The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-02-12
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

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Messenger: As roller skating is a
dead issue in Morgan the council
disposed of the skates to Franklin
parties. Half price was secured for
them.
| A. j. Chrisler Of Sleepy Eye has
been chosen to succeed E j. Ruenitz
of Springfield as president of the
Brown county Sunday school asso-
citation.
| Frank C. Nichols, a well-known
engineer for the Chicago & North
western road, was buried at Tracy
last Tuesday. His death was par
tlcularly sad. he and his wife both
dying from pneumonia within two
days of each other. Three little
boys were left orphaned. one of them
dying a day or two later with the
same disease.
Springfield Advance: Last Thurs
day five shares of the stock of the
State Bank of Springfield were
transferred for the sum of 81 ,250.
When one considers the fact that
the par value of these five shares of
stock is $500, the amount they were
sold for demonstrates stronger than
words that the property is very de-
sirable.
Geo. S. Sweet, a sewing machine
vender who took French leave Of
New Ulm a month or two ago TAX
ing with him fur coat and $45 in
money belonging to Max Reinhart,
has been apprehended at Sparta,
Wis, and will be brought back for
trial. The charge to be preferred
against him will be grand larceny in
the second degree.
Carlyle Gazette: William H Peav-
ey returned from Redwood Falls last
Wednesday and looks quite genteel.
He had his hirsute vegetation
clipped, his mustache trimmed and
his face Invested of the superfluous
growth of whiskers. AS matter
of fact he is the best looking man in
town except The GAZETTE scorpion
and it's toss up between the two.
The Mankato high school debating
team, the champion for the second
congressional district, will next meet
the Montevideo team at that place,
either on Feb. Goth or 18th. The
Mankato team will still have the
negative side of the question, and
also the advantage of one more con-
test than the Montevideo team. The
latter. by defeating the Granite
Falls team, became champion Of the
seventh district.
Lamberton Star: Knute Ander-
son, who had something like $1,000
worth of notes stolen from his meat
shop a few weeks ago, this week
recovered the stolen property. One
day the past week while some boys
were playing along the railway
track about a mile east of town,
found the drawer that was stolen
from the safe, and the notes were
all there and none of them dam
aged.
A. L. Sloss, cashier of the First
National Bank of Appleton, com
mitted suicide by blowing out his
brains with shot gun. No reason
is known for his action, but it is
believed that he became demented,
not being strong enough to bear the
strain of the amount of business he
was carrying on. He was interested
in several banks, including one at
Waseca, Springfield, Ivanhoe, Arl-
ington and Elkton, S. D.
Minneota Mascot: We are in
formed by our local miller that
quite a number of farmers in this
locality are saving velvet Chaff''
wheat for seed this spring. If re-
ports regarding this grain are true
it is certainly not desirable cereal
to raise. Mr.. Dahl informs us that
he has letters and newspaper art !:
cles, from leading millers. to the
effect that "Velvet Chaff" is about
the poorest thing that one can SOW.