Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-10-06
oTTUMWA WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA, OCTOBER 6, 1875.
having spent most delightful even.

having spent most delightful even
ing.
RIDE OVER THE II. 4 NJ. IN NEBRASKA.
At o'clock, Thursday morning the
excursion party took seats in coaches
Of the B. e NJ. of Nebraska, and start
ed for ride over that road. The route
was South, along and near the Mis-
souri, River, at the base Of q steep
bluff, passed station called Belleville,
crossed the Platte over q wooden
bridge, intersected the main line at
Omaha junction and passed thence
west to Ashland. Here the most
prominent object is large brick
School House. The town has an at.
tractive look. Salt Creek Valley, ex.
tending west, is charming.
The route here turns TO the south
west. Lincoln, the capital of Nebrss.
ka, ia the next important town. The
land on which It stands was purchas.
ed by the State, or given to 1t, and it
was declared the Capita! in 1867. A
sufficient fund has been derived from
the sale of lots to erect all the public
buildings, and leave balance. Here
is the State House, the Penitentiary,
the State University, the Asy lum. &c.
Near by, on Salt Creek, ARE Salt works.
Here the B. & NJ. Company have
large Emigrant House, where shelter,
lodging room and facilities for cook
ing is furnished land seekers reason.
able timo, FREQ of charge. The COM
pany also have one Of their principal
Land Offices here, the other being at
Burlington. The population is some
5000. 1t was the intention to stop
here and look around the city, for
which purpose the citizens furnished
carriages !; but the train had bcen delay
cd so much, It was abandoned. A. +.
Tonzalin, Esq, Land Commissioner OF
the b. & M. X. Il. Co.. Joined the party
here and accompanied them thereafter.
The Lincoln band also came aboard.
The course continued southwest to
Crete, on the Big Blue, beautiful lit.
tic city of some 1000 inhabitants, and
surrounded by an attractive country
with somc timber. The Big Blue fur
nishes abundant water power. Here
is Doano College, a Congregational
Institution, designed to furnish a
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sexes. Rev. ii. Bross, late Congrega-
tional Minister at Ottumwa, resides
here. He regards the prospects of the
town and college as good. He point
ed out the building now occupied by
the college ana on IN elevation to the
south the land belonging to it,some COO
acres, whore college buildings will in
time DO erected. A branch road runs
south from Crete, 30 miles, to Beatrice.
We turned west here and ran to
Fairmont, within SO miles Of Kearney
the Junction with the Union Pacific,
where we dined, and took the back
track for Omaha, arriving there at
10 r. NJ.
This was adelightful and instructive
day. We passed far ont upon the
plains. We saw a large extent OF coun.
try south of the Platte, % lovely - the
eye ever rested on, stretching in ''siry
undulations far away" dotted in every
direction with tho bright homes Of the
farmers we saw the farms without
fences or hedges, secure from deprcds.
tions of the cattle; we saw herds and
herders scattered here and there; we
saw groves lending their charms to the
landscape; we saw the numerous
towns and cities, marts of trade and
commerce; we saw school hopaea, col ]
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Intelligence, virtue, and religion, dear
to every American heart; we saw all
this, and asked ourself what man IL
there who would not have homo
here, on these lands, the best of v hich
near the railroads, can be had at from
S3 to $40 per acre on 10 years time At
q per cent. interest mo principal to be
paid for four year, and after that one
seventh yearly, with money paid for
tickets by explorers refunded, and
wilhdeduction on fare and freight over
the c. B. & Q, and the B. Il NJ. r r.
Why,the land will surely pay for itaelf
in 10 years, and supports family be-
sides.
The Excursionists were under great
obligations to Messrs. Randall and
Touzalin for their kind aud considerate
regard for our comfort. They onter.
tanned us with agreeable conversation,
told us stories, fed us and returned US
to the "Grand Central" right side mp
with care.
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