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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-05-11
WILLMONT.

EDITOR ADVANCE: In your last
issue, your correspondent from this
town, 'Berichterstater," reporter in
English had an item about the arrest
of l.. Schneider on the 18th Of April.
Either your correspondent was wrong
~ informed or 10 lied willingly. I
have no feeling whatever in the matter,
but as know the ADVANCE wants
only the facts of q matter, ask little
space IN your paper to correct your
worthy correspondent. First, tho said
item says: 1.-The two Oldest boys of L.
Schneider got their father arrest, d and
put III jail" etc. There your CORES
found out by the justice who issued
anything to do with it, but that two or
three OF his neighbors swore out the
warrant, because the person who had
his or her body or back blackened
wanted no longer to be beating. post.
Your correspondent further says;
Tile Judge released Mr.: S., the charg-
es not being found sufficient" l think
he knows AS we'll as do that he was
released only because the justice who
sent him up made a mistake in the
commitment. And what he says
about bad company, dancing parties
and card playing about Schnsl|or's
boys, is the most untrue statement a
correspondent could make, as the boys
never went to any such places; and
there are no such places, We thank the
Lord, in our town.
What he says about taking the prop
erty away from Mr.. s., has not the
least truth in it, rs none Of his neigh
bors want his property, but the whole
town is willing, and not only two
neiglhors. to help poor woman with
seven children. if her husband says he
is going off to start new family, to
save something. especially if the wo-
man brought him by marriage. proper
to to the value Of over $1,000 And
about advice being gwen: to start: i
suit for divorce, I think Mrs. s. needs
no advice from outsiders. Her thus
band gave her plenty Of advice every
time he blackened her hack.
Your correspondent says something
about three persons, one just like the
others. will wager nickle against
an old button that there is none in our
town, and none in Mobiles county like
your "Berichterstater.
DETECTIVE.
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ADRIAN.

Decidedly rainy in this part of the
county.
The creamery is now nearly ready
for business we are told.
Nearly every one who has available
space are having ground broken for
gardens.
There should be All ordinance passed
at once for the protection Of trees on
our streets.
A prtition has been circulated and
generally signed for the purpose Of
closing places of business on Sunday in
tie city IF Adrian.
The bank opened for business Wed :
nesday and Mr.. Small and lawyer Mel
son will office in the bank.
A. NJ. Becker has been grading and
breaking his lots OH MAIN street.
Now we are an incorporated village
and in good running order. let us have
some OF the promised sidewalks.
The old quarters of the Old Reliable
drug store have been reprinted and re-
fitted by Mr.. Jos. Gown and he is NOV
ing in Il new and complete stock of
groceries this week.
But few farmers have planted their
corn as yet, but those who planted 4
week or ten days ago fear their seed
will rot in the ground.
Daniel Maloy returned to Adrian
last week.
Our timers are kept very busy these
days building creamery CANS.
Our young friend, Henry Newell.
met with quite an accident a short
time since. While coupling cars his
hand WAS caught and the third finger
Of the right hand was 50 badly mashed
that DR.. Sullivan had to amputate it.
Henry was nearly ready to take a po-
sition as telegraph operator ut a very
lucrative salary.
Wall paper, wall paper, wall paper at
Rice's.
A few more garden seeds at the Old
Reliable drug store.
Chas. 1Iecox, the popular painter of
Worthington, has been doing some of
his best work for the Old Reliable drug
stores new quarters.
TO the customers of the Old Reliable
drug store, we wish to return thanks
for their liberal patronage in the past
rs well us ut the present time, and now
that we are moved into larger and bet
ter quarters, adapted to the needs of
the business, we invite not only old
customers. but new ones, to call and
see us. Hoping that the policy pnrs ned
by us III the past has been to tho best
mutual good. we remain. yours truly,
The OLD RELIABLE DRCa STORE.
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a WHAT is lIY

CHICAGO. May 3.-The Inter-Ocean
makes IL mysterious but prominent an
nouncement that III advanced step has
been discovered in railroading that
will reve!utioniZe that service and put
it fifty years ahead Of the age. 1t says
the officials Of six Of the largest and
most e,terprising roads in the Missis-
sippi valley have for two days been dis
cussing the new improvement. the ma.
ture If which will 10 an1ouced in /,
few days.
We "knew it beforehand" and "s:,id
50 all along" 1t means that the RO, K
Island has got control Of the Omaha,
and that the Burlington will he push.
ed headfOrpmost into Worth,ngton
this year. Did't We tell YOU so?
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THE LAND SHARKS.

