, 1880-04-07
NEBRASKA.

Wanlliahtos,t nad Hurt Counties-Afso
Over. thS ssslhtAofM valley Railroad. .
THROUGH !nodssf Cunning, Stanton,
spte4,i Corr,pon,staee b; ~ tAasao, Tribune,
WEST To1Sr, Ncb, AUrltA. 1.--LcayInr
Oma1ua Mt y II. H., via tho Omaha t. Nexthern
Nebraska 1sntlrond, Oakland, tic prcst17 tcr-
nliMus, is reached Mt about o'clock p, ,i,-
passing through blair, tho county-seat IT
Washington, mud Tekn,nnli, tho connty-scat
Of Burt County. Tho train Mt present being
mixed nne,-that Is, freight md passenger
combined tho ratc Of speed fs not 50 rapid
hut tl,at ono iias excellent opportunity Of
seeing thu caun.ry.
Through Douglas County tile road follows
tlse Missouri River, MID tic best lan1s Ut the
county arc not scen; but, entering Wasslng-
ton County, ,yon liGtl weIl-cultivule,l fat,ns,
reminded ot Illinois. Corn y tic great ata-
pie; Int .wIlcnt Is successfully raised, md
stnck-fcetllnK s cnrrleti on to yery largN ex.
tsnt1@eattttS @ beinH driven fr9M tue FHr Wtst
spring sillp1md ID Cllicago.' Blafr Is nil old
tnwn, Of at!out ,hoo people, mud does pros-'
prro,is business WITH the adjoining country.
ti!e 0na,a y Northern Nebraska keilrsat,.
giving tic town tho competition 0f two
rSntls connecting on the ,orpostt side of
the river with Tho Chicago & Northwestcrn>
VII bart ae cosnt temf to2' e wis hfs rckama Is st
couity-seat Il similar III sol! md general ai,-''
lied. Tekan,nll h,s a population Of about
LOCO. Since tic extension Of the raflroutt to
UakIsnl, tic business is not 0ulte 30 lurga
5n ~ + Mss i nt s T i ts Sf%tsa IN assn that sSs s
oS;a ast fJ fnl % beforo to e I rniiroad W rsachei
It, was d mere lIan1tct, Int since ias grown
roint on ths 5otli of January, and sii,so tiat
ttn,o HOn,u fifty houses hlye been built, and
more arc g,illg IT., uli Tic time. Tho pop1ln.
tlon il now about 500. One hundred
thirty cars OF cattle, forty cnrs Of hogs,
recctyed.-ali siucu about lis 1st Of Fel.
T1yary., Corn Illus l,as been seling M nt lo cents to
agcd Sixty bushels pcr acre. There nre 50
cars Of corn to 70 forward from tAls station
alone, a.ld about as much moro will be fel to
Tio Omaha 4 sNorthorn Nebraska Railroad
Will be extended t}lls season northeast,
through Unckbirl aiii Dakota Counties, Is
d uottii on tic Missouri River OpnOsit Sioux
tlty. I Ia.,Atbus M mating making % thronaI iine from from
ST. Paul, Mimi, to 6nlalla, NIB, rs tho
Omaha Il Northern Nebraskn Natlroad has
been consolidated with tho railroad from st.
1asil aS e Sloax Glty.
lier,nnil],. lie uriljni nni gantIe1nsuly col,-
tiuclor of the 0mnlln j. Northern Nebraska
Railroad II regret to say lie is d rabll Dc,I,o-
crat), tnld mo tint tut road lati carried moro
Immigrants thissprlng tlan Ind been carried
bcfore altogether since Tie building Of the
s9 ilgGa ky sS q c en- Be 9 bought a1 it t Rf'fss IS.
proved farms are worth from SO TO $50 per
acre, In these counties.
From B[ntr west to Fremont the county,
sent uf Dodge, Is less tllNn tj,lrty miles, At
this point you striko tie Union Tnuiiic nnil.
road. Fremont has about 3,5W population, J,
al,tl Ia n worry prosperous city; dnes o very
lnrgu general merchandise business. and ia 4
great grain-centrc. Nye; Colson & Co., who
thirty yeats. handle MI iulnleilso amount 0f
corn. having loaded In one tIny seventeen
cars. nl,d In ono week nearly fifty, TllDy
ntso ttD Il bnnkinr business and handle abnt
GOC0,0 900 feet Of lumber Der n,iia,,tt, Aif.
Nyc's oldest son. Fred, ID tic editor and prO-
nrEctDr OF TINT spicy Journal. tla OMnIn
DuIiu Ne,ps.-n warm aslyoeato Of Ills
"i'litnled Knight from Maine."
West West reint, !th9} sounty,ss9at @ 9 ct Cunning
able length In q previous letter. IL Iuinit1g
fttst.
Stanton and Madison Connt}es are co,,.
paratlyely 1Icw, rs fir ns ruilronii fncilitcs nro
Concerned. tho EIkliorl Valley RnllronI
having been extcndcd through them only
Inst fill and winter. Since tho completion 0t
tie rDnt they arc receiving q large fm1nigra.
| Snyder, of Ol,,allo, Inform inc that good
| lands ctn ret be husl at S5 ter mere,
Stanton. tIio co,Inty-ssnt Of Stnnton Coun~
ty, Is vet i small place, but growing.
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