The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-01-25
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken From
the Different Exchanges.

to harp music.
Supt. Pratt of Yellow Medicine
county has had his salary raised
to 81 $50 per annum.
DR.. Bennett of Sanborn had an
abscess cut out of his side at Evans
ton, and now feels several pounds
lighter.
Morgan will have farmers in
stitute commencing on Saturday
morning, Feb. 18th. A good corps
of instructors will be present
The Sherrys played at Sanborn
one night recently and Editor Nc
Rae says he has now got all the
sherry he will need for time.
The State Bank of Morgan has
purchased $4,000 Gibbon village 5
per cent refunding bonds, the bank
paying premium of 1915 for the
same.
William Hedge of Iowa is new
farmer who has recently arrived at
Milroy for the purpose of continu-
ing the farming business in that
vicinity.
A Glencoe gander was awarded
first prize at the New York poul-
try show, and there is considerable
quacking among the poultry fanci
ers at Glencoe.
Thomas Reilly, residing near
Milroy, recently lost two daugh-
tiers, one passing away as the result
of bowel complaint and the other
from brain fever.
Edwin Anderson will have an
auction sale of thoroughbred Short
Horn cattle in Lamberton on Satur-
day, Feb. 4th, commencing at one
o'c'o"'l in the afternoon.
GUS. Filkins of Gales township
S pod two carloads of fat ste OK
II 1ulcago from Milroy, and accom-
p MED the consignment TO get the
money to swell his purse.
The Tracy state bank has COM
menced business with a capital
stock of 500, 900, D. A. McLarty of
Granite Falls being president, and
L j. Fitch of Tracy cashier.
Otto Drews as leader of the Slee-
py Eye band is getting some good
music out of that organization, and
new bass horn recently received,
is the pride of Otto and his regi.
ment
The Sleepy Eye papers-the Her.
aid and the Dispatch-disagree as
to VIM. Sunday S influence in that
town, but there is no doubt but
what the evangelist set some of
them to thinking.
The Enterprise sayss that a rep
resentative of the Minnesota Tele-
phone Co. was in Echo talking a
local exchange, but two other COM
panies after the franchise put the
representative to disappearing.
Phil. Young, electrician at Tracy,
has disappeared without leaving a
card stating as to .where he pro-
posed going. Young failed to set
tie store accounts and also to re-
turn number of loans secured
through friends.
The heating plant in the Milroy
school is not sufficiently strong to
heat the rooms in extreme cold
weather and recently school was
dismissed for couple of days, A
new 500 pound bell has been
placed in the tower of that school
house.
Crime seems to center. QJessup
killed himself at Tracy, after know
ing that he had wrecked his bank
and robbed the people. Young fol-
lowed with his embellishments and
then came the double murder and
suicide. Tracy is certainly doing
her share.
Rivalry in the hog market at Nor
gan is a big thing for the town, &C
cording to the Messenger. R. II.
Kempton and Durham & Dennis
toun are the rival buyers, aud on
Jan. 9th the two firms bought 254
hogs. Editor Pollard thinks that
there are still a few hogs left.
The State Bank of Lamberton
held its annual stockholders meet
ing recently. The following officers
were again elected: f. Schandera
president, r. Morton vice-presi-