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The Worthington advance., 1875-07-16
CORRESPONDENCE.
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LovELAND, Clermont Co! , o., J
July 1St. 1875, i, Z" {

r. Juiy 'kSC, 1910. ..H '.
EDITOR ADVANCE: / send you here's
with So for my. years substitution TO-
the ADVANCE, for the visits of which
we are always more than ready as it
give s as:news pertaining to land, crops,
and dtt'er matters pertaining to South:
ern Minnesota which it is Impossible
to'get in other papers, besides .ydislling
up for us in handsome style the local
ana general news of the day.: .:.~
=; The hoppe: inflictiom has occasion
ed the well-wishers Of thg Colony here
about much solicitude. mixed, indeed,
with not little solicitude lest we
should ourselves be subjected ID to like
ravages, bnt,we hope and trust that the
pests will let YOU. alone hereafter. T.
Our county produces no. fruit ut all
worth RAINING this year, and, as it is,
in fruit years, one of the most famous
fruit counties in the State, the loss IS
felt to he severe. The rains have been
extraordinary in quantity and frequen-
cy,. and, as consequence, the crops are
bound to suffer. 1t is somewhat funny
to hear that Mono county, CAL, man
talk about coming east again. But he
lis by no means singular IN wanting to
get away Hundreds tind, like him, af-
ter spending enormous sums to travel
SO far, that they have by no means bet
tered their condition, and "want back. -
Since 1849 there has been nothing at all
comparable to tile insane rush for Cali
'fornia; and, as might have been fore
seen, the labor markets of the whole
State are gluttet, land the; immigrants
are begging for bread in the streets of
'Friscol Distant fields, you know,
look mighty nice and green. You have
been working, We have noticed, for the
the best interests Of the Colony, right.
ly deciding that it is i'll to conceal draw
backs; for once in a while there is SOME
thing, even there, that needs ventila:
ting, though it be nothing worse than
an odor mephitic. Good citizens every.
where will approve Of your straightfor.
ward course. Prof., Humiston, we no.
tice, had a remarkably nice feather
placed in his hat by the temperance
people Of Minnesota. 1t is high comp.
liment, and just rs richly merlted as it
is graceful. xxx
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A "a Rn

a CAhD.
Whereas certain parties haye made
the statement that they were owing me
nothing when drew orders on them
for relief supplies, and therefore refus-
ed honor my orders, therefore ask that
all points of difference between the par
ties be referred to three disinterested
arbitrators. r. F. HUMIsTON.
Worthington, July 9Th, 1875.
Prof. Venable, of Cincinnati, called
to Worthington to attend the funeral
of his mother, has been spending the
week in this vicinity. The Professor is
distinguished in Ohio as an educator.
He is also a writer Of some note, hav-
ing published a volume of poems and
Is now, we believe, engaged upon a his
torical work. He expresses himself as
very much pleased with our beautiful
prairie country.
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FROM n .EBRASK1.

THE GI,ASSHOPPERS-TH FLIGHT.
FALLS CITY, Neb., July 1st, 1875.
EDITOR ADVANCE: AS l promised
to write you from time to time du-
ring my travels through Nebraska, I
will endeavor to give you the benefit Of
my observations up to this date. All
along the road to Omaha the prospect
of an abundant harvest never could be
better. I arrived at Omaha the 24th.-
There I found eyerb ody looking heaven
ward. The air was full of hoppers and
was told that they had been flying
over for more than a week iii a
northwestern course. Some had alight-
ed but had done no serious damage. I
received letters from ali of the. princi-
pie towns on the U. P: & B. M. rail-
roads as far west as Kearney Junction,
all telling the same story, myriads Of
hoppers flying north and northwest,
wondering where they all came from
and where they, were going. I left
Omaha the 25th, and went to Lincoln.
The air was full of hoppers all the way
flying north. 1t is to he Hoped that
Gen. Sheridan will not issue an order
prohibiting them from visiting the
Sioux reservation. Soon after leaving
Lincoln, going soutl, on the A. & N.
road, began to notice the rayages of
the grasshoppers. For about forty
miles it looks desolate enough. All
kinds of crops totally destroyed. One
man ut Nebraska City has lost $4,000
worth of nursery stock: In three coun-
ties in Nebraska, the crops are entirely
destroyed, and Ave other counties adj
joining are badly damaged. I am told
that Eastern Kansas and Western Mis-
souri, are worse off if possible, the raw
ages covering much larger territory.
In all cases, where the hopper Matched
there has been !, total destruction of
crops. They have survived all obsta-
cles, devastated their native fields and
have now gone in search of other fields
to conquer.
The small red parasite is not myth.
He exists and performs his work what
ever that may be, the same as sfeas OIL
q dog. but the fact remains that
the grasshoppets can stand an immense
amount Of parasitin9, and that they
hold on to life and .vigor with undimin.-
islled appetites long enough to deyas-
tate several! of the; best- agricultural
States in thssU Union, and bring people
enough to: constitute 4 strong nayion to
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THE CROPS.

