The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-07-24

New Ulm Review: r. w. Sherer.
John Schrodt and Herman Buessman
started up the river in the Aquila''
Saturday, intending to go as far as
Granite Falls. Rain and mosquitoes
forced them to return after reaching
Morton.
a olbley woman, going from home
for the day, locked everything up
well and for the grocer's benefit.
wrote on a card, "All out. Don't
leave anything" This she stuck on
the front door. On her return she
found the house ransaked and all
her choicest possessions gone. To
the card on the door was added:
Thanks we haven't left much"
New Ulm News: Messrs. Berg
and kretch have proposition from
a Colorado mining company to pur-
chase the Bier farm in Sigel. of
which they recently became owners,
and on which gold is believed to exist
and they have written to the com
pany stating the price they want for
the farm. This is an encouraging
feature as to the existence of gold.
New Ulm Review: Philip Bern
hard. the Colorado Springs miner,
returned to this city Friday and has
busled himself ever since with oper-
ating his gold-mining machine at the
Bier farm. He is accompanied by
w. II. Frlck, man who is reputed
to be interested in various mining
enterprises in the west, but just
what the nature of his visit is no one
seems to know.
Danube successfully dedicated the
new creamery at that place and held
the first anniversary of their farm
ers, elevator the same day. The
Herald declares that the village was
mass of living humanity, from
which we infer that there was
crowd. A big free dinner was served
and Mike Bowling was the speaker
of the day, which may have had
something to do with the big turn
out.
Users of government postal cards
will be afforded the same privileges
accorded users of private mailing
cards after Aug. 1. An order re-
ceived at the postofice indicates
that after that date the postoffice
department will issue cards with the
left third of the face ruled off
for messages. Thin sheets of paper
with writing or printing may also be
attached to the card without in
creased cost to the sender.
Granite Falls Journal: Mr.. T. H.
Sorlien returned from his trip to
Jamestown Sunday evening, and
Mrs. Sorlien and Harold came Tues
day evening, having stopped in Min
neapolis for few days. They had
a pleasant trip, taking in Niagara
Falls and New York on their way
there and Washington on their way
home. They vote Washington the
finest city they were ever in. Har-
old did finely with his grafton, and
was very enthusiastically applauded.
St Peter Free Press: The twin
city automobiles made their first
run of the season to Manka to last
Saturday. They came here about 5
O'Clock in the afternoon, there being
twenty-seyen of them, all Of which
made the trip without mishap Of
any kind. They carried a repair car
In charge of two experts with them
but did not require its services. AL
though the roads were not as good
as could be desired yet the trip was
made in a comparatively short time.
The return trip was made via North
field and Pennington.
Chas. Merkingler, an electrician
in Springfield, was severely scalded
by steam escaping from broken
pipe, and was in dangerous condi-
ton therefrom. His entire body,
with the exception of his feet, was
literally scalded, his arms being so
scalded that the skin peeled off, |
while his-hands and face are swollen
out of proportion from the intense
heat. Despite his terrible burns he