Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-21
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correspondence 10 III DEE |
DORCHESTER, June 10.-Nebraska has
reason to be proud Of the men who found
ed and built up the now tl~ourishing town
of Dorchester. These men chose for
their future home a site on a plain which
is both beautiful and fertile. Soon after
the establishment of the town the grass
hopper scourge appeared, but through it
all these sturdy founders toiled on un-
daunted, and to-day they are reaping a
rich reward for their labor. | can give
but a brief sketch of its varied business
interests. Dorchester has about twenty
fine stores. OF it's general stores that of
W. r.. Toole stands among the first in
excellence of the stock carried and III the
volume of business done. In the gro
Gerry line Bullock d Ryerson and Thos.
Jarrett are representative houses.
The former do a large and constantly
increasing business, while the latter, with
commendable enterprise, has added a
wholesale department, and both whole
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prosperous.
Mr.. Samuel G.. Painter is an enterpris-
ing young man, thoroughly identified
with the town. He has fitted up a fine
drug store which u town of double its in
habitants nigh well be proud of.
Mr.. John Oberlies is II of the repre-
sentative men of the town. His bust
ness is lumber, coal, etc. His sales of
lumber have been each month twice Us
large this year rs in corresponding
months of last year, and during some
months they have been three times as
large. This shows clearly the rapid
growth the town and country is making.
OF the medical profession | must men
ton W.. II. Bolding as II leading physi-
clan. In legal talent Dorchester is highly
favored, Il. b. Parker and =. ID. Cooper
being its most prominent lights of the
bar.
The school privileges of Dorchester are
perhaps equal to those of any part of the
state for the young and middle aged
student. The methodist, Congregations
and Christian denominations are all rep
resented here by societies with churcl
edifices. The Baptists also have a grow
ing membership, regular preaching and
lot bought On which they intend to cree
a church.
Many new buildings are in process o
construction here. There are one larg,
wooden building and three bricl
buildings. One of these is bein!
| built by Mr., John Porter, an,
, another by Smith ~ Thurston, bankers
: The resident member of this firm, Mr.
!. Thurston, informs us of the very prosper
! GUS condition of their bank, which make
I the new and larger building Il necessit,
> to them.
, cannot mention in detail all the nun
' erous interests of the town. But as a.
U evidence of growth | note that this tow
is selected by shrewd business men as
good place (which to open branch stores
Recently C. Armstrong, Jr., of Sutton
q has opened n branch store here underth
management of Mr.. VIM. Friedell, VIII
has been very successfulduring his mont
= of business here, They carry a fine stoc
. of dry goods, boots and shoes and cloth
'. ing.
Several buyers of live stock indicat
- that this business is lively, and Mr.. Jane
= II, Clark reports that he has handle
over 200, 200 bushels of grain since las
August, although other grain buyers hav
v been in the field.
q Wide streets and fine residences cha
a~cterize the town, and much interest an
enterprise is now shown i'll the gener;
10 widening of the sidewalks in the bus
- ness portion of the streets, and extenc
|" ing them throughout the entire length c
!, the principal residence portion of tn
10 town.
III The Dorchester house is the only hot
= in Nebraska where game is served at til
u table all the year around. JACK.
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