The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-12-08
STATE ITEMS.

at Red Wing broke out the other night.
The Minneapolis Tribune sold abou,
Il, 600 copies of its extra edition OF Sun.
day. giving an early account Of the fire.
The recsipts on the opening Of the
Rochester skating rink were between six
ty and seventy dollars.
The Board Of Health in East Granite
Falls ordered all business suspended dur
ing the smallpox epidemic.
Enough cranberries were gathered from
several claims in Otter Tail county, to
more than pay for the land.
A. P. Nordin. of Willnlar, has been ap
pointed United States revenue collector
for the Second district.
The Winona Milling company has in
troduced the Edison electric light in their
mills.
An old gentleman name John Plum
mer. was killed at Faribsalt r.cently, be-
ing knocked down by q asam while Ct oss
ing the street
w. E. Canedy raised eight thousand
bushels Of potatoes on his Albert Lea
farm this year, and sold onc-half Of the
crop at sixty-five cents per bushel, on
track.
A young girl named Smaut, in Boon
Lake. Renville county. set her clothes on
fire in working about a hay stove. and
ran out doors nearly = mile before she
could be stopped. She died next day.
David Good, of Houston county. al
leges that he was attacked by panther,
which he drove off with his fist and q
stone. and escaped by the fleetness Of his
horse. IS gg.s
The house of Mrs. Edward Charles, fvs
miles south Of Owatonna, was destroyed
by nrs last week with all its contents.
The insurance had expired two weeks
previous. Loss $4,000.
On the night of November 30, the post.
Office in Pennington, Dakota county, was
burglarized, the safe blown open and
from 500 to $500 in money taken. Sew
eral hundred dollars worth of 0stamps
were overlooked by the burglars. No
clue.
A proposition is on foot to build ne "
large Touring mill on the splendid wat er
power at Oronoco, Olmsted county, and
1t il the intention of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad company to con-
struct spur track from their line down
into the village.
Last Saturday Moses George, of Dodge
Center. collected $3.50 and put i. unde,
his pillow when he retired. During the
night thief got the money, but was
discovered. dropped most of the money
near the house, and fed with $3.50 Of tho
amount.
A young nan named William Kenyon,
only five days employed on the Minnsap
oils & st. Louis road, fell from . train .,
Watsrville, on Friday, and sustained in
iuries which caused ntaneous death
The upper portion of tho skull was
crushed in. ...
Canby News: Wednesdays west bound
freight train met with broken rail be-
tween Marshall and Amiret, by which
eight cars of coal and six others were
badly wrecked. A lady riding in the Gu
boose was somewhat injured, though no,
badly. The wreck caused a delay in the
passenger train Of three hours.
Mankato Free Press: Mrs. Andrew
4ansen committed suicide by hanging
herself at her own home in the town OF
Mcpherson. last Saturday. Coroner Dur
kes was summoned from this city, and
went out to the scene last Monday te
hold an inquest. The majority of tn,
testimony elected tended toward show
ing that Hansen was an abusive and ty
ranical husband, forever scolding hi
wife because she did not work hare
enough.
Bird Island Post: The Big Stone CITY
folks appear to have enacted sharp prac
tice in having two members Of the county
canvassing board, who were friendly L
Millbank, arrested upon some trumpet
up charge just IS they were about to can
vass the votes cast at the late election
The rump board then canvassed the Vote
at will and declared the failure of remoya
Of county seat by "a votes, and countet
in county officials favorable to Big Ston,
City. The entire proceeding looks lik'
an outrage to an outsider, and will prob
ably breed chickens for Big Stone CITY
that viii come home to roost some da,
not far distant.
D0n,f foil To road Mr Cl,olla..a oox,o,,,,,