietor, until
reached the chamber where the coal
vas to be seen. BY the aid Of the light
# the lamp we could see the vein of coal
about fourteen inches thick, and about
feet horizontally. This cOel is
rood, aud the citizens are preparing TO
lse it for fuel; We accompanied DR..
to the saw and grist mill of Messrs.
31vENs, HowoRTH & Co., situated on the
north branch Of the Great Nemaha river
~ the west side of town. TIE griSt
Mill is a three story building, twenty by
feet, built of good and sub
;tantial material. The dam is ten feet
Ugh, which backs the water four miles,
,ut not out of the banks a, any point.
The cost of the building and machinery
vas $4,000. The mill company are
a residence near the mill. An
Cook is building a large store in
Tecumseh. He is an energetic business
nan. The people of the county are
for the establishment Of a news
PAPER at their county seat, and promise
il a liberal support.
The County Clerk informed US that
here had been g 900 acres of the pub
ic lands Of the county entered the past
year. We found our friend Palmer, of
3rownville, at Tecumsen, vending his
FOODS, wares and merchandise to the good
people of Johnson county, at the grocery
tore west Of the post office, and we
leard him lecturing the assessor upon the
of requiring as much license