The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05

1Hs NILwA UKlEE ROAD 6URR.
Gen. Manager Merrill. Of the g. N.
4 st. Paul railroad. last week wired 4
telegram to Spirit Lake, saying:
Tell the people Of Spirit Lake that
they can depend on getting our read
Immediately. Order Mr.. Burpee to
have survey finished and set tho con-
for depot grounds.
And the stakes of tho Milwaukee
have been set to Diamond Lake, with.
In four miles Of the State line. Tie
road woull have reached Worthingtcn
this fall but it was necessary to put all
the forces ut command On another part
OF the Milwaukee extensions. just
what route the read will follow is not
known but tue fact that It ia going to
Diamond Lake seems to Indicate that
it will pass north and east Of Round
Lake and como in farther north Of
Ochseda than the Burlington. Tho
route, ~ far ~ known, will b about
parallel with tho Burlington and from
three to fsur miles distant from the
Burlington track. This, however, IL
mestly speculation. Tho Milwaukee
may cross the Burlington track and tho
Ocheeda Narrows and come into
Worthington from the south.
But that tho road is coming is now
vel, settled. and tho ADVANCE cAn
again say I'VE told you 50, " and figured
it out ''all along" For where else
could the Spencer branch, line run
ming northwest through Spirit Lake
go if not ~ Warrington. Just take
your map and figure it out anywhere
else if you can. The Milwaukee is max
ing cutoff to keep pace with the Dur
ling and will 60 right through Worth.
ington to either Pipestone OF Flandrau.
In confirmation Of this, we may say
that Mayor Smith met Mr.. VanHorne
In st. Paul few days ago. who infor-
nsd him that Mr.. Merrill was his au-
thority for saying that the Milwaukee
would he in Worthington next Spring.
As the ADVANCE remarked a year ago,
get your rain barrels ready for there
Is a big shower coming"
THE WABASH COMING.
The Pilwstous Star publishes = re-
port of a meeting at that place in the
Interest of the st. Louis, Hannibal l, aud
Keekuk railroad, IAN extension Of said
railroad frsm Keokuk, Iowa, in 4
northwesterly direction through this
place to some point on the Northern
Pacific road in Dakota" The compa-
ny wish to know what the citizens of
Pipestone will do toward assisting in
the preliminary survey and toward &C.
curing right Of way. and tho meeting
resolved to assist.
Looking about for further informa-
tion as t. this road we find the follow
ing project outlined in the st. Louis
Republicans:
w. W. Walker, president Of tho st.
LOUIS, Hannibal Il keokuk railroad, a
practical railrba'l engineer Of tho high
est standing, i constructor OF some Ut
tho largest lines iii Iowa, has been invi-
ted to make his road Il part Of u trunk
line from st. Louis to Dakota. MIR.
Walker has concluded to put II corps Of
engineers to survey line from u point
on his road. about eleven miles south Of
Hannibal, to the grand divide, Or water
shed, between the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, rivers; thence along the divide
through the States of Missouri, Iowa
and Minnesota to Il point OH the North
ern Pacific railroad in Dakota. It is
that a railroad can be con-
and operated along this divide
most economically, rs the grades will be
low, and the bridges few and the track
way above all disturbances from high
water. The men interested in the pro-
ject find that st. Louis IL just 595 miles
south of Jamestown, Dak.. on the
North Pacific Railroad, and that a rail-
road can I've constructed which will
have less mileage to st. Louis than the
present rail transportation to Chicago
from the same point.
This looks ~ though it were . part
Of the Wabash scheme, part Of which.
under the name Of tho DesMoines
Northwestern, is already surveyed to
Spirit Lake. From Spirit Lake it will
undoubtedly pass through Worthing-
ton to Pipestone or some point North
west Of us. To follow TIE divide or
watershed closely it would strike the
summit in the vicinity Of the junction,
but Worthingt"n is on the east slope Of
the divide and already Il railroad center,
and of course the road will strike the
town if it comes this way at all. That
it is coming to WorthinGton, We now
repeat with more confidence than ever.
And we repeat also our claim made
over year ago, viz: ~ the Burlington,
(2) the Milwaukee, C3) the Wabash, ~
certain; and. ~ the Northwestern as
probable.
A Big Successfully wife was in
bed two years with complication of
disorders her physicians could not
cure, when was lei to try Parker's
Ginger Tonic. 1t was Il big SUCCESS.
Three N,ttles cured her, at Il cost Ut u
dollar aud fifty cents. and she is now
~ strong as any woman.-R. d., Duff:s-
10.
It was cheeky, t, say the least, for a
''christIess wl'rlp" like 1ngers0ll, rs
George w. Julian might call him, to
bathe his perorxtion in the patlIos of
the Passion, and to illustrate the faith
fulness Of woman ~ seen in Mrs. Dor.
sey's devotion for her husband by cita-
ti0n Of ''Nlary Magdalene, with loving
lips and hands pressed against the feet
of Christ" And ut this blasphemous
''rot" We are told there were tears gal
ore. The amount of white-livered sen
tilnent there is in this land and people
ready to gusl, and imundate the face of
flin0a ut the slipht4.at excl6e 0r cllance