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LAW and Notary Pubic—
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ington, Minn. Prompt attention given to con
veyancing.
J. S. SHUCK,
ATTORNEY
PHarvard
AT LAW, Real Estate and col-
leering agent, would respectfully tender his
services to the people of this and adjoiningcoun
ties, and hopes, by prompt attention to business,
and fair and honest dealings, to merit a share of
public patronage.
R. D. BARliEJt,
HYSICIAN A N SLIM EON, Graduate of
University. United States Examin
ing Surgeon for Pensions. Otlice at Bai ber &
Lawrence's, Worthington Minn.
GEO. O. MOO HE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Graduate of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Office and
Residence on loth street below the public hall,
Worthingtou, Minn.
Will attend promptly to all Calls, day or
uiyht. I
BANK OF W0RTHINGT0N.
ELIHU SMITH, Banker. A. M. SMITH, Cashier.
INTEREST PAID FOR TIME DEPOSITS.
Drafts Bought and Sold. Special attention giv
en to collections.
Office Hours from 9 to 12 a, in. and from 1 to 4
o'clock, p. m.
C. II. BENTON,
Att'y at Law.
REAL ESTATE,
C. C. GOODNOW,
Nntai) Public.
Benton & Goodnow,
Attys & Counselors at Law,
INSURANCE &
Par'leular attention paid to business before
the local and general Land Offices.
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A I O A A N S
In the National Colony, ami hots in the SEMI
NARV ADDITION to Worthingtou. Ollice ,-oi
lier loth Street and 2d A ii Worthington,
Minnf.
G. ANDERSON,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
Shop and eftlce on Third-ave., near Eleventh-st.,
Guarantees satisfaction in all work, and will fur
nish plans, specifications and estimates for bulld
ngs on short notice.
A. C. ROBINSON,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
Office and shop on Tenth Street, opposite Miller's
Hall.
WORTIIINGTON, MINNESOTA,
Will attend promptly to all kinds of huildimr, fur
nishing Plans, Specifications and Estimates.
S. A. HILDRETH,
Has Opened a
S A I N S A O O N
on Tenth Street, opposite the Worthingtou Ho
tel, where he.is prepared to wait upon the public
•in anything pertaining to his line.
The patronage of the public solicited.
THIRD AVENUE HOI EL,
«. B. LOVELESS Proprietor.
Worthington, Minn.
OKABENA HOUSE,
C. P- STOUOH, .' Proprietor.
WORTHINGTON, MINN,
On Ninth Street, between Second & Third ave.
Jewelry,
Dentistry,
L. N. BEDFORD.
E. BEDFORD.
Over Shucks' Law Office,
WORTHINGTON, MINN.
WHITE BRAHMAS.
Eggs from pure WHITE BRAHMA FOWLS
may be obtained of
CHAS. A. BARROWS,
HERSEY, MINN.
Price, delivered at Express Office, $1,50 per set
ting of thirteen.
B. W WOOLSTBNOROFT,
O a a a S
All orders for surveying thankfully received
and promptly executed. Office with Shuck &
Bookstaver, Worthington, Nobles Co. Minn.
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GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS,
RELIABLE AND STANDARD.
Catalogue FREE. Apply to
L. B. WAIT.
SEW STORE, FOURTH STREET, St. Paul, MJnn.
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LOCAL.
WORTHINGTON. MINN.. APRIL 11, 1874.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL—Rev. J. W. Lewis,
pastor. Services every Saobath, morning at
10:30 Sabbath School at 2:30 p. "Worthing
ton Praying Band," Sabbath evening at 7 o'clock.
Prayer meeting Thursday eveuUig at 7 o'clock.
PRESBTTEKIAN.—Services in the west room on
first floor of Miller Block. Sunday School at 12
o'clockeaeh Sabbath. Rev.W.P.Jackson,Pastor.
UNION CONGKROATIONAL.—Services morning
and evening. Sunday School immediately after
the morning service. Praver meeting Thursday
veiling.
Rev. Robt. McCune, of Toledo, is
expected to preacli at the Union Church
to-morrow.
Several notices of contest arrived too
late for insertion this week.
On account of press of time and
matter we are obliged to leave out some
new advertisements which came in this
week.
Persons who have bought land of the
Railroad Company should remember
that their contracts should be recorded.
C. Loveless, of the Third Avenue
Hotel, is enlarging his stables. He
was so overrun with teams a few even
ings since that he was compelled to bor
row a stable of a neighbor.
Mr. Benson is putting a house on his
claim near the peat bed.
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street.
COLLECTIJNAGENTS.
Wellington, Minnesota.
B. N. CARRIER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLERK OF DIST. COURT.
All business left with him will receive prompt
attention,
Office on 9th Street opposite the Park.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
SOULE & LANGDON,
Dealers in Real Estate.
Homesteads, Preemption
and Town l'ropert Bought and Sold.
