Daily globe., 1879-06-07
RUsHMORE.

RUSHMORE.
ONE OF THE ATTRACTITE TOWNS OF
MINNESOTA.
An Opportunity for Business, Health and
Pleasure-What Has Been Done In q
Year-A Fine Glass of People-Splendid
soil-Good Hotel Mill and Railroad Fa-
ctlities.
from Travelling Correspondent Of the st.
Paul Globe.
RusHMoRE, June 81 Though until of late
unknown to the annals of fame, tlis delight
full village is beginning to attract consider
able attention abroad. It came Into exist
ence through the energy and enterprise of
its founder, S. NJ. Rushmore, Esq, of New
York city, who established it on June lst,
1873. It's location is twelve miles west of
Worthington, in Mobiles county, on the St.
Paul & Sioux City railroad Sioux Falls
branch). Mr.. Rushmore came here as the
representative of New York city and st. Paul
parties who are owners of tract of 5,lOO
acres of the very choicest of farming lands,
and began improving at once. At present
$500 acres are under cultivation, while the
balance is fast being turned over. Tho
policy of the owners is not to keep this vast
tract as one unbroken farm, but to sell to
parties wanting small farms, either improved
or unimproved, and at very reasonable fig
ures. To people desirous of settling where
they can find good soil, healthy climate, pure
water, good markets and fine society, Rush
more presents the most unlimited and daz-
zling attractions. Its location is upon high
rolling swell-the highest point in the Mis-
sissippi valley. The engineers say it is well
watered and we'll drained, and
possesses a soil rarely equal
ed and never excelled throughout
Minnesota's vast domain. The wheat pro-
duced in this section is of very superior
quality, much more so than in the same lati-
tude further east, owing, doubtless, to the
superior adaptation of its soil for wheat
raising and its high elevation. The pure,
healthy atmosphere already and SO justly
famous throughout the country, and which
draws so many thousands yearly to ind
health and homes on the Minnesota prairies,
finds no exception here, and to the Rush
morites, who are mostly late comers from
in the extreme. A very large population of
the inhabitants are from New York and are
people of cultivation and refinement, and
| who lend an intellectual cast to society, at
tractive to those who wish home and sur
roundings in which to rear their families,
| (such as perchance they are leaving) in 10.
cality where cheap lands are creature of
the past. school house is being erected al
cost of 81 800, and church will be built
ere the close of the season.
Among the substantial business improve
! ments at present in existence are the store
of Rushmore & Co., a building 22x6O, and
we'll filled with fine stock of general mer-
chandise. Here the polite and urbane Capt
Demorest may always be found, indefatiga
BILE in his attentions to his customers and
irreproachably gallant to the ladies. The
| Capt. makes things hot for neighborins
towns occasionally just to let them know
that he means business, and that prices mus
come down to their proper level here as else
where. aa5afra
Mr.. w. Turner represents the hardware
line and has neat and tasty store vel
stocked with goods of his line. He viii ~
clude very fine line of sportsman's goods
including very fine stock of breech- loader.
for sale or rent, and line of saddlers
goods.
Mr.. F. Peck has well appointed ti1
shop, and will soon put in a line of stoves.
Mr.. Chas. Griffin has fine meat marke
always we'll supplied and Mr.. B. 81. Wetze
has just opened first class blacksmith
shop. 81 II
The firm of Rushmore & Co., in addition
to their general merchandising handle al
kinds of farm machinery and have yer,
fine steam elevator and feed mill with tw'
run of burrs and storage capacity of 5000
bushels. The railroad company also fur
nish neat, commodious and tasty depo
and freight wa1eroom.
4 Last but not least comes tho Rushmorl
hotel. This tasty structure is the propert
of Mr.. e. L. Wyemple, himself a large farm
or. The building IS of wood, two storie
high, French roof, and is 26x50 feet on the
j ground with rooms nine and ten feet high il
the clear. It is finely finished and furnished
and in the hands of Mr.. Wyemple and hi
estimable lady and pretty and attractive
young misses, cannot fail to prove a yer,
pleasant resort. Mr.. Wyemple keeps clas
of tlne horses and during the shooting gseasol
sportsmen can find no finer place to indulg
| GAolE pdSSlOu ZOE wing 81 6uooIAuB. MI
Wyemple has the largest barn in Noble
county and will run livery in connection
with his house.
Rushmore has large surplus of capita
back of it and it's business community
composed of a set of men who ar
alive to the situation and anxiou
for the prosperity of their town
Among the many energetic farmers who hay
steadily continued to improve and develo
the surrounding country, and who have to
day from so, to 800 acres of crops, we ar
plased to mention Messers. Seney; Randall
James, and VIM. Thoms, W. and A. McCard
Bradford and Dewey. Hogg, Burdet
: Dougherty, and others, whose fene fans an
tasty homes are among the mos
, interesting features of this fine 10
cality. To people desirous of locating
the great West, we can truthfully say thet i
our estimation Rushmore possesses more a.
fractions and fewer drawbacks than an
other locality we have seen, and We can onl
say further, 60 and see it for yourselves.
= OWATONNA NEWS.
ESPECIALLY REPORTED FOR THE ST, PAUL GLOBE
OwAToNNA, June 6.-The grand jury ha,
- u 4 = -g--ss r