The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-10-20

Within the past week 696 acres of
land owned by the Gilfllan estate
has been disposed of, says the Nor
gan Messenger. Nick Olson, farm
err from near Lake Geneva, Wis,
purchased quarter section farm;
Frank Benhart from near Burling-
ton, Wis, purchased quarter Sec
tion; George Gew TT Of near Cliff
Ian secured a 12O-acre tract and
Geo. Magnus purchased 80 acres.
Z. b. Huschke. manager Of the Gil
fillan farms, bought the farm known
as the old Zimmerman place, which
comprises 176 acres.
One of the village justices of Wells
put a practical idea into operation
last week. Some time ago a wife
beater in that village paid fine of
S75.99 and costs, but as usual in such
cases, the wife and children suffered
for the necessities of life on account
of the fine. Last week he was fined
$50 for the same offense which was
paid. The judge RENTED the fine
and placed it in the bank to the
credit of the beaten wife to be used
for herself and the children, and
now they are dressed and fed. The
idea is practical one which might
well be followed by other justices in
similar ases.---Fairmont Independ-
ent.
A Hutchinson family enjoyed a
delicious repast the other day from
mammoth mushroom of the puff
ball variety which was found in the
western part of the city, as reported
in the Leader. 1t measured 26 inches
in circumference and weighed 81
pounds. The meat in the earlier
stage of growth of this mushroom
is solid and white and sweetish tast-
ing. Later it turns to brown
powder from which it gets the name
puff-ball. They are popularity sup
posed to be poisonous, but those
who take them home, roll slices of
them in an envelop of crushed
crackers and beaten white of an egg
and fry in butter instead Of dying
have tendency to live long and a
desire to live longer-to3seat more
puf-balls fried in butter.
Sacred Heart Journal: Mrs. Peter
Jensen, who lives.on the Lars Nah
lin farm southwest of town, had
the misfortune of being bitten by a
large snake last Friday. She went
to the we'll for water. and after fill
ing the pail set it down in the grass.
On picking it up later, large black
snake, which was coiled up near the
pail. struck at her and buried one of
its fangs in her middle finger. With
rare presence of mind she ran to the
house and tied a string tightly above
the wound to keep the venom from
getting into the blood. She then
hurried to town and had the bite
treated. There was some swelling
of the hand, but no serious results
from the encounter. The snake was
searched for but could not be found,
so the variety Of the snake-ship is
not known.
Mortified News: ''The ''liquida
ton sale" conducted by Harry B.
Gress in his big two stores since the
first of the month will close tonight
after an extraordinary run of six
teen days. 1t has been an extraordin-
airy sale from the fact interest was
kept up for so long a time, and it
was through the columns of The
News and that some new feature
was announced weekly; the large
number of people who were patrons
of the two stores coming from dis
tant parts of this county, Dakota
and Goodhue counties; the immense
amount of goods sold. The sale as
conducted by Mr.. Gress and sor
Russell Gress, is a practical demons
tration Of what can be done by thor
ough advertising, and it stands out
in bold relief when compared with
some of the sales which have beer
conducted in Mortified where news
paper advertising was not used.
Bird Island Union: An alarm Of
fire was turned in shortly after two
O. clock last Saturday Afternoon