The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-07
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken From
Different County Papers.

Different County Papers.
Geo. E. Bartholomew, formerly
postmaster and editor at Sanborn, is
now a grain buyer for Bingham
Bros. elevator at that place. Geo.
has a lot of friends, and he ought
to make a popular grain buyer.
We have for sale some good seed
wheat, also timothy seed and choice
No. Is flax, an early variety and
heavy yielder.
27-tf. VIM BROS.
The Revere Record says that Re
we're has turned into a socialistic
community and points to the action
of the people of that town in sub
scribing to a common fund for the
housing of ice for the coming season
as confirmation of it's statement.
Anyway, the little band expects to
keep cool.
The Child Publishing Co. has taken
charge of the Waseca Herald, ]. F.
Murphy & Co. having disposed of
the plant to the new company. Col.
Pat Childs will have charge of the
editorial columns of the paper and
those warm, fre-eating editorials
will continue to make their appear
ance in the columns of the Herald.
George Marion, residing four
miles northeast of Sanborn when he
resides at home, is doing 90 days
in the county Jail for wife-beating.
George is a subject for the temper
ance orator. He secured quart of
alcohol. Then filled himself with
the same Next came the wife
beating. Lastly, in the county Jail.
Morris is taking the initiatory
steps necessary for the installation
of a sewerage system, and the Madi-
son Independent says that this is a
thing which the city of Madison
will have to grapple with one of
these days as sure as each recurring
morning brings forth the sun. Let
us suggest to Madison that the
sooner the subject is considered and
the system constructed the sooner
will the town be happy and health
full.
M. J. Bowling was postmaster
at Olivia for short time one even
ing recently. He was appointed by
Mrs. J. M. Freeman to take charge
of the postoffice at her home a
postofice established for the benefit
of a lot of ladies who were indulging
in a St. Valentines party. Mike
had an awful time collecting the
money for the postage, and then
after he made the collections he in
sisted upon licking all the stamps.
Horrid thing.
The board of education of Fairfax
put the old school building, which
has given way to a magnificent new
structure, up to the highest bidder,
and the village of Fairfax purchased
it for 1926. There were several
parties after it, the membt rs of the
Catholic church at that place being
particularly anxious to get it and
convert it into a parochial school at
that place. The bidding started at
81 800, and worked up to- the selling
price before the hammer fell. The
village will use it for village pur-
poses.
The New Ulm Review says that
with apparently nothing the mat
ter nineteen cattle belonging to a
herd owned by one person in the
county of Nicollet were ordered
killed by the state department, and
while the animals were paid for by
the state, it will be difficult for the
owner to replace them with other
animals of equal value. 1t was de-
termined by the state veterinarian
that the cattle were affected with
tuberculosis and the milk was not
such as should be sold. He found
symptoms of the disease in other
places and it is expected that other
owners of cows will have to dispose
of them and the percentage of loss
will be so great that it will cripple
the Riverside creamery. In speak
ing of the matter the9 Lafayette
Ledger has the following: Among
the places that DIR. Whitcomb visited
last week was Mrs. Lindquist's,
| xuhoro he found 10 hood Of ,rfocfoJ