The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-08

ST. PAUL, April 5.-At Daluth Jay Cooke
is understood to be the owner Of the most
valuable part of the water power of the St.
Louis river, and a railroad up the bank of
tho river to near the falls, to facilitate the
building and operating of mills is talked OF. A
large grist mill, it is said. is to be built at
about the foot Of the rapids this season, and
it is also reported that negotiations are in
progress for the establishment of several
mills along the river. The fact that the near
approaching fnal settlement of Jaw Cookies
estate is likely to leave him about as rich az
he was imagined to be seven years ago, gives
credit to these reports and rumors.
The immigration movement into Mime
sofa, Dakota and Manitoba ia increasingly
large, especially on the St. Paul e. Manitoba
road. The evening freight trains from this
CITY on that road are mostly loaded with stock
and immigrants' goods for stations all along
the line. The snow Is about all gone from
the Red River country, and SO far it has not
produced any floods.
Sit oompanys steamers started from Chicago
for Port Huron. The grain laden Chicago
fleet, carrying o,575,OOd bushels of corn.
10000 bushels of wheat, $1,000 bushels of
oats, 78, 600 bushels of rye, and 1000 BUSH
el4 of ha1-seed, have probably most of them
Set sail ere this, aud u number of boats from
the lower lakes will soon be due at Duluth.
Later reports are that several of the grain
fleet set sail from Chicago Saturday.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & S.. Paul CON-
pany has secured tho government contract
for carrying military supplies from Chicago
to YanktoD.
The arrival of immigrants at New York
continues ON an extensive scale, and the indi-
cations are that the stream will increase
rather than diminish. There wero landed at
Castle Garden, last Monday. 2.470 immi-
grants, of whom 1854 came by the Inman
steamer City of Berlin, that being the largest
number on any one vessel since 1873, when
the Egypt brought over 400. Among those
now arriving there are large number of
Irish peasantry, who, it is observed. are
mostly provided with tickets for points in
the West. There are also an unusual num-
Der of Hollanders. and among the rest there
are 12C starving Hungarians, who will have
to be provided for in some way.
Fifteen car loads of black walnut logs.
some of which measured forty-six inches in
diameter, were shipped in one day laet week,
from West Liberty, Iowa, bound for Liver
pool, England.
All the Eastern trunk line roads have ad-
vanced the wages of their subordinate Of
fcers and employees.
A reduction of five cents on freights for
the seaboard will probably be made by the
trunk lines. on the 18th if not earlier.
The st. Paul & Manitoba road has lately
been short of cars for West bound freiehts,
because many of its cars have
been standing loaded at western and north
ern stations, waiting for the wagon roads to
improve 80 that the goods can bs removed.
These cars will soon be released and brought
back.
UPPER MISSOURI TRANSPORTATION.
The steamer Key West will leave Bismarck
for Fort Benton on the 18th inst, carrying
passengers for all river points and for
Helena. Arrangements have been made by
the Northern Pacific management with the
steamboat lines to send out passenger boats
tri-weekly from Bismarck for Fort Benton
during the season, making this route to tho
upper Missouri and Montana more desirable
than ever, as regards time and comfort.
Through tickets for Helena, Benton or any
landing on the river between Bismarck and
Benton may be had at the office of the
Northern Pacific company, No. 43 Jackson
S1AooI' Auo 1auIOau company Will also con-
tract through rates for freight. The road is
now clear of the wintsr distractions aud in
good working order, with both freight and
passenger business increasing very rapidly.
The company is we'll supplied with cars for
present needs, but the growing business
will soon require mere, aud POO new box
cars have been contracted for, to he de-
iivered this month.
ST. P, NJ. & NJ. LAND SALES.
The sales of the first three months of this
year by tho land department of the St. Paul
& Manitoba railroad company were as fol-
lows:
Acres. Sold For. Cash Rec ts.
Januaty. .lS,499 33 $76,276 46 $50, ,9a4 Is
February &, $50 60 164 ,5O7 Is 31.972 50
March. ..S0,479 80 154, 2l0 80 57,3l3 46
Totals. 81. .637 50 $392, ,394 90 .4110,23O q
1t can but be gratifying to Minnesotians to
see how our State is being taken up by in
dustrlous immigrants and that largely
through the efforts of this company the real
merits of our soil snd the advantages of cli-