The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-09-05

P..,.s The Gibbon Gazette has moved ir-
to a new home. With new home
and new material the Gazette appears
new every week to it's list of sub
Iscribers.
!, The Granite Falls base ball club
thinks that "13' is a hoodoo. In
the tournament at Marshall between
-four clubs Granite Falls was de-
feated and Cottonwood carried off
first honors.
Lightning struck the Tracy water
tower, scattered shingles in every
direction, and gave Hollie Ste1 ems,
the engineer, severe shock, kr ock-
ing him to the floor and causing a
serious bruise on the forehead. He
regained consciousness several min
utes after the bolt appeared.
Cuddy & Cavanaugh of New Ulm
have one of the largest ditching
machines made at work north of
that city, and the Review says that
there is something majestic about
the working of the machine. The
firm thinks that it is in the money
they are receiving from the work.
A ten-year-oId boy with a %
calibre rifle saw what he took to be
a dog lying in the shade under a
tree at Hampton, Dakota county,
Tuesday of last week, and concluded
to take shot at him. He shot
straight and the ball went thru
Herman Hoffman's heart, killing
him instantly. And now what will be
done with the boy? Better lock up
his parents for allowing such small
boy to have dangerous weapon.
Michael Mullen of New Ulm re-
Gently returned from an Indian
council at Evarts, S. D. Mr.. Mullen
attended the council for the purpose
of doing business with the chiefs
and having their action ratified by
the Indian department at Washing
!, ton. He is interested in the grazing
lands owned by the Indians to the
extent of paying them for large
tract on which his cattle Craze. The
Indians have demanded a higher
price per acre be paid for the land
which has been used by large cattle
firms in the state. The increase in
this rental fee is so large it will
practically force the retainers of the
land to look for other suitable loca-
tons for their ranches, if the In
dians still tenent their position,
which was taken up with the depart
ment at Washington, and the de-
partment has attempted to convince
the owners of the land their
demands were unreasonable, and
that the increase they demanded
was too large.
A Faribault special of recent date
says that the people of that com
munity were shocked by the news OF
suicide committed at French Lake
about ten miles west of Faribault
Mrs. Josephine De Clusin, who lived
with her only son, H. De Clusin, on
a farm on the south side of French
Lake, ended her life in shocking
, manner. Mrs. De Clusin had been
in very melancholy mood from the
death Of her husband, which oc-
Cured last February, and this con-
dition was all the more aggravated
by the sale of the old homestead,
which occurred two weeks ago.
Some time Saturday afternoon she
dressed in her best and went to a
slough, which is about twenty rods
from the dwelling, and plunged into
we'll about six feet deep. The well
supplies water for the stock in the
dry season, but was covered with
boards. The we'll was full, owing
to the recent rains. The woman re-
moved the board covering before
plunging into the well, About II
rods further from the we'll he
noticed the cover had been removed
from the well, and on investigating
found his mother in the we'll head
foremost, her feet near the surface
of the water.