The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-09-22
Sept. %.
By order Committee.

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Capt. Huntington was in St. Paul
Tuesday, returning yesterday.
Aid. Burmeister received orders for
a carload of -four from Pittsburgh.
Till Tibbetts' 24O acres of wheat av-
eraged him just 16 bushels per acre.
There will be confirmation in the
German Evangelical Lutheran church,
Sheridan township, next Sunday.
The trotting horses Capitola. Rip
Rap, Leo and 3 others equally as ia
nous arrived yesterday and will trot
to-day.
It rained hard, hailed some, yester-
day afternoon and last night, but this
morning old Sol,and all Nature smi ed
on the Fair. A great day is promised.
Judge Bowers authorizes us to state
that under no circumstances will he
run for county attorney unless nomin-
ated by the Republican county con
vention.
John S. Marsh Post, of this city,
at its last meeting, offered to assist in
any programme that might be pre-
pared for Oct. 21-Columbus Day ov-
er the United States.
w. G. T. U. ladies are attempting
to stop the glove contest tonight: A
committee of two of them have waited
upon the Mayor and city attorney,
who directed them to Sheriff Mead.
AS yet they have not seen that official.
Unless all signs fail the glove con-
test tonight between Thurber and
Spears Will be an interesting event.
The gloves are soft and the rounds
only II, the men in good condition,
and all things perfect for an excellent
athletic contest.
A car load of grapes, consisting Of
SOP baskets, reached this city yester-
day and were distributed among He.
Ackmann, Mckay & Race, Geo Lech-
ner, H. F. Buechner, J. NJ. Dunning
ton, Frank Curtis & Co., S. S. Good
rich and H. Winter.
The Market Record advises farmers
to separate the sprcuted wheat from
the sound. Five per cent of the wheat
may be sprouted and if this is separ-
ated the remainder of the wheat will
be good milling grain, although it may
not grade above No. 2.
DR.. Gibson reports numerous cases
of diphtheria this week. Eight child
rem of Jacob Sweedman, on Peter
Ortt's old place, were down with it
last Tuesday, and one has since died.
Three children on the Willard farm
are also down with the disease.
A painful accident happened to an
eight-year old son eff Henry Solteau,
of Renville county, last Saturday. He
was standing in front of moving
machine, when the horses attached to
it, suddenly started. He was knocked
down and the sickle cut off the flesh
from the calf of one of the limbs to
the bone. DIR. Gibson treated the
limb. He says that it will be long
time before the boy secures the use of
the limb.
The ladies of the w. c. T. U. gave a
brilliant farewell reception to Mrs. H.
A. Lusk, at the Mcmillan Manor, on
the corner of Jefferson and Fifth, last
Tuesday afternoon, from 3 to 6 o'clock
Mrs. Mcmillan and Mrs. Everson re-
ceived, and after the invited guests
had all arrived, refreshments in the
form of ice cream and cake were
served. Then Mrs. w. B. King, as
spokesman for the assemblage, and as
President of the w. G. T. T., made a
neat speech in presenting Mrs. Lusk a
handsome brooch of shamrock design
Mrs. Lusk responded very touchingly
Those present were Mesdames Rihel-
daffer, Hyatt, Scoates, Bissell, O. B
Turrell, Bastian, Winters, Clipfell, Ty-
son. P. D. Hitchcock, w. B. and A. E.
King, Neild, J. l.. Byram, Madigan
Jas. Moon, Abbott, Bacon, Brook, J.P
Jones, Aiken and Winniatt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lusk leave for the south next
week.