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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01715 9051
Health Institute & Movement Cure,
291 THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN,
We Treat all Forms and Phases of Disease.
ELECTRIC BATHS ..
This bath occasions the elimination of mercury and other poisons, and is beneficial in the treatment of NEURALGIA, RHEU- MATISM, PARALYSIS, FEMALE WEAKNESSES, EPILEPSY, and other Chronic Ailments.
RUSSIAN VAPOR BATHS.
This celebrated bath is very beneficial in relieving Colds, Billiousness, Torpidity of the Skin, Rheumatism, besides being a real luxury to be enjoyed by all.
THE MOVEMENT CURE
We regard as one of the most effectual appliances known for the Cure of Consumption, Paralysis, Uterine Displacements, Spinal Curvature, Torpidity of the Liver and Kidneys, Constipa- tion, Imperfect Circulation, Coldness of the Extremities, Sperma- torrhæa, &c.
THE LIFTING CURE.
Dr. Butler's Centre Lifting Machine is, without qualification, the best apparatus ever devised for securing the harmonious and co-operative action of the Heart, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Kidneys, and whole Muscular system. It gives a sense of equalizing power and efficiency to the organs and functions of the brain and body; it builds up the weak functions and equa- lizes the life forces; it soothes and tranquilizes the nervous system, and is adapted to both sexes.
Send Stamp for Circular.
JOHN SMITH & CO., PROPRIETORS.
P. O. Box, 973.
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CATHCART
(ESTABLISHED 1852,)
B
estic
132 THIRD STREET.
W M. GOLCHER,
No. 180 Third Street,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in all kinds of Muzzle and Breech- Loading
SHOT GUNS AND RIFLES.
The style and workmanship cannot be excelled in the - United States. A full supply of Gun Makers' Materials, Metallic Cartridges, Fishing Tackle, Pocket Cutlery, Skates, Newhouse Traps, &c.
Notarial and County Seals Made to Order. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
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OLD AND RELIABLE.
Minnesota Scenery.
WHITNEY & ZIMMERMAN, Photographers.
Whitney's Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota,
ESTABLISHED 1850,
Has the LARGEST, MOST COMPLETE, and BEST COL- LECTION OF MINNESOTA SCENERY in the State.
MINNE-HA-HA, Falls of St. Anthony, Fort Snelling, River Views,
In fact everything unsurpassed. A large collection of Portraits of Indian Chiefs, Braves, Squaws, Indian Scenes, &c.
All the principal views in size for framing. Everything in Card size. Making our own Negatives and publishing our own Views, purchasers can rely upon getting the best.
Cards $1.50 per doz .; 15 cents single. Stereographs $3.00 per doz .; 30 cents single. Sent by mail on receipt of price.
ORDER SAMPLES.
A LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE.
WHITNEY & ZIMMERMAN,
SAINT PAUL, MINN.
PORTRAITS IN EVERY STYLE.
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Martin's Art Gallery, SAINT PAUL. MINN.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, CHROMOS. MINNESOTA AND FOREIGN VIEWS. FRAMES, BRACKETS, STATUETTES.
SAINT PAUL, MINN. Martin's Art Gallery.
SCHRODER'S MOUSEUM 290 Third Street, near Winslow House,
ALL THE VARIETIES OF MINNESOTA BIRDS,
Over 100 in number, besides 75 varieties of European Birds.
NATURAL AS LIFE,
Prepared and ON EXHIBITION.
ALSO THE
Wild Animals and Natural Curiosities of the State.
Duplicates of all for Sale, as Suitable Ornaments for the yard and parlor.
STRANGERS, VISITORS AND TOURISTS will find this one of the most pleasant places of resort in the city.
Cash Paid for Birds, Bird Skins, Deer, Elk and Buffalo Heads, &c., &c.
PET BIRDS PREPARED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
THE New-York Freeman's Journal,
FOR YEAR 1870.
The Freeman's Journal, based on the traditions of the Fathers of the Republic, and deflecting neither to one extreme - or the other, holds up the old standard of
A UNION OF STATES,
IN ONE FREE AND CONSENTED GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
It maintains the inherent rights of States to their own internal government.
