The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-24
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1885,

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1885,
Highly Important to the Citizens Of Mn.
niger.
The following important information to our citizens
will set at rest, we know, every feeling OF doubt aud
distrust as to the course Mr.. John Nininger intends to
pursue with the forfeited lots, so much talked about
lately. We have refrained from all opinions on the
subject, and left it to his personal friends to attend to-.
very vel. knowing that the most ample satisfaction would
would BE- given to all interested in the matter. Instead
Of taking upon themselves the authority to deny the
s%lauderous imputatious cast against the honorable gen.
tleman while absent at the East, his friends have sought
and obtained direct from him his intentions in relation
to the forfeited lots, as the best and most direct mode Of
overwhelming his detractors, and removing any inju.
rious influence they may have exercised. This is ef-
fectually done in the following communication -
To the EHtor E. 4. Journal,
SHIN a letter | have this evening received from
Mr.. John Nininger, he writes As soon as the city
has its Charter, | would like to put the lots that will be
forfeited for the use and benefit of the city, or, in other
words, I w'N y;ye the CITY a quit cl.im dred for aN lots
that are now subject to the conditions l hope you will
explain to the people Of Nininger just how the matter
stands
This is certainly a magnificent gift
Yours, truly, u. u. ROBEkTSON.
Nininger, Feb. ~, 1858.
4 " ord for EmigrantS.
Those who intend to buy farming lands can generally
very easily find q location to suit them in Minnesota,
whether men Of large or small means. Of course all
will post themselves up regarding our Homestead and
Presumption Laws. The mechanic, the laborer, or the
storekeeper should be careful to locate vherc there is a
certainty of %buiz1ingsl eiag erected, and where property
has not commenced to fall in price, because wherever
property has attained too high a figure and the bulk Of
the holders are paying high rates of interest on mort
gage notes, the r%etrograde movement has commenced,
and as rats leave a ship where there is a leak, so people
leave a place where prices are falling, and one follows
another till the original property holders retire from the
field, and in a few years another set Of men take hold
at low prices and revive the place, if, during its down
ward career, it has not been entirely cxtinguished by
some rival town.
The p~rospector from the East can easily find cut by
inquiring of intelligent mechanics, wherever be lands on
the Upper Mississippi which towns are thriving and
which are not so. The best %criterions are the quantity
of work contracted for, to be done tho ensuing season.
the energy of the citizens, and the upward or downward
tendency of the price Of property common sense will
Of course teach most men that by investing where pro-
perty has evidently reached a high figure they may lose
u great deal, whereas, where it is cheap in proportion to
the prosperity of the place, the probability ofsn advance
is great, and little can be lost.
Additional Minnesotian~ Antiquities.
We clip the following from the Saltwater Messenger
Of last week
'In our last paper we noted the discovery of the tusk
of a Mastodon, or Mammoth, found by the workmen
engaged in excavating on Myrtle street. Since then
some of our citizens were informed by the workmen that
some two weeks ago they exhumed another, similar in
size and appearance, and that it had been dumped oh
into the levee, at the foot Of Chestnut street. A few
DAYS since, Dr. Rhodes and some other gentlemen of the
city, made some examinations, and after removing q
small quantity of earth from the levee found q number
Of the pieces-tbc largest being some two feet in length.
The pieces thus found are in a better state Of preserva.
ton than the specimen in our possession, and Its shape
indicates that it is the left-s de tusk-the opposite of
the first one found. This indicates pretty certainly that
The entire carcas was deposited in the same locality, aud
that other remains may yet be found.
1t is a great misfortune that these really interesting
aud curious specimens were not secured without injnry
as they might have been-as they would have been
invaluable to our State Historical Society. The speci-
men in our possession has been examined by hundreds
Of person., aud application for it has been made BY the
Historical Society, with which We shall deposlt it for
preservation
we uOpe Cu&t SoLue steps WILL No GAoU OOs~1 y
entire skeleton, which, no doubt, can be found in the
same locality as the parts already discovered. Too much
attention cannot be paid to these matters. Not only is
science interested, but the ordinary curiosity Of human
nature is enlisted to learn something Of the past history
Of this great country.
| We learn from one of our citizens who takes consid-
cradle interest in such matters, that in the collection Of
the State Historical Society at St. Paul, there is a piece
Of highly carved antique pottery, fund twelve feet un'
der the surface at Saltwater, and exhibiting considera.
bic degree Of advance in the arts of ornament. Our
saltwater friends have, it would seem, treasures Of the
antique under their feet, which they should resurrect.
The complete skeleton Of the Mastodon found there, it
put together and wired, would furnish en- object Of the
most curious and instructive interest.
We append the 10. lpwlng statistics IN reference to the
growth ct Iowa. They afford encouragement to the
people of this State, for the same forces that have made
Iowa what she is, are actively at work producing similar
results in her younger sister Minnesota -
The following comparison Of the taxable property OF
Iowa for the last seven years is given rs 40 indication
II the progress sho is making in wealth.
In 1851 s28, 464, $50 In 1855 $l06, S95 800
n 1852 3o,427,376 Iu 1855 104,394,4l3
In 1858 43,54o.3O4 In 1857 2l0,044,633
w Is51 72,s27,2o+