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Fire Insurance Badges

An able article in the Daily Mail" re-
Gently called attention to the Ieaden
medallions of badges of the different
fire offices which may be observed on
numerous old houses in London. In
past times it was the custom when
householder insured his premises to
to nail up in conspicuous place-us-
ually on the brick-work between the
first-floOr Windows-one Of these
badges, which bore the device of the
office from which it emanated. When
the insurance ceased by non payment
of premiums the device was at once
removed; but this custom gradually
became abandoned, and many Of the
badges remain to this day In the OLD
times each fire-office kept its own ex-
unguishing apparatus, but would on no
account use it for any houses but those
or Its own customers, and these badges
were the distinguishing marks--nany
bearing the device Of the Sun" others
that Of the Royal" Ga crown). and Sc
forth. 1t is amusing to note that the
Sun" badge has in certain foreign
countries been mistaken occasionally
for a religious emblem, and the natives
have been seen kneeling before it. The
first fire-office in London seems to have
been founded during the year which fol-
lowed the great fire-1667. Chambers
Journal.
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A WARSHIP IN ACTION.
SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SENSA
TIONS WITHOUT PARALLEL.
The idea of It Gained From Naval
Reserve Practice-Efect OF
Firing Big Guns.

People who read about modern war
ships in action, of the thunder and
deafening noise made by the ponderous
| guns and the clouds of smoke and
steam by which the iron fighting ma
/ chimes are enveloped, have only faint
| idea at best of the real state of affairs,
and no picture can do the matter full
justice, if the reports of those who have
! been there may believed 5ar
A member of the Naval Reserve who
/ has studied the subject and is thor
oughly posted and equally enthusiastic
| said that we'll conducted target prac-
tice on one of the battleShipS is SINH
I lar in many respects to a naval engage
ment Everything is made shipshape,
/ decks are cleared, and the same pre-
I cautions are taken as in actual con-
! tests; and although there is full as
! surance than no enemy will appear the
! decks present a Warlike appearance,
and soon after the exercises have begun
! the ship resembles anything more than
! a pleasure craft.
| To the novice the discharge of a big
! gun is a startling thing, and may be
( followed by unpleasant results unless
| the usual precautions are taken. The
men brace themselves for the shock
! which follows the discharge of a big
| gun by holding the arms rigid and the
hands we'll away from the body, to give
the lungs free play. They also keep the
mouth open and by that means equal
ize the pressure on the lungs, head and
eardrums.
1T is, a question which admits of
some argument" said the Naval Re
serve man. whether the discomfort
comes from outward pressure in con-
sequence of the concussion or from
/ the vacuum created after the shock
The fact that men who use cotton in
their ears experience more trouble than
those who use no external protection
shows that there is much to fear from
vacuum and the natural pressure from
| within Bursted eardruns and rup-
tured blood vessels are less likely to
follow the discharge of big guns when
those who stand near by keep their
mouths open and their arms extended
I from the body"
/ To illustrate the force of air concus-
sion it was stated that during target
practice on board the Atlanta some
| time ago sheep was killed. outright
/ by the shock following the discharge of
!
/ behind a barbette and the sheep thirty
! feet away. At another time also an
/ board the Atlanta, two 6-inch broadside
| guns were discharged several times,
and then it was discovered that the
| cutters and whaleboats which We're
i suspended on davits fifteen feet over
! the guns and to the rear of the mtiz-
zles opened in the joints. although they
were. we'll built and seaworthy small
| craft.
Another similar circumstance was
mentioned in connection with target
/ practice on board the New York. The
/ two S-inch guns in the forward tIrret
| have n range Of about 120 degrees on
either side of the keel, and on this oe-
casion one. of the guns was ranged
| about 30 degrees forward of the beam
/ and fired with reduced charge Twen-
J ty feet away were several signals, and
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AN ACCURATE MAN.
How an Effort to be Sociab1e Turn
ed Out Badly.

