Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-20
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.


Warm Weather-The Grain Market
Business-NVoman Sudrage-Progress
Of the Northern Pacific Rniiroad-
JAY Cooke ~ Co.-Young Mems issoel-
alton.
The past few days have been unprecedent-
edy warm for this season. The grass IN orr
parks is luxuriant. and the buds Of the trees
are fast expanding into leaves. The season Is
at least two weeks earlier than usual, and the
only drawback to the prospect is the lack of
rain.
HE GRAIN MARKET
is dull for most kinds except wheat, which
ranges for No. from 81 .27I5 to 1881, though
the prices generally are maintained.
BUSINESS
is quite active, and the leading houses in the
prominent branches of trade have been very
active the past week. The sales this spring
have largely exceeded those of LAST year, for
this season.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
The Executive Committee of the Woman's
State Suffrage Association had stormy tlme
at their meeting one day this week, and be-
haved about as badly as men often do, on
similar occasions. / had supposed the diyis-
ions among the friends of this cause had been
healed. But the tendency to divide and scat
ter seems irrepressible. Which shows That
there is q great deal Of human nature III wo-
men. Though their conduct does not deter
mine the merits of their cause, yetlt has much
to do in promoting or preventing its success
Because people judge of cause by the char
acter of It's advocates.
The people of the Northwest are deeply
Interested in the
PROGRESS OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD,
which is being pushed forward with remarka-
BILE energy. Trains are already running over
ing .l.+, 4
perior, and the grading is nearly finished l4l
miles farther through Central Minnesota to
the eastern border of Dakota. The MISSISSIPPI
pi river is bridGed at Brainerd, and track-lay-
ing is proceeding rapidly westward, and by
September next trains will run to the Red riv-
er, and the grading nearly reach the Great
Bend of the Missouri in Central Dakota. In
, Guiding it's purchase of the StPaul and Paclf-
ic road, the Northern Pacific Railroad has 413
miles of road now in operation, and before
the close of the present season the length Of
| finished track viii be at least $50 miles. And
as work has also been commenced on the Pa
cific coast with large force, end will be push
ed toward the center from both ends, and ID
being constructed at the lowest cost, compati-
bic with first class work. we may expect to see
| it completed at an early day The fiscal
| agents OF the road,
MEssRs. JAY COOKE & CO.,
who provide the means for its construction,
have national reputation second to no
house in this country. The stockholders have
furnished six million dollars to complete the
road through Minnesota and start it on the
Pacific coast. The first mortgage seven-thrty
gold bonds are now being sold, to complete
this national highway, The company have
fifty millions of acres of the best pablo lands
% 900 acres for each milo of road--so that
with the revenues of the road these bonds will
ho t1a CO. cd iobl la hN 10 1,n
market,
YOUNG MEMS ASSOCIATION.
We have had quite lively episode Eere
recently, in attempt by leading members
of the Young Mems Christian Association to
gobble up the Chicago Library Association,
but after wordy war. and free use of
means it was signally defeated. b.