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The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
GleAHAMLAKES ITEMS.

Tho grasslloppers are Still here but are not
hurting grain much now. They seem to have
gone into the SlOughS and grass and arc
'.ttulnpy:" John II. Cunningham, A. L. j. Cor
nlsc, N. II: Smith and Il. B. Brain have lost all
their their small NJ grain: John Hart, B. W. Woolsten.
others have lost part Of their small grain. For
q while the hoppcrs attacked the corn, but now
they are letting It Alone and there is 4 prospect
u something Ut Il corn crop in this ncighbOrhOOd.
Of barley.
Your Correspondent from this place neglected
to mention the burning Of Wm. fl. shouse.
Mr.. b. lost the house and what goods were in
the house.
Ask the Journal to print the Graham Lakes
news correctly, will You? In last weeks paper,
it says ). W. Richards has 100 head OF cattle,
when he has only 80
Mr.. Atkins, from Houston County, is near here
Just across the Murray County line. He lits
how Is teams running. NJ. 4.
GRAHAM LAKES, June L., 1876.
EDITOR ADVANCE: There was less than one
hali the amount OF wheat sOwn in this town this
spring that there was last, and oats about one
third all on account Of the hoppers and an in
crease Of about one hundred acres of corn over
last spring. Most Of the corn looks we'll but q
little backward The hoppers have taken over
are very poor for jsmal grain. We may raise
some corn and potatoes We destroyed the hop,
pers by burning the PRAIRIE but enough are left
TO take the rest of the crop if they work the way
hey did two weeks ago. But they seem to like
the grass better now than grain. Some Of our
men are 1T work on the branch. We are bound
10 nold on 70 our claims for we claim the garden
spot of Southwestern Minnesota. The ADVANCE
Is doing good work; so keep the stone rolling.
WEST SIDEK.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
DIGELOW THE COMING ELGIN-NO OF
COWS AND CALVES.
EIGEI OY MINK .Innn IL 1S.c


EDITOR ADVANCE: III your last issue noticed
note from correspondent signing his name
"Bigclow," in which he styled BigelOw as The
Elgln Of Minnesota. III doing so he struck a
chord in the music that he perhaps was not
aware Of. 10 emphasize a little on this, / have
made pretty close inquiry as to the number Of
cows and heifers actually on hand and kept for
dairy purp 'ses, that are tributary to the Bigc-
low cheese factory. Also names Of parte s. viz ::
+. s Mills 81, $. .. Morse Is, d. T. fwitchell 35
Archer Is, T. T. Reynolds IS, r. Dawley 17-total
10 With the 81 head Of cows now on the way
from Iowa to arrive about the Doth inst, wi Il
their calves (Which are coming with them), it is
fair to conclude there will be Is leifers to add to
the 81 COWS. making 70 head to add to the mum
head Of cows and heifers, leaving out tho num-
bcr of steers that are being raised for market
1t will be understood that the above statistics
include all Of the COW kind from calves to cows
now in milk.
This may sound small to old dairy districts
blt ought not. 1t we consider this the beginning
0f the second year by parties of limited means.
There can be no doubt of the success Of the bus,
ness, because there is already q deep interest
among men who have shown their pluck by
hopper troubles, which we hope are now 1T an
end: The amount of cheese turned out daily is
not large Tor the number Of cows, but there are
great many young cows, and good number Of
calves that are fed new milk, which accounts for
It. This report does not sum up COWS kept by
~ well supplied. will not venture on q calcu-
Eition for new parties bringing in COWS, but will
say tlat, with the start we have, in five years
BlgcloW will be known as the center Of 4 fine
dairy district: Would further state that there
IS IS much attention paid to a small hcifcr calf
as there is to a grown COW to see that it may
make . COW in due tiMe which proves that those
engaged mean permanent business. II.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

We are sorry to wound the paternal
tenderness of the POesS for the AD-
VANCE, but really it is not prospering.
The Journal has the solid patronage
and the best social influence of the
community on it's side.-Journal.
It is remarkable how the newspapers
from the Pioneer-Press to the country
weeklies, are with the ADVANCE. This
is what touches the organ of the Ring
on the raw. AS to the Journal having
the ''solid patronage and the best social
influence of the community on its side, -
we assert:
l. That all the rowdyish and loaferisll
elements of the community are will,
the Journal and against the ADVANCE.
2. That all the ring politicians and
office-seekers are with the Journal and
against the ADVANCE.
3. That there is not a single recog.
nized social leader in the county who is
not a supporter and friend of the AID.
VANCE.
4. That the People, the substantial
business men and farmers of the county
are overwhelmingly with the ADVANCE
S. That the claim of the Journal that
the business men Of Worthington are
against the ADVANCE, is false. Three
fourths, ut least: are friendly, and the
other fourth is made up of those who
are Indifferent, or are the partlzar
friends of the Journal.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
INDIAN LAKE, June 1876.

