The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-05-16
Amazonia Items.

Amazonia Items.
We take the following excellent re-
marks on Amazouia from the St. Joe
Standard of last week:
Amazonia is located in Andrew coun-
ty, on and among the Missouri river
bluffs By the X. c., St. Joe & C. b. r.
X. it is nine miles north of this city, and
five miles from Savannah, the county
seat of Andrew county. Its railroad
facilities are the K. c., st. Joe & G. B.
X. R., with the branch known as the
"Amazonia cut Off" extending to Hop
kins, on the Iowa line, and thence to
Chicago. The town has a picturesque
and charming appearance, with many
fine building sites, and contains at the
present time about 500 busy and enter
prising inhabitants. Business men in
st. Joseph will find in Amazonia many
beautiful spots, with fine views and de-
hghtful scenery, on which to build pa
latial residences.
The industrial interests of Amazonia
are considerable: o brick -four mill, L.
I. Minturn & Son, owners; three steam
saw-mills which produce annually a
large amount Of cottonwood and hard
wood lumber, owned by F. NJ. Davis,
Raiser & Stinson and Clark & Book
three lime-kilns, which supply the St.
Joe market with $500 barrels Of lime
yearly, j. w Young, S. Ensey and
VIM. Whitmore, proprietors; q brick
yard starting by A. l.. Brace; one steam
wood-turning shop and mandatory OF
round woOdwares. known as the
Northwestern Turning Mills" by c.
w. Snyder; one hand w~ood-turner, Sir
Isaac Newton; one gunsmith, o. r.
Howe, and several blacksmith and car
penter sh BPS.
Amazonia has an elegant and new
twe-story public. school-hOuse, with an
attendance during the winter of
100 pupils. taught by L. R. Knowles
and Mrs. Clara jackson. The citizens
talk of building this season two church,
es, one Episcopal and one Methodist.
Mr.. L. T. Minturn has charge of a
large Sunday-school. The town has an
Odd Fellows Lodge in a fourishing
condition with near forty members.
The traders in general merchandise
are Bond, Lyle & Co. NJ: Scudder. J:
H. Martin, George w. Manning and
M. w. Caples; in drugs. Rogers &
Whitney; in liquid beverages, John
Linkus. Two gentlemen play the part
Of ''mine host" Peter Erickson and
George w. Stingley. The disciples Of
Esculapius are J.. H.. Rogers, F. NJ.
Whitney and Chas. Caples. L. r.
Knowles is the only attorney. The
"solid men" are Hon. Joshua Bond,
Francis Lyle. DIR. C. Caples (the pio-
neer of the place. L. T. Minturn, P.
Mosser, DR.. J. H. Rogers, N. Scudder
and G. w. Manning. John thinner
man has a vineyard Of ten acres, q large
and costly wine cellar, and he makes
annually several thousand gallons Of
excellent wine. N. Schryer also has q
vineyard of four acres.
The town is also . considerable mar
ket for fruits and farm products. Sew.
eral new houses will be complete in q
few days, q pork house is in anticipa-
ton, and generally, the citizens Of Am
azonia have good reason to expect in
creasing prosperity. Among the nat
ural resources of this place we mention
| extensive beds of the best of limestone,
inexhaustible quarries of building
stone. and bountiful supply of cotton
wood, oak, walnut, ash and hickory for
building and manufacturing purposes.
To the foregoing should be added, in
the way of industrial interests, q cooper.
shop. P. Moser. ir., proprietor. A large
and fourishing German Farmers Club
is among the institutions of Amazonia.
There is also omitted q comfortable Ger.
man Reformed brick church, with . fine
organ, and a German select school. E.
b. Stinson is Justice of the Peace and
NJ. Scudder . Notary Public.