Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-19
NEMAHA COUNTY.
Its Religious, Moral and Material
Progress.

IF your readers will look at the map |
of Nebraska, they will see near the
southeast corner, small county |
named Nemaha, which is derisively |
styled by political writers, 1.-The State
of Nemaha," on account of the large
number of the prominent men of Ne
braska who are, or have been, resi-
dents of this county.
/ do not intend to write of the "em-
inent Nebraskans" of Nemaha Conn-
ty, but will write of the county, relig-
iously, morally and materially.
This County has about $500 souls,
who have built and maintained at
least twenty-three churches, as fol-
lows: Glen Rock precinct, three
Peru, three; Brownville, five; Lon
don, five; Nemaha City, one: Aspin-
wall, two; Benton, two; Douglas,
two; total twenty-three; or one
church for each 40 inhabitants. In
addition to these churches, public
worship is held in nearly all the
school-house.
There is an organization at Peru of
the Temple of Honor, and there are
twelve lodges of Good Templars in
the county, and 1 understand that
Nemaha is the banner temperance
County of the State.
The area of this county is about 400
square miles, which is divided into 10
school districts, or one district for each
5! square miles, and each 126 inhabi-
tants. There is good school house
In each district, and several of these
country school houses are large, COM
modious, and costly. If there is an
other county In Nebraska that can
surpass Nemaha in any of the above
named things, 1 hope some resident of
that county will write it up.
The material wealth of Nemaha
County consists of a fertile soil, num-
erous streams of pure water, immense
deposits of valuable lime and sand
stone, and thousands of acres of valu
able timber.
The soil of Nemaha is equal to the
soil of any coHHty4n1his or sny >h
er State, and produces immense crops
of grass, grain, and fruit. This Coun-
ty though north of the 4G.h degree OF
latitude, produces peaches every year.
II was peaches from this county that
took the premium at Richmond. Vir-
ginia, several years ago, and Nemaha
fruits have figured largely in all ex-
hibitiops of fruits in Nebraska.
This county is perhaps better wat
cred than any other county in Nebras-
ka. In the northeast part are Duck
and Honey Creeks which empty into
the Missouri River. In the southwest
part, Long Branch, and the Big and
Little Muddy's. which aow into
Richardson County and empty into
the Great Nemaha.
The Little Nemaha, which drains
the most Of Otoe, and parts of Cass,
ters Nemaha near the northwest cor
ner, and after receiving numerous
tributaries, empties into the Missouri
River, near the southeast corner of
the county.
This stream has extensive water |
power, which is utilized by five -four
ing mills, each having three run of
burr-stoues. There is fall for four or
five more mills on this stream. In the
dryest time this autumn visited four
of these mills, and found that more
than haIfthe water was going to waste.
There is a good deal of power going
to waste on several of the small |
streams of this County.
In various parts of the County are
quarries of sandstone and limestone,
and in the central part Of the County |
are large deposits of valuable lime
stone. A railroad east from Tecumseh |
would run through this limestone re-
gion, or branch road from Syracuse
or Palmyra, down the Nemaha, would |
strike this same region. This stone is |
durable, is easily worked, and takes
a good polish and, road running to
any of these quarries from Lincoln,
would enable the Lincoln people to
get good stone at cheap rates.
The tim beT of Nemaha County con-
sists of oak, hickory, walnut, and 9th
er kinds of wood. The first growth
has been nearly all cut, but the second
growth is growing very rapidly.
Can any other county in Nebraska
surpass Nemaha in soil, water power,
stone and timber?
Now let me write few words about
the acquired wealth of this County.
There are over one hundred thousand
fruit trees, hundreds of thousands of
bushels of corn, tens of thousands of
bushels of wheat, tens of thousands of
cattle and hogs, and thousands of hor-
ses and mules, with all the other ar
ticles which go to make the wealth of {
B IafIDluR n0 !
has good roads and bridges. Ten of
the bridges are OF iron and the coun-
ty clerk tells me that, with one more
bridge. the streams Of Nemaha coun-
sy would all be well bridged, and the
bridges would last many years. r
Thissis a good county religiously. c
morally and material I
y !; and yet the Nemahas, though b
argely Republican politically, will ?
persist in eieoting Church Howe to d
he State Senate. and thereby mortify :
he souls Of the Republican leaders of
he county, and cause them to ex-
;laim, with-well. never mind who it j
vas the are mortified.
w. 4. PoLocK,