The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-04-13
NETYPAPER IIEILS.
We have received " number of ;


good many boys say it is, Because there
is to he u bell in it. All eight year old
hey writes from Hersey that it is, Be-
cause there is to be. q bell at: the top.
\ little girl of a good many, summers
Says it is, Because there isia bell ct the
bottom Of it. One boy says it is, Because
it will begin we'll and end in nothing.
But the best answer of all is furnished
by Our little friend Mat. Highland.
lie says it is, Because it will begin big
and end little. The tyue answer is, Be-
cause the noise in it will he made by a
bell. All the boys and girls who have
answered will please come up and get a
paper.
The projectors of the new paper are
giving it out along the street that they
intend, in such and such event, for in
stance, if we should knock chip off'm
the EDITORS shoulder.) to make series
OF personal attacks upon us with a view
to ''driving lis out" The editor init
mated to lis not long since that we
might as we'll leave. Well now. of
course, we are not going to submit to
that. We shall simply walk over to the
new Office, and, John Phellix like, tack
lie Gruelle, bend him backwards over the
press and take an imMtession of his pa
per on lis SIilrt: Vessllall tKem throw
Bell Oh the floor, insert, our nose be-
tween his teeth to hold Inn down and
punish him until he promises to LIT us
alone.
T.. c. Bell went to st. Paul on AIon-
day to lay in materials for tie new pa
per. rs the Major is inexperienced in
such matters, would it he too bold in
us to venture y suggestion or two p
If You buy a Hoe press, get ten cy|in-
der ut once. The difference in cost be-
tween q Hoe and an ordinary hand
press is not necessarily more than $2o,-
GOO to $50 900, and the Hoe is SO much
more convenient when you wish to run
off 30,O an hour. Don't buy a Novel
tv, such rs the Literary Fixture had,
for Willie it may be large enough for
your purpose, it is difficult to gets good
impression Oh Il Novelty, and the diff
ference i'll price between u Novelty ut
$40 and Il Hoe ut $40, 900, is II mere tri-
lie to the projectors Of the new paper.
We learn that thu projectors Of the
new paper are doing their best to make
the editor Of the ADVANCE ''mad," in
the hope that he will ''slush round" and
say or 10 something desperate, so that
they can rake sentiment in favor Of
the new sheet. They don't fool us in
that way. We propose to Nurse our
wrath aud keep it warm till the new
paper gets fairly started, and then we
contemplate issuing forth and demo!-
ishing their office, types, presses. print
ers and Ill, II their houses, lands,
appurtenanccs, heriditaments, heirs
and assigns: their county offices and
themselves, burying them all III one
common ruin, and sowing onions on
the spots where theirI,o,,ses stood.
RAILROAD I"L'.NS.
The town Of JAY, in Martin County,
ais voted bonus on the same day.
Minncola township, in jackson county.
voted III favor of bonus to the Southern
Minnesota Oh Tuesday, the 4tl.
Trials for land between the farmers
and the $. NJ. r. II. are in progress at
We :s-thc railroad claiming the odd
sections under hcirgrant which took
effect November 20, 1866.
The annual report of Manager Van
Horne to the bond holders of the South
cln Minnesota Railway, for the year
1875, has been MADE public, and is quite
a satisfactory exhibit. The earnings
for the year were $759. 2tO.76, while the
total operating expresses We're only S457,
ll1,97, leaving u balance on the right
side CT the company's ledger Of 1891 12S
10. The Gloss and damage" account
amounted in the aggregate to o,532, 81
about one~half of which was paid for in
juries to persons. The executive com
mittee Of the company, in publishing
tile report, speak in the highest terms
of the management of Mr.: Van Horne.
Farmers are getting their teams rea.
dy to go to work on the Sioux Falls
Branch, which from present indications
they expect will start from Worthng-
ton and the work be commelc d at al,
early day.-Hcron Lake Correspondent
Jackson Republic.
The narrowg uage railroad business
still proceeds, the lsbors OF the Co. and
interest Of the people are inhabited
llenccforth Mr.. Jordan, the general
agent, will be const;, lltly in tile field
with an eye to pusl, business. Present
prospects strongly Indicate a new rail
road at an early date.-Sibley G.zette.
The organization of the Sioux Falls
Railroad Company was completed on
Saturday last by the election of NJ. l..
Wood Prest.; E. A. Sherman Vice
Prest.; j. d. Cameron Secretary; r. f.
Pettigrew Treasurer, and NJ. l.. Weed
Pettigrew, +. L. Peck, II. Gilbert and
" II. \/Ol SUI dts DittCLOlSs
These officers at once secured the ser.
vices of q surveying party to perma,l.
emily locate their line from this place to
the west line of Rock County. AS soon
as this portion Of the work is done, Mr..
Bishop, with another party, is to locate
the line of the st. Paul & Dakota road
from their eastern terminus to some
point on the st. =. & $. G.. road in No.
| Il