The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-08-30
Michael O'Connor of Renyille was

Mlcnael - COnnOr OF Renville was
transacting business in this city
last Thursday and Friday.
Emil F. Lent and wife, nee Miss
Maude Waters of Morton, were in
the city last Friday, visiting with
Mrs. Lent S mother.
Mrs. Catharine NJ. Offerman left
last Friday for her home in Fart
bault, after transacting consider
able of business in this city. Mrs.
Offerman will probably not make
another visit to Redwood Falls un-
til next year.
c. E. Child, who has been station
agent of the St. Louis at Hanley
Falls for some time past, passed
through this city last Wednesday
Ell route for Milwaukee, where he
has secured a position as operator
in the Western Union offices of that
city.
AS will be noticed in another col
umn, Russell W. Clough and VIM.
Kahler have taken advantage of the
bankruptcy act The former is a
farmer and the latter conducted Ho-
tel Francois for several months dur
ing the past year. E. E. Harriott
is the attorney in both cases.
Langdon Post was up from ST.
Paul on Wednesday and Thursday
of last week, visiting with his par
ents and attending to business on
the side. Langdon is working at
the plumbing trade, under we'll
known st. Paul plumber, and his
mission here was to bid on the
plumbing work of the high school,
for which the board of education in
vited bids.
StreetCommissioner Birum caused
the stone crosswalks on Third and
Washington streets, to be raised
from eight inches to a foot during
last week, on the grade established
by Engineer Loweth for the Com
mercial Hotel sidewalk. It is prob
able that the stone walks on Second
and Washington will also be raised
several inches before the commits
sioner completes his 1899 street
work.
According to the government crop
circular for August the average
condition of spring wheat on Aug.
l was 1876. This is 8.1points lower
than last month; 1873 points lower
than on Aug. LIST a year ago; 81
points lower than at a correspond
ing date in 1897, and O.3 point
below the mean of the August aver
ages for the last ten years. This
ought to indicate good prices for the
1899 crop of wheat.
On last Thursday Aug. Knuepple
disposed of his big farm in Sher-
man township, comprising over 800
acres of land, to VIM. L. Lussenhop
of that town, the latter paying the
former at the rate of $50 per acre
for the same. Mr. LussenhOp is
now the largest land owner of Sher-
man township, and among the larg-
est land owners in Redwood county,
this tract with others in the town
ship making him an average Of
l 200 acres. Mr.. Lussenhop is an
exceptionally hard worker and is
the happiest when he is working
the hardest.
The business men of Sacred Heart
propose to have the bridge across
the Minnesota river between the
towns of Swedes Forest, Redwood
county, and Sacred Heart, Renville
county, which is to be built by the
Renville county board, located on
the old site, and committee of
business men of that town have
asked the Renville commissioners
to locate the same at that point. The
proposition to put the bridge a mile
and half further east is much
better one, it is claimed, as it will
accommodate more people, and the
crossing place is great deal easier
and less expensive.
On Aug. 10Th two tramps were
discovered in a box car OF the G. &
N. W. west of Tracy. The head
brakeman went into the car and
them out when they made a
vicious assault upon him with
knives. The brakeman then called
Mike English who came to
the car and the two tramps both