The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-10-18
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of General Interest Taken from
Different County Papers.


H. Bendixen and wife of Spring
field have celebrated the 25th we'd
ding anniversary. May they live
to see the silver of to-day turn into
the gold of Is years hence and then
take step toward the diamond era.
Robert Reichel of Milroy acct
dentally stepped onto rusty nail,
which penetrated his foot to the
depth Of couple of inches. Dr.
Bickford cauterized the wound and
Mr.. Reichel now has the use of his
foot.
The new St, Michael's school
building in Morgan was dedicated
on Sept. 10Th. Two or three priests
from other towns assisted the local
priest, and the ladies' of theiparish
realized over 800 from the sale of
refreshments, etc.
The Morgan council received two
bids for the extension of the sewer
system in that town from its pres
ent terminus to the Zaske farm, and
the bid ofGeorge Thompson for $245
was accepted. This bid includes
the work, the village furnishing the
thing.
Milroy has the foot ball craze. ALI
of the young bucks interested in
holding the lines in that town held
meeting and decided to organize a
team, practice, make perfect, and
strew the gridiron with the corpses
of their foot ball enemies. Laudable
ambition.
Granite Falls sent 1000 of her
people to the Chippewa county fair
at Montevideo. The people of that
town patronize Chippewa county S
show, instead of Candy, while in
this county the Northwestern rail
road company runs special trains
out of Redwood county for the Mar
shall fair.
White Rabbit Billie Mailer did
the stunt" again in connection
with the publicity department of
the Springfield street fair. His
paper was IL pages, all home print.
The dvertisements we're mechani-
cal masterpieces, while the news
and editorial features of the rag
excelled his regular edition work.
Bill Dibble is thresher of Vel
low Medicine county. During a
ferocious wind storm a stack of
wheat next to his separator caught
fire and burned Bills separator
and also two stacks of wheat. Bill,
undaunted, started for Minneapolis,
and bought new machine, and
three days later was again at his
threshing work. The loss to Bill
was ST, 200.
The Sanborn Sentinel says that
Prof. f. E. Ralph of that town is
being urged to announce himself as
candidate for superintendent of
schools; that Ralph is not a very
ELUSIVE fellow, and that he is quite
reticent as to whether or not he
will accept the job. If Prof. Ralph
gets into the game what is to be-
come of Bro. McRea S ambitions.
He is the deserving one.
The Advance says that new in
dustry has sprung up in Spring
field. A fellow named Anderson
is making a business of catching
the frogs along the banks of the
river in that town, jerking their
hind legs off, and sending the lat
ter to Chicago, where he gets IS
per dozen saddles. That is really
what you should call hopping in
dustry, and if the frogs hold out
Anderson should make it win.
The Ortonville Herald for Oct.
9Th says that the northern ducks
have arrived. This week has
seen large flight of them into Big
Stone lake, but with the pleasant
weather prevailing the birds remain
in the open water and sportsmen
find it difficult to secure them, al
though there are thousands of blue
bills, canvas backs and redheads in
sight all the time. In rough wealth
err these birds seek the more shell
tered waters behind the islands
and it is then that the hunter on