The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-04-25

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Terms o.eo . Year. 500 for 81. Months.
-. SATURDAY. APRIL Is, 1874.
Mr. Blakely, who has purchased the
st. Paul Pioneer, took charge on We'd
nesday.
MI. W. L.. Crawford has sold his farm
Of 100 acres, in Mower County, six miles
east OF LIE Roy, for 5000 bushels of
wheat, payable in six years. 600 BUSH
eaCeach:year.
The President has vetoed the curren-
cy bill because he is opposed to imitation
and desires a return to specie payments
as rapidly rs possible.
The ice WIS out of our lake on the
18th and out Of Lake Pepin on the 22.l,
but it still shuts up the Straits of Mack
mack.
The lower Mississippi country from
Monroe to the mouth of the Red River
is overlooked, and 10000 people are on
10 If OF MI 10
being made for aid which are being re-
sp0ndetl to from the Northern cities.
We have received the speech of Hon.
NJ: II: Dunnell, Member from this Dis
trict, delivered ir the House, upon the
bill to regulate commerce by railroads
in the several States. With the friends
Of the'measure, he boldly declares his
belief in the power OF Congress to reg
ulate commerce among the States car
ried on by railroads.
The overflow in the lower Mississippi
country seems to- be tho most serious
one ever known. The river is forty
miles wide at Memphis, and vast tracts
Of country are overtlowed, drowning out
the inhabitants.
The department Of agriculture has
received very full information concern
ing the appearance of wheat through
out the country. The returns cover
a large proportion Of the winter wheat
area in each State. The winter has
been extremely favorable in I'LL sections.
No previous season has been more gen
orally 50 since the inauguration of
crop reports.
The House committee on railways,
have authorized General Hurlbut to
draft Il report in favor Of the construc-
ton Of Il double-track freight railway
from the Mississippi Valley to tide
water at Or near New York. The com
mittee have taken considerable testimu
ny upon the cost Of transporting grain
over such road. The evidence shows
that it can he moved for Is cts. per !
buslel from Chicago to New York, an,!
at corresponding rates from other
points i'll the Mississippi Valley.
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a bill has been introduced in Con-
gress to equalize the bounties If SOL
diers who served III the late war. 1t pro-
vides that there shall lie paid to every
honorably discharged non-conlniss iolI-
ed officer, private soldier. musician, ar
titioer and: WAGNER, including those
borne on the rolls rs slave, who served
the United States in the war of the re-
bellion, the sum of eight and one-thi.d
dollars per month for all his time of
service between the 18th of April, 1861.
and May 9tlr, 1866, or in case of vol,n-
teers up to the time Of the muster out
Of the volunteer organization to which
he belonged III case Of the death Of !
any such person, payment is to he made
to his widow and children. Any
boun,ies heretofore received from the
United States or any state are to lie de-
Quoted from the allowance hereby all
thorized. No bountits shall BE- paid to
substitutes, or to persons discharged
as minors. No attorney shall be allow
ed, OH pain of : fine and imprisonment.
to receive more than $40 for prosecl,-
ting any claim under the foregoing
provisions.
THE WABASHA & FARIBAULT MAR
ROW GUAGE RAILROAD
Parties interested III building a mar
row-gauge railroad from Wah,sha to
Far11ault, it seems are taking the work
III hand with vigor and there is fair
prospect that the road will he built.
We hope to see this project successfully
carried out, for we believe. as before
stated, that narrow gauge railroads will
assist the country greatly in solving
the transportation problem and will be
the MEANS OF giving railr ,ad facilities
to MANY remote regions which coniti
not otherwise lave them. Besides,
they may I've made Of great service in
building Up points like Worthington,
as they can he cheaply constructed as
feeders to trunk-lineS. Their great val
ne, hfrwever, will be especially felt in
connecting interior points with water
transportation. We notice that Il mar