The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-11-20
ELLSWORTH:

ELLSWORTH. s..
The NeD 7oscn Gro,cing.-List of the
Business Houses, etc.-A Fla1 Centre.
A correspondent of the Siblpy Trib-
une, furnishes the following write-up
of the new town in the southwest cor.
ner of this county:
Being at present resident of Els
worth, and thinking that Il few facts
would prove acceptable TO you for pub
take the liberty of sending you the fol.
lowing:
Ellsworth is at present a booming
believe) to be 80 for several years yet.
ion of the b. G. Il. s. N. Il. H. and has
u large territory of ricl, farming coun-
try surrounding which is directly tiib.
utary to it. The tow" has been plated
only about two months and has ut
in successful operation the following
IONs0ANO00 UOSs0S0S vS1s OssO Ob>tAO$ ~ AsV"
BY II. E. Terrence, groceries, boots,
shoes. &C., &c. Size Of building, 22x4O,
with 10 foot post. Mr.. j. p. Peterson,
Of WOrthin ztOn, assisted by Art Tab
Ter, OF S,bIey. rs clerk, have charge of
this store. Two hardware stores, one
by r. F. Newell, of Spirit Lake, aud
one by F. II. Fink. of Rock Rapids.
Size of Newell's store, 16x22, with s
foot post. Mr.. Thomas Newell. :.
brother of the proprietor, has charge Of
this store. Mr.. Fink's store is 16x2O,
with 10 foot post. One harness and
shoe shop which is owned and conduct.
ed by Mr.. 11arrigan, of Spirit Lake, as
harness maker. and Bernard Ball, of
Mankato, rs shoe maker. There are
four saloon buildings. three of which
are doing business at present: one by
Stephens & Co.. of Siblcy, one hv Thorn
as Fay. of Adrian, one by Brazil Bros.
of Faribault. and one by - Foy, of
Iowa. Mr.. D. L. Riley. of Spirit Lake.
owns the lumber yard at this place.
Mr.. Riley also handles wood and coal.
His lumber Office is completed. Mr..
Chris Nelson, of Sibley, has full charge
Of the lumber yard in the absence of
Mr.. Riley. The grain buyers are John
Butler, of Rock Rapids. whose ware.
house is 3Ox6O. with 10 foot post, Mr..
II. e. Torrance. of Worthington. whose
warehouse is 24x4O, with 10 foot post,
and Mr.. Ezra Rice, of Luverne. whose
warehouse is 3Ox4O, with 10 foot post.
There is at present in course of con.
struction one hardware store by John
Butler, size 22x6O, Is foot post. Mr..
Butler says he will be ready for busi-
ness in about two weeks Mr.. Butler
also intends building fine residence,
to cost not less than SIS 900, and expects
to commence work on it as soon AS his
store is completed. He will also build
coal house 20x30 feet in size. One
drug store, by A. J. Rice, of Adrian
size of store, 20x3o, with IL foot post.
He will be ready for business in two
| weeks. One residence by Chris Nelson.
which is fast nearing completion; and
last but not least, one hotel by VIM.
Peck, OF Sibley; size Of hotel 24x5O,
with 20 foot post, with kitchen 16x2O,
with 8 foot posts. Mr.. Peck has the
kitchen now completed and manages to
furnish meals for from 40 to 60 persons
each day. But come to think, there is
still another building in course of con.
struction-one hardware store by F.
II. Fink, of Rock Rapids. Size 22x4O,
Is feet high.
Ellsworth has been so far the ''boss''
place to sell flax. There has been as
high as $l.28 per buslel paid for flax,
bnt now it has dropped to $l.1O. There
isIa great deal of flax hauled to this
town. The following is the amount of
car loads of flax that has been shipped
from this place as fu, nished to me by
the gentlemanly station agent, Mr.. A.
J. Yorker. There has been fifty car
loads shipped up to date, the average is
about 8 car loads per day.
The depot is not yet completed but
will be soon. The fare from Ellsworth
to Sibley is 60 cents. and to Luverne
so cents. Time Of trains: Passenger
going east 6 -43 \. M, going west 9:15 a.
m. Freight going west 3:45 p. m, 60.
ing east $40 4. m.
The following. prices are paid for
grain and produce at this place:
Flax $l.lO; wheat No. 2, soc; oats
15c. barley 25 to 3Oc; timothy seed soc
to 81 90; potatoes 6Oc; butter 25c per
pound; eggs 20 cents per dozen; hogs
1915; beef cattle $500.
The business lots here are most all
sold, the prices running from $4,000 ia
$25O.O0. Resident lots are held at from
$50 to 500. There are several resident
lots sold. There IS good many build
ings In contemplation, most of which
will be commenced in the spring.
Ellsworth has an addition Of 80 acres
in size. which il already plated. and
is called "Myra addition to Ellsworth. y
and is owned by W. G.. jones, OF Free
mont, Neb, Mr.. Jones offers to give Il
lot to any one who will bnild a house
thereon. He has left Mr.. w. &. Phil
lips. Of Frement, Neb. as his agent, tO
sell lots during his absence.
Ellsworth can boast of only one lady
resident at present, Mrs. Hattie Ste
phens, formerly of Sibley, but she ap.
pears to be quite happy in her new
home. It won't be long, however, te-
fore more ladies come, as it Is mot
good for man to be alone," and some
Of our business men (the married ones,
I mean, of course,) will soon send for
their wives, and those, who have the
misfortune, to he living in state ot
single blessedness (cussedness) will
surely get married in the spring if not
before.
We hope you will excnse US for writ
ing such long letter, but il you see fit
! TO publish it we will promise that you
will get more from the same source
which will be far more brief.
u. KNOwHOO.
The ice business on Okabena Lake is
done for. A Brooklyn man has in
vented process Cy which any temper
atore down to 86 degrees below zero
can be had by simply forcing al,
through pipes. A report says:
1T means GOODNESS whenever you
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