The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-10-11

Mrs. j. HI. Bowers returned from
two weeks trip to the Twin Cities last
week.
Gen. George L. Becker and Gen. j.
H. Baker stopped at Hotel Francois
while in the city.
Married at Redwood Falls by Rev.
Henry Beer on Oct. 9th, Walter S.
Whitmore to Mary j. Welch, both of
Springdale, Redwood county.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M.
3. church will tender a reception to
their pastor, Rev. L. L. Hanscom, on
his return from conference next Fri
day evening, Oct. 18th, from eight to
ten, at the church parlors. All friends
of the church, pastor and family are
cordially invited.
Chairman Lewis, of the last Demo-
cratic county convention, has named
the following county committee for
the ensuing two years: A. w. Bager,
fourth district, chairman; John
Nash, first district; John H. Posi-,
Sanborn, second district; Edward
Lewis, Sherman, Third district; ]. A.
Tiffany, Delhi, fifth district.
The GAZETTE has just perfected ar
rangements with the Northwestern
Agricultural whereby that paper will
be given free os charge to all subscrib-
ers to The GAZETTE who pay all ar
rears and one year in advance. The
Agricultural is rapidly coming to the
front as the leading agricultural paper
ofthe Northwest. Watch for announce
ments in this paper, as we'll as in The
Agriculturist.
St. Peter Journal: We are told
that Redwood county has sentenced a
young lad, not over twelve summers,
to serve out term in the Nicollet
county Jail, because poverty and hun
ger forced him to steal loaf of bread
and jelly. The world owes living to
the unfortunate children of Fate, who
are more often sinned against than
SHINING. Jail is no place for a boy
who has never before seen the inside
of felon's den. It is the polished
villain, instead of the hungry waif, who
receives the mercy of the courts in
this advancing age" You are mis-
taken, Horace! The boy is merely
there waiting reform school sentence.
The last weather crop bulletin for
the year 1894 was issued by Director
Beals on Oct. I'd, and is in the nature
of general windup of his work. He
reports that good soaking rains fell
all over the State. The temperature
has varied from we'll up in the eighties
on Thursday and Friday to freezing
weather with frosts at the beginning
and closing of the week. High winds
have been prevalent. Pasturage has
improved somewhat and the soil is
now in good condition for fall blowing
and the termination of winter grain.
A great deal of fall blowing has been
done and in a number of places the
farmers haye already finished it. In
Blue Earth county, the land intended
next spring for corn will be plowed.
this fall, as from that so treated last
year. the best crops this season were.
secured. The late rains have caused
considerable buckwheat that had been
reported failure, to ripen and the
dry rot affected the potatoe crop was
checked, SO that in quality they turned
out to be rather better than expected.
Their yield continues to be reported
light, except in the Red River valley,
where an average crop of good sized
tubers will be secured. The corn ex-
pertinent in the Red River valley as
far as heard from, was a success; it all
having matured before injury could
take place by frosts. Late fax is now
being harvested in a few counties.
Prairie fires have destroyed some hay
and grain in Stevens county, but these
and the forest fires elsewhere, are now
about all extinguished, except in the
peat boys, where the ground is dry to
a depth three feet. In these places
they will continue to smudge until
there is nothing left combustible. In
Todd county thousands of acres of
good meadow land have been burned
over and large quantities of hay con-
sumed. The farmers there think