The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-01-20
so UIHERN MINNESOTA RAILROAI

so UTHERN MINNESOTA RAILROAD
There was arailroad meeting at Fair
mont on Monday last, to consider the
matter Of aiding the Southern Mime
sofa.
In q few weeks Jackson County is to
vote Oh extending aid to the Southern
Minnesota.
Rock County is wide awake on the
railroad question, as their recent meet
ing shows. One man stated that he
could have given S432 bonus and saved
money III the moving Of this years crop
alone.
S. S. Hunting, proprietor of the Fair
mont town site, offers to give the rail-
road company a right of way through
his real estate, furnish grounds for q.
depot, and do the liberal thing gen.
orally.
The Martin County Sentinel says:
''The Southern Minnesota Railroad
Company have commenced letting con-
tracts for material with which to ex-
tend their line. Fitzsimmons & Grant,
Of Tomal, Wis, have the contract for
furnishing 10000 ties, and are busily
engaged getting them QUIZ
MARRIAGE LICENSES
We are indebted to b. N. Carrier,
Clerk Of the Court, for the following
list of marriage licenses issued during
the year 1873, for Mobiles county: +.
M. Gruelle and Addie +. Gray; Hen
rich Tomford and Anna Wilkens; r.
F. Burdett and Alice Lytton; Lewis
Larson and Ollie Larson; Thomas Will
son and Margart Prothro; herman Buck
and Wilhclmiene Bebenser; Erland Hes
selwork and Clarisa Oakes;R r. W. Miller
and Clara Merrick; Edward Bedford
and NJ. Josephine Newton; Alvin Cor
don and Alice n. Ayers; Richard Bel
KNAPP and Mary F. Dow; John Nelson
and Carrie N. Hanson; Almon Fullwi-
Ter and Thirza Trip; +. D. Richards
and Agnes Muck; John Newbury and
Anna Rablin; Scion O. Morse and Cora
Times. ~, >,.
A good share of the lumber that is
being used in this vicinity comes from
Daniel Stone & Co.'S yard, ut Worthing-
ton. This firm is fairly earning large
patronage, and is reaping the reward
that enterprise and square dealing al
ways wins.-Spirit Lake Beacon.
There is no doubt that this firm (now
Bennett & Stone) have drawn to Wor-
Ellington a great deal Of trade which
formerly went to. Sibley and Window.
They:are building up a large trade from
Spirit Lake and also from the country
west of us. They arc an Illustration of
what we have always urged, that liber-
al methods i'll business, and liberal ad-
yertising will bring success. What we
need now is a round dozen of such bu-
siness houses as Bennett & Stones.
Considerable competition in grain
buying exists between Sibley and Wor-
Ellington. From our standpoint, Sib-
lev seems to take the lead, and it GER
tainly will do so for all time unless that
colony village out Oh Okabena Lake
awakens to sense Of what is for it's
own interests. Between the two places,
Worthington is much the most natural
outlet for the produce of this county,
but solely owing to the superior efforts
put forth the business men Of Sibley.
a larger portion goes that way. Tie
former place acts from the principle
that the whole surrounding territory
will come there from necessity, but
facts go to prove the folly of. this fall
lacious policy. Not 4 half: dozen mer-
chants Of Worthington are known out
side of their own vicinity, while Sib-
ley's business men hang out a banner
that those who run may read. mother
words, Sibley advertises; Worthington
DON'T Spirit Lake Beacon. 80
We are glad to see a neighboring pa
per tell our business men. just what we
have been telling them: all along. If
the business men of Wortl,ington had
the push Of those of Sibley and LeMars,
our trade would be doubled. LeAIars,
especially, is pushing up. into Rock
County and Dakota and taking; trade
wlncl,!everybody admits ought to come
to Wortllington. 'z ';::.#<s4 - 80 80. =:
: or course, this will soon beregulated.
The extension of the Southern Mime
sofa to- Wortl,ington will bring in an
influx of business men who will reach