The Worthington advance., 1876-07-20
REPORT or SEQ UIJNG PARTY

|Ratlered.by our party while sAcOut1lg
fhecountry on Wednesday, JULY II, and
Thursday, 18th. After leaving W Orth-
ington we proceeded north on tile Lake
Shetek road, accompanied by a consid-
cradle party in wagons and on horse
back. The whole party proceeded rs
far rs Jack Greek, where we found the
first occupied house, but no news from
occupants of Indians. We next stopped
at the house Of Mr.. Alexander, ON the
north edge of this county, where some
men were gathered who had just re-
turned from il scout around the cOun-
try OF y number of miles, and wllo'lIaG |
been unable to find anything. They
informed us that they thought the
whole thing had originated with boy
named IIemphill, of that neighborlootl,
and followed by the reports of a man
named Hampton few miles further
north and III Murray County. The
whole party then proceeded to tie bank
of Seven Mile Lake, nnllitched, fed our
teams and lunched, after which it was
decided, in consultation, that Prot.
HumistQn and. his immaculate ls.rty,
with two Of, the h0rsemel, should re-
turn with tile news rs gathered. The
remainder of the party then proceeded
north till we came to the house Of Mr..
King, town of Bondin, Murray County:
Here is quite large settlement, and
most of the men were ut Mr.. X. s house
which contained the only eoomua III the
township. Here we found that it was
unnecessary t. proceed any further
north, rs 4 man .liad just arrived from
Lake Shetek short time before our ar
rival and he reported everything quiet
north of this immediate neighborlood.
Scouts also came in from tie surround
ing country willie we We're there, and
I'LL reported that no Indians or signs Of
Indians could be fonnd anywhere. The
report of uampton's following that Of
the boy 11emphill has caused the whole
of the trouble, and no small amount Of
damage to lis rs u people.
Having thus traced the alarm to its
fountain head,' Messrs. Clark, Shirley
and Chase returned to town from this
place, and our, guide and interpreter.
Mr.. Brlnt, accompanied by two. men
own neighbors from Elk, pushed out
where we spent the night ut the house
to Beaver Greek settlement, who knew
the even tenor OF their ways unalarmed
by Indian scares.
From Badger Lake we pushed west
across the country to Cora Belle Lake,
one Of the old camping grounds Of the
Indians, and here we found no trails
fresh, or new camps, neither of them
having been used at least since May or
June. From Cora Belle we pushed
ACROSS toward that trail leading across
Sunken Timber, rs that is the only
place any one can cross without going,
way north or coming III south by LII
| Verne. Before getting there we met Il
man just from it, who had not been
more than one hours time away, and
he informed us that he had seen notl,-
ing Of any Indians, nor had heard Of
any till seeing us.
| In conclusion, would add that
should l ever he 50 unfortunate us to
have another such duty rs this to per-
form, should certainly like to have in
my party such men us accompanied me
through, and especially Such u one us
our interpreter, Mr.. Brant. And HOW,
trusting this report may ;,llay the fears
OF all our people throughout this cOun-
try, beg to remain,
! Very Truly Your Servant,
| Il. B. PLOTTS,
Late in charge Of Scouting Party.
Mr.. II. D. Winters, who holds some
81, 800 in our county orders, was i'll
town Tuesday, and talks very strongly
of commencing suit for recovery OF the
amount. Mr.. Winters is willing to
take bonds ut IL per cent. interest, to
run any length of time, and unless the
Commissioners show disposition to
issue bonds the county will soon he III
vOlved in another law suit, and he
forced to levy and pay Il judgment tax
of 81 500 or $1,000 another year, and
long before we get out of our grass
hopper dilemma. There is now, we
understand, II small judgment, if it has
not already been paid, and there is
pending, ut tlepresent term of court, Il
suit against the county for some 81 900,
and judgment will 10 doubt be recov-
cred this term, when 4 Judgment tax
must he levied, and probably be collect
ell next winter. The few people III this
county are in no wise prepared to pay
any such taxes, yet it is apparent t:lat
we may have to raise three or four
thousand dollars to pay judgments
within the past two years, and perhaps
more, while it can I'LL be postponed
honorably by bonding the county, i,
proposition the Commissioners liaye
stubbornly resisted, and III which few
of the people endorse them. But their
course promises to seriously elnbarass
the people.-Windom Reporter.
PROFITABLE PORK RAISING
Mr.. J. S. Whitaker, of this township.
l'as had Il practic example of the i'm.
mense profit to he derived from raising
pork. Here it is:
Last M *pr"e @ he purchased three hogs, for ~
"lac'! ~ l:ta1 S;::W) w
Other expenses. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 6W
| PROFIT. '''
lie has rcccntlys ID the three hogs origi-
Kllly purchased [ fDr......................$ $500
Thirteen young pigs ut - c;Ic;:............ 65Ut
1OdI.. $tSlU
LcSS 4,jW
Icaying clear profit or. Observation-Disclosures. *7S.U
In addition to this he has four good
hogs left for his own use. How can i,
greater profit than the above exhibits,
be realized, in six months time, Oh M
investment OF less than $5O?-Martin
County Sentinel.
THE ELECTORAL J-OTE
(From the Chicago Tribunc.l
We invite the attention OF our read
ers to the following list OF States and
their electoral vOfcS.