Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-30
KNoxyILLF FAN OUTSIDE
sye VIEW. q IL, ~ Il

Bro. Alum, ofthe Jasper Repal4H.
can, has this to say about this vicini.
ty in his tip-tcp paper Of last
Thursday: Rilfh..
1--WE had the pleasure, the first OF
last week, In cOInpany with some
friends, tour extreme bashfulnese
and mOdesty forbids the mention Oi
Names Of paying q yisitto our sister
city, Knoxville, County seat Of Ma
rion County. 1t il needless 70 say
that we enjoyed ourself, as It, Is SO
seldom that we get 10 far away from
our maternal s'parient," and when
we do 1t Is well known that the en-
j0yment Of our freedom Is a point
that IL always made, Wen, to
from our earliest knowledge. Of its
existence, we have lad a desire to
see, and can well say that full weight
was received for the payment.
Now, we might 20 on and give a
glowing description OF Knoxville
Of its splendid business biocksarOund
and of Of the Square, ofthe beautiful
and hOneylike residences scattered
over the city, Of which there are
many, of the now Foundry and Ma
chine Shop, the first.class Planning
Mil, Of tile superior advantages It
has over our town and other cities in
the shape Of manuiacturies--three
steam grist-mills, two t,rQ0len fact0-
RIGS and sash md door factory; Of
| its good railroad prospects the fact
that they have raised withiG a,few
thousand dollars Of enough to secure
the Abba, KnoxyilIsaild l9es M0ines
railroad, and which few 'thOusand
will BIO subscribed In q few days,
when the road will be pushed through
that largely productive portion
known as Marion County, and thence
to Des Moines; Of the rich soil Of the
we'll cultivated, fields that surround
| Il, and In fact cover over the whole
of Marion County; that Knoxville IL
not behind the age In anything thai
Is calculated to make = prosperous
inland town, de-; which &c. would
be In praise to Marion County, and
conflne ourselves strictly to truth, ~
wealwaysdO, our cjf says; but as we
went over for the purpose or seeing
Knoxville and 4 few friends and &C.
quaintances, there being q chance
for a dead-head ride,) and did not
intend writing q history Of the city
or County, or even u sketch OF either,
will not say word, but let them
speak .fDr themselves. You will
have volumes more, and hetter, than
"Faberistjc" gentleman Of our rags
could write In m age. One fact We
will mention, however, il that It IL
| thought by her citizens that the ex.
tensiyA coal beds Of Marion County
Ire NS ih0xhaustahle as Theron mines
i f Missouri, which the Iowa sedit 0rs
will remember were represented t.
them a. being s'hefty" on the 'inex.
haust." This coal ID ,Of Il superior
quality. The crops i0f wheat and
corn are good. As In our own and
other Counties, far better than was
anticipated. IN
Wecalled at the Office Of the Yofr,
that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gro-tO;
Office than-a-coppefh end .-draft-sneak
paper. aud mt the ONCE OF the Demo
cvst, that ratlIer-nof paree 7. Md Ftund
all as busy as bees. MeefA. sporty
4 Barker Of the Potter are Cleyari and
entertaining gentleWeqk ara aRttln9
mp, one Of the livest and most reads,
bic County papers In the HNtA, and
are doing good aervlce@. politically,
f0r Marion CHnkty.is They should
certainly receive 4 hearty support,
McCOrmaCk Of the Il.xn0crdfp al
though On the, Wrong side Of the harH,
II a jolly Mac. and a gold. whole,
aculed two hundred And u IT, pdund.
or. His Office new, neat and clean,
and he 4 getting out the best Demo