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 IHAT wondrous (-hanges come with the whirlio-io; of time ! in 
 "'^(Q^^&MS i^ome instances changes tliat are rapid and ephemeral, in others 
 a metamorphose that is gradual and permanent. In the over- 
 ^-'^^''VJ'v^ boomed towns of the far west we have instances of the former, 
 . I 7%^^' while in the fair little city of Jerseyville, Illinois, — one of the 
 ' ^'^'' l)rio;htest gems in the diadem of a noble State, — is an instance 
 of the latter. In 1884, -John Evans sold the eighty acres, the 
 })resent site of the city of Jerseyville, the county seat of Jersey 
 County, Illinois, to two parties named respectively Lott and Daley, for $475, 
 'i\)-day the actual valnntion of j)roperty, real and personal, on this eight}' 
 acres is estimated to be $2,()()(),()0() (figures taken from the last assessment). 
 The town of Jerseyville was laid off in 1834, was incorporated in 1837, 
 was selected as the county seat in IS39, and the city of Jerseyville was incor- 
 porated under a special charter in 18(i7, and in 18<S3 was reorganized under 
 the general law. Here is no ephemeral growth, but a steady, substantial 
 growth, keeping pace with the actual needs and demands of the residents 
 and their ability to maintain it. The first settlers were men of sagacity and 
 prudence; they recognized the fact that the permanent growth and prosperity 
 of Jerseyville depended upon the develoj)ment and prosperity of the sur- 
 rounding farming country. It was an agricultural town, purely and abso- 
 lutely, and they clearly foresaw that as the rich and fertile farming lands 
 around about were developed and brought to a high state of cultivation, that 
 Jerseyville, as the market town for their bountiful crops of corn, wheat, cat- 
 tle and hogs, would in due time reap a rich reward and become a city fair to 
 look upon, possessing advantages and attractions unsurpassed, the pride at 
 once of its own citizens and the county at large. They did not rush with the 
 western impetuosity of modern times into extravagant schemes and enter- 
 prises, loading themselves down with municipal debt, and handicapping their 
 jmsterity with intolerable burdens. They early saw the secret of their sue- 
 
STREET SCENE, SOUTH STATE STIIEET. 
 
 cess, iind nuitiired it ;uid fostered it, willing to bide their time, and their 
 wisdom is seen and felt by every thoughtful citizen to-day. They lived in 
 plain, unpretentious dwellings; they made no expensive public improvements; 
 they denied themselves many of the comforts and conveniences of life; they 
 kept their taxes within their ability to pay; they issued no bonds, and the re- 
 sult was and is a heritage without encumbrance, bringing with it blessings in- 
 numerable to the present population, and which, if guarded with the same 
 zealous care and wisdom will extend its beneficent effects to generations yet to 
 come. 
 
 As foreseen and predicted, with the development of the farming interests of 
 the county, came material advancement and growth at Jerseyville, the county 
 seat. The fair prairies of Jersey county, with their gorgeous flowers and em- 
 erald sod, that once lay basking 'neath a summer sun without a trace of human 
 habitation upon their broad bosoms, are now under the hand of the thrifty 
 husbandman, yielding an abundant harvest and fruitage; beautiful and highlv 
 cultivated farms are to be seen on everv hand ; thrivino- villao-es and towns 
 and commodious farm residences — homes of peace and contentment — greet 
 the eye. The wilderness has been changed to the home of civilization and 
 wealth. The transformation is complete, and it is safe to say that no county 
 of its dimensions in the Commonwealth of Illinois can make a better showing 
 in soil, products, wealth, intelligence, enterprise, and all the elements of civ- 
 ilized life, than -lersev CountA^ 
 
HKSIDEXCK OF WALLAC K LEHiH, WEST PEAKL STHEET. 
 
 These stiitements are made in this little panij)hlet for the information of 
 investors and home seekers, and others into whose hands it ma}' fall seek- 
 ing a change of location, 'i'he i)amphlet is issued by the Citizens' Associa- 
 tion of the City of Jerseyville, and it is the desire of the members of this 
 Association that (mly facts shall be recorded in its pages — facts which can be 
 verified upon investigation, and which they feel confident will induce many 
 new comers to their midst. 
 
