The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
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rich building on Mill street.
The street sprinkler man will hav
a snap for the month of June.
E. D. Cooperbought the Peter Smitl
farm in Paxton the past week, paying
$500 for $50 acres.
Rev. Geer, of St. Peter, will conduc
quarterly meeting services at the M. E
church next Sunday.
The schools at North Redwood, will
Miss Lucy Rowe as teacher, closeC
with a picnic last Friday afternoon.
Oscar Mason's garden turned ou
the first new potatoes we have hearC
of SO far, for his neighbor Ackmann'
Sunday dinner.
The city council of Worthington has
let the contract for waterworks in that
place, to Harrison Il Hawley, of Min
neapolis, for $4,000.
The Marshall and Madison base bal
teams will contest for the supremacy
at Candy during the encampment Oh
the oath. They are both strong clubs
Iced buttermilk is a fashionable fad
now. Ladies offer a glass of butter
milk to their friends in summer just
as they do the coup of tea" in winter
The old settlers picnic in Martin S
grove, last Saturday, was, as it usual
ly is, pleasant social reunion of the
people of that township and their
friends.
"The Great British Circus" passed
through town Tuesday morning, en-
route for Echo. There were two wag-
ons loaded with this tremendous ag-
gregation of stupenduosity.
The Ladies Mite Society meets at j
D. VIM & Sons Pleasant Grove farm
to-mC rrow afternoon, and with pleasant
weather large turnout and jolly
time may safely be predicted.
Nonresident land owners are catch
ing on to the rise in real estate values
in Redwood county, and are marking
up prices, The Vanderburg lands
have been raised thus 81 per acre
lately.
j. B. Robinson has been overlooking
the placing of hotair heating sys-
tenn in his new residence and will
doubtless have his home as comfort
able within as it is handsome out
wardly.
Weather Observer Laird has rec
ord of over six and one-half inches
rainfall in the last thirty days, the
largest down-pour in one day being
last Monday, when 1852 inches was
registered.
Our base ball club has accepted the
invitation of Sleepy Eye to play Gold
en- Gate On the Fourth, and will do
their best to capture that $50 purse
The prospects are good for a large ex-
cursion party from Redwood Falls to
Sleepy Eye on the 4th.
Lambcrton Leader: The dedication
services Of the new German church in
Johnsonville, last Sunday,were attend
ed by over five hundred people. Tracy,
Walnut Grove, Lambcrton, Sanborn,
Springfield and Sleepy Eye were all
represented. The new house of wor-
ship is fine ono.
Springfield Advance: Rev. S. B.
Purves will hold Episcopal service in
CANDLES hall Wednesday, April II, at
8 o'clock p. m. This will be the first
service of this kind ever held in Spring
field and there should be a good at
tendance. If sufficient encouragement
is given there will be monthly service
held hereafter.
An old resident informed us Tues
day that the first bakery ever estab-
iished in Redwood Falls was started
by Mr.. Penney in the building which
is now being retitted for the same pur-
pose by Mr.. Gales. The latter is
erecting an addition and oven onto
the rear Of the building which he pur-
chased of Mr.. Turnbull.
We were reminded Of change in
the Office of street commissioner the
other day, when j. L. Thompson po-
litely suggested that this writer work
out his poll tax. AS this feeble frame
will hardly endure such terrific labor
as is usually exacted from road work
ers, our street commissioner was per-
suaded to get a more robust substi-
tute. Ex-Commissioner O'Hara finds
more profit in other work than in look
ing after the limited amount to be
done this season, and hence his resig-
nation at recent meeting of the coun-
Gil, and the subsequent appointment
Of Mr.. Thompson.
Architect Basford was up last Thur s.
day, in conference with the court house
committee, and he pronounced the
court house foundation an excellent
Job, after recommending a few unim-
portant corrections. He also expressed
great confidence in Mr.. Lettau, the sue
cessful bidder for the court house con-
tract. The county is apparently sure
to get its work done at a low figure,
thanks to lull in building operations
at the cities, where unemployed me-
chanics are willing to accept low wag-
es rather than remain idle through the
building season. Mr.. T,ettau is exnect-