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If1 S^3W WJ£^ 8h*'-gS* !f !i 1 s'. if k' 5 ::..-• =Be»t!«»»«"«ta wsswvnwi. -.as-w*. WmtMnghni ^foawr. The people1 held a series of mass meetings which have had no parallel since the days of the vigilance com mittee of San Francisco. They said to this ring of bummer politicians, 44 Surrender or Hang! The Times raised the cry of Emigration or Ex termination!" ADVANCE H*» .'-.^.(r "S^TT"?5* W $s.eo $1.00forSUTllonflm. THUBSDAY. APBIL 20. 187«. PEOPLE va. THE POLITI CIANS. The recent uprising of the people of Chicago to free themselves from what the Pioneer-Press calls the "bummerocracy" will be a warning to ballot-bojc staffers and greedy of fice-holders, throughout the country. The bummer element, with Mayor Colvin at their head, refused to sur render the city government, after having been defeated at the polls, and after having stuffed the ballot-boxes and counted themselves in. The Pioneer-Press, speaking of this state of affairs, says: Such is theReceipt*—Tax dreadful predicament which Chicago has got itself into simply because the tax-payers allowed party caucuses, run by ward bummers, to control their nominations and elections." Cer tainly. This is only the old story over again. The people will not at-Receipts tend to their political duties, and soExpenditures—Orders the bummers, politicians, wire-work ers, etc., control caucuses and conven tions, elect bad men or persisent of fice-seekers, and, frequently, as inExpenditures—Bonds Chicago, resort to frauds to gain or retain control of public offices. In these times of investigations and of calling all public servants to a strict account, the people ought to be awake and taking a high stand in pol itics. Establish the rule that you will seek the office-holder instead of the office-seeker seeking yon out forJohuMiller, your vote. Let the office seek the man. Set your feet down, as these Chicago tax-payers have done, upon office-seekers and wire-workers, andJno let us have.pure politics and honest and efficient office-holders. THE THE AD PEOPLE AND VANCE. The following letter is from a No-Humiston bles county farmer. It has the true Ting. Nothing has gratified us more than to see how exactly the peopleB appreciate, understand, see through, and estimate the motives and animus of the hall dozen politicians and theMilees half dozen men whom they can influ ence, who arc endeavoring to cryJamesl down the and start another paper. The resolutions adopted by the Hersey meeting hit the nail on the head exactly. The farmers, of Nobles eounty have their eyes and «ars open and can see through an of-JameMiller, fice-seeker a good deal better than anCdeaths office-seeker can see through them. The letter given below is auotherL striking proof of the fact that the far mers are keen in their perception and just in their judgment of the real is sue between the ADVANCE and a fewJohn politicians and malcontents. Will more farmers speak out through our columns,? EDITOR ADVLNCE: The time hasA come when every lover of peace, or der, prosperity and'good will among our people, should'let their thoughts be known in regard to the course the WORTHINGTON ADVANCE has taken as a local journal.. I have conversed with many good and substantial far mers oil the subject of late, and weN are all unanimous in the opinion that the ADVANCE is the paper of the peo- ple and for the people that it is theJ neatest, the ablest edited and the best local newspaper that it has ever been •ur good fortune to possess. It isT •aid that a movement is on foot to11lage, start another paper in Worthington, And that a few business men and a few political demagogues, office-seek ers and promoters, abettors and .up holders of rowdyism, are the instiga tors, and that the head of it is to beC a bell. Who are the business men that would interfere with our affairs, suppress our newspaper and dictate our politios. Give us their name's.— Let us know our enemies. By whom are they supported, and. from whence their bread and butter?. I answer, from the patrons of the If there are business -men in Wor thington who would injure, discour age, suppress, or in any manner de-BC prive us of the ADVANCE, we will withdraw Lorn them our support.—. We, the farmers, can live without them. We area free and independ ent people. We are not beholden to any other olass- If need be, we canOle have our own stores, mills, work shops and hotels, or we canfillanyB station within the gift of the people. Now let me urge every reader of the ADVANCE, if not already a sub- scriber, to subscribe for it at once.