 The principal fact which it is sought to em])hasize and make |)ublic, is 
 that the City of Jerseyville, standing as it does upon a solid liasis, without a 
 cumbersome debt, with phenomenally low taxes, with excellent schools, with 
 a rich agricultural country surrounding, with fine public improyements, with 
 good railroad transportation facilities, with its high and healthful location, 
 is a most desirable place in which to locate, offering superior inducements 
 in all departments of business. 
 
 And there is another fact that this Association desires to give especial 
 prominence, and that is that Jerseyville, by reason of her new system of 
 water works and abundant sui)ply of water, is better pre})ared than ever be- 
 fore to do manufacturing of all kinds, and to encourage the planting of man- 
 ufactories and industrial enterprises within her limits. Jerseyville, like most 
 inland cities, has long felt the need of an abundant water supply ; the city 
 has spent much time and money in searching and experimenting for water, 
 but her citizens were plucky and determined, and last year sunk an artesian 
 well 2,000 feet, when their efforts were rewarded by an abundant flow of arte- 
 
CITY WATKPv WOHKS. 
 
 siiin water, and the contract was at once made with the Rockford Construc- 
 tion Co., of Rockford, Illinois, to put in water works, the plans for the same 
 having been furnished b}'^ G. C. Morgan, engineer, of Chicago. The water is 
 soft and of the best quality for all purposes, and is seemingly inexhaustible, 
 and the citizens feel that the (luestion of water supply is settled for all future 
 time. 
 
 Abundance of water and cheap fuel are prerequisites to successful man- 
 ufacturing. The water we have, and the fuel we have but as yet undeveloped. 
 There is abundance of coal in Jersey County for the future use of the inhabi- 
 tants; the two coal mines near Brighton, on the eastern side of the county, 
 are the best workable beds in the state, beino- the greatest in thickness and 
 furnishing the most valuable coal. These two beds crop out along the east- 
 ern portion of the county, and one of them. No. 5, furnishes most of the coal 
 mined in the countv, as it does in the state. This coal is easy of access, be- 
 
KOBEHT NKWTON .^c SON'S AGRTCl LTUKAI. WOKKS. 
 
 ing near the surface, and eonsequently requires small outlay tor sinkin<r shafts, 
 which should and will in time make it very cheap to the consumer. Coal is 
 brought to us now by rail from Alton, Chatham, Virden, Girard, Petersburg, 
 Chestertield and Springtield, and by reason of the competition existing is laid 
 down in Jerseyville at a remarkably low rate, sufficiently so to nuike manu- 
 facturing in many directions, other things being equal, safe and profitable. 
 
 We thus feel justified in saying to manufacturers seeking favorable loca- 
 tions, that w^e have in Jerseyville abundance of water and cheap fuel, which, 
 added to our superior railroad facilities, should make this point a very desir- 
 rable one for many kinds of manufacturing. And the association is encour- 
 aged to believe that when these pertinent facts are fully understood, a great 
 impetus will be given our manufacturing interests, and that the city will enter 
 upon an era of prosperity in this direction never before reached. Agricul- 
 ture has made Jerseyville what she is to-day, and will continue to contribute 
 to her support and growth, and the citizens, realizing that there are greater 
 possibilities in store for them if they put forth the required energy and effort, 
 desire by all honorable means to induce manufacturers to come to their midst. 
 They have at great expense supplied the means and facilities for cheap man- 
 facturinsf, and these, together with other favoring conditions and circuvn- 
 stances wdiich they can show, they feel assured will conduce to the desired end. 
 
 Jerseyville has a population numbering 4,000, wide-awake, thorough- 
 going, enterprising people, and is located on the Jacksonville and Kansas City 
 division of the Chicago and Alton Railway, and the main line of the St. Louis, 
 Alton and Springfield Railway, forty-three miles from St. Louis and sixty- 
 eight miles from Springfield, the Cajiital of the State. The city has a high. 
 
KESTDENf'E OF PRENTISS D. CHENEY, NORTH STATE STREET. 
 
 commaiuliiig and hoalthful looatiou, being oOO feet above the Mississippi 
 river, situated on high, rolling prairie land, the highest point between Alton 
 and Jacksonville on the line of the C. & A. R. R., affording pure, invigorat- 
 ing air not vitiated with malarious or other deleterious substances, and a 
 measure of health quite unknown to the average city of its class; afi'ording 
 also admirable natural drainage and other sanitary conditions unexcelled. 
 
