The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26

coded to be Slightly over that
amount.
By the burning Of livery barn
at Luverne recently 81 head of
horses were burned to death. A
large amount of livery equipment
was also destroyed. Five years
ago that very day, on the same
spot and at almost the same hour
the barn which the one just burned
replaced, was burned and AZ horses
were cremated.
The Morgan Messenger says that
there is telephone war over the
invasion of Evan, a town down the
line on the nickel-plate system. The
Redwood county rural telephone
company and Sleepy Eye company
are trying to secure the franchise.
The Messenger thinks that the
Redwood county company has the
best of the fight.
A man in a neighboring town is
trying to secure divorce from his
wife, whom he secured through
matrimonial paper. This is only
another case of finding that a mail
order bargain is not always what, it
seems, and that amuch better grade
of the same article could be OBJ
tanned at home Always patronize
home industry,
The Winthrop News says that
part of the NJ. & St. L. track crew
had an early and exciting rising in
that town early one morning re
Gently. In some manner their
sleeping car caught fire, and the
occupants had to escape in hurry
to avoid being scorched. The car
burned to the trucks, and but for
the presence of an engine, which
removed other coaches, the latter
would have been burned.
WatonWan county authorities
have been busy recently digging up
murder clues near the old Butter
field creamery and have discovered
some small bones, supposed to be
left of what was one John Rupp.
who disappeared from Butterfeld
several years ago and nothing has
been heard from him. The day be-
fore he disappeared he delegated
Kiel, who is now under arrest, TO
go to ST. James and draw out 81, 900
from one of the banks there. The
next morning Rupp was gone.
o. Nordquist, manager of the
Granite Falls cement sidewalk COM
pany, has manufactured a machine
for making cement building blocks,
and the machine has already proven
"a big success. The machine can be
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the price asked for similar ma
chimes, and Mr.. Nordquist antiei-
pates that he has struck little for
tune, inasmuch as the making of
cement building blocks is just in
its infancy, and they are going to
be much used in the construction
of future buildings and foundations.
T. w. Hugo of Duluth made an
exhaustive report on Marshall's
city water and lighting plant, and
advised the securing of a large
amount OF machinery to take the
place of that which he considers is
worn out. He contends that the
plant is being run about as econom-
ically as plants can be run. He al
so insists that water and lighting
plants should be run on business
principles and made to pay-not
only the interest on the money but
also certain percentage for depre
citation.
The Marshall Reporter says that
there is an Interesting case before
Judge Wakeman concerning sheep
killing affair, wherein Peter Walker
charged w. A. Wood with being
responsible for the death of four of
his sheep, inasmuch as he was the
owner of dog that had Ibeen max
ing sheep raids around the neigh
borhood. Four sheep were admit
ted to have been killed, andiprobably
by this particular dog. Wood de-
MED the ownership of the dog,
though admitting that he was
boarder at his. place, despite many
attempts to drive him away.
Wohacco Standard. On Tuesday