— And to every subscriber and friend of the ADVANCE, I wonld say, make it your business to procure subscri bers. I know every one can get atG least one additional subscriber and thereby double the circulation of the ADVAJTOK in a short time. The very act for which the ADVANCE is sought to be persecuted,.viz: the denouncing and exposing of the unmannerly acts offtfewof the assumed upper-crust young ladies And gentlemen of Wor $ tbingtou, and its unwillingness to be *JL oomu. the tool of a political ring, should b* sufllcient remsoli why pap?C»^nld be supported evj goodcitisen. Now, Mr. Editor, go on with yc%r good workvand the people will stand by you. Remember that truth, hon or and integrity will stand when cor ruption would fall. Let them fly their political kite: Let them jingle their little bell. We will not come and partake of their gruel SUBSCRIBXE. V*«IP«*: Annual Statement OP THE County Commissioners of Nobles County, S in he a Bxpeadtt tarea of the Covaty from March 1 1 8 1 5 a 1 1 8 7 6 a a so S in he A a a 4 Liabilitie at a a a 1 1876 STATE OP MINNESOTA,! COUNTY OF NOBLES, AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WORTHINGTON, April 13, 1876. GENERAL COUNTY REVENUE. 13,324 30 Receipts—lax Collected, Penaltv. cost and interest on delinquent tax, Expenditures—Orders issued, #5,73 7 89 vouchers on settlement, 217 19 #3,571 40 737 40 41 #5,778 10 POOR FUND. collected, Expenditures—Orders issued, KOAD AND BRIDGE FUND. #503 93 333 95 #f67 61 Receipts—TAX collected, Expenditures—Orders issued. COUNTY INTEREST. Receipts—TAX collected, Expenditures—Often issued, #570 83 coupons redeemed, li7 80 1,159 74 #792 79 Interest on bond overdue, 13 36 Interest paid on orders, 200 66 TWO 3ITLL FUND. Commissioner, Bell, registry fees, Churchill, Coroner's fees, W Randall, service under Coroner, GTBulick, W Bear, one month's salary, 902 65 Tax collected^ canceled, #873 86 542 60 Fines collected and applied toschool fund, 420 00 Orders canceled, 4 70 FLOATING DEBT. Receipts—Tax collected, 0729 20 redeemed, 400 00 Amount of Orders Issued from March 1,1875, to March 1,1876. GESEBAL COUNTY FUND. N Carrier, registering births and deaths,! 11.00 entering tax Judgments, 3.00 W Bear, salary for March, 1875, 6S 70 Barber, ink and pencils for office, 2.10 Bell, registry fees, 3.UC N Carrier, Clerk of Court fees, &80 Loveless, ironing office chairs, 4.65 W 6 Kandali, reports of grasshopper dam age from Dewald, 100 Perkins Bros., book, blanks and stationery, 83.67 W Bear, transfer of tax titles, 5.a Johnson, rent of ofilce, Si.50 A countv printing, 28.50 Humiston, collection tees, 271.71 John Green, return of births and deaths .from Little Hock, 2.00 Monroe Miller, service and mileage as 4.80 21,00 0.00 6.00 3.00 66.70 60.00 50.00 Bell, salary in part as Sup't of Schools Soule, salary in part as County Att'y Secretary of State, for eertitted copies of special laws, Bell, salary in part, 1P imrfee, service as Commissioner. distributing relief supplies, & stockdule, trimming for ufllce cupboard, James A lluff, sawing wood for office, Bear, drawing wood for office, W Bear, preparing reports of grasshop per damage, Bell, registry fees, John 11 Johnson, rent of office, ,, Birkett, report or grasshopperdfp ag from Grand Prairie, li Baldwin, report of grasshopper dam age from Wortnington, Danie Shell, 1 raying for county, Parshall, report of grasshopper damage from Seward, W Bear, one month's salary, Bell, salary in part, Jno Churchill, Coroner fees, L11 Gilchrist, aiding Coroner, GTBulick, Vf Bear, salary in part, W Miller, services as Commissioner, Soule, salary in part, services as Commissioner, Achesoii, return of births and from Indian Lake W Bullis, Sheriff fees in the case of State vs. Jacobsen, 11* Durfce, per diem and mileage as Com missioner, W Bullis, posting school notices, Johnson, rent of office. Hewitt & Martine, merchandise, N Carrier, registering fees, Goodnow, abstract Irom land Office, Pioneer-Press Co., assessment blanks for 1875, I N Siter, wood and lumber, Miller, county printing, N Cariier, Clerk of Court fees, Humiston, Treasurer fees, Bell, registry fees, W Bear, salary in part, ADVANCE— L«BobeiB,eoiwUbh" MCaiftGsvone da»*uditlng accounts, W Bear James Thorn, juror fees, Sept term, 1875, JoknDeBoos, I Durfee. superintending flrebreaks, George Brown, election retorne iron Hersey, E Bear, ditto from