Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-12-27
ST. PAU, MINI. Dec 4, IS.
Dear american


| have had it on my mind for many
weeks to write your readers letter from
this hustling city of the Northwe>t aud
now. behold. have actually set myself
about 1t.
The census Of 1870 gave the population
as 20 .030. in the ensuing ten years 1t little
more than doubled, being in 1850, 4l473
Since that time there has been wonder
full increase of population and at the pres
ent time there are probably 10000 people
in the city Many estimate, place 1t much
higher II is the capital OF The State, sit
uated at the head of navigation on tie
Mississippi river, which Is her" spanncd
by two bridges for carriages. and one rail
road bridge. while third bridge for teams
is being constructed further up the river
| The city limits now embrace over q square
miles of territory. on both sides - the
Mississippi and = 0s2 miles from its mouth
and twelve miles by rail from Chicago
/ (33s miles,. ON the first Of June 1919
ulation Of $40; what viii he here in 30
| years from that time. viii not undertake
! to say
| The population is Of all naionaites.
| Swcdcs Norwcgians and tsrmans are
numerous, while the Irish are I. numerous
! A. in other places During >he campaign
| just closed 80 happily TO the nnst Of us)
! there was Polish Harrison 4 Morton"
/ club What strikes one here f>t i the
4 saiooH and | want to say thai a b poa here
/ is run for all it is worth file State H.
1 ccnsc here is slon0 a year-u1, there Is
I no mistake in the figures, on4 ,lnsnnd
/ do}drs ysar and in this city then IRE now
I over 325 saloons running full Il from
s A. ", TO 4 VI. and just the al mum
ber run GH dag oH NaadIy. not q lock,
ing the front door Music, sing and
dancing are provided by the propri prs 10
cnticc the unwary into their dcnS There
are three ~o-callcd theatres here o which
one, the Grand. may BE- called first las,
one, the Peoples may belong in tie .cond
class while the third the olympic, moth
Ing more than beer saloon. called ,hea-
tire There i dime museum % Allei,
Advertising pleasing and moral 4 ".
but II the shows are anything likes At is
represented in the hand hill-. one lncc
OF their array would be worse for Yep.
than q whole mincc pie eaten at IL N
There are over hundred churc!R, and
missions with >cating capacity o. cr
haps 5D.uuo.
There arc no Sunday laws cuforc, If
any there be- During the summer The
base bail grounds were croa dcd every n
day afternoon the theatres are 10 I'D
blast every SUNDAY evening. storcs 2-c
open all day Sunday a. on any other 4y.
If the owner chooses. ana there are rAey
streets in which You may walk BLOCKS l-l
ind everything open at any time on Sae-
day. and nothing 10 indicate that it is lal
Monday
This i great railro4I crntrc. Ie
Northern Pacific gives ~ direct connect ,u
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saw. We had straw berries here for near
l"uF months anu 40 any "''h w '"'H ''
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walk of on square on = Peter street tbs.
| saw ia Name in ten years; fruit> of a
kinds wcrr very plentiful and CHEAP
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