The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-06-21

i Mrs. r. Schmahl returned from
her visit to New Richland Fri
day afternoon.
! Michael Wolff is building a barn
and an addition to his dwelling on
his farm in Paxton.
Mrs. M. E. Curtis and daughters
left for Dover, this State, last Fri
day on few weeks visit with rela-
tives in that town.
/ Mrs. D. A. Bird and children OF
Springfield were visiting with the
family of c. H. Johnson of this city
during the past week.
During the week ending last Fri
day there were ~ instruments of
all kinds placed on record in the
register of deed s Office.
Anton Mahowald of Bird Island.
together with his family, were Wis
iting with n. H. Mahowald of this
city during the early part of last
week
The salaries of the Marshall and
Sleepy Eye postlnasters were both
raised last week, Sleepy Eye being
raised to 81, 700, raise of 5000. Red
wood Falls does not receive a raise.
H. A. Baldwin rustled around
town last Saturday forenoon and in
side of an hour secured subscrip-
tions to the extent of nearly $50 to
be sent to the sufferers of the New
Richmond cyclone.
The people interested in the J.
w. Croft band of workers, residing
in the neighborhood of New Avon,
have subscribed quite a large
amount of money towards the church
for their faith, to be erected in New
Avon. The building committee
was in town Saturday making ar
engagements for the lumber.
DR.. w. A. Palmer of Evansville,
ILL.,, who was looking over our city
last week, has since notified cor
respondent here that he has decided
to bring his family to Redwood
Falls. He comes we'll recommended,
and will install his family in the
house on Mill street lately occupied
by I. n Tompkins.
Joseph McColley of Faribault
county was in the city last Wednes-
day, the guest of Willet Greene.
Mr.. McColley was looking over the
country with the view of purchas-
ing real estate, and he is so favor
ably impressed with the county and
the towns located in the same that
he has concluded to purchase as
soon as he can get land at a fair
price.
S. F.. Peterson was down from
his farm in kintire last Friday. He
reports the hail storm of the pre-
vious Monday as being worse than
heretofore published report have
made it appear. Hail stones were
driven eight inches into his mead
ow land, shingles were torn from
roofs and sidings from residences
At the Newman home. south of his
place, a two year old steer was
knocked down by a big stone and
two pigs were killed. Several of
the stones were picked up and
weighed by number of people and
many of them weighed over two
pounds. A dozen filled a pail.
: Till Tibbetts has been on his farm
nearly all of the past two weeks
experimenting the placing of five
miles of Page woven wire fence
around the farm. and around his
pastures. He states that when a
hog or sheep once passes out of a
barb wire fence the trick will be
repeated, no matter how close to-
gether the wires are, and he re-
CARDS woven wire as the only sure
thing to keep them in. In fall,
when his pastures are pretty we'll
cleaned up he will turn his sheep
on the stubble, and they will be
fenced in with woven wire, thus
saving herding Speaking of grow
ing small grain Mr. Tibbetts states
that it is doing nicely, little rank
in some places, but with dry weather
from this time on the rankness will
cause little loss to the crop.
The Farmers Elevator Co. at