 Many ornate })rivate residences are to be seen along its highways, while 
 its churches and public buildings are many of them models of modern archi- 
 tectural beauty and finish. Luxuriant shade trees are numerous, while the 
 many beautiful, shaded lawns to be seen, are pleasing to the eye, and indicate 
 the abodes of people at once cultured and refined. 
 
 The city is under the best municipal government, the streets, alleyways 
 and sidewalks are kej)t in good repair, with due regard given to their cleanli- 
 ness. The city tax has seldom if ever exceeded fifty cents on the one hun- 
 dred dolliirs, and frequently the revenue from other sources has been suffi- 
 cient to meet the city ex])enditures. The city fathers, as before intimated, 
 wisely deferred the matter of city improvements until such time as they could 
 be undertaken without burdensome results. Two years ago a commodious 
 city hall was erected, and the present summer the new city water works have 
 been ('onstructed, and it is learned from a reliable source that $25,000 five 
 per c(Mit. twenty-year bonds, recently negotiated, cover the entire municipal 
 indebtedness. 
 
commp:kcial hotel, west peakl street. 
 
 The business houses are especially attractive, a number of blocks devas- 
 tated by fire a few years since being replaced with new and elegant buildings, 
 giving that portion of the city an imposing appearance. In a word, Jersey- 
 ville is a bright, cheery, enterprising and beautiful little city that evokes the 
 admiration of all strangers and visitors. The business interests are mostly in 
 the hands of young men — men of push, energy and enterprise, who respond 
 liberally and promptly to any and all projects, schemes and enterprises calcu- 
 lated to enhance the interests of the city. As a result, the city has an air of 
 business thrift and prosperity noticeable at all times. 
 
 There are nine church edifices: Two Catholic (one German), Methodist 
 Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, German Lutheran, Colored Bap- 
 tist, and Colored Methodist. Of benevolent orders there are a Masonic Lodge 
 and Chapter, Odd Fellows' Lodge and Encampment, Knights of Honor, Sons 
 of Temperance, A. O. V. W. Lodge, Grand Army Post, Sons of Veterans 
 Camp, Modern Woodmen Camp, W. C. T. U. organization, and Western 
 Catholic Union society. 
 
 There are three weekly newspapers, viz.: The Jersey County Democrat, 
 the Republican- Examiner, the Republican Call, and the Daily Call. 
 
 Within the past year a board of trjidc known as the Citizens' Association 
 was organized, the prime purpose of which is to look after the business inter- 
 terests and to afford organized and concerted effort in all undertakings in- 
 volving the welfare of the G\ty. The membership includes our most promi- 
 nent and influential business men, and the utility of the organization is already 
 well established. 
 
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 KKSIDKNCK UF MIJS. IlELKNA BEIJTMAN, (;l l)l)iN<;S .W K. 
 
 Jei'seyville has for many years been the iri'eatest gi'ain centei- in this part 
 of the state. The steam mills and elevators, of whieh there are five, are 
 worked to their fullest capacity diirins; tlie grain season, and retain the trade 
 and custom of the surrounding country by their liberal management and the 
 uniform payment of the highest cash market prices for grain. A glance at 
 the yearly shipments by rail from this point, and a comparison of the same 
 with shipments from other neighboring points on our roads, will fully corrob- 
 orate our statement. The tonnage fowarded by the C. & A. R. R. from 
 this station during the last twelve months, including wheat, corn and live 
 stock, amounted to 38,(){)<S,.'")()1 pounds, while the tonnage of freight received 
 for the same period was: 
 
 I.iimber, 8, 841), 400 lbs. 
 
 Soft Coal, (1, 712, 000 lbs. 
 
 Miscellaneous freight, 7,1M)7,()<S4 lbs. 
 
 Total, 17,.S()9,084 lbs. 
 
 This includes regular legitimate freight, and not Company freight, on 
 which there are no charges. From the local agent of the St. L., A. & S. R. 
 R. we get the following figures for the twelve months past: 
 
 FIJEIGHT FORWARDED. 
 
