The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-08-02

Attorney Fierce, was visiting Win the
latter during the past week. She is
from st. Paul.
James F. Holborn and wife, nee
Mamie Blake, returned from their
bridal tour last Monday evening, and
are now residing on Mill street ]. F.
has done the right thing by the boys.
The steam heating portion of the
plant that is to go into the court house
is now being placed in the same, one
of Mr.. Carroll's trusted men having
the same in charge. The brick used
for the basement construction is Man
kato. The pipes and radiators are all
on the ground.
Last Thursday appears to have been
the hottest day this section OF the
State has ever witnessed. The Their
mometer reached the 1O4 mark, and
the wind was disagreeably warm. The
evening did not even relieve the pop
ulace, who were crying for cool winds,
and pining for the snow and ice of the
polar regions.
Three stacks Of wheat on Fred
Whitcomb's farm, southwest of the
city about seven miles, were destroyed
by fire last Saturday. The fire seems
to have originated from a parlor match
accidentally falling out of one of the
stacker's pockets, and the heat ignit-
ing the match, and this spreading the
fire over the setting of grain.
There are but few sloughs in Red
wood county containing water at the
present time, and the ducks and geese
are scarce as consequence. Even
the young ducklings and goslings are
obliged to wander over dry land, and
a number of them are being captured
by the farm youth, their wings clipped,
and turned into domestic animal.
While returning to his home in
Lanberton on July 18th Frank Schan-
dera, driving horse lost the road and
before the commissioner was aware of
it the horse plunged across ditch,
and threw Frank over the dashboard,
and landing him on the fills. The
horse was stopped before any bodily
injuries had been inflicted, although
the commissioner is still suffering
from severe pains.
A Morgan special states that during
the heavy thunder storm last Monday
lightning struck the barn of Isaac
johnson, badly damaging a portion
of the building. 1t also struck the
dwelling of Mrs. Hewett, resulting in
setting it afire, but the flames were
extinguished before doing any great
damage. Michael Demross' dwelling
was also damaged, and the seven in
mates barely escaped with their lives.
Judge Bowers, of this city, and AL
bert Hauser, formerly book keeper and
collector for Miller, Hauser & Co., of
Fairfax, have formed partnership to
do law and collection business, at
Wood Lake, MINI. under the manage
ment of Albert Hauser. The firm pro-
pose to attend to all business entrust-
ed to them at Wood Lake Echo, Han
ley Falls, Clarified and other points
in Yellow Medicine and Lac qui Parle
counties. The junior member is a
young fellow with ambition enough to
get there, while Judge Bowers is so
we'll known that an introduction is I'M
necessary.
Supt. Anderson, in charge of the
construction of the Methodist church,
had narrow escape from death last
Friday. He was working with other
employees on the scaffolding around
the tower, when large piece of tim
Der being handled by employees aboye
him, accidentally fell. He was ad-
monished to look out and had just
stepped to one side when the timber
came crashing down, and had he not
stepped to one side it would have
knocked him from the scaffolding and
hurled him' to the ground, distance
of some sixty feet. The piece just
grazed his face, and made it impossi-
BILE for him to work the next day. He
states that it was the closest escape
from death he has ever had during
his whole building experience.
w. P. Andrus, the executive agent
and treasurer of the State board of
game and fish commissioners, gives
notice that in view of the reports con-
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