Worthingtou, August 31.
J. SATER and 11. II. C11 EVER.
Agents for the sale of
»l»™l« »»8
0
AI oi iningion now __
ceiving the Land Office.
Messrs. Soule & Langdon have open
ed an ollice in the Davis's block between
the post office and the corner drug store.
Shuck & Hookstaver have 3,000 acres
of land for sale at S4 per acre on ten years
time.
Yesterday"
was~d'idedly_the
finest'
Spring (iav we have had and a great deal
other points in the State, have been here
diinng the week looking with reference
to locating. They all agree that Wor-
Ihe Confectionery and Ice Cream busi
ness in the portion heretofore occupied
for that purpose.
Ve judi»e from the inquiries made for
cuttings and for tree seeds of every kind
that there will be tens ot thousa ids of
trees plant this season. The impor
tance of doing this can scarcely be over-)
estimated. A few years will remove'
the only drawback to these prairies.
We regret to learn that Mr. Chidley,
of Graham Lakes, is dangerously ill
with erysipelas. lie received a slight
A'ound in his hand while fishing and
caught cold.
Mr. Warren Smith returned last Sat
urday from his tour through the State
presenting the cause cf the destitute
families of the frontier. He had re
markable success, and has proven him
self a good canvasser in a good cause.
THE WORTHINGTON SCHOOL.
Notice of the close of the Worthing
ton school was crowded out of our last
issue. The school closed on Friday,
April 2. Mr. C. C. Luckey, as princi
pal, and Mrs. Jenkins, as assistant,
have both given good satisfaction. We
hear Mr L. spoken of in high terms.
We learn that Mr. Franklin, agent
for Southwestern Minnesota, for the
McCormick Reapers, who has hereto
fore had his headquarters at Jackson,
is about to move to Worthington. It! ,Farnham„
business centre for all this region of
country.
CUTTINGS.
Mr. Ilollis has been in town for a
week or two selling cotton wood
and white willow cuttings brought
from Spirit Lake. As the cuttings are
fresh and large they sell readily. Mr.
II. has nst received a fresh load and
is selling them ft the Worthington Ho
tel. Those wishing to procure white
willow cuttings, or vigorous cotton
wood cuttings, cannot do better than
to give him a call. There is no danger
of putting out too many trees.
A SODA FIRE-ENGINE.
tingnisherona larger scale than the
to the Livery Stable, as well as some
distance down Tenth Street.
JUMPING CLAIMS.
A glance at the notices of contest will
suggest to those who have claims the
importance of making them secure.
There are always persons about who
keep their eyes and ears open, and it
would probably not be unjust to the Na
tional Colony to say that even here
there are men who would take advan
tage of men's necessities or misfortunes
and take their claims from them if pos
sible No doubt there are claims which
it would be a benefit to the community
to have jumped. In cases where the
homesteader is a "on-resident and does
not expect to come, it is only just that
the claims should be jumped, but at
least the cost of entry should be paid to
the person who loses-the claim, and
where there are improvements they
should also be paid for. Where men
are residents of the community, are ex
pending their energies here and aiding
to build up the country, and whose bus-
Mr.C. C. Goodnow is remodeling the bary and treat the man who jumps a
post ollice building preparatory to re- claim under such circumstances accor
dingly. We learn that at Sioux Falls
there is an association for the protec
tion of claims and there should be one
here. Let the man who comes here and
attempts to rob a settler of two or three
«I*" of their necessities and rob them of of Milton Tootle & Co., of Sioux City
Mrs. M. H. Fuller has oiiened a stock1 years improvements, find such a hor- telligence and character can be shown
of Millinery and Fancy floods opposite net's nest stirred up as will make him elsewhere on the frontier.
the Third Avenue Hotel, on Ninth glad to retire
TEMPERANCE PJiA YER MEETING.
A large meeting of all the Worthing
tou churcdes was held on last Sunday
evening at Miller Hall to pray for the
sl"*essof
0 is
,ivk^
lu
Among the arrivals during the ]ast movement, concluding with the re
week was a little settler who did not mark thai this woman's niovem nt sug
regis.er at any of the hotels. He came gtsted the need of extending to woman
without any baggage and is slopping the elective franchise so Hi her powe
at the residence of J. A. Town. Next!' »i!it fell at the polls. I. X. Sater
being called i»at, said that formerly the
Mr. Sargeant sowed two acres oft
wheat on one of Ptof. Hiuiiiston
farms on Monday la*t. This was a
choice variety of wheat which is said to
yield from fifty to eighty bushels to the
acre. We believe Mr. S. is the first to I
sow win at in tin's vicinity.
S. A. Davis has purchased the Cros-i
by Block and is reconstructing the I
building. Messrs. Soule and Langdon
will occupy one of the front rooms as
an ollice, and Mr. Davis will continue1
the women's temperance cru-
s:i,, a to
fxp"*
8
of wheat was sown. I movement.
