St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-05


Eagan to respond, which that
gentlemen did with eloquent grace. The
party were then placed in carriages and for
half an hour driven through the village and
into the bordering prairies, with their great
fields OF wheat, oats and corn, seeing at
every gate, upon every house, flags and ban
ners inscribed with ''welcome." Mr.. S. N.
Leavitt, proprietor of the Litchfeld creamery,
presented large jar of golden butter for
use. and behoof of the party,
for which all rendered him thanks.
Returning to the train cheers were given for
the good people of Litchtield, and may they
live long and prosper. The graceful ladies
of the flower committees were invited to go
with the party to Grove City, and among whom
were Mayor Harris and Mr.. Strobick, ac
cepted, attended by gentlemen friends. Al
! together the Litchfeld incident was the
brightest one of the day up to that point
GROVE CITY.
Only brief stop was made at Grove City,
which contains some 500 Inhabitants The
soil of the country surrounding the town is a
black sandy loan, and four fine lakes are
within easy distance. There is one Baptist
and two Lutheran churches in the village,
and the school house, accommodating $50
pupils, cost 81, 800 Grove City has six gen
eral stores, two hardware, one furniture, one
drug store and two lumber yards. There
| are three elevators, with united capacity of
! 1900 bushels, and one flour mill with a
capacity of $50 barrels daily. The citizens
are supplied with local news by two English
and one German newspaper and the travel
ing public find ample accommodationsin the
! two hotels Of the village.
ATwATER.
a brief stop was made at AtWater, the next
town on the route. This town contains
about 600 inhabitants, three-fourths Of whom
are Scandinavian. The town, which was
laid out in 1870, is situated in the center OF
a high rolling prairie of excellent soil. Dia
mond lake, which is three miles from the
town, is three by two and half miles in
dimension, and has very deep, clear water,
with fine gravel, broad and grassy banks.
Green, Elizabeth and Lillian lakes, also
beautiful sheets of water are near the town,
and within easy distance is an abundance of
hard wood timber The Scandinavian Meth
odists and the Swede and Norwegian Luth-
Grams have large society and neat churches,
and the American Methodist church is also
well represented. There are five general
stores, three drug stores and two hardware
stores, while three elevators furnish storage
for 135, 900 bushels of grain The bank of
Atwater, with capital of $4,000, furnishes
| financial accommodation for the citizens,
and the local news is supplied by the Western
minnesota Press.
KANDIYOHI
AT Kandiyohi, the next village on the route,
/ and ninety-eight miles from ST. Paul, a
stop of only few minutes was made.
! Kandiyohi is small village, having popu
lation of perhaps $50 people. Timber may
be found within four miles of the village,
and there are numerous lakes in the vicn-
| ity, and good water point at Green lake, six
miles distant There is Roman Catholic
church, and school house, costing $4,000,
and accommodates 100 pupils. Besides the
! stores usually found in such villages the
town contains three hotels and two elevators,
with capacity of so, 900 bushels.
wILLMAR.
At Willmar the excoursionists made
pause of one hour. They were met by a re-
ception committee, Major Spicer, chairman,
and driven about the city, which is situated
in Prairie country with a small quantity Of
oak and elm timber within easy distance.
Foot lake, covering about three square miles
is near the village. The present population
is about 800, and is composed mostly of
Scandinavians, though there is a fair sprink-
ling of Irish, German and American among
them. Some half dozen churches are To-
catad in the city, and two school buildings,
costing, $4,000, furnish accommodations
for $50 pupils and six teachers. In the city
are four elevators, nine general stores, three
drug stores and one steam flour mill. There
are five hotels, and two banks-Kandiyohi
county bank, capital SIS, 900; Bank Of Will
mar, capital $4,000. The people furnish
support for two local papers, and the promi-
nent soceties-Masons, Druids- United
Workmen, Equitable Aid Union ETC.,
well represented. The surrounding country
is good, and the village is steadily growing
and has a promising future.
The following ladies Joined the party:
Mesdames A. E. Rice, Manning, Tyler, Cos
tello, Breed and continued to Wapheton.
Also Lewis Tqppan, Misses Lima Paulson,
| Ida Alley, Gertrude Baldwin, Bayard, Matte
Brown, Meesburg. Ex-Mayor Spicer and
several others spoke.
AT KIRKHoyEN.
AT Kirkhoven short stop was made to
I
| The city is situated in rich agricultural re-
| giou, the soil of which is black loan with
clay subsoil. The village was laid out in
! 1862 and now contains a population of
nearly 300 Shakopee creek and Buffalo and
/ Beatty lakes are near by, and timber is found
within eight miles. Several general stores
| furnish the citizens with the necessities of
/ life and the town contains two elevators,
capacity 60, 900 and $4,000 bushels, and two
hotels. A German Lutheran church is sit
uated in the town. From Kirkhoven, run
of twenty minutes, brought the excur-
4 sionists to
MURDOCH,
Swift county, one OF the youngest towns
/ along the route, being first laid out in 1878.
/ The town is situated in u belt of rich land,
black loan soil, 122 miles from st. Paul,
and contains population of perhaps 400.
Buffalo lake, with an area Of 200 acres, lies
six miles to the north, and Frank lake, with
an area of 100 acres, is four miles north of
/ town. There is no native timber except
around the lakes There are churches in tine
town and school house built at an expense
of 81, 500, accommodating one hundred pu-
pills. The village has five general store, one
/ drug store, one liquor store, one steam mill
and two elevators with capacity of 5000
bushels. The bank has capital of $1,000,
and two hotels are well patronized by the
public.
/ DE GoFF, SWIFT COUNTY,
which is situated in the midst of a rolling
prairie, the soil of which is good loan with
clay bottom. being excellent for all crops.
/ There are many smalllake near the village,
and the Chippewa river is only four miles
distant. Good timber within seven miles.
/ The village now contains 500 population,