The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-11
Till Tibbetts sold several Dakota

Till Tibbetts sold several Dakots
men lands this week.
Miss Myrtle March is assisting Reg
lister Evans in the work of his office.
E. R. Schleuder, the Lambertol
jeweler, has removed to Slayton.
Rev. Daley, of Bird Island, viii
preach at the Mason school house next
Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock.
Bishop Gilbert administered the rite
of confirmation to class of fifteen, al
the Episcopal church last Sunday
morning.
The ladies industrial society of the
Christian church will give an ice cream
social on Wednesday evening June II.
at the residence of Mrs. George
Whittet. All are cordially invited.
Ex-Treasurer Wilson was ON our
streets yesterday, pegging away with
a pair of clutches, which he hopes to
dispense with in the course of few
weeks, as soon as the doctor allows
him to use his repaired limb.
Asa Brooks came up from Sleepy
Eye last Wednesday, and left Friday
to investigate business opening in
South Dakota. If satisfactory, he will
take charge of a newspaper out there,
which he is well qualified to manage
successfully.
In June, 1888, Huntington & Warn
er sold the SW4 of section %, town of
Sheridan, to John L. Wideman, of St,
Jacobs, Ontario, at SIS per acre. Last
week they sold the same tract for Mr..
Wideman to George frost, of Sheri-
dan, at SIP per acre.
The city of Albert Lea has just had
judgment rendered against it for
$4,000, on account of defective side
walk. One of these days our village
may be called upon to pay a similar
penalty. Our sidewalks are wearing
out in many places, and these ought
to be condemned and replaced.
The game of ball between the fat
and lean clubs of this town, last Thurs
day, was pretty interesting the first
half, but the superiority of the battery
of the leans-Auditor Anderson and
Cashier Baldwin-turned the tables
against the big wasted fellows. Aside
from their batteries, however, the clubs
were pretty evenly matched.
Mr.. Geo. Keene, of Mankato, was in
town yesterday and engaged E. Steg-
ner to make some repairs to the Keene
photograph gallery, preparatory to
putting If shape for active operations
Mr.. Keene proposes to put man in
charge of the gallery to take sittings
and have the work of finishing and
mounting done at his Mankato estab-
lishment.
The following from the Renville
Star, is little rough on the Alliance
county lecturer of our neighboring
county:
H. V. Poor is probably the poorest
stick of farmer in Renville county,
but still he will go about telling the
people how be makes farming a sue
cess. Every alliance man knows that
he is fraud and still they will elect
him county lecturer in spite of the
fact.
Rev. w. E. Bates, now of Winnie
bago City, passed through Redwood
Falls last Thursday on his return home
from the Borg Cahoon wedding, at
which he ofhciated. Mr.. Bates report
ed that the wedding was very pleas
ant affair, and intinated that not only
the newly welded couple, but the Of
floating clergyman was handsomely
remembered, in the way of fee.
A Bird Island telegram of last Mon
day is to the effect that Charlie Coles
and Ed. Berg, of that place, are be-
lieved to have been drowned in Kan
diyohi lake the previous Saturday,
They were seen out in frail boat Sat
urday morning. In the afternoon the
boat was found, bottom up, and the
boys cannot be found. Numerous
parties went out from Bird Island Sun
day night to drag the lake, which is
sixteen miles from there.
Free Press: Few people can form
a definite idea of what is involved in
the expression IAN inch of rain" 1t
may aid such to follow this curious
calculation: An acre is equal to G, 282,
$40 square inches; an inch deep of
water on this area will be as many
cubic inches of water, which at 217 to
the gallon, is 1900 gallons. This
immense quantity of water will weigh
10000 pounds or 100 tons. One
hundreth of an inch (O.01) alone is
equal to one ton of water to the acre.
Referring to the defeat of the Gold
en- Gate club at this place on the 3Oth,
the Sleepy Eye Dispatch says:
The game was pitchers battle and
as it was the first of the season for our
boys it is not surprising at the result.
With more practice we expect to see
the Golden Gates lay the Redwoods
out without much difficulty. The fea-
lures of the game was long fly catch
by Montgomery of the G. G.'s, one by
Rollins of R. F. Double play by G.G.
from Pullen to Brown. The return
game of the series will be played eth
er here or at Morgan on June 20. The
dead game sports here are of the opin-
ion that the second game will be cap
tured by Golden Gate. About, TWEEN
ty-fve people from this place saw the