The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-10-31
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

Miss Mayme Rohlik met with an
accident last week that will keep
her indoors for a few days. She
was hitching up a team that was
feeling pretty good. and in some
manner the horses became unman-
aRable. knocking Miss Rohlik down
and tramping on her so bad that
she was unable to walk for a few
days. -Vesta Censor.
]. M. Cheatham accidently shot
himself this morning at $50 while
cleaning .38 caliber revolver pre-
paratory to going out to take pos
session OF the general store at t.
coma Park which he had recently
purchased. He lived just two hours
after the accident, dying at 1920
o'clock. -Plainview News.
Last Saturday, at 9 c'clok, &C.
Cured the death of Swan EdIund
at his home in this place. The de-
ceased had been sick. for some time
from complication Of deceases,
but was thought to have been bet
ter up to the time of his death.
The fundral was held Monday. Rev.
kahlberg preaching the funeral
sermon. The Hector Mirror.
/ A department which seems des-
tined to prove Of unusual interest is
the new bureau of weights and
measures which has been established
with headquarters at the old capitol
4 IN st. Paul Oct. 1st. 1t lis a subde-
partment of the railroad and ware
house commission, and is in charge
of G.. G. Neale. for twenty years
chief scale expert for the railroad
and warehouse commission. IL was
created by the Nash bill which we S
passed at the last session of the Leg
isature. 1t is given complete charge
of all the scales and measures in the
state. It's inspectors are given the
power of policemen and may make
arrests at any time.-Brown County
Journal.
Mrs. Charles Wills of Urness fell
from wagon Tuesday forenoon
and sustained a fracture of the skull
and very bad mutilation of the
ear, and it is also reported that two
ribs are broken. Mrs. Wills was
just starting to town with a load Of
household goods. The wheel must
have struck her head but the child
that she had in her arms was not
| hurt. Mrs. Wills is about forty
years old. She was taken to Fergus
Falls on the afternoon train Tues
day. where she will receive medical
treatment at the hospital: Evans
vile Enterprise.
A public hearing was held at the
commercial club, st. Paul, Oct. 10,
by the board of engineers for rivers
and harbors, to discuss the pro-
posed improvement of the Mime
sofa river. 1t has been recommend
ed to build reservoir at Lac qui
Parle and provide for a six-foot
deep channel from the mouth Of the
river to Chaska and for four-foot
channel from Chaska to Horton, at
an estimated cost of 81, 375, 000.-
St. Peter Free Press.
Thursday afternoon of last week,
while experimenting some work in
the hall, j. B, McNeill fell from an
eipht-foot scaffold to the floor and
sustained painful internal injuries
that have,,kept him in bed for week.
The scaffold broke and Mr.. Mcneil
fell to the floor, lighting on his left
side. No bones were broken but he
received some severe injuries around
the region of the heart. His many
friends are glad to know that he
will recover. Sleepy Eye Herald
Dispatch.
On Thursday last little Charlie
Thompson was trying to walk on
the bent rod fence in front of the
school house. when he fell, striking
the side of his head on the sharp
end of an iron post. causing severe
wound that appeared to mean his
end, but by careful nursing and
medical attention he is rapidly re-
covering. - Granite Falls Tribune.
AS result of an accident which
he sustained last week. James Han