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r.the .CAchl.*^*.' ^orthinntou §Awm. Terms $3.00 Year, $1.00 for Six Months. FBIDAY. DECEMBER 11.1874. Important Announcement. We have completed an arrangement with the Publishers of the ST. A E S S the leading paper of the Northwest, whereby we are enabled to furnish the WOKTHINGTON ADVANCE, and the PRESS, postpaid, after January 1, 1875, for the low price of THREE Dollars per year.— This will enableour readers to secure two papers at but little more than the price of one. EVEKTBODT should at once avail themselves of this very liberal" offer. Come forward «11 and subscribe. REPRESENTA TIVE DISTRICT VOTE. The canvass for this Representative District was held recently at Jackson. The vote of Murray and Pipestone Counties for Representative was not returned and is not therefore included in the figures given below. The oflicial vote is as follows*: Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles, Rock, Crosby. Aldrich. 334 187 346 166 326 386 1392 Total, Crosby's majority, 913 121 474 GOV. DAVIS AND THE RELIEF. A Minneapolis correspondent of the Chicago Tribune takes Gov. Davis to task for the wide publicity which he gave to the fact of the destitution of the grasshopper sufferers. This kind of talk had some force before the ex tent of the destitution was known and so long as it was thought that the State could carry its own destitute. But it has no force now, when the whole fron tier, from Manitoba to Texas is in volved, and it will take all that can be had from the suffering States them selves, from Congress and from private contributions, to see the people through. Kansas and Nebraska endeavored to carry their own destitute and to keep the matter quiet, through fear of its effect on immigration, but now the pinch has come, and agents are out visiting all the principal cities, solicit ing aid to carry from 25,000 to 30,000 of their people through the winter. What Gov. Davis did was "'done in a corner" .compared with the wide-spread and earnest appeal of Kansas and Nebraska. THE NARRO WO A UOE RAILROAD. We are pleased to see the narrow gauge question receiving so much at tention from the surrounding papers. Let us keep the ball rolling until the people are thoroughly informed as to the advantages of the narrow-gauge system and are convinced of their im mediate practicability in regions like our own. The Estherville Vindicator, in its last issue, again refers to the subject as follows "The Windom Reporter, Jackson Republic, WOUTJIINGTOX ADVANCE, and in fact all the local papers north .and west of us are discussing the feasi bility of narrow-gauge railroad projects. The WoiiTinxGTox AUVAXCE begau discussion, and suggested a narrow jgauge road connecting Wortliington .with the coal mines at Fort Dodge. Of iCQiit'se it is all talk, but the same kind of,talk i:as peopled the prairies of No iblesvtouuty with a thrifty and indus 'trkuus class of settlers, and wLl, if backed by the proper effort, give them •direct rail communication iu almost uuiy.ritfectiou. "The Windom Reporter thinks that one tof itl»e best routes for a narrow gauge mid is from Fort Dodge, Iowa, up the Des Moines River, and that it would pay almost immediately after construction, in the transpor.ation of the .single item of fuel, as the whole of Southwestern Minnesota is a treeless prairie, dependent upon the Big Woods of Cent nil. Minnesota for fuel, which must soon become exhausted. "And that is the key-note of the whole question. Cheap fuel we must liave. No town or country can become prosperous without it, and it is one of the strangest phases of the whoie mat ter, that, with an inexhaustible supply of coal, gypsum and building stpne, with the richest part of two States in need of all three commodities, Fort Dodge should make no effort to increase her facilities for supplying the market." The Vindicator says truly that the same kind of talk has peopled these prairies with a thrifty and industrious class of settlers. "Talk "means sim ply stating the advantages of a locality, a project or an enterprise of any kind, and is always the necessary forrunner of action. And "talk" will set the narrow-gauge from here to Tort Dodge on foot. And now comes the Rock County Herald, and being duly convinced of the importance and feasibility of nar row-guage roads, deposes and says: A first class route for a narrow- fowae