The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-08
AROUND The COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

New Ulm News: The city council
has arranged to have the Alcantara
launch make regular trips from and
to the Nicollet county side of the
Minnesota river during the flood of
the river on the bottom roads to the
bridges.
The Messenger of Morgan recent
ly received an announcement an
nouncing the marriage of Mr.. Thorn
a. Kinman to Miss Bertha Matt, of
Roscoe, South Dakota, Wednesday,
June "a. Mr.. and Mrs. Kinman will
make their home at Lane, S. D.,
where the former party holds po-
sition in a bank.
Joseph Werner, division superin-
tendent for the Minnesota Central
Telephone Co., with head quarters
at Redwoo Falls, was in the city last
Friday on business reports the Lam
berton Star. He was also distribut-
ing advertising matter for the Chat
auqua to be held in that city the fore
part of next month.
Morgan Messenger: Messrs. j. c.
Jackson and G.. H. Porter were at
the county seat Friday to attend the
the hearing on county ditch No. 9.
The gentlemen represented the vii
lage. The benefits of the village are
assessed at 81 ,065, but the actual as
sessment will likely not exceed 40
per cent of that amount or $456. In
addition to this the village retains
900 feet of old tile which is in the
lower end of the drain.
Richard Bobleter, a prominent
member of the national guard and
son of Gen. Joseph Bobleter of New
Ulm, died on the LIST inst. at st. JOS
eph's hospital at St. Paul, from an
attack of Bright's disease complica-
ted with heart arouble. Mr.. Bob
Letter, who was but thirty years old.
lived at the home of his sister, Mrs.
L. Wagner, 566 Marshall avenue, ST..
Paul. He was married last Sep
TENDER.
News Messenger: Speaking of
long service on the school board,
Marshall can discount ST. Paul, and
probably any other city in the state
for such a record. Ex-mayor M. Sui
ivan was elected director of the
board of education of the Marshall
schools in 1878, and is now serving
his thirtieth year, and during most of
the period has been president of the
board. The next longest Office hold
ing citizen of Marshall is Walter
Wakeman, justice of the peace, who
has served altogether % years.
Lamberton Star: Tuesday morn
ing while j. M. Kenyon was coming
to town he came very near having a
bad accident. Just south of the
bridge over the Cottonwood river
north of town, his team got off the
grade and might have drowned had
not man jumped into the flood and
caught the horses by the brides and
succeeded in steering the animals
back on the grade, when they got a
foot hold again and succeeded in
getting out all right. Mr.. Kenyon
was bringing to town about $500
worth of Strawberries.
Walnut Grove Tribune: About
six o'clock last Sunday evening Mrs.
VIM. G. Owens was accidentally
hurt but fortunately not very severe
ly at Tracy. Together with her
husband and son and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Garlock she was out taking a
ride, Mr.. and Mrs. owens, wife and
son were in the back seat of the
buggy and in some way it got loose
and dropped back throwing out Mrs.
Owens and son on the ground. The
little boy received only bad shak-
ing up, while Mrs. Owens struck
the back of her head on the ground
rendered her unconscious for about
two hours before she rallied. Next
morning her condition was better
and her friends are rejoicing that
an ugly accident was averted.
Tracy Herald: DR.. Hoidale passed
through the most exciting incident
of his life during the storm last
Monday night. He was called into
the country, to attend Mrs. Klocow