Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Corner Stone.

The Corner Stone.
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 I. o. o. F. of st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Saltwater and
other cities of the state; members of
the Grand Army posts from St Paul,
Minneapolis and other cities; uniform
rank K. 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 will be made up of three
divisions, consisting of the military.
civic and the fire department., and all
civic and military organizations
throughout the state are invited to par
ticipate.
Governor Clough will also be re-
quested to order out the two batteries
of artillery.
The committee on archives has adj
dressed note to the mayors and pres
loents OF villages, requesting such Of
hcers 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. Pillsbury
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 a member of the
milling firm of Charles A. Pillsbury &
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. H. 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 a beneficiary of
Mr.. Pillsbury's bounty. In 1886 he
built, at a cost of $50, 900, 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 a cost of 5000 of new acade mic
building. He also contributed SIS, 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
going on nicely. 1t is said that in the
Red River valley the quality is not
even over large areas, which gives a
patchy appearance. 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 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.
! Minnesota Briefs
j. Bergman, a milk dealer at St.
Paul, was fined $25 for watering his
goods.
Col. Reeve. of the 18th regiment, &C.
knowledges the receipt of Red Cross
funds.
At Rush City, the 1o-year-old son OF
A. Larson fell upon his jackknife, the
blade of which penetrated his right
lung.
Experts say the Minnesota exhibit
of wool at Omaha is the finest at the
exposition.
The republicans of the 18th judicial
district nominated A. E. Glddings of
Anoka for Judge.
The Church of the Holy Trinity OF