Our neigl'horing Territory of Dako-
tn is in u ferment over the discovery
that lot Of bogus land scrip, known
as Santa Fe scrip, las been put upon
the market and used for some time.
John u. Cameron, the noted real estate
dealer Of Sioux Falls, together with T.
Il. karshaw, of the law firm If Ker-
shaw u Flag, Ut Sioux Falls, and their
law clerk, G.. Averold. have been ar
rested and taken to Yankton. It
seems that the headquarters for issu-
ing this bogus scrip were in St. Louis.
and the bogus name Of the firm was
Burt y Muller. Deputy Marshall
Soest, OF St. Louis, has gone to Yank-
ton to demand Cameron for removal to
st. Louis.
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The great comet is coming at us ut
the rate of 2,0OO,WN miles and proba-
bly, 4 few feet day. lie will he OH in
full splendor about the middle of June,
the astronomers think, and we hope by
that time tn lave our new building up
and entertain the splendid fellow from
our housetop. lie is coming with ter
rors and Affections for those who don't
Jay the printer or WHO hate the editor.
The Worthington Journal has gone
the spout up, and We are sorry, for it
WAS good paper. An independent,
outspoken paper like the ADVANCE, Is
hound to knock down the p+rsilnn,ons
in the end, hut sometimes it costs \
long, sharp fight, as Worthington cal,
testity.-Currie Minnpsotian.
All right, Maxwell, give chem taffy,
now that they are dead. Speak we'll Of
tie dead
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TREE l1IANYINE-

EDITOR ADVANCE: AS the season
for planting trees is ut hand, a few
hints in regard to the subject will not
be inappropriate. When germs of
forest trees are planted, it is for the in
definite future, and it is all important
that IL right beginning should be made.
The best beginning that can possibly
he made is to plant white. cottonwood
trees in rows feet apart, and four
feet apart in the EOWs, and the follow
ing spring replace the trees that fail to
grow. If white cottonwood trees are
not readily obtainable they can be
started from cuttings. Our way
would be to plant cuttings in rows 3
feet apart and l foot apart in the rows,
and transplant the following spring.
For De latitude Of Minnesota and
northern Iowa the white variety is in-
comparably better than the yellow, as
it is harder and makes a more vi gerOus
growth. Bark lice are the persistent
enemies of the yellow cottonwood. the
trees that they attack being always in
jured and frequently killed. 1t would
be better investment to pay two dol
lars per thousand for good white cot
tOnWOod trees one or two years old
than to pay two Niekles per thousand
for cottonwood trees obtained from the
Missouri valley. Those who contem-
plate planting cottonwood groves, now
or in the future, will do well to note
the difference between the two varie-
ties as occasion may present.
If trees are planted with reference
to obtaining the State bounty. they
could be planted in rows eight feet
apart and two feet apart in the rows
For obvious reasons, rows Of forest
trees should never be planted nearer
than eight feet apart Ordinarily it is
not advisable to plant tree seed, with
the exception Of black walnut, where
they are to remain permanently, rs it
invOlys too much labor to keep. them
clear of weeds. They should lie plant
ed in carefully prepared seed bed in
rows three III four feet apart, and
should be Trimmed where they come up
too thick. and could he transplantcd
when one or two years old. A good
way to raise groves of black walnut or
butternut would lie to put the ground
in good condition in the fall, and plow
burrows ten feet apart and drop the
nuts two feet apart and cover three
inches deep with hoe. A row Of corn
could he planted between the rows Of
trees for two or three years, and the
shade thus afforded would lie benefic-
ial to the young trees.
g. EApNyN
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pf1RCHASE on THE NJ. 4 81. l.,

