St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-07
of Daniel Chapel, charged with horse steal
ing, In the woods near Princeton. Chapel
is now in the Benton county jail to await
trial
ADRIAN, MINI.
One of the Most Thriving Villages on
the c.. ST. P, M. & O. Railroad.


the c., st. P, NJ. & o. Railroad.
Adrian, in the western part of Mobiles
county, has population of about one thou
sand, and is one of the most thriving vii
ages in the southwestern portion of the state.
1t stands alone on the vast prairies of Mobiles
county with no other rival in sight, being
eighteen miles west of Worthington and fif-
teen miles east of Luverne. The nearest
town on the north is twenty-five miles, the
nearest on the south, twenty miles, 1t is on
the line of of the Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis 81 Omaha railroad, surrounded by as
fine farming region as the sun ever
shown upon. The Kanarauzi river runs
through the corporation and furnishes an
abundant water supply for all practical pur-.
poses. 1t has public park planted to trees
fifteen to thirty feet high. The streets are
well graded and the sidewalks wide and ex-
tensive. 1t has good frame public school
building, at present containing but two de-
partments, but it will soon be enlarged to
three. The English branches, higher mathe-
mates and natural sciences are taught. The
The organized churches arc the Catholic and
Methodist Episcopal. The Catholics own a
very tasty church edifice and the Metho-
dists have one in process of erection.
The law is represented by L. s.
Nelson, who has been there five years, and
who practices in the state and federal courts.
Real estate is handled by L. S. Nelson & Co.,
who have on sale about 5, 900 acres of wild
land and large number Of improved farms
and town lots. The bank of Adrian, j. r.
Jones cashier, and that of Myliss Bros, fur
nish the banking facilities. DR.. NJ. Sullivan
is the only physician, who looks after the
bodies, while the Revs. c. j. Knauf, Catho-
lie, and j. H. Buttleman, Methodist, have an
eye to the souls of the people. The dealers
in general merchandise are A. NJ. Becker, j.
R. Jones & Co., Mckenzie s. Evans, Joe
Gown and dwelling Bros; groceries,
E. Clapp, who is also the ''Nasby''
of the place; hardware, L. c.
Clemens and A. g. Lindgren; druggists, A.
j. Rice; harness, a. Hyke and S. j. Titus;
boot and shoe stores, Lais & Keller and Jno.
Myers; millinery, Miss Anna Hendricks and
Mrs. j. Myers; grain elevators, F. H. Peavy
d Co., B. F. Roderick-aud there are also
three grain warehouses. The large Touring
mill of j. Bedford g. Son, manufactures by
roller process, and makes large shipments for
the general market. There are two lumber
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two hotels, that of L. s. Roberts and the
Coleman house, and the restaurant of L. S.
Barnett where hungry traveller can always
be accommodated with good, clean, square
meal. There are the usual num-
Der of blacksmith, carpenter, wagon,
and repair shops, where everything is bull
and repaired from wooden leg to Corliss
engine. Last but not least in the line of in
dustries there is good barber shop and two
neat millinery stores, those of Miss Anna
Hendricks and Miss j. Myers.
Objects of special interest are the resi-
dences of F. j. Porter. A j. Rice, E. l. Cas-
per and A. NJ. Becker. The first three are
very fine houses, but Mr.. Becker's, now in
process of completion, will be the largest as
well as the most imposing in the city. In
design and finish it has few equals west Of
st. Paul. The grounds will be equally am
pie and magnificent. Mr.. Becker's large
double store, 100 feet deep, filed with SIS, 0OC
to $50, 900 worth of goods is also worthy Of
mention.
The reading public will not fail to note the
business enterprise of this thriving little
town; and when L add that the community
at large is highly moral and intelligent, sup
porting local paper, the Guardian, which is
its able management is a credit to both town
and county, they will see that the element
of growth and prosperity are abundant and
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