The Northern Pacific Railroad

Tliis spcond hlghway cross the contlneu is now In lutl in-ocusB of constnictiou.- Lost .Tuly contracta wcre let for tlie butid lag of theEsstcra división, reachingncros tlie Stilte ofMUcmcscta firoin Dutofcli, at tli head of Lake Superior, 240 miles to Ui crossing of the Red Blver of the JTorth Wlth several thousand meu employeil, the gradlng on this section is fast approachlnj eompletlon, and tlie iron is bdng laida the rate of one to two miles .1 day. lu tht meanUme engineeis are locatlng the üi:l Tvostward through central Dakota ; prep aratlons are complctcd for the commenee ment of wort at the Pacific end iuxt spring, and thereaftertbe work of construc tion will e proüeciilcil froin lioth extremitles towaul the center. In Biklition to tbls, the JSorthern Facinc Company have recently purchaaed and practically consol idatcd wIUi tlieir own :ine the St. Pao! and lJncüic Iiailrond, emjracn; somc f00 miles of linished road in Minnesota on whlch a prospcrous busiu'ss 'm airoady doing. This parchase rcraores UI riv.-ilry betweeq coufllctlng i ote res ts, nnd practlcaily makes Bt. l'ai;l ih' terminas of tlie great Northern road, 'J'lie Northern Pacific Rallroad Bystem is cerainly dswumtng n bnslnesi-Hke fonn, and comprehenalve pröpvrttons. Obvlously its rojecton do not Uitend to buüd a simple trun!; road from East to West and Uien vait for traille to come to it. On the con rary, they are at the outset securing such conneciions and alltances wlth the chief ines of water cominunlciitlou, and wlth railroad systeins of the Atlantic and "acitic States, as canr.ot (all to hrlngtO it, naddition tolts local business, a large and Incrcaslng slnire of the carrylng trade betwee ocean and occan. Al Duluth oiie arm meets the oommerce of tlic inkes aud tlie 8t. Lawrence ; at St. Paul othei easteru arm connects wlth thccomraeree of lic Mlssiasippl vivet mul lts tributarles, ml wlth tha railroadg of the central and astera States, conceutratlug nt. Chicago. 'hese two anus will unite in Western Minesota From tlic point of junciioti a thlrd ranch 1! rxli n.l tO Pemuina 00 the i?ritsh border, aud the trunk liue will traverse on: ral Dakota, am! follow the nowfamous 'ellowstone valley through Montana. - ear the boundary of Idalio the road Wlll Kaïn branch - omarm following down tbc alley of the CotQiobla to tlde-water m 'ortlaud, Oregoj] ; tlje other Btrlking ihcctly across the Cascade range to the tnáln ermlnaa on Pugut Sonad. A Nortfa and outli brancli wlll also comiect the Paget omiil terininns witli tjiat at Portland. At 10 lalter puin' connection is made wlth ie coast Unes of road now building Fo'ithward throogb Oregon and California. JJoih t l'urtlaiul and Puget Sound the rond wlll ap tbe coastiviso and forelgu tradc of the 'aciüc Ocean. The cliief advautages peculiar to tiie orthern I'acillc route are believed to Iktlicse: 1. It reduces the distancc between the lakes and the i'aciilc octan soine Cuu miles. 2. Itleüseus the distance bctwoen New Vork aud the Paclflc to the snnie ex tent. 3. lt lessens the tllstanco between London and Cnhitse ports by the transcontinental route at least 14 l(! miles. 4. lt (.reverses a belt of States and Teni tories adm'raljly adapted by fertlllty of SOil, mildness of temperatura, and pciial distrilnition of moitture, to prolitable agriculture. 5. lts elevailon in the inoaatain región 8 3000 feet less than that of other linos, FPeoltlng in a dimin ished suow In ! 