, 1881-10-24

hES 4AUlNEI91 lust tCb. SthN4 HE tHlCHtQ ~
Northwestern extensions Il, tile Northwest
aro about In tiIs stnpe: Tho Culiope Lino
Is ironc1 to Humboldt, anil MI ayaflnbto
forces are being tnt On 1t to pisl, It through.
Tile Algonn Line will he finished within tell
dnys, and tho Lake City Line, 10 Lake City,
lin Calhoun County, abont tile snllle tttnu lis
tho Algona l.inc. Tho Cnrroll Branch Is
graded mid MI The iron laid but seven lailcs.
Tho Audubon 1}rancll, Which dellects from
tho Carroll branch 10 a connection with tho
Audubon Branch of the Chicago Il tuck Isl
and, Is nearly nll graded. An effort will bo
l,latte to get to Its coal pruperty III Malaska
County before winter Is far advanced. Two
corps Of engineers are III the field,
ono working ilorth from Oskaltosa, tho other
south from 1owa City, and this cUrps IL fol-
lowed by graders. 1t Is rlllnured that tho
Northwestern anl Chicago Il Milwaukee,
will unite III building this coal routl, tho lat.
company also owning large trnct of coal
lalul near that of tile Northwestern.
The Burlington, Catlar Rapids & Northern
las proposed to the people of Worth!l.gton.
III Minnesota, to extend tho1r line ~ WORTH
ingt0n, and ioratu sleuot within oiie-talf
,nlle Of tho courthouse square, before .1un.
|, 1ss:A. provided the. Townships Of Wurtl-
ington' and Indian Lake and tho VII
lagc Of Worthington will Issue bonds III tho
SIN, Of Sl5,0W oil or befure Dee. /, 1881, said
bonds 10 bu delivered when tito ruad Is COLL
pIetet. to draw i,er cent interest. payable
sc,l,t-annunlIy VI Cedar Rapids. tho bonds to
run twenty years,
Tho Chicago, Milwaukee t. st. Paul have
sold III Northwestern Iowa during tile liast
year l50,O0D ucres of tloir lartt grant, md
every sale represents actual settlers. ayoIag
ing lSa acres each. This la1Nl, with seyera!
hundred Thousand acres mnrc, making Il
strip twelve n,tles Wills from Algulla to the
northwest c,rhGr of tho Statc, WIS given
away by the State several times II llluy w0ull
build railrDHu through II, and they NIL
fni.c,t until at last the Chicago .E Milwaukee,
gDt hold of II, Wien the dirt began to ily. III
less tim two years tfey lad n road through
It, slnct when they hare soltl menrly ,ll of Il
u actlai settlers, making tic most extensive
anIes uy0r kllAwn fl tlle State to Nctuul
settlers. Aud whit Is better still. the settlers
,tp there llayu ratsud crops big enough t0 pay
for their luud.
Tho lIo,L +. II. Sutton, tho well-knawn
lawyer, lIas been presented by Kate Shelley,
Tho ChtcagO& Northwestern disaster herutne,
With thu miners lump which ll.iteI ler
across the chasm made by tho rushing ,or-
reut. 1t Is about two md Il llalf Inches hlgll
| ulld shaped llke Il teapot. llo proposes tn
brighten II ny, osleaAn ~ III RlAss, Win sllSef
lh0tihtlnEs, u1ltl r.at y up ior Inc fliltoiu
buXS anu enlll|aerGtAl llnfclu!s 1n rt!lle !hr.
,tho Chlca9n, milwaukee, " ~. raul has
Wiltsilet ITS ilrHt I0clIli!ltayt into Dayton,
Webster County, on TIC llrst rAtlroad In tut
seGtt0't.
superintendent kinbhlt, OF the GsltcaEo u
| milwaukee, was ut Madrid toW s{nys since,
II Is rtIu9rod. to select s!tn Tor lIaot,tne--
shops ssli ril1It!.tlnls5e. Although he kept
| hls own cDllsUl. " II known he rlfcli!sgtt
y largo, trAct OF lntld thete; Madrid u
tho old toWn Ut Swtete l'n'nt rs
laid down 9M the inaps. tlsltl IL Au9llt midway
lctwcel, tl,[s city aud l5otl!e, Oh tho Cht'Mgn
~ Nprtl'wsster,. II b woli knnW!! % t,a NIL
WaIkon will iHlse ttiyisionAl .'nlht bul wecIl
A1ur!nh hntt Council lNtllt5, md tAt pnistt lt
hts been intihatca Woull soOlier Ur later hn
tl,e tcrlnlnAl pnlnt 0t 'llle 70 t!lis ely: AZ
slRllaEcr Merrill lns prorlisetl Des Af1tlles
IA pun" tlIis t!oyelneiit Of MI: klmbaIl lla9
4 srlthiaiica ut verifying coh]ecturcs aiW.
confirming ru!hors.
| ., Away inct; II! tho cnrly days Of John 1,
Tracy-ycs, befora tllat-wis projcctctl a1
| nlr-ltna .ralroa.f frp,n Now York to Council
l3nlls, but ltko many other Projects III thosu
flush p'tl speculative snys the succeeding
pnillc HoMt u SkyWara. Here ntl!! there short
stretches ut the road were built. ltecNntly
lilo nrDfrct jlns trrn revived, p,lI tllu road il