The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-06


kins. but, while cussing its luck. IS
thankful to get q tannery and its
smells to partly offset the Industrial
loss, notes the Hutchinson Leader.
Sanborn Sentinel Paul Schlick.
who has been proprietor Of the Ex-
change Hotel for the past eight
months, will quit the hotel business
next Sunday and will go to South
Dakota to work at his trade of car
penter with an elevator crew. His
family will remain here. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. F. Yaeger will again assume
charge Of the Exchange, the change
| in proprietors taking place next
Sunday evening.
Renville Times: A lady called at
the depot the other day and asked
Mr.. Schaeffer for his Agents Guide.
Mr.. Schaeffer handed her a copy OF
the Testament. saying that was the
best guide he ever found. The lady
took it and after glancing through
| it, said: "It's all right, but it won't
take me within thousand miles of
my destination. | want to go to
Bird Island"
Belview Independent: Jack
Thompson received telegram on
Tuesday notifying him that thirteen
head of horses. eight set of harness
and the horse tent had been destroy
ed by fire Monday night. No parti-
culars are at hand but he says it
could only be caused by someone
carelessly throwing down a match
in the tent as firebreak more than
half mile wide had been made
around the camp. The loss is very
heavy one with no insurance, espe-
cially as every horse was needed for
the work in hand.
Sanborn Sentinel: The sad news
of the death Of Mrs. John H. Burke,
who passed away at Los Angeles,
CAL, was received in the city the
first Of the week by relatives of the
deceased woman. Death came
peacefully on Tuesday, April 18th.
after lingering illness of almost a
year with tuberculosis. Mr.. Burke,
who has been stationed at Sanborn
for the past winter where he was
engineer on Vesta on branch, re-
ceived word about month ago that
his wife was in critical condition
and he left at once for the coast.
When he arrived Mr.. Burke was
very low and lived only a short time.
i Mary Jensen, a seventeen year
old girl Of Sleepy Eye, died i'll Min
neapolis recently as result of a
criminal operation. The girl had
been sent to Springfield by her par
ents to assist her sister with her
household work and the first intima-
ton that she did not go there was
| given to them when they received a
telephone message from Minneapo-
lis informing them of her death.
The man who is responsible for this
heinous crime is unknown but his
identity is being sought, and no one
can envy the reflections of the cur il
he happens to have conscience.
We publish the facts as a terrible
warning to trifers of both sexes.
Spelling contests are coming into
vogue, and they are no joke, judg.
ing by the description of recent
match held near Gaylord: 1.-THE
contest was very interesting affair
At half past three the eighteen con
testants of Sibley county took theil
places and spelled, with but three
7 short intermissions for three Ions
hours. In all about 1900 words
2 were spelled. When the list of ovel
1900 words which had been carefully
studied was exhausted thirteen still
remained on the floor. A newly
| published spelIer was then used ane
7 in about ten minutes the contes
: was closed with Grace Burgstahlel
4 still on the floor Grace was pro
e nounced champion speller ane
! awarded four volume Hill Ency
clopedia as first prize"
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