The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-29
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken From
the Different Exchanges

] Tor Ollvla.
Sanborn voted $4,000 for NUM-
cipal improvements at the lastelec-
ton.
Prof. E. 7. Critchett has been re-
elected as superintendent of the
public schools at New Ulm for the
twelfth time.
Millerl, the evangelist, who cap
tured 300 converts at Madison and
400 at Dawson, will lay siege to
MonteviGeo in week or two.
The Marshall Commercial Club
took hold of their commercial school
and will keep it going regardless of
the Roe bankruptcy.
The New Ulm Stone company has
begun work in its quarries and will
employ from Is to 20 men this sum
mer to fill the orders that are piling
up.
DR.. Willis, the genial apostle Of
Sunshine, lectured at Sleepy Eye
recently, and preached to big con-
gregation next morning for good
measure.
The last number of the Spring
field Advance contains good write
up of the new $4,000 busheI brick
elevator OF the Springfield Milling
company.
The Morgan creamery paid to
patrons for butter fat 81 cents per
pound for the month ending March
goth. Over 81, 700 was distributed
among the patrons.
Two Cottonwood county lakes
| Mountain Lake and Bingham Lake
| went dry at the last election, but
| Westbrook will run on for another
year with the fluid that both cheers
and inebriates.
Gibbon house movers solved the
problem of quick transit for house
they wanted to move mile or so,
by putting it upon skids and at
taching 25 horse power traction
engine.
The golden age of advertising is
dawning. A Bird Island barber is
using nearly a quarter of page OF
space Ia the Union to enlighten the
people as to his ability as learned
follower Of the art tonsorial and to
tell them of his numberless dand
ruff cures, sea foams and shampoos
that are JOY forever.
| The New Ulm Roller mills have
been troubled with their boilers
scaling, involving loss of time and
heavy expense, and President Sill
version is visiting Chicago and other
points for the purpose of inspecting
milling plants which employ filters
| to filter the water used for general
ing steam before it is pumped into
the boiler. If they alleviate the diff
! ficulty they will be placed in the
/ mills at New Ulm.
A. Ell. Reed celebrated his fist
birthday at Glencoe recently, but
instead of preparing to bid adieu to
this vain world by the chloroform
\ route, is about the liveliest PROPOSE
4 tion in that town. He is president
\ of the projected north and south
1 railroad, and has just received from
e. L. Tobie & Co., contractors of
the city of New York, their bond
| for $50, 900 to build the first section
of 50 miles of this road between
| Mankato and Albert Lea and dirt
| will fly this coming season.
Clarkfield temperance people have
the blind piggers on the run, judg-
ing from the following from the
Clarkfeld Advocate; SAT a meet
ing of the temperance society last
week Bernt Jorgenson, A. @. Lee
and M. B. Jensen were appointed a
committee to see what could be
done with the blind pigs. Jorgen-
son aud Jensen went to Granite
Falls and consulted County Attor-
ney Hartwick, and as a result Olaf
Ingvalson aud Andrew Brecke
were arrested. Mr.. Ingvalson
plead guilty and was fined $25 and
costs. Mr.. Brecke stood trial but
was found guilty and fined $50 and
costs.
A. C. Won Hagen, the Sleepy Eye
mill man, has just returned from a
r