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FLUSH TIMES IN MINNESOTA.
In contrasting the Minnesota of 1869 with the past, it may not be unprofit- able to recur for a moment to the "flush times" of 1857. The wonderful specu- lative fever that then pervaded the West found its culmination in Min- nesota. Young, attractive, with domain enough for an empire, it was not strange that thousands came here from the older States, and other countries, in search of fame and fortune. In the multitudes who came here in those excited and ex- citing times, were many of the best men of the localities from which they came, and, on an average, perhaps as good a class of people as ever flocked to a new · country.
There however seemed this difference between the tide that poured into Min- nesota, and that which drifted to the gold fields of the Pacific coast: While the latter, as a rule, expected to get wealth even if they had to dig for it, the former seemed to think they could readily obtain it here, and without any special wear and tear of muscle. The result was, a population made up mainly of specula- tors ;- nobody to work, nobody to develope the resources of the Territory ; all these rich, broad acres-all these immense water-powers-all our great wilderness of lumber, as undisturbed as when the Indians controlled them. Cities and towns built, with no productive country or agricultural community around to support them, filled with men who came here, some with money and some with-
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MINNESOTA.
out, but all engaged in the all-absorbing whirl of wild speculation, dealing in. corner lots and sections of moonshine, with money at from three to teu per cent .. a month-raising nothing from the earth-living upon the flour and meat, and even vegetables, brought up the river on the boats that carried them here !
Such was the condition of Minnesota when overtaken by the memorable finan- cial crash of 1857. The reader need not be told that the shrinkage of values was-terrific !
There are certain dangerous diseases that attack in childhood, from which, if the patient recovers, he can safely claim immunity henceforth. Ours was of that sort, and so well defined as to not mistake its type. From that time we date our sise and solid growth, and while to-day we look back with amazement upon those - times, we recall men of that period to whom we are indebted for much of our present prosperity.
MINNESOTA IN 1869.
The limits of this pamphlet have not afforded room for a detail of the difficul- ties and trials attending the early career of this State-were they recounted here in view of our present status, it would seem that we have indeed, like the fabled spectre ship, " sailed the faster in the very teeth of the wind."
Although the price to which our great staple, wheat, fell about the close of our immense harvest, reduced our receipts greatly, yet all things considered, the year 1868 was in the aggregate the best Minnesota has ever known. More men have taken to the plough ; there have been more acres of land broken ; more grain produced ; more minerals developed ; more lumber made ; more houses built ; more manufactories started ; more railroads constructed ; more boats employed ; more freight carried ; more people added to the State, than in any year of its history. This has not been done under any sudden influence of flush times and wild speculative mania, such as all new western States must have, but the result of causes naturally producing these results-and that through a year not generally regarded as a prosperous one, or in any respect calculated to give unusual stim- ulus to progress.
We have now entered upon 1869 with a prospect for the future which the most favored periods of the past bear no comparison. Minnesotians all seem full of confidence in the future of this State, and there are abundant reasons for the faith that is in them. Every city, town and district shows life and progress Our farmers-that strong arm of our destiny-all cheerful and thrifty, with their numbers rapidly increasing ; our manufactories multiplying ; our railroads on a sound basis, and stretching to every portion of the State ; immigration greatly on the increase ; eastern capital sceking investments in our midst ; our reputa- tion established as a Sanitarium for the world !
WINTER IN MINNESOTA.
There is a popular opinion abroad that Minnesota is a delightful country to " summer in," but our winters are not so attractive. Now, of those who have tried summer and winter here, it is a question which season the majority prefer. I spent a large part of my life in Alabama, am familiar with the winters of the . South, New Orleans, &c., and am free to say that for real enjoyment I would not exchange winter in Minnesota for any country I ever saw. The season for using. our rivers for boating ends about the last of November, and it is the custom to wind up with the Annual December Steamboat Excursion at St. Paul, which takes place the first day of December. Last month witnessed the fourth con- secutive annual observance of this delightful custom. The river closes soon after and is then devoted to other uses. Skating Rinks, Trotting Parks, &c.,. are regularly laid out on the ice, to which old and young, grave and gay, repair daily and nightly to sleigh ride, skate, dance, masquerade, &c. It is the season of the year, by general consent, given up to enjoyment and every one seems re- solved to have his share. Those who have never seen the graceful movements of a hundred ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, together on skates have miss- ed a sight worth seeing.
