The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-10-15
OF LOCAL INTEREST.


The wheat market is on the up
grade of late, and sold at "a cents yes
terday, for No. northern.
The fall school fund apportionmen
gives Redwood county S6,5O2.4O, on
basis of 2,O32 pupils.
Asa Perkins, who purchased Petel
Smiths house in town, moved into il
with his family this week.
j. B. Grady has purchased OF Post
master Mckay the house on Mill street
known as the Ola property, for $3.50
]. B. Robinson & Co. bought the
Herriott land in Vesta last week, pay
ing Sl5O3 for little less than nc
acres.
Rev. A. j. Williams, the new pastor
of the NJ. E church here, has arrived
and will conduct services at the usual
hours next Sunday.
Arrangements are being perfected
here for district Sunday school con-
ventlon, to be held at Redwood Falls
on the oath and 25th.
DR.. Pease moved his Office the first
of this week, and is again over Peck's
drug store. His new Offices are all that
can be desired by reasonable NJ. D.
John Lauterbach bought the Hen
zie house on Minnesota street last
week, having previously sold his house
in Watson's addition to L. H. Terhell
Arson G. Fisk of Delhi lately pur-
chased quarter section Of the Mitch
ell land in Kintire, through Dunning-
ton & Warner. The purchase price
was 5000
DR.. O. A. Case was sent to St. Peter
hospital for treatment yesterday, &C.
companied by sheriff Mead, who is
expected back in company with Will
liam Rose tomorrow morning.
Official notice of a second meeting
of the county commissioners for this
month will be found elsewhere. The
fitting up of the new court house
makes this extra session expedient.
The heating of the new court house
will be temporarily with wood stoves.
The commissioners were not all pre-
pared to vote a permanent system OF
heating by furnaces or steam at this
time, and agreed to continue wood
stoves and leave the permanent heat
ing system to be fixed by future
boards.
The Wade-Leroyle entertainments
last week appeared to meet the popu-
lar favor, Judging by the large attend
ance the second evening,ss we'll as up
on the first. The lady is exceedingly
versatile in personating wide range
of characters, while Leroyle makes the
audience laugh in spite of the absurd
ity of his antics. They are both good
comedians.
One of the court house gang declares
that the weather vane of the new court
house is rank prevaricator every time
there is high wind. TWAS construct
ed according to plans and specifica
tons, but in gale presents broad
side to the wind. This should be rem
edied. There will be plenty of lying
done inside the court house when the
lawyers and witnesses get their innings
without having the dome of justice
surmounted by lying weather vane
Messrs. j. R. Lankerd and A. D
Stewart have agreed to hold join
discussion the latter part of thi'
month, the details and date of which
will be announced hereafter. The gen
eral nature of the discussion will be il
regard to the need of forming mes
party in the interests OF reform, MI
Stewart arguing the affirmative ant
Mr.. Lankerd the negative. The dis
cussion will be friendly and with {
view of bringing out the facts on boil
sides, and ought to be of sufficient in
terest to attract good audience.
Madison Press: Mr.. Charles Dixol
has finished his seasons engagement
at this place and gone to Redwoo'
Falls where he will be engaged as
brick layer until cit freezes up" NJ
Dixon leaves many warm persons
friends and admirers here who hav
become thoroughly convinced that
man can be ball player and ger
tleman, too. In case we organize
nine next season we hope he can t
induced to again take his place in Ii
pitchers box. He has made recor
this season that any professional migl
be proud of. In no game has he struc
out less than twelve men and in SON
he has gone as high as nineteen.
Two young ladies who went fro
Redwood to Morton last Saturday m
with an adventure which they do NJ
care to repeat. While driving up Il
long hill from the Minnesota bottom
on their return, "a team drawing wage
containing pair of drunken Indial
was recklessly driven down hill, r
gardless of the right of way, and
passing the carriage collided with
tearing off and utterly smashing o.
of the carriage wheels. The noble n
men whipped up their team and disa
peared without offering any assistant
The young ladies were too ind
pendent to beg favors at the neare
farmhouse, but hitched their team
the woods and walked nearly thu
villas hooL ~ No-&o,, ~r,l,o~o Tho M.