Blgelow, Chamberlain, ditto from Ba_ Jno PrVaitrdtuo*reai Seward, Haas Paulson, ditto from little Book, Charles Dewey, Juror fee one day, William Ditty, 3"JT** Btcbard Burgraf, W SLan'gdon, Juror fees, W Bear, one mouth's salary in part, Soule, salary in part, 11B McUolluiri, assessing f.orain for 1875 Soule, salary in part, S Harrington, juror fee, Ohaa I. V»t«rann, Cha Peterson Bell, salary in part, Craft, salary as Probate Judge, 2.50 32.60 9.40 156.00 1.10 2.67 4.00 66.70 60.00 9.00 6.00 4.00 66.31 27.60 18.2t 24.60 3.40 2.50 25 Bennett, cost, State vs. Jacobsen, Uoodnow, Bell, salary in part, S Wass, assessing Summit Lake Township, Ira Cole Hersey Coleman Guernsey, assessing Ransom Tp., 18.00 50.00 15.00 21.00 11.25 37.50 1.66 13.60 8.00 56.60 31.96 114.50 2.70 252.05 18.62 6f».70 23.00 John Upstrom, assessing town of Bigelow, I Durfee, assessing town or WortliTugtou, 24.00 Goodnow, fees in case of State versus O Larson, 5.20 James, assessing Little Rock Town, 17.U0 Soule, salary in part, 7.98 It James, assessing Little Rock, 5.- 0 Soule, salary in part, 24.79 Bar.ow, assessing Olney, 30.00 Smith, assessing Graham Lakes, 1».00 N Childs, assessing Dewald, 20.00 Miller, per diem and mileage as Com^ mi^sioner, rr.go W Miller, ditto, 8.80 JVM Bear, clerk of equalization board, 6.00 •RN Carrier, copying delinquent tax list, 86.35 W Bear, salary in part, 66.70 McColium, in part for assessing Lorain, 5.00 Bell, salary in part, 40.00 Grant, assessing Worthington VII. 1875, 26.00 Walling, assessing Seward and First District, 30.00 Perkins Bros., blanks for office, oO.OO N Carrier, recording order for special termor court, 2.75 Akin Miner, assessing Worthl gton Vil lage tor 1874, 26.00 W Bullls, sheriff fees In case of Jaoobseu, 32.25 Pratt & Co., office stool, 3.00 Taylor, assessing town of Elk, 24.0, N Carrier, Clerk of Court fee, 40 W Bullis, summoning jurors, 20.00 N Can ier, entering tax judgment on 1874, 40.00 W Bear, oue month's salary, 66.70 N Carrier, entering tax judgment, 6.67 Miller, service as Commissioner, 6.80 W Bullis, summoning jurorsand mileage, 65.85 E Bear, service as juror and mileage. 12.40 9. y& 8 Winters, juror certificates bought up, 180.00 Coleman Guernsey, juror fee, September term, 1875, N Carrier, clerk of court fees, I Bell, salary in part as Superintendent, Brown, juror fees Sept. term, 18T5, iA. J? wn leP«ty Sliei iff fees, WM Bear, oue modth's salary, ??. ^°. u,e oiie-fouitlt of salary, TC Bell, on salary, N Carrier, entering tax Judgment, W Lyon, juror cerllflcatei bought up, W Bullis, Sheriff courts. £llingson, wltuess fee. State versus O Larsuii, Juo Babcock, ditto, Nells Langseth, ditto, Paul, ditto! August Anderson, ditto, Martin.Langseth. n, ditto O Bigelow,57-th aitto,ditto. Barber, ditto, Craft, ditto, Bennett. Justice fees in same cane. Moore & suifth. supplies for couVty^ffi'ce, BN Cariier, filing census reports, Dlnioii, keeping and care of Jacobean, a prisoner. John Johnson. rent of office, Pioneer-Press Co., blank books, Bennett, drawing Jurors, A Miller, printing for couuty, '•., Henry Brayton, juror fees Sept. term, David Bates, IID Huiu.ston, Treasurer fees October settlement, 1875, I lurfec~wltness fee. State vs. Hertzig, Bell, salary as Sup't of Schools. I Durfee, service as commisslouer, viewing road aud auditing ac count, y^^ 5M commissioner Kimball, one day juror fee, stSuBi^!^,unah!t,,,••, 3.85 40.10 8.38 f.00 15.00 6f\70 tO^JO 5.00 24.68 15.2) 22.05 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.00 1.00 1.00 6.05 9.90 3.40 11.1)X LOO LflO Hertdc i* 2.30 MO 100 3.00 COO 6.00 LOO 200 L00 100 140 ,100 2 SO 100 Joseph Tarbot BWHesselrotkv Peter Sweltzer, A Miller, piloting for county, TLTaylor.fabiMkslnlllk, vm Ptoneer-Press Co, blank books and blanks. 17J0 Emory Clark, attorney fee la ease of State ^versus Jaeobsen, 15.00 Bell, entries in reception' book, 10.W Parsons eleetloa returns from Lorain 1.00 James Walker, ditto from Grand Prairie, 6.00 W MllliugUMi, ditto from Summit Lake, W Bear, salary In part, W HesselToili, election returns from Graham Lakes, Bell, salary as Sup't of Schools, JnoD Biown, juror fee, Sept. term, ABuchau. WG Randall, 100 16.M 120 20.00 100 440 140 100 190 10.80 Bennett, canvassing, eounty vote, JBUhurehili, WMBear, W 11 Booth, mowing Are breaks in Seward 2150 ditto, 6.00 Wm Chldley, ditto in Graham Lakes, 7.00 SAHlldietbJiirorfee, 4.00 8 Hauguton, mowing fire break la Dewald, 17.50 A Warner, ditto In Elk, 6.00 W Miller, 2 days' work as commissioner, 6.00 E S Mills, ditto and mileage, 7.50 A Kobinson, 2 days as commissioner and 1 day viewing road. 7.50 Miles Bii kett, assessing Grand Prairie, 20.00 W Bear, salary in part, 6». 8 aimer,Juror fee, Sep't term,' 6.60 A Baker, fire breaks in Graham Lakes, 4.w Juo Churchill, 2days on LuVerne road, 6.00 W Bear, 1 day on appointing board, 3.00 TO Bell, ditto, 8.00 Allen Chaney, fire breaks In Worthington, 13.75 S 8 Maxwell, award for conviction of N 100.00 10.00 436.70 8.40 18.00 7.50 10.00 11.00 35.00 144.00 2J.50 Petiis, fire breaks in Summit Lake, Langdon, boarding N Nelson a prisoner 72 N Smith, Are breaks Graham Lakes, 4-00 George Perry, ditto in Hersey. 18.00 Jno Green, ditto in Little Rock, 10.50 Fred Bloom, ditto In Seward, 3.75 S Kikendall, ditto in Seward, 3.75 N Carrier, auditing accounts, 12Loo 11M Johnson, juror fees, 1875. I0.00 A Buchau, mowing fire breaks In Wortk'n 8.00 Bell, salary in part as Superintendent of Schools, 35,00 WMBear, auditing accounts, 9.56 W W Dow, return of births and deaths, 18(5, 1.25 A Robinson, auditing accounts, lo.oo setvice as commissioner, 8.2o W Bear, salary in part, 66.97 Alfred Terry, return of births and deaths, 1875, 2.25 Jno Green, ditto, Loo .1". l»e breaks Little Rock, 3.00 Dewey, juror fees, Sep't term, 1875, 6.4o W Bear, auditing accounts, 2.44 Isiiac N Sa^er, wood delivered to Co. office, 80.00 N carrier, registry of births and deaths. 6.60 S Bon, re urn of bin hs from Elk, 1.5o ML Miller, service and mileage as comm'r, 4.S0 Jackson, return of births and deaths from Graham Lakes, &25 N Carrier, rcgistei ing births and deaths, 6.2o S Mills, service and mileage as comm'r, 15.6o AOConde, ditto, 15.2o A Kobinson, dUto, 6.2o W Mobe1 ly, return of births and deaths from Olney, 25 S Law, di ao from Bigelow. 2.25 David Fogo, juror lee, Sep't term, 1875, W Beas ti ausi'er of tax sales, S0.00 Soule, salary in part, 10.00 7.00 13.30 2.10 W Bullis, posting school notices, Thurber, making cupboard for office, N carrier, registering official bonds, 12.00 16.07 37.50 4.00 6.00 3.25 Tiios Parsons, rmuru of birthsanddeaths from Lorain, N carrier, registering birthsand deaths Dewald, return of birihs and deaths from Dewald, Bell, salary in part as Sup't, W Bear, salary in part, Henry Baldwin, lire breaks in Elk, Bell, regis.ry fees, W Bullis, expense in care and keeping Nels Nelson, A Miller, printing for county, Moore & Smith, supplies for county office, George Perkins, books and blanks, Johnson, one-quarter rent of office, W II Chamberlin, tire breaks a Graham Lakes, A Cornish, ditto, A Robi.ison, commissioner service, S Muck, Sr., juror fee and mileage, In In quest of Mrs BlackweU, Joim Hart, ditto, Bichards, ditto, Wallace,. dittoT Brain, ditto, Anscomb, ditto, 1.00 35.40 Force, D, surgical service in same, A Town, sheriff lees in same, Bennett, coroner fees in same, George W Akin, return of births and djaihs from Summit Lake, W Chase, ditto from Worthington, Bell, recording del. tax certificates, bonds, 6.25 l.OQ 2.60 Gocdnow, return of births and deaths fivm Worthington Village, W Bear, balance on salary for 1875, Olesou, fire breaks iu Grand Prairie, 75 3o.oo 69.93 8.00 16.45 30.25 26.7-J 6.86 47.69 37.50 6.50 &00 3.10 I.60 I.80 I.60 12o 13o Loo 8.60 8.4o ld^o 15o 2,00 42.25 4.1o 86 12.6o 4.5o 16.17 9.20 9.60 Treasurer's bond, A Miller, printing for county, ML Miller, fire breaks In Elk, Barber, salary as Judxe of Probate, A O Cude, service as commissioner. £SMills, ditto, 4\737.69 ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND. W Woolstencroft, road survey, $ 50.00 Dell Snyder, chaiuman in road survey, 12.00 Jonathan Gordon,ditto, 12.00 J1int-s Muck, axeman on roads 8 and 9 l&oo Mason, chainman on road 9, 12.00 James Muck, use of team on road surrey, I8.00 W Woolstencroft, field notes to supply those lost, W Chase, chainman on road survey, Bonnet 1,ditto, II Bennett, ditto, Brown,fligman, iieorgeU Clark, ciiauiman, survey, assessing Indian Lake, hlo, 18.00 Plumb, service as graud Juror, 5.60 WBAkins, *k:•• 5.20 James Parshall, service as juror, 13.00 A Mcuord, work on Kanaranza bridge. Churchill, entertnltiing men at Work on the LuVerne road, 5.