It maintains that those, by the free act of each State, invested with the rights of freemen, are the only ones that should control a State.
It maintains the right of Freemen to have a Free State.
It maintains that White men should have a government of White men.
It maintains that, in departing from the political landmarks our forefathers set up, we have gone wrong; and that our only wise policy is to hunt back, and recover the spirit, and so far as possible, the forms, that are established.
: It maintains that "Revolution " is not true or healthy " progress."
TERMS :
One copy, one year, by mail, - $ 3 00 .
· six months, 66 1 50
66 three 75
Six copies, one year,
15 00
Ten 6 6 66 with an extra copy to the
person forwarding the money - - 22 50
Twenty copies, one year, by mail, with two extra copies to the person forwarding the money, 40 00
In all cases Subscribers' names will be on their papers.
All communications should be addressed to
JAS. A. McMASTER,
Editor and Proprietor,
5 Tryon Row, N. Y.
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WM. DAWSON.
R. A. SMITH. ALBERT SCHEFFER.
DAWSON
Bankers
SAINT PAUL, 0 MINNESOTA.
Collections will Receive Special Attention.
Dr. J. N. McKELVEY,
Physician and Surgeon, A Graduate of Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO DISEASES of the NOSE, THROAT & LUNGS.
Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Nasal Catarrh, cured with
DR. ABBOTT'S INHALING FLUID.
OFFICE HOURS-9 to 12 A. M., and 1 to 4 P. M.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Address,
J. N. McKELVEY, M. D.,
- No. 130 Third Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Reference to Capt. I. C. George. 7
G. W. & A. P. MERRILL,
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS,
MOULDINGS, PLANING, SAWING, &C., &C.
SHOP ON FIFTH STREET,
Bet. Cedar and Wabashaw, SAINT PAUL, MINN.
LOUIS KRIEGER.
J. M. KELLER.
KRIEGER & KELLER,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, PICKETS AND MOULDINGS,
Corner Seventh and Minnesota Streets, ST. PAUL, MINN.
All Varieties of BUILDING PAPER constantly on hand.
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WILSON & WORLEY, PLUMBERS, GAS AND STEAM FITTERS.
HOUSES FITTED WITH
Planished Copper Baths, Water Closets, Marble Wash Basins, Copper Boilers, Lift and Force Pumps, and Lead and Iron Pipe, for Water, Steam and Gas.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HOT AIR FURNACES AND
COOKING RANGES.
Care and attention given to Heating Public and Private Buildings,
DEALERS IN
PARLOR & COOK STOVES,
Brass Cocks, Pumps, Sheet Lead, Registers and Ventilators.
WORK DONE IN ANY PART OF THE STATE.
No. 197 Third Street, St. Paul, Minn.
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BUSINESS EDUCATION.
YOUNG MEN, PREPARE FOR BUSINESS-THE SURE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
The ST. PAUL COMMERCIAL COLLEGE is one of the Institutions comprising THE
GREAT INTERNATIONAL CHAIN OF BUSINESS COLLEGES,
Embracing near fifty first-class Institutions in the U. States and Canadas.
A FULL SET OF TEXT BOOKS AND BLANKS, embracing every needful variety of Business Forms, prepared expressly for this chain of Colleges.
Most thorough, comprehensive, and practical course of in- struction ever introduced, and many thousands of the graduates of these Colleges, both male and female, are filling lucrative and responsible stations of trust.
Three Hundred Professors, Teachers, and Lecturers employed, thus making it the greatest educational enterprise in the world.
The St. Paul Business College is the Oldest, the Largest, and the Best in the State.
PROF. W. A. FADDIS, an Educator of upwards of twenty-five years, Resident Prin.
ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FAIRLY REPRESENTED.
Book Keeping, Commercial Arithmetic, Commercial Law, Penmanship, Business Correspondence, Business Practice, Poli- tical Economy, Banking, Phonography, Orthography, Detecting of Counterfeit Bankbills at sight, Card Writing, the Customs of Trade, &c., thoroughly taught and illustrated.
