The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-10-09
Walnut Station Items.
tFrom our Correspondent.)

OF Green Coz WIS. came to this town
on business, after which he went to
the saloon and was there drinking
until near p. M. He then started
for home. About 81 miles from
town he drove his team on the rail-
road track, and had ascended high
grade, when an eastern bound En-
gine, with only coal car attached,
came laundering along at such .
speed that the unfortunate man was
not tperceeivd by the engineer until to
late to reverse the speed, and he,
probably in no condition to know
what he was about or the danger he
was in, made no effort to escape, and
in an instant lay a bruised and bleed
ing mass under the wheels of the
engine. One Of the horses received
the same fate and the other was
thrown from the track and lamed.
The engine was run down to this
station for help, and Mr.. Leo, the
section boss, with his gang of hands
besides number Others, went to the
scene which was too sickening to de-
scribe. They gathered up, the re-
mains and brought them to the de-
pot, where they were kept until Sun
day morning, and word was sent to
his friends at Tracy. Mr.. Ellison
was man about 60 years old and
was widower. His family are all
grown up. A single daughter kept
house for him. He has number of
married daughters living near Tracy.
What must be the feelings of his
friends to have him brought home
to them in that condition after such
a short absence, and does this sad
accident bring any feelings of re-
morse to the men who dealt out to
him the fiery liquids that robbed him
of his senses. The saloon keepers
say he only had two drinks. Well,
so much the worse. We have seen
men who claimed they only drank
two glasses, laid out like dead men,
and had it not been for the humani-
ty of the citizens, they never would
have recovered from the drunken
stupor in which they lay in the grass,
under the scorching sun.
The saloon where the deceased
had been previous to his death has
proved a curse and a black spot in
our midst. There have scenes trans
pircd there too evil to speak Of.
Characters, have been harbored
there, who dared not be seen on our
streets in day time, but would lurk
around stacks and lumber yards un-
til hid in darkness and then crawl,
back to this den of infamy. 1t is
high time the citizens would rise, en-
masse, and rid our town of this
nuisance. How is it with our citi-
zens who must have saloon to build
up the town and cast their votes in
favor of it, yes in favor of death and
destruction being dealt out to the
people, for this is what every glass
Must our town be built
up at such terrible expense. How
does our temperance organization
feel? Have we discharged our duty.
We have pledged ourselves to use
our best efforts to put down this traf-
fic and how have we kept our
pledges. Night after night, we list
en- to the drunken revelry going on,
and what have we done to stop it..
Are our skirts clean from this mans
blood? Q yes, / know, we meet So
times year, we give our dramatic
entertainments and pay our lodge
dues and will not countenance man
that does not belong to our order, no
matter how temperate his habits or
how good his morals, and what has
it all amounted to. If we cannot
see better results from so much time
and money, let us give it for some
better purpose, and let our united
prayers arise to the throne of God
that ere the winters storms are upon
us, he may rid us from this nuisance,
else this sad affair may only be the
beginning of a series OF such results,
and how can we ask Gods blessing
on our town as long as we let such a
curse remain in it.
Fires are again devastating this
part of the country, and it is astonish-
ing the amount of property that has
been burned up during the past week.
Among the many sufferers is Mr.. J..
Ensign who owns farm 6 miles
from here, in the town Of Springdale,
where he has been living since har-
vesting commenced. Last Sabbath
while they were at church, and dur
ing terrible high wind, the Gates
Bros. set fire intending to burn
around their stacks. They could not
control the fey element they had
kindled and it is now sweeping over
the prairics, bringing terror and des-
olation to many families. Mr.. En-
signs house, stable, hay and grain,
in fact every thing he had, except
his stock, was burned. They nave a
house In town, but their effects all
being in the house that was burned
they are left in very bad circum-
stances. They have the sympathy of
all their friends in town and I have
no doubt the people will try to do
what they can for them. Mr.. Ben
Swanson and brother lost all their
hay. We have not yet learned the
names of all the sufferers.
Last week, Mr.. John Leo's stable
caught fire from the engine as the
train was passing, and it was not dis
covered until toe late to be extin-
guished. 1t required the united ef-
forts of a crowd Of men that collec-
ted to keep the fire from spreading.
Mr.. Seaver lost his hay, stables
mower and reaper, from fire. Mr..
James Wiggins has his grain burn.
ed last week.
II "a efofo1 for tho ;nfo.c,o<: