Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1872 — From Daketa Territory. [ARTICLE]

From Daketa Territory.

Editors Union: The Territory of Dakota was or- j ganized by act of Congress in 18(41. ■ Its boundaries are, Nebraska on ,the south, lowa and Minnesota oh the east, Wyoming and Montana on the west, and British America on the north. The general surface of the Territory is a smooth undulating prairie, with a deep, rich soil, composed of a black, sandy loam, light and spongy, derived from an accumulation of decayed jl vegetable matter, which fen3ers it 1 remarkably warm and dry for spring | seeding. Wheat yields from 15 to | 30 bushels to the acre, corn from 10 ! to 70, oats from 50 to 80 and potaj toes 150 to 250, while all kinds of [ vegetables usually grown in the M iddle States here yield abundatill v. Cultivated fruits can undoubtedly be grown here, while wild fruits and berries of ail kinds are spoiuan- ; eous along the brooks and streains_ | ot the Territory. Natural meadows ! of luxurient grasses border on all ! the streams; while the high and I rolling prairie is 'covered with a more nutritious herbage. Cattle

1 often subsist during the entire win- ! ter on the abundant pasturage of the plains and the heavy grasses of Tlufvalleys. The Fall—of* snow is not very heavy and rain in t he win- ! ter is seldom known. The cold and drizzling storms of the sea and lake coast are not here experienced. The atmosphere is dry and bracing. Good Well water can be found bv digging from 10 to 20 feet on the the bottom and from 30 to 00 feet oq the high lands. The principal streams that water the valleys of the the Territory are skirted with groves of oak, elm, asli and cottonwood. The Missouri river, which rises in the mountains of Montana, traverses the entire central portion of the territory. Large numbers of steamboats loaded with machinery for the gold mines of Montana, agricultural implements for the rich agricultural district of Dakota and general merchandise for the entire new Northwest, annually .ascend this river from St. Louis and other points. The public lands.of Dakota are not yet in the market and can only be purchased by actual settlers under the homestead and pre-emp-tion laws of Congress. No persoif can, under tire provisons of these

laws, obtain over 320 acres- About I ten million acres of these lands ! have already been surveyed by the Government in the most" - fertile : portion of the Territory. The preI emptor is allowed to tkke 160 acres of land at one time. He must erect i a dwelling, break and improve at 1 least five acres and live upon it at | least six months. He can then prbve up his claim and secure his title by paying the government i price of $1.25 per acre. The homesteader secures his Yfid Acres without paying anything except 314 fees to the district land office and by living upon and cultivating it: ; for five years. ,- No railroads are in operation in.the Territory. The j Dakota Southern railroad on which has already been commenced will be completed trom Sioux City to Yankton by the first of next 1 January. Z - Z. j Yaukton, Dakota, Nov. 24, 1872.

The time has arrived when it is positive cruelty to permit a beast to stray out of doors a single night A sense of injustice to. these animals which exist only fur-ofir use, if he does not consult his own interest, sliou’d impel every owner to comfortably shelter his stock,— , koutk Send Tribune.