The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-09-11
RUSHMORE.

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York Enterprise Progress anil Bust
ness Houses Of the Placc-The Neatest
Hotel in the State. # 4
On Saturday last we accepted an in
vitation from E. l.. Wemple, proprie-
tor of the Rushmore Hotel, to visit
Rushmore and be his guest over Sun
day. In company with E. l.. Randall,
we jumped into light wagon, already
occupied by Mr.. Wemple and son, and
behind a spanking team Of bays, spun
out for Rushmore and arrived in. time
for a royal supper at the new Hotel.
After supper we improved the time by
looking up the business men of the
place and jotting down some facts
concerning this new and enterprising
town, which we give below:
RUsHMoRE.
About one year ago we visited Rush.
more and found railroad station, Il
feed mill%and elevator building and a
store partly built and getting in stock
of goods. Now we end a brisk little
town with a general merchandise store,
u grocery store, a tin shop, lumber
yard, a jeweler, two blacksmith shops,
a neat school house just completed at
cost of about 1900 and the neatest
little hotel in Minnesota. The money
is nearly raised to builda 81 800 church,
and we learned that Mr.. Horst and MI.
Leonard contemplate erecting dwelling
houses this fall. The buildings in the
place, all told, large and small, will
foot up from 80 to 10.
Rushmore is little New York, or a
small branch house Of that great CITY.
That is, it was started and is backed
by New York capital, Mr.. Geo. l. S.
ney, President Of the Metropolitan Ma
tional Bank, being the principal found
er. Mr.. Seney owns large body OF
land in the vicinity and his agents on
the ground are S. NJ. Rusllmoye and
his son, A. G. Seney.
S. NJ. RUSuNORE & co.
The gentlemen composing this firm
are S. NJ. Rushmore and A. G. Seney,
both New York business men, though
Mr.. Rushmore's home has been 1T
Mamaroneck, N. j., and Mr.. Seney's
ut Brooklyn. These gentlemen have
an interest, with the elder Seney, in
the town site and III the sale OF some
six sections of land in the vicinity.
Their plan is to break portion of each
quarter section and sell to actual set
tiers and farmers, but not to speculate
ors. This season they broke up about
$500 acres. Just across the railroad
south Of the town, the elder Seney is
reserving ,120 acres for Il model farm
which he proposes bringing into shape.
This is all under plow. $50 acres were
in wheat this year and some in oats
and corn. They expect to crop the
whole farm next season.
Messrs. Rushmore Il seney, in con-
nection with their farming and land
operations, conduct the principal gen.
eral merchandise store of the place, to-
gethcr with the elevator and feed mill.
A. e. Seney is also bringing under
cultivation Il farm Of his own. lie has
most of it under plow, and has one of
the best barns we have seen in the
county. lie expects soon to build Il
residence Oh the farm adjoining the
town site.
RCSlIMORE HOTEL.
This little gem Of a hotel WAS built
during the past summer by L. l.. Wem-
pie, formerly of Brooklyn, wlrre he
was engaged i'll the manufacturing bus
mess. The hotel is two stories, with a
Mansard roof, and cost, with the barn,
about So 600. Mr.. W. has furnished it
mainly with his own private furniture
brought from the East, and it is alto
gether the most elegautly-lurnisned no.
tel i'll the county, or in all this section
of country. The hotel is a beauty and
is the admiration Of all passengers who
look out of the windows at Ruslmore
and who are sure to enquire about the
little gem.
Mr.. Nemple's object i'll building WAS
twofold, viz: to give Rushmorc Il neat
hotel and give himself and family u
home while bringing his farm under cul-
tivation. He has purchased so acres
Of land i'll the vicinity, has go under
ploW and had out this season :1O acres
Of Wheat and the rest in oats. lie is
putting up several hundred tons Of hay,
keeps two splendid livery teams and
several ponies and is prepared to fur
fish livery to sportsmen and others.
20 parties who want Il months
chicken shooting and rusticating, we
know OF 10 place where they can find
sweeter lodgings, richer coffee, juicier
beefsteak and better accommodations
than at MI. Wemple's little hotel.
HARDWARE
W. A. Turner, who was formerly in
the fruit business in New York, has
cast IN his fortunes with the new town
and has opened Il Hardware Store where
he deals in everything Ill that line, i'll
GLIDING farm machinery, and has the
competest lot OF outfits for sportsmen
to he found in the county. Everything
from cartridge to Il sportsman oil
cloth coat can he had ut his store. Mr..
Turner owns the building in which lie
holds fort n and iG n]vn hrin.riner ~ On
acre farm under cultivation.
\. +. HORST.
A. +. Horst is Station agent 1T
Ruslmore and also keeps a lumber
yard. He was Il teacher in the vicinity
of New York before coming to tits
county, and, naturally enough, the
board have selected him to teach the
Rushmore school during the coming
term. Mr.. IL. also has a farm on