New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-02-13

BROWN COUNTY.
Its Resources and Future Prospects.
Seeing that the State papers are fail
putting in Il good word for their re-
spectiYe counties, we thought it would
mot be amiss to say Il few words III be-
half of Brown county.
NEW ULM, which is the county seat
Of Brown county,, is the largest town
in the county, and boasts a population of
nearly 1900. The city is beautifully
located on the south bank of the Min
nesota river; the business portion is
substantially built, and the merchants
and professional men, as y class,
or live go-ahead men our merchants
always pay the highest market price
for farm produce. Two large steam
grist mills, a planning mill, foundry and
machine shop are located here. The
Minona & st. Peter railroad passes
through New Ulm and has made this
point the western terminus for it's pas
|senger trains since the road was built
here. The Des Moines & Minneapolis
railroad, running north and south,
3 will touch this town, which will offer
us still greater facilities. The town
|site is four miles long and two wide,
so it will be seen that there are still
plenty OF vacant lots for newcomers
!; TO settle on.
SLEEPY EYE,
/ located on the Winona &St. Peter rail
5 road, fifteen miles west of New Ulm,
| is the next town of Importance. AL
i though this village was built only a
: few years ago, it has nearly OF quite500,
3 inhabitants. Themerchants are live
/ and energetic men, who make it
u business to always pay the highest
market price for farm produce, and
sell their goods amazingly low. The
Z town has a bright future before it,
y and new corners are always welcome.
: SPRINGFIELD,
l. located on the same road, fourteen
y miles farther west, is also q very good
y point to locate. This place although yet
l. quite small yet, contains some very en-
It ergetic business men who no doubt
i. will make !: town out of it in the course
y Of time.
}, GOLDEN GATE.
e located six miles north Of Sleepy Eye
- on the Redwood Falls stage road is ;
X very pleasant little burg, as is als<
o. Iberia located four miles south OF Slice
70 py Eye. Although the government
~ land in the county is nearly all taken
r. good land can be bought from to Slt
r. an acre, andthe inducements offered t.
et new settlers are equal to any in TIN
N State.
e. We have no disposition to built
ar s'airy castles and are not unmlndfu
IN that misfortunes may destroy TIN
i. brightest prospects, but Judging from
III present appearances, we think tina
~ our city and county have good reasol
~ to look forward with reasonable con
=. tidence. to a season OF business pros
Nv perity. 81 -
4. A general depression of business ha
nt existed throughout the country sine
~ 1873, which of itself has thrown man
If of the oldest and ablest business holls
he es of the country into bankruptcy. /
M addition to this misfortune, Brown &c
~ during all that time has suffered fror
IT. the almost total destruction of crops b
ks grasshoppers, and yet we believe nc
or q single failure has occurred in til
on county.
nd During the five years of grassho,
4 per ravages and general hard time!
dis very few have migrated from tn
en- county, and Of those few, a large pr'
he portion have returned and others wi
cir return. Year after year the farmer
1st haveprepared and seeded their groun,
and, although the crops have been d
stroyed, they have thus kept tt
ground in good condition, and show
,es their manly pluck and confidence
~. the country. The people have BET
~, compelled to live economically. b,
~ there has been very little actual su
WI fering, and they have learned the val
able lesson that the actual necessiti
Of life are not expensive. We thil
we can say, without fear Of cont1
400 diction. that the people of this com
~ have in themselves a capital stock
~, prudence, perseverance, and pluck, til
aoe would go very far toward insuring 81
ing ces in business in uny county.
md The sales of our merchants duri
Of the past five years have been light, b
Fac. the credit system has been aim,
IN entirely abandoned, 1--WE hope never
~ be renewed, and, strange as it III
seem. the amount Of outstanding G