The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-09-30
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of interest Taken From the
Country Papers.

superintendent of schools.
Bird Island Union: To say the
least the 1908 fair was the best ever
held, not only in number and quality
of exhibits, but in the matter of at
fractions, races and attendance
Everybody seemed satisfied with the
show and if they did not get value
received for their money it was
throughno fault of the management.
Milroy Echo: Last Saturday after
noon, while operating his threshing
rig at the Rasmus Nelson farm,
northwest of town, E. w. Shaver
had the misfortune to burn his sep
arator and also four stacks of barley
belonging to Mr.. Nelson. A spark
from the engine is supposed to have
caused the fire. Mr.. Shaver left
Saturday for Minneapolis to secure
a new machine.
Belview Independent: William
Duncan and Miss Lydia Kiestee
were united in marriage at the Ger
man Lutheran church in Sheridan
last Tuesday. After the ceremony
wedding dinner was served at the
home of the brides parents. The
bride is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kiester and is well liked by
those who have the pleasure of her
acquaintance. Mr.. Duncan is a
young man of good habits and ster-
ling worth and the couplehave many
friends who wish them a long and
happy married life. The young
couple will make their home on the
WATSON farm, which the groom has
rented for the coming year.
Olivia Times: Judge Powers came
down from Granite Falls and held
special term of district court in the
court house yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of passing sentence up
on the man Krieger, alias Meyers,
who is held for stealing $40 cash
from Edward Seigfried of Birch
Cooley some weeks ago. When
arraigned the prisoner refused to
plead guilty and the judge remand
ed him back to the sheriff's custody
to await the action of the grand
jury at the November term of
court.
Sanborn Sentinel: While lying on
the ground near the freight depot
last Thursday morning hobo who
was sleeping off heavy Jag" rolled
too close to the rails and as conse-
quence lost three fingers on his right
hand. 1t appears that his hand was
resting on the rail when a train
which was switching in the yard
pushed some empties in on that
track with the result that his hand
was caught and crushed to such an
extens that amputation of the last
three fingers was necessary. He
however retained the index finger
and his thumb, but the experience
will probably serve as a lesson not
soon to be forgotten.
New Ulm Review: From Little
Falls comes the report of the death
of Mrs. August Yanke, resident of
Birch Coulie at the time of the In
dian outbreak of 1862. The news
paper reports are to the effect that
when the Indians swept down the
valley. Mrs. Yahnke's family were
almost entirely exterminated and
she wasleft for dead with the marks
of seventeen knife and bullet wounds
on her body. After remaining I'M
conscious for two days. she was
found by soldier and carried to
Fort Ridgeley where she finally
recovered: No one in this city. how
ever. recalls the incident, and it has
been impossible for the Review to
discover the deceased woman's name
before her marriage.
Mankato Journal: That death is
no respecter of wealth, station or
power is fully illustrated in the case
of Tom Lowry, the millionaire street
car magnate of Minneapolis. He has
unlimited wealth, one of the finest
and most costly mansions in the west
filled with rare paintings and sculp-
ture from all parts of the known
world. He has great power, high
station, but he is now near deaths
door. by reason of several strokes of