A middle-aged man who had made
his way through the mob Of depot en-
ployes who use this style of vocabulary
was happy to find the conductor on the
cleeping car a young man with
gentle voice and a deliberate and re-
fined manner. He was more than graft
fed when he saw him, later on the
journey, take a copy of the Latin clas-
sizes from his pocket and begin to read.
His pleasure at the spectacle made him
almost forget that in his haste to
catch the train he had neglected to eat
any luncheon. Approaching the con-
ductor. he endeavored to mingle knowl-
edge getting with agreeable inter-
course.
Have you been on this road long?"
he inquired.
NO." the conductor answered, with
out looking up. This is my first
week"
do you like the work?"
"All labor is distasteful. But I en-
deavor not to allow my mind to dwell
on the irksome phases of my duty"
The conductor had not taken his eyes
from the book, and his questioner
abandoned all idea of sociability and
proceeded with the matter ne, rest to
his heart.
"will you tell me-" he asked, when
and for how long this train stops for
dinner?"
Not at ALL"
Are you sure of that?" came the in
quiry in tones of protesting anguish.
Yes" the gentle-voiced conductor
replied, as he leisurely turned a leaf
Il am quite sure. The train does not
Washington Star.
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Smyrna Figs 1215G14c per n. p,

smyrna Figs, 12124l4c per fb; Persian
Dates, 51eQ6c per 10 for new crop.
DRIED FRUITS-Carloads- Apricots, 5
G7c per 10 for Royal, 7q9c for Moorpark :
Pruncs, carloads, 40-5C's, 3%64Ac; 50-60's
s4@s&c; 60-70's. 234Q9Ac; 70-8O's, 2AQ2a4 c;
SQ-90s, 1AQ2Ac; 90-100'c, 1AG1&c; Black
Figs, in sacks, 212q3c; White, 4Q5c: 10-ib
boxes, 60Q70c; Peaches, safe; Fancy,
412Q5c; Peeled, 10Q1212c; Plums. 41aQ5c for
pitted and 1Q112c for unpitted; Apples,
7Q7H for eyaporated and 4q5c for sun
dried; Pears, halves, fancy, 4Q6c; quar-
ters, 3Q5c.
RAISINS-Carloads-T 11hQ2c
per 10; 3-crown, Sc; 4-crown, 316c; London
layers, SlQ1 10 per box; Seedless Sultanas,
4lzc.
BUTTER -Creamery-Fancy. 1S1ac per
ID; special brands higher; seconds, 17Q1Sc
Dairy-Fancy, lie; other grades, 15Q
Ice per 10.
CHEEs sE-New, 914G1Oc; old, 1OQ11c;
California Cream Cheddar, lie; Young
America, lie; Eastern, 12Gt1Sc.
EGGS-Ranch. 13Q14c per dozen; Store
1212013c per dozen.
POULTRY-Live Turkeys, 1o613c per
10; Dressed Turkeys, 12415c per ID; Roosu-
ers, 50 50Q4 for old and $7q7 so for young;
Broilers, 50 5094 so for small and S. 50G
for large; Fryers, s606 50; Hens, s.
"a; Ducks, Aq5 for old and @ for
young; Geese, 81 50Q1 70 per pair; Cos
lings, d per pair: Pigeons, 81 2561 80
per dozen for old and 81 75Q12 % for young.
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Azy nzA }4ALE BROS: C0: as T0 835 ST Ax @A

