The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-04-26
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken From
the Different Exchanges.

st. Peter is to have a $4,000 play
house.
The Walnut Grove editor thinks
that good place for pop factory.
At band concert Granite Falls
raised 1920 for a new band organi-
zation.
The Walnut Grove Tribune sug-
gests good roads convention.
Good thing, push it along.
John Turbes of Wabasso has pur-
chased residence in Springfield
and has gone there to reside.
Milroy Echo: Travelling auditor
Goudy for the Bingham and Sleepy
Eve elevators, was in town Monday.
Lucan has new Jail and consid-
cradle speculation is rife as to who
shall have the honor of dedicating
the same.
ST. Peter is booming proposition
for a corset factory. There is a
prospect that the project may
squeeze through.
J. c. Lahey, station agent at
Springfield, was promoted to the
position of agent of the Northwest
ern at ST. Charles.
| Lamberton has organized a base
ball team for the coming season by
merging their home team with the
Charlestown farmers club.
Sleepy Eye has organized a rural
telephone company with capital of
$4,000, over two-thirds of which
has already been subscribed.
Edwards Woods & Co. have closed
their branch at Sleepy Eye. The
summer months are usually consid-
cred the closed season for suckers.
| The Journal says that the stage
of water in the Minnesota river at
Granite Falls is too low to give
promise of good fishing this spring.
| The city council of Wadena re-
Gently placed the license to peddle
goods in that city at SIS per day.
The peddlers in Wadena will here.
after last quick.
VIM. Baade, formerly agent for
the Youman Lumber Co. at Vesta
has accepted position as manager
of the hardware store and lumber
yard at Harvey, n. D.
Joe Casserly of WestIine has
gone to North Dakota, where be ex-
poets to find employment on a con-
templated extension of the Northern
Pacific railroad in that state.
The Milroy Echo says that the
merchants of that town are enjoy
ing good trade just now, and adds
that it is unusual, as everybody
seems to be busy on the farms.
The Sanborn fans have organized
club in that town for the 1905
season. Sanborn has some good
base ball material and Bro. MeRae
ought to develop it thoroughly this
year.
A militia company is being or
ganized in St. Peter, aud it's officers
are assured that they have an
equal chance of being one of the
nine new companies to be raised 10
the state.
L. Nichols has refused to vacate
the site upon which his mill stood
at Fairfax, and the railroad COM
pauy has issued an order insisting
that he shall do so. 1t appears that
the site is wanted for an elevator.
Amiret has flowing we'll 425 feet
deep. The vein is soft water, COM
ing from three inch hole. This
is the first we'll ever drilled in Am
iret that has resulted successfully,
three previous attempts having
proven failures.
Burglars effected an entrance to
Partridge Bros. dry goods store at
Tracy on Tuesday night of last
week and made their escape with
about $3.50 worth of silks, leaving
no clue behind. 1t was evidently
the work of professionals.
An insane man with a penchant
for "disconnections' is causing the
Northwestern road considerable
trouble, says the Rochester Post.
He travels along the track, occa-