aug railroad runs from Fort Dodge, via Jackson, Wortliington and Lu Verne to Sioux Falls, D. T., where i£ would tap the Pembina road from Sioux City, whose construction has been comiuenced. Soon this road might be pushed on across "Southern Dakota to the Missoi ri River as settlements increased—in fact were it built in ad vance of settlers, they would immedi ately fill up the land. One great advan tage of such a route would be to bri? the Chicago grain market to the doors of all the farmers of a large productive region, and another great advantage would be to bring the people of the same region into direct communication with the coal mines of Fort Dodge. The importance of abundant and cheap fuel to a timberless country cannot be overestimated. Such a road we must have. It is essential to a proper development of Southwestern Minnesota and Southern Dakota and even if the people along the line were required to prepare the road bed, except bridges, they could well afiord to give the labor. Let us turn our energies toward accomplish ing a work so generally-needed And the Sibley Gazette .wants a nar row-gauge also from Fort Dodge to Sioux Falls, passing through Sibley and Rock Rapids. It says: Wortliington and Spirit Lake" are agitating the matter of a narrow-gauge railroad from Fort Dodge to Sioux Falls, by way of those, two places. Sibley and Spencer He on a more direct and better route. Why not have a nar I'ow-gange railroad from Fort Dodge to av»^~.iiiUiinnu»B»»^»«l*WMnnii'Mii »niMii»MH iili'iii««wwwi«gMM»t3aiMmUUiui»'t«aJwmil»nm«i««m »««n«to.i«i n«mn»«».»pn«m^»i Sioux Falls by way of Spencer, Sibley and Rock Rapids This tract of coun try, which from necessity is obliged to use a great deal of coal, would have direct communication:with the mines." The best route, however, ire think is from Fort Dodge by Spirit Strike 'to Wortliington and thence to Sioux Falls. There is a natural railroad route from Wortliington to Sioux Falls, and a road of any gauge could bebuilt much cheap er than by the Sibley route. We have conversed with a gentleman who was connected with the grading of the Sioux City and St. Paul road, and who claims that a narrow-gauge oh these prairies could be graded for from $500 to $800 per mile. In a few years the people along the proposed line will be able to grade the road, and then we are confident it will not be difficult to find capital to put the cms in motion. THE PROCTORMOULTONSUIT. The suit brought by Miss Proctor against Frank Moulton, the libeller, has been settle! without trial, and settled to the discomfiture and perm nent damage of Moulton. The settlement was made on the following basis 1. It was agreed that Miss Proctor should testify that Moultou's allegations were in every way false. 2. Moulton is to make affidavit that, of his own knowl edge he knows nothing whatever against the lady's character, and that the libel was based wholly on hearsay. 3. Moul ton is to make an apology to Miss Proctor for the libel and pay the costs of the suit thus far, amounting to $5,000. 4. In consideration of this, Miss Proctor is to claim no pecuniary damages, but is to rest satisfied with the vindication of her character. Thus ends one of the suits growing out of the diabolical conspiracy of Til ton and Moulton to ruin Beecher. And thus, to the shame and discomfiture of the conspirators and the triumphant vindication of those whom these men have slandered, will end all the other suits. In the Beecher case, the court has decided that Tilton must present a bill of particulars, naming dates and mak ing definite and specific charges. This Tilton will not be able to do. lie has depended upon the general charge of adultery, and expected to sustain this by proving alleged confessions. These suits can only prove, what we have maintained from the time of Til ton"s first statement, that the whole scandal is a conspiracy to ruin Beecher, and must end in his triumphant vindi cation and in the disgrace of Tilton. The people of Mankato have been do ing noble service for the destitute of the grasshopper region. We learn that Mr. Wise, of the Review, has exerted himself in soliciting contributions with excellent success. About 1,000 cords of wood have been donated to the peo ple of Cottonwood County, they cutting the wood and laying it down at the railroad. The railroad company deliv ers seven cords of dry wood" at then stations