near these was a signal chest with al
| the ships signal ,paraphernalia. Al
of these, chest and all, were scattered
in all directions by the discharge OF
| the gun and rendered useless.
| The noise made by the dischargins
of heavy pieces is less painful to the
| sense of hearing than that produced
| by smaller arms. THE roar seems t
envelop one said the enthusiast, "and
the man who stands in the turret
which shields him to some extent. be-
comes oblivious to it. The excitement
connected with handling the guns OF
passing the charges does much to make
one forget the noise, and the smell oil
the burning powder has an Intoxicating
effect which lends a charm to the stu
alton. A man who has charge of an
S-inch gun is allowed about three min
utes to load and fire his piece, and he
and those who form the guns crew
are kept constantly busy. Smaller guns
are fired more rapidly, and l have seen
| a 5-inch gun shoot at target two
miles away SO rapidly that five shots
were in the air, before the first one
struck That is work over which any
one will forget his surroundings.
But the surroundings change as soon
as the first shot. has been fired. I'M
mediately after the smoke from the
first Shot has cleared, away all the eX-
posed brass work on board the ship,
which a few minutes before was as
bright as a new dollar, turns green
and gives the ship a businesslike ap-
pearance But the change becomes
greater as the shooting continues. I'M
mediately after a piece has been dis
charged a man opens the breech, which
belches smoke and soot and when this
has cleared away the whole inside ap-
pears covered with a red mass which
looks like so much clotted blood. This
is the residuum from the burnt powder.
Small particles of slow-burning powder
are liable to be left in the breech-load-
ing mechanism, and to extinguish these
and to clean away the red mass a man.
stands ready with a swab. with which
and liberal quantities of water he pro-
ceeds to clean the gun. The dirty water
runs back upon the deck, it spatters
the men, and this operation adds an
other element to the tough appearance
Of men and ship. The more smoke,
the more noise; the more dirty water
on the decks the less the men heed
the noise. The powder fumes do GER
tainly add much to the spirit of aban-
don which comes to all men who in
hale them on board a war vessel"
The powder. smoke which comes from
the ships cannon discolors not only
the bright metal on shipboard. but 9TH
er things. A man who is well known
in yachting circles came aboard a
cruiser last summer with several
friends, and they We're on deck while
several guns were discharged. The men
wore neat white straw hats when they
came en- board, but the color of these
had changed to a cross between gray
and green by the time they went away.
New York Tribune.
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SQ12c per fb; Corned Beef. SGI21hc. San
sage 121ac; Vienna Sausage. l5c; Bacon
sG,l392c, Ham, 1242GQ1312c
each; Broilers. 25D4Oc each: Tame 1sasase e9o
u o0 each; Tame Ducks, 75c each; Tur1
Keys. 15c for live and lie for dressed per
= GAME-Geese. 75c per pair; Brants 4Oc:
squirrels, 35c per pair; Cott entails. 35c per
pair; Hare. 40c Der pair
for 25c.
HAY AND GRAIN-Oat Hay. SOG9Oc
per ewt; Alfalfa Hay, 65Q70c; Whole Bar
81 5oq1 65: Middlings, 81 10; Bran, 81
Straw, 60c; Corn, large, 81 80; Small, 81 So
per ctl; Cracked Corn, 81 40
COAL OIL-Pearl (Cases), 17c; Star. lie.
Eocene, 19c; Extra Star 21c; Elaine &c;
Water White Cbullc), 12c
ELECTRIC LIGHT CANDLES-10 OF,
GRANITE MINING CANDLESZ10 o.,
6Ac; IL or, 7o: IA oz.. 71ac; 16 OF. SIC
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco Nr.roh oe

San Francisco, March 26th.
& y. S4c: Chollar 49c; Con & V, SIC;
Con n 7, 2c; Crown Point, 25c; G & c,
2?424c; Justice, 27c; Mexican. 3S63Sc; Oc-
lie: Savage, 2Sc; Sierra New, 81 S561 so:
Union Con, 47q46c; Utah. 12c; Y Jacket,
Closing Quotations-Alta. Ice: Alpha.
Con. &c; Andes, 12c; Belcher, 23c; Best
& Beelcher, Slc; Bullion, 1Oc; Challenge
Con, 2Sc; Chollar 47c; Con Cal & Va. SIC; /;
chequer 4c; Gould & Gurrie, PC; Hale &
Norcross. 81 30: Julia, 1c; Justice, 23c;
Kentuck Con, &c; Mexican, &c; Occidental
tosi, 4oc; Savage, 26c: Scorpion. sc; Sierra
Nevada, 81 Is; Silver Hill, &c; Union Con,
41c; Utah Con. lie; Yellow Jacket, Csc;
STANDARD 81 75
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
casses from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 61bQ7c; second
quality, 5Q6c; third quality, 4Q5c per 10
VEAL-6Q612c for large and 6Q71ac per
10 for small.
MUTTON-Wethers. S12Q9c; Ewes, SO
QS1ac per 10.
LAMB-9c per fb for Yearlings and 1Oc
for spring.
412c for medium and 43sQ41hc for large:
dressed, 6Q61ac per lb
The record-union., 1898-03-27

