The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-01-16
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Redwood Oo3ctte
WEDNESDAY, JAN. is, 1907.
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken from
Different County Papers.

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of Morton, engaged in the saloon
business, died recently after a pro-
tracted illness.
Glencoe seems to need jag
wagon. The Register of that town
says in a headline, I'VE are full and
running over"
Write for our special 1907 Grain
& Stock letter. 1t is free. Frank
M Moore & Co., Brokers Grain,
provisions, stocks and bonds. 205
Endicott Bldg, St. Paul, MINI.
A Marshall farmer who tossed
roll of bills into his pocket recent
ly, pulled it out with his mittens
soon after, and learned valuable
and costly lesson. 1t cost him just
$12O.
Revere Record: Born to Prof. and
Mrs. C. w. Knox on Friday, Dec.
18th, girl. The professor is spend
ing his vacation celebrating the ar
rival of and entertaining the Christ
mas guest.
Same old story we hear every
winter, with variations. This one is
telegraphic note from a daily:
While returning home from Echo
last night liver Iverson, an old set
tier of Redwood county, was killed
by falling from his wagon. He had
been drinking. A wagon wheel
passed over his head. He was 6S
years old.
Messenger: The Y. M. C. A..
student band from the State Uni
versity, who so successfully con-
Quoted a series of revival meetings
at the Presbyterian church last week
left for Minneapolis Monday. The
young gentlemen were manly lot of
fellows and created an impression
upon the people of Morgan and
vicinity that will not be forgotten.
Appleton, whose windfall from the
old country was referred to in this
column last week, went from Sleepy
Eye to St. Paul recently in answer
to letter from E. B. Hobe of that
city, the Swedish consul, who stated
that the estate was ready to be
given to Mr.. Appleton, the legal
heir. Appleton is young man
about 80 years of age and has been
with the cement firm for the past
year at Sleepy Eye.
Wood Lake News: Mrs. Eliza
Ferguson who has been a resident
of Wood Lake for the past sixteen
years is perhaps the only one in this
part of the state that is enjoying the
distinction of cutting her third set
of teeth. While she is enjoying the
distinction of cutting her third set
of teeth, we cannot say she is enjoy
ing the cutting of the teeth, for she
is suffering as all others do during
the cutting process. Mrs. Ferguson
now has eight teeth coming thru,
viz: four front teeth, two stomach
teeth and two double teeth. She
was seventy-seven years old the
twelfth day of August, 1906, and
has better health at present than
she has had for many years, is quite
spry and doing all her own house
work.
The New Ulm News gives some
interesting figures which show the
magnitude of the fur business at the
county seat, and says that ''The
chief market for furs shipped from
New Ulm is in st. Louis and in an
interior town in Wisconsin. 1t is
difficult this early in the season,
which opened Nov. LIST, to get &C.
curate statements of purchases, as
some buyers are reluctant to give
figures, but it is safe to give the
following as the purchases up to the
Goth Of this month";, covering per-
iod of seven weeks, muskrat skins
1850, mink skins 241, skunk skins
It's. The prices paid for rats start
ed in the season at 12a per skin.
but for some time Is cents has been
paid. The price Of mink skins varies
all the way from 81 to SIS, depending
on size and quality. No person not
familiar with the fur business has
any idea of the magnitude of the
trada in tho nI1rohnr. of nor, and