I Rev. J. W. Lewis, pastor of the Meth
1 allies from Rochester, Austin, and
sympathy with the
church, presided, and heartilv en-
W in in
,lis opening re-
S in at by
UI
..lvers ,1JU,
llre a
tnmgton has an excellent reputation few months than the men had at
abroad for the intelligence and chaiac- c-ornplisl.ed in many years. Dr. 13.
S.here
ter ot its people.
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in on W18
..llletl
aU(1
Ruths gleaned, but now the Ruths took
the sickle and the men weie the glean
ers. His sympathies were all with the
movement. J. S. Shock was then call
ed out and spok" of the crusade as one
of tho.se gieat movements in the spirit
ual world which must have permanent
results. The saloon-keeper who was
prayed out of his nei'.iiions business
would not ret inn to it. A. I*. Miller
was ut'Xl called out and compared the
grog-shops to so many thousands of
devil-fish reaching tiieir long arms into
the street* and into our homes and drag
ging down our brothers. l'tie demand
for a prayer test was being Answered in
a way that no one expected, and he be
lieved the movement would extend to
Europe. Warren Smith w.is next call
ed out and said that if he had his w,.\
every man who manufactured or sold
intoxicating liquors should be sent to
the penetentiary for life. He was op
posed also to the use of tobacco and
called on his fellow-men to let both
alone and present themselves to theii
wives and sweethearts with clear heads
and clean mouths. Prof. Humlston
was next called out and gave a very in
teresting account of the movement as
he saw it in Cleveland recently. As
shoeing the heroism of women he said
that after one of the bands had 'en at
tacked by a mob on the West Side,
thousands of women offered their ser
vices who before thought they could
never pray in saloons.
The addresses and the prayers were
marked by a readiness and a heartiness
rarely manifest in a public meeting
The Methodist choir sang some beauti
ful anthems.
PERSONALS.
£x-Gov. Miller was in town a few
days ago stopping at the Worthington
Hotel.
Mr
of„Spirit
ttTT
is gratifying to see how widely Worth- »P to the "Hub" a few days ago.
ington is becoming recognized as the I
a
Lake, came
Wheeler has returned
from the neighborhood of Maukato
where he spent the winter.
S. B. Andrus, of Marilla, N. Y., is in
town looking after his farm north of
Worthington. He thinks of moving
here during the Summer.
Mons Distad has returned from a sev
eral weeks' trip to the eastern part of
the State.
Mr. Benton, a lawyer from Austin,
Minn., was in town yesterday looking
with reference to locating in Worthing
ton.
Dr. R. D. Barber left on Friday for
Winona to attend a meeting of the
Trustees of the Soldiers' Orphans' I
Home. j)
Parties owning buildings and goods
within several hundred feet of Moore
& Smith's Colony Drug Store have pur
chased 200 feet of hose, which, in case
of fire, is to be attached to the Drug
Store Soda fountain. A charge of this
fountain usuullv lasts four days, so that Ohio, spent several days in Worthing, in Worthington.
Dr. Moore estimates that it will throw a S
Mr. Mead has returned and is busy I day last,
with his Spring work.
John W. Slonaker has returned from I
Uilst
continuous stream of carbonic acid .nephew, C. Z. Sutton. He was much I A Social and Festival will be held on
gas for five hours. This will be an ex- I»wlSPtl
it
G"
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ordinary Babcock and will do good ser- Dodge County, where he s]»ent the win- ton Cornet Band. A general good
vice in case of a fire. It will be availa- teaching. Mr. Crater was one of time is anticipated.
blefrom the Bank to the Worthington
a
"Jf™
Hotel stable, and from the Drug Store »»g come to Worthington about assoon
to
"OVERDRAWN."
in it re a is H8 a a a at
Several of our cotemporaries are very
much afraid that we will say something
"overdrawn" about the National Colo
ny. Now, the very nature of the Na
tional Colony is to "draw." It has
"drawn" here what is generally admit
ted to be the most enterprising, intelli
gent and moral community on the
frontier it lias "drawn" men of capi
tal who are building mills, warehouses,
grain elevators, etc., and opening large
farms it has "drawn" and is drawing
from the surrounding towns those men
who wish to be located at head-quar
ters and who have anything to distri
bute. And we do not believe it possi
ble to "overdraw" notwithstanding the
fears of our cotemporaries. We want
at least 50,000 settlers in Nobles county
and have room for them. Until we get
them we cannot "overdraw."
And now a word by way of induce
ment to the 50,000 readers (more or less)
iness calls them away from their claims of the ADVANCE. Of our soil, we wish
during the greater part of the time, it is to say that we do not know where it is
evidently unjust and little better than excelled. It is a rich, black loam, from
robbery to take advantage of men's ne- two to four feet deep, and produces
cessitiesand jump their claims, if they abundantly of nearly everything that
should lay them liable to be jumped, can be grown in the temperate zone.