EDITOR ADVANCE: A number of
our citizens turned out recently and
put in days work or so on the Spirit
Lake road. They graded down the hill
near the McCollum place, and filled the
ruts along that fine shady drive on the
isthmus. Albert Haggard, of Lorain,
put i'll two days work. G. w. Bulls,
A. A. Abbott, r. L. Erskine, Fred
Fiero, DR.. D. b. Churchill, James Nc
Kerlie, John Saxson, Chas. Saxson and
Lars johnson, all put in one day.
Leavitt Roberts did good job in
working the ''slew' between his house
and the Ocheeda. A bridge has been
put in and::the crossing is good;
A. &. Robinson has put in Il bridge
across the south inlet to Round Lake,
near Chas. Campbell's place, and J..
Roberts has worked the approaches.
Another bridge at the outlet Of Indian
Lake and another at the outlet of Iow;,
Lake, will put the Spirit Lake road in
passable condition for loaded teams.
The road is now in good condition us
far us Mr.. Campbell's place.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
THE SPIRIT LAKE ROAD

EDITOR ADVANCE: I beg space in
your columns for i few lines which
perhaps will be acceptable to those who
will have occasion to pass the head of
Township. We give our thanks to the
people of Indian Lake for their good
will and public spirit. Districts No. /.
2 and 4 turned ont on Wednesday, May
3lst, and gave days work on the hin
at the head Of the lake, and District
No. l turned out on Friday and
trimmed up the isthmus, and have done
a good job, all free gratis, for moth
ing." There is a new bridge across the
slough south of Mr.. Roberts, and the
bridge north of Mr.. RS is repaired,
which makes 4 good road to town.
Crops look the best l have seen since
I have been in the State. But very lit
tie damage done by the young grass
hoppers yet, ami they are disappearing.
A. l.. HAGGARD.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
PATENTS ISSUED.

PATENTS SSUED.
Copp's Land Owner (Washington)
for May publishes the following mum.
bers OF patents issued, which have been
sent to the land Office at this place:
ON THE CASH ENTRIES.
Numbers 1871, 1921, s12s, 1925, s137,
S143, S156, $3.50, STA, S193, 819G.
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.
Numbers 252o, 1850, 1892, 2G5s, 271s.
27s5, 1853 1929, 3541, 1915, 1916, 1854
1886, 1857, $3.50, 1927, 37l9, 3779, $3.50
1888, 1874, 1886 to $3.50 inclusive, 1892
1874 to 1897 inclusive, $500, 3s0l, 3s02
1904 to 1921 inclusive, 1898 to 1887 in
elusive. $3.50 to 3843 inclusive, 3S45
3S46, 384S, $3.50 to 1857 inclusive, 1850 tc
1864 inclusive, 1856, 1867, 1868, 1870 tc
1883 inclusive, $500, 1891, 1892, 1897
1857.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
PIPE6T0NH rITY

Charles II. Bennett, of LeMars. was
in town on Monday, on his way to
Pipestone City, and from him we gather
some facts of interest concerning that
region. Mr.. B. has made investments
ut Pipestone, and will spend most OF
his time there during the summer. He
has claim abutting on the Quarry,
and hopes in due time to quarry quite a
quantity of this unique stone, the only
stone of the kind, we understand, in
the world.
Mr.. Bennett informs us the settle.
ment at Pipestone City is growing.
There are some Is families there. D.
E. Sweet is postmaster, keeps a hotel
and locates parties on public lands.
John Lowry has building up and a
stock of groceries on the way. There
are so acres Of cuttings growing, and
about $50 to 200 acres of crops in good
condition. Forty-three timber claims
and IS homestead and pre-emption
claims have been taken in Pipestone
County, most of them this year.
D. E. Sweet, G. II. Bennett and w.
J. Taylor. on Monday and Tuesday, the
5tll and 9Th inst, located and mounded
a direct road from PiPestone City ia
connect with our northwest road. A
joint petition is being circulated for
the location of a mail route Oh said
line. The distance to Pipstone City
from Worthington by this direct line is
about 46 miles.
We look forward to the time, in the
near future, when Worthington will
draw considerable trade from Pipestone
and Murray Counties. And when the
Southern Minnesota builds the brancl,
northwest to Pipestone City, we expect
to see the beautiful pipestone used
largely for window and door caps, man
ties, ETC., in the city Of Worthlngton.
THE GRAssHoPPERS
We learn from J. Ames and NJ. l..
Miller that the hoppers are returning
to the charge and for few days past
have been eating considerably. Prob.
ably from this time until they fly, which
will be in 4 few weeks, they will want
to feed up for the journey. We wish
to state again Ito contradict rumors
which l,aye gone abroad that all the
crops in this county were being taken)
that so fur the grasslloppers have done
us little injury. Graham Lakes. Sew
ard and Hersey have suffered more than
other towns, but the hoppers are not
thick enough to do any extensive dam
age in this county. Our only DANCE,
is from IN incursion of the barbarians
and there is a very slim prospect o1
that.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

