The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-06
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of interest Taken From the
Country Papers.

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News-Messenger: Rev. B. T.
Webber is about to move his mis-
sionary headquarters from Marshall
to southwestern Nebraska, locating
at McCook. His house is offered for
sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Mahowald of
Elkton, S. D.. are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. A. F. Mahowald, notes the
Morton Enterprise, Mr.. Mahowald
conducts frst-class harness shop
in that city.
Hutchinson, Litchfield. Granite
Falls. Renville and Hector high
school athletes were assembled in a
big field meet at Hutchinson Satur-
day afternoon, May I'd. There were
thirteen events, closing with half
mile relay race.
| May is to be continuous perfor-
nance of tornadoes, thunderstorms,
| hail and frost, is the warning Rev.
Ira r. Hicks has issued in his long
distance forecasts for the month and
trouble is feared by those who have
faith in his prognostications. Those
who don't will keep smiling and
take their weather straight.
Chas. Spalding, the Lamberton
citizen who returned only few
days ago from sanitarium at Battle
Creek, Mich. and whose illness for
months had occasioned anxiety
among his friends and relatives,
died Friday noon, the funeral being
held from his Lamberton home yes
terday forenoon, says the New Ulm
Review.
On Thursday evening of last week
this vicinity was visited by heavy
wind and hail storm followed by a
violent rainfall, states the Morgan
Messenger man. The grain and gar
den truck had not advanced far
enough so that the hail did much
damage. if any. The storm seemed
to cover but small area, as farmers
some distance out in all directions
reported just light rainfall.
Morgan Messenger: Saturday
evening a number of ladies rendered
shower to Mrs. R. E. Jenning at
the home of Mrs. Jane HartWick.
| About forty ladies attended the
shower. The shower was given for
the purpose of presenting Mrs. Jen-
nings with many useful and handy
articles which she will need when
Mr.. and Mrs. Jennings commence
housekeeping again. About sixty
gave presents. A very enjoyable
evening was spent in social inter
course.
| A fountain pen factory has beer
established in Tracy and will be ir
operation in few days. w. A
Houstan, the proprietor, is the in
ventor of the new pen. 1t is simple
in construction and is composed Of
but six parts. 1t is fitted with {
cork grip, and in appearance is SINH
lar to the tapering pen used in col
leges and business schools. If the
pen works no better than most o:
those on the market, its inventor
will be responsible for a frightfu
amount of profanity.
Princeton Union: Anything blu
/. encouraging conditions prevail il
: Canada if the remarks of the chair
man of the board of directors of tn
Grand Trunk Railway company ma
be taken as authentic. At meetin.
of the shareholders in London tn
other day the chairman pictures
these conditions as very unsatisfac
a tory and said that the failure o
crops in many of the agriculture
districts of the dominion was who'll
responsible for the general depres
sion. Here is a statement whicl
Minnesota farmers who contemplat
buying land across the border wi
do we'll to take heed of.
How often one sees horses wit
raw shoulders! Why is this? 1t j
a barbarous practice to work hors