Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-26
Core spondence.
Lake City. MINNESOTA Nov. l3,iI lsjS
Friend Savycr.-

Lake City. M.nnsota Nov. l3i lsjs
Friend Sawyer
take nv pea to fulfil the promise made
when leaving. arrived at Minneapolis in
about three weeks after leaving Ellsworth
all right with tire exception Of Il detention
on the Philadelphia and Cincinnati Ii ,ht-
ming Ex2res. train. which left Phila. ut 5
without Stopping bnt twice. The train was
going AZ the rate Of - miles an hour. when
a switch got eHt of place, and the car. run
of tx track, and such wreck one scarce
~ ever SEE, Fiyt passenger a9l Two bag
glgc cars We're r.lcd up il Il heap, III an ias-
tant. killinsthc Engineer. Fireman and Bag
gage Master. They never knew What hurt
them. II is utterly impossible for me- 10
describe the scece. WAS in the smoking
car, partially asleep. it being about II
O'Clock. Z. ". oar car was thrown up a
bank, cros>-Yay- OF the track. Passengers
We're not iajarcd, bat terribly frightened
1t WAS q very narrow escape fer al that
wai in the no>inc car.
Minneapolis Is i live city. pcoplel mostly
by New L lgllnd,rs. AMI thcs, iarg ely
fson Maine. Thirteen years ago the land
it is built Oh VAS a Government reserve.
for Indians; and twelve Yrs agoit was first
put in the IN lr,et. 1t is situated on the
west side of the Nj ssissppi. n St Anthony $
Falls. Population, July last. l5,0)J. It
has three first class hotels. six line church
cs. foar stone school houses, four stories
high. 70 aceonodatc 600 scholars each, sup
piled with all the molSrn furniture, school
apparatus & :. e. There are many private
residences that est from sl5 900 to SO.
900. There are four banks, many whole
per year OF goods. One hundred million
feet of lumber is annually manufactured
here. and TO day there is on tue sticks %
millio 5 of dry lumber, for homo market.
Tie Touring mills are of the capacity OF
300 barrels per day, when in full blast
Farmers are holding their wheat for bet
ter prices. Wheat is now selling for 1jcts
per bushcl and -four for S. 90. c. c.
Washburn of Wisconsin, buii last year. a
llonring.nill, with eleven rnn of stones at
a cost Of Sl05 ,011, rented il to parties for
live years, at $1,000 per month.
One OF the Washburn's W. d. lives n
Minneapolis, the youngest. who of course
has no. been to Congress yet, but of coures
he will go b.iore long. There are two
large paper-mi!ls; oil mills, large iron
ionndIieS. machne-shops, depots, = rail-
roads connecting with ST. Anth my by a
wire Suspension bridge to N;colet Island.
and from thence by common bridge to
East Side Of the Mississippi.
This is a splendid city, aud the climate
cannot be beat. In addition to the manu-
featuring Industries named, there are two
large woollen manufactures. John De-
Latte formerly OF your village,is connected
with one of these. This mill is large four
story building. of stone, running at present
at half its capacity. employing about 20
hand. Manufactured anl sold this year
Sl0l,0 ODD worth of cloths. This mill makes
and sells a fine line of goods. all wool;
and the eompiny has IN lle for itself
good reputation The firm is prompt,
smart. and foarishing.
Yours, ''TaAvELLEF."