The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-16
STATE ITEMS.

The Minnesota strawberry crop promis.
es to be very large the present season.
A Temple Of Honor was successfully
organized in Marshall last week.
Mr.. Cole, Of the Barsboo railroad cat.
ing house, is to DC the manager of the
new eating house at Tracy.
A man named John Lewis was drowned
in Nininger slough, near Hastings. while
bathing one day last week.
Lawyer Andrews. late of Marshall, has
removed to Tyler, Lincoln county. where
he has formed professional partnership
with W. E. Dean.
The railroad elevator at Faribault was
destroyed by fire on the 18th inst. 1t had
capacity. of 100000 bushels, and 1000
bushels were consumed.
Springfield will celebrate the coming
fourth. aud will have the New Clm band
in attendance. No celebration is an
nounccd at New Ulm.
Mr. and Mrs. Chaffcc. Of Lura. Blue
Earth county. were killed by the blowing
down of their house during Saturdays
storm.
Two boys. aged 8 and 10 years. caught
y musquelongc that measured feet
inches in length. and weighed 50 pounds.
in Moose Lake recently.
Numerous instances of serious damage
to horses, many of them of much value.
by running against barbed wire fences.
are being constantly reported.
According to the Lake Benton News,
Kutchin. of the Tracy Gazette, will move
his print shop to Dakota, for the reason
that Tracy don't furnish him living.
The Litchfield News Ledger says. some
five years ago lot of salmon were put
into sLake Richardson. and few days
ago one was caught which weighed some
fourteen pounds.
The Madison line of the Northwestern
road will be opened next September or
October. when through cars will he run
between Chicago and St. Paul. via Mil.
waukee and Madison.
Chas. Williams, a brakeman on Tom
Hughes train running between Sleepy
Eye and Wascca. was seriously. if not
fatally injured while coupling cars at
WaScca on Wednesday.
Two high born Britishers were inspect
ing lands in the vicinity Of Marshall last
week. The News says that one of them
with the baptis,nal name of Jones. affixcs
the initials NJ. G. c. F. r. G. S. to his sig
nature when he isn't pressed for time.
The total acreage for Olmstcad county
for 1881 was $4,000. The estimated acre
age of 1881 is less than 1900. The are;
sown to wheat this year is only 7O.OOt
acres Just half that of the preceding
year. though corn shows an increase OF
4.0OO and oats 12,0GO acres over las,
year.
A ferocous storm of wind aud rain
swept over Northlisld Saturday night.
The stceplc OF the new Congregat :ona
church. il9 feet high. was blown down,
the wind mill at the railroad water tank
was destroyed. and the streets were in
many places rendered impossible by fall
en- trees.
Chaska Herald We understand that
Mr.. Peter Flusemann, of Benton. ha.
been hired by Messrs. Missler and Brink
haus. to bore for coal on the hills back
of town on land owned by themselves
1t is claimed that some twenty years age
over a wagon load of coal was taken on,
Of these hills.
A peculiar catastrophe, resulting in the
death of Il Catholic priest named Daniel
+. Hays and his brother, a young man
occurred at Corcoran, near Anoka. on tho
night of the Sth inst The room in which
the brothers slept was filed with suffo
eating gas, generated by common kcro
sene lamp which they had left burning
aud both were found dead next morning
A company is being organized by Mr.
Clark, for the purpose of prosecuting the
coal prospecting business at Freedom.
Over $1,000 in stock has already been
taken by various parties. The depth Of
$50 feet has now been reached, and un-
mistakable evidences of the existence of
either coal or some kind of minerals have
been found.