 Stock, 120 Cars, 
 
 (xrain and Merchandise, I'M) Cars. 
 
 FREKJTIT RECEIVED. 
 
 Merchandise, etc., .1,290 Cars. 
 
 Total No. cars handled, 2,040 
 
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 ODD FELLOWS HALL. WEST PP^ARL STREET. 
 
 THESE IMPROVEMENTS 
 are invaliuiblo as all men of experience and observation will admit. TIk-v 
 come slowly, oftentimes after years of effort and vain endeavor, hut they 
 bring- with them blessings and untold advantages, udiieh am})ly re])ay the 
 effort it costs to get them. Jersey ville is proud of these improvements, they 
 are substantial and permanent, and will doubtless contribute greatly to her 
 future increase in wealth and population. 
 
 The extensive car and machine shops of the St. L., A. & S. R. R. have 
 been located at Jerseyville, and ar(^ now under process of erection. The new 
 turn-table has been put in, and the walls of the round-house and machine 
 shops are well up in the air. These shops will in time give employment to a 
 large number of men, and contribute no inconsiderable amount to the busi- 
 ness interests of the citv. 
 
12 
 
 HESIDKNCE OF (4E(). W. WAHE. WEST I'EAKL STREET. 
 
 We have the usiuil complement of merchants and business men, lawyers, 
 physicians, bankers, dentists, real estate and insurance agents, hotels, mechan- 
 ics, masons, carpenters, tailors, etc., etc , found in places of this size. 
 
 There are three loan and building associations at Jerseyville, which un- 
 der wise management are doing much to build up the city, particularly the 
 additions laid off in late years. The money is loaned readily and always 
 commands a good premium. Among the oldest of these associations is what 
 is known as the "Jerseyville Building, Loan and Homestead Association," a 
 corporation with an authorized capital stock of $500,000. Shares $100 each. 
 Stock subscribed and issued now in force : 
 
 1st Series of stock now in force, $97,000 00 
 
 2d '' '^ - ^^ .c .. 48,300 00 
 
 ad ' ;. .. 30,800 00 
 
 4th - " " " " " 17,900 00 
 
 nth - " " " " " 23,500 00 
 
 Total stock in force, 
 
 A new series will be started in December next, 
 about 250 holders, mostly residents of Jerseyville. 
 
 $217,400 00 
 
 The stock is held by 
 It has loans in force 
 
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 HKK'DMAN I'.LOCK. XOI.'TH MAIN STHKKT. 
 
 amountino; to the sum of $80, 000. These k)aiit? have been made in larije meas- 
 are to persons for the purpose of buikling or purchasing homes, or to pay off 
 encumbrances against their homes. This association is in a flourishing con- 
 dition, is well managed, and is doing a vast amount of good to the city. 
 
 Stock in tlie 1st series sells at an advance of $4.00 more ])er share than 
 has been })aid in upon it. 
 
 There is a well organized tire department in Jerseyvillc. with complete 
 hook and ladder a])paratus, and with our new water works we shall hav(» com 
 parative immunity from the danger of tire. 
 
 The old Court House with jail attached, built in 1S40, was destroyed by 
 tire Januarv (i, 1884. A new and substantial jail, has been built, at a cost of 
 $10,000. and in the near futui'e a new and splendid Court House structure 
 will adorn the sf|uare at the county seat. The county is under township or- 
 ganization, and is entirely out of debt, a fact of especial interest to all home 
 seekers and investors and which speaks well for the etKciency of the manage- 
 ment of count v affairs. 
 
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 .IKKSEYVIIJ.K PrUIJC SCHOOL lUaLDlNft. 
 
