The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-21
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Born-May Is, to DIR. and Mrs. w.
D. Finn, son.
Ringing Bros circus is touring in
Southern Minnesota. Redwood Falls
will probably escape.
Twelve converts were baptized by
Elder Curtis last Saturday, and added
to the Advent church.
Father Tori, formerly of Sleepy Eye
has temporarily taken charge of the
Catholic church at Springfield.
Springfield is to have a state bank
with 5000 capital, in which New Ulm
parties hold the controlling interest.
Cut worms have been working ev-
erywhere. Even the upper lips of many
of our male citizens bear evidence of
their ravages.
Geo, w. Bance, formerly of this
place, has quit selling cigars and is
now in business with his uncle, selling
proprietary medlclnes.
Friday of next week the state land
sale will take place. Most of the un-
sold tracts will undoubtedly be taken
by the owners of adjacent farms.
Pitts Tenney has cellar and found
alton in for a new house, and Chss.
Tenney has stone on the ground for
an addition to his dwelling.
A good-5ized excursion party from
Sleepy Eye picnicked on Capt. Dun
nington's lawn last Saturday. The la
dies of the Congregational church at
Sleepy Eye got up the excursion.
Prices on farm property keep mount
ing upward. A Sheridan holder in
formed us Monday that he had ordered
his real estate agent to add $500 to the
selling price of his quarter section.
The Board of Education are consid-
ering the ACCESSIBILITY of extending the
course of study of the graduating
class for one year, in which event there
will be no graduations here this year.
A fishing party of sixteen ladies and
gentlemen paid a visit to the Minneso-
ia last Monday. The number of fish
reported taken, depends, as usual o n
the conscience of the indiv idual inter
rogated.
While the ladies of the Episcopa'
church were having their church
cleaned, the aims basin was removed
and afterwards could not be found.
Any one aiding in its return will be
suitably rewarded.
The Y. P. S. G. E. will meet at the
Christian church next Sunday evening
at 7 o'clock. Topic, "How can we es-
cape from our captivity" Rom.
7:22-25 S:14; lisa. Gil. All young
people are cordially invited.
Jupiter Pluvius looked oyer the
proof of our Morgan poet last Tues
day, gasped and pulled the bell, shout
ed Let 'er go, Aquarius," and the
gentle sizzle-sozzle of the falling rain
was the response. Great is Apollo and
his liar.
Miss Hall, state high school inspect
ress, has been looking through our
schools this week. She thinks our pu-
pills are bright and eager to learn, and
intimated that more earnestness and
vigor is needed on the part of our
teachers.
W. Pitts Tenney has bought lots on
Mill street, south of the Canada house,
from Mrs. Hitchcock, and is putting in
a foundation ON the same for the
dwelling he now occupies, which will
be moved to the new site to make way
for his new residence.
Morton Enterprise: Mesdames Nc
MILAN and March, of Redwood Falls,
were callers at the Lutz residence
Tuesday afternoon. These ladies ex-
tended an invitation to Mrs. Lutz, in
behalf of the W. G. T. u, to address
their district convention to be held in
Redwood next month.
Arbor Day among the teachers of
Redwood county was never better OBJ
served than this year. Good trees
were in most instances we'll planted.
Now if prairie fires and cattle will only
let alone the work of teachers and pu.
pills, the school grounds will be the
more beautiful.
Orlando Gray is back from an in
surance trip through the southside
where he got considerable entertain
ment out of his court house petitions
He found number of prominent tax.
payers, however, who were not back.
ward about favoring the building pro-
jeat, in spite of the prevailing local op
position to it.
The board of supervisors of the town
OF Kintire will meet on Monday, the
25th day of May, at 10 o'clock A. M, on
the highway one mile west of M. Kell-
ers, for the purpose of receiving bids
for grading certain roads. The right
is reserved to reject any or all bids
BY order of the board.
WIN. SMITH, Chairman
Mr.. L. A. Guth, of Sleepy Eye, is
the purchaser of G. G. Peck's jewelry
stock, and took possession last Satur.
day. Mr.. Guth has heretofore beer
engaged with G. Arveson, the Sleepy
Eye jeweler, and in that capacity hal
done most of Mr.. Peck's repair worl