Any Person Purchasing a Life Scholarship for the Commercial Course will receive such instruction in the English branches as they desire, without extra charge,
COLLEGE ROOMS OPEN DAY AND EVENING. Those unable to attend during the day can receive a full course of instruction at the Evening Sessions.
The College Rooms are centrally located in the most pleasant part of the City, and command charming views of the River and surrounding Bluffs.
Life Scholarships Issued in St. Paul, good throughout the Chain. For Circulars, giving full particulars, Address-
W. A. FADDIS, or, BRYANT & STRATTON BUSINESS COLL., ST. PAUL.
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GEO. P. PEABODY,
Wholesale Dealer in
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS,
No. 107 THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
A. L. LARPENTEUR, WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANT,
And GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKER.
Agent for Buffalo Standard Scale Works. Office 80 Third Street, Merchants' Hotel Block, St. Paul, Minn.
REFERENCES :- First National Bank; B. Presley ; Beaupre & Kelly ; J. C. Burbank; N. W. Kittson.
GEO. PALMES.
FASHIONABLE TAILOR, 149 THIRD STREET,
An elegant Stock of all the Newest Styles of Imported Goods always on hand, which we make to order in the most modern and recherche manner.
Minnesota, near Third Street.
FRONTING RIVER AND RAILROAD DEPOT. GEO. PULFORD, Proprietor. Located in the Centre of Business. 11
Head-Quarters for Invalids and Tourists.
W. J. GODFREY, 95 JACKSON STREET, ST. PAUL, DEALER IN
ENGLISH AND SCOTCH ALES, LONDON AND DUBLIN PORTERS,
Genuine Old Port, Madeira, Sherry and Champaigne WINES, Rum, Brandies, LONDON AND HOLLAND GINS, imported by himself, and warranted pure. Packages expressly for hunting parties, invalids, &c., who are invited to call and test the truth of this card.
M. B. FARRELL,
CONTRACTOR BUILDER, ALSO
BRIDGE BUILDER.
SHOP FORT, NEAR THIRD,
RESIDENCE, PLEASANT STREET,
ST. PAUL, - MINNESOTA.
Contracts taken for Building Bridges in any part of the State, on the Howe Truss or other plan.
REFERS TO-Gen. J. W. Bishop, Chief Engineer of the St. Paul & Sioux City R. R., for whom he has built bridges for said road.
ISAAC STAPLES.
PETER BERKEY. STAPLES & BERKEY, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES, &c.
Seventh Street, between Jackson and Sibley, St. Panl, Minn. St. Croix Mills at Stillwater.
J. H. POMROY & CO.
Dealers in FURNITURE, BEDDING, WALL PAPER, WIN- DOW SHADES, and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
197 Jackson Street, St. Paul.
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L. BEACH & CO. Soap & Candle Manufacturers EAGLE STREET, UPPER TOWN, ST. PAUL, MINN.
Extra No. 1 Soap, White Chemical Soap, Palm Soap, German Soap, Mould Candles, Summer Pressed Candles, SOAP FOR WOOLEN MILLS, Extra Scouring and Fulling Soap, Fulling Soap, Scouring Soap, White Scouring Soap, No. 1 Pot Ash.
ANDREW FOOS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
30% 10 70%
UPPER LEVEE, ST. PAUL.
Sells 6000 to 8000 cords annually, and delivers to all parts of the city.
AUG. ROEDLER. S. L. BAILEY.
S. L. BAILEY & CO.
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
FURNITURE
OF EVERY VARIETY. Looking Glasses.
WARE-ROOMS, 244 THIRD STREET,
ST. PAUL, MINN.
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HENRY J. HORN. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, McCLUNG'S BLOCK, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
J. G. HUSSEY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Real Estate Agent, &c. DULUTH, - MINN.
Having made an Abstract of the Lands of Duluth, and Saint Louis County, gives me a knowledge equal to any other in matters relating to Real Estate. Persons coming to Duluth will be benefited by calling at my office.
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WM. MORIN, General Dealer in Real Estate ALBERT LEA, FREEBORN COUNTY, MINN.
