The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-10-01
Minneapolis & st. Louis Railway.
OF LOC;.L INTEREST

last Monday night.
A new barn is going up back of 5
o. Mason's residence.
The concert last Thursday evening
was a success financially as we'll as
otherwise.
Frank Hubbard is helping Aune &
Thune fit out the dear people with
winter clothing.
w. H.. j. Langholz and Wilhelmma
o. Bethke, of Morgan, obtained Ii
cense to we'd last week.
Good times and large receipts at
tended the base ball dance at Dun
nington hall last Friday evening.
The extreme dryness calls for ever
lasting vigilance in the use of fire
nowadays, both in town and country.
Huntington & Warner have been
notified that pension has been grant
ed to Henry Duscher, of Morgan, one
of their clients
The $4,000 of school bonds of this
district offered for sale were bid in by
a Mr.. Wilson, of Faribault, at a premi-
um of $3.50 per $1,000.
l7Reme,nier that our offer to send
the Gazette free from date to Jan. lst
to subscribers paying full year in ad-
vance still holds good.
The J. B. WATSON house has been
sold to Mr.. Curtis who came here
from a farm in the vicinity Of Wood
Lake. The family will make this place
their home for the present.
Gustus Rain showed his apprecia-
ton of the value of land in this vici1-
ity a few days ago. by paying $1,000 in
fash to J. B. Robinson & Co.'S agency
for so acres of j. A. Willard land in
Redwood Falls toxnship.
Grand Marshal G. E. Mckay, ac-
companied by T. J. Tradeweii, Of
Morton, went to Lamberton Monday
to meet the Grand Master and other
tlignitaries of the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows, who paid Lamherton visit
this ,;eek with view to organizing a
lodge of the fraternity at that place.
The Gazette is authorized to state
that the Redwood Falls ball club wants
to play game with Golden Gate, with
Dixon and all nonresident players
barred. for a purse of $50 or $500, as
the opposing club may elect. The
game to be played on the grounds of
the club at this place. Play ball.
A new feed and sale stable is being
erected this week on Washington
street, north of the Citizens Bank. The
lots we're purchased from Miss Belle
Martin by E. B. Barnes g. Son, who
arc erecting barn 32x6O feet in di-
mansions, of suitable height. They
expect to be ready for business about
Nov. LIST.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: Individual
mcmbers of both the Redwood and
Golden Gate team express themselves
as anxious tor another trial of skill on
the diamond with only the home tai
ent of the respective clubs in the game.
Some of the Redwoods were anxious
that the game should be played to-
morrow at the Redwood county fair
but we have not learned that such will
DO the case.
Frank Curtiss & Co. have occupied
the reconstructed glass block store of
Capt. Huntington, corner of \ i'll
street and Second, with a stock of
groceries. Frank is a Redwood boy
since away back, and has always rated
as straight goods. We presume the
Co. and the stock will be found the
same. Competition is the life of bus
mess, and there appears to be enough
of it in Redwood to make the grocery
trade lively.
News-Messenger: The Rev. John
Sinclair has been unanimously called
to the First Presbyterian church OF
Redwood Falls, vacant by the resigna-
ton of the Rev. DR.. Riheldaffer. He
has accepted the call and will begin
work Sunday week. If the coming
Minnesota winter should suit him az
we'll as did the last, it is believed that
Mr.. Sinclair will settle permanently in
this country. He seems to take as vel
to Americans, and American life, as il
to the manner born.
While D. }. Laird was returning
from the fair grounds last Friday il
his road cart, a colt he was leading
took notion to steal ride and go
there with both front feet in Mr.
Laird's lap. Before the latter coule
argue the impoliteness of such con
duct, the road cart was thrown out o
balance and overturned with its occu
pant, the whole performance ending
with runaway and slightly dam
aged road-cart, while both colt ant
owner came up smiling.
The Nettiewynnt farm is entitled t.
first place among the large farms il
Redwood county, Notwithstanding tn
excellent record made on the Willart
and Turrell farms. This year 800 acre
of land was sown to wheat, which cro]
has just been threshed, and the yiel'
was $500 bushels or about % bushel
to the acre. Of oats the yield was 10
200 bushels, and of flax about 200
bushels. Mr.. Hicks, the manager, i
an ideal farmer and superintendent
and until the past year or two has dc
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