The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-26
STATE ITEMS.

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STATE ITEMS.
The Mcleod county fair is to be held
at Hutchinson Sept. 18th, 18th and 18th.
The new st. Paul board Of trade was
formally opened for business on Wednes-
day last.
In Olmsted county, last week, several
wheat stacks were struck by lightning
and burned.
Peter Butler, of Cannon Falls. aged
eighty years, shocked eleven acres Of
grain in one day recently.
THE Touring mill of White, Kenyon &
Co., of Medford. Rice county. was totally
destroyed by fire on the night of the 18th
inst.
At Faribault, on Monday last, Barney
Wickers accidentally shot himself while
out hunting, and died soon after he was
taken home.
A State teachers institute for the coun-
ties of Chippewa and Yellow Medicine is
to be held at Granite Falls, commencing
on the 18th of September.
Amos Cushman, the farmer whose dis
appearance from his home in Chippewa
county we noticed last week, turned up
at Renville the other day.
The Red Wing Argus states that Mr..
Charles Haines. q farmer "a years Of age.
living in Wacoota, was gored to death. on
the 18th inst, by an enraged bull.
At st. Paul, on Friday last, Henry A.
Lawton, gravel-train conductor, in the
employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad, fell between the cars of his
train, and was instantly killed.
The Wells Advocate says, after quoting
experiments, that the farmer who has in
100 acres of wheat, oats or barley can
save enough in wages by using q cord
binder three years to pay for it.
Granite Falls Journal: Last Tuesday,
Mr.. A. B. REGISTER killed, in the point of
timber just below town. the first coon
evee seen in this section, and it was q
large one, weighing twenty pounds, and
poor at that.
One of the attractions of the State fair
at Rochester will be the display of fire.
works on three evenings of the fair week.
Col. Knauff, of St. Paul, manages the
exhibition, and proposes to make it the
finest ever seen in the State.
The annual meeting of the Farmers
Board. of Trade, of Minnesota, will be
held at the State Capitol at St. Paul, on
Tuesday, September 7th. at 10 o'clock
Am. J. NJ. Bowler, of Bird Island, is the
member for this judicial district.
The lawyers of the Twelfth Judicial
district met in convention at Willmar, on
the 18th inst, and organized bar asso
citation. s. A. Plumley, of Litchfeld,
was chosen president of the association,
and John w. Arctander, of Willmar, Sec
retary.
At Grand Meadow. Mower county, on
Sunday morning last, Chas. Ruble was
killed by falling from wagon, the wheels
passing over his body. He was one of
party who had been to the village on a
carousal, and after going home concluded
to return to town. When near the vii
lage Ruble fell under the wagon. and
died twenty minutes afterward.
The plans have been drawn for the Ia
dies hall of Carleton College. Northfeld.
The building is to be constructed OF
pressed brick, with cut stone trimmings,
and is to cost $4,000. 1t will be three
stories, with basement. Work upon il
will commence at once. The new Willis
hall will be ready for occupancy by the
commencement of the fall term of school
Mankato Free Press: Senator Window
is at Wagon Wheel Gap Springs. iu Colo
RADIO, for his health. He had q very mar
row escape recently. While ascending 8
mountain in very rough and dangerous
place. his horse fell and slid down on the
stones; the Senator by an effort extricatei
his leg just in time, or it would have
been crushed by the sharp rocks. Ths
horse was badly torn and lacerated.
On the night of the 10th INST, at hi.
home near Chengwatana dam, Gus Hutch
inson, a well-known lumberman, and .
former sheriff of Pine county, was delib
erately shot and instantly killed by hi
half-breed son Herbert, aged eighteer
years. Hutchinson was highly esteemed
by all who knew him, being an honest
energetic, kind hearted man. Som,
twenty years ago, before attaining hi
majority, he formed an unfortunate ALI
ance with Chippewa Indian maiden. ant
has since lived with her at or near tn
scene of his tragic death.
VIM. H. Richardson, of Winona, a clerl
in the Office of the machine shops of tn,
Winona & St. Peter road at that place
committed suicide at St. Peter last week
It appears that he met q Winona acquain
tance in St. Paul on Wednesday last ant
went with him to the Merchants, wher,
he took morphine, but he took too mucl
and he vomited it. The acquaintance
saw him ON board the train on Thursda,
evening, starting for Winona via Owa
tonna, but he went to Sleepy Eye ant
thence to st. Peter, where he took tn
dose of morphine and was found dead il
his bed at the hotel.
At Willmar. on Sunday last, Tollif II
Ottas. sixty years of age, committed sui
eide by hanging himself In his bedroom
The old mans wife, who generally occu