W. D. HURLBUT, Dealer in REAL ESTATE, ROCHESTER, - - MINNESOTA.
AARON S. EVEREST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, South Side of Public Square, - Austin, Minn.
DANIEL BUCK, Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent, MANKATO, - MINN. Special attention given to Buying and Selling Lands, Renting Property and Conveyancing ; also prompt attention given to Court and Office Business. Takes no property for sale unless he is the exclusive agent in the county.
THOMAS CLARK, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Probate Registrar and A. S. Court Commissioner, 382 SECOND STREET, SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.
W. L. BRACKENRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, ROCHESTER, MINN. -
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C. EMMETT SWEET, Real Estate and Insurance Office,
Corner of First Street, and Second Avenue East,
DULUTH, MINNESOTA.
Property Bought, Sold, Rented and generally managed. Special attention paid to the interests of non-residents. A large list of Business and Residence Property can always be found at my office.
GEO. A. MCDOUGALL & CO. Real Estate, Insurance and Collection Agents, OFFICE 76 MAIN STREET, WABASHA, MINN.
Paying Taxes for Non-Residents; Locating Government Lands with warrants, scrip or cash ; Loaning money ; Selling Lands or other Property on Commission.
PATENT OFFICE BUSINESS.
American and Foreign Patents procured; Rejected Applications re-argued; Interference Cases prosecuted ; opinions given as to the validity and infringements of patents ; and suits prosecated and defended in the U. S. Courts, by
THOS. H. DODGE.
(Formerly Principal Examiner, and Chairman of the Board of Appeals, U. S. Patent Office,) Counsellor at Law, and Advocate in Patent cases, Room 3, P. O. Building, Pearl Street, Wor- cester, Mass.
O. A. CHURCHILL, Real Estate Agent & County Auditor, LITTLE FALLS, MORRISON COUNTY, MINN. DOES A GENERAL REAL ESTATE BUSINESS.
REFERS BY PERMISSION TO-Hon Joseph B. Nones, N. Y .; Douglass & Blackburn, Cincin- nati, Ohio; Greely & Gale, St. Louis, Mo .; Holmes & Co., Chicago, Ill. ; O. B. Turrill, Marine Bank, St. Paul, Minn. ; Gen. W. D. Washburn, Minneapolis, Minn. : Bowen Bros., Chicago, Ill.
B. F. MILLER, Civil Engineer, Surveyor & Draftsman.
County Surveyor of Wright County. Attends promptly to Paying Taxes for Non- Residents, Conveyancing, and Dealing in Real Estate. Office, Upper Town, Monticello.
H. M. ATKINS, Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
PRINCETON, - MINNESOTA.
Will Make Collections, Pay Taxes, Buy or Sell, take charge of or enter Lands in Mille Lac or adjoining Counties. References given when required.
JACOB ARMEL KEISTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT, BLUE EARTH CITY, - MINN.
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AUCTION AND COMMISSION.
Everything You Want for Housekeeping CAN BE HAD AT ALFRED MOORE'S SECOND-HAND STORE, At O'CONNOR'S OLD STAND, BRIDGE SQUARE, SAINT PAUL, AT ABOUT HALF.PRICE.
Parties about to furnish should give him a call, whether they want to FURNISH A HOUSE FOR $20 or $2,000-he will deal fairly with all. Eight years' reputation in St. Paul in the business is a guarantee that he will do the right thing by all his Customers.
Don't fail to see his Stock when you visit St. Paul.
ALFRED MOORE ..
WILLIAM ROSENKRANZ,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
FURNITURE No. 229 THIRD STREET.
AUSTIN & ROSENKRANZ,
MANUFACTURERS OF
MINERAL WATER,
No. 233 THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL.
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THOMAS BOWER,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
FOREIGN & AMERICAN MARBLE MONUMENTS
GRAVE STONES, CEMETERY POSTS, &C.
Also Terra Cotta Urns, Flower Vases, and Ornamented Terra Cotta. Agent for the celebrated Red and Gray Scotch Granite.
No. 354 THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN. UPPER TOWN.
