, 1880-07-24

public officers salaries Should bc cut down
one-llnli {whiie lie draws full pay); tint tho
country Is jn peril for want Of work for IL
boring mcli, right here In his nwn city t'soro
nre hundreds of thousands OF dollars ittle
for whit OF Use. Ex.fi0v. Merrill, President
Of the CltIzons' National Bank, tho 1lonsJ.
u. Grlnne11, and several capitalists went to
Slate Centre few lays ago to SEQ It they
Gould not n'nkn. m inycstn,cnt OF tl!otr sl,r-
ess e 81 Tint eaea a inesss @ 10 e @
that q taflrontl from Stnte Centre tn 0rtnne'l
would 10 a good thing for them, and
II the project nAet their annroyal MID tliay
fort" tic money woliitl 10 forthcoming 10
build the roud. The Sinte Centre. pcnplo
were both surprised and rlcased., 1twns 4
bonn they 1iasF not even dreamed Of. II IT
MHE fnIis's ss to taks it'd oi ' i; M 70 sa's
CclItrc, ard they snit1 Amen y Tho pro.
pusc,l route Is from State Centre direct 10
tsrlnnclI, ,wlcro It would coslllect witl, tho
Heli S 4 Montez,,aIa l Road. ,'rhis would elsea
new competing route to Chicago. Gov. aIcr-
ri!l tOes not Msuniy il,yrst money wlere It
will not pay. lie evidently kllowAwhat lin Is
h1a! tasl!y aae'ais .s 9aSSr lit sse " Ms 0' '0
THO little town Of Sile'!all, few miles
sontl, ,of Ames, an! located on
ths Des Mo1es Y Min,neapols Division Of ti!o
NlltNhu ~ 1SUikuNGatcltIt hlS t44oHA INV
engineer OF tho Clltengo, Milwaukee, Il st.
Paul, WHO was looking for feaslhlH route
westward fran TINT point. a Giilzell OF
tow n1nl pttoted him to tho Dcs Mn1nrs River,
wllera they struck nn OLD survey .mntle teti
years ngo; tl,s'icu they we,,t on e'K. miles I,s
seeking n route from AtarIn1,. in Linn Cout-
ty, to Council Bluffs; Tint HEY woltld run 10
Talo, thence west l,y SOL. o Cl,e|sna, thence
sont',west M TO q. iaierlpe' HAte gein!!t between
thence westward to si,cldalii. theme Il,
Council Bluffs. 1t wns reported that the local
surveyors were to meet tlle civil engineer Of
the rt'na ct Marion, ANIL relnrt progress snoi.
cago. .tS milwaukee, arc aklrnlishng about
IN this vicinity; yct fur what real purpose
has Mot tranSpirctt. REGENT movements, af
ty lust INV, illdicnto they ut least, hive
strong suspicion II not nGtltnt Knowledge Of
Ten msast%fs T. t. t S IT, Fuss dxa TINT wSre @
tic Northwester1i making any railron.l move
mcnts you Will find tho milwaukee, there or
sf,s'ft W, 'ass t nut'orltu!yely that the pcs
60 u Northwestern, will DC pushed on now to
| Minneapolis nnl st. Pull Oil the brna.l-
I gauge. From Ames u0rtl. 10 Ca(lannn t!lorO
yat rcnaIns about tun miles Of llarrow-.gnttEo
| trucl; Which Is tn he taken IN mid brONtt-
Rnugs laid, which plts m cl,G! 10 tf!e most
sSaenstTG t @ nair"MgMVRs sSpeeaeS 'i ~ I4 !e
tS;@k III ,ws'}ts H. ;pass 5 i 'I osS|iPI All
as tho hEE fish do the littla ones. The harrow
| gNtEe rolling stock will be sent to tho routl
rlnning from Galcnn to rlntisyille, WIS.,,
iIe inll eappinellt M . tos tMo Ist,e!ays M 81, pas-
sehKef tlaaflS htl3 becil orueleu W liu Mime
s r; ~ Fl frdS tr"g to tob bss
Aloines. Large lunutltles ot lumber aru n
rsany sntg ng aa ~ a aS9a .aa I'm. foute anu CHI
| ITEMS. ...-....-.
Mr. John T. Stuart, President Of tho Spring.
field n Northwestern Railroad. ANNOUNCES
tliat @ Mr.. i. i. 1Iydo i,as been appointed sn,
rerln1enaeht Oh thnt Colnpahylli place OF AIR.
G. n. Black, resigned. Mr.. William 1tfdgety
has been elected Treasurer of the Company,
vice Nr, Henry Iseraan, resigned.
| Considerable excitement prevailed among
me Itelsht nee'sts Of t,o 1'aea leatllng south
and SoNthMest yesterday on account OF re-
purts TINT tslo ureen Lllio ttnst frelght} W9s
cutting rites 70 Southern points. 1t could
ports. wera bnsed upon fncts. + the report Is
true It means wat' between the Southern,
lllles from tliis eitH, Glneinl!ntl, nMl Evnns-
yllln nnd the Lolisyll'e s. Nashville combt-
The roads west of tho Missouri Etver arc
rou0rtci to be iIel,tiug bitterly ol, liye-sttcj;
laslness. The Ka!ss|ts City; Lawrence 4
to @ passs seyrs S @ ia T. na ttSf of i T. fsr stae td
that bptit companies WUre cutting tic. rntt
per car, niso TINT tho Sauta Fd ind lnatlc !.
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