The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-12-08
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

While Clerk Witt was issuing a
license at Olivia recently,
Judge Gage in an adjoining room at
the court house was performing
ceremony and at the same
time, according to the Times, up
stairs Judge Powers was granting
motion for divorce sort of three
in-one, as it were.
Dealers in oysters throughout
Minnesota have had their attention
called by the state authorities to the
federal requirements that oysters
must be kept from water. The new
law goes into effect Jan. 1, and the
Minnesota authorities will do all in
their power to assist the federal in
spectors in seeing that the require
ment is enforced. The law specifies
that no water or ice may be placed
in direct contact with oysters in
shipment, or at any other time, be-
ing designed as preventive of
adulteration or contamination.
Sleepy Eye Herald: Fred Banker
of Home, son of Otto Banker, the
well-known farmer and bee man.
was at Renwood Falls the first of
the week looking up the bee bust
ness. During the season just closed
Mr.. Banker secured over 5000
pounds of honey from his 200 col
onies of bees. 1t is the intention of
Mr.. Banker to start early in the
spring with an additional 100 hives
near the Cummings Crossing on the
Minnesota.
The Willmar Journal says that the
Great Northern has secured the
right of way for cutoff this side
of Minot that will shorten the line
to the coast 80 miles and it will be
built next summer. It is also plan
ming on another piece of track
further west which has already been
surveyed, that will reduceathe mile
age between Minneapolis and the
coast so that the Great Northern
will have the shortest line, being Is
miles shorter than the Milwaukee
which has the present shortest route
to the far west.
Granite Falls Tribune: In read.
ing news item from Rochester last
week our attention was attracted tt
an item stating that an old soldier
had just died at the poor farm by
the name of Henry E. Mellen, who
was at one time a prominent bust
ness man of that city and we'll off
We remember him quite well some
fory years ago when he operated
store there and was considered
wealthy, but his family became
scattered and only a daughter sur
wives who lives on the coast. HI
went out there and lived with hi
only child for a few years but hi
health failing he returned to Ro
chester and his money all gone HI
went as a last resort to the poo
farm where he died alone and PENN
less. A pathetic picture that.
Marshall Reporter: Last Sunday
morning about 1890, as the nortl
bound G.. N. passenger train wa
leaving Ruthton, Mr., C. c. Mier,
farmer living near that village, fel
between the platform and -the NOV
ing train, receiving injuries that re
suited in his death few hours at
forwards. His right leg was crushe'
badly and his left leg broken below
the knee. He was placed on tn
train and taken to Russell, and DR.
Hard, the company surgeon OF Mar
shall, was sent down to act in cor
junction with DIR. Hall in an effor
| to save his life. The shock of tn
severe iniurieS nr0ved too great 70
his endurance however, and at 81
o'clock Sunday NOR hing he died
Mr.. Mier was sixty-three years o
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