The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-03
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OF LOCAL. INTEREST.

good by those who went out TUESDAY
Jas. Allen has commenced work on
an addition to his dwelling on Mill
street.
Crab apples are now selling at the
stores at $40 per bushel, and plums
at one dollar.
A slight change in the running time
on the NJ. & St. L. went into effect the
past week. See time card.
Yesterday Judge Baldwin united in
marriage Samuel A. Whealey and
Clara A. Mulick, both of Sheridan.
Fifteen young lady friends of the
Misses VIM were at tea party at
Pleasant Grove farm last Thursday.
Regular quarterly meeting services
will be held at the NJ. E. church next
Sunday, Presiding Elder G. r. Hair
in charge.
Petersen Bros. have been dispens-
ing oysters the past two weeks, and to
meet the old rule about ct" months,
they spelled it ''Orgust."
Rev. John Sinclair, who preached
notable sermon here during the recent
session of the Presbytery, will conduct
services at the Presbyterian church
again next Sunday.
Sheriff Mead has been serving pa
pers on account o: trouble between j.
w. HARDWOOD and one of his children,
which will probably be aired at the
next term of the municipal court.
Owing to Rev. Harrison's absence
there will be no service at the Christ
ian church, morning or evening ex-
cepting Sunday school and Christian
Endeavor meeting at the usual hours.
"The County Fair was the leading
attraction at the St. Paul Opera house
last week Redwood county people
should wait until the 23d inst. for the
only genuine county fair, and take no
other.
Postmaster Mckay will 60 ahead
with the erection of his residence, on
the corner north of D. Bissell's, this
month, and have it made ready for
his family as soon as possible.
The Gazette acknowledges the re-
ceipt of a complimentary ticket of ad-
mission to the Tracy fair next week
which the editor would be pleased to
use were not other demands upon his
time more exacting.
Jas. Marsek bought Mrs. Chollar's
land in Sheridan, 149 acres at $1,000,
and Norman Harris bought 100 acres
in the town of Redwood Falls for the
same money through J. B. Robinson's
4 Co.'s agency the past week.
Local horsemen should not be back
ward about entering their colts for the
trotting races for youngsters at the
county fair. New stars are coming in
to view on the trotting turf every year,
and they were all unknown green colts
once.
The watch advertised as lost by H.
Jackson a couple of weeks ago, has
been found. It was the property of
one of Mr.. Jackson's sons, and was
found by a brother of the owner in
good condition, within a foot or so of
the wagon track of the Marshall road.
NJ. G. Foley, the Redwood Falls
brick maker, has been arranging to
put in yard at Granite Falls, accord
ing to the Tribune. Mr.. Foley has
found ready market for all the brick
he could manufacture here, and we
presume his Granite Falls venture is
made to enlarge the territory of his
operations.
At this season Of the year little ad
vice in regard to the use of firearms
may be timely. In hunting, always
keep your gun loaded, and if you pull
it out of a wagon keep it with the muz-
zle toward you. If in doubt about
whether your gun is loaded, it is bet
ter to blow down the barrels than to
playfully point them at your friends.
These rules properly observed make
lots of business every year for the COR
oner, the undertaken and the newspa-
per crowd, and materially aid the IDOL
killer.
Our creamery closed for the sesson
last Saturday. The dry weather and
poor pssturage has been against the
cream gstherers, but probably the
prime reason is that given BY Mr..
Darling, of the creamery, when hs Oh
served that the average farmer who is
disposing of a crop of Is or 80 bushels
per acre of wheat, has no time to mon
key with COWS or milk. If our big crop
turns the heads of farmers so that they
have no time for anything but wheat,
they will be paying big price for this
year or plenty in the seasons to follow.
Carl Pratt, clerk at Ackmann's, me
with an unlucky accident last Sunday
evening. While driving his 'horss,t to
the stable after ride, the animal in q
frisky and playful way struck out with
his heels. Young Pratt was off his
guard and unfortunately at close quar-
ters, 80 that he received kick square
in the face which knocked him down
and broke one of the bones of his nose.
The result might have been worse, it
is true, but Carl knows when he has