1 , a mild cliinate, and tareaster gradiente. C. At oonvenlent intervals it intersects numerous navigable streams - sch as the Coluinbia, the CowHtE, t!ie Yellowstone, the Missouri, the ltïd and the Mlsaisslppl - which drain a vast región, and will serve as feedera to the road. 7. lt will partake of the churaetcr of an inlcrnatiunal route, perinanuiltlv controlling the canying trade of Brltlsh America, and rendering the important colonie.s ïiortli of tlie boundary, and west of Lake Superior, commercially tribatary to our Northwestern States. Airead; it Is gtated thst settícrs are rapIdly crowdlog t.o tlie line of the Northern Pacific Road in thc N3v Northwest, and juilfíisijí from what is kiio.Tii of tlie placa adoptèd for promoting the settlemeut and development, t ltro'iirh emlgration and coloniation, of the belt of States and Terrltories tribulary lo the the line - liiore wculd seem to be no doubt tint the corporation apon wliicli the Government has conferred tais great trust, is determlned to inake the enterprise uot only ílnancl&lly sound, but greatly and perraanentty beneflcial to the whole country. With its ínuniíiccnt endowment of fertile lantfs, with the natural advantages this route undoubtedly enjoya, and witli tlie far sighted policy alrcady iuauurated, a greit commercial project could hardly start nader bette.r insplces or greater assura'ice of success. In the Fret Pres of Jlonilay " Quid :' tells'the story of a " Repórtelas Ridc on a Locomotive," aud how hc raced agalnst the teiejtraph and beat it ; tells it graphically. " Qaad " Is thu Free Press reporter at Lansing With the reporters of the Post and Tribune lie was handed a copy of Goy. Baldwin's Message, and at 3 p u. on Wednesday afternooii, with a reqaest to get it in print and before the readers of his paper on ThuiKday morning. Trying the telegraph office he found it would take ten hours to transmit the document, and so he chartered the locomotive Northward, ai:d starled for Jückson and a connection uith the 4:30 expresa train cast. The run was made in 4.Ö minutes, Jackson was reaclicd tcu minutes airead of time, and the Free Press carne out with a perfecí copy of the message, whlle ils rivals served up a maugled message. " Bully for the Freí Press " was the cry that greeted " Qaad'fl " ears as he ran the scveral stations, and so suy we. Our weathcr report last week wae slightly mixed, owing to the mucidled state of mlnd whlch prevalled during the Senatorial coutest, and our reporter constant!}Irangining he was In Lansting. Tlie state of mimi is more paciflc this week ; " Our Blaiu's " opponents are rejolcing over tliL-ir victory - clecting fuch a UUU man doesn't secm much to rcjoice over, does it? - while hlsfriends are humming that significant bailad, wi tb a little variation : " Thcu were so near and yet so far ■" and the wcather still continue?. The Bohomian Troupe of fnncy Glass Ulowers will open their exhlbltlon in glasc blowing, glass working, glass Bplnntng, etc, at Hangsterfer's Hall, next Mumhiy cvening, the lGth. Tlie novelty of their work, and tlie plcasurc of observiug wiih what apparcut easc uniqne and beautiful ornaments are formed Gram glass, will rcpay one for attcndlng these entertainments. A low pressuredouble-actingsteameng'mc, made eutirely of g'.ass, will bc in full oporation at cach exhibition. Go and sec tuem. The Ypsilaiiti Smlinel is afier the University witli hot blocks. "I5:g pills" clon't set well on lts stomach ; it is au iris locratíc concern and don't "cdicate" and board poor meii's cbtldren free ; and, besides, Anu Arbor is a "cossed mean tovvu." But, as the Sentinel Is alwuys down ou something the L'niverslty mayas well come In for lts sbarc. Rev. N. S. Burtcn, late p-jitor of the Baptist Ghurch of tliis city, left on Weducsclny to enter upon bis work nt Da renport, Iowa. May success attend li'un Hls famüy rimaius here for a short time. Ex-Shcriff Porte h lias removed to his old home at Manchester, and will find Inisi ness - profltablc we hope, and more independent and pleasant tlian offlce-holdlug - in supcrinteudiug his wooleu factory.