The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-09

VOL. XIII.
vance was then ordered, which drove
the rebels back to their entrenchments
which were found too strong to be car.
ried. After brisk firing all along the
line, the rebels massed their forces and
made q fierce charge upon the Union
centre, when the Union commander,
not having sufficient reserve, and fear
ing that his forces wonld he cut to
pieces. retired the whole line and snc-
ceeded in holding the line along the
Hersey road.
At this junc.ure Captain Tow,s
troops were seen coming up in the reb-
Ell rear. They 1T once opened fire and
threw the rebels into confusion. The
Unl0n commander then ordered Il
charge and drove the rebels back upon
Captain Towns forces, thus complete.
ly surrounding the rebels and captur-
ing them, arms, klapsacks, cauteens,
graybacks and all.
The artillery played large part in
the sham battle. IL. T.. Shepard and
Jonathan Gordon being in charge OF
the Union battery and I. and w.
Daugherty in charge of the rebel bat
tory.
From 100 to 200 men were engaged,
the Union forces outnumbering tho
rebels. From 20 to 10 cartridges were
used by each man.
Commander Bennett is loud in his
praise Of the raw troops" or civilians
who took part under him, for the man.
ner in which they obeyed orders and
the GOODNESS with which they faced
such ''fearful odds.''
No of killed-O.
No. Of wounded-One boy, who hurt
himself after the fight was over.
EXERCISES IN THE PARK.
After the battle, which was the most
decisive and blOOdless in the history of
Worthingt0n, the thousands of people
haStened to their dinners and made an.
other memorable attack, getting away
with hundreds of rounds of nutritious
ammunition. Then all crowded into
the beautiful park, under the ancient
and venerable cottonWOOds and naples
and gathered about the stand which
had been erected for the exercises.
The Worthington Band enlivened
the prelimiRaries by several well-exe'
cuted pieces, and then two striped bal
looms were brought forth and sent up
amid the cheers of the multitude. They
floated off north for q time and then
''went west'' to grow up with the
clouds and the sky. They remained in
sight for 20 or 80 minutes, showing the
unusual quiet and calm of the atmos'
phere to a depth of several miles at
least and perhaps all the way up.
THE ADDRESS.
the orator Of the day, Hon. NJ. D. l.
Collister, Of Mankato. who delivered
an unusually well.constructed and sen
sible address. magnifyin2 the mission
of the American Republic and people
and especially warning them against
bigotry in religion aud fanaticism i,
politics and reform, pleading for thu
largest toleratien consistent with thu
maintenance Of the government and
social order. This part of the address
we wish to commend especially.
At the conclusion of the address th<
band played another piece, and 1.-THE,
and there was hurrying to and fro
and rushing off to the Fair Grounds
to see
THE RACES.
For an hour or more there was linz
of teams winding along the lake shore
and crowding into the grounds. an(
around the track. One party inform!
us that he hurried away to "get ther'
first" leaving the town full of teams
and when he arrived 1T the grounds, hi
fonnd a large crowd there already
When the races began, the space for ,
long distance on each side of tn
judges stand, inside of the track ant
outside. was lined with teams. two
three and half dozen thick. In short
cOnveyances crowded with people wer'
there by the hundred.
Following is the record of the races:
FIRST RACE-TROTT1NG.
Entries-K,tty s., owned by D
Shell; Billy V. Herod, owned by a mo-
Forbes; Lady, owned by s. Mclean
Best three in Eve. Won by Kitty s
First heat in 3 min. sec.; second il
3:5; third in $50. Second purse by Lady
RUNNING RACE.
Observation-Disclosures, owned by Mr.
Carwin, of Ransom; Black Bess, own
ed by Il. III. Belknap, of Ransom.
Best two in three. Won by Bell
flower. First heat won in min. ant
seconds; second heat III IS seconds.
The races over, the teams filed out o
the grounds in several directions, th'
majority passing back to town. 1t i!
safe to say that the line of teams woult
reach to the Fair Grounds and back
moving in order as close as teams usu
ally move in ''go-as-you.please" pro
cession. The like was never bef0r,
seen in Worthington.
Toward evening q rain came up ant
there was quite 4 grand display q
fireworks" in the sky. The raiI
paused about 9o'clock to give an ep
psrtunity for the artificial displa,
which had been arranged. The works
were brought forth and touched off al
the upper corner of the park to the en-
tertainment Of everybody.
The whole concluded with a danc'
at the rink.
Thus ended the largest and mos
successful of our celebrations. Th'
,day was perfect, the crowd was large
everybody seemed to be in good spirit,
and the order was we'll nigh perfect
Everybody descants upon the fact tha
there was mot drunken man seen OF
the Streets" no fights, disturbances
runaways or accidents. and one lady
from the East remarked that ''th'
farmers here did net look like dowl
East farmers. they seemed brighter
and more intelligent looking"
Many returns Of the occasion!
A SAD CAREER.
The divorced wife of a bonanza mil.
lionaire recently came to mournfu
death principally from taking chloral
which unsettled her mind and demOr
allied her whole physical frame. Sh'
had been weakly and ailing and felt he
need of something to drown her sor
rows and brace her up. Had she takel
Browns Iron Bitters she would hav
been invigorated so that she could hav'
fought her sorrows off, and enjoyed
healthy life. This valuable medicin
cures general debility, tones the nerves
strengthens the muscles and aids di
gestion.