The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02
MINNESOTA AND CALIFORNIA.

The Minneapolis Tribune recently
published !. letter from Mr.. John Wiess,
dated North San Juan, California,
March 9th, III which the writer says of
California, us compared with Minneso-
ia:
''Being one of the half dozen first vo-
ters Of lIennepin county, and having
lived there for sixteen years, and iIav-
ing Il little interest there yet, will give
your readers some news about aifOr-
mia. This is il harder winter in C:tifor-
MA than last winter Was in Minnesota.
Cattle and sheep are dying by the tholts-
and. There are more poor, hard-up
lnen III California than amy other State
in the Union. 1t is showing now, and
there is no prospect Of Spring. Hay is
$50 per ton III Sacramento, and is ship
ped from San Francisco. Taxes are
very high and it takes Ill that men in
good circumstances Can get to pay them,
aud il great many of them have to bor-
row the money. Persons that think
they can better their circumstances,
had better stay where they are. Men
who own large hydraulic mining claims
cannot pay their store bills.
Il have tried in the valleys, on the
coast and in the mountains, and think
to-day that Minnesota is Il better coun-
try than California ever will lie for i,
man with moderate int lis.
This agrees with the letter printed
from Mr.. Cook, who is an early settler
III Minnesota, saying that Minnesota is
the State for poor men. And if so, it
is all the better for rich men and CAPT.
talists. The poor man who wants to be-
come independent in Il few year by farm
ing, and the capitalist who wants to
invest in lands that will rise steadily
or III manufactures which will pay Il
large per cent, sloald both come to
Minnesota.
MORE SNOW STORMS SOUTH
The following dispatches explain
themselves:
FORT WAYNE. Ind, April 2S-The
heaviest Ow storm Of the winter Oc
Cured in this vici 'ity last night. Snow
fell to the depth of ten or twelve inches
on the level. So far us heard from
fruit is unnjured.
C1SC1SNAT1, April 2S.-Dispatches
from Delaware, Anna, and other parts
of central Ohio. report SHOW falling ill
day. The weather has been growing
cold, with brisk winds and clou ly sky.
A WilkeSbarre, Pa, dispatch says ::
a twenty-fuur hours SllO 4 stern ct:ls-
til this evening. Snow on the noun
tains, south of here, is eighteen inches
deep and the road. are almost inllsass:l-
Die.
Wednesday, April 29th.-Nineteen
inches of SHOW fell at Water Gap. P;.,
to-day.
W.should ike to hear from the Chica-
&" papers as to this. While the people
throughout the greater part of Mime
sofa We're baskinK in the warm spring
sunshine, heavy snow storms were pre-
vailing rs far soutl, rs Central Ohio. We
had \ slight SHOW here, brouXs by il
southeast wind, but throughout most of
the state, the sun shone.
STA 7'E NEWS
Sl>&kopee has u population Of $500
Inhabitants.
N. {. Russell offers the Braincrd
Irtduu. for sale.
A movement is Oh foot in Duluth to
form All Anti-trcaling society.
Tue Winona Republican reports great
activity III building operations Ia tnat
city Tins spring.
A new Episcopal church, is to be
built 1T Pine Island, t!w present sum
lncr, to cost S!.,''W, above the lOuilu:,-
ton that Is al1e:uly lald.
The Rive: side cheese factory ut
Ruc'Nsttr Will commence operate us
about the 10Th nf May next. Two
hundred COWS will supply the milk 1T
the rate vi hllie cents lOr ten pounds Of
milk.
The Rochester Past says that OF,
Friday of last week, 4. 4. " IilSUn, Esq,
sold 3,UUO bushels Of WlIt;l~ 1T 81. 10 per
b!isllel. We might say right here, tina:
Mr.. Wilson. beside being III able and
success Sui lawyer, is Il thrifty and ell
terprlS'hg fa liner.
The amount of wheat that will be
shipped from Red Wing Of last years
crop is estimate ut 800, 900 bushels.
OF that amount some 5UU,UUO bushels
have been shipped, 9uU,CUU bushels are
Ill store III otIElciOuS warehouses, and
900 bushels are III the hands OF the
trainers.
Information has been received, at
Wells from New York to the effect
that the contracts for building tlt.
Wells & Mankato and Mank;.to Il Blue
Earth City railroads have bteA let to
re- 'pohSihle parties, the work to be fill
l.hcd 10y August 10Th, 1911.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
G. W. Jarvis has purchased the inter-
est OF Frank u. Day III the EstAerville
lindic"tD'.
The Estheryille Tintlicotor says that
the house OF Giles W. Robbins. ;b ,ut
two and Il half miles nort, west of
town, was burned with its contents on
Saturday last. The building caug. t
from il prairie fire, Mr.. Robbins being
absent.
The Heron Lake correspondent of
the Jackson Kepu,lic says: Well the
Farmers IRE all done Set ding Here but
dr0nes are iHttlling AVA yet and by
the Looks Some of them Will be until
July or august and then they will Say
the Grassl'oppers eat up their crop.
LARGEST FLOORING MILL IN AMER
ICA.
The Farmers Cuirn contains an ac-
count Of the great Wasburn FIGURING
Mill 1T Minneapolis, from which we ex-
tract.