PURCHASE OF THE NJ &STL.
It is now claimed that the purchase
Of the Minneapolis & st. Louis road
was not made by the Rock Island but
by the st. Paul & Omaha. A Chicago
dispatch gives the following reason
for this denial on the part Of the Rock
Island:
The reason why the Rock Island
people are 50 anxious to create the
impression that they have not secured
control of the Minneapolis s. st. Louis
is to divert attention from the real OBJ
ject, Which is to secure full control
of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids s.
Northern, which forms the connecting
link Of the Albert Lea route. There
will no doubt be . lively contest for
the possession Of this road. Both the
Rock Island and the Burlington own =
large interest in the road, but neither
is able to control without AL addition
al amount of stock, and both lines are
now making strenuous efforts to Sc
cure enough to give it controlling in
terest. A compromise will probably
be effected in the end, by which the
Burlington will take that portion of
the road between Burlington and
Cedar Rapids. and which of itself Is of
but little value to the Rock Island,
while the Rock Island will take the
road north of Cedar Rapids.
AL of which is quito probable
and quite satisfactory to us up this
way. 1t is exactly what We want, viz:
the Rock Island system reaching out
and taking in the country which has
heretofore been almost exclusively
controlled by the Northwestern and
Milwaukee systems. It looks now al
though the Rock Island had control of
the following: !. The St. Paul s Oma-
ha system from Omaha through this
way to Minneapolis and St. Paul aud
on to Lake Superior. 2. The Mime
apelis & St. Louis from Cedar Rapids
to Minneapolis and St. Paul. 3. The
original Rock Island system from
Omaha to Chicago and Milwaukee and
southwest to>Atchinsor, I.eavenworth
aud Kansas City. That it will push
on the Burlington. Cedar Rapids &
Northern to Worthington this summer
and connect with the Worthington &
Sioux Falls, thus securing short line
or cut-of for Dakota business. is just
one Of the most probable things in the
railroad world.
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TIE B. &. II. Il N. COMING.

CHICAGO, May 8.-The annual state
ment of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
Il Northern railway shows total gross
earnings for the year S., ,03G. Pres
ident Tracy's report states that while
the business of the year ending Decem.
Der 81, 1881, was larger than that of
any previous corresponding period, the
net results were not entirely satistac
tory. The gross earnings are materi-
ally less and operating expenses larger
than was anticipated, owing princi-
pally to the snow bloc kades. The
c0mpany's new aud leased lines Dire
not ut present remunerative, bnt the
vast influx Of immigration now flowing
into the country traversed by them
cannot fail in producing gratifying
results in the near future. The furth-
or extension Of the company's Iowa
Falls line northwest wardly from Spirit
Lake into Dakota Territory. will result
in forming connections and unbroken
lines Of communication with all the
principal roads and water ways in
Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota.
The latter remark is significant. 1t
means that the Iowa Falls line, that is,
this end of the B. G. II. & n, is to
push vi w a COIIucCLIOu Will lie OIlli-
ha 1T Worthington. The road will be
finished and cars running to Spirit
Lake probably by midsummer, and
then there is a gap of only thirty miles
between Worthington and Spirit Lats
to close up, and the s'connections and
unbroken lines" referred to above will
he completed. The connection at
Worthington with the Worthington &
Sioux Falls will give the big Rock Is-
land a short cut from the Mississippi
through here and on hundred miles
west of us int" Dakota. The great
Rock Island Octopus is putting its
arms around the Northwest in way
which will make the Northwestern and
Milwaukee, stir their stumps and bring
Jay Gould and his Wabash laundering
up this way to get some too. Look
out for big railroad developments in
the next wear or two.
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LETTERS FROM The PEOPLE
AN OLD SETTLER'S OPINION.

AV OAD OAzlLEH'S OPINION.
EDITOR ADTANCE: Fourteen years
in Southwestern Minnesota en-
ables me to give All opinion of the
country as to its adapt.bility to the
raising Of cattle. The grasses can be
no better both in quality and quantity,
and had the first settlers turned their
attention to that branch of industry
the county Of Mobiles would have been
one Of the richest counties in Mime
sofa or. Northern Iowa. Perhaps \
few facts that have come under my Ob-
servati0n would not be out of place.
A man whose claim joins with mine,
when he arrived at my house. had in
all, one yoke Of oxen, one old wagon,
one cow, calf and five dollars in mon
ey. In five years he had 10 head of
cattle. 6 horses, u mower and hay rake,
after having sold seven hundred dol
lars worth Of stock the summer previ-
Gus, and did not ONO a dollar to any
man. Eighteen acres is all the land he
ever broke, which is the grand secret
Of the whole matter.
Perhaps suggestion to those who
have capital would not he out of place.
Let those parties who have invested
largely in real estate secure proper per-
sons ard locate them on their lands
and stock the same with cows, young
cattle and hogs, dividing the proceeds
in such way as to make it profitable to
both. They would. thus greatly en-
nance their lands. besides getting
\ greater per cent. for their money
than they would or do in the manner
heretofore adopted. A creamery is
now in course Of construction and is
in the hands Ut two of the most etli-
Gent gentlemen in this vicinity, men
of integrity and vim, but they cannot
succeed without the cooperation of
every property owner within u ten miles
radius Of 'Worthington, where the
creamery is to be located. There can
he an abundance of men secured who
are adapted to the care of cattle.
These should be sought after. There
is profit of 100 per cent. on calves
with care. The same on yearlings,
and from five to eight dollars on two
and three-year-olds, to purchase and
hold through the summer 1t takes
about three acres Of grass per head for
herding and furnishing hay for the
same through the winter.
The above is rs near as I can figure
it. II.
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lFOr the ADVANCED
MORE LIGHT"

