The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-07-04

Mrs. Fred c. Gley of Young Amer
lea is visiting with friends in this city.
Emil Schmahl shipped three car
loads of fine cattle to South st. Paul
last week.
Aid. Burmeister left for Madison,
Wis.,, yesterday. He will remain there
q week or more. Mrs. Burmeister and
children are spending the summer
near that city.
According to the July statement of
the State Treasurer the Redwood
County Bank has been made State
depository for Redwood county. The
amount in the Citizens Bank belong
ing to the State is S., 252.77.
The hay crop in Illinois is almost
total failure this year, owing to drouth,
according to the Northwestern rail-
way report. Large quantities of hay
will be needed for shipment into that
State and farmers having plenty of
hay should bear this in mind.
The new bell tower back of the hose
house in the first ward was completed
last Saturday and the bell was placed
in its position during the afternoon.
The bell has a dull, heavy sound, and
from its rest on top of the tower ought
to awake the soundest sleeping person
in Redwood Falls.
At the NJ. E. church last Sunday
morning Rev. Stone of Morton occu-
pied the pulpit. In the evening Rev.
D. B. jackson, in charge of homeless
children of Minnesota, and who occu-
pied the Presbyterian pulpit in the
morning, delivered the sermon. COL
lections we're taken up at both places
for homeless children.
Miss Maude Waters of Morton gave
q successful musicale at the Morton
opera house on the evening of June
I'D. A class of little ones under her
special instruction carried out the
different numbers on the programme.
The several renditions showed a re-
fined culture on the part of the partic-
ipants, and skill and accuracy on the
part OF the instructress.
Geo. L. Evans came in from his
farm Tuesday with bunch of wheat
plucked from his land. The heads
averaged over FIVE inches in length,
some of them running as high as six
inches. Mr.. Evans says that he has
piece of wheat that will go as high
as 40 bushels per acre. The predic-
ton as to yield might be made re-
garding several tracts of growing
wheat between Delhi and Belview.
Fire at Fairfax last Sunday morn
ing destroyed three elevators-all but
the Pacific elevator in that town, the
Minneapolis & St. Louis depot, 6
lumber yard and two box cars. There
was not great deal of wheat in The
elevators at the time of the fire. The
fire originated about two o'clock Sun
day morning. The Fairfax wate1
works was apparently fzzle so fa1
as putting out the fire was concerned
The daily papers of last week al
touched upon the prosperity of Rem
vile county by reasons of drafts in ia
vor of the State in settlement of Stat
land sales, amounting to $22,794.13
The prosperity of the people is indi
Gated by the fact that SIC, 500 .76 is ad
vance payment of principal on thes'
lands. The people have had the mon
ey and preferred paying in advance t,
paying the 5 per cent interest on thei
lands and keeping their money a
home. No other county has yet bee,
able to make SO good a showing in tn,
payment of principal on State lands
The amount of interest paid by Rem
vile was $l2,2S4.37.
] The band of agents representing
the St. Louis company are abroad il
the land. They have secured the cree
ton of structure north of Barnes
| livery stable for the storage of thei
stoves. Before the farmers of Thu
county become victims to the smooth
talk of these oily tongued individual,
we would advise them to call on loca
merchants in the towns where they
are accustomed to do business and sex
whether the same stove cannot be pur
chased for as low or a lower price
quality considered, as these agents
offer them for. Buying of the agent
you must pay the agents time and
!