 EDUCATIONAL 
 
 Educational facilities and advantages are of the first importance to a man 
 seeking a permanent investment or home, and in these particulars Jerseyville 
 has been singularly fortunate in the past, and will, no doubt, maintain the 
 same standard of ethciency in the future. Her graded public schools and 
 high school have for a number of years past been under the guidance and 
 management of Prof . ►Joshua Pike, a man of state wide reputation as an edu- 
 cator, whose acknowledged superior abilities, and personal worth as a citizen, 
 have done much to poi)ularize our schools and give them a rank and standing 
 equaled by few and surpassed by none in the state. We venture the opinion 
 that nowhere throui»:hout the limits of the state can a strono;er and healthier 
 sentiment in favor of good schools be found than in Jerseyville. All classes 
 unite in this sentiment, because all classes have felt the beneficial results. 
 Some twelve classes have been graduated at our high school, and these young 
 men and young women are to-day, many of them, either teaching within the 
 county or holding responsible positions, filling the places of useful and hon- 
 ored citizens. As an evidence of the practical training and thorough instruc- 
 tion of these schools we may refer to the fact that our graduates are admitted 
 to Harvard, Yale, Cornell, and Ann Arbor Universities unconditionally, and 
 frequently pass directly into the higher professional schools of the land. 
 Our district this year is building a new and handsome annex to the central 
 public school building, to meet the increased demand for seats. The number 
 
FIR8T PRESBYTEKIAX (HI UCII. SOUTH STATE STREET 
 
 of outside tuition students is yearly increasing, and the revenue from this 
 source alone is sufficient to pay the salaries of the superintendent and assist- 
 tants. The district has no debt save the one just created for the annex ($10,- 
 000 twenty year bonds at five per cent.), which will make no perceptible in- 
 crease in taxation. We now have a seating capacity for 1200 pupils and stu- 
 dents, with eiorht grades in the lower uramnier department and a four years 
 course in the high school. With flourishing schools and churches the morale 
 of Jerseyville is all that could be desired. There is no rust on Jerseyville, 
 nor do her people move in ruts. They are an active, bustling, reading, h-ave1- 
 ^^^5f people, fully alive to the higher refinements and social amenities and con- 
 ventionalities of lite. 
 
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 EI.ECTinC LKillT I'LANT- 
 
 AN ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT 
 
 ^[*['AS been in i^uccessful operation the past two years, supplying fifty-seven 
 /^p street lamps of 32 candle power, and our business houses and residences 
 ^ with this best of improved light at a very reasonable cost. It is the Edison 
 svstem, with an 80-horse power 1)oiler, and To-horse power Armington & 
 Sims engine. It has two No. 10 Edison Dynamos, and all necessary appli- 
 ances and fixtures. Its capacity is ()00 l(i-candle i)Ower lamps, and it is pro- 
 nounced bv visitors to ])e e(!nal if not superior to any plant of its size in the 
 country. 
 
 The water works just completed are owned by the city, and the water 
 will 1)(^ furnished to consumers at the very lowest possible price. 
 
 The ])rairie lands of Jersey county, with their rich, black, alluvial soil, 
 seem the home of wheat, corn and other grains, while the bluff and broken 
 lands in the vicinity of the rivers are well adapted to the culture of the grape 
 and other fruits, and taking the county as a whole, in an agricultural sense, 
 it ranks with the best in the state, and its proximity to these great rivers, to- 
 gether with the excellent railroad facdities, must commend it to all seeking 
 homes in the west. 
 
CAK SHOPS OF ST. LOUIS, ALTON AND SPRINGFIELD KAILHOAD. 
 
 RAILROADS, 
 
 ^^iPjpHEHE are three lines of railroad traversino; the territory of .lei'sey 
 's-^ e County, connecting it with eastern and southern niark(*ts. The St. 
 '^ Louis and Kansas City branch of the Chicago and Alton K. R. has two 
 stations within the county — Jerseyville and Delhi. The Rock Island and St. 
 Louis branch of the C, B, & Q. R. R. has one station in the county, Kem- 
 per, while the^St. Louis, Alton and Springfield branch of the Wabash, now 
 known as the Bluff Line, enters the county from the northeast, jiassing 
 Fidelity. Jerseyville and thence on in a southwesterly direction to Newbern, 
 where it branches, one V)ranch going to Grafton, Jersey County, on the Mis- 
 sissippi river, and the other south to Alton and St. Louis. A^'e thus have at 
 Jerseyville the Kansas City branch of the C. & A. R. R. giving us an outlet 
 north, south, and to the far west, and the St. L., A. & S. R. R. giving us :jn 
 outlet east, west, and south, the latter line also giving us com])etition rates 
 to St. 'Louis and Chicago. 
 
