The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-07-11

Supt. Greene OF Renvllle county
spent July 4th in this city with his
father, G.. P. Greene, and County
TreasurerlLankard.
Col. r. H. G. Human was up from
Morton last Wednesday, attempting to
get Geo. Kettlewell to enter in the BIZ
cycle race in that town on the 4th.
George appeared on the home grounds
however.
The weather turned cold Sunday
afternoon and on Monday morning
the thermometer touched 81 degrees
above zero. The oldest settler cannot
recall July day that equals the Their
mometer record of last Monday
morning.
Maj. ME. Powell left for Fort Ridg
ley Monday for the purpose of joining
the Fl. Ridgley commission to look
over the grounds with the view of
erecting suitable monument on the
site to commemorate the battle fought
there with the Indians.
A baby girl appeared at the house
of J. R. Wolff on Wyoming street last
Sunday morning. Had Census Enum-
orator Clayson held back his rolls sew
eral weeks Wyoming street would
have made up the number he desired
to get an even 1900 or 1900 popula-
ton.
The hot weather, accompanied by
the hot south wind of last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, injured the
, wheat crop to certain extent-from
10 to 80 per cent. The kernels at the
top were so effected as to shrink con-
{ siderably and thus injure the grade
of the yield.
President G.. H. Bridgman of the
]. Hamline University was in the city
: last Friday and Saturday, the guest of
\ Bert Lyman. President Bridgman
: was around talking up the benefits of
> the Hamline U with the view of get
. ting students from this county to at
0 tend the institution for the full course.
Q Geo. R. Kelly of Tracy has written
Q VIM. Crooks of this city to the effect
s that he will be in Redwood Falls on
!, the evening of Wednesday, July 18th,
b for the purpose of instituting camp
s of the Sons of Veterans. 1t is expect
ed that every son of veteran will be
= on hand for initiation at that time
= All members of the G. A. R. are in
Q vited to be present.
: During his absence Rev. Beer had
I the honor to deliver the dedicatory
: sermon on a new church at his old
}. home in Canada. The new church
!. took the place of another, which Mr.
y Beer was instrumental in erecting
: many years ago. When it gave way
Q to the new structure some OF Mr.. Beers
}. old friends of the congregation thought
9 him a fit person to deliver the dedica
J. tory sermon on the new building
When he received word to that effect
/. he gladly accepted the invitation. A
# large crowd greeted him.
Q Two barrels of butter in its ueltec
y state left Redwood grocery store
, one day last week for an axle grease
Q factory, where it will be converted in
8 to axle grease. The merchant ship
# per informed reporter of this paper
d that he paid only five cents per pounc
r for this product, the seller taking i,
IS out ia trade, and that he was los;ne
r money at that price. If the farmers
o who sold that butter for such a ridicu
It lously low price had only taken theil
milk to the creamery he would have
s received II cents or more per pounc
Q and the merchant would have als<
: been gamer. The creamery woulc
n also have been benefited. In fac
q three parties would have been bene
b fitted where two were undoubtedl,
IS losers.
4 At the Presbyterian church last
t Sunday morning Rev. John Sinclair
: took for his subject the 18th chapter Of
> Ezekiel. 18th verse. @sWoe to w0tner
f that sew pillows on arm holes" or in
? the revised version, WOE to them
Q that sew pillows on all elbows" He
8 thought that when the prophet wrote
8 those words that he bad no reference
: to. any style of to-day. The false
8 prophets of old as we'll as the people oil
to-day had desire to hide sin, aud in
hiding sin sew pillows on all elbows
i smoothing over the hard times by tell