Mister" said the small boy to the
chemist give me another bottle O.
them pills you sold father day before
yesterday"
Are they doing him good?" asked
the chemist, looking pleased.
II d'no whether they're doin father
any god or not, but they're doin' me
good. They just fit my new air gum
Golfers Weekly.
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Closing Grain Quotations.

New York, March 26th.
WHEAT-May, 99c; July sec; Septem-
Der, soc.
Chicago, March 26th.
WHEAT-May. 81 04; July, S31sc.
San Francisco, March 26th.
W HEAT - December, 81 S7a4;; May,
81 45$.
81 1872
CORN-Large Yellow, 81 O614Q1 10.
BRAN-$1e016 so.
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illuminated A magnificent ar
Art R;hIas edition of tn
H0lv Pible Sz

Illuminated A magnificent art
Art RibIes edition of the
Holy Bible, $50
beautiful pictures A perfect
art Bible, produced at the
cost OF 100000. Ask to
see them. Fine English cloth
gold enbossing, So so. Full
Morocco, flexible, flush gold edge.
So. Full Turkey, limp, round cor
ners, red under gold edges. 1915,
IBagster's Bagster's compre-
Teachers hensive Teachers
Bibles Bible, containing
D the Old and the
New Testaments, together with
the new and revised helps to Bible
study. Black seal leather, edges
gold finished, price ST; finished
with gold over red, ST so. Same
as above, indexed, at So, So so, $4.
Webster's Large size Web
Dictionary ster's Dictionary.
Quarto editio n,
bound in cloth, containing 1900
illustrations, with frontispiece OF
Webster 0oc each.
Violet In Violet's Fine
parf,,r,ec French Perfumes, we
have an excellent
line of odors, which sell at 75c per
ounce, Extra Ghypre, D'Acacia,
Jasui1n D'Espagne, Heliotrope,
Blanc, White Rose, Primrose and
Jockey Club, and others.
IrIellier's A new consignment
Perfumes of these popular per
fumes, which retail
at CSC per ounce, in the following
odors: Violet Bouquet, Parme
Violet, Peau D'Espagne, Sweet
Crabapple, Ascension Lily, Jockey
Club, White Rose, Stephanoti and
Frangipani, also many others.
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California Dried Fru;t.

NEW YORK, March &c 6-Caffornia Dried
Fruits-Apples, quiet other fruits steady
wire trays. SfsQ81Ac; wood dried prime,
Sts4S1kc; choice, sac; fancy, sAQ9Nc
Prunes, 3l4Q7Ac. Apricots-R Royal, 512Q
7c; Moorpark S19Q1012c Peaches-Unpeel-
ed, 5u9c; peeled, 12G15c.
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He-Where are you going, my pretty
maid?
She-I'm going to mind my own busi-
ness, and you had better do the same.
-Somerville Journal.
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HON. JOSEPH G. CANNON.
Congressman From the Twelfth
District OF Illinois.

1t seems especially appropriate that
the national defense bill in the United
States Congress should have been pre-
sented by Congressman Cannon. He
represents the Twelfth District Of Hi
nois in the lower branch Of Congress
Mr. Cannon was born at Guilford, N.
c., May 4, 1896. He is at present serv-
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On the Train.