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ITS ADVANTAGES TO SETTLERS.
But the young folks have a broader and more varied field than our lakes and rivers afford. On every hill side, from early day until late night, are scores and hundreds of boys and girls with sleds, cutters, &c., coasting down with a velocity that seems frightful. The joyous shouts and laughter of these merry groups as. they ring cheerily out in the clear, crisp air tell of true enjoyment. Strangers are struck with wonder and delight at the extent to which these enjoyments are carried here. I have seen them stop for hours to look at the coasters, while their eyes seemed to say, " I wish I were a boy again !" A little six year older came in the. other day from the hill side, with cheeks all aglow, and exclaimed, " Pa, what do the poor little boys in the South do where they have no snow ?" Where, in all the world, is there so much to make childhood happy as here in Minnesota ? We rejoice at this, for is it not our duty to throw as much sunshine into their young hearts as possible, that it may linger there to light and cheer mid the. gloom and trials of after years !
We are now at the first of February, 1869, and have not had over six or- eight inches snow on the ground at one time this winter, yet we have had sleigh- ing since the 6th of December and during all this time the weather has been clear, calm, bright and pleasant, men every where working out of doors building houses, bridges, railroads, &c., [except brick or stone walls,] and strangers from the East and South spending the winter here will testify that they never before experienced such delightful weather as they find in Minnesota !
STATE OFFICERS.
WILLIAM R. MARSHALL,
Governor.
THOMAS H. ARMSTRONG,
Lieutenant Governor.
HENRY C. ROGERS,
Secretary of State.
CHARLES MCILRATH,
Auditor.
EMIL MUNCH,
Treasurer,
F. R. E. CORNELL,
Attorney General.
A COMPLETE LIST OF MINNESOTA NEWSPAPERS.
WHERE PUBLISHED.
Freeborn County Standard, Albert Lea. Alexandria Post,
Alexandria. Anoka.
Palladium,
Preston. Pine Island.
Press,
Goodhue County Republican, Red Wing. Argus,
Mower County Register, Transcript,
Austin.
. Amerika, Rochester.
Democrat,
Post,
Free Press,
Brownsville ..
Nordish Volkblad,
Federal Union,
South West, Journal,
Caledonia. Chatfield.
Southern Minnesotian, Argus, Spy,
Rushford. Shakopee.
Valley Herald,
Chaska.
Faribault.
Republican,
Stillwater.
Telegraph,
Times,
Meeker County News, Herald,
Pioneer, daily , Dispatch, daily,
Union, Gazette,
Staats Zeitung, Volksblatt,
Republican, Herald,
Lanesboro.
Minnesota Monthly,
Leader,
Lake City.
N. W. Chronicle,
Courier,
Le Suenr. Mankato. 1
School Visitor, Wanderer,
Union,
Express,
Mantorville.
Minnesota Teacher,
. St. Charles.
Tribune, daily, Independent,
Minneapolis, =
Sentinel,
Sauk Rapids. Taylor's Falls. Wabasha w.
Farmers Union,
Minnesota Pupil,
Waseca.
Nordish Folkblad, Post, Enterprise,
New Ulm.
Northfield.
Journal,
WHERE PUBLISHED, Owatonna.
Republican,
Union,
Blue Earth City
Democrat,
Central Republican, Democrat, Atlas,
Herald,
Journal,
Bauk Centre .. St. Cloud. "
Fairmount. Farmington. Forest City. Garden City. Hastings.
Press, daily,
St. Paul.
Kasson.
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Record,
St. Peter.
Tribune, Advertiser, Herald,
Reporter, Herald, News, Free Homestead,
Republican, daily, Folkvenne,
Winnbago Cety. Winona.
WINONA & ST. PETER RAILROAD
1869. COMPANY. 1869.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS.
400,000 ACRES of SUPERIOR FARMING LANDS FOR SALE
The Winona & St. Peter Railroad extends from Winona, on the Mississippi River, westerly, via St. Peter, across the fertile Valley of the Minnesota River, and through the great
Wheat-Producing District of Minnesota,
To the western boundary of the State.
The Railroad, now in operation for a distance of 105 miles from Winona, will be extended to the Minnesota River during the present year, and with an Eastern connection, which will be in operation early the pres- ent season, will form a part of the great through route from the East to the Northwest.
