The Worthington advance., 1879-01-09
THE COUNTY R0ARD.

THE COUNTY BOARD.
The Board Of County Commissioners
met on Tuesday, and continued in ses-
sion during yesterday, making the re-
port too late for publication in this is
sue. We can therefore only mention a
part of the business transacted and
will give the full report next week.
The new member, +. Bloom, present.
ed his credentials and took his seat as
member. A. C. Robinson was elected
Chairman Of the Board for the ensuing
year. The bonds of Court Commits
sioner, County Attorney, and County
Surveyor were presented. The bond of
the County Attorney was fixed at $3.50
and accepted. The others were return
ed for correction. A number of per-
sons presented applications for an ex-
tension of time for paying seed grain
tax Of 1877. The extension was grant
ed.
A petition from B. F. johnson ask
ing AL abatement of costs and penalties
on certain erroneous taxes was granted.
An important matter was settled re-
lating to taxing holnesteads. In the
year 1877, homesteads which had been
held for five years but not decided, were
listed for taxation. Such homesteads
were subsequently declared not taxable.
The Board directed that in all such
cases, the tax OIL improvements should
be c, llected this winter with other
taxes but that costs and penalties
should be abated.
Tie funds in the hands of the County
Treasurer were counted and f"und to
correspond with the report Of the Board
Of Audit. A list Of jurors to be drawn
from was selected.
EFFEC7S OF COMPETITION
We learn that some twenty teams left
the vicinity Of LuVernea a few days ago
with wheat, going to Patterson on the
G.. NJ. & st. Paul road, the difference
in the price paid justifying the trip.
We expect soon to hear that our farm
ers are hauling to Jackson, on the
Southern Minnesota. At this rate, it
! will not be long before the trade of this
and adjoining counties will be turned
to points on other railroads. Hurry up
the Southern Minnesota and the Spirit
Lake branch.
THE TESTER&
Our Bigelow correspondent last week
asked some pertinent questions about
the brass testers. There is such diff
ference in the working of these testers
that the matter seems to demand some
strict legal action to set it right. No
doubt the Legislature will act upon it
at the coming session. Our friends
out at Westside are moving to. petition
that body for some protection against
the swindling kettles OF swindling buy
ers whichever it is.
A card received from Walter II.
Shnpe, publisher of The Advocate, N.
Y, announces that the paper will be
re-issued hereafter in its original form,
ut so cents year instead Of Csc. The
only reason for suspending was finan-
cial embarrassment owing to the failure
of the company to obtain advertising.
Former subscribers sending SO cents
will receive the paper one year and have
their unexpired terms filed out besides.
The Advocate has been quite Il power
nj NJ
have no doubt the 100000 subscribers
who have read it heretofore will he glad
to learn that it is to be re-established
on permanent footing.
DR.. Marshall's Lung Syrup relieves
| the worst cases of Coughs and Colds
almost instantly. Call on your drug
gist and try bottle of it, the price is
only 25 cents. Sold by Law & Son.
THE BRASS KETTLES
EDITOR ADVANCE: read in your
the br~ss kettles signed, ''B." am
wheat in Bigelow, and that he took
having it ground into Graham flour,
and that he took samples to Worthine-
ton Mill. In regard to the test 1T Bige-
low. the wheat was cleaned in an infer
ior tanning mill and tested 81 lbs. and
have no doubt but the wheat was put
through the tanning mill twice at Rush
more, and it being a new mill, would
account for the difference in test AS they
wanted wheat clean to make Graham
-four, and said sample was taken to
Worthington and tested 81 lbs, ID.
more than in Rushmore. Now 1 have
good reasons to think that the Brass
Kettles at Rusllmore and Bigelow are
the same, and the one in Worthiigton
is the old style. The Chicago Board of
Trade has recently changed the stand
ard. This explains the difference in
Brass Kettles. Mr.. b., however, got
IS cents for his wheat IN Digelow. No.
wheat at that time was only worth
y cents to ship, but merchants this fall
have to pay more than wheat is worth
in some cases, in order to collect in
their accounts. JONES.
BIeELow, Jan. 7, 1879.
LETTER FROM IOWA.
EDITOR ADVANCE: This is the last
day of this year. l therefore wish you
i happy New Year and all the rest OF
mankind. We are having beautiful
weather here and good sleighing.
Snow about four inches on the level and
the weather severely cold. This is a
| E,,o oo,,,t opI %},a f.,r hor<>