The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-05-02
LAND SALES.


Most of the Districts in the county
have accepted the Merrill textbooks.
LAND SALES:
Since our last report Miner & Par
sons have made the following land
sales:
The nj of the net 0-1O2-3S to Nels o.
son, ut 81 per acre.
Lot Oh 1-l01 10, to r. G. V. Parker,
40 acres for $255.
The net of the set 25.101-4 10, to A. O.
Lofsted, at $3.50 per acre.
The set of 25-1Ol-iO, to John Saxson
at $3.50 an acre.
The nwt Of: 2l-102-40 to Richard
Hutchinson at 50 per acre.
The set Of the sw4 and lots 5 and on
5-lOl-S9. to.Ole Ellingson ut 81 per acre.
The swt of 9-103-4Oto J. r. Ashworth
at Sc per acre.
The ] of 25-10l-41 to August BLESSING
for $1,000.
Clark Noyes, of Grand Prairie, has
sold his farm of 10 acres for $4,000
cash. Last year, after the farm was
seeded, it was offered for about 5000.
Most of the land is under cultivation.
Candall & IIoyt have sold to D. p.
and y. W. Robinson, of Wis, the DIR.
Folsom place on the ne4 Of 26, in Elk,
for 81, 120. They expect to break about
50 acres this season.
ARRIVALS.
NIessrs. Buttcriield and Dun, of Eau
Claire, have arrived and are looking for
lands.
D. p. and d. W. Robinson, of New
Richmond, Wis, have arrived and ex-
pect to locate among lis.
Crandall Il IIoyt have located w. II.
Green, of Minneapolis, OH lands in the
northwest part Of the county.
d. Conley and VIM. Gallagher, from
Milwaukee, have arrived and are put
ting in some crops OIL their claims in
the NV township.
FLOURIsIING TREEs.-In the fall of
1872, five years ago last fall, cotton
wood trees were set out around the
park in Worthington. The other day
we measured the largest two. at the
Tenth Street corners, and found that
the upper one measured two feet five
inches and a half around at the butt
just above the roots, while the other
one measured about one inch less.
They are from Is to 20 feet high. II.
w. Kimball set out some from the same
lot OF trees about the same time and
several of them measure over % inches
around just above the root and are a.
bout 20 feet high.
In view of such facts rs these, it is H.
musing to hear any donbts expressed d
bout timber culture on these prairies.
A few years more and Wortllington
will be lined with shade trees 80 to 40
feet high, and in ten years every farm
er, who pays proper attention to plant
ing trees, can he supplied with an a.
bundance of fuel from his own groves,
| and have the much desired wind-break
for the shielding Of his buildings and
| stock.
SELECT READING.-C. L. Hall, Esq.,,
| we'll know WI newspaper writer, has, at
the earnest solicitations of number of
our citizens, consented to give litera-
ry entertainment on Saturday evening,
in Miller Hall; consisting Of readings,
Rotations, and other oratorical exer-
cises. Mr.. Hall has the reputation of
being one of the best elocutionists in
the United States. Many of the selec-
tons are rare gems, of which he is the
author. This will be an interesting
literary treat to our people, and a
crowded house will certainly greet the
gentleman. Admission Is cents.
SHEET. Ames has purchased A.
E. Grissell's flock of over 900 head of
sheep, which added to his own, will
! make a flock of 1900 sheep. BY the
time the lambs are all in, the flock will
probably number $500.
Mr.. Ames has still unbounded conf
dence in the sheep business, his expert
ence during the past year confirming his
views upon the subject. His experience
in this has more than met his expecta-
tions. Mr.. A. expects to let out sheep
to farmers in small or large lots.
Prof. r. F. IIumiston arrived in
Worthington on Monday. He recently
returned from tour through Texas
where he has been selecting lands for a
large colony in which Chicago capital
lists are interested. The Professor re-
ports large immigration going into
| Texas.
Indian Lake people complain that
somebody has stolen the plank and the
stone from the bridge on the Ocheeda
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