The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken From The
Country Papers.

Granite Falls voted $1,000 schoo
bonds last week.
Springfeld's ball team began do
ing things last week, shutting out
Sanborn a to O.
Editor Whitmore. recently of
Sleepy Eye. is slated for an editorial
job on Pacific coast paper.
The estate Of P. H. Nielsen last
week received $1,000 from the M. B.
A. from clerk Jackson of Morgan
lodge.
The Marshall Development club
has unanimously voted to give their
old school house and grounds for a
hospital for the German Evangelical
association.
Ed Andrews, the once famous
comedian Of the Andrews Opera
Co. is out in Oregon, and came with
in twenty votes of being elected
mayor of'an Oregon town recently.
Billy Mailer tells about a pickerel
three and half feet long shipped
to Springfield last week from Fari-
bault. Almost as big as the fish
that used to get away from Billy
when he fished in Lake Redwood.
The creamery at Walnut Grove
which a few years ago did a flourish
ing business was forced to close its
doors last week owing to a lack of
patronage. Latter on the farmers
around Walnut Grove will wonder
why they were so foolish as to let
that creamery get away.
H. G. Hays, formerly of Sleepy
Eye, has been helping the Olivia
Review man get out special edi-
dition, and that paper intimates that
Hayes got the big end of the bar
gain. He wouldn't take the little
end if he could help himself.
Marshall Reporter: There was a
sort of family reunion of the Mead
families at Geo. Mead's place just
north of this city, this week. Wal
lace Mead and wife of Westbrook
and Wesley and wife of Vesta, Hen
ry. Lester and their father and their
families were all here.
Here's something about creameries
which should interest farmers: In
1890 the Litchfeld creamery was the
only cooperative Institution of its
kind in Meeker county. There are
now twenty creameries in the county
and in the year 1907 they produced
2.387. 1884 pounds of butter, and the
farmers received SAT-, $40 go for the
milk.
Two horses owned by w. O. Lay
ton, carrier on route a, were cleo
tcocuted on the Broadway bridge at
st. Peter. An electric light wire
became entangled in the iron super
structure of the bridge, charging
the rain-soaked driveway with cleo
tricity, and when the horses were
driven out upon it they were instant
ly killed.
Sanborn Sentinel: Jos. Tyson OF
Redwood Falls was visitor in towr
last Saturday, coming over from the
county seat to get milk wagon
which he purchased from party al
Window who delivered it here OF
the same day. Mr.. Tyson is one of
the oldest settlers Of the county, hav
ing resided in Redwood county for
about Sc years.
According to the Minneota Mascot
Supt. Fitch of the schools in tina
town is going into the newspape
business, having purchased the Carl
ton Vidette. A recent issue Of tina
paper says that prof. E. 7. FitcI
of Minneapolis, recently sold through
local agents in this county timber
lands to the amount of $4,000. Som,
of this lies near the New 500 lin,
railroad"
/ st. Peter Herald: Arrangements
have been made by the officers O.
Company HI of Mankato and Com
pany K Of this city for two practice
marches. Company H will come K
st. Peter on Saturday, May 23rd, II
heavy marching order and the two
commands will march to Lake Emily
where they will pitch shelter tent.
/ and remain until tha foIlowino dav