The Worthington advance., 1888-08-23
ADROP FROM THE SKY.
TWO LADIES WILL DROP FIVE TIIOUS-
AND FEET FROM A BALLOON DUR.
INC ,CIIII S,r ATE FAIR

TWO LADIES WILL DROP FIVE TIIOUS
AND FEET FROM A BALLOON DUR.
ING THE STATE FAIR.
The management of the State Fair
have secured at great expense the most
novel and exciting features ever intro.
duced in the State, which are no less
than two balloon ascensons, one of
which will be made by a lady. the
aeronauts to drop from the balloon from
the height OF five thousand feet and
parachute. The aerOnauts engaged for
these ascensions are Prof. Oscar Hunt,
Prof. J. W. Price, Mrs. Hunt and Mrs.
Price. The exact dates for these az.
tensions have not yet been fixed. Prof.
has had some thrilling experiences.
Mrs. LATHE Hunt recently male an as
censon at Chicago Of nearly 5000 feet
and dropped with her parachute into
Lake Michigan, and Was rescncd un-
hurt. The parachute used in these
ascenSnns is uuIikeany used heretofore
and is Prof. Prices invention. 1t has
no fran. work and i!b>, aid is held in
shape solely by ropes and hoop SIX
feet in diameter When expanded the
balloon has a spread Of about 16 feet
ard Il length of 20 feet. 1t hangs from
the neck Of the balloon and the separa-
tion is effected by pulling Il rope attach
cd to Il spring snap block. The two
ascensiOnS will be made from the State
Fair grounds sometime between Sep
tember 10th and 18th. One of the aScen-
sions ard probably both will be made by
one of the ladies mentioned above.
The following is an account of an
ascension recently made by Prof. Price
in Illinois:
at half past O'Clock yesterday
evening Prof. Price shouted LET go
everybody" and the big balloon arose
in the air like sky rocket, with the
daring young aeronaut dangling from
the trapeZe. A strong wind from the
west prevailed and the balloon was
rapidly carried eastward and upward,
until it had gained an altitude of over
5000 feet. The ascent was beautiful
sight.
From the many buildings groups of
spectators could be seen watching the
air-ship, rs it lowered in the sky. The
general knowledge of the fact that Prof.
Price had never before attemted para
chute descent created an ill-suppressed
feeling of anxiety among the people.
"Will he come down all right?" was
the universal question, and many were
the silent prayers for his success.
In few minutes from the beginning
Of the ascent, the balloon attained its
highest elevation, and hung apparently
motionless. 1t was at this moment the
watching crowd for an instant held
their breath as the balloon and para
chute was seen to separate. For fully
$50 feet the parachute fell like dead
weight, and then filling with air, its
speed was suddenly arrested, and like
4 big bird it sailed in broad sweeps
toward the earth. For a few moments
the swinging of the parachute was very
dangerous, on account of the high
wind but this fortunately ceased as it
came closer to the ground, and Prof.
Price alighted safe and sound. The
balloon came down about three miles
east of town.
This was Prof. Prices 2SOth ascen-
sion, and first parachute descent. He
is a young man, 26 years of age, but
has had seven years experience as a
professional aeronaut. His home is at
Springfield, III.
The st. Paul News of recent date
pays the following compliment to Mr..
Albert Scheffer:
."One of the most honorable and
high.minded men of Ramsey county is
Albert Scheffer, the gentleman whose
name is so prominently mentioned be-
fore the people of late. Sound in his
integrity, level-headed in his business
relations, manly in his intercourse with
| men, he has the strong admiration OF
not only his own countrymen. but OF
thousands of native born friends"
This lis no doubt true, and yet Mr..
Scheffer is not q man of the people.
He is rich St. Paul banker, and two
years ago, we saw the representatives
of the monied and railroad interests
hard at work in the Republican State
Convention for Scheffer and to defeat
McGill and Gibbs. AS it stands now
McGill is the only peoples candidate
for Governor. Others may develop
but they are not up as yet. The AD
VANCE is not fighting Scheffer and
Merriam, nor is it specially champion
ing the cause of McGill. It wishes
only to set the matter right before the
people. AS it stands now. Merriam
has the bought-up politicians anG
newspapers with him, Scheffer has q
large share Of the Alliance and some Of
the Democratic support and McGil
has the people generally. The chances
are that the politicians will defeat thu
wishes of the people, as they gen