in Cottonwood County for eight cords of green wood delivered on the track in the woods. ONE YEAR MORE. The House of Congress has passed a bill, reported by Mr. Orr, of Iowa, giv ing homestead and pre-emption settlers another year to be absent from their claims without prejudice to their rights, thus extending the time to May, 187G. We have no doubt that it will pass the Senate, and the grasshopper sufferers of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas, will be able to weather the grasshopper cape and come round into smooth sailing. Since writing the above, we notice that the Senate has passed a bill of the same purport. A fire occurred a few days since at Marshall, Lyon County, destroying the Post Office and a drug store. Loss $3,500. It is a wonder that Wortliing ton has escaped so long. Nearly all the surrounding towns have had con flagrations, more or less destructive, but up to this time we have lost little or nothing by fire. Now is the time however, to be specially on our gaurd. Every thing is dry as powder, fires are necessarily kept up most of the time in every house, winds are often high, and water in any considerable quantity is not to be had. The citizens of Lincoln, Nebraska, purchased aquantity of liqmr at twelve of the principle places of sale in that pi ice and submitted such liquors to the analysis of the Professor of Chemistry in the University of Nebraska. The specimens included whisky, port wine, brandy, gin, angelica wine, bourbon whisky and common whisky. The main ingredients of all these were sugar of lead, strychnine, strontia. potash, benzine, logwood and alcohol. The Professor gave the different amounts of these, ingredients, and says: ''In many of these liquors there is strychnine e nough in each quart to kill a* man if it wen- taken separate from any other mix ture and at one dose the sine is true of sugar of lead.!' Iu no specimen of the whisky was there alcohol above twenty-live per cent most specimens had only fifteen per cent. Most of the whiskies could be manufactured for thirty cents a gallon. The port wine was a curiosity. It contained sugar of lead, potash and soda carloiiates iu large quantities, logwood and nine per cent, of alcohol .—Citizen. A TRUE MAX. ,.. Show us a young man who can quit the society of the young and take.pleas •ure in listening to.the kindly voice of the aged show usa man who is ever ready to pity. and. help the deformed show us a man who covers tlfe faults of others with a-mantle of -charity show us the maii who bows as politely and gives the street as freely to the poor sew ing girl as the millioniare who values virtue, not clothes who shuns the com pany Of such-as gather at public places to paze at the fair: sex, or make unkind remarks of the-passing girl show us a man wlio. iUiorajLiiberUiievwho scorns the ridicule of his mothei \s sexvnnd the exposure of womanly reputation SIMW. us a man who never forgets for an iii-. ^t&htl the delicacy diie^wornany-asacivor man1, iii ariy c6hditi6ir''frvcmss^^tmcl you show a true gentleman': Blank Deeds and Mortgages for sale at the ADVANCE oflice. DB. O. O. MOORE. CAPT. J. Tf. SMITH. Colony Drug Store! Goiv lOttv St. & 3d Ave., Worthington, Minnesota, Opposite Wortliington Hotel. With thanks for favors in the past, we desire to remind the good people of Wortliington and surrounding country that We are here, ready at all times to' serve them with goods as low as they can be found in Southern Minnesota. DRUG DEPARTMENT. We have a full stock of fresh and reliable DRUGS—all standard Patent Medicines—Chemi cals, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Window Glass, Tutty, Druggists' Sundries, Notions, Perfumery, Toilet and Fancy Soaps. Prescriptions Carefully pounded. NEWS DEPOT. We are now prepared to furnish any publica tion in the United States at publishers' rates. Call on us for dailies, pictorials, magazines, etc. Tobaccos. Best brands of Cigars—and full line of smokers' Material. Lamps and Lamp Goods. A large variety of Lamps and Fixtures. Eight kinds of Chimneys. We have but one price, and that as low as the lowest, and, with our experience, we feel war ranted in saying that we can make it an object for you to give us a liberal share of .your patron age. Articles not in stock will be furnished on short notice. MOORE & SMITH. March 21, 1874. BARGAINS! Powers Bros., No. 59 East Third St., ST. PAUL Will offer till January 1st, the Greatest Bar trains in First Class Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery, and Fancy Goods, Ever shown in this State! Having recently bought large lines of goods from Eastern Bankrupt Wholesale Stocks, we shall offer thein at a slight advance from cost.