Some think the reason the grasshop-
pers have not been active is because
they have been casting their shells.
Wonder if they have been "moulting?"
Then, they only went into the grass to
take off their coats and get ready for
work on the crops. Thank fortune.
there are not enough of them to do very
general damage.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

The Journal has not yet given an ac-
count of the great land sale. The ami
mus of this is entirely too transparent.
Time will prove that the Journal was
conceived in spite, born in rowdism
and is nurtured by ringism.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
MINOR ARRIVALS.

AT the residence Of Charles r. Dun
ming, in Harrisburg, Pa, on Tuesday,
May 80, Miss Iona Williams Dunning,
aged 90 years, 7 pounds and 16 ounces.
Last year about this time, we congrat-
ulated the parents on setting sail for
the voyage of life. We now congratu-
late them upon having taken aboard a
little passenger. Bon royaqe.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
FOR Sal, (,
Furniture Business for
Sale.
BAYl1 E8

Great Mercantile College, Kookuk, Iowa, On
the Mississippi. Prof. VIM. II. Miller GeoeEal
Manager. Nineteenth year: About sixty dol:
and Stationery. Bookkeepera Penmen, Repor-
ters, Operators, .Architect4 Surveyors and
Teachers thoroughly ayted. Engiish branches
Festivals with Brass Hand In College Hall Freo
furnished rooms for self boarding. Telegraph
Ing free. Short hand writing free. Good board.
Quoted. Immense business In KeOkuk: No Va
cation. Address Baylies College Keokuk, Iowa.
State where you saw this advertisement. f4-4ily.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

Our Graham Lakes friends complain
that one issue of the ADVANCE recently
did not reach them until the week fol-
lowing. We have 'eever failed to have
the ADVANCE in the postoffice on the
day of issue for all our county subscrib-
ers. The paper is put into the Office
every Thursday afternoon, and the diff
Guilty lies between the Worthington and
the Heron Lake postoffices when the
paper does not get to Graham Lakes
the same week of it's issue.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

The people along the line of the Lake
Shetek road are moving to have the
road put in good condition. The peo.
pie of Elk have agreed to give q large
amount of work, and the people OF
Worthington are expected to repair the
road in their town. The Murray Coun.
ty Commissioners have agreed to build
a good road from the county line to
Lake Shetek.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

The Ring organ says the ADVANCE
is not prospering. Not much! We
have added about 200 new subscribers
to our list since the Ring organ began
to run us OUT" and we have job work
now on hand enough to keep one man
busy from IS to 40 days of ten hours
each
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

The people of Indian Lake and Lo-
rain have set an example, as will be
seen by Mr.. Haggard's letter in another
column, worthy of all commentator
and of very widespread and general
imitation. They just turned out and
repaired the road themselves. Why
haven't our people in many portions of
the county tllonght of that before?
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

AS showing the profits of live stock,
we learn from B. F. Congdon, of Ran
som, that last summer he MIXED five
COWS, which paid him an average of
$34.25 a head from March 18th to Janu-
ary 1st, 1876, besides milk and butter
for lls own family. Besides this he
raised four calves, and two pigs were
fed on the milk and whey. The COWS
cost an average of $780,.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

Sioux City is preparing for an im-
mense celebration of the Fourth.
Smaller places for 100 miles around
will join with her. Excursion trains
will be run on all the roads leading into
the city. Twenty thousand people are
expected to participate. One hundred
guns will be fired in the morning. Hon.
Isaac Pendleton will deliver an Grafton,
other speakers will respond to toasts,
and steamer will run up and down
the Missouri on short excursions to
show people the scenery.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

Men are struggling back daily from
the Black Hills and reporting the thing
a stupendous humbug.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