Thus di ring the past winter a great Southwestern Minnesota is destined to
many of our farmers went elsewhere to equal the best wheat producing regions
work during the winter and are now on the continent. The flour made at
returning. Some of these may be de-j our Worthingtou mills from wheat
tained longer than the time allowed, grown in Nobles ar.d Rock counties, is
and thus anyone might tnke advantage pronounced by the extensive flour »iouse
Autumns are the finest ever seen any
where, and the past winter was
thefin-jthe
est we ever experienced except one'
spent in Eastern Virginia, and theSum
mers are much less exhausting than
in Ohio and Illinois. Of our people, we
do not believe as high an average of in
If you want to purchase land for a
home call on Shuck & Bookstaver.
HERSEY ITEMS.
Mr. Fred A. Hatch has returned
from his missionary labors among the
Indians of Santee Agency, Nebraska.
He reports the Indians of the upper
Missouri as quiet at present, but there
is fear of a general uprising during the
summer.
The notice of school meeting to or
ganize this district was defective, and
a new meeting is to be had. There is a
prospect of erecting a school house
this Spring.
There was a meeting of Grangers at
Hersey Hall Saturday, April 4th, and
quarterly meeting of" the Methodists at
the hotel on Saturday and Sunday, con-!
sequently, everybody was in town.
Mr. Heiser has been quite sick for!
several days. I
J. T. Smith was in town the first of
the wet taking an inventory of stock
in his store, preparatory to adding a
large assortment of fresh goods but
Mr. Heiser has got the start of him,
for his goods are already here.
If you have and for sale leave a de
scription of it with Shuck & Hooksta
ver they offer th? mo«t sure chance for
the disposal of the same.
To the grossly overdrawn rej resenta
tions of this letter writer is indirectly
due neailyall Hied stitutionofthe peo
ple iu Nobles county the past winter.—
J'irk son Rejiitblk'.
There you have it! The present edi
tor of the ADVANCE is to blame for it!
The letters he wrote attracted the at
tention of the grasshoppers, and some
0(it).(!U(i,HiO.(K)U.(K)0,()(»o,( (Mi,(Hi(i, more or
less, came through here, prospecting and
ate up part of the crops. Then his let
ters had such an effect upon the heav
ens that a wet season followed and re
tarded the development of the harvest.
Truly, the pen is mightier than the
sword! What caused the destitution
in Jackson county, the Republic fails
to say. Was it the removal of the Land
Ollice to Worthington Did the new
Court House and the new brick ollice of
the Republic exhaust the soil Or, have
the frequent attacks of the Republic up
on the National Colony left the editor
and the county prostrate?
Shuck & Bookstaver offer choice se
lections of laud at terms to suit.
Yesterday was so pleasant that some
of our young people took a carnage ride
out on the LuVerne road. As they
were driving leisurely along, not think
ing of danger, they were suddenly over
taken by supper time. They took ref
uge at the house of Mr. Churchill, where
they got one of thesquarest,the round
est, and the fullest meals ever experi
enced in the early history of Nobles
county. Mr. Churchill proposes build
ing an addition to his house and open-'
ing a place of entertainment.
See Card of Messrs Benton & Good
now Mr. B. is a young lawyer from
Austin, who has just arrived among
us.
For mail-route advertisement see sec
ond page.
SCHOOL MEETING.
At the special school meeting held on
Thursday evening, the 9th inst., the
district voted to issue $600 in bonds
payable, $300 ii two years and $300 in
three years, with interest at 12 per
a sowe SO
he a
Minneapolis and is preparing to put HI *^est Lake.
lot of trees on his claim. \v are informed that Senator E. P.
Mr. Joseph Baird, of Warren County, Freeman, of Jackson, thinks of locating
week, with his
°°u»*ry- f"*1 \\ih ™}leT
me wheat on Tues-
*V™™8 pickeral in the
""turned from Hall, for the benefit of the Worthmg-
h{lv"!
as the town got here itself.
Mr. Ames began seeding yesterday.
A Pound Social will be held by the
rf on
I idence of Mr. Lackor, |on next Friday
1 evening a week.
THE MILL FIRE.
It seems thatour reporter was in er
ror as to the origin of the late- fire-at
the mill. The following letter from
Mr. Coplin corrects the error:
EDITOK ADVANCE:—In your issue
of March 14th, giving origin of the fire
at the mill, you do me injustice as fore
man of the mill by stating that the fire
was caused by friction of the machine
ry, which was not the case, nor indeed
was it possible, from any machinery in
that part of the building. All the ma
chinery has been carefully oiled every
day and kept in proper running order at
all times.
