The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-08-09
The Birch Coulie monument will be
dedicated Monday, Sept. Sd.

The Birch Coulie monument will be
dedicated Monday, Sept. Sd.
Two sisters of the Catholic church
we're in the city last Saturday morn
ing.
Miss Florence Ward, of Waseca, has
been in the city the past week, the
guest of Mrs. C. T. Ward.
F. w. Philbrick went down to st.
Paul last Friday, returning Saturday
evening, over the Northwestern.
E. L. Cross and wife, of Russell,
Lyon county, were visiting with Red
wood friends during the past week.
Mrs. George Drake, together with
Miss Edith and 10, were visiting
friends and relatives near Fairfax dur
ing the past week.
Peter Lloyd, county treasurer of
Blue Earth county, was in the city last
week looking up matters in connection
with his farm in Kintire..
The electrical storm of the Goth
practically destroyed the windmill and
iron pump on the farm of John
Dooner, residing near Sanborn.
Col. Samuel McPhail writes the
Marshall News-Messenger that the
| Russian thistle, or tumble weed, has
| made its appearance in Lincoln
| county.
| ]. G. Byram, of Columbus Junction,
Iowa, travelling agent for the Puck
Soap Co., has been visiting his broth
ers, j. L. and E. D. Byram, during
the past week.
The county commissioners decided
to put in separate heating plants for
the Jail and court house, and the pre-
sent plant going into the court house
is to be entirely separate from the
Jail.
| Charles and Mrs. Chollar will leave
about the middle of September fol
their future home in Avon Park, Flor.
ida, where Charles will be cashier in
bank to be started there about that
time.
Knute P. Nelson, with Marshall
Field & Co, the great Chicago whole.
sale and retail mercantile house, was
in the city last Sunday. Mr.. Nelson
is said to be a fusionist on some
things.
Henry Wieswell passed through
here last Sunday in search of couple
who had taken pair of iron gray
horses from his barn in LeSueur. II
appears that the couple were clippers
and were going it fast.
Wheat ON the Turrell farm, worked
10y Murray Warner, went Ii bushels
to the..acre; barley and oats 80 bush.
els each per acre. The farm compris
es nearly 500 acres, and the oat crop
formed large part of the acreage.
| W. D. Smith, formerly postmaste,
and editor of the Leader at Lamber.
ton, and his bondsmen, have been mott
fed by the federal government tina,
his final statement as postmaster al
Lamberton shows him to be about
$500 short. w. D. will, no doubt, ex-
plain the matter, or make the shortage
good.
Capt. Edward Lewis, residing in
the town of Sherman, reports that
lightning struck and destroyed a
stack of twelve tons of hay on his
place on the afternoon of July Both
Ten minutes later Capt. Lewis went
to his barn and there found valuable
Polled Angus Aberdeen heifer dead
having been struck by a bolt Of light
ming during the same storm. The ele
ments are hard on the Captain.
Prof. CHI. Congdon, the we'll
St, Paul musical instructor, arrived in
the city the latter part of last week
and at once commenced the instruc
ton in music to large class of teach
ers in attendance at the training
school. Prof. Congdon has the recorc
of being one of the best instructors ir
the State,so far as music is concerned
and the class has been greatly bene
fitted by his attendance at the Red
wood training school during the las1
ten days of the session.
The school board held regular an
nual meeting last Saturday evening
when the new members, Messrs. MeaC
and Crooks, we're sworn in. The re-
organization resulted in G.. E. Mckay
heinp elected nresideat w = D;ox