The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01

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The msDa4ers ~ the sesee fkik, -
be held at Hsm1ine. beginning SepG q
snd closing the 9sh. offer pru41sD
- amusements tha4 has never beEeru
been equa1led Following 10 tie list
Mondsy-BicycIe dsyy band ecaeeyt-
diving horsest pacing ostrich, ss6
balloon aseensiou.
Tuesdsy day, aIse sssse
ard territorisI day. trustiux races. es<r
Wednesdsy-M Minneapolis day and
Che crest troetin1 race for s,o0e eor-
tribused by MinnespoIis business mem
Thursday Sc Paul day and the
peeing rsee for 4kse0o eonsrfbused big
st. PauI business men Trossin0 con-
tests.
Friday-Fsrmersy day. Efforts have
been made TO make t11is one Of the
most instructive and Interesting days
Of the week.
ssturdsy-Everybody's day. There
will be general grouping Of the at
trxctiOns, such as the diving horses
guide1ess wonders. balloon asceusions.
Every evening during the week. there
will be running races and freworxs.
such as THE Burning Of MANILA" and
other special features
1oSsd - H.a&
OF the 5000 Mfnnesoea teachers ~f,o
took the recent uniforms state examine
tions required by The law enacted by
the last Legislature, IS per cent failed
to pass and 20 per cent belong 20 the
''close aud doubtful class Tire happy
ones are those who have secured over
GO per cent in the seven studies Of the
examination. The doubtful class con-
tains those who failed to pass only n
one study. II the law were strictly in
terpreted, the ECO teachers of This
class could not teach in Minnesota dur
ing the coming school year. They
will. however, be given probation eer-
tifcates- good for this year. but there
after void unless the probationer
makes up the weakness As It il LEG
teachers will be out of work Mango of
them will give up teaching for good,
while others are planning To go TO nor
NAL schools to improve themselves
erop Report
The climate and crop bulletin Of the
weather bureau. Minnesota section
says: The early part of the week was
favorable for continuing the harvest
Of wheat and oats in the Red River
valley. for cutting the late grains in
the western part of the state as far
south as Lincoln county and for stack
ing and threshing elsewhere In the
counties where the rain was heaviest
the grain shocks are wet and IN dan
ger OF sprouting. Flax Is ripenfnr.
though somewhat IrreguIarIy. IN the
southern two-thirtfs of the state. and
cutting is progressing IN favorable
weather. Stacking was progressing
well till the wet weather came on. and
some threshing was done from the
shock. The rains put the ground IN
good condition for blowing IN many
places, and were beneficial 20 corn and
potatoes generally Corn is a splendid
crop, especially in southern counties.
Gets View Place.
F. ri. Lemon. of Saltwater, who
some time ago resigned as deputy war
den of the state prison. has been ap-
pointed deputy warden of the United
States prison at Fort Leavenworth-
Kas-, at a salary of 5000 per annun
and supplies and residence. NaiorR
w. MeC1aughrey, warden at Leaven-
worth prison, asked Warden woIfer to
recommend a man. and he recommend
ed Mr. Lemon His candidacy was
also Endorsed by Senator Davis ex-
Secretary John Sherman Judge FIan-
dreau- B. F. Farmer, Congressman
Stevens the board of prison managers
and many others Mr. Lemon viii as
sumo his duties Sept. l.