The Grange advance., 1874-08-26
Red Wing and Vicinity

Mr.. John Freeman is fitting up q resi-.
dence on Pine street.
Mrs. T. NJ. Lowater is very ill. and
little hopes are entertained of her recovery
Mr.. Lawrence is nicely fitted up in hi.
new quarters at Everson's old millinery
stand.
John Peterson, Of the firm of Nelson &
Peterson, who has been very low with fe.
yer, is recovering.
The "Hub'' boot and shoe store has
revolved around to Nelson & Peterson's old
stand on Bush street.
DIR. A. B. Hawley has commenced e.
cavations for bis family residence on the
corner of Fourth and Pine streets. He
proposes to build of stone and the founda-
tion only will be laid this fall.
Wheat ats cents per bushel and Is
bushels to the acre has decided tendency
toward making everybody blue. But then
it is long lane that has no turn, and even
this is better than being entirely devoured
by the grasshoppers.
Mr.. Benjamin Taylor of Featherstone,
finished threshing on Saturday the 14th
inst. He threshed 1,427 bushels from 20
acres Of wheat, making nearly twenty and
one-half bushels to the acre. Fifteen
acres of this was first crop and went q
little over rs bushels to the acre.
There is considerable sickness in the
city. Melons seem to be unusually un-
healthy, the eating of them being very
often followed by an immediate call for q
doctor. 1t stands every one in hand to be
careful of their diet and to lay in good
supply Of pure air at their dwellings,. I'm
pure sinks, cutters and cellars are fruitful
sources Of disease.
The greatest length Of grading ever
done on any streets in the city in one sea-
son has been done this year on South Park
street and East Avenue. The first named
street has been graded from 9th street to
the Zumbrota road distance of over 2300
feet, and the latter from Ninth street to the
Cemetery gate, nearly on equal distance.
These two streets are very much improved
and have become two of the most beautiful
streets of the city.
Mr.. Luzerne G. Leavitt, one Of the old
residents Of this county, now living about
100 miles from Lincoln, in Nebraska, is in
these parts once more. He says that the
grasshoppers paid him visit of one-half
day and made a complete harvest Of his
oats, corn and vegetables. His wheat was
luckily too far along to be injured. Being
relieved of any further trouble with regard
to his own crops, he has come to Minnesota
to help through threshing.
On returning home from church, Sun
day, the 10th inst, Brother David Taylor
and family met with a rather serious acci-
dent. The horses took fright at something
by the road side and made sudden jump,
which resulted in throwing the hind seat
off the wagon together with two daughters
who we're sitting upon it,. They then took
another lurch and threw out Mr.. Taylor
and his wife. The team ran some distance,
got into field, where the tongue dropped
from the neck yoke. The whif1e trees
were soon broken and the horses freed from
the wagon. One of the daughters and Mrs.
Taylor were rather badly injured, but not
permanently.
We had the pleasure of driving one day
last week with Rip Van Winkle and son,
Gen. Israel Garrard Of Frontenac, and q
Mr.. Ludlow of Cincinnati. Mr.. Jefferson, so
widely known as an actor in his favorite
character of Rip Van Wrinkle is, like almost
all men Of talent and culture, whatever
their calling. in every way gentleman,
pleasant and companionable. He is about
fifty years of age, neat in his personal ap-
pearance, and we should judge temperate
in all his habits. He realizes probably the
largest amount annually from his profess
sion Of any man living. Last year he re-
ceived for his professional services over
$500, 900, being paid thousand dollars
night in the cities of New York and Chicago
The company named are out on a fishing
excursion, and we, having crossed their
path, were glad Of an invitation to share Of
the fruits, (or chic&ens> Of their hunt, and
pass q pleasant hour.
While in the country the other day we
had the pleasure of examining the new
harvester invented by Mr.. Dewey, Of Hay
Creek. Mr.. Dewey has built q complete,
making all the models for casting, and do