That the fire was not caused by fric
tion is evident, inasmuch as it origi
nated fully ten feet from any machine
ry, and that at the base of tl cupalo
and from the outside. I now speak of
the fire of Saturday morning. The fire
of Saturday night undoubtedly sprang
from that of the morning previous, al
though we thought it, and by all ap
pearances it was, entirelv extinguish
ed, N COPLIN.
We regret to learn of the death of
the infant son of Capt. Akins, of Elk
township.
ANOTHER APRIL SNOW STORM.
The terrible snow-storm which swept
over Kansas ami Northern Missouri in
the middle of last April will be remem
bered by every newspaper reader. A
large number of persons and many
thousand head of stock perished. An
other April snow-storm visited the
States south of us On the 5th, Sunday
last. Ten inches of snow fell in Chica
go, and afoot as far south as .Vashing
ton. We have not had during the whole
winter and spring a day as uncomfort
able and forbidding as that which kept
Chicago people from church on East
er Sunday.
The more we see of the climate of
Southwestern Minnesota, the more we
are satisfied that, all things considered,
it is unsurpassed. A'e are out
of the reach of the cold, damp
winds of the lake region, south of
the severe winters of the extreme north
ern portion of the country, ami north
of the ague districts of tl.e west. We
are not subject to as severe storms iu
the spring as Kansas and the States
south of us, and our autumns are the
perfection of lovely, Indian Summer
weather, continuing sometimes for two
months with scarcely a cloud by day or
night. The States along the line of the
Union Pacific are evidently subject to
a set of storms which never reach Min
nesota. Those storms which originate
in the Rocky Mountain region crossed
by the Union Pacific, blow over Kan
sas, and portions of Nebraska ami Mis
souri, but tlo not reach us, while the
storms which originate in the North
West and sweep over us, also reach to
Nebraska and Kansas. We have not
had a severe storm in South Western
Minnesota since January 7th, 1S73.
AJtJUVAI^l.
The arrivals up lo Friday evening,
for the present week, were as follows:
Farmer's Hotel, by train. 18 by team,
15. Okabena House—by tram, 9 by
team. M. Third A\enue—by train. 27
team 01. Wortini.gton Hotel—train.
-0 team, SI. Total—By tiain. .S3: b\
team, 1^3, in all ioti. Quite a number
arrive daily who are met by friends at
the train and taken directly into the
country. Thejinllux is steadily increas
ing.
Persons wishing to locate Home
steads, Pre-emptions or Tree claims,
should apply to .shuck & Bookstaver.
Prairie fires now illuminate the hori
zon every night. The prairies are burn
ed off, we suppose, for the purpose of
destroying any young tree which may
be growing, and also to prevent the
grasshoppers from being burned up
when they hatch out.
The Rochester Post had some lettuce
left on its table on the first of April.
Now "let us" have peas.
Ill addition to these branches, candi
dates for first grade certificates are re
quested to pass examination in plane
geometry, elementary algebra, physical
geography and physiology.
T. C. BELL,
Co. Sup't, Nobles Co., Minn.
MARIIIEH— At Little Rock Sunday.
April 5th, 1874, by Rev. Mr. Spaulding,
Mr. Parley Premaux and Miss Annie
Right mi re.
This will doubtless be a firm union,
since they were united by Spaulding's
glue.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Those wishing to S E ND O safely and
cheaply by mail will find it to their advantage to
get Drafts at the VNK of WORTHINGTON.
New Maple Sugar at Moore & Smith's.
Beans, Peas, and Onion Setts at
Moore & Smitn's-
See advertisement of Joseph Smith, farm for
sale. The farm overlooks Worthington, has a
running stream on it all the year, and is a desir
able piece of land for any wanting a good farm.
Birber & Lawrence have a fine supply of
Garden, Field and Flower Seeds Flower Pots
and Hanging Baskets. 1 urnips and Ruta Baga
Seeds. Beans and Peas in tmik by the pound or
quart.
Barber & Lawrence, being Manufacturer's
Agents for Ayer'sand Jayne's Medicines, Perry
Davis' Pain Killer, Allen's Lung Balsam, &c.
Always keeps a full supply -n hand.
Malony's Cigars, the best. 60 to
Moore & Smith's for them.
Barber & Lawrence make the Drug business
a Specialty, and by keeping a carefully selected
stock of Pure Fresh Drugs and selling at low
est living prices they hope to make it an ob
ject for all to give them a call.
Try some of that fine Honey at
Moore & Smith's
Moore & Smith, keep the best stock, of Cigars
In town,
St. Paul I Sioux City
AND
Sioux City & Saint Paul R. R.
TIME CARD.
Going West.
Leave St. Paul at 7.30 *.
Wnrtliiugton, at 5.05 p. m.4w31]1
Arrive at Sioux City, at 9.40 p. m.
Gointj East.
l^ave Sioux City at 6.30 a. m.
W ortlilnjrton, at 10.50 a. in
Arrive at St. Paul, at 8.00 p. in.
