The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-08-26


Tea. Great medicine.
Attorney George w. Somerville was
up from Sleepy Eye last Thursday.
i Photographer G. G. Kenney and
wife left for their future home in LIE
Sueur last Monday.
| John Ilett and wife and Miss Ida
Ilett left Saturday for Brownton,
where they will visit with relatives.
j A Rebekah pin was picked up on
the streets the other day. The owner
can have the same by calling at this
office.
J. r. Wolff was among the, Red
wood people in st. Paul last week.
Mr.. Wolff made extensive purchases
for his store while in that city.
Clinton Fisk announces that he has
a superb new threshing outfit coming
to Redwood Falls and that he will
soon be ready to thresh for all patrons.
Mrs. George W. Dickinson gave q
delightful $50 o'clock tea last Mon
day evening to the young ladies Of
this city in honor of her cousins, Miss
Davis of Winona and Miss Webster of
Owatonna.
! Miss Melton, the returned mission
airy from Armenia, will lecture on the
Armenian Massacres, at the Presby-
terrain church, tomorrow friday ev-
ening, at eight o'clock. Admission,
twenty five cents.
Gus. Theiring left last Friday over
the Northwestern for Chicago. From
there he will go over the Michigan
Central to Buffalo, where he will be
put off by the train crew. On his re-
turn trip Gus. will probably put him
self off at the Menominee depot and
visit friends.
While in Granite Falls Saturday,
, Attorney Mcleod secured certain find
, ings of law in the decision in the case
, of J. H. Engerman, administrator etc.,
, VS.. John Miller and wife, amended SO
as to be more favorable to his client
} the plaintiff. The application was
, made before Judge Powers. The case
involves the title to 100 acres of land
, in section %, town of Flora, Renville
!, county.
!. Lyle Barnes, only son of Fred
? Barnes, had portion of the index
! finger of his right hand cut off by 6
lawn mower last Thursday afternoon
Lyle was playing with son of Sheriff
|. Pease, the former holding the grass
Q down for the purpose of having The
I latter cut it with the mower. The
first clip of the mower took off the
finger just below the first joint. Th.
9 young man stood the operation 81
y dressing with commendable nerves,
: A trip through the northern section
. of the county, last Sunday confirmed
' the fact that all grain 7 cutting Was
!. done, and the whole area travefsec
Q was dotted with shocks or stacks
Q There was very little stacking doue
s however, probably due to the previous
wet condition of the grain. A mum
), Der of fine fields of growing: flax were
q visible, while corn everywhere wal
: giving promise Of an abundant; yield
K A few threshing machines were noticed
Q but the general sentiment was tha,
q wheat would gain a grade by beine
t stacked before threshing, that there
t was money in taking time to stack
f and hence threshers are not going full
s blast. 49,.
K S. J. Race gives theory as to VIII,
o the heads of wheat and the yields O
o other grain have not materialized q.
we'll as anticipated two months ago, ii
J. reply to Mr.. Gilfllan's wonder owe
g the small yield Of his barley crop. Mr.
Q Race states that while he was in north
y ern Michigan he observed that tn
a late frosts had played havoc with crop
/, generally in that section, and he wa
g of the opinion that frost was the caus,
a of the shortage here. He states tina
r. the frost has destroyed a portion O
Q the vitality of all growing plants ant
Q shrubbery this year, and it undoubted
|, ly caused shortage in the heads O
g grain. Even the foliage on trees ha
n not been as green this year as it wa
J. last year.
:. Marshall Messenger: W. M. Tode
dropped into town last week lust a!
! the News-Messenger went to press
E with the first number of Volume Is
s and his presence recalled good man,