St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-02
MADE ELLA.
A village which Boasts OF Having
No Debt.


Special to the Globe.
MADELIA. MINI. Dec s1.-This beautiful
village is located on the Omaha road, twenty
seven miles west Of Mankato, situated In
the heart of one of the best agricultural
districts in the West, surrounded by magnifi-
cent farms. which have passed the log
cabin and dug-out period. Our farmers are
thrifty and fast becoming well-off. They
are raising improved stock and of the best
blood. Texas cattle are thing of the past
| Short-horns and Holsteins are the rule
Ponies have given way to well-bred horses.
There are plenty Of the beSt-bred stations
all over the country now; last year the
Madelia Stock association imported, at an
expense of 81. 200. a fine Norman stallion.
| Our shipments of live stock for the year
ending Nov. 80, 1885, as reported to me by
the kindness of Mr.. j. A. Clark, the agent
agent of the railway station here. are as
follows: Hogs, 4.0S5: cattle 1. 1873; sheep
$50; horses, AZ. There was marketed here
for the same period $4,000 bushels of
wheat, 100, 900 bushels of oats, 40, 900
bushels of fax and large quantity of corn.
There were sold during the same period,
l47 new reapers and mowers, IL threshers,
large amount of
GENERAL FARMING MACHINERY
and ESQ wagons and light vehicles. We
have built 25 new buildings, about two
thirds of which were dwellings. many of
which are handsome, large. elegant resi-
, dences. Bill BroSs erected a brick drug
store 24xS0, plate-glass front. black and
white hardwood floor, counters and shelly
ing cherry and walnut Everything else
is in correspondingly good style, and 1t is
said to be the handsomest drug store In
Southern Minnesota, cost IS. 600. j. n.
Cheney has nearly completed a new brick
veneered store 24xl00; cost "a. 500. o. h
Davis has built brick-veneered store
building TO accommodate his growing hard
ware and agricultural implement trade at
an expense of $780, size 24x1OO; Nels
johnson. brick store-room with all In sec
ond story, at cost of $500; S. Trow-
bridge, brick-veneered building. The total
value of Improvements for this year Is
500. 600. What is most surprising is that
all these Improvements have been made by
our own citizens. We have four general
stores, Bisbee, Olson & BoyntOn, Torson.
Arneson q Frambach, j. N. Cheney,
A. Ii. Benton. The whole have half a
million dollars invested in their business.
including the cost of their buildings. Bis
bel. Olson & Boynton carry $50, 600 insur-
ance.
WE HAVE ONE BANK,
the Watonwan County bank Joseph Flan-
ders, banker: three elevators, Flanders.
Peavey d Co. and G. S. Mitchell & Co.
The last-named firm owns the Mandelia
rolling mill here. 1t is one of our best in
terests. The mill in every respect is first
class; capacity. seventy-eight barrels per
day, steam and water power. The -four is
as good as can be made. Under its present
management Pillsbury's Best and Hubbard's
fiours disappear from our market. Our vii
lage has roo inhabitants. and has more cap
ital than any town in the state of equal pop
ulation. Wadsworth & King are the chief
live stock dealers, which is an important fac
tor here. We have graded school, Prot.
w. 5. Hammond principal and seven
churches. one creamery. forty-three notion
stores. John Void, G.. G. Mullen, Kendall
d. Scott; four blacksmith shops. K. Jargin-
son. II. Moschell. D. Moster and Murbeck
* Dossett; two hOtel-Flanders house. A.
E. Fisher, proprietor; Delling house, M.
Delling, proprietor. The travelling men say
there is no better house on the road between
Minneapolis and Sioux City than the Elan
ders house. We have four saloons, G. Ey-
ansOn, John Burge. Jens Johonson and
Ad0lph Robe; one newspaper, B. 9. San
born editor and proprietor, the Times.
The
wAToNwAN COUNTY FAIR
is annually held here. The display Of
grains, vegetables, cattle and horses this
fall was one of the best in the state. Smith
& Withoun are our only furniture dealers.
So long as they keep everything needed
and sell as reasonably as they do we wont
need another. Gore & Kendrick and :.
Hoge are the lumber dealers. and both en-
| Joy an immense trade. Estes Bros. do a
large business in fuel and imple-
ments. Drs. Shower and G. o.
Cooley attend the sick. ID. c.
Hopkins and Charles Cooley, attorneys.
guard the morals of the community. Our
citizens are happy. contented and pros
porous people, and enter into all reasonable
social events with zest and unanimity.
They dwell in harmony, live and let live,
and are not divided into quaTreling factions.
Politics is pastime, not business The
Democrats wont disturb the Republican
postmaster for fear Of disturbing the peace
Of the village. Liars and backbiters are
outcasts. You need not take a blind road
to escape calumny here. The village is in
corporated under the general law. G. A.