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A "ride On A Rail" Doesn't Give One

A "ride On A Rail" Doesn't Give One image
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Day
26
Month
August
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
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nost favorable opportimfty for observ""tlie face of the country, tlie state of the _ orthe condit'.on of the sevcral towns , tliroui'h. But iu a recent trip to Metp a'"1 b9ck vUl tl!' IIlkc SIlOrc Bnd Soiitlurii Road, we noticcd a deprovement In country, vlllages, jeltlM 6lnce "r Iast trPver the saillfl 10 All the towns alon? both roads laidln athrlvingeoudltlon ; Chicago, at Zeoú of both, is. well is Chicago, but wc out oflt, so far as hcard from, íutthat"divorce"of wlilch the d- 1 2e In oar lust Issae. We couM notice PdíOÍ the crops save the corn, whicll in Mdflelds Tumisi's a rlch harvcst. Never 'i ïfcsecacrop so unlformly advanced, ',, mul largc. anii there wlll certalnly bc " iack of pork-maklng material. The Jdards a'so dlsplayed thclr toinptlng inprofoslon. gtopplngover a few hours at ColJZtf-oat liome for about twenty years- tld the pleasure of grasping many ol.l C-ends by the hand and revivlug old recoltions We found Coldwater wltha "rolll{t" '" ovcry llla" beinj: hard at woik t!o3ii:ï "P tlie u'!l) '" tnc I' ni reported done, and in thirly i' s the joíínct is to be let from tlie Sl:it. to po tía. Battle l'reek, connectlng at theSt' line wlth a road to Mansflcld. Ut Ihlnk our citizens of a stock sub grlptioD of $450,000 raised iuside of 90 ilavs, and of Single subscriptioiis of $5,000, 10 000, ai: ' $15,000, and from men uo than tliose of Anu Arbor. When ilii ru:ul is built it wlll be controlled by Iliitockliolilcrs alouff tlie line, and ior the iteiefit ofthemselves and the towns thcy lire In. jfe,werealso jjrlvtleged at Coldwater hiblt the Letvts AhtGallery. ín this nllery Mr. Lewib has gathered several hundred fine paintings, with marbles brons, oidallions, etc. Tlie paintings are copiesfrom old aiul celebratei works o! art Bideby the best modern artista, with „ty origináis. In it are somc of the {iet paiutings iu the country, and thecol.:ftion lias no equal in tlie west, and no rinliotny private gallery of our large lulero clties. Iu aciditliin tq thosc purItofdln Enrope, Hr. Lewis purchased a Bimber at th recent Tíiompsox sale, Is by tlie best American artists. st collection has not vet been Innig' bit the ncw gallery is ahoui ready and in a lef raks tlie rooms will bc ag.iin open to ;:)lic. Coldwater has reason to con Mr. Lf.wis a benefactor, í}nd hls gal,:;. niil long, If not always, be lts greatesl lUnctlon. Wewlsh that o:ne one would inmortal tehis name by erectlng and furnlshluf n limüar Art Gallery on the Uuiverslty KjOMC. -Our thnnks are duo to t!ie Central and foulbeiu Uiüroads for courtesles wliicli are aipreci.itetl. Tvvo better nianaged roads will 1)0 hard to flnd In all tlie land. Weiobope tba' tho C'ty Council, htilsufxf mfctiiiï. wi'l order the Street OommMIODcrs, Miirshal or sonie other cfücer !o set' that the weeds growlng in our Itreets are ciit. Tli's Rhonld have been done beforcrlpeiiiiiï, lv.it betttft1 Inte than nerer. Itbasa look arounl tlie Court Honse Square- in it, a'so- and 11) iqany ol ot public streets agthodall the city beifhad "oiie to seej'1 aid "íjobody lye.1 lo home." Tho farmer.-' irivo air'aly cirrrnt-nneJ tutting their corn, a tliius not ofton seen ís eariy as t he 2?d of August. The erop Is Inge. -Threshlug is belug gencrally done, ind we Ijear tlie yicld spoken of as better iktowas eipected- large for the straw, indtiic berry of fror)d quaüty. Farmers ihoaldbecareful to keep any growu wheat Iktj raay have separate, md not lose on Nfffhoiecrop bv the injury to a porllon. ïhe Direc tnrs of the Toledo, Ann Arbor anrl Northern Ral'road were In ssion yesterday and nlsolu town Messrs. Walbuidge, and Mcombeu of Toledo, and I.H. Bahoekt, Chlef Elimineer of the Bal lbte,Ohlo and Michigan Railroni. We isj have spme railroad news for our readW ext week. We ieira rrom a reüable source that the Wmlatum of Gr.iiul Kapids is 16 500 - Wktoti Citizen. Iften will the Citizen learn from eWe source" wliat the population of JackWnis? Face the music and don't walt tor "e "census bureau" 1e nnual hcIidoI nieetine; will take Neat the Court House on Monday, Rept 'lh, at whicli time the animal report wiil Bdo, the estimuU's submitted and ap Propriatious asked for, and three trustees lected, in piace of Piiiltp BACn, PAïpiCK Pova, and W. AV. Whbdos. üo Tuesday afternoon nest a game of weball is to !)e played betvveen the connty !D1 city oflkials, for tlie championship - wie aupper. It will n0 doubt be the Htclioftlieseason. Tbc wenther hns lieen dry und Iiot for wek,and Wodncsday was one of the maat PPresslve days of the season. the little air Wrttog being well heated. Yesterday was ""ore moüi-ratu with au Invlgoratlng breeze l0icaftcnjooi). Sebear that u burilar entered the WMenceofMrs. Nbmoh Cole, on Liberty , on Wednesday nlght, bnt was "me(lt)(!loregatherinKany plunder and Thanewb'ock of D Hill is now pt0 the top of the tliird story. We learn "H Is to have a Frencli roof. The walls w hall in the rear have not been comaenced yet. ïestcrday afternoon the larre sign of ■Sokdiieim, cast sile of Main Street, teil W the top of the building to tiie sideWsk, but fortunately injured noone. Wehaveroireiv.d ih,; J.-,oksoi) Daily ari(, the first uomber of whlch was ued on the 20lh. It a folio of st-ven "ad oolumng to the page. is beantifuüy wd on new type, and gpeaki well for eentcrprise oi our frlendi Mesara Cari." & Vas Antwkiii'. Tiie Jackson fc mocracy and business men should coine t0 give it a generóos support. $8 50 a ïear by mai. _rn crops throughout Nebrafka will pnbbly xoeed the average yiold.

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