The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-09-10

H. L. Owen of Adrian was registered
at Hotel Francois on Friday Of last
week.
Warren Brooks has returned to his
farm in Todd county, where his father
is now residing. i
Mrs. D. ]. Laird has been visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. Ben Nelson, at
Granite Falls, during the past week.
Ferdinand Luscher, residing in New
Avon township, had an arm broken by
being kicked by horse week or ten
days ago.
Mrs. w. P. Huntington stopped off
at st. Peter on her way back from st.
Paul. She will visit with Kate For
bush and other friends there.
John Ingalls, of Dodge Centre, father
of Mrs. G. P. Gibson, is visiting with
the latter in this city and receiving
medical treatment from DR.. Gibson.
At the Yellow Medicine Republican
county convention held at Granite Falls
last Tuesday T. H. Sorlien, well-known
here, was nominated for county treas
urer.
Sheriff Mead received notice from the
sheriff Of Kandiyohi county last Friday
that '96 Crawford bicycle had been
stolen from Willmar party on the
Wednesday evening previous and to
look ont for the thief.
Miss Laura. Baker returned from st.
Paul with her parents last week. Miss
Baker was one of the young ladies who
accompanied the old soldiers and their
wives to St. Paul over the Northwest
ern during the early part of last week.
The family of George Backer returned
to Redwood Falls last Friday and are
now residing in their residence on Mill
street. George was not satisfied with
his position in the mill at Tracy and
his family returned here pending his
looking up another location.
Andrew Burgess Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
where he is a department manager of the
Carnegie Iron Works, arrived here last
Friday on visit with n. V. r. Hunter
and family. His wife and son, the
former Rose Hunter Burgess, have been
spending the summer with Mic. and
family.
Attorney Madigan received from
Gov. Clough last Thursday afternoon
the papers restoring him to citizenship
and giving him all the rights and privi-
leges previously enjoyed by him as a
citizen. The attorney was naturally
proud of the document, and as be
showed them to his friends, he re-
marked that he was voter once again.
A Waseca special to the Journal of
last Thursday contains the information
that Solomon Remington, who eloped
from here with Blanche Edith McKin-
istry, on the evening of Aug. ODD, was
in the city with the girl on Saturday
last. They were in somewhat dilapi-
dated condition, the special says, owing
to their having walked most of the way
from Redwood Falls. They were head
ed for Kasson, where Remington Is
folks reside.
Word was received here last week to
the effect that Archie Blue, at one time
clerk in the hardware store of Laird
q Dornberg, and related to a number
of people residing in Delhi township,
had one of his legs cut off at Sank Cen
tire few days before. AS near as can
be learned Archie had entered the en-
ploy of the Great Northern railroad as
brakeman several months ago and the
accident happened while brakeing in
Sank Centre. Q Several wheels of the
| freight cars passed over and severed
the leg from the body.
David Alexander was in the city last
Monday. Hell lodged a complaint
against crew of threshers that passed
his house on Friday and Saturday O.
last week. Mr.. Alexander was absent
at the time, and his wife and daughter
were the only persons at home. The
threshing crew went into citron patch,
undoubtedly supposing that they were
watermelons, and stole every citron
growing. After taking the citrons they
gathered the vines into heap and
thus destroyed them. This was done
in spite of the protests made by Mrs
Alexander. Arrests will probably fol
low.
Thos. H. King was. in the city with
his threshing.. crew last Friday. He
stated that the new gasoline engine
purchased by him for threshing purpos
es was giving excellent satisfaction-in
fact, it was just the thingIfor threshers
saving both time and money. He also
stated that theIaveragessyield of wheat
threshed by him was not much over 1C
bushels per acre. Q Al number of fields,
he said, threshed by him, and on which
the owners were betting on an average
of from Is to 2O.bushels perIacre, would
Onlv 90 ahO1t ton or twa1vo Tbo,, The