Feet. thou hast travelled far.
On thy way to yOn mystic star!
Hands, thou art pure and white
In this dim and wandering night!
Eyes. thou art filled with tears
For the long aud weary years!
Brow, thou art wan and worn
Thro' the struggling hair and torn,
Always We press to the stars,
Thro' LIES resisting bars.
Always In bane and blight
We strive to lose the night.
But death. and sin. and care
Arc round US everywhere.
Tho way IS sad and long,
Uneheered by smile or song.
Sternly we walk and pray
Upon the rugged way.
We ask nor bread. nor boon,
Nor roses Of the June.
We ask nor love. nor kiss.
Nor aught Of iving's bliss.
Only we pray to know
The meaning Of life's woe.
The meaning dark Of life,
With all its pain and strife.
Dear God. in this our night,
Send u more light-more light!
FANNY DRIscoLL.
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PoTTsv1LLE, Pa, May Cit is
showing heavily throughout the coal
regions. 1t is very cold; like mid
winter.
LOCKHAvEN, Pa, May 6.-Snowing
hard
We should not like to live down in
those boreai regions. Up here on the
isothermal line the trees are budding,
the grass is elbowing it's way out of
the ground, the frogs are screaming
day and night with delight and the
prairie roosters are filling the nights
brim full and running over with their
Growing. AS we read the above chilly
item. Il warm summer thunder storm
is Fourth-of-Julying I'LL over the west
ern heavens, and we wipe the perspira-
ton from our brow and sympathize
with the poor Peuusylvanians.
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WHY IS II:

Why is it that ''misfOrtunes never
come singly?" Why is it that "great
men come IN groups?" Why is it that
when one great man dies and makes
break in the ranks, a number more
follow soon? Witness Darwin. Emer-
son and Longfellow in the last few
weeks. Are men and events linked to.
gether by some invisible chain which
draws all that group into death or the
reverse together? Fur the same is
true of events. They also come in
groups. Soon after the Ring Theatre
fire with its thousand victims there
was Il group Of fires following. each
with its human victims. Next there
was great celliery calamity in Eng
land with i number of smaller calami-
ties CT the same kind following quick
ly, rs though they were echoes of the
great one. Then the deity Of calamity
began on railroad accidents. The
Spuyten Deyv1l disaster was folio we'd
by half score Of minor railroad acct
dents following each other in quick
succession. For a few weeks past the
run has been Oh fires among the inter-
Tor cities. a half dozen towns in Min
nesota and as many more in Wiscon-
sin have suffered heavily from confla-
grations. And as cap sheaf to all the
horrors, the very devil of villainy broke
loose in u series OF the vilest rapes ever
heard of. Almost simultaneously
with the Minneapolis outrage and
lynching there was a child rape and
lynching at Gallon, Ohio, and anotll-
er one at Louisville, KY.
Why is it? A singular fact is stated
by those who keep the records Of acct
dental deaths in London. One year
the average was about to fail. There
were only ten days more to complete
the year and the record was considera-
lily behind. But the power that pre-.
sides over accidents crowded enough
deaths into those ten days to balance
the books.
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From the N. Y. Church Unl0n.l
THU RACE,

IRON the N. I. Church UnlOn.1
TIM RACE.
Whatever may. in Time, befal,
Must end In love and right at last;
To-day is better than tho Past.
And Love must own and govern all.
This Love. while individual men
And states 60 down, has set its face
To bring perfection to the Race,
And men and states shall fall till then.
As II some world in space should grope
And wander In depth of Night,
And feel the drawing Of the light.
And suffer Oh in fear and hope,
And find at length its central sun
And destined orbit, and for aye
Roll onward, bathed in perfect day,
With bliss achieved AMI suffering done;
So gropes the Race in search OF God;
Far-of 1t feels tender hand,
And yet shall reach the destined land,
And enter iii some blest abode.
God sees more far than planets roll,
Nor weary grows, nor faint at heart.
And that to Him is but a part
Which to our sight appears the whole.
And from earth's dust and toll and strife,
And from life's transient pains and cares
The Race constructs the unseen stairs,
Aud climbs into the perfect life.
AIM
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THURSDAY, NAY II. 1882.

