The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-07-15
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Beautiful weather again.
Crops in this vicinity are booming. !,
Misses Dibble and Peavey are in
Olivia attending the summer school.
Miss Nina Ericsson, who spent several
months with her home people returned
to the cities last week.
There will be service in the NJ. e..
church next Sunday, and in Christ
Church in the afternoon at $50.
We are indebted to The GAZETTE for
a neat cloth sectional map of Redwood
county, which was gotten up in their
own office.
Mrs. E. E. Cook accompanied her
sister, Miss Irene Chapman, to Hector
a few days ago, and will remain for a
week or so.
Ice cream and cake was served
Wednesday evening in Mr.. Wichman's
Main street house, and the proceeds
used for the benefit of Christ Church.
E. G. Clinton, wife and daughter of
Sleepy Eye are guests of T. H. Collyer.
While here Mr.. Clinton will letter a
monument which he placed in the
Birch Coolie cemetery.
The "Co. Dads'' are in session, and
Monday the town was filled with
bridge contractors, who were after the
job of building the Sacred Heart bridge.
A Minneapolis firm secured the work.
Blanche Ericsson, whose health has
been feeble from consumption for
months, is fast nearing the end of her
brave fight for life, and her stay with
us appears to be for very short time.
Mr.. Rees, wife and child were guests
of T. H. Collyer Friday. Mr.. Rees is
attorney for the Colonial Loaning Co.,
and was in town for the purpose of
looking after the business of the COM
pany. ..-
Last Thursday the Renville nine
came down to toss ball with the Beav-
er boys, and although the day was
scorcher large crowd turned out to
see them. At the fourth inning our
boys had gobbled everything in sight,
but just then our catcher, Rupert Mar
tin, in trying to put out a Renville man,
had the misfortune to break the out
side bone in his left hand, disabling
him entirely. Kelley, the pitcher, had
received stunning blow on his thumb
prior to going up to the ground, and
was not doing good work, so when the
catcher was 'laid on the shelf Rem
vile gathered her forces and walked
off with the game in score of s to 9 in
her favor, which was not such great
victory, taking everything into consid-
Grafton.
A sensational shooting affair occurred
at the home of Henry Ahrens, ST., a
week or so ago, in which some self re-
ported "private'' detectives received a
close invitation to ''pass over." There
has been mound south of Mr. Ahrens'
house ever since he came here, thirty
five years ago, and it shas seemed to be
only one of Natures pieces of handi-
work, and Mr.. A. never thought of in
vestigating it's contens, but these ''de-
tectives" who have been in the neigh
borhood for some time, undertook to
explore it's contents, without asking
leave, and also after night, and when
the men were away from home. The
ladies hearing noise near the mound
and seeing lantern grew frightened,
and thought the Indians were coming,
etc., so requested Charlie McClintock,
who was visiting there, to go to the
neighbors and call the men, which he
promptly did and good sized posse
came and forthwith sought an inter-
view with the intruders. At first they
would not answer word as to their
business there, and one of Mr.. Ahrens'
men becoming excited discharged the
contents of pistol over the hole in
which they were working. This
brought them to time and they gave
themselves up, but told several differ
ent stories i'll regard to their hunt, one
claiming that the body of murdered
man had been buried there, and anoth-
er that he was hunting for breast
plate, and finally third said there was
pot of gold worth $4,000 that they
were after, The men were fined and
turned loose with the promise that they
would keep away from Mr.. Ahrens'
premises in the future.