1,500,000 ACRES
PRAIRIE & MEADOW LANDS,
Situated in Southwestern Minnesota and North
western Iowa,
FOR SALE
at moderate prices with easy terms of payment.
ALSO TOWN LOTS
in towns at rail-, ad stations. Land bonds of the
Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad to be taken at
par in exchange for land within their limits.
*"r Particulars address: "Land Department
St. P. & s. O. and S. C. & St. P. K. B. Co., St. Paul
Minn.
DR. O. O. MOORE. CAPT. J. W. SMITH.
Colony Drug Store!
Cor. 10th St. & 3d Ave.,
Worthington, nnesota,
Opposite Worthington Hotel.
With thanks for favors in the past, we desire
to remind the good people of Worthington 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
DIU'GS—all standaid Patent:Medicines—Chenii
cals. Paints, OJK Dje Stuffs. Window (Mass,
I'utty. DniKKHts' Sundries, Notions, Perfumery,
ilet ami Fancy Soaps.
Prescriptions Carefully
pounded.
Com-
STATIONERY DEPARTMENT.
School Rlank Rook*, Gift and Toy
Books. Letter Paper, Foolscap, Legal Cap, Bill
Paper, Plain ,m,l Fancy N ire Paper, Ini i.il Ta
per, Envelopes in gieat variety, Pencils, Pens,
Pen-Holders, Inks.
GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
A full line of Family Groceries, Wooden Ware,
new stock of Stone Ware.
Best brands of Cigars—and full line of smokers'
Material.
Lamps and Lamp Goods.
•V*
NoYlCE TO TEACHERS.
OFFICE CO. SITI''T OF SCHOOLS,
WORTHIXGTO.V, Apr. 11, 1S74.
The second of the spring examina
tions of teachers will be held at the
public school rooms in Worthington on
Friday and Saturday, Apr. 24 and 25,
1874. Examinations to commence at
10 a. m., of each day. Applicants for
third grade cert illeaten are requested to
pass examination in orthography, read
ing, writing, English grammar, geogra
phy, arithmetic and History of the Unit
ed States.
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 saing 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 shoit
notice.
MOORE & SMITH.
March 21, 1874.
HO!
For the Spring Trade.
We are now prepared to receive orders
for
Seeders,
Harrows,
Cultivators,
Plows,etc.
Persons desiriug any of these goods will find our
stock complete.
«»"Also Stoves, Tin and Hardware,
At Panic Prices,
at the Colony Store.
HUMISTON & STOCKDALB.
MASONIC.
EGULAR COMMUNICATIONS of Fraterni
ty liodge, No. lul, A. F. »S. A. M. at Masonic
•MS/, Hail in Worthiugiou, on (he
S a
a
in each month.
Mondays in each
moiuii."
A. C. ROBINSON, W M.
S. Ed. CHANHI.BK, Sec.
REGILAR CONYOCA-
-.» TlONSofl.lving Arch Chap
fSM^^S: ter, U. D..R. A.. M.. at Ma
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A. C, RoaiNSQN, J*.-. E.\ H.-.P.*.
I. P.\ DCRW. ActgSeo. I3ftt]
NOTICES OF CONTEST^
NOTICE.-U.
S. Land Office. Jackson. Miun.,
April 6.1874.
Complaint having been entered at this office by
Otis Bigelow against F. Elbert Minier for aban
doning homestead entry No. 8S2&--dated May
10,1873, upon the v. & ne }£jrwj$ & mvU neK
of section 12, township 102, range 41, In Nobles
county, Minnesota, with a view to the cancella
tion of said entry, the said parties are hereby
summoned to appear at this office at Wbrthlng
ton on the 27th day of May, 1874, at 9 o'clock a.m.
to respond and furnish testimony concerning
said alleged abandonment.
J. A. LEONARD. Register.
J.B. WAKEFIELD, Receiver.
VTOTICE. U.S. Land Office, Jackson, Minn,,
1 April 7th. 1874.
Complaint having hem entered at thisoffice by
F. Kullniann. aj ain«t Silas Totten. for abandon
ing homestead entry No 8768, dated April 21st.
183. upon the w1^ seW of section 4. township 103,
range 40, in Nobles County, Minnesota, with a
cancellation of said entrt the said
parties are hereby summoned to appear at this
ySj^atWorthington, onthe 28th dav of May,
18(4 at 9 clock a. m., to respond and furnish
testimony concerning said alleged abandonment.
J. A. LEONARD. Register
4w311 J. B. WAKEFIELD, Receiver,
-Y"0T1CE.-IT. S. Land Office. Jackson. Minn.,
I I April 1st. 1874.
