, 1873-01-03

, ments, 4; printers and binaera' materials, Q;
outside Of St, Louis; boots md ehoes. car,
PETS etc., 3; cigars and tobacco, G; clothing and
furnishing goods, 4; coal, q; confectionery, 8;
copper, tin, and sheet iron, 2; drugs, 5; dry
esFes esq., hhonf 5; fa59ituFe . grain, gre
ana heavy hardware, /; hats caps, and furs, 2;
hides and pelts, /; trtter and eggs. /; Ice 5:
leather and findings, 3; lime, cement etc, 2;
liquors. 8 ]; lumber, =; marolo Gnl monuments,
Z; millinery. 3; notioas, 4; nurserymen and
Aof1sts z; paints ana oils exclusively, /; 1nusi-
cal Instruments, /; Pumps and rods, 2; saddles
and larness 2; cash, doors, ETC., i Feeds. etc.,
/; 1ewelry, 2; silver and plated ware, 2; stoves,
+; tors, !; wallpaper, aud curtains, 3; packers,
T. This list excludeo number Of retail dealers
DONG an occasional jobhing business.
MANUFACTURES.
Tie business in this line is good, aud new
houses are being constantly opened. The Orchard
City Agricultural Works, manufacturing ell
kinds OF farm machinery, is one Of the largest
Works and Jackson Scale Company alao do a
large business. A sieve factory turned out 1600
sleves per day during the year 1872. The MUIR
ray Iron Works-ono OF the newest Of our man
featuring estab1ishments-is doing an Immense
i1on-work. The Burlington l. Missouri River
and the splendid rolling stock Of ths:
road is an exhibition of their work.
The Chicago, Burlington l. Quincy repair-shops
embraces; Agricultural works, 2; steam bak-
cry, !; bedstead and bed-spring manufactures,
8; blank-books, 8; printers, book and job, 6;
bol!er-works, !; brass-foundries, 8; brewories,
6. bricks, 8; cabinet and furniture G.; candle
4; cigars and tobacco. 6; Touring mills, 4;
foundrios and machine e-shops, exclusive Of rail-
road. S; gas and stcam-pipe filters. 2; hair
makers, l; lard-ol, 1; lnseed-oil, Il; eoap-fac-
paper-lnil, l; planning mills, 6; roctihers, q;
harness and saddles, 4; sash, doors, ETC., Z; saw
mills, 3; scalo-works, !; Bieve-manufactory, i;
trunk-factory, |; box. factory, I :; echoo1-furni-
tr1e, exclusively, 2; shinglo and lath-mills s.;
soda-sater, Il; tobacco-manufactuEo 9; vim
egar-manufactory, l; gon-makers, 12; the
usual amount Of boot and ehoemakera, NOR .
cl.ant-tai1ors, etc. The nboyo list does not ill.,
clude large number Of houses doing business
ina email way.
TIE LUMBER TRADE.
This ia one Of tho largest branches OF business,
and heavy capital is employed in it. Our deal
ers extend their operations to tho Far West, and
several OF them own largo and extensive piner-
les in the great lumber region of the North. Our
lumber is all received by the river. Large num-
bors Of log-rafts nro doated down By dealers
from their pineries. and worked up hero by their
mills. The aggregate Of this trade this year will
bo over 8, ,000 GOO. :
SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, ETC:
There are eleven public schools, besides large
~ Of private and select schools. The new
High School building, fin islled this year, and
cnpied but few weeks, cost, with grounds, about
s1oo, 900, and is one of the finest in the West,
as well as one OF tho most thorough. |
The various wards and subdivisions have frat
class buildings, with we'll organized and con-
auctol schools. The Baptists have Collegiate |
Institute, in aourishing. stato. There arc two |
- Sisters" schools, supported by the Roman |
Catholics: There are twenty church cdifices,-
some Of them among tie finest in the 6tate,- |
owned by Raptists, Metholists, Lutherans, |
Presbyterians, Christians, Congregationalists,
Eplscopalians, Evangelists, and Roman Catho-
les: Various societies and organizations exist.
.ounded by the late Senator Grimes. The libra
= contains about II, 600 volumes. The Hawk
,ye Business College and Telegraphic School
las IN annual attendance OF several hundred
tudents: This is g. member Of the Bryant j.
The newspapers are the Gazette. found
d in 1881, md the Oldest paper
d tho State; the Ha,ckeye. establiah-
4 in 1s3s,-each daily and weekly; md
as IS ESefn hs @esa ote1e alo
ion organs.
The banks are the First National, tho National
late, the Merchants National, and the Orchard
;itv.
uL AhttNUt AMI tkNEAdL FEAlI IAEs- I
The southeast portion Of Iowa is the finest
rnit-region in the State. DesA1ojnes County
aises large amounts Of apples, pears, grapes,
nd all kind OF bezries, making q large fruit
usiness in Burlington. More attention is paid
o the vine each year, and it is becoming one OF
he most profitable branches of industry. The
lfe stock of the county gives good account ut
nnnal State fairs. Darlington is one Of The
ealthiest towns in the West, and surpassed by
en- in the beauty Of ita natural scenery. High
tufts command view for many miles up and !
own the river, and over tho adjacent prai-
les and bottoms Of Illinois. . To the I
orthwest, bordering on the little stream of
lint River, which empties into tho Mississippi
lst above town, is range Of abrupt, rocky
lntfs and cliffs, covered with heavy timber. At :
leir base winds along the clear stream over its
'cky bod. To the west and south stretches
ray beautiful prairie, with an agricultural soil
Here are farms, ono after another
lat, for richness, beauty, and high state Of 9
lltiration, are une1celIed anywhere. Here are 9
grounds, and outbuildings, be- !
'eaking tho tasto, prosperity, and enterprise t
the model farmer, and pointing us to the 9
,mea OF Republican Kings |
Such is brief sketch Of our past and present. t
ha1 our future shall be, rests with the enter c
ise and spirit our citizens,-for upon these, q
ter all, must depend tho success amd prosperi- y
OF all cities and localities. HAwg-EYE. i