St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-22
OWATONNA.
The Home of Many Distinguished
MinnesOIians.


OwAToNNA, MINI. Jan. 2O.-Owatonna,
the county seat Of Steele county. Mime
sofa, Is situated in next to the southern tier
of counties, on the crossing of the Chicago
d Northwestern railroad and the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul railroad, sixty-five
miles south of st. Paul and eighty-five
miles east Of Winona. Although the city
has grown very little in population during
the last five years, il has increased in
wealth and substantial buildings and bust
ness houses. The causes of its standstill
were numerous, the greatest of which was
that so many of our young men left for the
great West to take homesteads and tree
claims, and they not only went by the
hundreds every year, but took
teams, farming implements and money
with them. The state fair was
held here during the two years of greatest
depression, and many who came here were
not as favorably impressed as they would
have been if the weather had been favOra-
BILE and the times had been better. After
losing the state fair the citizens did not sit
down to bemoan their fate. 1t acted as an
additional impulse TO renewed eXertiOns.
and for its size there are few towns show
ing more activity. The population is
about 1000, numbering many men of ma
Straight river, which furnishes power for
Simpsons roller mills and could be made
to furnish still more power. The city owns
a park, one and one-half miles from the
park in the center Of the city, where are
located
MINERAL SPRINGS
whose waters analyze superior to the cele-
brated Vichey springs of Europe. The
curative properties are praised by thousands
who have been benefited by the use of the
waters. Owatonna is making bids for
manufacturing enterprises to locate here,
for. besides many natural advantages en-
Joyed, our shipping facilities are excelled
by no city in the interior, being accessible
from all parts of the country in any direc-
ton. Real estate is being sold at less price
than in any city of its size in the state, not
being inflated by sudden booms. People
seeking place to locate where they can
enjoy good society, first-class school facili-
ties and good churches, need seek no
further, for here are churches
of all denominations eleven in num-
Der, and some having as large seating
capacity as any Of the st. Paul churches
The Minnesota academy offers advantages
which are being made available to students
from all parts of the state The Catholic
society has large three-story school build
ing, which is admirably managed and is an
ornament to the city. Our high school
building is one of the best arranged in the
state, sunlight penetrating to every room.
Prof. Rankin, with his corps of tried teach
ers, is gaining an enviable reputation for
the school. Prof. Ingraham is making this
one of the most thorough schools of train
ing in Minnesota. Through the efforts of
Hon. NJ. Ii. Dunnell large additions will be
made to the school buildings, and Hon. Mr..
Pillsbury of Minneapolis will donate a
ladies hall. Our ward schools are elegant
buildings. and well attended. Contractors
are building the new state school for
INDECENT CHILDREN
at this place, which will give employment
to many for the next two years. Besides
the mills spoken of Hon. NJ. Ii. Hastings
81 Co. are running large mill There are
two smaller mills here, two large elevators
and two large warehouses where grain is
stored. These, in connection with the
mills make this a good wheat market
There are three exclusive dry goods stores
here that of IL. II. Moore. Jr. & Co. carry
ing the largest stock of any store i'm the
United States in town the size of 0wa-
tonna; 2 large banks 9 general stores. 8 eX-
elusive shoe stores, exclusive clothing
stores, 8 furniture stores z hardware stores,
drug stores, 2 book and stationery, 2
news stands, hotels, the Arnold house
being one of the best kept in Southern
Minnesota; 2 large jewelry houses, 2 watch
makers, 3 barber shops. meat markets,
restaurants, 6 blacksmith shops, S car
rage and wagon shops. bTeweries, 20
saloons, merchant tailors, l plough manu-
factory, foundries, l mower and seeder
mandatory. Diamond feed-mill manu-
factory, cotton seed huller and separator
company, packing house, numerous re-
PAIR shops; and the openings for knitting
and wooden mills, paper mills, clock manu-
factory, haXseed mills. etc, are manifold.
Our ministers are above the average and
our lawyers are men who are called to other
cities TO take charge of cases of Importance.
Our public men number among them such
as Hons. NJ. Ii. Dunnell. w. r.. Kinyon.
II. NJ. Hastings, e. S. Crandall. A. c.
Hickman, l.. l.. Wheelock, j. NJ. Bur-
lingame and b. S. Cook Our physicians
are successful and represent all the leading
schools. some having acquired large prop.
erty and are public spirited. ANY one