The Redwood gazette., 1901-07-03
Miss Addie Bigham returned hom,

Miss Addie gham returned home
from her trip down the Mississippi
river to ST Louis on the Diamond
I Joe line last Saturday Miss Big
ham states that the weather was ex
eptionally warm during the entire
trip and hence the latter was not as
i pleasant as it might have otherwise
been Owing to the extreme heat at
lSt. Louis the party remained there.
Ionly % hours.
i A practical joker of this town an
lnounced a startling sensation to a
local reporter last Thursday. And
/ when the reporter got out his note
book he said that a human mons
frosty had Just been born. Its
head, he said, was that ola dear, its
llegs and feet were bare, and it's
father was a buffalo. sShocking!'
remarded the reporter, as he moved
lsloWlys away and thought of the
cold blooded spirit of some men who
stand ever ready to fool a reporter
lever on the lookout for the festive
news item.
He was working on the ice wagon.
It was a fearful hot day. Shortly
before II o'clock he complained of
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being overcome with heat He.
ceased work. The proprietor of the
lice business took his place. Early
that afternoon there was a reported
case of sunstroke ia one of the back
yards Of a business house. Chief
| Crooks was summoned. So were
physicians and nurses. A whole
lot OF other fellows appeared just to
see what the trouble was. The
chief thought that it WASH t exactly
a case of sunstroke. The physicians
thought that itmight be. The chief
gave the fellow the benefit of the
doubt and no arrests followed In
a few hours the patient was all right,
and the sun was as warm as at any
time during the day.
Messrs. George Buxton, n. ca
Baker and L. Fl. Colson left for
New Ulm by team Friday afternoon,
for the purpose of being present at
the meeting of the leading officers
of the second division OF the South
western Minnesota G. A. R., called |
for the purpose of deciding upon
the place for holding the encamp-
ment next year, and also for the
purpose of electing department Of
ficials for the ensuing year. The |
meeting was made necessary by !
reason Of New Ulm falling to raise |
the money for an encampment this |
year. The three gentlemen were
armed with the proper credentials
to invite the officers to hold the en-
campment at this place next year,
and with the assurance that Red
wood Falls people would defray all
expenses. Some OF the old soldiers
here suggested thatthe intended en-
campment at New Ulm last June be
given the name of Camp Abandon
ment.
The climate and crop bulletin of |
the weather bureau for the week.
ending June 24th, is as follows:
The temperatures during the week
have not been unusually high or IN
usually low. Showers were general
on the 2Oth or 21st, and there were
scattered showers on other days as
we'll; these coming SO soon after the
heavy rains of the night of the 18th
have supplied an abundance of |
moisture. Many correspondents are
fearful that continued rains will |
cause lodging of wheat, oats and
barley on rich soils, aud bring
about conditions favorable to rust,
but as yet there are no reports Of
injury from excessive rainfall, ex
cept that in western Polk county
some wheat is drowned out, and
sloughs are SO wet as to interfere
with gathering wild hay. The late
soWn grains are generally very
luxuriant on rich soils, but in some
places the early sown wheat is thin /
and spindling. Where wheat is
thin the weeds are growing rapidly
Wheat, oats and barley are begin
ming to head as far north as Polk
county. Potatoes are doing well,
and few are being marketed. Flax