The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-28
MINI Els EIVS
The Corner Stone.

The Corner Stone. i 3.
The special committee has arranged
the parade for the laying Of the corner
stone OF. the state capitol. The per.
sonnet OF the parade will be as fol-
lows: Uniform rank /. O. O. r. OF st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Saltwater and
other cities of the state; mem beers Of
the Grand Army posts from st. Paul,
Minneapolis and other cities; uniform
rank Is. p. from st. Paul, Minneapolis
and other cities Of the state; the fire
and police departments Of st. Paul and
the Hastings Naval Reserves.
The parade WILDE made up of three
divisions, consisting of the military.
civic and the fire department, and all
civic and military 4 organizations
throughout the state are invited to par
ticipate. ....5
Governor Clough will also be re-
quested to order out the two batteries
Of artillery. E
The committee on archives has adj
dressed note to the mayors and pres
idents of villages, requesting such of
fcers to send to the committee having
in charge the collection of archives for
deposit in the corner stone of the new
capitol, one unmounted photograph,
presenting an attractive view of the
respective cities. On the back of each
photograph should be inscribed the
name OF the city it represents.
=. George "A. Plllsbury.
George Alfred Pillsbury died at his
home in Minneapolis, Sunday, July II,
aged 80 years.
Mr. Pillsbury, the elder of the Pills
bury family, became member of the
milling firm of Charles A. Pillsbury G.
Co., in 1872, but was then resident of
Concord, N. H., and did not remove to
Minneapolis until 1878. He had at that
time passed the prime of life.
He was born Aug. 20, 1916, at Sutton,
N. II. He married Margaret S. Carl
ton, May 9, 1s41.
The Minnesota Academy. located at
Owatonna, a school open to all, but
under patronage of the Baptist state
convention, has been beneficiary of
Mr.. Pillsbury's bounty. In 1886 he
built. at cost of $50, 600, a ladies'
boarding hall. In recognition of this
magnificent gift. the legislature
changed the name-of the institution to
''Pillsbury Academy Three years
later the academy was again favored
by its generous patron by the erection,
at cost of $40, 900, of new academic
building. He also contri buted s25, 900
towards the endowment fund
His charitable requests during life
amounted to oyer halt a million dol
lars.
Crop Report.
q. S. Department of Agriculture,
Minnesota Section, Climate and Crop
Service. Weather Bureau.-The week
was dry till the morning of the 18th,
when there were scattered showers,
except in the southern part of the
state. Spring wheat has advanced rap
idly, so that it is now turning color as
far north as the center of the state.
A few correspondents are fearing that
the hot weather will cause premature
ripening, with consequent deteriora-
ton in quality, and lessened yield, but
most of them state that the filing is
going on nicely. It is said that in the
Red River valley the quality is not
even over large areas, which gives a
patchy ppearance. It is thought the
first cutting in the state will be from
the Goth to the 25th. Winter wheat is
all cut. A good rye crop has been Sc
cured, and q fine crop of barley is now
being harvested. Oats are ripening in
the southern counties Corn is grow.
ing very rapidly. A great deal of ex.
cellent clover and timothy has been
saved in splendid condition. Haying
is about to begin in the extreme north.
Rode Down a Bluff
Ellen Anderson. of Minneapolis, had
her shoulder fractured and was other
wise injured by riding her bicycle off
the bluff near Fort Smelling. She was
riding with the Misses Williams at the
time. She rode off the road which runs
along the edge of the bluff and fell so
feet. She remained on her bicycle,
which landed in tree and broke the
force of her fall, after which she fell
to the earth below. Her companions
summoned DR.. Darling from the fort,
and after her injuries had received at
tentlOn She was removed to her home
Minnesota Briefs
Mrs. Boquist, a lady aged SO years.
was killed at Cokato while attempting
to stop runaway team.
The Great Northern is said to be pre-
pairing to handlel 6o.ooo,ooo bushels of
wheat at the head of the lakes this
season. The Fosston branch is re-
sponsible for the large amount of in
crease.
William Satterlee Pye was appointed
by Gov. Clough as an aide on his staff,
with the rank of major. Mr.. Pye is a
student at the Annapolis military
academy, and is now spending leave
of absence in Minneapolis.
Walter Wilmot has been engaged to