The question Of opening up a canal
from Heron Lake to the Okaboii is be-
ing ag,tated by the people interested in
that country.-S,bley Gazette.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
PNlSICI1N Ms.
r CRAFT, M. D.,

0E2A61,V M. o.,
PHYSICIAN C SURGEON.
Special attention given to Surgery and the
treatment of Female Diseases; having had ten
gears experience.
Also Surgeon Of the Sioux City & st. Paul Rail
roAl
Supplied with full cases Of Surgical and Obstct.
ricAl Instruments, and fracture appliances.
OFFICIAL residence, corner Of Fourth Ave.
nuo and Eleventh Street,
WORI1uING1ON, lfINN
f3 Ally.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

DR.. D. 3. Churchill informs us that
the crops in Indian Lake are looking as
fine as any he ever saw. They are
jumping right out of the ground, and
the grasshoppers are jumping out Of
this world into the next ut such 4 rate
| as to leave the crops unlurt.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SheriH'6 Sale.

Sherif'6 Sale.
QY virtue Of an execution issued out Of and
- under the seal OF the District Court Of No
ples County, Minnes0tl. and to me directed and
delivered, upon a Judgment in a certain action
III said Court wherein Elihu Smith is plaintiff
and Horace l.. Lackor is defendant, which said
Judgment among other things adtudges that said
plaintiff recover from said defendant the sum of
:l7s74 ~ . and that the same be specific lien upon
wit: Lot six in block thirty -four in the village
OF Worthlngt0n, IN Mobiles County. State Of Min
nesota, according to the plat Of said village o..
file and Of record III the Office OF the Register OF
Deeds OF said county, and that the same be sold
upon execution to satisfy such lien, have levied
upon sal said lands and premises; and win on M"n;
Of ten o'clock III tho forenoon, at the front door
OF the Office Of the Register Of Deeds, in said
village Of Worthington in Mobiles County, State
Of Minnesota expose to sale and sell at public
vendue the land and premises above described
to satisfy said execution and the costs and ex-
penses Of sale.
Dated Worthington, Mlnn., June 9Th, 1876.
j. A. TOWN,
Sheriff Of Mobiles County MINI.
CLARK & SoULE. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
t4O-7w jun5 *ll.4Ol
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

Mr.. Ames informs us that lie contem-
plates opening communication will,
sheep owners, with view to supplying
sheep to farmers in this county. Mr..
A. could do the county and himself a
great service by thus introducing a
supply Of good, healthy sheep.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

We see by 4 western exchange that
George Law, of Mobiles County, set out
OH Arbor Day, $3.50 trees. Well done,
George. May you live to smoke your
pipe under their branches next Centen-
tennial.-Wiuncbago City Press.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
GEO. o. MOORE.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Graduate OF Ann Arbor, Michigan. Residence
on 18TH street below the public hal III t;,, ohies at
ton Hotel, Worthngton, Minn.
Will attend promptly to all Calls, doy or
,.iyht. [27ly.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

The ADVANCE continues to copy ad.
vertisemehts from this paper without
authority, and refuses to give credit.
Among publishers this is called ''steal.
ing .'-Journal.
If any printer should read the above
we should not like to be responsible fol
the buttons on his vest. This is really
too funny and "green" for any use.
The idea of giving credit for advertise.
ments clipped from another paper!
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
>. U. DAWSON,
Pastor Second Baptist Church, Toledo, o.
CENTENNIAL CHRISTIlaN HOMES.

CENTENNIAL CHRISTIAN HOMES.
The great number Of visitors IN Phil
adelphia, during the Centennial Exhi
bition, necessitates the opening of
private homes for board and lodging.
Many Christian families, who are un-
willing to open their doors to promis-
cuous public, have arranged plan by
which they give admission to Christians
and their friends. This will be equally
pleasant to Christian people abroad
who may not wish to be associated with
the great variety of characters brought
together i'll hotels and public boarding
houses.
In order to have this select class the
price of board is generally much lower
than prevails by other arrangements,
varying from SIS to $14 4 week, and
from ST to $3.50 per day. Each family
fixes its own price, and receives it's pay
direct from its guest. Those wishing
to secure places under this arrangement
will please write rs long beforehand as
possible to the
Office for Centennial Christian Homes,
Care Of Rev. Edwin Nj. Long,
S. e. cor. 18th and Befks sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

There will probably not be celebra.
tion OF the Fourth in Worthington this
year. This seems to have been the
sense OF the meeting on Saturday night
last. A committee was appointed to
select some one to prepare historical
statement for Mobiles County, to be
placed among the Centennial records.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

Mr.. Huff, formerly resident OF
Worthington, writes us from Seneca
County, n. Y:
Enclosed you will find $1.5O to finish
up for this year. Do not stop the paper
on any account, for would not know
how to get along without it.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
BUSINESS CARDS.
BANK OF WORTHlNGT0N.

