The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-20
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of interest Taken From the
Country Papers.


Com. George Posi- of Sanborn, has
secured a position with the Inter-
national Harvester Company. and
will travel south from Sanborn along
the / & M.
Patrick Raverty. one of Brown
county's best citizens, passed away
at his home in Sleepy Eye Friday
afternoon.
By virtue OF the decision of the
voters of Hanska at the last general
election the four saloons in that vii
lage were closed and will remain
closed at least year. One of the
proprietors, Ole j. Olesen. will con-
vert his place into temperance hall,
and Of the others two at least will
remove to other towns.
Morgan Messenger: In the case
of state VS.. Mary Greenberg, refer
red to in last weeks issue. the court
on Saturday sentenced her to the
Minnesota State Training School at
Red Wing. Sheriff Schueller receiy-
ed commitment papers from Clerk
of Court Warner on Monday and
with Mrs. Schueller as an escort Ito
look after the Sheriff. departed
Tuesday morning for Red Wing.
Marshall Messenger: Mrs. N. D.
Barker returned from the Vesta hos
pital after a successful operation for
gall stones. She received excellent
treatment at the hospital and cannot
say enough in praise of the institu-
ton. The hospital is a small, priv
ate affair, and cannot accommodate
but four patients at one time. Since
they started into operation, seven
teen years ago, they have not had
one unsuccessful operation.
Laurence Pew. the 10 year old son
of S. c. Pew, a Belgrade farmer,
had a narrow escape from a fatal
accident recently. He was riding a
horse used in ploughing potatoes, and
at the end of "a row the horse went too
near the edge of ravine and fell in.
rolling over upon the boy. The lat
ter's right arm was broken at the
shoulder, which is bad place for a
fracture. He is doing nicely, how
ever, under the care of a Mankato
physician.
Paynesville Leader: Elmer Ri
singer had a miraculous escape from
injury Wednesday but came out
without a scratch. He walked out
on the 500 bridge. which is sixty
feet high, and while looking over
the edge at the river, the wild blew
him off and after turning complete
somersault he struck on his feet.
Several parties saw him take the
tumble and expected to find him
dead, but he crawled out of the
river alone, apparently unhurt.
Olivia Review: Fire recently de
stroyed large barn for Supt. Eric
son on his farm four miles east OF
Raymond. The farm is occupied by
his son, Edward. who also sustained
a heavy loss. losing some sixty-fye
tons of bailed hay, all seed grain and
feed and some farm machinery and
poultry. The loss of both is about
$4,000. the barn was insured for $1,000
and the contents for $500. The fire
was started from a spark from the
engine of a Great Northern passen
ger train and James Hills road will
| be asked to reimburse the Ericsson.
for their loss.
New Ulm Review: Sunday after
noon in the town of Bernadotte il
Nicollet county. Siegfried Flygare
son of Chas. Flygare. pointed shot
gun at his friend, Frank w. Ander
son of Lafayette. pulled the trigger
and blew off one side of Anderson.
head. Of course it was the old, ole
story -Flygare was only joking, ht
did not know the gun was loaded
and he did not intend to do Ander
son any harm-but the damage wa.
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