The civilized world is again Mortified
by another assassination. On Thurs
day last, Lord Frederick Cavendish,
the new Secretary Of Ireland, and un-
der Secretary Burke, were stabbed to
death in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Four
men drove up in . car and two dis
0ounted and made the attack. Cav
oodish was stabbed eleven times and
Bunk eight. The murderers escaped.
The general impression Ia that the
murderers were Fenians who wish to
continue strife.
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DID YOU KNOW 1Te

You can strengthen the digestive or
gans, prevent o"st'veness, diarrlna and
all bowel disorders, Ivy a timely use of
Browns Iron iti:ters. true tonic. Il
perfect strengtAener.
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GRAND SHOWING

New YORK, April 30.-The annual
report OF. the st. Paul Il Omaha CON-
pany shows no floating debt and cash on
hand amounting to $632, 400. The
amount due from other roads, etc., is
stated at S342, l29. The company has
1853, 100 of its own stock and bonds
and it's receipts from land sales were
S504, 143. 1t has credit to the balance
OF income account on December 81 OF
$780, 47.
This shows that the read is in a
prosperous condition and that they
are able to put the west end in better
condition. They have allowed this
division to run down during the past
year and must be concentrating their
work on the eastern division.
SHALL We HAVB THE MILWA UKEE
ROAD?
The ADVANCE has frequently urged
agitation and organization to Sc
cure the Milwaukee road. 1t can be
secured and secured easily. An Is or
20 mile spur would connect US with the
road at some convenient point east Of
Heron Lake and bring the Milwaukee
cars into Worthington. If the coun
ties OF Osceola and Lyon south of US
can bu Id the Spirit Lake and Western,
Worthington alone can build a branch
to connect with the Milwaukee and
make u pile of money by doing So
That is, we could afford to grade it,
and the Milwaukee company would no
doubt iron and operate it.
There is not q shadow of doubt that
Worthington can be made one of the
finest little interior railroad centres in
either Minnesota or Iowa. Three
great railroad systems, viz: the North
western, the Milwaukee and the Rock
Island, land we might add, the Wa
basl,) are all within easy reach of us.
The Rock Island is already here by its
control of the Omaha, and will put in
another line this summer by building
the Burlington. The Northwestern
has already surveyed part of the Tole-
do & Northwestern line in this direc-
ton andi aaay carry out the Tracy
project by building through here. The
Milwaukee is only few miles distant
with its main line. and can be brought
In by proper effort and light tax.
Bearing upon this subject. 4. II.
Parsons recently received a letter from
G. d. Dayton, of Geneva, N. Y, in
which Mr.. D. says:
have seen several times articles in
The ADVANCE about citizens of Worth
layton and vicinity building a railroad
1rem Worthington to connect with the
Southern Minnesota railroad and then
give it to Chat road on conditions that
it would run trains to w. 1t seems to
aae this matter ought to lie pushed.
Railroads make cities. If Worthing.
ton is to grow, you must attract rail-
roads. The more yon can get the bet
ter. 1t would not cost much to build
this short road and I should think the
money might be raised either by \ tax
or subscription.
If / get the-farm I would cheer
fully subscribe 500 towards building
this road, or if thought best to tax for
it, would be among the first to pay
my proportion of taxes. am sure it
would he worth to Worthington and
adjacent farms fifty times what it
would cost.
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Have yon ever known any person to
lie seriously i'll without 4 weak stom-
acl or inactive liver or kidneys? And
when these organs are in good contli-
ti"n d. you not find their possessor en-
joytng good health? Parker's Ginger
Tonic regulates these important Or
gans. makes the blood rich and pure,
and strengthens every part of the sys-
TEN. See other column,
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THIS NEW MAP
ChiCaq0& Northwestern RY

odds the
Chicago and all the Principal Points
points