The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-08-09

/ Aune & Thune Of this city have
contributed $15 towards the erec-
tion of the new mill at Echo.
| Contractor Frank Polzin left for
Winona last Saturday afternoon, and
| will probably return home to-day
/ County Attorney Clague was over
from Lamberton last Wednesday
and Thursday attending to some
legal business.
| Mesdames George Drake and
Eldon Mason were visiting with
the family Of S. S. Drake at Echo
during the pest week.
| It has been definitely settled that
the district convention of the Order
of Eastern Star will be held in Red
wood Falls sometime during the
coming fall.
| The roller mill at Tracy was
burned to the ground about2o clock
last Friday morning. The fire
started in the boiler room, and had
gained such Roadway before it was
discovered that it was impossible to
extinguish the flames.
| A. E. Clark, formerly of this city
and son of John Clark of Redwood
Falls township, is one of the incor-
porators of the Mankato Street
Railway company, which proposes
running 35 miles of electric rail-
road. Mr.. Clark is also attorney of
| the corporation.
| Marcellus Welch has commenced
suit for a divorce from his wife,
Hattie Charles WEIGH, alleging de-
sertion. Joseph Chadderdon is the
formers attorney, and the papers
were served on the latter last Thurs
day. The two were married about
May 10th, 1880, and the desertion
occurred only a year or two after
| the marriage.
| The eight months old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Byram passed
away very suddenly while Mrs. By
ram was visiting with relatives in
Minneapolis on Wednesday morning
Of last week. The child had been
sick only two hours before the de-
mise. The remains were brought
to Redwood Falls for interment last
Friday afternoon.
According to the Echo Enterprise
Your Uncle James Arnold of Vesta
township, this county, has been in
vited by Prof. Hacker of the State
Experimental farm to contribute an
article on sheep raising for the
next number of the Minnesota An
nual. This work is distributed
among the farmers by the institute
workers and it is something of
compliment to Mr.. Arnold's knowl-
edge of the subject that he has been
asked to prepare an article.
The sky was cloudy Oh Wednes-
day morning of last week, and
about nine o'clock light rain fell,
lasting for a short time. It rained
at intervals after that storm up to
about five o'clock when the clouds
nearly all disappeared and the sun
proceeded to warm things up. The
rain caused the uncut grain to
crinkle quite rapidly, and in some
fields it is estimated that the dam
age amounted to 10 or Ii per cent.
The rain was accompanied by wind,
fortunately, and hence the small
damage.
A man with Jag" straddled
one of the planks to keep pedestri-
ans off the walk until the same was
placed in proper condition, around
on the east side of the opera
house block last Friday afternoon.
The walk had just been laid the
afternoon before, and should have
been quite soft. Whether it had
hardened more rapidly than the
other walks, or whether the Gag"
had given the owner the feet of a
fairy is not known, but it is a fact
that no footsteps were left behind.
The man with the Jag" made all
kinds of apologies to the righteous
ly enraged owners of the property
and the police when he was jerked
from his delicate stamping ground
Work on the Houghmaster build
ing will probably be finished this
week, and Contractor Polzin will
turn over the keys to one of the
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