The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-07-24
FALLS 3D. 1879
STATE NEWS,
Faribault will have its gas works in
running order by the lst Of August.

STATE NEWS,
Faribault will have its gas works in
running order by the lst Of August.
A young blackapih at Shakopse
drank cold water the other day when
overheated, and died in fex minutes.
The election at Rochester on the
PROPOSE, ion to give 4 bonus Of $50, 600
to the Lake Pepin and Omah railroad,
resulted in las ayes and 81 nays.
A box Of jewelry belonging to two
families of the Yeovil colony was brok-
en- open and robbed Of its coatenta,
valued At $4OO. No clue to the thief.
"Dexter" is the name Of . new Sta
ton to be estah hlished on the Southern
Minnesot. Railroad, between Grand
Meado~ aud Brownsville. It is to be
= EAST" town, no doubt, if we may
Judge from the name.
Mobiles county is without clerk Of
the District Court, and all those who
wish to be united in the holy bands Of
wedlock must have the work done
without the license usually required,
or not all.
A man named Bill Ray committed
suicide at Redwing by taking lauda-
NUN. He has been drinking pretty
hard of late aud it is thought that was
the cause Of his taking the laudanun.
His family are highly respectable peo-
pie of Red Wing.
A company Of homeless boys and
girls have been sent to Minnesota
from New York by the Cbildrep's Aid
Society Of that city in order that they
may find homes among farmers and
others. Mr.. Charles r. Fry, the
agent Of these children, was advertised
to be at St. Cloud On Saturday.
There was quite cloud Of locusts
in this city on Saturday Of last week.
For a short time the air was full Of
them, and where they lit on the sides
Of the houses they we're scattered At
the distaoce of about four or six inches
apart. They we're oopfned to a small
locality, and did no damage.-Hastings
Gazette,
ST. CLOUD. July l6.-Mr. John
Scheborn, = merchant at Stoney Brook
in Stearns comfy, started for St.
Cloud on the 18th, when on the prai.
rie about four miles from home he
was struck by lightning and killed,
also the two horses he was driving. A
boy that Was in the wagon at the same
time was unharmed.
Mrs. Jacob SchaefFer, wife Of the
well-kno~n hardware merchant Of
that name in Winous, Was burned
July 18th. It appears that she At
tempted to kindle . Gre hY pouring
kerosene oil upon it, when the can
exploded. Burning oil WAS scattered
all over the clothing Of the unfortunate
lady, and she was 90 fearfdlly burned
that death resulted in . few hours.
She leaves = babe about eight months
old.
As the gravel train was returning to
town ON Tuesday, the engine pushing
the train, with the caboose ahead, the
csbooee few the track, about tso miles
this side Of Hersey. The engineer
stopped the train ~ soon as possible,
but not until two Aat cars were also of
the track and the caboose standing on
end. Forty seven men were in the
c.hoose At the time, ferty.two Of whom
we're more or less injured several
quite severely -Worthingtop i'd
rtzace.
The appearance Of two cars in front
Of the St. Paul and Pacific round
house yesterday, gave rise to he re-
port that the company had decided
not to finish the Pembina branch, and
were taking away the lathes, planera
and other machinery. We hunted NJ
Mr.. Morrison, the gentleman Who bad
the business in charge, and from hin
We learned that al be had qrders ID
take was the oil, of which = large
quauty ia stored here, and some bal
and round iron which they need il
their shops st St. Paul, and which
was useless here. The machinery
tools, forges, etc., remain here read,
for USE whenever the St. Paul and Pa
cifc and the Northern Pacific ge
through with their squabbling, which
will be-nobody knows whea.-Glyn
don Gazette.