EiAHU SMITH, Banker. A. NJ. SMITH, Cashier.
INTEREST PAID FOR TIME DEPOSITS.
Drafts Bought AMI Sold. Special attention Civ
en- to collections. "
Oflicn Hours from 0 to y T. H. and rrnn I to 1
O'clt,ck, y. N. Too7ly-
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

A quantity of Sermon Bath, for the
use of ministers, for sale at the WORTH
ington Book Store.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

Sectional Maps of Minnesota for sale
at the Worthington Book Store.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
ROBERT MCCUNE,
Managin. Editor Toledo Blade.

This Is to certify that the bearer of this let: er,
Mr.. Miller, one Of the Editors of the Toledo
Blade, is fully entitled to the confidence of all
he may meet, in regard to whatever statements s
nc may make and that rs a Christian gentleman
and an Editor of our leading daily newspaper,
he deserves the highest esteem of those wi h
whom he may have relations of business, or in
socia! life. Having for many years been init
mately acquainted with Mr.. NJ, wish to recon-
mend him to others, if in The Providence of God,
his lot shall be to live elsewhere than in Toledo
and while greatly regret any course Of events
my perfect confidence in his integrity aud in his
bus mess qualifications, especially as journalist,
lead me to hope that he will at once find warm
appreciate the qualities he possesses I there
fore cheerfu'ly commend him to those who may
form his acquaintance in any of the relations Of
life indicated.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

I. II. Parsons hands us relic in the
newspaper way. 1t is a faded copy of
the "Gosnen Repository" !" published at
Goshen, N. Y, July q, 1890, about s6
years ago. The old-style "s'' (shaped
like "t') is used. Among the articles
is an eulogium delivered by DR.. Abb
gence Waldo at the grave of the ''late
General Israel Putnam" The motto
at the head of the paper is one which
we long since adopted, though we never
before saw it expressed in this way:
"With generous freedom for our constant guide.
We scOrn control and print on every side. "
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

SEcEss1oN.-Secede from every name
and kind of Saleratus except D. B. De.
Land & Co.'s Best Chemical Salcratus.
This is the kind to use on every occa.
sion, for it is always uniform and per-
feet, and always holds out weight. 1t
The Worthington Journal is a red
hot Bristow paper this week. 1t takes
a whole column to::answer little squib
Of ours last week, touching Bristow' s
candidacy. Mrs. Bell, who edits the
Journal, is an awful ''Bristow man. -
Jackson Republic.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

The Journal has taken to quoting
Shakespeare. Now we don't propose
20 be outdone by the Journal in any
thing except milk-and-water, so here
goes for some poetry:
THE HELLS.
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT (AFTER) TOE.
Hear the bells
Journalistic bells
How they Jingle jingle jangle, how they ringle,
ringle, wrangle!
How they fume and fret and potter to produce
their milk-and-water
How they churn, and cllurn, and putter, to pro-
duce little butter,
And the People stand a~laughing at the everlast.
ing sputter
OF the bells, bells; bells bells bells bells BELLS
At the everlas ting jingle Of the Journalistic
Hear the bells!
The of1ice.seeking bells!
How they ring out to the People like cracked
bell in q steeple,
Or a cow-bell on the prairie, with goling. 80.
lang, go-lingle,
And the People stand a-laughing at the swell
and strut, and Jingle
OF the bells, bells; bells bells bells bells bells
At the everlasting jingle of the ofIlce-seeking
bells
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
G. CHASE,

G. CHASE,
Earrier and Horse Sheer.
)KOMPr attention given at all times to treat
general backsmithing
Shop between the Worthington and the Far
'"cr 1"'eE' "orChinetoi' Nlinn. [4-l0-ly.
Horses clstratcd. Terms-S2 to A. at ovvnor,a
risk; 80 on every hundred IT, insure yaine of
horse to be appraised. Have had % years cx.
pcriencc.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15

WOR1lHING1ON MARKETS.
WHEAT, 75@SO.
FLOUR u bbl. S 90 @8 Oo!
CORN u buslle), sec.
OATS y busllel, &c.
BARLEY, G0@75.
FLAX, l 90.
BUTTER, 15@1213c.
EGGS y doz., 10c.