The Redwood gazette., 1905-11-29
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken from
Different County Papers.

M. Lehrer traded his eighty acre
farm adjoining that town to Chas.
Lemke for a 400 acre farm in North
Dakota, the consideration for the 80
acre farm being $5, 900. There were
some valuable improvements on the
tract.
John Jacob Grousam of Seaforth,
was united in marriage to Miss Jose
phine Margaret Turbes of Brown
county at Springfield on Nov. IA.
A wedding reception occurred at.
the home of the bride two miles
south of Springfield after the cere-
mony had been performed.
Leroy Stegner Of this city secured
the contract for plastering the new
$50, 900 school building at Fairfax,
and now has a crew of men at work
on the job. A Monteyideo firm Sc
cured the painting contract and are
also smearing the building inside
and out, according to the specifica-
tions.
Charles Dake, a thresher, was
fined $50 in Justice Looney's court
at Milroy for furnishing liquor to
young man residing near Milroy
who had been black-listed in the
saloons of that town and surround
ing places. Dake secured a jury
trial and after the verdict Of the
six had been pronounced Justice
Looney gave him the extreme penalty
of the law.
Morgan's singing society continues
to prosper in the vocal art, and at a
recent meeting Henry Johnston was
elected president, Harry West vice
president, Walter Carlile treasurer
and Clara Jaeger secretary. The
club has 80 members. The band at
that place has also reorganized with
C. H. Porter as leader, L. F. Porter
as secretary and r. G. Vessel
treasurer. Nearly all the old mem
bers of the band are back in harness
while new members are being
added.
Granite Falls has been having
trouble with power for its electric
lighting plant and at a recent meet
ing of the council it was pointed out
that the way to remedy the defect
if, any, would be to raise the pres
ent power house dam, thereby in
creasing the pressure to the square
inch on the power wheel, and that in
order to reach this result the proper
way would be to start to build up
from the outside of the dam. 1t was
also suggested that a new power
wheel might increase the present
power, to be done so as not Yto in
convenience the public.
The Fairfax Standard says that
burglars entered the home of Mrs.
Thoratea Thorman, widow, resid-
ing in the eastern portion of that
town, and robbed her of valuable
notes and other papers, together
with cash, amounting in all to over
So, 700. The cash amounted to over
$50 and the balance was collateral
which cannot be negotiated by the
burglars. Mrs. Thorman resides
alone. She is about 60 years old,
and before retiring she placed all
her valuables under the pillow. So
sound did she sleep that the package
was taken out from the hiding place
without even awakening the sleeper.
Joseph Chovitek, farmer resid-
ing in ST. Leo township, Yellow Med
icine county, is in the Jail of that
county for having imbibed liquor
too freely and then following up his
convivial spirit by stopping at a
school house while on the way home
and making himself obnoxious to the
teacher, William Kelehan. The lat
ter tried to quiet Chovitek by having
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him sit down or leave, but he would
do neither, but kept disturbing the
school. He was not apparently
angry about anything, but he insist
ed on talking to the children and
thus creating disturbance. Seeing
it was no use to talk to the fellow
Kelehan finally put him out and went
on with the school. After school
was dismissed and he dismissed
rather earlier than usual, and it is
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