The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-14
OF LOCAL INTEREST,
Look out for paint!


Levi Annis, the past week, and the lat
ter will carry on the business hereafter.
The opening ice cream festival OF
the season, by the ladies of the Chris
tan church, last Friday evening, at
tracted crowd, and receipts to the
amount of S43.
Morgan Messenger: Davidson's sid
ing on the branch between this place
and Redwood Falls has been moved
opposite c. D. -Gilfllan's residence
and is now called Gilfllan siding.
Farmers are pretty unanimously OF
opinion that they would like soaking
shower of rain, although only few
fields of grain in this vicinity have
been injured seriously by drought 80
far.
All young people are invited to at
tend the Epworth League prayer
meeting at the NJ. E. church on Sun
day evening at seven o'clock. Subject,
The result of disobedience." Leader,
Herbert Bacon.
Powell, the painter, brought up a
handsome sign for the Gazette office
Monday evening, which he who runs
NAV read. We have given orders to
the police to shoot the first individual
AL hot Sior
Chas. Fleischer has his North Red
wood cheese factory in full operation
now and will have new cheese on the
market in few days. He reports that
he finds ready sale for his entire pro-
duct in this and neighboring towns.
Marshall won in last Saturdays
election on the question of building a
court house, and now Redwood and
Lyon counties are likely to have per
manent county buildings simultane-
ously. The majority was less than a
hundred for the proposition.
Decoration day preparations are 60
ing forward under the auspices of the
post. The decoration of the graves
will take place in the morning, instead
of afternoon as heretofore. Judge
Rea, the speaker, may be depended
upon to have something to say worth
hearing.
An important meeting of the Re-
publican League Club is called for
next Saturday evening, at the court
house. A new secretary is to be elect
cd, and plans for holding public meet
ings in the near future will be pro
posed. Republicans will please re-
member this meeting and attend.
Jared Tiffany insists that seeding
and farm wo;k generally in the vicinity
of Mortified are fully three weeks be-
hind what they are here, and that it
appears to be dryer where he visited
than here. Mr.. Tiffany also reports
in regard to the Ruter brothers, that
Albert Ruter is in a weak state, but
thought there was nothing the matter
with his brother Herbert.
New Ulm Review: The officers
about the jail are relieved, now that
Holden is gone. A more stubborn and
obstinate prisoner it has seldom been
the lot of sheriffs or jailors to deal
with. The extent of Sheriff Schmelz's
and Deputy Schapekahm's love TO,
Holden can be measured when they
are quoted as saying that they would
rather take care of fifty like Rose thar
ore of Holden.
Postmaster Mckay has been weigh
ing the mails handled by him, under
instructions from the government, ano
finds that during the past month $3.50
pounds of mail has been handled fol-
the Northwestern road, and 1000
pounds for the NJ. & St. L., making
$3.50 pounds, or nearly FIVE tons in all
besides drop letters and stage mail
Our P. M. is ready to match the pa
irons of this Office against any Office
in Minnesota of same magnitude, as
newspaper readers.
An Iowa banker who listed severd
tracts of land with Huntington &
Warner short time ago, wrote las
week to have the lands withdraw
from sale, and making inquiries witt
view to buying more Redwood coun
ty real estate. The landowner ex
planned his sudden transition from sell
er to buyer by stating that he hat
been investigating the immediate pros
pect for Southwest Minnesota lands
and had become impressed with tn
certainty of increased demand ant
higher prices for it. Which showed
very level head.
Sheriff Mead and Deputy Olmsteat
conveyed Clifton Holden to Stillwate
last Monday. Holden was in goot
health, but by no means happy owe
his deliverance from the gallows. o.
the contrary, he execrated Gov. Mer
RAM for not pardoning him, and i
quoted as saying that he might bette
hang than end his days at Saltwater
Sheriff Mead pronounces Holden tn
most ungrateful wretch living, and hi
conduct toward the governor and hi
attorneys leans that way. AS to th
sheriff and attorney Madigan, Holde
said his brother and Will Rose woul
get even with them hereafter. Holde
went to work in prison garb at Still
water, and our Sheriff represents ths
the officials were by no means ovel
loved to oct him raturnod m than,