The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-25

The first lot of sugar at W. Matters.
Call and see the cyclone views at
Pond & Co.'S
just received fine assortment of fresh
candies, at w. Matters.
r. Looney is rebuilding the middle
foundation wall under Robt. Wilson's.
The new comet is now visible to the
naked eye.
The new Union depot at st. Paul had
brilliant opening this week.
Lyon county's fair will be held Septem-
ber 22d, and 23d. one week before the one
in this county.
Tis,lale Bros, lumber dealers of Man.
kato, made an assignment last week. 1t
WAS square break.
New election notices for the towns of
New Avon. Vcsta and Three Lakes will
be noticed in this number.
The dam of Encr Birum's is now COM
plctcd and the mill in running order, and
farmers are requested to bring in their
wheat.
Melons and plums are plentiful. Robt.
\. Wilson caught on to the biggest water
melon of the season. out of Il Birch Cooley
farmers wagon. n. Bile paid for it.
lii our Judgment, no better cheese is
offered in this market than that made by
Tllos. Sloan, of Sheridan. His cheese
finds ready sale in Redwood Falls.
The typographical error in the Pioneer
Press. crcditing Paxton with 140 majori
ty for the bonds, instead of forty, has
been extensively copied in other papers.
The new town of Arlington promises
to be one Of the livcliest in that part Of
the State. The NJ. l. st. l.. cars will be
running into the place about September
18th
Vennor has arranged programme for
the winter of 1872, which he says bids
fair to be open and generally mild, with
but few, and those short lived, storm Pc
Iria.ls.
The Blizzard lectures Renvillc county
farmers roundly for poor farming. 1t
tells them that their rcverscs are in gen.
cral more to be attributed to slovenly
cultivation and poor seed than to any
thing else.
Passengers on the St. Paul & Sioux
City II. II. now go direct from Kasota to
Minneapolis, the company having secured
from the Minneapolis & st. Louis COM
psny the privilege of running trains over
the latter's track from Merriam junction
to Minneapolis. The Shakopee people
are not at all pleased with this change.
Mr.. Herriott vcutured out of his sick
room Tuesday long enough to visit his
office and sign some papers there await
ing him. He is still weak, but hopefully
rcgaining strength.
Mr.. Rutcr has been seriously i'll for over
a week. with complication of disorders
His early restoration to health is hoped
for by all.
Happening to mention to s. T. Bunch
that our limited collection of books was
ying around loose for want of shelf room,
that benevolent soul straightway built for
us an elegant bookcase and secretary
which is u credit to his shop. Another
of these is under way at his place, and
commsnds itself as q very convenient and
cheap article of furniture.
The w. & St. p. railroad company are
rapidly pushing the work on an extension
west from Watertown. The road will be
finished this season to Clark Center, 80
miles west of Watertown. From CLARK
Center to Redfield, the present terminus
of thesbranch from Huron north, the dis.
tance is about thirty miles.-1Marshal
Messenger.
On Monday Postmaster Hays received
official notification from the postoffice
department at Washington that the Red
wood Office had been advanced one step,
and would hereafter rank as third class.
The postmaster in officcc of this class re.
ccives salary of 81. 100 per annum. This
promotion shows that large amount Of
business is done al oui postofice, and We
congratulate the p. NJ. on his increased
pay.
Prof. V. f. Loba's name is mentioned
in the Sleepy Eye papers as candidate
for County Superintendent of Brown
county. We were disposed to claim
Prof. Loba as resident of this place, as
he had announced his intention to contin
ne Redwood Academy another year. bu,
if Brown county cisims him for her own,
she will have Superintendent with nc
end of perseverance and vim, and an &C
complished educator withal.
As rule we don't take much stock ir
book agents or their wares, but work
which is being canvassed for in Redwood
this week is exceptional in its value as
work of historical reference. It Is cnti,
tied Footprints of Time. compiled by
Chas. Bancroft. and contains concise
history Of the progress of civiliza tioa
The relation Of the Old World to the New
.he growth of the English colonies and o.
the United States, with q wonderful ar
ray of facts and statistics relating to oul
| government. complied from the latest OF