The Lands offered for sale by this Company are within twenty miles on each side of the road, a large portion of which being located in the most densely populated district of the State, have all the advantages of the older States in regard to markets, schools, churches, &c., &c.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
150,000 ACRES OF THESE LANDS,
In the Counties of Nicollet, Sibley, Redwood, and Cottonwood,
Are now being brought into Market,
And to which the attention of those seeking homes in the West is especially invited. The district of country in which these Lands are situated, for Agricultural purposes or Stock Raising, cannot be excelled in the North- west. The Railroad Company will sell a portion of these Lands, in
Tracts not exceeding 160 Acres each, at Five Dollars per Acre, on the following liberal terms, viz :
Parties purchasing to Pay Interest on Purchase Money, for first Three Years, at the rate of Seven per cent. per Annum; and principal, with Interest at same rate, payable in Four Annual Payments thereafter.
No Lands will be sold to any but actual settlers, for occupancy.
Any desired information, together with pamphlets relating to the lands, climate and production of the State, will be furnished on application being made to
H. W. LAMBERTON,
Land Commissioner, Winona & St. Peter R. R. WINONA, MINN.
1869.
1869.
Lake Superior and Mississippi
RAILROAD.
The line of this road is from St. Paul, the head of navigation on the Missis- sippi river, to the head of Lake Superior, a distance of 140 miles. It connects at St. Paul, with each of the long lines of railroad traversing the vast and fer- tile regions of Minnesota, in all directions, and converging at St. Paul.
It connects the commerce and business of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, the California Central Railroad, and the Northern Pacific Railroad, with Lake Superior and the commercial system of the great lakes, and makes the outlet or commercial track to the lakes, over which must pass the commerce of a region of country, second to none on the American continent in capacity for. production.
The land grant made by the government of the United States and by the State of Minnesota, in aid of the construction of this road, is the largest in quantity and most valuable in kind ever made in aid of any railway in either of the American States.
This grant amounts to seventeen square miles or sections [10,880 acres] of land for each mile of the road, and in the aggregate to ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND.
These lands are for the most part well timbered with pine, butternut, white oak, sugar maple and other valuable timber, and are perhaps better adapted to the raising of stock, winter wheat, corn, oats, and most kinds of agricultural pro- ducts, than any equal quantity of land in the Northwest.
These lands are well watered with running streams and innumerable lakes, and within the limits of the land belonging to the Company, there is an abun- dance of water-power for manufacturing purposes.
A glance at the map, and an intelligent comprehension of the course of trade, and way to the markets of the Eastern cities and to Europe, for the products of this section of the Northwest, will at once satisfy any one who examines the question, that the lands of this Company, by reason of the low freights. at which their products reach market, have a value-independent of that which arises from their superior quality-which can hardly be over-estimated.
Twenty cents saved in seuding a bushel, of wheat to market, adds four dollars to the yearly product of an acre of wheat land, and what is true of this will apply to all other articles of farm produce transported to market, and demonstrates that the value of lands depends largely on the price at which their products can be carried to market.
THE LANDS OF THIS COMPANY
ARE NOW OFFERED TO J
IMMIGRANTS AND SETTLERS
At the most favorable rates, as to time and terms of payment.
W. L. BANNING,
President and Land Commissioner, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
.
1869.
1869,
MIL WAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL RAILWAY,
EMBRACING THE PRINCIPAL RAILWAY LINES IN
WIS CONSIN, MINNESOTA, AND NORTHERN IOWA, VİZ:
Milwaukee to St. Paul and Minneapolis, 408 Miles.
Milwaukee to La Crosse, 196
95
Milwaukee to Portage City,
Mil to n to Monroe,
42
Watertown to Sun Prairie,
26
Horicon to Berlin and Winneconne
58
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Total, 825
Alex. Mitchell, President. Russell Sage, Vice President. S. S. Merrill, General Manager. J. P. Whaling, Auditor. A. Cary, Sec. and Treas. O. E. Britt, Gen. Freight Agent. A. V. H. Carpenter, Gen. Pass. Agent, Milwau- kee, W is. J. W. Prince, Gen. Eastern Agent, No. 2 Astor House, New York.
TWO THROUGH EXPRESS TRAINS FROM MILWAUKEE to MINNEAPOLIS and SAINT PAUL, Daily [except Sundays.]
