The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-08-11

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The St. Louis will probably run 9
special harvest excursion to the lakes
aud to the two towns on the Mississ
ippi river, on Sunday the 2lst.
Frank Pedley, superintendent Of
immigration for the Dominion of Can
ada, passed through here on the St.
Louis on Wednesday of last week.
A Methodist conference exsmina
ton will be held in this city on Tues
day, Aug. Both. Rev. George H. Way,
of the local Methodist church, will
preside.
D. L. Bigham has about ten bear
ing apple trees in his yard in this city.
He is now picking apples from them.
and expects to have about 20 bushels
as the result of his harvest.
At the street fair on Friday, Aug.
18th, w. R. Caswell offers a cash
premium of So for the three best vari-
cites OF wheat exhibited by any one
person. Look at the list of prizes.
John Ilett of Sheridan was in town
on Wednesday of last week. He re-
ports that he threshed eight acres of
barley during the early part of the
week, and it yielded little over so
bushels per acre.
Chas. Luscher has moved his family
into the residence vacated by b. G.
Patterson. on Wyoming street, while
A. G. Dolliff has moved his family in
to the residence recently vacated by
D. A. Stewart on jefferson street.
w. R. Caswell, for VanDusen & Co.,
shipped carload of new rye, amount
ing to 1000 bushels, on Wednesday
last. On Thursday Arthur P. Cloudy
received the first new wheat of the
season from Jacob Werder, grading
the same No. 3, and paying the regu-
lar market price.
Fred Murset of New Avon township
reports having lost over Is head of
hogs from the effects of hog cholera
during the past two weeks. Mr.. Muir
set is of the opinion that the cholera
will take his..whole flock. The disease
is said to be creating havoc among
two or three other droves in that vi
cinity.
F. w. Philbrick and wife and Mes
danes Wimsey and Francois left for
Omaha last Thursday. After spend
ing weekior more at the exposition
they will proceed to Brookings, S. D.,
where Mr.. and Mrs. Wimsey reside.
Mr.. Philbrick will entertain the prairie
chickens in that section at the open
ing of the season, Aug. 18th, in that
State.
A single egg netted the county
$5.96 last Friday. The egg went whirl-
ing through the air and struck a boy
on the side of the head. 1t broke and
the contents temporarily decorated
the boys physiog. A relative of the
bov had the sender arrested, and the
| fine and the costs amounted to S. So.
"Gee," said the thrower, II don't care
about the egg, but it's the $3.50 I'll
have to put up"
Farmers having land along public
highways are reminded of the fact
that the law compels them to cut
dowu all of the weeds on their proper
ty along those thoroughfares. In ad-
dition to this it might be we'll to state
that this is a good time for cutting
down all obnoxious weeds, anyway
just before they go to seed. Let ev-
cry farmer in the country and resident
of the city see to it that these weeds
are cut down.
Your Uncle Asa Perkins brought in
specimen OF wheat from his farm
two miles southwest of the city last
Thursday. 1t was the finest speci-
men eyer brought to this Office. The
berries we're large and plump, and 10
heads we're long. Mr.. Perkins vouched
for the statement that the wheat crop
was SO heavy that it was impossible to
turn 16-foot wagon around on the
field without running over some of the
shocks. "Phew! gee! cripes! and
still they say Minnesota cant raise
wheat" was the remark of the old pi-
oneer as he waltzed out of the Office
with one of the most pleasant looks
on his countenance that we have seen
since he located in Redwood Falls.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: w. NJ. Muir
fin returned from Seattle yesterday
afternoon with the remains of his son,