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 12.oo 31.oo 6.00 6.00 6\oo 4.oo l^.oo 4.00 2,00 3.00 lo.oo WII BlackweU, flagmin on ditto, W Woolstencrufi, surveying ltMds, Shell, use of team in road survey, Allen Chancy, clninman In road survey W Woolstencroft, surveying road, A S Woolstencroft, chaiuman on road survey, Valentine Hevener, ditto, Willie Ball,ditto, BW Woolstencroft, surveying road, D.miel Stone, plank lor coumy road bridge 2o.oo W Woolstencroft, use of team ou road Childs, ditto, 1) Shell use of team in road survey, SPPepple, bill for men at work on Lu 6.00 5.00 E Bear, work on Luverne road, O Cirou in part on contract on Ochocdn bridge, 4oo.oo Loo 2.00 2.00 8-5o Vernci rond, A Kobinson, plank and work on La Verne road, 72.66 So O Grout, on bridge contract In full, 4oo.oo I N Sator, plank for bridges on Lu Verne road, 2.85 •1,150.74 POOR FUND. Berber,inecleal attendance on Mrs. Wass, 615.00 BDBtrber, examining and removing to asylumCBarber, 25.45 Ch.tdwlck, rellat, 2o.5o Pools 3.00 Chidwlck 1O.QO ttl) Birber, medical attendance of Mr. Emmons, l&oo Chadwick, relief 1 week 5.00 Foots, 3 4.5o JChndwick, 5 85 00 Foots, 3 4.60 JChadwick, 1 6,00 Foots, 1 Lt Chadwick, 2 lo.oo Foots, 1 1.50 Jchadwlck, 2 I0.00 Poo:s, 7 I0.60 Chidwlck, 30.0a Foots, 8 uptoNov 3,1875 12,00 It Biii ber, attending Mr. Jobjiaou .of Bigelow, jo.oo Chadwick, relief 4 weeks, 20.00 •JS00*?*.. "-*. too JCbadwick, Foots, Ch idwtck: 68.20 37.50 &ft Perkins, tax 4upUeatee and Wank record. W Bullis, one pair hand enffs, Poets, JCbadwick, poo.s. JCbadwick, 86.9 7.3t« 3.00 122 4 -f 5.40 79.18 1.00 51.62 10.00 12.00 8.80 2.U0 & 0 5 INTEREST OKDER8. Herman Grave, Interest on orden bonded June 10,1875, a.60 Herman Grave, ditto, lAofl Pioneer-Press Co., interest paid on orden bonded July 1, i«r 71 MrstNailniwlItonkSt.paul,luteretfpald on ordeis bonded, 118.83 Winters, interest paid on orders b»nded, 83.14 Alien & Co. Khoot district $-- 4&oo LUbUUUw— Uncanceled orders, (2,696 12 Bonds Issued prior to 1875, 1,825 00 100 100 100 #58.50 AueU and Liabilities up to Marchl, 1876. GEXKBAL REVENUE FUND. Boads Issued during 1-.75, ,7^.0 00 Toial Hu,02112 D^.texforl872aadl878, 1 8 08 Delinquent tax for 1874, 66199 ,rr y«^"««*^ O 1IU Loveless, boarding Jacobsen- 4.00 Trustees MJJ Churchniall rent for court, l&M W Bullls. Sheriff fee In State va Jacobsen 48.10 Daniel Shell, livery for use of county, etc, 24.60 »0«PUCatel875, 2,14192 Cash on hand, 1,340 27 Ofilcefurnlturei 800 00 Bsfe, 600 00 Books,blanks,Ac, 2,500 00 i' Cost and Int. on deL tax, 18» 87 Total, #7,731 13 POOR FUND. LlabtUUep— Uncanceled orders, $198 00 Assets DeL tax for 1872 and 1873, 1 5 1 Ditto for 1874, Uncollected ou duplicate 1875. Cask ou band, Total, #964 83 ROAD AN BRIDGE FUND. Mobilities— Uncanceled orders. #1,912 41 Assets— Del. tax for 1872 and 1873. $ 2 41 Wttoforl874, 187 07 Uncolt'd tax on dup. 1875, 1.158 95 Cask on baud, 410 31 Total. LidMUtie*— No matured Interest. Assets- Del tax 1872 and 1873, Ditto for 1S74, Uncollected tax en dup. 1*75, Cash on hand, •1,758 7 4 INTEREST FUND. 72 3 93 58 493 07 480 36 Tota', •1,074 24 FLOATING DEBT. Liabilities— Nothing. Assets— DeL tax for 1872 and 1873, Ditto for 1874, Uncollected on dup, 1375, Cash on baud, Road and bridge fund 180 187 07 695 55 542 82 Total, •1,427 24 RECAPITULATION. Liabilities— General county fund, 611,021 12 Poor fund, A 198 0V d? 1,912 41 Total, •13,131 53 Assets— General couuty fund. Poor fund, 7,731 13 S64 83 1,758 74 1,427 24 1.074 24 Rood and bridge fund, Floating debt, lutercst fund, Total, 2.85S 18 Liabilities over assets on the first day day of March, 1876, #275 35 STATE OF MINNESOTA,) COUNTY OF NOBLES. aa- AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WOKTHINUTON, April 13, 1876. We hereby certify the above to be a true ex hibit of the receipts and expenditures of the said county of Nobles for the year ending Marchl, 1876, and also of the liabilities aud asset* of ihe said county on the said first day of March, 1876. A. C. ROBINSON, [L. S.] Chairman of the Board of County Cumm'rs. Attest: WM. M. BBAB, County Auditor. NOTICE 1 AOTICE TO TEACHERS. OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPT. OF SCHOOLS, WOUTUINUTON, MINN., April 12,1876. Is hereby given that there will be a Public Examination if Teachers at the Pub lic School Building in Worthington on Saturday, April 22,1876. Examination to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. T. C. BEL1*. 32 2w. Real Estate Agency. MILLER &. LANGDON, DEALERS IN Improved and Unimproved Homesteads and Tree Claims Secured for Settlers. I 9 O A S O S A E O E N Improvements, made on Lands for Par ties in advance of Coming. ALSO TOWN PBOPEBTY SALE OR BENT. 4.00 8.48 6.00 Two of the most desirable farms fronting 0-1 Okabena Lake for sale at a bargain. 