 In addition to these iron roads, Jersey County is favored with al)out 
 thirty miles of river front'on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, which great 
 water ways facilitate the transportation of merchandise and the surplus ot 
 produce of Jersey county and this portion of the State, bringing us into 
 direct communication with the great marts of (^ounnerce north and south, and 
 adding to the comm(M'cial value of everything we produce. 
 
I'S 
 
 
 CLIFTON TEKTIACK, 
 
 The recent extension of the St. L., A. & S. R. R. from Nevvbern to Alton 
 and St. Louis, has brought within easy reach of Jerseyville what is destined 
 to be one of the most popuhir summer and pleasure resorts in the west, and 
 which is now extensively patronized l>y our home people in the way of picnics 
 and pleasure seeking parties. Clifton Terrace is located on the Mississippi, 
 about fourteen miles from Jerseyville, on the line of this road. The bluff 
 scenery on the Mississippi for twenty miles above Alton, is unsurpassed in 
 pictures(]ue beauty and loveliness, rivalling even the famous Palisaides of the 
 historic Hudson, These castellated cliffs come squareh^ to the river front, 
 and rearing their frescoed walls to a height of one hundred feet, or more, 
 stand there, as thev did in ages past, like mute sentinels guarding the mighty 
 " Father of Waters" in its ceaseless and noiseless flow to the Gulf. Throuo-h 
 a gorge letting down to the river the high lands of Clifton are reached, where 
 a magnificent view is obtained, embracing three of the greatest rivers on the 
 continent, the Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois, and a beautiful landscape 
 stretching away toward to the setting sun as far as the eye can reach, diversi- 
 fied here and there by patches of woodland, winding streams, and picturesque 
 hill and dale, the whole producing a scenic effect of unparalleled natural 
 boautv. 
 
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 CLIP^TOX TEHKACE HEACH. 
 
 Opposite the main shore in the river at this point is an ishmd, which has 
 the effect of producing an ahuost stationary body of water for nearly a mile 
 fronting Clifton Terrace, making the river especially attractive for boating 
 and bathing purposes. A splendid beach is found here, extending out from 
 the island, and this season bath houses have been erected, and daily, numbers 
 of people can be seen sporting in the surf. It is the purpose of this railroad 
 company to beautify this island, and erect upon it a commodious summer ho- 
 tel, and its proximity to Jerseyville, Alton and St. Louis make the scheme a 
 feasible one and an assured success. 
 
 Further along on the river bluff in Jersey county and on this same line 
 of railroad (St. L., A. & S.), are what are known as the Piasa Bluffs Assem- 
 bly Grounds, and the grounds of the Piasa Improvement Company, which 
 are destined also in the not far distant future to become a most delightful 
 and popular place of resort. Several hundred acres of the river front are 
 owned by a wealthy syndicate that proposes to establish here a " Western 
 Chautauqua," that shall rival the famous Chautauqua of New York in phys- 
 ical attractions and conveniences, as well as in its literary, scientific, and relig- 
 ious features. Already extensive improvementf: are underway: the grounds 
 are being laid off into walks and drives, cottages are being l)uilt, iind tiie con- 
 tracts are let for a sjiacious summer hotel. 
 
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 KKSIDKNCK OP^ I)K. A. A. SIIOBK, EAST PKAKL STHKF.T. 
 
 Another it(>ni tlint was ovorlooked in our mention of the new artesian 
 well, and which will add i2:featly to the attractiveness of our locality and make 
 it a health resort second to nono in the state, is the medicinal properties this 
 water is shown to possess. The analysis was made at the laboratory of Beloit 
 College, Wis., by Prof. Erastus (1. Smith, an eminent chemist, and discloses 
 the presence of healthful elements in parts of potassa, soda, magnesia, alum- 
 ina, iron, chlorine, sulphuric acid gas, carbonic acid gas, and silica. We 
 have not space for the tabulated statement, showing the combination of these 
 acid gases and bases, but such statement we will gladly furnish to any one 
 desiring it. In concluding his report Prof. Smith says: "The waters from the 
 Jerseyville well will probably prove laxative in effect, though not excessively 
 so, and are certainly free from all deleterious organic matters." 
 
