The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-12-06


account of there having been mad
dog IN our midst the council has
ordered all dogs in the town muzzled
or chained up for at least so days. ?
Wouldn't that make you foam at
the mouth, though?
The Sanborn Sentinel says that
Herman Stern reports that his field
OF corn amounting to 40 acres
averaged Is bushels per acre this
year a pointer to Iowa and Illinois
corn raisers.' For the past two
years Redwood county has been
going some" in the raising of corn,
and the belt is gradually working its
way northward.
The Messenger says that several
local parties have been busy the past
two weeks in getting ready to lay
cement Sidewalks in Morgan next
spring. The old board walks have
been torn up and the ground placed
in condition for early work as soon
as the frost gets out of the ground.
The cost of getting sand into Morgan
makes cement walks rather ex-
pensive.
Sleepy Eye Herald: The Acapulco
Land Co. had a meeting of it's stock
holders in Sleepy Eye this week.
The out-of-town people attending
the meeting were w. D. Beck of
Winona and Senior A. del Toro of
Mexico. At this meeting the future
policy of the company was discussed,
and the development of the property
will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
The stock raising part of their propo-
sition is already well started and
the mining possibilities will be
! pushed with all dispatch.
The county commissioners of
Brown and Nicollet county have
awarded the contract for construct
ing a new steel bridge across the
i Minnesota river at what is known as
the Hinderman ferry to L. H. John
son of the Hennepin Bridge Co.,
who is to receive So, 900 for the job.
New Ulm and Sleepy Eye papers
claim that the new bridge will divert
traffic from Franklin and Fairfax
to those two towns as soon as the
new structure is completed.
There is a leak on over in
Tracy. The Republican says that
Judging from the number Of leaks
making their appearance in various
parts of the city the water mains
are becoming weak from rust or
from some other cause. 1t keeps
the boys busy repairing the leaks
these days, and the supposition is
that conditions will not improve un-
til the old mains are replaced by
new ones. With a defective lighting
plant on, and the water mains going
to pieces Tracy is having her share
of the municipal trouble.
The murder of Peter Raverty, a
brother of P. d. and VIM. Raverty of
New Ulm, well-known Home town
residents in St. Paul on the evening
of May Sd, is still unayenged, as the
two men accused of the murder,
Harry Laramie and James Egan,
were found not guilty of the crime
by the jury, which sat in the case
Wednesday night. 1t will be remem-
bered that Raverty was acting as
special policeman in st. Paul on the
evening in question and was shot by
two men who were robbing the office
of the Johnson Lumber company
The jury was .out but four hours
when the verdict was returned.
/ G. A. Blomberg, Jr., former clerk
of court of Nicollet county, and now
travelling salesman for a stationery
house, is on the toasting irons. He
has been called upon to explain
several irregularities in the office he
occupied for Ii years. A law passed
by the 1908 legislature provides that
in counties where the clerks fees
do not amount to 81, ZOO per annum,
he shall be paid the difference from
the county revenue fund. Blomberg
made affidavit that his fees for 1908
were only S744.88, collecting $255. IL
/ from the county on an order issued
by Judge B. F. Webber and the
following year was paid a deficiency
of $282.40. The actuary is reported
to have discovered that the receipts