The Redwood gazette., 1907-07-17
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opmlon that it was a nature faker,
no doubt, who told the following
story: A lieutenant Of an English
regiment stationed in Africa was
hunting for big game. He was fear
less, but for some reason he hesi-
tated to shoot at the great lioness
tnat approached. Nearer and near
er she came. and was limping. The
blg-hearted soldier took out the
thorn that he saw was in her foot
and she limped away gratefully.
And the British forgot the incident.
Not 80 with her ladyship. She re-
turned the next night, looked over
the roster of the regiment, and ate
i every officer that ranked the lieu
tenant, who, of course. by her act
OF gratitude, was made colonel.
i Sleepy Eye Herald: The past
three months has seen some extern
slve improvements in the city plant.
A large new boiler was put in dur
ing the spring and now the council
has just started a fine new $50
horsepower engine. The other two
engines are thus put out of business.
| The fly wheel on the new engine
weighs eight tons and required
some lifting to place it in position.
The city has also purchased large
dynamo capable of furnishing all
the electricity needed in the city for
\ some time to come. The old plant
was capable Of furnishing about
from 1900 to 1000 sixteen-candle in
candescent lamps besides the 35 arc
lights on the streets. The new plant
will create 5000 sixteen-candle pow
erl lights and the regular number of
street lights and it is the intention
OF the city to add half dozen street
lights.
| A special from New Ulm says:
| While cultivating corn with a team
to-day R. H. Lilli of the town of
Lafayette plowed up loaded field
gun shell weighing about thirty-fve
pounds. Mr.. Lilli's farm adjoins
the target range, which was used
| by the Seventh and Tenth field bat
teries of Fort Smelling under com
mand of Maj. E. S. Allen several
years ago. The targets were placed
against a high bluff, but some of
the shells landed on top of the bluff.
| Shortly after the batteries had re-
turned to Fort Smelling two sons of
Fred. Klossner found loaded shell
and made an attempt to unscrew
| the cap, with the result that the
| shell exploded and one of the men
was killed outright and the other
/ lost an arm. Since then further
target practice on this range was
abandoned. Gen. Joseph Bobleter
was notified by phone to take steps
to have the loaded missile removed.
In order to avoid further accident it
was proposed to seed the land with
clover.
St. Peter Herald: Last Saturday
afternoon a furious hail storm passed
over Cleveland village and the sur
rounding country. 1t killed stock,
| damaged buildings and destroyed
crops. and for severity it was posi-
i lively without precedent in this part
of the state. The descent of the
hail was terrific. 1t continued for
nearly an hour and in that time
property was damaged to the extent
of many thousands Of dollars. While
| it was at its height the streets Of
Cleveland were white with hail, and
the storm was particularly remark
able for the unusually large size of
| the hail stones. Several were picked
up which measured 101 inches in
circumference, larger than base
bali. At the farm of N. Burns, Sr.,
a flock of sheep were beaten to
death by the hail, and Milton Hill
lost hog in the same manner.
j Madelia Messenger: That Hans
Everson and John Wilson escaped
an awful death at the bottom Of the
| big ditch which is being constructed
to drain Lake Emmerson, is little
short of miraculous. Fourteen men
/ are employed by Contractor Schwer-
| de, and on Saturdays it is their Gus
tom to begin work after dinner at