The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-10-06
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken from In,
Country Papers.

ElllOCC, southeast OF Tracy.
P. H. Kelly has purchased the
James Gull farm southwest of this
place four miles, recently owned by
P. 0. Wickman. Mr.. Wickman will
hold public auction soon and prob
ably return to Redwood Falls. The
farm sold for $35 per acre. Milroy
Echo.
Milroy Echo: There was quite a
notable gathering at the Nelson
homestead in Gales last Sunday
when five generations were present.
An aunt of Mrs. C. j. Nelson resid-
ing at st. Peter was present who
was in her 84th year and from her
the family history went down to the
youngest person present Clifford
Mondale-who is three years of age.
Mrs. Nelson and her aunt had not
seen each other for over thirty years.
Springfield Advance: On Sunday
afternoon at about 3 o'clock while
Frank Boeck was crossing the tracks
near the depot enroute to the base.
ball park, he observed a cloud of
smoke issuing from the Farmers
Elevator company coal shed, which
adjoins the large elevator on the
south side. Upon investigation he
found small blaze on the roof near
the caves and he hurriedly secured
two pals of water at the hotel and
succeeded in extinguishing it. Only
a small hole was burned into the
roof. but at the time of the discov-
cry the blaze was making rapid
progress.
A Lamberton special to the Jour-
nal last Wednesday stated that the
body of a dead man was found near
that station the day previous. The
man had evidently attempted to Sc
cure free ride. The body was null
tilated and practically unrecogniz-
able. Upon it were found several
papers. one being meal ticket is
sued to one Gallagher by the Klon-
dixie restaurant, E. L. Toal proprie-
tor, the ticket not showing in what
town the restaurant is located. A
card was found from saloon in
Watertown. S. D., as we'll as a news
paper with the names of business
men of that town printed upon it.
Sleepy Eye Herald: Martin Cas-
person of the contracting firm of
Casperson & Peterson, was home
from Redwood county the first of
the week. They have secured the
contract from John E. Burchard of
st. Paul. who now owns the David
son estate northwest of Morgan,
which comprises about twenty-five
farms, for the erection of eleven
buildings on some Of the farms.
Four new dwelling houses, barns
and graineries. in all representing
quite sum of money. The first
contract of four buildings is about
completed but the other seven will be
pushed to completion. Messrs. Cas-
person and Peterson are to be con-
graduated on their success at land
ing such fine lot of contracts.
Granite Falls Tribune: Two weeks
ago we stated in these columns that
there several cases of leprosy in
Yellow Medicine county. Thursday
last DR.. Stoddard of Beaver Falls
brought to Granite Falls man who
lives half mile out of Sacred Heart
who has had the disease for over
four years. and a consultation of
physicians was held to detetmine
whether or not it was a case of
leprosy. DR.. LaRue of Appleton and
DR.. Rogers of Montevideo being
present. The physicians were salts
fed that it was a case of leprosy.
Photographs of the man were TAX
en-, and one. with the history of the
case, was sent to Prof. Phiffard of
New York, a specialist. While here
DIR. Stoddard visited a man living in
the town of Sannes who has had the
disease so long that his fingers had
fallen off, and he is reduced to a
mere skeleton. There is another
case in Stony Run, making three in
all within a radius of ten miles of
Granite Falls.