The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-07-04
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of General interest Taken from
Different County Fapers.

\ arce fellows were arrested az wal
i nut Grove recently on the charge of
skipping a S22 livery bill at Sanborn.
/ Upon payment Of the bill they
! were excused.
N. B. Truth, St. Paul, June 81,
'08. I've lived so long, | remember
well when the Mississippi was a
brook. My good health and long
life came by taking HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. 35 cents. H. M.
Hitchcock. 6
Nine fine looking horses belong
ing to the Melchor DitChing Co.,,
now operating near Marshall, were
shot last week by order of DR..
Ward, the state veterinarian, who
found the animals afflicted with
CHAMBERS.
From present indications the work
of ditching, especially in the eastern
portion of Yellow Medicine county,
is going to be extensively carried on
during this season, and it is safe to
predict that within the next few
years all low lands in that portion of
the county will be drained. Already
machines are at work, for private
individuals, in the immediate vicin-
ity of Echo and the western portion
of Redwood county.
GA Deuce Game The Echo En-
terprise says: An exciting foot race
took place last Friday evening be-
tween John Berglund and A. A.
Diederich and cur dog with lawn
tennis ball in his mouth. It all hap
pened when the ball was batted out
of bounds and the dog picked it up
and "hiked." The boys started in
hot pursuit and after a chase up
back alleys and thru barn yards re-
turned triumphantly with the ball.
| At the recent annual meeting Of
/ the Farmers Elevator Co., the fol-
lowing directors were elected for
the ensuing year: P. Aune, Edwin
Anderson, D. McTaggart, H.. AL
bertson, Charles Lauer, Emil Gerth,
Fred. Werner, A. F. Werner and
John Karlson. They organize and
elect offers at their next regular
meeting. Considering the fact that
it was the first year of the company
they have done we'll, as they have
cleared about $1,000. -Lamberton
Star.
Burglars made pretty good haul
at Gaylord last Saturday night with
out much effort apparently. On
Sunday morning Chas. Bonnie, one
of the merchants of that town en-
tered his store to.fnd that burglars
had visited his place of business dur
ing the night. Entrance had been
made thru the back window by
removing the screen and breaking
the window. The safe had been
opened by the combination and
something over $3.50 in cash was
secured and a wallet containing
notes and checks valued at several
hundred dollars.
The jury in the case Of A. ].
Cummings, broker, VS.. the Edwards
Woods Co., for libel and malicious
prosecution, gave Mr.. Cummings a
verdict of $6,458.33. The verdict
was in accordance with the charge
to the jury by Judge Bum of st.
Paul, and generally meets with
popular approval. The verdict was
in the nature of compromise, the
members Of the jury following the
customary plan of each giving an
amount, the aggregate then being
divided by twelve to reach an aver
( age. It is understood that seven of
the jurors marked $500 and five
$1,000. The aggregate was ST., 500,
which divided by IL resulted in
sc, 458. 33, the verdict returned.
M. Mullen of New Ulm went to
Washington, D. c., last week, where
he will attempt to secure favorable
concessions as to the land leased by
the Minnesota and Dakota Cattle
company, near Evarts, S. D. 1t vii
be remembered that Mr.. Mullen was
called to Evarts a number of weeks
ago to be present at a meeting helG
by the Indian tribes, from which the
land had been leased for a number
of years. The Indians were inciteC
TO seek a more lucrative rental fee