 We may also add that this water is proving most excellent for steam. It 
 has been thoroughly tested in locomotive and other boilers, and produces far 
 less scaling upon the boilers than other water, even surface water taken from 
 ponds or from springs, which fact adds greatly to its value for all purposes. 
 
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 WILKY BLOCK, NORTH .MAIN SrUKKI. 
 
 The Jersey Coiuitv Fair, held iinnually at Jer.seyville, is an institution in 
 which the citizens of Jerseyville and the county at large take especial pride. 
 This Fair has been of incalculable benefit to the city, aiul continues to main- 
 tain its remarkable prestige and success. The grounds and improvements 
 cost originally $15,000, and the first fair was held in l.S()8, and through the 
 liberal policy of the stock holders the yearly net proceeds of the fair have 
 been used in beautifying and improving the grounds until now we exhibition 
 orrounds and facilities second to none of similar fairs in the state. These an- 
 nual fairs have contributed greatly to the improvement of stock and grain 
 products in the county, and the active and supporting interest felt for the 
 Fair by our townspeople will not permit it to languish and suffer, as have 
 many similar fairs in other counties in the state. The l)oard of directors and 
 officers are annually chosen from among our best citizens, and by judicious 
 manao^ement, a livelv and indeed enthusiastic interest is maintained. 
 
 We have referred somewhat in detail to these attractions, that home seek- 
 ers and investors, into whose hands this little pamphlet may fall, may know 
 something of the pleasurable and profitable resources enjoyed by the citizens 
 of Jersey ville. 
 
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STKKET SCENE, NORTH MAIN STREET. 
 
 ^KULY, Nature has smiled upon this favored sj)ot, situated as it is 
 t^S) in such a rich and ])rosperous country. Look, and you see the evi- 
 ^OO dences of it on all sides. It is written in the perfect blue of the 
 '■•^^- cloudless skies ; the balmy breezes whisper of it in your conscious ear, 
 and the broad and fertile lands testify to it by yielding plenteous crops 
 to the thril'ty farmer. The equable climate here is what may be termed semi- 
 southern — the location being just far enough north to be free from protracted 
 oppressive heat and sultriness, and far enough south to escape the sweep of 
 blizzards. Whether it be due to the comparatively high altitude or some 
 mystery of nature, the fact remains that refreshing breezes prevail here dur- 
 ing almost the entire heated term, and even when the days are warmest, the 
 nights are usually cool, making a blanket a comfort. The purity of the at- 
 mosphere and uniformity of temperature, coupled with extraordinary natural 
 advantages and attractions combine to make Jerseyville a most desirable and 
 healthful a,i)idiug place. Pneumonia is ver\' rare, and what is more renuirk- 
 able, dii)theria and scarlatina, those scourges of many otherwise healthful 
 localities, are here almost unknown. 
 
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 VANDEHVOORT BLOCK, WEST PEAKE STREET. 
 
 We h;ive thus iini)ei-t'ectly iind without any attempt at rlietoric, endeav- 
 ored, for the information of those seeking homes or business investments, and 
 particuhirly manufacturers, to set forth the advantages, resources, and attrac- 
 tions to be found in our city. There is, of course, much omitted in this hasty 
 sketch, but wc promise to make good every statement herein set forth, and 
 shall take pleasure in calling attention to additional details not here men- 
 tioned. 
 
 Write to the secretary of the Citizens' Association, or, wliicii is better, 
 come yourself and see us and be convinced of the truth of what we affirm. 
 Jerseyville is not an Eldorado, nor is it Utopia. We are a busy, active, 
 working people, and we hope by su})plying the necessary means and resources 
 to induce others of the same sort to come among us. 
 
 Our Citizens' Association is thoroughh' organized, with committees ap- 
 pointed to especially look after the entertainment of prospectors who may 
 visit our city, and all such parties are earnestly requested to make themselves 
 known to these committees through the secretary, Mr. Snedeker. 
 
 We conclude the pages of this ])amphlet with additional views of promi- 
 nent buildinirs in the citv. 
 
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 RESIDEXPE OF JUDGE M. E. BAGLEY, LIBERTY AND FINE STREETS. 
 
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