Complaint having been entered at this office by
Peter Sehwiti'er against John Blodgett for aban
doning Homestead entry No.9022, dated July 3d,
1873, upon the nw4 of seelIon 4, township 10H,
ramie 40, in Noble- County, Minnesota, with a
view to the cancellation of said entry: the said
parties are hereby summoned to appear at this
office on the ]3th day of May, 1874. at 9 o'efock
A. to n»opond and fu' nish testimony con
cerning said alleged abandonment.
J. A. LEONARD, Register.
J. B.WAKEFIELD.Receiver.
VTOTICE.—U. S. Land Otlice, Jackson, Minn.:
11 April 1st, 1874.
Complaint having been entered at this office by
Andrew P. Danielsou against Joseph Uorak, for
abandoning Homestead entry. No. 7148, dated
27, 1871, upon the sw 4 Secti«-n 14, township
1- 2. range 39, iu Nobles County, Minnesota, with a
view to the cancellation of said the said
parties ave herebv summoned toappear at this
office on the 13th day of May, 1874 tit 9 o'clock
a. in., to respond and furnish testimony concern
ing said alleged a a
J. A. LEONARD, Register.
J. B. W A E E Receiver.
"V»TICE.— II S. Land Office, Jackson. Minn.,
1 1 March 28th, 1874.
Complaint a in been entered at this office by
Aiken Miner against John McCoy for aban
doning Homestead entry No. 8olfi. dated Nov.
2d, 1872, upon the nw 4 Section tl. Township
102, in 4.'i, in Nobles County. Minnesota, with
a iew to the caueellal ion of said the said
parties are hereby summoned to appear at this
ollice on the 1st day of May, 1874, at 9 o'clock
a. in., to res|HiHl and furnish testimony Concern
ing said alleged abandonment.
J. A. LEONARD. Register.
B. W A E I E Receiver.
O E S. Land Office, Jackson, Minn.,
1 1 March 28th, 1«74.
Complaint having been entered at this office,
bv Samuel Arthur atraiust William Keiiney for
abandoning Homestead entry No. 844S dated
Oct. 1st, 1S72. upon the \\XA sw1^ section 20, town
ship 104, Range 40. iu Nolilescountv. Miniifseta,
with a viewtothecancellationot said the
said parties are lierebv summoned to appear at
this office at Worthington, on the 2st|i da of
April. 1S74, at 9 o'clock a. in., to respond and
furnish testimony concerning said alleged aban
donment.
A. LEONARD Register.
B. W A E I E Receiver.
O I E U. R. a Office, Jackson, Minn.,
1 1 March 17,1874.
Complaint having been entered at thisoflice by
MatthiasBridgos against Oliver Raitt, for aban
doning homestead entry No. S751, d.tted April 17,
1873, upon the
1
se
1
section 4, town
ship lift, range 3i, in Nome* county, Minne
sota, with a view to the cancellation of said en
try the said parties are hereby summoned to ap
pear at this office at Worthington, Minn., 011 the
23d day of April. 1874, at 2 o'clock p. m., to res
pond and furnish testimony concerning said al
leged abandonment.
A. LEONARD, Register.
27 1$. W A E I E Receiver.
"V"otice. U. S. Land Office, Jackson, Minn.,
1 1 March fith, 1874.
Complaint having been entered at this office by
Niles Euriigsen. against William Penner, for
abandoning Homestead Entry No. 7810, dated
March 2oth, W 2 upon the se1,,' section 28. town
ship 101, range 41, in Nobles County, Minnesota,
with a view to the cancellation of said entrj
the said parties are hereb\ summoned to appear
at this oflice on the 23d. day of Apiil, i*74, at it
o'clock a. in., to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged pbandoiimei r.
