The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-14

sidewalk.
Mrs. Curt Aldrich and Mrs. Will A.
French started yesterday for a visit
with friends and relatives in South.
eastern Minnesota.
The w. G. T. U. will meet in the
parlor of the Presbyterian church next
Saturday, Aug. 10th, at 4 O'Clock p m
All ladies are cordially invited.
F.W. Philbrick is fitting up his new
store for a clothing and gents fur
nishing department.. The double
stores will be connected with an arch
Fred Heimerdinger, formerly of
this place, is building large residence
near the Golden Gate mill which he
recently purchased from his brother
Henry.
Lake Crystal is to have base ball
tournament beginning Sept. 1st. Am
ateur clubs will compete for the cham
pionship of Minnesota and $3.50 i'll
cash prizes.
A mason on the Francois building
lost his balance while helping to place
stone Monday afternoon, and fell in
to the basement below. He received
Commissions about the head, but not of
q 1aDCarOI1S nature
Boys, hold on a few days yet, the
chickens are only Sin the milk" SO to
speak-Lincoln County Journal.
To which the Candy News man re-
torts, Eyes, but ere long they will be
in the soup, SO to speak"
l.. NJ. Street, cashier of the Bank of
Springfield, was in town on business
last Friday. He reported Springfield
still growing, md that the bank with
which he is connected would soon move
into anew building.
John P. Lankerd, of Du Boise, Pa,
has been visiting his nephew, J. R.
Lankerd, the past week. He was very
favorably impressed with this country
and especially by our method of rails
ing and harvesting wheat.
Markets yesterday-Wheat, No. l
hard, 80 cents; No. l Northern, 80
cents; No. 2, 50 cents; No. 3, rs cents.
Old oats, 80 cents; potatoes, 40 cents;
butter, 9 to ~ cents; eggs, 10 cents;
onions, 81 .25 per bushel; beans, hand
picked, $50; tomatoes, $1OO.
A Harvest Thanksgiving service
will be held in the Episcopal church
on Wednesday, Aug. Goth, at 8 p. m.
The sermon will be preached by the
Rev. Jas. B. Halsey, of Granite Falls.
The church will be appropriately dec
Grated and a cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all.
The fire company beat the record in
answering the false alarm Monday
night. Every member responded
within few minutes, and all but one,
who had a long distance to cover,
were on duty almost instantly after
the bell sounded. With everything
dry as at present, prompt work would
be necessary in case of fire.
President Tyson this week circulat-
ed paper for funds to improve Our
fair grounds and help along the COM
ing fair, with excellent success. About
$500 was pledged. Our county fair
will come out all right, as long as peo-
pie here show such a disposition to
sustain it. Now let exhibitors do their
part as manfully.
The Rock valley picnickers arrived
home last Saturday, sun-tanned and
quite enthusiastic over the beauties Of
their camp as watering place. They
captured plenty of fish, and were fur
nished with milk and garden stuff by
a generous family on a farm in the vi
entity. Photographer Andersen went
to the camp and secured number OF
views before the party came home.
Chief Engineer Blunt, of the North
western road, thinks the only salvation
of the wheat raising farmer in Dakota
is heavy SHOWS in the winter, similar
to the winter of 1881, as the hot winds
of summer SO parch the ground that
the moisture is entirely taken out, I'm.
less fortified by the heavy SHOWS OF
winter or abundant rains in summer
the latter of which are not to be de-
pended upon.
Talk about hay countries and hay.
makers, and tell your best story anC
then note the fact that three men, H
A. Foster, Dave East and Henry Sock
cut and stacked thirty tons of wild
hay in one day this week. The hay
was cut on the Dooley farm.-Tracy
Trumpet.
The above is published to show how
cheaply hay can be procured in this
part of Minnesota, under circumstanc
es not at all extraordinary. By the
way, good judges say that cattle are
bound to increase in market value, anc
when it costs so little to subsist them
we would advise farmers not to give
their stock away to the dealers.
Granite Falls Journal: The ALI
ance has a very strong following il
Yellow Medicine County, and in eacl
town along the line of the St. Loui.
railroad there is an Alliance, and on,
thing its members seem to be pledged
to is to down the railroads for charg
ing them exhorbitant rates for hauGns
their grain to market. Now it is
well known fact that the M. & St. L