The Redwood gazette., 1907-05-08

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loser by the burning of the Vesta
Hour mills, made a proposition to
FRANKLIN citizens to start a mill
there if sufficient stock could be
secured. $4,000 in stock was pledged
IN few minutes, according to the
1r bune.
Ihe Journal says tha. the widow
OF Chas. Brandt, the railroad labor
er who was killed last February near
New Ulm, by the collision of a
freight train with hand car on
which he was riding, will bring suit
against the company for damages,
not having been able to effect a set
tlement with the company.
Courtland, Nicollet county, was
vIsrted by a disastrous fire last Tues
day afternoon. The fire started in
the Fullerton Lumber Co. S yards
and burned the stock and buildings,
communicating to the largest gen.
eral merchandise store of the place,
j. Havermeyer's, and also burning
number of residences. New Ulm
sent firemen and engines to the as
slstance of the unlucky town.
Nellie Campbell and H. c..
Spanton are prisoners in the county
jail at Madison, Mimi, awaiting a
hearing on charges of arson. Last
week fire destroyed the Interstate
Grain company's elevator at Belling-
ham. Spanton, the grain company's
agent at Bellingham, is alleged to
have hired Campbell to burn the
structure.
According to the report Of the
state Insurance commissioner, re-
Gently published, S7,6O1, ,5O8.12 were
paid in premiums to foreign fire in
surance companies in Minnesota dur
ing the past year, and losses for the
same were S4,263, ,O32.68. The 15S
! township insurance companies re-
ceived 1858, ,600.41 as premiums and
! paid S227 ,8O7.55 in losses.
Vesta Censor; Henry Terhell ano
son Oscar came in Monday and took
charge of the drug store which was
purchased from Geo. Brundage some
weeks ago. Mr.. Terhell will make
several changes, put in new fixtures
and an up-to-date stock of drugs
confectionery. soda fountain and ev.
erything else necessary to make 3
store or this kind first class in every
respect.
The Detroit Record is facetious
Just read what that newspaper says:
The Legislature has passed what is
known as 'sthe nursing BILL" which
/ fixes a penalty for inducing a mother
/ to use a bottle Here is another in.
stance Of the injustice that is done
the gentler sex. Our wise states.
men do not hesitate to take the
bottle away from her, but when it
comes to taking the bottle away
from the man there is a strong lob
by to protect his rights
/ A dispatch from St. Peter to the
Journal says that rumors of the pro-
posed extensions Of the Minneapolis
& ST. Louis railroad from Waterville
thru LIE Sueur Center. LIE Sueur,
Henderson and Arlington are likely
to reopen the long-standing county
seat fight in Sibley county. Hen
derson. the present county seat, has
no railway communication with the
remainder of the county. Three
attempts have been made to take
the court house from Henderson.
/ but all have failed because of the
jealousy existing between Arlington,
Gaylord and Winthrop, hustling
1 towns on the WatertoWn branch of
the Minneapolis & St. Louis. On
May 14th the five-year limit, fixed
by statute, expires. and a fourth
county seat contest may be opened.
| The following from the Granite
! Falls Journal refers to the new sci
ence teacher Of the Candy high
school: B. F. Woodward, the bust
ness manager of the Carleton college
glee club, was held up and robbed
of the evenings receipts while at
Litchfeld. He and some Of the
other boys were stopping at the
home of Mr.. March, and when he
entered the grounds after the en-