S. J. AUSTIN. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS,
Agent for Butterick's Patterns ; also Dealer in Dress Goods, Trimmings, &c. LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS GENERALLY. 6 Center Block, Nicollet Street, Minneapolis.
EAGLE BAKERY,
152 West Fourth Street, - 1 I St. Paul, Minn. FABER & NATCHTSHEIM, Proprietors. Manufacturers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Bread, Crackers, &c.
SNELLING HOUSE
A. MATTHEWS, Proprietor,
Cor. FORT & CHESTNUT STREETS, ST. PAUL, MINN.
This is one of the oldest established Hotels in the City. It is noted for its Comforts and Conveniences for Families and others travelling West.
In connection with the House is a first-class Stable, with charges to suit the times.
BAGGAGE TAKEN TO AND FROM THE DEPOT FREE OF CHARGE.
Terms, per Day, $1.50.
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THE GREAT TRIAL
OF
SEWING MACHINES.
THE GRANDEST IN THE WORLD.
The Judges, the whole world, and the trial of fifteen years' du- ration ; practical use, the test.
The Wheeler & Wilson the Champion,
THE UNIVERSAL VERDICT.
The distinctive feature of the WHEELER & WILSON MACHINE is the use of a ROTARY HOOK to carry the loop of the upper thread around the spool contain- ing the under, making the lock- stitch alike on both sides of the fabric, thereby doing away completely with the vibratory motion of a shuttle, the tension upon the under thread, and all devices for taking up slack thread ; these are necessary on all other two-thread Machines. The public have endorsed this principle by purchasing over 450,000 of our Machines-more than 100,000 in excess of those of any other manufacture ! It has long been acknowledged by far the most simple lock-stitch Machine in existence; having one-third lees ma- chinery than any other two thread Sewing Machine.
CAUTION.
Be not deceived by misrepresentations of interested parties; or by the mis- takes of those who are honest in their errors.
REMEMBER
All Sewing Machines have some merit.
CONSIDER
That any person who has bought and paid for a Sewing Machine which is even passably good, and who has learned to use it to good advantage, will not readily understand or believe, that another can be better, and
BE ASSURED
Whatever good qualities others have, WHEELER & WILSON'S equals them in those very same particulars.
Whatever faults WHEELER & WILSON'S have, others have the same to the same or a greater degree.
Of all things that it is desirable for a family sewing machine to do, none can do more than WHEELER & WILSON'S.
Of all the things that WHEELER & WILSON'S machines do, none can be done quicker, easier or better on other machines.
WHEELER & WILSON'S machines do some things easier, some quicker, and some better than any other machine.
WHEELER & WILSON'S machines do some things that no other machines can do or profess to do.
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WHEELER & WILSON'S machines do make the LOCK-STITCH, the only one which is adapted to all kinds of work.
WHEELER & WILSON'S machines can make more different kinds of stitches than any other machines in the world.
PRINCIPAL OFFICES : -
202 Third Street, St. Paul.
Hollowell & West, Room 7, Johnston's Block, Minneap- olis, up stairs. G. H. Childs, Post Office Square, Winona, Minn. Chas. Runnette, Mankato, Minn.
GENERAL TRAVELLING AGENTS : MESSRS. J. S. DIXON and L. BUTLER.
OSCAR FARRAR, Gen'l Ag't FOR STATE OF MINNESOTA.
G. W. & A. P. MERRILL,
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS,
MOULDINGS, PLANING, SAWING, &C., &C.
SHOP ON FIFTH STREET,
Bet. Cedar and Wabashaw,
SAINT PAUL, MINN.
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CLEAR FOUNTAIN WELLS
AND
NON-FREEZING PUMPS.
Pure Water Obtained in from One to Three Hours.
The Subscriber has obtained Letters Patent from James Sug- gett, for improvement in the mode of operating and sinking wells, and the apparatus employed therein, for the State of Minnesota.
This well is made by driving into the earth a perforated tube, to the vein of water, and attaching a pump. The advantages. of these wells are their cheapness and durability, the dispatch with which they can be put down, the ease with which they can be removed, their security against rats and all kinds of filth. No surface water can get into the well; and most im- portant of all is the PURITY and COLDNESS of the WATER.