160'acre farm located within one mile of Wor. thliigton. Several hundred dollars worth of Improvements. A most desirable stock or grain farm. Price, $1,500 #1,000 cash balance on long time. 160 acres within 1V£ miles of Worthington, 120 aores under cultivation. Price, fid per acre on tluee years time. 120 aores on the lake, \\4 miles from town. O acres under cultivation. Price, 62,000. 160 acres 3 ml'es from town. 10 aores broken.— Deeded for 41,000. K©acres 8 miles from town. Deeded for (600. 160 acres 7)4 miles from town. 15 acres under cultivation. Cash-price, *"50. 160 acres 4 miles'from town" on a main traveled road. 23 acres miller cultivation. Three orops have been raised on It. 75 acres three miles from town. 20 acres breaking. 40 aores one mile from town. Nearly all under cultivation. Small house. Sell at a sacrifice. These and many other lands offered at the low est rates and on the most favorable terms. Correspondence Solicited aud full Information given. Address 15:00 6.00 25.00 450 So.po 6.00 5.00 MILLER & LANGDON, Real Estate Dealers, Worthington, Nobles Co., Minnesota. 1 1"**** orders bonded. W4W CO 0 2 I HE R8EY HOT EL, l{ HER8EYi MINNESOTA. 4 I have recently opened Ibis house and am prei pared to accommodate the travelling public at cheaply as ean be obtained elsewhere. '^, ,..^ Satisfaction Guaranteed. Good Stabling In connection with Hotel. 4r28tf] LOUIS GOTTHELF, Prop. Milk Furnished. Tto IE undersigned, having made arrangements engage in the MILK BUSINESS perma nently, are now prepared to furnish the people of Worthington with milk daily at reasonable rates. VEGETABLES furnished also at the lowast market prices. BEDFORD & MILLER. 7-5w.* For Sale.! 11\{\ ACRES of Deeded Land. Inquire of 1 24-3m 8. A. DAVIS. Farm for Sale. Acres df CHOICE LAND, near School good buildings and small fruit. Terms Title good. Also yoke of cattle and farm- 160 easy. ing tools cheap. 29-lm.» J. J. STAGE. Seetion 4, Elk. x. so-, mji At his Lumber Yard in Worthington, has constantly on hand A Large and Varied Assortment of Pine Lumber. t2-46iy. St. Paul & Sioux City AND Sioux City & Saint Paul R. R. TIME CARD. Going West. l^eave St. Paul at 3.00 p. m. Worth'nigton, 12.15 a. Arrive at Sioux City, at -4.20 a.m. Going East. l^ave Sioux City at 10.20 p. Worthington, at 2.23 a. m. Arrive at St. Paul, at 11.35 a. m. These Companies now offer In Northwestern Iowa and Southwestern Minnesota 900,000 acres of tlie Finest Land in the State. At low prices, On long Credit, With easy payments, At low rates of Interest." These lands arc very productive. Easy of Cul tivatiou, Convenient to markets, and:toVillages* Churches and Schools. Alternate sections mostly occupied by actual residents: climate pleasant and healthy. For circular giving full information, or for prices of particular lands, apply by letter or per sonally to Land Depart ment'' of either Com pany, at St. Paul, Minnesota. J. W. BISHOP, General Manager. Chicago and Northwestern RAILWAY. Passengers for CHICAGO, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Rochester, Albany, Toronto, Mon treal, Quebec, Portland, Boston, New York, Bal timore, Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louts, Cairo, San Francisco, Sacramento, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Denver, Council Bluffs, SiouxCity, St. Paul,Maripctte, Fscanaba, Monaslia,JMadison,• Cheyenne, Omaha, Yankton, Winona, Dulutb, Green Bav, Milwaukee, and all points North, West. South aud East, should buy their tickets via the Chicag a N a a Close connections are made at Chicago with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Michigan Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, Kankakee Line and Pankeeping Handle ltoutes, for all points KAST and SOUTH EAST, and with the Chicago and Alton aud Illi nois Central for all points SOUTH. Cli'se connections are also made with the Un ion Facluc Railroad at Omaha for* all far West points. Close connections are made at junction points with trains of all cross roads. ULLMAN PAL A CE CA ES. These celebrated cars sire run on all night trains on ail the lines of this road. This is the ONLY LINE running these cars be tween Chicago and St. Paul or Chicago and Mil waukee. At Omaha our Sleepers connect with Ihe Over land Sleepers ou the Union Pacific Railroad, for all points west of the Missouri Kiver. Among the LUMBE BENNETT & STONE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Inducements offered by this Itmde To the traveling public