The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-28
PUSHING TOWARDS FARGO.

PUSHING TOWAR FARGO
13rsdstreet's Journal of May 9th says:
Extensions by the rival roads are
making in all directions, which does
not point to harmony. Rock Island -
pushing towards Falgo. Dakota.
This is good news although it ID not
entirely new. The ADVANCE gave it
some time ago, Oh the authority ct
prominent railroad man. that "Wor-
thington will get the Fargo Southern"
We are glad to hear that the Rock Is
land is preparing to push ahead and
hope the road north will be undertaken
this season.
The Rock Islands direct route to
Fargo is t. Wortl'ington, thence north
to Swan Lake, intersecting the Mime.
apelis i; st. Louis and thence north
west to Ortonville. This has been
planned a long while, the projected
line has been mortgaged the same as
the other lines, and the building Of the
road is only question Of time.
II the people along the surveyed
route would send representative men
to confer with the railroad authorities,
the matter might be materially hasten.
ed. During Il recent trip up north we
met 4 number of persons on the train
and all inquired about the prospect Of
the road north from here. It is a
much needed road and would Ike one Of
the Rock Islands best feeders.
DEATH OF HJGO.
Victor Hugo died in Paris Oh the
-, aged SO. France claims that le
was the greatest poet AMI move list OF
the age, and the claim is we'll founded.
For sixty years he has been prominent
as il writer, statesman and humanitar.
ian.
Hugo for many years was 4 devout
and earnest Spiritualist. from which
lie learned that mans present and f,,-
tmre depend upon character and that
to be happy men must be pare. "nself-
ish ;.ld abounding in works for human.
ity. THIS lie lived to y degree b'yond
most men. His annual dinner to the
~ nins while under tarishment ly
louis Napoleon will be renlem :eretl as
one of his IN. .tinds nf giving JOY to the
poor.
The dispatches say:
The archbishop ot Paris, sent speci.
ally to llugo's residence, offering to-
visit him and administer spiritual aid
and the rites vt the Catholic church.
NJ. Lockroy, the poets son-in law,
who WAS in attendance 1T the death.
bed when the cardinals Offer arrived,
replied for Hugo. declining Will, thanks
the archbis.,op's tender, and saying
for the dying man: "Victor Hugo is
expecting death. but he does not desire
the service of Il priest"
The government proposes civic fu-
neral for Hugo ut the expense Ut the
state. The newspapers appeared III
mourning this evening. 1t is believed
that the funeral will be the grandest
seen in Francs for century. The
poet WAS sketchpd rs lie lay on his
lelthbe'l by the great painter Bonnot,
who will transfer to canvas the impress
sion taken.
Hugo passed away peacefully with.
out suffering. His death has caused
profound emotion in the capital. The
residence of the deceased is surround.
by large crowds. NJ. Floquet, presi.
dent OF the chamber of deputies, has
requested NJ. Allain TorRe, minister Ut
tile interior. to allow the coffin to lie
under the Arc de Triomphe for twen'
ty-four hours. The municipal council
has expressed the wish that the re-
mains be inferred in the Pantheon
This wish will be considered by th'
council Of ministers tomorrow. Th<
death of Hugo dwarfs every other sub
ject, political as we'll as social.
PROVING yP.
Tho recent order from the commits
sioner of the general land Office sus-
pending final action upon. land entries
in certain sections, including part o
Minnesota, necessarily made sensa
tion. The commissioner explains thai
it was necessary to head of frauds
He says further:
When I am satisfied that there j
good. faith on the part Of the settler
there will be no difficulty in his gettin,
u patent. I shall satisfy myself b.
means of special agents and detective
whom can thoroughly trust. and up
on them shall put such checks an
counter detection as will make it abso
lutely certain that no false swearing o
fraud can secure patent. see tina
the fight is begun upon me from tn
land Office lawyers here and all owe
the West, and that the newspaper
largely interested in the whole subjec
Of land office business have opened tir
upon me; but I have determined t
stand by the order. Meanwhile, bon
fide settlers all over the West pick GU
their land, file their entries upon Il
and 60 on with their improvement,
The land is theirs just as much durin
the five years which the law require
them to live upon it as it ever can b
and il they are worthy people thel
will be no difficulty in their bOrrowin
money. il they need to do 50. ca
not see that, in order to relieve thes
people of some anxiety, l should allo
thieves and rascals to take millions (
the public domain by false swearing.
POOR FELLOWS!
Frustrated, debilitated, enfeeble,
they feel as il they were hardly wort
picking up. They would hardly 81,
the toss of a bright penny for a chan.
Of a choice between life and death. b,
even such ferlorn people can be renew
ed by the use of Browns Iron Bitter
It vitalizes the blood, tones the nerve
and renOvates the system. Mr.. Isas
&. Weed, Burr's Mills. o.. says,
used Browns Iron Bitters for gener
weakness, and it helped me greatly.