The Redwood gazette., 1896-08-13

George Dickinson was made the
father of healthy baby girl last Thurs
day morning.
Archie McCorquodale, who resided
here at one time, but who now resides
in California, is here on visit with his
relatives.
Ed. Swain of Madison, Wis, broth
er to Mrs. Hans M. Aune, arrived here
Saturday afternoon on visit with his
sister and Hans.
w. w. Howe Of Vesta has sold his
farm in Vesta township to Wisconsin
party. The consideration was $3.50
per acre and the sale was made through
the Iowa immigration Company.
Mrs. Nj. Blake has sold the two story
frame residence standing on the south
west corner of Fifth and Mill streets to
J. NJ. Wilson of Cloquet, son of DR.. J.
A. Wilson of this city. DR.. Wilson
will occupy the residence.
Editor o. J. Rea of the Tracy Herald
and E. Herzog of Tracy passed through
here Saturday afternoon Ell route for
for st. Paul. They were on bicycles
and were taking their own time for the
pleasure trip. Editor Rea is also post
master at Tracy.
DR.. G. r. Pease left on his usual
summer outing tour last Saturday, 60
ing from here to Duluth, where he will
take one of the large steamers and
spend some time on Lakes Superior,
Huron and Erie. He will visit in
Michigan and Ohio before returning,
which will not be for several weeks.
A real estate transaction was made
through the agency of Robinson & Co.
last week whereby S. Pollard Of this
city traded 345 acres in Sec. 81, Granite
Rock township, to A. E. Chapman for
so acres in Redwood Falls township
and SO acres in Westline township.
The consideration in either case was
about 2,4OO.
By some peculiar accident the lamp
post on the corner of Mill and Second
streets took fire last Wednesday even
ing, and the post, as well as the lamp,
which was of a patent kind and differ
ent from the other street lamps in this
city, We're destroyed. The fire appears
to have resulted from the flame of the
| lamp, passing down over the oily por-
ton of the guards and then to the post.
The season for shooting prairie chick
ems opens Sept. 1st. There is every in
dication that there will be large crop
of the birds this season. Sportsmen
out training dogs state that there was
no trouble in running across the birds,
The duck and geese season will also
probably find large number of those
birds in this section. The breeding OF
all game birds has been very large in
this country this year.
A trio of cross-country people came
into town last Saturday with the legion
of 16 to marked on the rear curtain OF
their covered wagon. They commenced
talking silver at once, stating incident
| ally that they were from Nebraska, the
home of w. j. Bryan. Becoming quite
| belligerent in their claims a local busi.
ness man offered to wager $25 tina,
Bryan would not carry his own State,
The trio failed to cover the wager.
J. N. Barnes of this city, who resides
near the Northwestern tracks, is doing
quite an active broom manufacturing
business. He turns out a good broom
and it finds ready sale at our local
stores. Aside from the local sale Mr.
Barnes travels over good deal of the
country in this section disposing of the
products of his manufacture and meets
with success. He was at Echo last
week where he filled several orders.
| Fairfax Crescent: In eXcavating fol
the foundation of the Ft. Ridgely
Monument at the spot where the ole
flag staff stood, bottle was found con.
tanning some records and other relics
1t is stated that a bottle of rum anC
some coins were buried at the foot o.
the old staff but they have not been
found. Judge Flandreau, in a lettel
to G. H. Hopkins, advises to open the
bottle found, copy the paper, and re-
turning it to it's original bottle with
other matter to be furnished, imbed il
in the masonry of the monument.
Alexandria Republican,: Redwood
county is perhaps the most advanced
county in educational work in the State
owing to the thorough and persistent
work of it's superintendent, S. J. Race
who has recently made a new move
which will probably meet with favor
all over the State. He has arranged tc
have all the school boards of the coun.
ty meet once year with him and de.
vote some time to educational matters
MIR. Race has had charge of the schools
in Redwood county for many years and
his work shows the advisability OF
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