The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-07-18


8 o'clock at the Church. Kev. G. {: Foote, pas
tor.
Ladies' Union Prayer Meeting every Tuesda,
| afternoon at SO o'clock.
NEW TYPE
The ADVANCE has just received lot
of new type from the Foundry of Far
mer, Little Il Co., and the Wood Type
establishment Of VIM. II. Page 4 Co.
New York. We are therefore prepared
to do any kind Of job work, from ;
sheet poster to label.
, A very interesting Bible Class is hel(
every Monday evening at the Unior
Church ut s O'Clock. The public arr
cordially invited to attend.
The Seward Sunday School will holt
a picnic in Muck's Grove, at Graham
Lakes, on Thursday next, the 23d. An,
other Sunday Schools which desire tt
to hold picnic are invited to JOIN
: with the Seward school and have Il gooC
; time.
We publish elsewhere an abstract Of
the Rev. Mr.. Foote's sermon delivered
on Sunday last, at the Union Congre
gational Church, the design OF whicl
was to show the use of such atllictiol
as many OF our people are now suffer
ing from the grassllopper visitation.
FiEMEI:S SUPPLY STORE.
j. W. Lyon, as will be seen by the al
,ertsemelft in his issue, is now pre-
pared to furnish farmers and others
with goods Of nearly every description
IIt' is occupying one Of the best store
ror,nS in town and will do II business
adapted to grasshopper times.
f; Several nights during the past wcel
; there were line auroral displays in thu
northern heavens.
It is claimed that the THERMOMETERS
last week reached 10l degrees above re
70 in some of the surrounding counties
We are sure Of 90 here.
Our farmers are preparing this week
for harvest. Some expected to he cut
ting wheat, and especially flax, already
Next week the ring ard rattle of tho
reapers will be heard all around us.
Frankly Stock.'ale fell from a load oil
grass OIL Thursdsy and broke his collar
bone.
AS we go to press, we learn that the
grasshoppers yesterday settled III Rock
County in great numbers and are do
ing considerable damage.
Attention i il, called to the Card of
n. Safer, lumber dealer. Mr.. Safer i:
one of our first settlers,' and ha:
built up Il large trade by fair dealing
and keeping what the people want.
\ heavy "Blizzard," came up from
the southeast on Wednesday and mad,
havoc among some Of our boys. 1t Sc
in about nine o'clock in the mornin}
and blew till nearly noon. Our has
ball club was eXpoSed to its full fury
but fortunately 10 lives were lost.
n number Of persons are now leavin!
for those portions Of the State wher
the fields are "White with harvest ~
One homesteader set out yesterday 10
Fillmore county, going on foot 10y wa,
Of Jackson. lie concluded that he coul
make as good wages walking as harvest
ing, while railroad fare is so high.
See the advertisement of Hunting
ton & Co.. Photographers, st. Paul.
Those who want their pictures take:
have only to send their name and ad
dress, and they will receive the Mil
nesota and other stereoscopic views b
return express
Isn't it about time to gather up til
fragments of the tin roof which hay
encountered the street for month Q
two to the terror Of horses? The wa
the little school boys beat up ''Yanke
Doodle and other patriotic pieces o
the tin is a caution to the eighborhoot
Admittance free.
The Prairie Schooner, published a
Marshall, MIMI, wants q printer VIII
can take charge Of an Office and occ;
sionally edit the paper in the editor
absence. The Window Reporter ais
wants q boy to learn the business.
SCREAM
We had "artc blanche Up. S.-This
French and it means, so to speak, tina
we had pass, a complimentary, a fire
bus to Moore Il Smiths Ice-Crea1
during the week. but we abandon a
hope Of eating them out They keep 0
making it every morning, cold enoug
to stand alone, and it's no use for on
newspaper to eat against such odds.
PERSONALS
Miss Margaret Prolific, arrived d,
ring the week from England, and
stopping with her sister, Mrs. Rose
She thinks Of making the Colony lie
home.
r. u. Buchanan, of Rock count,
was in town on Wednesday.
Rev. Mr.. Hall, Of Austin, Mimi, la
been among us during the week visitin
the Rev. j. w. Lewis.
Mr.. Brooks has returned from a trj
to Faribault and MankatO.