VFour years ago there were but two t railroad stations in.this rcgion-^Forfc 1-c Dodge the northern terminus of the \ *•' Dos Moines Valley Railroad, arid Sioux Oily the northern terminus of the Sioux City and Pacific.Now the Illinois Central connectst ort Dodge v.'iih Sioux Citv.The -Saint Paul anti Sioux City andSioux City and Saint Paul Railroads;:r;n Vioux Gity an unbroken line be- jtween the the two cities indicated bv■ their names. ; passing transversely through the counties of Watonwan, Cottonwood and Nobles, in Minnesota:1 tand the counties of Osceola, O'Brien and Sioux to a junction with the Illinois Central at Lemurs. Plymouth County, Iowa.The McGregor and Missouri River Railroad, which is located to run east and west across Iowa, following the 4*3d ! parallel of latitude, is now completed to j Algona, Kossuth County, and will be extended to Sheldon, in O’Brien County, the coming spring, so as to intersect the St. Pan 1 Railrond.ri rr r r **