MAGNIFICENT PALACE CARS ON DAY TRAINS.
Splendid new Sleeping Cars on Night Trains, with a full night's rest via Milwaukee.
PURCHASE TICKETS VIA "MILWAUKEE." This is the only All Rail Route to Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
A NOTE .- Passengers via Milwaukee have ample time for meals at Fox's new Depot Hotel at that place-the best Railway Eating-House in the country.
The Dousman House at Prairie du Chien affords ample facilities for accom- modation of travelers, and in the best style.
Baggage Checked Through only by this Route, and via Milwaukee alone.
The same advantages apply to passengers going East from Minnesota, Northern Iowa and Wisconsin, by this route.
Passengers for any point in WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN Iowa, by purchasing Tickets via Milwaukee secure the following advantages, viz : the most direct route, and the only one by which connections are sure : No Night changes of cars : Clean Coaches, with ample accommodations, are always provided at Milwaukee. Palace Sleeping Cars are attached to night. trains from Milwaukee alone, which insures a full night's rest-facilities not attainable by any other route. This is the only route by which baggage is checked through to St. Paul, Minneapolis, or Owatonna.
SPECIAL NOTICE !-- Passengers destined for any place in Wisconsin, Minne- sota, or Northern Iowa, either on or off the Lines of this Company, who can not procure through tickets to destination should purchase their tickets to Mil- waukee, as this is the great distributing point for these States, and by so doing they avoid the liability of getting out of their direct way.
gr During the Spring, Summer and Fall, emigrants for St. Paul, Minne- apolis and intermediate points, via Prairie du Chien, will go through from MILWAUKEE without change of cars.
THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE
St. Paul & Pacific R. R. Company.
1869. LAND DEPARTMENT. 1869.
FARMS AND HOMES IN MINNESOTA.
THIS COMPANY NOW OFFERS FOR SALE
500,000 ACRES OF LAND,
Located along their two Railroad Lines, viz .. from St. Paul, via St. Anthony, Anoka, St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids to Watab ; and from St. Anthony via Minneapolis, Wayzetta, Crow River, Waverly and Forest City to the western boundary of the State.
FOR GRAIN GROWING,
The lands in the counties of Hennepin, Wright, Stearns, Benton and Meeker, present unsurpassed advantages. Farmers from the Eastern States are selecting these lands in preference over all others for the pur- pose of raising wheat, the great staple article of Western commerce. These counties also contain an abundance of fine hardwood timber, which is in great demand for various purposes, and finds a ready market along the railroads, and pays not only for the elcaring of the land, but for the land itself.
FOR STOCK RAISING,
The counties of Anoka, Isanti and Sherburne, are particularly well adapt- ed. The soil is a rich, sandy loam, partly prairie, brush and light timber, somewhat rolling, with innumerable fresh water lakes, and traversed by fine running streams, which are bordered by an abundance of good meadow lands, affording an unlimited supply of grass and hay. They are easy ot access to the mines on Lake Superior, and the great Pineries of the north- ern part of the State, which affords the best and principal markets for cattle in the country. In connection with Stock Raising, it is necessary to call attention to the fact that the Dairy Business is as yet in its infancy, which is shown by the high prices of butter and cheese, and the large importations of those articles every season from the Eastern States.
OOL RAISING
Is also becoming very profitable in Minnesota, and, besides the lands in the counties of Anoka, Isanti and Sherburne, described above, the prairie lands in the counties of Meeker, Kandiyohi and Monongalia, are particu- larly sought after for that purpose.
TERMS OF PAYMENT:
These lands are offered in tracts of 40, 80, and 160 acres and upwards, at prices varying from $5 to $10 per acre, (with some few tracts at higher figures) rated according to the quality and nearness to the Railroad. They are sold for cash or on long credit (ten years if desired) with 7 per cent. annual interest, thus enabling persons of small means to acquire, on easy terms, a home in a healthy and productive region. Those who have already settled along the lines of these railroads have found their lands increase in value at the rate of fifty per cent. per annum.
These lands have been reserved from sale since 1857; they are in the midst of considerable settlements, and convenient to churches, schools and established roads and markets.
For further information apply to
GEORGE L. BECKER,
Land Commissioner, St. Paul, Minn.
HERMANN TROTT, Secretary.
