The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-11-28

According IO@ IllS 11loCAilO oiAo
Franklin Mercantile Co. has pur-.
chased the large grocery store and
meat market of Oscar Lahti at HID
bing, and the members of the
mercantile company propose to run
stores at both places. Hibblng IS IN
St. Louis county, and is one OF the
rustling towns on the iron range.
Sam Lee, Tracy's Chinaman, has
sold his laundry business to another
of his race, and left for the Pacific
coast where he expects to. engage In
the cigar manufacturing business.
Sam had az keen insight into the
ways that count for American sue
cess and he-Lleft here with a good
sum of money. He told US that he
contributed 81 to the revival meet
ings last month, not that he knew
what it. counted for in a religious
way, but he.said the church people
"likee he better and givee he
washee." asses
Inasmuch as Finley A. Gray, who
has made such an efficient city re-
corder for several years past, will
not again. be candidate for the
place, owing to the attention he must
give to business matters IN other
states, it has been suggested that
Fred J. Thompson be given the place.
Mr.. Thompson is a popular young
man of this city. He has been con-
nected with the St. Louis railroad
for number Of years, and later was
connected with the Minnesota Cen
trail Telephone Co. He now has
charge of theslibrary building, and
his election would be pleasing to a
large number Of his friends in this
city.
! 1t might be of considerable inn
portance to some Of our readers to
know that there is a law inflicting a
heavy penalty on persons who fail
to report the existence of hog
cholera on their farm. The same
should be reported on its appearance
to the State Live Stock Sanitary
board for& their action. Ignorance
of the law is not generally accepted
in court only as an eXtenuating cir
cumstance, and the fine for the vio-
lation of the law is from S25 to 500.
There is also a fine of from $40 to
500 for not burying the carcasses
of hogs that die from this disease.
This is done tosprevent the spread of
the disease to adjoining farms. All
whose farms are now infested with
this dreaded swine disease would do
we'll to guard against these heavy
fines.
The Springfield Advance gasoline
story: Yesterday morning, shortly
before seven o'clock, the fire depart
ment was called to blaze in Nelson
& Lindholm's steam laundry The
fire was under control when the fire
department arrived, and but little
damage was done, excepting to the
building, which came near being a
wreck from the force of the explo-
sion from the gasoline stove. The
stove was in the middle room be-
tween the engine room and office.
Engineer Mcqueen was busy in the
engine room at the time of the
explosion and was dazed by the con-
cussion. After regaining himself,
he saw the1whole room from one
end to the other in blaze, but it
seems that the fire died as suddenly
as it started, and was easily eXtin-
guished. The top of the tank on
the gasoline stove was blown off,
but a strange feature of the explo-
sion was, that the tank was half full
Of oil after the explosion. The north
and east wall, of the building were
forced out about one foot at the
base of the building. .-... ..-.....,
DR.. Givler's lecture on William the
Silent, last Friday evening, was lis
tened to by a good-sized audience,
though not as large as it should have
been. The lecturer announced atthe
outset that he should not attempt to
be amusing, but his theme gave an
opportunity toimpress upon his hear
ers that. our blood bought liberties
are not mere figure of Speech. but
tremendous reality. 1t is FORUM
ate that a considerable number of
high school students were present,
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