The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-06-25
w. E. Baker is attending to business

w. E. Baker is attending to business
in this city.
An old settlers picnic will be held at
Pat Callaghan's grove in Shutdown
township to-day.
Miss Grace Abbott will leave for st.
Paul next Monday where she will visit
with her brother
The M. E. and Presbyterian churches
on Sunday evening, will begin union
services, as formerly, for the evenings
of the summer months.
Land Agent Parker of the st. Louis
system was in the city Tuesday boom
ing Aitkin county lands, Of which he
has large slice for sale.
John O'Hara and family left yester-
day for Aitkin, in the northern portion
of the State, where they will spend .
some time looking over the country.
A baby girl weighing eight pounds,
was born to M. U. Hathaway and wife
last Monday evening. The baby is
Mel's first heir and his smile is accord
ingly large.
Up in Yellow Medicine county man
was sentenced to five years in Stillwa-
ter for stealing 81 cents from a store in
Echo last winter. Walter Bower is the
name Of the man.
George Lechner has S175 worth of
fireworks. Owing to the fact that Red
wood Falls will have no celebration
this year he has concluded to put the
entire lot on the market at cost, or less
than cost. Originators of proposed out
of-town celebrations will find it to their
interest to purchase of him. 1t
Hon. James r.. McCleary. member of
Congress from this district, was in Red
wood Falls Tuesday and yesterday. He
visited North Redwood Tuesday after
noon, where he attended to several
business matters. The congressman is
| very confident over his denomination
and points to the election of instructed
delegates from Lyon, Lincoln, Yellow
Medicine and Mobiles county.
Ward caucuses were held in both
wards of the city last evening for the
purpose of selecting delegates to attend
the county convention in this city to-
morrow afternoon. In the first ward a
meeting of citizens was held at King
Bros office Monday evening for the
purpose of agreeing upon delegation
for the ostensible purpose of preventing
contest. AT that meeting c. w.
George, G. E. Mckay, A. f. King, E.
c. Greene, H. M. Aune, A. H. Ander-
son and JAS M. Huntington were Sc
lected as delegates. 1t is claimed that
this delegation represented every inter
est. There was considerable of dissatis-
faction over the ticket and contest
seemed inevitable when this paper went
to press. In the second ward a compro-
mise was attempted, the CIough inter
ests agreeing not to contest if they
were given one delegate. A meeting of
citizens of that ward was held at the
Jail Tuesday evening and this PROPOSE
ton was rejected. G. w. Mead, VIM.
Smith, S. Pollard, R. Theiring and H.
c. Ackmann, all anti Clough delegates,
| were selected. The contest for congress
man complicated matters very much
and may possibly let in one or two
Clough delegates from this action.
The weekly crop bulletin for the week
ending June 18th, follows: The week
has been very favorable for the advance
ment of all crops, although corn con-
tinues backward, yet it has made a
good start from the standstill of the
past two weeks and is now generally
being cultivated. There is a general
complaint of small grain being too rank
and in danger of lodging, while reports
of rust are increasing. In the northern
| portion wheat and corn are in many
places reported yellow. Rye is filling
we'll and barley and timothy are head
ing. There is less complaint of weeds
this week and also of insect pests; few
mentioning potato bugs, while chinch
bugs, although quite numerous are do
ing no harm to the grain. Cut worms
have necessitated considerable replant-
ing on sod land, but otherwise they are
not bad. Wild hay is making won
derful growth. Tame hay is doing
fairly well and pasturage continues
good. Gardens have felt the effects of
the warm sunny weather and show a
marked improvement over last week.
Fruit is turning out very uneven; in
some places blighting badly and in the
case of small fruit not fertilizing well,
while in other places it is in fine condi-
ton. A great deal of low land in the
Red River Valley is yet under water
and will remain idle during the sum-
mer, as only that which dries out be-
tween now and about the 18th, will be
cultivated and sown to barley, flax or
millet.