1869.
THE
1869.
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
RAIL ROAD COMPANY.
T. B. STODDARD, CLARK W. THOMPSON, LUKE MILLER, -
President. - General Manager.
- Treasurer.
C. G. WYCKOFF,
M. CONANT, - -
Secretary.
Land Commissioner.
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This road starts at LaCrescent, on Mississippi River, and is now completed to Lanesboro, Fillinore County, fifty miles, and work on it will be pushed forward vigorously towards its terminus, at Great Bend, of the Missouri River.
Being a Land Grand Road, this Company is endowed with a wealth of land not surpassed by any Road in the State. Passing, as it does, through the wealthy and populous counties of Houston, Fillmore, Mower, Freeborn, Faribault, Martin, and Brown, it traverses the rich valley of Root river, thence through a region of unsurpassed fertility, to the western line of the State, and Great Bend of the Missouri.
The Company now offer for sale
150,000 ACRES OF LAND
AT FROM
$3 to $S per Acre,
UPON LONG TIME, AT REASONABLE INTEREST.
Much of this land is of excellent quality,-some prairie and some well wooded-all of it in the southern part of the State, a region traversed by never-failing streams of pure water,-in the midst of settled neighborhoods and districts, rapidly filling up with an active and intelligent population. The fine water power of Root river is being developed, and will add greatly to the wealth, population, and importance of this portion of the State.
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Minnesota Stage Company.
1869.
1869.
This Company run stages in connection with all the Rail- roads and over the principal thoroughfares in the State.
FROM WASECA,
Terminus of the Winona and St. Peter Railroad, to Wilton, Winnebago Agency, Mankato, New Ulm, and Redwood Falls.
FROM MANKATO,
Terminus of the Saint Paul and Sioux City Railroad, to Garden City, Winnebago City, and Blue Earth City.
FROM SAINT PETER
To New Ulm and Fort Ridgely .
FROM SAINT CLOUD,
Terminus of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, to Saint Jo, Cold Spring, Sauk Centre, Alexandria, and Fort Aber- rombie. 'Also, to Little Falls, Fort Ripley, and Crow Wing.
FROM LANESBORO,
Terminus of the Southern Minnesota Railroad, to Preston, Spring Valley, and Austin.
FROM WINONA,
To Fountain City, Wis., Wamandee Valley, Gilmanton, and Cau Claire.
FROM WYOMING,
Terminus of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, Sunrise, Che :.: watana, and Superior.
FROM SAINT PAUL
To Stillwater, Marine and Taylor's Falls. Also, to Hudson, Vis.
BLAKELEY & CARPENTER,
ST. PAUL, 1869.
Proprietors.
1869.
THE
1869.
North-Western Union Packet Co. OR WHITE COLLAR LINE.
The splendid steamers of this Company will run during the season of navigation, between St. Paul and St. Louis, forming a daily line, and making close connections at St. Louis with the Mississippi and New Orleans Packet Campanies.
DUNLEITH, with trains of Illinois Central R. R. DUBUQUE, Dubuque & Sioux City R. R
PR. DU CHIEN &
Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien &
MCGREGOR, McGregor W. Railways.
LACROSSE, 66
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Winona & St. Peter Railway.
WINONA,
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad.
ST. PAUL,
St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad.
St. Paul & Milwaukee Railroad.
These, steamers are unsurpassed by any on the Upper Mis- sissippi, for speed, safety and comfort. They are elegantly fitted for the accommodation of passengers, and are commanded by experienced Captains.
The traveler or tourist on this route sees the many young cities and villages that have grown up, as if by magic, along the shores of the Mississippi river, from St. Louis to St. Paul, in the States of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, & Min- nesota. Among which, in Minnesota, are La Crescent, Winona, Wabashaw, Lake City, Red Wing, Prescott, Hastings, &c. He also passes through Lake Pepin, a beautiful sheet of water, thirty miles in length, embellished on either side with grand and interesting scenery. Indeed, all along the river are found spectacles of a very romantic and picturesque character, un- equalled in the new world, if indeed in the old. The art- embellished shores of the Hudson do not compare with the grand, wild, natural scenery, with which nature has festooned the shores of the Father of Waters in Minnesota; and culti- vated travelers from abroad have again and again asserted, that there is nothing in the old world to equal it-not even in Italy, Switzerland, or the Rhine,-mid the vine-clad hills of old France !
