The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-09

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Mountain Tea.
The st. Agnes Guild will meet with
Miss Grace Clark next Friday after
noon.
w. F. Dickinson left for Minneapo-
lis Monday to serve as petit juror in
the Federal court.
Mrs. A. G. Dolliff and Mrs. George
W. Dickinson are visiting with friends
and relatives in Minneapolis.
Monday was labor day, and while
the banks of this city we're closed all
other institutions we're running wide
open.
0. w. Mcmillan is now engaged
with w. r. Caswell in conducting the
Van Dusen elevator, and also running
q coal and wood business in connec
ton with the elevator.
A stack of wheat on the farm of T.
j. Sloan was struck by lightning q
week ago last Monday and was burned
to the ground. There we're between
60 and rs bushels of wheat in the
stack.
Juneau Alaska Miner: Rev's. Beer
and Condit will leave on Monday
morning on the Mayfower for Muir
glacier for two weeks vacation as
the guests of Rev. A. G. Austin of
| Hoonah.
The wet weather of last Monday
night and Tuesday stopped threshing
by good many threshing machines
until Friday. The heavy rainfall
soaked the grain and straw badly, and
many fields did not dry out until after
Friday. Some of the machines start
ed up on Thursday.
Mrs. Freda Laudon, wife of Her
man Laudon, well-known farmer of
Sherman township, died near Roches-
ter, this State, about two weeks ago.
Consumption of the bowels was the
cause of death. The deceased was 40
years Of age and left a husband and
eight children to mourn her loss.
Col. Jack Crawford, the well-known
travelling representative of the Drew
ry Bottling Co. of St. Paul, was in the
city during the latter part of last week.
Col. Crawford states that he is already
anticipating heavy snow the coming
winter and is having snow shoes made
for his runs over the Dakota prairies.
The Redwood Falls brass band is
now a perfect organization with K. E.
Glasscoe as manager. The organiza-
ton has adopted stringent by laws for
the government of it's members and
the manager is subject to fine for
not enforcing the rules, which, among
other things. impose fine for non
attendance of meetings.
Miss Vernice Engelhart, the six
year-old daughter. of Mr.. and Mrs ].
A. Engelhart, had a narrow escape
from drowning in cistern at the resi-
dence of her parents last Wednesday
evening. The little child was playing
about the entrance and accidentally
fell in. The cistern was half full OF
water. Mrs. Engelhart called in a
neighbor, and others holding on to the
feet of the latter while his body was
down into the cistern the child was
rescued.
Under date of Sept. LIST II. 81. Leav.
lit of North Hero writes to The GA
zETTE that that section of the county
had very bad hail storm last Tues
day night, between six and seven
O'Clock. The storm lasted forty min.
utes and the hail stones would average
in size, about the same as large crab
fapple. Mr.. Leavitt states that the
largest one he found measured seven
inches in circumference. Half grown
tame ducks in Mr.. Leavitt's yard were
killed by the hail stones. Corn, faz
and garden truck look this morning
to be about ruined, concludes Mr..
Leavitt.
The decision in the case of French
VS.. The GAZETTE, whereby the former
was granted a new trial, was legally
lost for a whole week, and turned uF
last Wednesday afternoon. The de-
cision, with other books and papers
was addressed to A. D. Stewart, and
as result it remained at the express
Office until the latter came in from the
farm and disowned the package, after
which the real owners of the package
were found. The decision gives nc
reason why a new trial was granted