When / go riding ON the train
love it's pleasant sound,
And love TO look out on the fields
And watch the world go round.
The fence that runs beside the track
Goes swiftly whiriing past;
The meadow and the eppses beyond
They travel not So fast
And further still, little spot
see that seems to stay, s
And all the fields and woods beyond
They move the other way.
And so / sit and think and look
And watch the world go round.
And sometimes sing al little song
$ Te match the. pheasant sound
A b. P. in New York Herald
Great Britain's marine steam tonnag
is to-day 6.I20. 103--about as much a
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/ aides Shoes that fit. We
Nohbv carry all lines and
styles in all themany
s"e"i sizes andWidths. The
styles represent the best ideas of
the shoe designers and workman
ship, and wearing qualities that
are fully guaranteed.
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Dark Tan Ladies Dark Tan
Kid Shoe Kid Lace Shoes,
leather tops. A cap
ital outing Shoe. Medium wide
round coin toe and kid top. s. Is
pair. a-
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Shoe, dark cloth top to match,
needle, square and coin toe, fexi-
bic soles and low heels. So 50
pair.
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Ladies' Deep Red or
Ok Blood Vici Kid
Lace Shoes, leather
neat coin toe and tip
value S. so pair.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-14
BATH CABINETS.
HITCHCOCk's
Drug Store.

Attorney W. j. Mcleod of Slayton
passed through here Monday enroute
for Arlington. Mr.. Mcleod rode his
wheel from Slayton to this city.
Evangelist A. B. Moore of Ohio,
who has been here for some time con-
Quoting eyangelistic services in the,
interests of the Church of Christ, de-
livered q superb lecture on trip to.
California and the wonderful Yosemite.
valley, illustrated by stereopticon
views, at the church last Monday ev-
ening. The views served to make
very plain what the excellent
speaker might leave uncertain in
the very doubtful mind, and his words
on the great vineyards, orange groves,
and big trees of California, we're
highly interesting to all -particularly
those who have enjoyed similar tour
and are anxious to compare notes with
other tourists through similar coun-
try. His experiences on high attitudes,
in canyons, etc., we're all brought out
with vivid description, and his de-
tails of the Chinese and Mormon reli-
gions we're not the least of his descrip-
tive journey. AS lecturer and as a
preacher Mr.. Moore always holds the
interest of his audience.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-14

w. Logan Bracke nridge Of Roches-
ter was in the city for q few hours last
Monday.
N. Il. Mahowald and family visited
with the formers brother in Fairfax
over Sunday.
Miss Clark gave an evening function
in honor Of the visit here of Miss
Wachlin, to Q number of friends last
Friday.
B. A. Southwick and wife returned
from their visit among friends and
relatives in WATERFOWL, S. D., last
Saturday.
Attorney E. E. Herriott left for
Elk Point, S. d.. last Monday. He
will visit the Omaha exposition before
returning home.
A few more than so Redwood peo-
pie avsiled themselves of the low ex-
cursion rate to Waseca last Saturday,
and listened to the lecture by DR..
Talmage, and also took in the
other exercises of the Chatauqua as
sembly at Maplewood Park.
The marriage of Miss Madge Nc
Carthy to Senator Bouck of Milbank,
S. D, will occur at the parsonage of
st. Luke's church, St. Paul, to-day,
the ceremony to be performed by Rev.
Fir. McNulty, relative of the bride by
marriage. The bride will be married
in a going-away gown, and after the
ceremony the couple will leave for
Omaha, where they will spend several
weeks taking in the sights of the ex-
position.
That prince of hotel jokers, Ed.
Pratt, perpetrated q good one on Col.
Arthur Plover Cloudy last Saturday
morning. On the excursion train,
scheduled to leave for Waseca at six
o'clock q. M, was to leave young
lady in which Mr.. Cloudy has taken
more or less interest in since her visit
here. Mr.. Cloudy was extremely
anxious to see her depart and say fare
we'll at the train, and left orders at
Hotel Francois for call at $50. Mr..
Pratt assumed the duties of call-boy,
and at three o'clock a. m. approached
Mr.. Goudy's room, raped loudly, and
informed him that as the time for the
departure of the train had been
changed from 6 to 4, he had better
get up. Mr.. Cloudy hurriedly dressed,
and went to the depot. He waited
more than two hours before the last
words we're spoken, and it now looks
as though his last words to Ed. Pratt
we're spoken that Saturday morning.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-14
THE CITY
SHORT ITEMS CAZETTED.