— We have also Marked Down our Entire Stock To correspond with late purchases. Orders Promptly Filled and Goods sent to any Address C. O. D. Agents for Butterick's Celebrated Pat terns. New Styles Received Each Month. Send Stamp for Catalouge. X. 3ST. S.A.'FXSZ*., At Ills Lumber Yard in Worthington, has constantly on hand A Large and Varied Assortment of Pine Lumber. 2 That choice JAPAN TEA at 90 cents.' 6 COFFEE SUGAR at 9 lbs ror~*l.:' 1 Good BROWN SUGAR at 10 lbs. for #1. Very bestSYRUP at *1 per gallon. All PRINTS at 10 cents." AND OTHER GOODS Corresponding: Prices. CALL AND SEE for YOURSELVES. Sept. 5,1874.-623m. S. MORSE Slaving Befitted and Furnished ... US-STORE, ii AT Bigelow, Minn., IS NOW PREPARED TO OFFER A Complete Assortment of General Merchandise, :•:•::"r.ir„r~' Cotnsislng ia part of ^'••':".'~:~:':: STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, LUMBER, LATH, Com- STATIONERY DEPARTMENT. School Books, Blank Books, Gift and Toy Books, Letter Taper, Foolscap, Legal Cap, Bill Paper, Plain and Fancy Note Paper, Ini ial Pa per, Envelopes in* great variety, Pencils, Pens, Pen-Holders, Inks. SHINGLES, Constantly on hand. OFFICE—At Store. YARD—Corner Ninth St. and First Avenue. Bigelow Minn. At Panic Prices, at the Colony Store. I-RTMISTON & STOCKDALE. Town Lots for Sale! InHlvKSliYamimfJKLOW, on the Sioux City and St. Paul liailroail. Desirable Lots for sale in the above named vil lages on favorable terms. Hcrsey has a Hotel, Post Office, Lumber Yard and several shops and stores, and is surrounded by a beautiful country. Bigelow is near the Iowa line, has also several stores and shops and is destined to become a hriving village. Apply or address Wm. H. HUMIST0N, a NOTIONS, etc. The Best Goods always on hand at THE LO WEST LIVING PRICES. Choice Tobaccos and Cigars. Terms Strictly Cash on Delivery. Bigelow, June 25,1874.—[42. a S. 0. MORSE. HO! For the Spring Trade. We are now prepared to receive orders lor Seeders, Harrows, Cultivators, Plows, etc. Pt'i^oiis dosiring any of these goods will find our stock complete. 4^Also Stoves, Tin and Hardware, W'OKTmXGTOSi, XOKI.ES CO., tf] MINNESOTA. New Millinery Goods, FOR FALL!WINTER. "\TKS. A. A. STEVENS has just received a JJ1 NEW STOCK of Fall and Winter Millinery Goods, OF THE LATEST STYLES. The Ladies are reqrested to call and examine. S—tf. THE PHOTOGRAPH Is and Elegant Oil Chroino, Photograph Album and Family Kccord Combined, and is designed for the insertion and preservation of the pictures of the family as well as the names. It is some thing new. beautifill, useful and attractive, and should ornament every home in the land. All who see it pronounce it superb, and are lavish in its praise. The faces of dear ones appear in a tasteful setting of gold and beautiful colors, and it is at once and forever a household treasure. Price, $i.oo. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. A UOOI) TIIINC FOR AGENTS, Men and Women, Hoys and Girls whole or spare time, day-time or evening. Agents wanted ev erywhere. COMPLETE ()I TEIT mailed, post-daid, on receipt of price. Address the MEVEULY COM PANY, 284 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. BUKXIXG THE PliAlRlE: $25 REWARD. I.'M!E Commissioners of Nobles County will pay TWBNTY-FlVE DOl.I.AHS ltEWAKD for Sllch information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of any person or persons who may wilfully or carelessly, by any means, set lire ti) the grass on the. prairie within the county during this Autumn, and allowing the same to run be yond his own premises contrary to the statutes of Minnesota. By order of Commissioners, WM. M. HEAR, August 15,1S74.—19-3m. Auditor. A W I 8 a»«l- A S 6 6 Iu „s will be sent mounted complete for framing on receipt of S cents. Two new Chromos, THE CHKUltY tilliLS:a!so, SMILESand TEARS, same price, Abc,aiitiful BOOUET OF FLOWEUS for 30 cts.. or two different'subjects for-fifty cents. Brilli ant F11L1TCHKOMOS, mounted. 9x11, only $7 per 100. Superb Oerman Landscape, mounted. 