Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02
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! WosaAaA CITY,
A PresPsress Bars On b Mig Muddy
bnsiNess Men and Dasisess hessss-.
Few words About s~prlnKield and
u s special Correspondence. s
Ntcbrara,, Neb, aug. 80. ls7ot-1tis with
pleasutal 1 ssad you = few notes from the
prospecting aud lively young city. where l
arrived Yesterday. after : pleasant journey
Of 40 miles over . good level road. In one
Of The we'll equipped coaches Of the N. w.
staee Co. az fsf, ss Springfield and thence
6y buggy snd ferry to the young and enter.
prising city. Of Niohrara. I Say II 10 with
pleasure I write add my pleasure was only
exceeded by my surprise, whom instead
OF a"one horse" village which. I had been
led to believe was here. there opened before
my gaze astown Of between 800 aud 1000
inhabitants, in which every branch Of busi-
ness Is represented. Truly facts are strsng-
q than dsutes..s When Nc consider that the
place was an open prairie . short time ago,
ind . uows city Ia every sense ofthe word.
the foregoing assertion is fully substantial
ed. Nlobrars is, 40 you know, situated on
the west or southwest side os,the Big Nud-
Sdy. 40 miles from Yankton. II 10 built on
what 10 known % the second bench and not
on q bottom OF "marshy hollow" as was
statedst In The Hsrslda 'short time ago. 1t is
surrounded by hills just enough to shelter 1t
from the high winds, and is wstsrvd by the
Missouri and Niobrars, rivers, both Of.
which flow BY the town.
The sanguine expectation of railroads
passing this roint or making it o terminus,
has added materially to the population. and
encouraged the people to embark 10 eu,erpri.
ses where money and pluck are necessarily
needed. As a consequence. Niobrsra can
boat Of 8 class of men second to none 10
Nebraska. The following roads are sx-
pected to run their " iron horse" to or
through the town In a short time: Sioux
City & Pacific, Omaha s Niobrars, Gov
ington, Columbus & Black Hills. aud the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul.
To give your readers q faint glimmer of
the amount of business transacted here I
will give you the names ola few Of the prin.
eipal merchants. all of whom carry most ex-
tensive stocks of goods, I find Bonesteel s
Turner, general merchandise, with Joe Hor.
key IN charge; Joe Ksdish (our joey, q
complete stock of drugs and all the name
implies Felber and Campbell, a fine stock
Of agricultural implements; j. B. Cioudae
q Co., gents furnishing goods; E P. Will
cox, lumber: F. Fl. Peavey. lumber; with
Henry Storm in charge; J.R. Sanborp, fur.
niture. with Robt. Harker in charge; F.
Ficber, billiard hall and dealer in liquors
and cigars; j. Novotney, harness store.
The following hotels cater TO the public
taste, and | must say in reference to the
prcprietors. that they know how to keep
such establishments: The Hubbard house,
A. L. Towle proprietor; Nlobrara house.
presided over by Jno. Lenger. formerly Of
Yankton; Randa house, with Jno. Shoema.
ker as boss; CITY hotel, F. NJ. Selkirk at
the helm. These houses are kept 10 good
style. l speak from experience, IS l have
sampled the hash" at all of them, although
only here one day.
Our good and reliable republican friend
s. S. Draper has furnished me with the
news of the county and other officers, which
l give you: County Judge. Chas. Cooley /;
County Clerk, Vac Rsnda; Deputy Clerk,
G. Parker; Treasurer. s. B. Miller; Super
intendent Of Schools. F. J.. Buckmaster:
Sheriff, Sam Farmer; L. s. Commissioner.
s.. {. Draper; land oface-Register, B. F.
Chambers; Receiver, Jas S,o,t.
The ingenious aud active minded legal
fraternity is represented by the following
able aud brilliant luminaries: 8, s.. Drs-
per, Major Powers. Jas. Cooley, Chas.
Cooley. r. A, W. sparguer and Fred J.
Fox.
The disciples Of Esculspius are b. Y.
Shelly and v. N. Swan, while the temple
of justice aud post Office are presided oyer
by j. G. Santee, loot from the sgency).
T A vague calculation produces the follow.
result as to how the business is distributed
3 groceries, l hardware store. 2 harnes,
shops, 2 furniture stores. 3gbakeries, 8 res.
taurants. l confectionery, 2 millinery stores,
l shoemaker, 2 barber shops, "a lady barber
in one Of them with taper fingers and a
touch softer than sosp), 1 brewery, l whole.
sale liquor store. l jeweler. 1 cigar maker,
2 olaoks.at,es, asvaeon shops and one sgri
cultural Sarehouss.
Two newspapers flourish hcre-the Mo-
brara Pioneer, edited BY Ed. Fry, ana the
Koox County News. edited. by B. Smith.
Both are lively sheeta and the fraternsl re-
%latinns existing between the rival editors,
would be an Interesting story for Sunday
school scholars.
Articles of Incorporation! have been
signed, sealed and delivered for the inn.