Passengers can purchase through tickets to all principal points East and South, at the offices of the Company. West- ward bound passengers can also procure tickets over this route, at all Eastern Railroad offices.
W. F. DAVIDSON, President. ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA-Office cor. Third and Jackson Sts.
THE SAINT PAUL PIONEER.
THE OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER IN THE STATE.
A DEMOCRATIC DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY, & WEEKLY JOURNAL.
As an advertising medinm the SAINT PAUL PIONEER is unsurpassed by any Paper in the Northwest.
DAILY, one year, $10.00 TRI-WEEKLY, one year, $6.00 WEEKLY, one year, $2.00 six mo's, 5.00 six mo's, 3.00 six mo's, 1.00
Address, PIONEER PRINTING CO., St. Paul, Minnesota.
THE SAINT PAUL PRESS.
DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY.
THE LEADING REPUBLICAN PAPER OF THE STATE. Advertisers are assured that its Total Circulation is Three-Fold that of any other Paper published in Minnesota.
Especial attention paid to Statistics of the Development and Growth of the State. DAILY, one year, $10.00 Three months, $2.50 66 1.50
TRI-WEEKLY, one year, 6.00
The " Weekly Press " is the Largest Paper published west of Chicago-$2.00 per year. Address, PRESS PRINTING CO., St. Paul, Minn.
THE SAINT PAUL DISPATCH.
A Republican Newspaper.
PUBLISHED DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY.
DAILY, per month, 70 cts .; per quarter, $2.00; per year, $8.00. TRI-WEEKLY, per year, $1.00. WEEKLY, per year, $1.50. Clubs of five or over, to one address, per year, $1.00. RAMALEY, HALL & CO. ALSO STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS, Minnesota Street, between Third and Fourth, St. Paul, Minn.
THE MINNESOTA MONTHLY:
A NORTHWESTERN MAGAZINE, Edited by.D. A. ROBERTSON, of St. Paul.
Contains not less than thirty-two pages of solid reading matter, printed on fine book paper, stitched and cut, with neat paper cover, at $2 per annum,
This publication is devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Economy, Mechanical and Manufacturing Industry, and the Resources, Settlement, Development, Hygiene, Climatology, and Statistics of Minnesota and the Northwest, with various scientific, local, and general knowledge, for all classes of readers.
Address, "MINNESOTA MONTHLY," St. Panl, Minn. The Advertising Department is in charge of J. B. Bell, Newspaper Adver- tising Agent, St. Paul, Minnesota.
THE NORTH-WESTERN CHRONICLE.
THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE CATHOLIC JOURNAL IN THE NORTHWEST.
Published with the approval of Rt. Rev. Bishop of St. Paul.
By JOHN C. DEVEREUX, CATHOLIC BLOCK, THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN.
ST. PAUL PRESS PRINT.
1869.
THE
1869.
ST. PAUL AND SIOUX CITY
(LATE MINNESOTA VALLEY)
RAIL ROAD COMPANY.
From ST. PAUL, via MANKATO, to SIOUX CITY.
Completed to MANKATO, 86 Miles.
A Land Grant of 1,200,000 Acres.
The Company now offer for Sale and Settlement,
550,000 ACRES of their Lands, comprising some of the very finest and most productive farming land in the West, at prices from $5 to $10 per acre.
These lands were odd sections, withdrawn from sale in 1857, the even sections being mostly sold to actual settlers. The country is conse- quently well settled and improved, with roads, school houses, churches, and numerous towns and villages.
The lands consist of both timber and prairie, with rich soil and finely watered, with a climate superior to that of any of the Western States.
The lands now offered are situate in the counties of Dakota, Henne- pin, Carver, Scott, Sibley, LeSueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan, Martin and Cottonwood.
GENERAL TERMS OF SALE:
One-tenth cash, balance in five annual payments, with interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, or a discount of ten per cent. on nine-tenths of purchase money for cash sales.
All applications for the purchase of lands, or any information re- garding them may be addressed to the
" LAND DEPARTMENT,"
St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad Company, St. Paul.
OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY :
E. F. DRAKE, President,
G. A. HAMILTON, Secretary,
J. L. MERRIAM, Vice Pres't. H. THOMPSON, Treasurer.
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