9x11, *S per 100. Retail price, /0 cts. each, or two for 50 cts. Scrap Book Chromos. assorted, $1 per 100.. .Departureand ReturnofTIIE LIFEBOAT, •only'#1.50 per pair. If von are in need of em ployment semi-go for a portfolio with choice stock of Chromos. and commence work at once. Sat isfaction'guaranteed. Particulars free, or Illus trated Circular on receipt of 3 cent stamp. BOSTON FRAME AND CHROMO CO.* 292 Washington street, Boston, Mas-.—2—6w. Spiritlake Stage-Line. DOTYg & LAMBERT, having secured the ear yin of the mails from Spirit Lake to Wor thington, will run as follows: Leave Spirit Lake at 7 o'clock on Monday morning, and arriv!e at Worthington at 6 o'clock p." 'in: Returning, leave Worthtngtoii on Tuesday ""•filing at 7 o'clock, and arrive at Spirit Lake at. •jLti clock,,, p. in. Any business eiUritsi&r to our care' will be promptly and.faihf.uljy attended to. Passengt-rst carried at reasonable rates. [44-ly. or Sale. Two lots on Tenth Street. Apply to A. P. MILLER, St. Paul & Sioux City ''AND ''%. 4 Sioux City & Saint Paul R.R! TIME CARD. Goinff West. Leave St. Paul at 7.40 a. Worthiujrtpii, at 5.02 p. in Arrive at Sioux City, at 9.30 p. in Going East. •. •-..&, I^ave Sioux City at ,: 5.30 a. in ". Wnithliigton, at 9.42 a. ...Arrive at St, Paul, atr, -,...... 7.00 p. in 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 ACRES PRAIRIE & MEADOW LANDS, Situated in Southwestern Minnesota and North western Iowa, O S A E at moderate prices with easy terms of payment. ALSO TOWN LOTS, in towns at rair. ad stations. Land bonds of the Sioux City and St. Paul Kailroad to be taken at par in exchange for land within their limits. l'pr particulars address: "Land Department St. 1*. & S. C. and S. C. & St. P. 1J. K. Co., St.Paul Minn. "WE A Our Neighbors" Is the latest and raciest work by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin," "The Minis ter's Wooing," My Wife and I," And other powerful stories, each the literary sensation of its period. and tiiis. story promises a like genuine and wholesome sensation. It bears directly on social topics of interest, cm bracing the romance of youthful companion ships, the brightness of happy home-life, the spicy complications of neighborhood associa tions, and such follies and profound domestic miseries as have led to the wide-spread Temper ance movement of the day. Mrs. Stowe is now in the prime of that genius which wrote Uncle Tom," ripened by years of study and observation. Her velsare immense ly popular, Uncle Tom's Cabin alone out-sell ing by hundreds of thousands any edition of any original work ever published—save Vie Bible.— Her book two years ago, My Wife and I," out sold every contemporary. Such a pure and en nobling story as "We and Our Neighbors" should be read in every home.- This attractive Serial is just beginning exclusively h\ the Wcel-hf Family Newspaper, the Christian Union IIEXItY WART) BEECHER, KD1TOK. In religious matters this paper is Evangelical and Uhseetarian in political atfairs, independ ent and outspoken. 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The public eagerness for Mrs. stowe's now story, the popularity of the paper, the friendly support or thousand's of old I subscribers, the artistic premiumsforfinmerf/rtfe delirery, light outfit and complete "instnic lions" to beginners, assure repeated sucesss to agents, and oiler active, intelligent persons un usual chances to make money. All ho want a safe, independent business write at once for terms, or send *2 for ehromoouttitto .1. 11 FOISD SCO., New York, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, or San Fra cisco. State Norma! School. MANKATO, MINN. 1. FALLTEUM commences August 20,1S74. 2. Pupils must at least fifteen years of ase. Applicants I'm admission to the' Normal De part inent will be examined in Spelling. Reading, Wiitiiiir, (ieography, Orammar and Arithmetic. 