J. A. Lh(»N.\l!li. Register.
B. W A E E Receiver.
ORTGAG E S A 1 I S d.-fanlt has
been made in tlif cnndliions a -.•! tain in
denture o! Mot tga^e be.iriiic it.ilv ih,- 7th day
of .lanuaty. A. D. 1x7 !. and cxe* .ib-d and deliv
ered bj Michael E. Donohue .i*»l Ins wiie, M.n
a Donohue. both of Windom, Mmnt-o
Mortgagors, to •. s,-.ti.\n\ for the
cieditois of the .said Mieha -1 E. Donohue,
Mortgagee, wherebj the said iiiojtgagois did
bargain, grant, sell and con\e% a the said
mortgagee the following d"sciibed real estate
Mluate and being in the unity ol Nobles and
State ot Minnesota, and wn 'uid designated
as follows, iov.it the south e.ist ipiaiter (s.e.',)
of t-eetiou twenU-tv.o (--'l. HI 'ovnsin u|„
hundred and two iln2). iii r.iiiin tlmtv nine i'O
containing one hundred and MX i-'ii) ,,I-H-S of
laud, in or less aceoniiiii.' um nioient sui
vey with heredit.tin-ills and appiittenanccs
tln'ieun belonging, to s.,nrethe p'Miient
the .sum of eight lmi-diou d., iis..i"coi\liua: tothe
eondiiiuiis of a cert.ni pioii'iss(,iy 1 MI, 1 nr 1 lie
s' mill l^rlit Handled doll ITSt vt—ut.d 1\ the
Michael E. Donohue to tin suil '.ib"ui or ol
der for the u- of the creditors of the said Mi
cha**! E. lMiohuc and I eating date .l.u uurv
27lli. 1S7S. and due one \e, after date and
which said 11101 tirade was afterwards, on the
17th dav of 1 ehsuaiv, A l. 1^7'J, dul recorded
111 the ofhce of the lieUM, of Meeds for slid No
bles Connt, in Hook A of nio'OMjes, on pair
es sixty-two («fc!) and sjxt throe (n{i. and there
is claimed lo le duo at tile date ol this liotnv,
and is ilue on the s.nd note and mortgage I
piincipal and interest, the sum of eiuht hundred
and nine and Ihirtv-thivehundrodthsdollars,and
no action or proct eding at law has been institu
ted to recover the said nioitgairedebt 01 an pail
theieof. Now therefore, notiee is heteb) triven
that under and \irtue .f the pov.er of "ale in
said moitgai:e contained, and in pursuance of
the statute in such ease iu,,(!e and piovided, su,
mortgage will ht ton-closed hy the sale of :ud
111011gaged picitises, at pu'illc auction to the
highest bidder on ash, at the front door nf the
Countv A it nthee, in the \ili.ige of Worth
ington. Nobles County, Minnesnia, on the Jhtti
a A 1*74. at ten ocloik the lore,
noon, to paj otT and satisfy the amount thMi due
on said note for piin-ip-il and interest, and all
costs and "xpeuse of such ile, together with tho
sum of twenty dollars Attorney'*. Ices stipulated
to be paid in said tnoitgage in case of a toreclo
sure theieof.
Dated April 1st. Is74.
C. SEARUUY, Mortgagee.
ROGERS* ROGERS.
Attorneys for Mortgagee,
30] St. Paul, Minn.
O O E
S. I N E N A E E E SPECIAL TAX
MAY 1.1874, O A I 30, 1S75.
The Law of December 24, 1S72. requires every
person engaged in any business, avocation, or
emplovmeui which renders I11111 liable to a SplC
CIAL TAX. to prwiire ml J/IULP ccwpn nouslj/
in/tis"Mtliil,i)ii')it r-r {lnre»i a A
denoting the paiinit of s,ud SPECIAL A
for the fpecial Ta a in in May 1. 1*71.
belore commencing or continuing business after
A toil .-!", 1s74,
The Taxes embraced within the provisions of
the Law above (juoltd are the billowing, viz
Rectifiers #2 ift.OO
Dealeis, retail liiuor 'J-'.no
Dealers, wholesale liqiu-r l««'.i0
Dealeis. in malt llipiorsi, wholesale .'-•,eo
Mealers in malt lipiois, tetail 2",l,o
Dealers in leaf tobacco :,i«
Retail dears 111 leaf tobacco &.>0,00
And on sale of ovi r%U"". flitv cents for
every dollar in excess o| +!,'«»).
Dealers "iii inanutaetuied tobacco :,0o
Maniifactiiiers of stills 5o,uQ
And for each still manufactured ^I,I*J
And for each worm manufactured 2«t,00
Manufacturers ol tobacco in,no
Manufacturers of cigars lo,00
Peddlers of tobacco, first class (more than
two horses) 50,00
Peddlers of tobacco, second class (two hor
ses)
25,00
Peddlers of tobacco, third class (one horse) lJ.Oo
Peddb-rs of tobacco fourth class (on foot or
public convevancej 10,00
rower* of less than 500 barrels Wl.00
Brewers of =00 barrels or more lio,()0
Any person, so liable, who shall fall to comply
with the foiegningreciuireiiients will be subject
to severe itenalties.
Persons or firms liable to pay any of the Spe
cial Taxes named above must apply to A. C.
S I H, Oolteqter of Internal Revenue at Roch
ester, Minn., and pay for and procure the Spe
cial Ta Stamp or Stamps they need, prior to
May 1,1374, and vithout falurr. notice.
W. DOUGLASS,
Oumiaifmloner- fIntemalRnrenue.
Qmc E or INTBKNAI. REVENUB,
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 16,1874.
.^)-4w]
)R S LE—A House and Lot on Tenth SIreet,
two doois west of Miller Hall. Time given 011
part payment
3w_0J C. M. SKiNVF.R.
FARM FOR SALE.
I wish to sell 160 acres of land thx-e miles and
a half north of Worthington, being the noitli
east quarter of Section 1 in Town 102, Range -.e
A good house, good well, and other impiove-
111K!!,S
»nd»Mrty acres of breaking on the. place.
\Y ill sell cheap sold soon.
I Apply to JOSEPH SMITH