The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-17
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the sales at Everett & Co.'S.
How do you like our new court
house, now that the roof is assuming
it's proper proportions' 1t bin dandy
dond it?
G. w. Mead finished threshing on
his patch west of town. We did not
learn results, except that the sheriff
captured the whole crop.
Yesterdays Minneapolis Tribune
has a statement that Dick Simmons
formerly of this place, had been jailed
at Willmar for larceny.
One of our exchanges quotes an in
telligent farmer as predicting that
wheat prices are going to drop and
stay dropped until next spring.
That new building on B. A. Ferris
lots on Washington street is for coal
house. Mr.. Ferris is giving his entire
attention to the coal business now.
VIM. Pratt refused $500 cash for
his farm in Sheridan few days ago.
Mr.. Pratt has seen the injunction,
Hold your wheat" and goes it one
better by making it Hold your wheat
field.
Howard Clifton adds his testimony
as threshing machine operator to the
high average of all the grain he has
threshed. Geo. Pryor's grain averaged
nearly thirty bushels per acre for the
crop, and on very few farms SO far has
the yield fallen below Is bushels.
Springfield Advance: The Office of
the Winona & St. Peter Land Co. at
Springfield will be discontinued after
this week. The lands of the Company
near here are practically all sold, and
the business will be conducted at the
Lamberton Office.
A day or two after the last Gazette
was published DR.. Leftingwen was
complaining that he was being both
cred by inquiries after his residence
which he advertised for sale, and on
Monday he closed sale with Mrs.
Henzie for the property, at $3.50.
That terrible Dakota fire reported a
few weeks ago now SINNERS down to
the destruction of few claim shanties
and seven haystacks. According to
competent authority, not a life was
lost nor a bushel of grain destroyed.
There is nothing small about the Da-
kota liar.
Work has been begun on the school
house, the contract having been let to
VIM. Lettau, the court house contrac
tor, at 1851 last week. With this
large building and the court house
under contract, besides numerous
smaller buildings, Redwood Falls pre-
sents the appearance of pretty healthy
20 ing city.
Elder Harrison breaches his fare
we'll sermon at the Christian Church
next Sunday. We are informed that
his health has become somewhat i'm
paired, and that he intends to try a
change of climate. He will take with
him tho best wishes of a large circle
of friends both in his congregation
and out of it.
J. R. Lankcrd came in from his
farms yesterday after having threshold
$500 bushels of wheat, 1,4O0 of oats
and 72O of barley, and cleaning up the
most of crop OF $50 bushels of flax.
His best yield was So bushels per acre
of barley, though one field of wheat
turned out 80 bushels per acre and his
cats from 40 to 60.
The Tyler journal refers to recent
visit of Sheriff Mead to that place for
the purpose of identifying the girl
Lizzie Fiester and collecting the
charge incurred in her maintenance
by Redwood county, amounting to ov-
or $500. The Journal intimates that
the claim is probably valid one that
will have to be allowed by Lincoln
county.
H. Jackson, on the Chollar farm,
has gathered in yield of about 20
bushels of wheat per acre for the en-
tire crop, and on a choice five acre
piece realized forty-four bushels.
Redwood county wheat will hardly ay-
erage forty bushels per acre through
the county, but it has been demon
strated in at least a half-dozen cases
that such yield is possible.
One hundred or moro Redwood peo-
pc went to the cities from North Red
wood last week. Had the farmers been
less busy, the number would have been
much larger. The wisdom of late
date for our county fair is seen in the
difficulty farmers have in getting away
from their work early in September
and even next week many will stay
away to finish their fall work.
The brief telegram of last week, an
nouncing that the date of VIM. Roses
execution had been fixed for Octobe,
10th, received confirmation in the daily
papers of the following day. Occasion.
al expressions of sympathy for Roses
fate are heard, especially in view of the
moderation of Holden's sentence, but
as rule the action of Gov. Merriam
is commended in this community.
How the interest in racing at fairs
sometimes works to the benefit of the
farmers, is shown by the Mankat<
Free Press in its comments upon thu
recent fair at Rochester, which it say.