If water is found in open porous substances of sand or gravel, there will always be a supply of water to pump a week, day and night. One cannot exhaust the supply.
Pumps will not draw water only 33} feet, and wells must not be more than 35 feet in which to work a good, easy, non-freez- ing Pump.
PUMPS, TUBING, POINTS, AND TOOLS
For Driving these Wells for Sale.
Also Town and County Rights or Leasing Territory on liberal terms. Any further information can be had by Letter or Circular.
I refer to the following business men of St. Paul, who have the Pumps in use-
C. H. BIGELOW, E. M. DEAN,
A. H. CATHCART,
R. N. MCLAREN, F. KNAUFT, D. R. NOYES, JR.
J. W. MCCLUNG,
A. & L. B. MARTIN, R. P. LEWIS.
HIRAM D. GATES, Proprietor of Right for Minnesota.
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J. E. THOMPSON, PRES'T. H. THOMPSON, CASHIER. First National Ban Capital, $600,000.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY & FISCAL AGENT OF THE U. S. ST. PAUL, MINN. Deposits, Exchange, Gold, Government Bonds, and other Stocks. Sight Drafts on all the Countries of Europe.
ESTABLISHED 1856.
BANKING OFFICE
OF
PARKER PAINE.
Exchange Sold on the Principal Cities in the United States, and England, Ireland, Germany, Norway, and Sweden.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS.
AGENT FOR CUNARD LINE OF STEAMERS;
ALSO
Agent for the Continental and Washington Fire Insurance Companies of New York.
JOSEPH LEWIS, GENERAL COLLECTING AGENT
(Commissioner of Deeds for New York and Penn., and Notary Public,) ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
Taxes paid and charge taken of property and collections in any part of the State, for non-residents or others.
Refers to Hon. Alex. Ramsey, U. S. Senator, St. Paul, for whom he has been agent for thirteen years.
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NEW AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE,
BROWNELL & CO., 55 JACKSON STREET, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, SELL A BETTER CLASS OF
FARM MACHINERY
Than any House in the State.
SPECIALITIES. - Champion Reapers and Mowers, Dodge Reapers and Mowers, Massillon Reapers and Mowers, the justly celebrated Massillon Threshers, Grain Drills, Broadcast Seeders, Buckeye & Case's Sulky Corn Cultivators, Champion Steel-Tooth Hay and Grain Rakes, Grand Detour Plows, Fan- ning Mills, Feed Cutters, Corn Shellers, &c., &c.
All Goods warranted as represented, or Money will be refunded.
HEWITT'S
REAL ESTATE OFFICE ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,
(ESTABLISHED IN 1856.)
Sells Farms, Farm Lands, Dwellings, and Business Property, Makes Investments, Loans and Collects Money, Examines Titles, Pays Taxes, &c., &c.
(Correspondent for Capitalists.)
GIRART HEWITT,
Attorney at Law.
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W. H. GRANT, Att'y. at Law.
F. X. BROSSEAU, Notary Public.
GRANT & BROSSEAU,
DEALERS IN
LANDS, LAND WARRANTS, AND HALF-BREED SCRIP (Sioux & Chippewa Scrip.)
Money Loaned and Collections Made.
No. 94 THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN.
The Half-Breed Scrip enters the land prior to its survey, or before offered for Sale by the Government.
MORGAN & METCALF,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
We have constantly on hand and for Sale the most extensive and complete list of REAL ESTATE to be found in the State.
We attend to the Purchase, Sale, and Management of Real Estate, Payment of Taxes, Investment of Money, Collection of Rents, &c., &c., &c., and can always offer GOOD BARGAINS IN
St. Paul City Property, Suburban Lots, Farms and Farming Lands, Pine and Timber Lands,
We have had Fifteen years' experience in Real Estate operations in St. Paul and vicinity. 23
T. F. CHERITREE, New York.
F. B. FARWELL, - St. Paul. G. L. FARWELL,
CHERITREE & FARWELLS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
HARDWARE,
NAILS, GLASS,
TINNERS' STOCK, AGRICULTURAL TOOLS, &C.