ENcoURAGINo REPoRrs FROM THE
ENTIRE STA 1'ENANOBLES COUNTY UP
WITH 7.HE Resi- NJ.
In Tuesdays Pioneer-Press reports
from nearly every county in the State
were published, to the effect that the
heaviest yield ever g'rner}d in Mime
sofa is promised. In our own county
a better prospect could not be desired.
In Rock county the stand of grain is
the largest ever known. Minnesota is
certainly favored above her sister
States. But, then, we can stand an en-.
ormous crop without grumbling.
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WOR7TIING7ON lI.4RhIZ1,S.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Special Term,
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF NORI.ES. %

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District Court, Si1th JudiciaI District.
In pursuance of an order of the Judge of the
District Court of the State of Minnesota, in and
for the Sixth JUDICIAL District fled and entered
OF record in the office of the Clerk of said Court,
A. -. 1875, notice is hereby given, that special
term of said court for the trial Of civil and Grim
inal cases and issues OF law. will be held at Mil
County Of Mobiles, III the State of Minnesota, to
commence on
TUESDAY, TIE 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1875,
At two O'Clock in the afternoon, at which term
grand and petit Jurors will be summoned to at
tend rs provided by law.
BY order Of the Judge Of the above named
Court.
b. N. CARRIER, Clerk of Dist. Court.
Dated July 10th, 1875. 45-3w
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=. AINOR ARRIVAL

A wee little lady survived at the resi-
denoe of Mr. Whitney, i've miles west
of town, on Monday morning last
She likes tile country and proposes to
remain here and Work up frr claim q
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GRAND ARNY OF THE REPUBLIC
The semi-anuual encampment, of the
Department of Minnesota, will assem-
BILE at the hall of Stoddard Post on
Wednesday, July 21st. at 10 O'Clock a.
m. All comrades are earnestly invited
to be present. Business pertaining to
the order will be transacted during the
day meeting.
In the evening a supper and dance at
the Worthington Hotel will be givenin
honor of our visiting comrades. Sup
per and dance free to delegates and Wis.,
iting comrades. The public are cordial
ly invited to be present at the evening
entertainment.
With view to encouraging sheep rais-
ing in Minnesota, a correspondent of
the st. Peter Tribune gives the expert
ence Of Thompson and Carpenter of
Kasota. They have sheared this spring
4ao sheep and had ready sale at st. Pc
ter, IA home market) for all the wool at
81 cents per pound. They have eight
full blooded merinos that averaged
seven pounds Of washed wool per head
and raised lamb. They also have one
full blooded merino buck, two years old,
for which they paid $50, that sheared
III pounds. They also have one year
ling buck, q very 6ne wooled lamb
The conclusion Of the correspondent is
that every farmer in Minnesota ought
to keep few sheep-the labor. and ex-
pense dof'so doing being very light,
while the profits are always large in
proportion to the capital invested.
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AN ERROR