4. Tuition free to (hose who pledge to teach two years in the Common Schools of the tate. All others will be charged E1UI1T DOLLARS PER TERM. o. Special facilities for those who wish to learn how toteaeh. For further information applv to the Princi pal. D. C. JOHN, 40—Sw* Mankato, Minn. THE GEM MICROSCOP E Is the. most wonderful scientific production of the nineteenth century. It furnishes the power or a high priced instrument for:-vmere trifle, and exceeds in usefulness.any--Microscope ever invented. It reveals, the hidden wonbars of (Jod's minute creation—as Eels in Vinegar, Ani mals in Waler, Butterflies' Fe/ttho.rs, the Golden Marrow of a Hair, etc., etc. Ji also shews TRI CHINA SPIRALIS or Pork "IPoi'in, wherever iteristsinpork. IT IS ,1UST THE THING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG FOLKS, and grown folks tod. Price, $i so. Sent by mail, post-aiid, on receipt of pi ice. A GREAT CHANCE I OR AGENT'S- Agents wanted .everywhere. Men ami Women, Boys and Girls whole or spaie time, day time or eveninf/. COMPLETE OUTFIT mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. AddiesS THE BEVERLY COMPANY, 284 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. HouKe to storv and a half HOUSE ab' the foot of .Tenth Street. Three roping below and one above. Well and stable blithe premises Possession given October 1st. Apply to W. S. STOCKDALB. Worthington, Aug. 20, .1871.—51tf. THENATIONAL COLONY LOCATEDaLtf SOIJfcHjlESTORN Minnesot arid-NortbtresteTn Io wa. "Twelve Townships OF Rich Prairie Land In Nobles County, Minnesota. ^•^. rf *w*fc^ *•,*.$* Soil and Climate The CREAM OF THE PRAIRIES and the GARDEN OF THE STATE. The Climate of the Mountains and the Soil of the River Bottoms. Government Lands. Several Townships of GOVERNMENT LAND in the County STILL VA CANT. RAILROADS. These lands are on the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad which runs daily trains to both cities. Towns and Villages. Three THRIVING VILLAGES grow ing up in the Colony. Worthington the Business, Railroad, Social, and Educational Centre of a large extent of country. NINE COUNTIES NOW TRAD ING AT WORTHINGTON. FARMING. A FARMING POPULATION of sev eral thousand now on the lands and the County RAPIDLY FILLING UP. The National Colony is organized up on a TEMPERANCE BASIS. No IN TOXICATING BEVERAGES sold in the County. EDUCATION. PUBLIC SCHOOLS and a SEM INARY OF LEARNING now in operation at Worthington. Advantages. FERTILE SOIL, CONVENIENT MARKETS, HEALTH FUL CLIMATE, CHRISTIAN SOCIETY,.' Superior Mail, Railroad, School, Church and other Privileges. NO AGUE, NO CONSUMPTION, NO LIQUOR TRAFFIC, NO DESPERADOES, NO INDIANS. RAPID INCREASE IN 'WE VALUE Oi LAND ASSURED. Send stamp for cqpjr of the National,Colony JOURNAL, giving full p.uticulais, to MIUER, HUMIST0N & CO., Worthington, Nobles County Minnetota. HJIIIIHIII 'immjiq&suniy. -£n&- A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PUB LISHED EVERY. SATURDAY AT Worthington, Minnesota, JUT io The ADXXSCK IS the regularly-issued county paper, and the only newspaper published ID No bles county. To persons abroad who eontom. plate coming to the National Colony, the A VANCE will, prove of great value, as it will chroa icle from week to week every step in the progress of the Colony, and will give besides a great quan tity of valuable information concerning th* prairies of the West. DEPARTMENTS. FARMER'S DEPARTMENT. Special prominence' will be given to all ques tions affecting the interests of the farmers, and to agricultural topics. An account of every farm in the county will be given. Correspondence solicited from farmers. Write facts and obser vations upon farming matters, and the editor will put them in shape for the press. Particular attention will be given to the subject of Tree Culture, as one of vital importance to this part of the West. LAND DEPARTMENT. Reliable information will be given concerning the seeming of Government Land. Letters of inquiry as to the homestead and tree-claim laws will be promptly and correctly answered through the paper, and all the decisions of the General Land Office which can be obtained will be pub lished. COLONY DEPARTMENT. The ADVANCE, as intimated above, will be map and history of the National Colony. AH questions relating to the soil, climate, and other natural advantages, and to the development of Southwestern Minnesota, will be faithfully an. swered. N E W S AND LOCAL. The ADVANCE will give a general summary of the news of the world, but its aim will be to be come a first-class local newspaper, devoted espe cially to home news and home interests. Corres pondence from the different townships and from the several counties tributary to Worthington solicited. A TiTs O 0B-WORK NEATLY AND PROMPTLY Executed at the Advance Office, CARDS, BLANKS, CIRCULARS, .-.. POSTERS, BILL-HEADS, LETTER-HEADS. TEHMS—$2 a year $1 for six months 50 cents for three months, in advance.^ Address. E -AJD"\7VAJrc-OJQV Worthington, Minnetota, Ki I