ws§ all the modern im provements: Rock and Gravel Ballasted Track, Steel Bail, Uock and Iron Bridges, Parlor a..d Drawing Hooin Day Coaches. Smoking and, Lounging Cars, Wesiinglioiise Safety Air Brakes, Miller's Paten Safety Coupling aud Platforms, Speed, Safety and Absolute Comfort. Running Through Five STATES, FOB Having every facility for the business, and be ing thoroughly familiar with the lands of No bles Couuty, we offer our services to parties, at home or abroad, who may wish to either pur chase or sell lands or town lots. Farms to suit purchasers as to size, location, payments and amount of Improvement. Great and operating over 2,000 miles of road, this Com. panv presents to the traveler facilities that ABE tnd CANNO be offered by any Competi tor. All ticket agents can sell you tickets via this route. If von wish the best traveling accommodations you will buy your tickets by this route, aud will take no other. W. H. STENNETT, MARVIN HUGII1TT, Gen'l Pass. Ag't. General Superintendent, Hall's Standard Safes. A full line of E A A O O S A E S VAULT DOOKS always on hand. M.A. BIGFORD, Agent .for Minnesota, Dakota and British Pos sessions, id Jackson St., St. Itoul, Minn. 34-ly. 49-Cards, Circular.*, Bill-Heads, Letter Heads. Posters and all kinds of Job Work neatly aud promptly executed at the ABV/NCE Olllce. &-PINE LUMBER, Bridge Timber and Norway Piles. •8 es O O 1 7 £3 I 1 6 OQ 1 3 3 1 if 1 3 O 6 First Class Farm Machinery. Cash Paid For all Kinds of Brain. Woitlinstou, Minn., January 27,1876.—121 ly. to 9 3. a- BlUCK, LIME AND PLASTERING HAIR. MOUNTAIN BANKCOAL. HARD AND SOFT AVOOD, 3 IS 9 00 09 A 150.Q0G Acresot Land forSalejm.Loog^me anCSmall Pay-, irikvioxriki^nifmente\m\& Showing the Location AND Railroad Connections National Colony. Nvomo\v* 3MVT THE NATIONAL COLONY. The National Colony is located in Southwestern Minnesota and Northwestern Iowa. It com prises twelve townships of land in Nobles county, Minnesota, and tlwec and one-liair townships in Osceola couuty, Iowa, the land being undulating prairie, watered by streams and lakes and having a soil of sandy loam from two to four feet In depth. There are twenty townships of land in Nobles county, and it is admitted on all hands that this county lies in the very heart oi what is called the "CUE AM or TUB PIUIKJKS." Southwestern Minnesota, by general consent, long since took the name of the GAHDEN OF TUB STATE." LAKES. There are some fifty kikes, great and small, in Nobles county. The principal ones arc Lakes Okabena, Ocheeda, Indian:Lake, and Graham Lakes. Within a radius of eight miles of War. thliigton there are over twenty-four miles of lake front. STOCK-GROWING, The numerous lakes and the luxuriant grasses of this region adapt it to stock-growing In an eminent degree, and a number of the settlers are arranging to. engage in stock-growing, dairying and cheese-making. RAILROADS. The Sioux City & S Paul Railroad runs in a southwesterly direction across Nobles county, the people in daily communication with both St. Paul, distant 177 miles, and Sioux City, distant 92 miles. It is confidently expected that within a few yeJrs the Southern Minnesota road will be extended across the State, from east to west, passlngtlii'ough Worthington. Another pro posed road is a narrow-gauge coal road to the Iowa coal fields, which will, in due time, no doubt be built. Founding of the Colony. The National Colony was founded in the Spring of 1ST2 by Miller, Humiston & Company, of Ohio. The town of Worthington was laid out the year before awl a few houses were erected in 1871. The greater part of the government lands were taken up the first year, but there are still some vacant lands to be had in the county. Towns and Villages. There are three towns in the county, all of which arc railroad stations. iz: elow and Hersey. WORTHINGTON Is the county-seat, and is a thriving town, drawing trade from nine of the surrounding coun ties. It is situated on West Okabena Lake, a beautiful sheet of water, having a circumference of about six miles, and presenting upon its shores many elevated sites for residences. It tar nishes sand, gravel, boulders, ice and water in abundance for the town, to say nothing of boating. fishing, guunlng, etc. The business of the town is represented by Tour stores of general merchan dize, 4 carpenters and builders, 3 hotels, 3 lumber yards, 3 hardware stores, 2 drug stores, 2 shoe stores, 2 meat stores, 2 blacksmith shops, 2 fuel yards, 1 bank, 1 furniture