AN EHtOh.
A friend calls our attention to tlIe
fact that word was misspelled in the
last weeks issue of the ADVANCE
We are rather glad that an error has
been found, for errors make us feel sure
that we are human. When it is known
that our compositor handles each week
from 25 600 to $4,000 letters, and that
every one must be in its proper place,
and not in it's neighbor's, nor standing
OH its head, the wonder is that errors
are not more frequent. We believe.
that in the last year and half, there
has never been an important error, for
which the publisher was to blame, in
any of the legal, county, or Land Of
fee advertisements published in the
ADVANCE. Any printer knows how
much attention and watchfulness are
necessary to make that statement true.
So let us have an occasional error in the,
reading matter just to break the monot-
ony. People get tired of so much pre-
cision and perfection. Aristides,
(wasn' t it Aristides, or which one of
those high-shouldered ancients was it?)
was finally put to death because people
got tired OF hearing him called 1.-THE
Just'' We want to steer clear of being
slaughtered for publishing an absolute.
1Yperfect newspaper. ...
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Capt. Miner effected the sale of 16(
acres Of land, four miles from town, to
slr. Doane, of Ogle county Illinois
for 81 1850, on Wednesday.
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Those Kerosene Stoves are just the
thing for this hot weather. Try one.
Moore & Smith keep them.
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the border -lan0 Of starvation. " Wemust
net depend'ipon the1tpafasttesI too rel
'movesodr afhlctieh, bit Ne must take
s',o4 tae pests aI on q their Matching grounds
ana destroy them lf : 9efore, they can fiy:+
= thlnktl1ei General Gopernment would
doswe1l to taAe hold st this, matter. and
pay for the termination of The pests;.
NJ Minnesota i,as destto yed.. sthouisandSS jof (
bushels OF them, And i would seem seen
hard after so aaaclr trouble, and expense
to have them come in from other states
and destroy tleerops. I File work to be
effective Should b. general. 1hea fact
that there sare ten tines as many many hop:
'pers this yeag as last. and that there is
much more, than3ter times the amount
Of crops destroyed than at this. date
last year, should cause no nstlo alarm
for the future, as I'VE have good reason
to believe that this vast army. will de,
posit their. eggs after they get through,
with their mission Of of'devastation. do
not believe they (the hoppers) or any,
body else know where that will be. 1t
depends 9 great deal on which way the
wind blows, as the first maturing. hop
pers last year deposited eggs in Mime
sofa Willie the balance were drifted into
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, by tile
|; H. E., North, and N. w. winds: which
occur late in the season. If the wind
continues south and southeast as it has
been for some time past, the chances are
that the hoppers will be obliged to
browse the Black Hills for living, but
if. we should have continuous west and
northwest winds there is much to lie
felred from them yet, rs we all know
that they prefer grain and vegetables to
wild grass and shrubs.
f. The farmers III this vicinity are max
ing praiseworthy effort to sustain
themselves through their. losses. They
have plowed up their devastated grain
fields and planted corn. Some have
planted over three times and are now
sowing millet, hungarian and buck
wheat and everything of early maturi-
ty, hoping to raise something to drive
starvation from their doors. Some are
still planting corn. 1t has been very
dry here, so much SO that seed would
not germinate, but we had fine show.
er of rain the evening OF the 26th which
twill give the late planted corn chance
to show what it can do. If they sue
ceed IN raising good crop of corn on
their. land the loss will not be so great
and it will enable them to live and win.
ter their stock and fave some feed fol
their teams next season, which they
have had to do without this year, owing
to the destruction of the corn crop last
year. "A. "A. PARSONS,
The Fitchburg, (Mass.) Sentinel, OF
July End, says that immense sWarms Of
grasshoppers have appeared on the Mer
rimac at Concord, and are destroying
every green thing. They are accompan
led by millions of small black toads
which cover the roadways and barren
places, while the grasshoppers destroy
the growing grain.
A good deal has been said abou
Loader and Price, who came forward a
the last moment with their stor,
against Beecher. Wasn't it always so
See Matthew 26, ca: ''At the last cam
two false 1vitnpccoc -
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Corn is growing at 2:40 pace. I
Jack Frost gets the first bite ut 1t h
will have to ''get up and git.''
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Squire Charley Dow, of Ransom, has
the champion field of timothy, samples
of which may he seen ut this Office
measuring over four feet.
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Temperature way up in the COS all
the week. Lackor's chunks of cold
comfort have been greatly in demand.
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III III PUj5!RIIa

1V TIN PUBL@4
EDITOR, ADvAKe1: o. Permit Tie ase
of your columns to saysfew<wordi in,
response to:the coinmdhfcetfon iii 10.
gard to the "Relief Fund, Which Fl, ap; |;
peared in your issue Of July lid. !, TIA Tl1ia
plain truth is easily told, :, aud IL Il .fsw, =
wish distinctly to repeat what II
have before affirmed In a'pfinted card.
that no part of the Relief Fund was !.
ever deposited with me. Moreover, II
wish to. state, that At the time referretl
to in the communication spoken of, the
subscriber to that communi nication had
no claims either in cash or supplies up
on the Okabena Mill Company, Or upon aI,t,
any of its owners. ,,:,A 10 e!hlaisF sd4 =, ,
|, The relations of the Okabena Mill
Company are open and honorable TO-
wards all. Ihave never refused to set
tie with the gentleman whose insin,u,aa-
tions have called out this reply. # I, do
not owe him. 1t is he, and not. L who
is unwilling to settle: Tits my earnest
wish that the public should know all
about the facts which throw light on
such Of my business transactions as
concern the interests of the town, and
such asinvolve,either,my own integri-
ty or that Of persons associated with
me. The statement that any orders
were ''unjustly rejected" by '.this par,
ty," (meaning myselD is: utterly false.
The writer Of the statement may have
all justic-perhaps more, in tile end,
than he desires or expects. H.
T.. Z. SUTTON.
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NOTICE. Y. $: Land onlce; worthingtor,
~ Minn., June 14tl; 1875. :r' =
Complaint having been entercd at this Office
by R..W. Moberly against John NJ. Tanner for,
abandoning homestead ehtry No: 1916, dated
Nov. Z, 1878, upon the ne X SECTION q. township
1922 range 49, j.. Mobiles, county. Minnesota,
with view ID. the cancellation OF said entry;:
appear at this Office at Worthington, OH the 1st
day OF September. 1873, 1T o'clock p: m., to.
respond and fusnisll testimony concerning saitF
alleged abandonment.
MONS GRINAGER, Register.
All j. i. MOULTON, Receiver.
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The barn of Mr.. Law, four miles
south of town, was destroyed by fire
yesterday afternoon. We did not learn
its origin, or how much loss was sus-
tanned.
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AnnRENN

