The officers of the C., M. & St. P.
R’y, decided a short time ago to
make a reduction of 20 per cent, in
their working force at Dubuque. A
few of the otiicials met at Dubuque
on Saturday to consider the contem
plated reduction, but it is now be
lieved that only a few men will be
discharged as business is growing
better.
Geo. Andrews, overseer of the
Lowell Carpet corporation, was for
over twenty years, before his re
moval to Lowell, afflicted with salt
rheum in its worst form. Its ulcer
ations actually covered more than
half the surface of his body and
limbs. He was entirely cured by
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. See certificate
in Ayer’s Almanac for 1883.
The following dispatch was sent
out from Madison on Friday last:
“W. 0. Wright, of Freeport, Ills.,
filed with lire secretary of state to
day, a mortgage to the American
Loan and Trust company, of New
York, to secure the issue of SIO,OOO- !
(100 forty year 6 per cent, gold
bonds, issued by the Chicago, Free
port it St. Paul railway company, of j
which he is president, to be used on I
account of construction and equip- ;
ment of the road. The proposed
road extends from Chicago to Minn- i
eapolis, via Freeport, Dodgeville,
Sparta, Durand and St. Paul, a dis- ;
tance of 400 miles. A 100-milc
branch is also to be built from the
point of juction in Green county to
Portage. President Wright asserts
that the line is to be built as an in
dependent enterprise, and will be
completed from Chicago to Minnea
polis within the coming year.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
A vena for sale at J. A. Spra tier’s.
Lamps for everybody and every
place at Pulford’s Drug Store.
