The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-05-30
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken From
Different County Papers.

Lake is a go. About S2,5OO has
been subscribed and prospects are
good for another 81, 900.
The pilot of the Belle Of Marshall
lost his bearings last Sunday while
navigating around the shores of
their lake and the result was
broken propeller for the Belle and
a hard job of towing for the pilot.
According to the News Messenger
Marshall business men are abandon
ing electricity for lights and install
ling vaporized oil plants. 1t is
claimed to be much cheaper and
gives a more brilliant and salts
factory light.
The Morgan Messenger closed its
sixteenth year last week. During
the past year under the able man
agement of Editor Cliff Eaton the
paper has shown a good advance in
appearance and general prosperity,
and Mr.. Eaton should be shown the
appreciation of his patrons in sub
stantial manner.
Morgan Messenger: The bill pre-
sented to the village council Of
Morgan by Mrs. R. H. Kempton for
81 900 damages for injuries received
on defective sidewalk in that vii
lage, was disallowed by that body
at their last meeting Mrs. Kemp
ton intends bringing an action in
the district court.
The city dads of Renville did a
good stroke of business for their
town at recent meeting by taking
up 1000 worth of their gas bonds
issued in 1903, due 1918 and draw
ing 5 per cent. interest. The sinking
fund, started some time ago for this
very purpose, provided the funds
and demonstrated it's good business
quail les.
A porchclimber got in his work
very nicely at Ivanhoe one night last
week. He entered half a dozen
different houses of the village dur
ing the night with varying success,
at one getting sixty dollars. He
was bold fellow and usually made
his entrance by tearing off a screen
and then raising the window. No
clue was left behind.
The officials of the Minneapolis &
St. Louis railroad made an inspec-
ton trip over this division of the
company's road Tuesday of the
present week, making stops at the
various stations along the line, fol-
the purpose of comforting with the
business men and patrons of the
road as to any grievances they might
have and suggestions that might be
made to put right any matter Of
complaint. They found but little tC
settle however, the general verdict
being that the M. & St. L. treats
her patrons with all fairness anC
generosity.
H. G. Eaton of Morgan went tc
New Ulm Monday evening where
he was subpoened to appear before
the grand jury the following day
as a witness. Last January few
farmers in Eden township had g
number of bushels of wheat stoler
from their granaries and have beer
laboring hard for the past few
months to find the guilty party OF
parties. The suspicion now rests up
on one James Lee, formerly a resi-
dent of Eden, but now as is stated
is located in North Dakota. Last
J winter, at the time the wheat was
stolen, James Lee, now under suspi
cion, sold two loads of wheat to Mr.
Eaton, agent for the Sleepy Eye
Milling Co., grain dealers at Nor
gan.
1t is rumored that w. o. Musser
of the banking firm of G. H. Jessur
& Co. of Tracy, will be brought
before the grand jury at it's mex
session on the charge of accepting
deposits when he knew the bank tt
be insolvent. In connection will
this proposed litigation there ar.
all kinds of ugly rumors involving
Mrs. Jessup for the part that sh,
played in settling up her affair
and getting out of town. Som,
of the poor people who had theil
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