nDDtnoc' III q
All letters addressed to Miller, Hum
iston & Company, Worthington, Noblee|
county, 'Minnesota, will be promptly
answered, and full information, given
concerning the National Colony.
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OFFICERS.
B. w. wOOLSTENCROFT,
ITTORNEl.S.

NJ t. SDCLE.
MI. COl'NSEIhOE AT-LAW
And no, ,ry Pubic. Oif,cc on Tenth Street, IN
the Post Office. Prompt attention given to con
vrylnring. (2ly.
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EO. 0. MOORE,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Graduate Oi Ann Arlh,r, Michigan. Residence
on lOth street below the public hall. ()ttce at
thc Colony Drug Store, opposite the WOrthlng-
ton Hotel, WorthmgtOl, Niinli.
WI otten.; promDtly 10 ull Culls, d0y or
niyht. [27ly.
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B. N. CARRIER,
pIllSICI.i US.

J. CRAFT NJ. d.
PHYSICIAN Il SURG EON.
Special attention given to Surgery and the
treatment of Female Diseases; having had eight
years experience.
sIllc and Eleventh Street, Worthingtom, Mimnes-
0ta. Ally.
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, Worthington Bakery.

The undersigned has opened 4
BAKERY AND RESrAURANT; 80
on Second Avenue between Ninth and Tenth
Streets. Will supply families with FRESH
BREAD, PIES and CAKES
Meals or Lunch at all hours of the day.
April 70, 1S75.-S4-2W WM. NJ CARROLL.
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A good deal has been said about
Loader and Price, who came forward at
the last moment with their story
against Beecher. Wasn't it always so?
See Matthew 26, ca: ''At the last came
two false Witnesses
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NOTICE, u. S. Land Office, Worthington,'
N Nlinn., June 10, 1875.
Complaint having been entered at this office by
Joseph Tarbert against Ole Haserson for
abandoning d. S. entry No. lsG20, dated May
10th, 1871, upon tile NV Il section IS township l02
range AZ, III Mobiles county, Minnesota, with 4
view to the cancellation OF said entry; the said.
parties arc hereby summoned to appear at this
office the 10Th day Of July, 1875, at 10 o'clock
a. H., to respond and furnish testimony con-
cerning said alleged abandonment.
MONS. GRINAGER, Register
42l j. L. MOULTON RECEIVER.
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If it is true that brevity is the soul of
wit, then the raid of grasslloppers into
this county was a very funny affair, and
doubtless our people appreciate their
efforts to amuse.
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NOTICE. y. S. Land Office, WorthingtolI,'
~ Minn., July 6. 1879.
Complaint having been entered at this office.
by Thomas A. Thomson against John Bucker,
for abandoning ID. s. entry No 1918, dated
April q, 1874, upon the sw of section 80, town
ship 10l, range 43, i'll Mobiles County, Minnesota.
with q view to the cancellation of said entry; the
said parties are hereby summoned to appear at
this Office ut tWorthington, on the 7th day of Au-
gust, 1875, at 3 o'clock p. H., to- respond and
furnish testimony concerning said alleged abalI-'
dOnmcnt.
MONS GR1NAGER Register.
AL J. =. MOCLTON. Receiver.
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II. ID. E.lRDER,
DIYSlCIAN AND SURG EON, Graduate OF
i Harvard University. United states Exanltn-
ing Surgeon for Pensions. Office at BARRIER u
I.s.wrcncc's, Wortlington Mimi. [327ly.
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The editor is gone to Chicago on bu
siness.'
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coVERNMENTLAND

GOVERN m MENTlAN0.
Tor information concerning -.
Government Lands, .5
Second Hand Claims.
Improved decided Lands,
Wild Decided Lands, L
Village Property,
And openings for different branches OF business,
~ P. J. kNISS,
General Agent for Southwestern Ninaos0ta S
3-222-ly. Lu Verne, Rock County, Ahnesete
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NOTICES. OF CONTEST,
OTICE. u. S. Land Office, WOrthingt0lH
I,,t,