store, 1 confectionery, 1 clothing store, 1 millinery store, 1 harness shop, 1 livery stable, 1 grocery, 1 feed store, 1 prhi». Ing office and 1 steam flouring mill. The professions are represented by 3 physicians, 2 lawyers, and 2 dentists. There are three church organizations in the place, viz: Methodist, Presbyterian and Union Congregational. The Presbyterians and Union Congregationalists both have neat church edifices, an4 the Methodists own the larue building known as Methodist Block, contain ing Miller Hall, in which they hold services. The irarious societies are represented by a Masonic Lodge, a Good templar Lodge and a Post of the Grand Army. The principal buildings of too towu are the Okabena Flouring Mills, erected at a cost of from *tO,000 to *JO,000, and having five run of stone the Worthiugtou Hotel, built at a oost of from *10,000 to tu.000, aud the Method** Block, costing about $7,000. Worthington has a good graded school, with three departments now iii operation, under the Independent District plan. A fine School Building has Just been erected at a cost of from t5,(K* to *6,000. The Worthington Seminary is now in operation under the management of Trof. ti C. Hill, assisted by an able crops of teachers. In culture aud character, the people of Worthington are admitted to be far superior to those of frontier towns generally. The temperance feature of the Colony, whloh excludes the liquor traffic, has attracted the better class and excluded the more vicious class of settlers. We kuew of no place lu the west where an investment in town lots will pay better. BIGELOW Is a thriving village located somo ten miles southwest of Worthington, near the Iowa Uae.— lt Is a railroad station and contains a post office, 2 general stores, 1 hardware store and tin shop and 1 grain warehouse and fuel yard. A cheese-factory will be opened there in the Spring and the village promises to be a brisk trading point. HERSEY, Is another railroad station and vfllagc located about eight miles northeast of Worthimjtan.^ It contains a post-office, hardware store, liunber yard, hotel, etc., aud is located in a bMMtUnJ and fertile region, and has a promising future before it Temperance and Education. The National Colony Is founded upon a temperance and educational basis. These features en tered into the original plan of Dr. A. P. Miller and Professor R. P. Humiston, the fouuien, and were among the chief Inducements which brought to this Ideality the intelligent class of people who have located here, No intoxicating beverages are sold in the county. he town charter of Worthington prohibits the liquor traffic The eduoational interests of the town and county are In the hands of advanced men, who appreciate the Importance of superior educational facilities and who will have them whatever they may oost. A few years hence will witness the esJUblbdt. ment of the Worthington Seminary upon a permanent basis. There are now about forty «cb,ooJi districts organized in the county. PROGRESS-O E COLONY. The progress of the National Colony has been steady notwithstanding the obstacles whleh the people have encountered. For two years, the crops of the farmers have been partially destroyed by grasshoppers, leaving a considerable number of families destitute and dependent upon pubs He aid, but notwithstanding this the comity has steadily progressed in population and improve* ments. There is constant Inquiry from men of means for lands within the limits of the Colony and the Colony Company and real estate dealers are in communication with numbers who ex, peet to locate here in the near future. CLIMATE. The oluwteoJ Southwestern MinnesotaIs probably its chief attraction. We have the climat# of the mountains and the soil of the river bottoms. The atmosphere Is dry and is almost a spe cific for all pulmonary and bronchial affections. Consumption and ague are unknown here, and the exhileratJtigair gives energy to constitutions which would succumb Inamore humid climate, The abounding good health and-energyof the people areasourceof constantremarkaMooaamft* The advantages of this region are briefly summarized as follows: Fertile soil, convenient mar kets, and healthful climate: superiormail railroad, school, church and other prtvlkfMi and no ague, no consumption, no liquor traffic, no desperadoes, 110 Indians. 0 *,8 a Crtn»"M»nUy.founded, Worthington. Big- like any other community, upon legitimate and Katureot Address Miller, Humistrjn & Co., Worthington, Minn.