The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

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The death of S. Rollins, town clerk
of Springdale, occurred last Thursday,
from consumption.
Dan McMasters says the creamery
ice house is filled with good quality
of ice, nearly Is inches thick.
Textbook agent Winter has received
the new series of Niles Histories, which
he will sell or exchange for histories
now in use in our schools.
Kimban Graphic: An agricultural
exchange says to treat hogs the best
you know how" This advice may be
all right, but when a fellow moves
away owing four years subscription
you wouldn't feel like using him we'll.
Photographer Anderson took num-
Der of street views hers last Tuesday,
in order that our citizens might send
to their friends abroad ocular proof
that our streets were bare of snow and
even dusty, while men were standing
at open doors and occasionally in their
shirt sleeves, on the 9th of January
midwinter.
Judge Truesdell was in unusual good
humor yesterday, on account of a bill
introduced by Congressman Lind, al
lowing him the time served on home
stead claim some years ago, which he
forfeited on account of sickness. IN
der the terms of the bill above referred
to the Judge would have less than
year to serve in order to prove up on
any claim which he may choose to
make under the homestead law.
A traveller recently from Dakota in
formed us last week that the esprit
levels" described in these columns
few weeks ago are having an immense
sale in the Dakotas. Not only hard
ware dealers, but druggists and candy
dealers sell this long folt want to the
thirsty prohibitionists. Theso'mechan-
ical' contrivances contain an ordinary
whisky glass full of spirits, and sell
for twenty-five cents.
Elsewhere appears an announce
ment of the sale of Ackmann & Co.'S
store and stock to Geo. Lcchner, who
was associated with Mr.. Ackmann up
to the time of the dissolution of the
firm of Lechner & Ackmann, last fall.
MIR. Lechner proposes to keeps things
moving right along at the old stand.
We have not been advised of Mr.. Ack-
mann's future plans, but wish him
good luck in them.
Messrs. Eykin Brothers and NJ. c.
Hamer, who are getting quite a repu-
tation for their stock operations on adj
joining farms, near the southern line
of this county, were at the county seat
last Saturday. Mr.. Hamer is making
a speciality of Shire and other English
breeds of horses, and the Eykin broth
ers are giving considerable attention
to sheep raising. We hope to meet
these gentlemen at our county fair
next fall.
In answer to a joking query when
he would begin seeding the other day,
a Delhi farmer responded that he
thought it would be safe to begin at
any time, and had a notion to try it.
A year or two ago Andrew Stewart
used his drill to tear up piece of
blowing late in the fall, and out of CT,
riosity left the grain that had remained
in his drill since the previous spring
to be drilled in as far as it would go.
In the spring following this grain came
up as uniformly as his spring seeding.
So long as there is little moisture in
the ground, our informant thought
that grain would take little or no harm
if allowed to lie in the earth all winter.
Hcre's pretty state of things in
our neighboring county, as told by the
Fulda Republican: Murray county
now has seven commissioners, at least
that many who claim that honor. Chas.
F. Norwood, of Skandia, and Ole Open,
of Lime Lake, were duly elected Nov.
9TH and afterwards qualified to fill the
vacancies caused by the expiration of
the terms of Holden and Paulsen in
districts Nos. 2 and 4. About the 18th
of December the Board was called to-
gether and they redistricted the coun-
ty, gerrymandering in very peculiar
way which left the newly elected mem
bers living in districts Nos. l and 3 in
stead of 2 and 4, and when they came
to take their seats at the January
meeting the administration refused to
recognize them as commissioners but
called in and did business with the
two ex-commissioners. Last week the
chairmen of the boards of the several
towns of the new districts, 2 and 4
were called together-at Slayton-and
they chose Holden and Paulsen to
succeed themselves. Now the question
is, who are the commissioners of this
county,
Sale of Valuable Horse,
VIM. Pratt has sold to Jacob Geiser,
of Echo, the thoroughbred Clydesdalo
horse, Sir Charles Russell, bred by