Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-29

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TUESDAY 1V1nIH0. -...... .DEC. %
WnHoN--MUeClTlNI COUNTY.
- fine Town, It's People,
Location, Business.
Schools. Seninaries,
Churches, and
Trade.
'epsrvAAD
- osae q Bupire takes re way." De~
)De0taed - fellow eus reving old friend
DmDise-ee beorde1 che mornine sxpsess
= ~ FIfIA street depot the ether day and
Iosa go d the Q. B.. I. 4 p. eempapy's
Iaginea vas pullisg 20, with . hundred
pehse passengers bviskiy avay from the
peasfsbIs isss Of the pstsrnai prsgsuitor
q waters, cut into the sish and fertile
Up the bluG. the locsmetive,
(aeging and painting. made lie way and
>oVing 0smsnt, tor breath on the lsvsi
darted straight tsws, d. sunset as
80 eemfortabls pace Of thirty o. mere
|D1lo ~ hour. Past bread farms, whose
|osesnate ewnsrs are gsrnesing wealth sum
|nss and winter fron the willing sell; BY
~ comfortable locking farm houses,
)Aaksd with wsil-6lled barns and gsanar.
- frightening the drevss Of sleek. looking
nAttle and hersss that stepped for mo-
)nsnt 10 lock Of Nc and then kicking up
AAsir heels scampsrsd TO the. distant bsun.
Vary Of their huudssd-asrs pastures, ws
bassaaed alosg 10 the bright nsssnisg
Isnshinss through he verde garden. The
beatty hsss 10 bfsad, uuduletiog prairie,
bslIiag juss sssugh lss essd dsAiasgs and
|baay cultivation. An ssrspsussd vsrmss-
>ss esas - Who hsdIbsss lsaseing the syss,
HsssA ssly - the billie asd rseks Of bic
|Dooile Marble quassise-witA lsag teoks
- ~ window sAko6tsa Ais admira.
AeD8e ehe seeas by Indignantly assesting
II s'he'A b dsraed 10 30 hadn'e gsed
Aeeiaa . 'bsev hi0se,f r. see snigeasiog
Weaty = sars 49," A wsg asssfss him
Aas be wsaId y eajy Dsrfssmiss On Get 81
1mpls jessiss, vhsa The bsakss are spilled
lad Ne halt fss . oeaess q the pretty
osls viilags 81 Walse1l Hsse ~ Tsstsn
y pertisa oeeus ee0pAay-joes frsm the
ffaAselsnd"--seaD = ~ DlsteenD. pad
hsn. voosa, - ehillsss. Ass graspsd in
~ aGeeteaale eobsaes Of sshss meo,
bsnss. aad shIldsss. VIE wsadsring from
- vine clad hills Of the RhInsa few
sass ags with barely enough insnsy to
~ thor passage ever, are new sonfetta-
" established in The Hsvksys State sur
sasdsd viii psaes end plsasy. lesviag
rs new aspisaass for citizenship In the
rns Of thsis friends, away We 90, through
- csay enbsye cities Of Fulton and Du-
at and after On hours ride, jump TO the
feanA just twenty ains miles frsm Davse-
|e-t 10 the brisk and bustling town Of
wILTon aorss
|eu must step. too. Geed reader, ifysu In )
~ - fsllsv eur Ssotpsinss through lowe
Asw this wiatsr.
Twelve or thirteen years ago. whom ths
ret train came rushinG in, laden with its
sies freight Of sightseeing excursiouivts
tem shc East. The town OF Wilton occu
icd ,oms eighteen or twenty feet OF ground
I'd its entire ! spulation lived within the
pr walls Of . board ahAnty OF two rooms,
20 inside for the women aud children, and
20 outside for tho men. I,s ssi,ion, how
yer, ~ the junction OF the main line To
euncil Blutis, and tho branch through
uscat,ne to Washington soon attracted
% attention OF wondering home seekers.
ID few months latss, found sever 4 new.
pmss underway, and any number Of buy.
b anxieas fer building sites.
Henry Gislcr, We believe. was the 2rst
IN to erect dwelling house within the
"a Ia had
fairly At work, when Anthony Roman,
I'm J. Rider. J. O. Wsts, Dr.. Rsss,
a one ~ I've others appeared in the Geld
q alss commenced active preparations
lssaeise psruansotly. Mr.. Rider 10
80 spsnsd the iirst store DR.. Rsss WAS
orss. aud Ter so.ns time the only phys
N.
During the I've succeeding years. Will
progressed rapidly in growth and pop
lt,en. oas or two churches were built,
chosl house bought. hotel opened and
msreus stores aud shops commenced a
g and iisunshing trade. Property ran
70 tho most ridiculous figures. aud sew
shrswd spectators amused fortunes
Of tho sale Of lots. The crash Of ~
ne. and with il went fancy pricca also.
year or two the town held itS own.
nothing more. Then commenced the
Ady and D. oapsrous growth, which has
asst resulted in making Wilton what il is
Dns Of tho best points on tho line be-
ZEN Davenport and Dss Moinss.
place Of nearly TIVE thousand inhabi-
~ its boasts Of six churches, a Gnc
niaary, . Normal School. . Pebble or
nmon School, more than fifiy stores
shops. societies Of Odd Fellows, Ma.
%. Coed Tsmplars, The Temple Of Hon.
aud Grand Army Of the Rspublis. I've
ss ands discourse music to tho citi>
y, and halt dozen salaons furnish beer
he thirsty. There are two One sleva.
With . capacity u many thousand
phsls Of sssrags, hank, for those whe
''hard up" aad three hstsls fer weary
velsss. Hsviag given err rsadses an
nPls u the rapidlly With which some
por Iewa towns pep up cut Of the fas
81 eur psairise, " will IKE e lssk q
he place, and pass - y ether fssturss
ch crave netiee lfe0 our pencil. Sit
ID - ws Fave alseaAy rsuafksd It the
ssien Of two iapsgeAat linss or rood,
advantage alsas wsuld assist In do.
episg she b1sioess and materia. inter
Of tAst town. Bat u 10 . ths rich farm
essatry which serssshss away 10 the
-, fer up iste Cedar County, that
ten owes Der property. Formerly al
HE broad aad fertile region transported
produce to ssd drew iss supplies fen
beasins, On the Mississippi, twelve miles
u, thirty miles nearer the back counties
any ether psiat On the river. Mos
ne prier . the opening Of the railroad
The NEST pssaiaing eily in Iowa. The
leh reliance eeils buaiooss men On what
termed iss ''aatuval advantaes - end
iggardly econsmy With regard 10 ~
rsed intsrssts permitted the has 70 be
- in the baek part Of the county, and
sosd itself with branch road which,
ssd Of being ~ cid, stiscsually ..sattled"
e reaaissd Of the trade len By the To-
On 81 the main l,ns. Had the NOR
nts 81 Nussasins svincsd even decent
Fss Of sssrev It the proper time, the
oago. Rock Island 4 Pacific read would
: proceeded down The givsr 20 Musca-
and thsnes west. Thea Wilton would
p have existsd. and today Muscasins
u have been the metropolis Of Iowa.
Wilton and West Liberty, both railread
Pc. nsw scjsy the rich trade Of the
1ly developing valley Of the Cedar, and
Saline 10 surrounded with On iren feuee