The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-04-10
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Redwood 0o3ctte
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1907.
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

Id. r. n. norton, route 4, CITY. OBI
Stephen Hoskins of North Red
wood was among the candidates to
take rural route examinations at
Sanborn recently.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: Tracy Fer
ris, telegraph operator at the local
railroad office, left for Grand Mead
ow the first of the week in company
with his father, B. A. Ferris of Red
wood Falls, having been called there
on account of the serious illness of
Mrs. Ferris.
Echo Enterprise: Geo. Brundage
made a deal this week with Henry
Terhell, trading off his village prop
erty for half section of land in St.
Louis county. Mr.. Terhell will
probably rent the store building to
be used as a drug store, and the
residence property will be occupied
by Mr.. Terhell.
Window Republican: The man
Dode Ellinsworth, arrested here on
Wednesday on suspicion of being the
man who committed horse theft
at DEBORAH, Iowa, four years ago.
he answering the description very
closely, was last night taken to
Preston by Sheriff George Mizenar
of DEBORAH. The sheriff who ar
rived here from DEBORAH last even
ing is new official and could not
identify the man, but took him to
Preston, where if he is the thief
wanted he can easily be identified,
Franklin Tribune: Jos. L. Muir
ply spent Wednesday in the village,
coming down from Redwood Falls
in the morning. This was Joe's final
trip here in the capacity Of an in
surance solicitor, he, with several
well-known Flour City business men,
having formed corporation for the
manufacture of a superior quality
writing fluid, CLUES, pastes, etc.
The company will DE known as the
Royal Ink Co. Franklin folks will
surely miss the periodical invasions
of the princely Joe" but will hope
that fate, fame and fortune will
smile kindly upon him in this new
enterprise. -
Austin Register: ]. r. Webb of
this city, who has accurate records
of temperature and daily conditions
of the weather for many years past,
and who has also studied the condi-
tions that influenced the weather,
predicts a remarkably early spring
this year. He predicts that not
since 1884, when gardens were plant.
ed on April I'd, have we been favored
by as early spring as we will be
this year. Mr.. Webb's records are
very interesting. They show that
the recent balmy weather which we
have enjoyed is the warmest or
record for this season in forty-foul
years.
Sleepy Eye has taken steps to re
new her municipal lighting ane
water supply plant instead of hiring
the mill company to do it. The Dis
patch says that an order was PLACED
for new boiler several weeks agt
and it is expected that this addition
to the plant will soon be installed
Recently they decided to add new
engine to the equipment, and al
order was placed this week for
14x36 twinscity Corliss engine of Isl
horse power. This engine will TAX
the place of the large one now il
use which has never given satisfac
tory service. The new engine, be
ing of type that is more econom
ical in operation will effect grea
saving in fuel 1t is estimated tina
the coal bill will be cut one-third, O
about 81 900 annually.
S. H. Barnes. the undertaken a
Vernon Center, was called to atten,
the funeral service of Mrs. J. 7
Cravers of Garden City Friday at
p. M, and when about half way from
Vernon Center to Garden City wa
crossing a bridge that the count,
put in last fall over a county ditcl
between Vernon Center and Gardel
City. The bridge gave way and lie
tho foam and hoorco hood G,ct ~