NOTICE. U. s. Land Office, Worthington
N N!inn.. July 6. 1879.
Complaint having been entered at this Office
by Thomas j. Ger.ion against Chester A. Wood
for abandoning Homestead Entry No. -971S da-
ted July ], ls1l upon the e1@ OF nwN section 81 !,
in township l01 range 43, III Noblcs County, Min
nesota, with view to the cancellation OF said
entry the said parties are hereby summoned
to appear at this office on the 9th day Of August,
1873, at o'clock H. H., to respond and fur
nish testimony concerning said alleged aban-'
dOnMent.
HONS GRlNAGER Register
All j. +. MOULTON, Receiver.
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A lady in Cleaveland, who takes quite
an interest in the Colony, writes to a
lady here concerning the grasshopper
in the following facetious vein:
''We are sharing your anxiety this
summer in regard to the return of the
grasshoppers, and ransack; the papers
every morning for news of them. The
newest news is that the out-westers are
using them for food. If you should
adopt this method of utalizing them,
visiting them with poetic justice, you
must tell us how you get them up
They can ''get up'' themselves, though.
Perhaps had better ask how you get
them down. The latest cook-books
will doubtless lave recipes for ''dev-
illed grasshoppers, '''grasshopperc chow
der" and especially ''grasshoppers an
other way" GrasshOppers with eggs
will not be III favor. But the smoked
and smothered article will be approved
by all cooks. LEG of grasshopper
ierked" will be sought after. "Scram-
5led" az natural would be delicate. A
few stirred in your hop yeast would
make it lively. They are not much es-
teemed when corned. ''Cornered'
would be much better. AS an entree.
or served with garden sauce, they are
not called for. If you can make game
Of the things, would, and the SOON
er they ''go to pot" the better.'
If anybody can beat this for wit, we
should like to hear from him.
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Gov. Miller was in town YESTERDAY.
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1000 in the shade yesterday afternoo .
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REDCC1IOV or FARE

RED UC7ION OF FARE
To those attending the G. A: En-
cam pment at this place, tickets for the
round trip fr m any station betweeii1f
Worthi,igton and st. Paul, inclusive,
will be. sold at 60 per cent. of the regu-
lar rates. good from. the Goth until the
22nd, inclusive. For sale one day only,
July Goth. Il; .;':' -; ! -.
TO the Teachers Convention at IRyd
Wing, the same reduction viii be made
from Worthington to St. Paul. round
trip tickets. For sale Aug. 9th and
10th. Good from the 9th to the 18th,
inclusive. ';-'' .'','"' I'"':
Same rates will be given between 1vor:
tl,ington and Brentwood, to persons at
tending the National Educational Con-
vention at Minneapolis. Tickets good
from Aug. 2d to the Sd, inclusive. For
sale Aug. I'd and Sd.
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The short Summer nights and the
long twilights of this region are just
now the subject of remark. It is not
fairly dark until after nine O'Clock at
night, and day breaks before three in
the morning. When the nights are
shortest, it is day break by half past
two. So much light will help to ac-
count for the rapid growth Of vegeta-
tiOn.
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Rev. John Effiuger, Unitarian, Pas
tor Unity Church, st. Paul, will preach
in the corner school room, Methodist
Block, at II O'Clock a. m., Sunday
All are invited.
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Parties to obtain their patents should
send their duplicates to the Land Office,
Worthington, Mimi. -" ,:7ofnt,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-05

Mrs. L., Oregon City: Bill rendered
as ordered We fear the course mem
toned is doubtful economy, but wish to
offer no suggestions. o1R p 72
Mrs, S. NJ. K, Lafayette Sorry we
were compelled to disappoint you, but
could not avoid It. Had not thought of
the matter since its occurrence, and it
makes no difference. -.
We acknowledge the receipt of an i'm
vitation to be present at and participate
in the deliberations of the Yamhill
County Woman Suffrage Association at
its coming session, and will endeavor to
accept. . ...
n Miss Jas, Eastport: The NEW
NORTHWEST has been mailed to your
address regularly for the past three
weeks. Cannot account for their deten-
tion, and hope you haye1 received them
before this time. / lnaJ ..d hie boz
Mrs. NJ. WI, Marshfield: Money or
der received aud selections made to the
best advantage, considering the vague
ness of the order. Mrs. Dnhiway left
this city for Eastern Oregon some two
weeks since, where she will probably re-
main until near Christmas. 81. e7iz.-I