Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-10-29

Remember that the great purpose O
the study is to increase the scholars iutel
est in the world in which they live, t
awaken their observant faculties and t
help them to recognize the order, tn
wealth and beauty of the visible uni
| verse"
ST. PAUL, MINI, Oct. l6, 1891.
Dear american Some of the most uu
comfortably hot weather we have had a
all we had for two weeks in September
closing on Sunday, the 27th. l can remem
Der, as school-boy, (some jears ago. 0
reading about the hot winds that peopl
encountered in the Great Desert of Saba
rs," but, what a hot wind really meant
my desk, one window open within two fee
of one end of the desk, another one opel
| behind my back, within ten feet, and
| good breeze blowing continually mcr
curry standing at 30 to IS degrees in tn
office, and sometimes it seemed as if tht
more wind the more heat. Such was tb,
Monday, the 2Sth, coming down town i,
the morning. dressed as usual, found my
se.f uncomfortable. and before night came
wished for my oyercoat.
But that weather, however uucomforta
bic to us in the cities, was blessing I,
the farmers, ard the corn crop makes al
over this seclion-and they We're needed
hard times were upon the farmers and very
many of them were heavily in debt. and
the good crops of wheat and corn viii
prove great blessing to them ali. Since
then We have had much needed rain, which
has done very much good.
Eastern people who have money to in
vest. should he cautious abe NJ investing in
mortgages upon real estate, especially III
the cities in Minnesota, AS, owing to the
mechanic, lien law III this STATE they not
ond mortgage, instead of first. The wsy
Of ii is this: "A" has slu00; with it he
buys Il lot of land, gets title, makes cor
tract with "B" 10 build house upon IL, Ia
cost Sl50o. b goes 10 WuIk To bul!d,
aLd VIXEN half d,nc calls upon "A" for
cash, "A then applies tn loan agent
for loan of 50 600, furnishes an ab,tra, t
Of title, which shows good title in "A =
the loan is made, the agent gets his com
mission, A pays the cont actor As little
as he can, the house is finished with per-
haps thousand dollars due upon it. Par
ties who have furnished labor or material
for the house, by virtue of contract with
"B," not being paid, file liens against "B, :
"A, and the house and lot upon which it
is situated and every such lien, filed with
in ninety days from the date OF perform
ing the last labor, or furnishing the last
material takes effect from the date when
the .drt Of the labor was performed, or
material was furnished-and in very many
cases will come in ahead of n mortgage
given weeks before any lien was filed-and
unless the holder of The mortgage comes
in and pays up these lien claims. he loses
his money. Investors here often get taken
in that way; recently st. Paul company
who held a mortgage for s22 500 on prop
erty in the city. were forced to pay one
lien claim, amounting with costs of suit
to ovcI 81 COO, in order to save themselves
from loss Of the Whole of their mortgage.
CHANGING over the report of the State
Treasurer, find some items that may be
of interest. For the year ending April 23,
$3.50. the Stale received about S1O2, 900
from railroad companies. OF this, the
largest single payment was made by the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul railroad,
being Sl39, ,075.50; the next largest single
payment was made by the Northern Pacific
railroad, SIS s26 20. For ,tumpase un
state lands there Mas received by the State,
Sls4, s2G,sG. From the Insurance Com
missioner was received ei22 35G 81 From
Incorporation fees, the receipts were S43,-
5l5 90, of which sum 50 ,025 % wa, paid
by the Sioux City u Northern railroad
company, the fee required when fling in
the office of the Secretary of State the ar
ticles of incorporation being $50 on the
first $50, 900, or fraction, of capital stock,
and s. for every $4,000 additional Dur
ing that time, S7,7.2 was paid for history
Of Minnesota regiments in the war Of the
rebellion; S2S, ,693 was paid for the sup
port of the Minnesota State Soldiers
Home; $4,000 went for horse thieves ;
Sll, lab went for bounties on wolves. The
Minnesota national guard cost S21 ,3G4.2l
to which must be added s. .9S paid for
the Third regiment, while the cost of the
three insane hospitals was about S3lj 600
the State University buildings got Sll0,-
0l3. The five Judges of the Supreme Court
get S4,5S3 per year. The State is divided
into sixteen judicial districts, each of
which has one judge and one district. the
llih (Duluth) has two; the 4th (Miuneap-
olis) and the I'd (St. Paul. have six each,
whose salary is s3, POS per annum.
The courts in this district, the ID
(Ramsey county, are now in full blast.
Two judges are hearing civil jury cases
two judges hearing court cases, one judge
is hearing the criminal cases, and one
Judge is in Chambers-and from now until
the last of June all will be kept busy.
The Supreme Court, Corresponding to
the claw term" in Maine) is in session,
and will SO remain for months, cases being
set for every day until February.
Mail between ST. Paul and Minneapolis
now leaves every ten minutes ria the In
terurbau" line, electric street cars; for.
merly it usually took about as long to get
an answer from Minneapolis, ten miles, as
from Chicago, 490 miles.
sale of real estate made the other day,
of about lot and half, with the build.
ing upon it, amounted to $500, 900. 1t was
sold subject to mortgage of 100000.
There is much talk here now about an
ice palace during the winter, if it is cold
enough.
Several manufacturing establishments
have been erected here recently, and more
are needed. and would be welcomed
The managers of the State Fair are
about SIC, 900 better off than before the
fair.
Coal is So per ton. with prospects OF
"a rise