The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-01
RoSENDALE.
Mills-The Village and Its Business
Private Residences - Church
School House Personal - The
Wheat, &c.

Correspondence OF the Morning Herald.
April Is, iS.i.
This is Il pleasant little village @f An
drew county, ~agreeably situated about
eight miles north of Savannah on the
Kansas City, st. Joseph Il Council
Bluffs railroad. 1t is located on IA level
but well drained surface which, from the
west limits of the town site, slopes grad
ullly to the Observation-Disclosures river,
which is here Il bold stream Spanned by
Il Baker bridge ll3 feet in length. The
river ut this poiat has Il well improved
tlll of nine fest. which is utilized in turn
ing the mills Of Il. +. Postcn.
THE GEI>r MILL
is one of the neateSt and most ccnopletc
buildings of the kind in the State. 1t is.
including IL lofty basement. i fOur-storv
structure. .2N:i6 feet i'll extent. II is
built of the best material and is painted
throughout. The machinery of this mill
is on the ground and will soon he set up
1"adv for operation. This consists partly
of four Lciirl turbinc-woeiS aifurding
motive power sufficient 10 operate Il
much greater mechanical force than is
ut present required. 1t Will he provided
with several run of bur>. and in ali its
appointments will present Il fine Speci-
men OF Il iirSt-claSs t~lourin@ mill. In the
nciyhborhool of this structure is Il spa
cions but old frame building, used At
present as
WOOL CAEDING ESTABLISHMENT.
The motive power of this establish
mcnt is water, derived from the same
source aS that employed in operating the
Touring mill. We are informed that
this enterprise is succeeding well. Pres
cnt Indications seem to point that this
locality MAJ one day become Il manu-
featuring center of SoRae Importance
TIE VILLAGE
is small, but neatly and compactly built.
Its location. on the edge oi Il %rov" al
lofty clm>, contrasting with the wide en-
pan>c of prairie rolling to the eastward,
gives it Il highly attractive appearance.
TIE BrSINE>S HOUSES
are all situated on II principal street
running east and west. Among them
we find the establishment of Underwood
u Beckett. This is 4 well stocked house
in the general trade. They have rcrcn'-
j. received Il large supply Of agricul-
. tur.Il Implements, e..
Enri> ~ McRriru- Oh tlr >ar:r side Of
TIE street. are also cnca-cl in the "rl.-
rral trade and >ccm 1" be well patron
lied.
John Conway, on the south side e
Main street. keeps Il good stock III the
general trade.
Elisha Cobb has recently bought out
the drug store Of pr. Muil!niN the physi-
cim Of the place. He ccm~tr be- doing
Il GOOD cuisines, in hi, new enterprise.
There j. Il small. hut very neat and
well kept hotel in this place. Mr.. Cor
der. the landlord. j. Il man who seems
10 understand his business.
There i hut one church binding in
ikr town. This i Il small, nut nraf
frame structure owDcd hy the i'rc>lyic-
riIuS.
THE S'iIooL-IToT>E
which is also neat and Few building.
i occupied at stated times. ~ 4 place OF
worship by ,rycral religions dcnomina-
tion>.
TIE GENERAL APPEARANCE or TIE
VILLAGE
i pleasing and attractive, and the char
actrr of society pleasant.
Several of the private residences are
worthy of mention. Prominent among
these is the house of Rev. \. l.. Amber
son. Tbs i an elegant twu-Storv
frame building, with appropriate sur
r~uUndingS. The residence of DR.. y. +.
linDwn is I'm attractive feature OF this
class of Improvements. DR.. y. Is
Brown is the Representative in the State
Legislature from Andrew county, and
to his efforts we are indebted for the
present law regulating the practice of
medicine in the State of Missouri. We
learn that Dr.. Brown is about To leave
on Il visit to the Hot Springs, Arkansas.
The wheat in the ncighborhnod j.
looking remarkably well; and blue
grass seems ~rcener and more advanced
than ia the ncighborhood of our city