Mrs. H. J. DAVIS and son of Mime
apolis are now with their husband and
father in this city.
Thos. Minkewietz of Arlington is
acting as a counter jumper behind the
counters of Francois & Schmahl.
The Granite Falls Tribune of last
week remarks that the REDWOOD GA
zErrE was all flag ed out last week.
Miss Lulu Crouley and Will Crouley
came up from Minneapolis and spent
the Fourth with relatives and friends
in this city.
O. H. Sorlien and family of Granite
Falls passed through here Thursday
en- route for New Ulm, where they will
visit for several days.
A postal card from Alfred Chad
bourne states that he desires to correct
The GAZETTE in connection with the
position he has just secured in the
Austin high school. He has been
named as teacher of science, only, he
taking Prof. Davis place, while Mr..
McWharton holds the latin course and
is principal, Mr.. Davis heretofore act
ing as both principal and teacher OF
science.
Frank E. Turner, formerly of Lam
berton, but later merchant of Revere,
made an assignment for the benefit of
his creditors to Attorney Arthur L.
Mohler, of Lamberton, on Wednesday
of last week. Mr.. Turner makes aft
davit that his stock was worth 1900
on an invoice, made at the time of the
assignment. The revenue on the three
deeds filed in connection with the
assignment was 20 cents.
One of the wedding gifts to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben. Simpson, married on We'd
nesdsy of last week, was a complete
solid silver table set, presented to the
bride by the old railroad friends of hel
father, nearly all of them being con-
ductors, George Patterson himself
having been one of them number oil
years. The room in which the young
couple we're married was decorated
with the National colors, and the we'd.
ding breakfast was served at the Com
mercial, instead of at the Clark resi-
dence. About 40 guests sat down tc
an elaborate spread, and at table
snperbly decorated bv the Mesdames
Mcmillan.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-14

Asa p. Brooks left here early last
week for Minneapolis, where he en-
listed as corporal Of Co. B, Fifteenth
Regiment.
A new posto&ce has been estab-
lished at the New Avon creamery, with
VIM. Lindemsn Of that place as post
master.
: The fats and leans of this city have
been practicing q week or more with
the view Of playing game Of base
ball at the East street park to-day.
David Whittet harvested ten acres
Of his rye crop last Friday. This is
the first report Of 1898 harvesting in
Redwood county made to this Office.
The wedding of Miss Ida May Din
neon. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. P.
Dinneen of Sanborn, to William
Sheridan Southwick of this city, is an
nounced to occur on Wednesday, July
9th, at the home of the brides
parents.
Geo. L. Evans was in Mankato last
Saturday. While there he had occa-
sion to look over the records of the
register of deeds of Blue Earth coun-
ty, and ascertained~ that Prof. j. T.
cCleary is the holder of tract OF
land in that county.
Col. E. B. Hale received a lette,
from his son, Mark T. Hale, last Mon
day afternoon, dated Tacoma, Wash,
July Sd, and stating that he had en-.
listed in Co. A, Second Regiment oil
Washington volunteers,ha having already
passed the required medical examina-
ton. The regiment expects to leave
for the PHILIPPINES in about 30 days,
Mark will be the only Redwood Falls
representative in the army of the
Pacific.
Redwood county crops were never
in better condition than they we're
when the shades OF evening fell last
Saturday evening. From every Sec
ton of the county The GAZETTE re-
ceived oral reports, and all of them
we're to the effect that crop conditions
we're simply immense. Here and
there, it was reported, there were verv
slight evidences of rust, but they were
really trifing in their nature, brought
on by the rains of Wednesday and
Thursday nights, followed by ex-
cessive heat in the day time. The
weather of Friday and Saturday was
a big 'pusher" for filing, and all
wheat headed out, had big benefit
by that cool weather Corn has also
been pushing ahead.