The Worthington advance., 1881-09-15
.MINNESO OTA NEWS.
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THE ,nlNNEApoEis EXPOSITION:
SEMINARY Of Ita Most Notable Features And o,
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tsanmary Of lts Most Nosabie Features And .
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| : ! MONDAY. ~
Thsopening day Of the exposition by til,
Agricultural and Mcdaniel association. Let
ter known a." Children's Day." lAwned mans
plciouly-a dr'zziing faia having setin shortly
aitsf d.ybresk and continued for tho major par
Was mstetis1ly reduced tfiom what it would ha ',
4 been had the Weather rovedsfayorable. SincI
last year quite : number Of clanges have beef
made In and;around the grounds, consistin,
mainly in the erection OF residences and eatint
booths in ,hs immediate vicinity of the erounds
While the facilities Of getting to them rwer,
about the same as usual. As might have beer
! expected, and as il the invaiia6ie experience
on opening day, evidences Of incQmpletenest
| were found In the main halls and in several
important departments of the fair, but strenu-
ous exert,ons were made to change the contli
The Agricultural Hall, the MECHANICAL Hall,
and tho Art Exhibit, gave promise Of being welt
hlled, and the Stock Exhibit is pronounced
very nne ..
Ihe day va even worse than Monday, the
| ram falling from morning until night The at-
'tendence Was merely nominal. The grounds
wore fairly afoat, and every one was driver,
under cover. It was dismal and dishearteninR
in tho extreme. The races announced for the
day were declared OIL, during the morning.
The track was entirely too wet to admit Ut nc
ing, and thet part Of the programme was neces-
sarily wiped OF the board = ~ (. - -
WEDNESDAY.
The weather was still dark and dteary in
tie morning. but the afternoon, though cloudy.
O'Clock the judges Of horses and cattle csl I'd
out = portion OF the exceptionally fipe display
i'll their departments the il g. ection being a.
sisted ny large aud a&1mlring throlg The
show OF stock wis excellent, and eliciied tx-
presslons OF the greatest admiration from ali
tiercheron horses being conspicuous Tor for
lis superiority. There was nothing
done in tbs racing line, save few spurs
by way Of exsrc;s ng the horses TIL,
VISITORS distributed themselves ov~r tho erclos-
in the main halls, or visited the stock and ma
chinery departments, which are the most ex
tenelve and attractive ever srraI ged in tile
northwest. Regardlets OF t:iscomtorts the peo-
plo wandered aoont patiently after noting the
Rrincpai features OF the fair or hudd'ed around
the numerous side shows. the Manitoba tuffa-
loes, the female bear tanner and Jones'
fractions to % tho crowd dP''"St' At four sa
O'Clock, Prof. Rul!ison made = fine ascension
arose almost straig to tho heieSth Of mile
and over, and then began a journey due west,
and landed about eight miles from Minnoapo
lie. In speaking to reporter lie said: sYou
nave no ldea how small your city looks from
that height 1t doesn't seem to be bigger than
little village would if You were on the ground.
The falls could not be distinguished from the
rest OF the Mississippi river, which could see
for distance Of twenty five miles in either d.
rectlon, and could see the railroad tracks and
stations plainly fer long distance. Then
*hata lot OF lakes you have about Lere. 1t
seemed a. every farmer had one of his own.
From the height reached it seemed al if your
Lake Minnetonka were Just under me-"
brought out tho snn, and everything was
subjected to the drying process. The track
was still heavy and all racing was postponed,
save :5 that INDUCED "a by the gorgeous darke!v
grounds and they amused themselves in look
ing through the buildings and grounds, and
witnessing the balloon ascension in the after
noon, the interest in which was heightened
S 6y the fact that the daring aeronaut was lady.
and eseeedins'y pretty and 01a Interesting Rsii.s
blonde, and one of the most fearless and en-
thusiastic of Gronauts. The balloon soared
away up among the clouds, until it was appar-
eutly about the size Of your hat, and almost
uaily moved of toward st. Paul. It came down
quite rapidly, and fifteen minutes after it's de-
Parture from the exposition grounds sank out
Of sight behind tho tree tops in the distance.
II was as pretty aud successful An ascension "a
10 ever witnessed, and WAS the chief attraction
Of the day. The landing was made about five
miles distant
was bright, beautiful and cheerful and the
result was an attendance variously estimated
from twenty to thirty thousand The all-per-
vading gloom Of tho first four days had passed
away, and it looked like regular old d-fashion-
ed Minneapolis exposition again. In short. it
was big day, aud alone did much
toward filling the financial gap.
The exhibits In the main exposition halls we're
ed all day long. 80 were the stock and ma
chinery departments, and in the afternoon the
race track ampithsatre held over II, 900 pco-
pie. The ladies' twenty mile race was the event
Of the day and the enthusiasm evoked evident
ly indicated that novelty has it's charms.
At 2:23 Miss Cook made her appearance on
the track, snd in few minutes Mis- Jewest was
coming down tho track her horse, IN nsly tenn
pered brute, being led Without any prelimi-
nary they got away, Miss Jewett with rushing,
beating Miss Cooke ont Of the pole and making
sSs eSd Of % sst %e sss tsp sss soo ::
luck until the seventh when Miss Cook was
some fifteen lengths ahead, riding in tho
handsomest hands st.. manner enner,, possible P One
slowed up and came to a stand
still. The change horse was run up to her as
Miss j wett swept by, and as she was lifted the
horse, Emma Dixon, fell dead On the eight
eenth mile Miss Cook again got hold of Ollie
Baker. q fine handsome bay, on which she did
some hard riding for two milee, widening the
her competitor at every jump. At nineteen
miles she was 800 yards ahead, aud Miss
Jewett making apoor change on to poor
horse. was left further behind. being at least
1000 yards behind at the finish.
The championship belt was buckled Oh to
<t,o Po;,p >hn
for Jowett, who, however, was too exhausted
or chargrined to respond to the eager calls of
her admirers. The four mile heat race was
changed from one of heats to dash on account
OF the lateness of the hour and threatening
clouds on the horizon. Adele, fine, lengthy
= double cross of Glencoe blood was worth by
waiting for two aud half miles, mal.ng
driving run for the last one and = half miles,
and winning with good deal left in her for
repeating il required. Time 7.42.
was dull, dark and dreary, and the fair ground
was flooded with water The att t,pdauce was
merely nominal The cattle and other things
were eli there but nobody saw them save the
attendants. It was the closing day, and it was
announced that the programme for tho day, in
cluding the great balloon ascension, was post
pened until Monday. Save one day, Friday
the whole week wa4 inclement and disastrous
The State Board Of Equalization.
The state board Of equalization convened At
the governors Office laat Tuesdav morning.
Tie following are the members Of the board:
First district-R. Schlnicka.
Second district-Wm. Dawson.
Third dstrict-J. G. lawrence.
Fourth district-Daniel Bassett.
Fifth tistrict-Z. Z. Page.
| Sixth district-Geo G.. Chamberlain
Seventh district-James COmDtOn