The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-10-24

will be relieved Of the so long lament
q disadvantage Of being without .
'ailrond. How will 1t be with Upton?
We hope equally well. Passed from
Adel To ReifieId situated ou the Mid
lie Coon river miles west Of Adel-
rom Redfield to Dale City, situated
II the South Coon river. Having
,assed through the southern part Of
Dallas County from East to West.
We pronounce the land, In the main,
sery good; and the country l,,'ssessing
many natural advantages. Plenty Of
cunning water. aud belts Of timber on
III the main streams. Guthrie county
on the route We canr) Is extremely
.0ugh except In the vicinity OfGuihrie
centre, where will he fouhd q heauti.
al trac' Of country. Guthrie Centre
handsomely situated on the c. r. I.
4 z. Il. Il. From Guthrie Centre to
asey, "a distance of miles) the
,rairie Is extremely rolling. Don
.xpect to see much az u town when
aou come to Casey. or you will be dis
appointed as we wer.. travelling !
puthwesterly course mt a distance Of
a miles we came to Aniia Cass Coun.
Y. BY consulting the map "f Iowa
ou will wee that we crossed through
ne southern part Of Guthrie County
n Ia. kNA l.
nrner Of Adair County. Anita il but
small town Of $50 or 30D inhabitants
,ifuated on the e. r. 1. 4 r. r. K
From Anita To Atlantic. now the
county seat Of Cass county IL dis
ance Of IA miles. This IL as beautiful
nd thriving u town as we have pass-
d through has y population pf 1000
niiAbitants-publish two papefs,
10Th Grant and WiI.0n-Eight relig
,"u~ denonsi"Asios-, viz Ei'teo"P~l.
Methodist. Presbyterian. Conxrega
.ionaii.t, Catholic. Protestant Msthosi-
i-t, Baptist, Episcnpalian. The first
four mentioned have Church build
ings. The Baptists build this fall.
The Public School Of this place
,umbers over $50 pupils. The new
Court house for Cass CO., will soon I've
under way, to cost when completed
5000
From Atlantic to Lewis q
distance Of 10 miles We passed through
y lovely prairie ~ ever greeted our
ayes, Lewis il situated In the western
part of Cass county on the east Nisli.
,abotany river-wa- formerly the CO.,
eat Of Cass county-is rather . home
~ town Of about 200 Inhabitants
1t will be seen by reference to the
state maps that In going from Anita
% Atlantic we passed through the
northern part Of Cass CO.. and from
atlantic to Lewis, through the west
.rn part, somewhat n circuitous route.
II would be vain for Us to attempt to
!, justice to their country In describe
ng 1t with the pen for We are not el-
.Muent, and IL we were, even then
Se should want for befittiny language.
and fail in the attempt; but we will
simply say, that we have seen EO poor
land In Cass county; and il we were
going To buy land IN the west without
seeing 1t, we would rather risk it In
Cass CO., than in any county We have
oeen through In Iowa. The cr"ps
here are excellent-coru from 10 to 50
bushel per acre, whe.t from p to 30
III, oats from 50 to 60 bu. The
county abounds with springs aud run
ming streams and Notwithstanding
il has oeen very dry here this seaso",
water /. plenty. Bets of timber on
The main streams; more walnut timber
III this section than we have seen else
where. The people in this western
country believe that timber can be
-uccessfuIly grown here, they are
-ho~ing their faith by their works."
and are doing much in this particular,
for the general appearance aud im.
provement Of the country. From
Lewis we travelled u sout westerly
coui Sc crossing thu southeastern part
~ PoitawAtiomie county ria Whesl-
-rs Grove. Among the principal
streams We cross+d IN PotfAwattomie
county were Indian Creek, Walnut
river, Big Creek, west Ni-h0shotany
river. u i Silver Greek. the banks OF
which are fringed with timber !;
though not abundant.
Angling through from Wheeler's
Grove into Mills county Ia south west :
ern course) = distance Of % miles
brought us To Glenwood, the county
seat of Mills county. This town has u
p,pulat ion Of |. 800 inhabiiants-pub-
lishes Two papers. onr Grant aud
Wilson aud the other I.ibcrai-foui
religious denominations. viz; Meth.
O.i,st. Presbyterian. CongregatiOnali-t
aud Baptist. all Of Whic have church
buildings. An inferior looking Court
house and yari /; and fags floating In
the breeze. with the inscription
.Greeiey and Brown" Il ID worthy
VI note that we observed several cases
OF inioxicatiOn in this town. The
parts Of Pottawsiiamie aud Mills
county through which We passed Is
| quite similar to that ~ Cass tas de-
scTibed above) except Ia the vicinity
of GleHwoDi. which II extremely brt,-
ken aud rough Greenwood 10 situated
on the G. Is. 4 NJ. II. II. Semi distant
between this poiut aud Platts,noutn ID
the crossing of the e. Is. q d VI.
aud the Hannibal and St. Joseph
railways.
Alter leaving the bluffs which skirl
the Missouri river bottom lapds on ths