Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-12

The newspapers OF the place are
the Iowa voTER, Republican, r. @.
Barker, editor and proprietor, and
the Marion County DemDcrnt, j. L..
Mccormack, editor and proprietor.
There are two banks, Knoxville
National, A. w. Collins, President,
capital 100000; Marion County Ma
tionaI, Larkin Wright, President,
capital 100000.
There are seven church buildings
Baptist, United Presbyterian, Christ
ian, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyte-
rian and Second Advent. The total
membership Of the churches OF the
city il about 300. There are num-
Der Of substantial and elegantchurch
buildings in the county, in addition
to those in the towns.
The Court House, in the centre Of
the public square, Is a two-story
brick building, 49x70. There are
three good hotels.
Oriental Lodge.A. +. A. M. has ia
members and a good hall. Tadmor
Chapter X. A. M. has 49, members
Knoxville Lodge l. o. o. j.. has 80
members.
There are In the place dentists, 8
physicians / occulist, 10 lawyers and
4 real estate agents.
STREAMS.
The principal streams passing
through the county are the the Des
Moines river, White Breast, English,
North and South Cedars. The coun-
ty il well-watered by these and mi
nor streams.
TIMBER.
Oak, walnut, cottonwood, soft and
hard maple, blackberry, hickory, elm
and ash are TO be found in plenty,
not only along our streams, but In
numberless fine groves, and heavily
wooded tracts OF land scattered all
over the county; probably no county
In the state excels this In that re-
spect.
STONE, LIME AND BRICK.
The county is well supplied with
stone, and Of the very best quality,
suitable for any purpose. One quar-
ry, near Pella, cannot be excelled In
the State, and easy 10 obtain.
Lime OF the very best quality can
be had at the kilns in the different
parts Of the county.
Brick Of good quality are made at
several points. There Is an abund-
ance Of excellent clay to supply any
demand.
Two much cannot be said or writ.
ten OF the extent and value Of our
vast coal fields. Almost the entire
area Of the county Ii undertake with
the precious deposit In veins from
three to twelve feetin thickness. At
Knoxville coal Of good quality is de-
livered at the door for only nine cts.
per bushel, 1926 per ton. One bank
IL inside OF the corporation, and
there are plenty OF others from two
TO six miles away. At Marysville,
in Liberty township, the southeast
corner Of the county, coal from ten
foot vein Is dumped" almost at the
doors. The supply Is inexhaustible.
At some of the banks IL sells for
only four and u half to five cts. per
bushel. And yet we cannot reap the
benefit Of this vast hidden wealth,
for we have no means Of transport
ing IL to other localities where IL Is
so much needed. If some OF the cap
ital lying idle In the eastern states.
and In the vaults of the Old World
could be brought here and used In
building railroad, Tor completing
the one already begun, and erecting
manufactures aud machine shops, 1t
would pay the capitalist well and be-
q great blessing to the country at
large. And right here let me say
that no town In the state can offer
greater advantages for such enter
prise than Knoxville. Comean see
for yourselves.
RED ROCK
derives it's name from the red rocks,
about one mile above the town on
the river bluffs. Meeting our old
friend T.. w. Starr, he informs us
that the supply of red rock IL mex
almost; that they are good
for any ordinary building purposes.
They are soft sandstone. and look
well In the walls Of building. The
lnclk OF transportation IL all that hin.
llers them from reaping q golden
harvest from tho proper development
Of this quarry. While we have been
friend Starr takes us around
to the Buck Eye House, p. M. John
son, proprietor. We go in and warm
and are informed that Red Rock
reached It's greatest prosperity about
the year 1867, when its population
was about $50; now there are only
about 200 inhabitants. Agood many
houses have been moved To Otlcy, n
new town ON the ID. V. r.. X. Att
present there are only three stores,
two doctors, one church, one hotel |
and good school house. The town
Is pretty old, having been laid out in
1915.
oTLEY.
We find this'a lively little town on |
the Des Moines Valley Railroad. |
One hotel, kept by w .B. Keller, fur |
nishes us good Recommendations, and |
whilst we eat our dinner friend w. |
NJ. Donnel enlightens us on the his
tory Of the place. lie informs us
that ii was laid out i'm September,
1857, and now has population of |
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