The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-07-18

The heavy storm Of last Saturday
night did much good, and now all
fears Of drought are dispelled. Some
very heavy pieces Of grain were
lodged" little, but on the whole
the damage along that line was light.
"A telephone connecting Worth
Ellington, Heron Lake. Window,
Fairmont, Winnebago City and other
towns is talked of. A company with
$50, 600 has been organized with head
quarters at Winnebago City, to push
the scheme. -.4-, :. ..H
Mobiles county lands are going
up at rapid rate. You can save
money, and make money by invest
ing now, before the fall rush.
Hedberg & Clausen, largest and
oldest land Office in the county,
can give you just what you want.
Andy Nc Dowell, a former Wor-
thington boy, who is giving Edger-
ton the only good paper that town
ever had, came over on his bike Sun
day; returning Monday. Andy says
the crops along the road are looking
the best he has ever seen them. =
Editor Chas. Hamstreet of the
Kinbrae Herald was among our call,
ers Friday. Chas. says he came
down to throw an old shoe into one
of the cracks in the court house. He
says the people of his section take no
stock in the rawlings of the Sowing
ton Importation" about the court
house. @' ::
-Fowler's Theater company at
Masonic hall this week. Prices only
10, 20 and 30 cents. Grand Matinee
Saturday at 2:15 p. m. This COM
pany has given excellent satisfaction
in surrounding towns and comes
highly recommended as first class
attraction. Reserved seats at Bah
cocks drug store.
The Keokuk Gate City says
that 'sthere is no more need to make
a fuss about the amount of money
than the amount of cooking Stoves
and adds: "Whenever there is any
thing to cook, it will be found that
there is plenty of cooking stoves
available, And whenever there is
plenty of business, it will be found
that there is plenty of money"
"A very fat man took lunch at
Greiger's Monday while awaiting the
east bound noon freight. He was
from Chicago where the modest bi-
cycle girls wear short dresses; the
more bold wear bloomers and the
very bold wear "pants" just like a
horrid man. The fat man was very
sure the bicycle craze would be over
by another year. Being too fat to
ride he saw no good in wheel.
Adrian Guardian: The Misses
Laura Kendlen and Fife Bulls, OF
Worthington, have been visiting
their Adrian friends since the 4th.,...
Jas. McCan, of Worthington, was TAX
ing in the sights in Adrian the 4th. =.
Aggie Mulroy went down to Worth
tngton yesterday to visit her sister,
Mrs. Phil Glasgow. Ethel Bloom
of Worthington, spent week with
uncle and auntie Eyland.. Auditor
Kendlen, Treasurer Peterson and
Judge Cory, a trio of jolly good boys,
came over from Worthington on the
evening of the third and helped their
Adrian friends celebrate.
-Grasshoppers nave maoe thelr
appearance in vast numbers up in
Chisago county, this state, and the
farmers are greatly worried over the
outlook. as we'll they may be, for
grasshoppers are a pest hard to get
rid Of and are terribly destructive to
crops. When they get large enough
to fly they rise and fly to some
other part of the country, and there
is no possible telling where they will
light, but where they do light it
is goodbye crops, for they take every
thing green before them.
=: The editor and family returned
last week from a visit to. Marshall,
Mich. The crops along the line OF
the Illinois Central road in Iowa are
not extra. good, but all through
Northern Illinois all kinds of grain,
and especially corn is looking fine.