AGENCY OF Shoenberger & Co's Nails, Sheet Iron, & Horse Shoes.
No. 99 THIRD STREET,
ST. PAUL, - - MINN.
JOSEPH I. BEAUMONT,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
WINES
LIQ
JORS
AND
CIGARS
115 THIRD STREET, - ST. PAUL,
Next Door to the Office of the St. Paul Daily Pioneer.
Patentee of Beaumont's Air Escape Funnels,
Patented July 7, 1868, June 29, 1869.
CHOICE LIQUORS in Packages expressly for Invalids & Tourists.
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MINNESOTA AS IT IS IN 1870.
ITS GENERAL RESOURCES AND ATTRACTIONS FOR
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Immigrants, Invalids, Tourists, Capitalists, and Business Men,
(Principally from Official Authorities.)
WITH SPECIAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL ITS
COUNTIES AND TOWNS,
THEIR TOPOGRAPHY, POPULATION, NATIONALITIES, PRODUCTS, BUSINESS, WEALTH, SOCIAL ADVANTAGES AND IN- DUCEMENTS TO THOSE IN QUEST OF
HOMES, HEALTH, OR PLEASURE.
BY J. W. McCLUNG, ST. PAUL.
CONTAINING A TOWNSHIP MAP OF THE STATE, MADE EXPRESSLY TO ACCOMPANY THE BOOK (FOUR COLORS,) AND SHOWING THE GOVERNMENT LANDS IN EVERY COUNTY, WITH
OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIONS OF EVERY PART OF THE STATE,
BY GOVERNMENT SURVEYORS, TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, GEOLOGISTS AND TRAVELLERS.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
1870.
DEDICATION.
To the Immigrant, Invalid, Tourist, Capitalist, Business Man or any other man who buys this book and pays the price, viz. :
$1.75 with Cloth Binding, $1.25 " Paper 66 50 cts. Extra with the Map,
It is most respectfully dedicated, with the hope that the facts and information communicated may " pay."
Sent by mail, post paid, on receipt of price. Full colored township map, showing all railroads finished or projected, new towns, post roads, &c., 50 cts. without the book.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, BY J. W. McCLUNG,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
ERRATA -Page 14, elevation at Snake River, 1015 feet should be 933; at Kettle River, 946 should be 1001. Page 33, Featherstonhaugh should be Feather- stonaugh; and on 91 Wilton should be Milton. On page 20, number of lakes in the State corrected in page 179. Personal property of Ramsey County, page 277, should be $2,161,48S instead of $2,554,377 ; and on page 279, 12 miles should be added to the railroad lines built in 1869, for the Central road from Austin to State line.
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PREFACE.
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It was the intention of the writer of the following pages to have issued an octavo volume of 400 or 500 pages in 1868, with engravings of scenery, the handsome buildings of the State, and other objects of interest, together with brief sketches of the first settlements of the counties, in addition to the matter embraced in this volume; and to this end printed circulars were sent to all the counties, with over 20 questions, which elicited materials enough to make a book of 1200 pages. But wheat de- clined from $2.50 to 80 cts. and $1 in the autumn of 1868; and with this decline, a shadow was cast over the book trade, and it became evident that an octavo book to sell at $3.50 would fail either to benefit the State or to remunerate the writer. A change of base was therefore determined on, and the delay in the publication of the volume was caused by the increased labor of gathering new facts to keep pace with the rapid growth of the State, and condensing the matter already gathered, in such an abridged form as would give to the public all the practical information possible, and at the same time a book small enough and of a price to be within the reach of the people. To make a large book was easy enough. To make a small book, and yet comprehensive and attractive, was a more difficult work. To do this the writer has been compelled to put a curb upon his pen and to curtail many matters which would have added greater interest and variety to the book, and to circumscribe the whole within such limits as rather tend to cramp and impair its value, and detract from the State some of the unrivaled attractions and beauties with which a flowing pen and an untrammeled carte blanche of space would have invested it.
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