The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-19
CONGRESSMAN Lind arrived home at

The old school house in Fairfax was
destroyed by fire last week. Had it not
been for the efficient work of the fire
department the new building would
also have been burned.
G. w. Small, the former editor of
The Messenger, has accepted posi-
ton on the Bird Island Union. The
local work on the Messenger will here
after be done by G. H. Small.
Aschool entertainment entitled "The
Queens of Fame" will be given by the
scholars of the High School Wednes-
day evening, March 25th. The pro-
ceeds to be devoted to school purposes.
Granite Falls journal: Sam Mather
of Echo, delivered a car load of drills
to farmers of this section on Thursday,
last. Sam appears to have gotten
away with our dealers on the drill bus
mess.
All young people are invited to at
tend the meeting of the Y. P. S. c. E.
| next Sunday evening in the Methodist
church at $50 o'clock. Topic, "The
| right will surely triumph" Leader,
Miss Mamie Houck.
The Springfield Advance gives q
partial list of town officers in Brook
vile, as follows: Hans NJ. Jensen,
chairman of the board of supervisors;
Robert Nilsson, town clerk, and Chris
tan Jensen, treasurer.
Morgan village elected the follow
ing officers last week: President, F.
| Ellington; councilmen, VIM. Miller,
Jno. Sherman, Geo. B. Tretbar; re-
corder, VIM. Kinman; treasurer, R.
Gerdes; assessor, Chas. Wegner; Mar
shall, Ben Robideau.
"Good morning." said the lawyer,
as he started for his Office, 81 have to
go and rob somebody, now" II sym
pathize with you," said the legislator.
II have been poor myself. All l have
to do now, when I am hard up, is tu
introduce an anti-railroad bill."-Mid-
way News.
Huntington & Warner report the
following sales of Redwood county
real estate tho last week: SW4 of
Sec. 25, town of Sheridan 100 acres to
Hans Christensen and Peter Peterson
Consideration, S14OO; WI of NE4 Of
Section %, town of Delhi, 50 acres to
Mary Wingett. Consideration, $1,000
At a citizens meeting at Mankato
last week, presided over by Gen. Pope
| (Dem.). and attended by the heavy
men of Mankato of all shades of poll
tics, John A. Willard was unanimously
invited to accept the nomination OF
Mayor, and promised to do so. He
will probably have no opposition, which
will he to the credit of the metropolis
of Southwest Minnesota.
| St Paul News: A delegation of Red.
wood Falls citizens, headed by H. D
Baldwin, waited upon Gov. Merriam
this morning with view to having the
death sentence of Clifton Holden com.
muted to life imprisonment. The
Governor gave them very little or ne
encouragement, however. Baldwin ap
peared as Holdon's attorney at the
trial, and once before asked for com
mutation of the sentence.
Redwood Falls Republicans wer.
duly recognized at the State League
convention at Minneapolis last week
S. Truesden was made a member O
the committee on resolutions, aud j
R. Lankerd was elected one of the al
| ternates for the national league con
vention at Minneapolis. The Redwoo<
, Falls delegates returned highly pleased
with their treatment and The promis
of future successes afforded at tn
convention.
S. Drake has located in the harness
business at Echo, the growing tow
just over the Yellow Medicine count,
line, on the NJ. & St. L. He took vi
his residence there this week, togethe
with his family. Readers of the Ga
zette in the vicinity of Echo will fint
Mr.. Drake a reliable workman ant
first-rate citizen. We predict that b
will prove valuable acquisition to tn
business and social interests of Echo
Morgan Messenger: About 4 o'cloc]
last Saturday afternoon fire broke on
in the upper story of F. McRae's res
: idence, about five miles east of town
7 and before assistance could arrive tn
flames were unmanagabls, and tn
!. house and all it's contents burned t
the ground. The house was a valuabl
: one and contained considerable furr
y iture which was mostly all burned; bu
:, the property was insured for $50
+ which will partly pay loss.
9 Albert Davis, son of the late r. w
It Davis, of Olivia, was badly injure
n last week, while at work near Lon
: Prairie, Todd county. E. B. Hal
9 writes us that a falling tree fracture
Q young Davis thigh in three places,an
It that the flesh was torn off his chin an
Q jawbone broken. Both of his brother
d are with him, and Mr.. Hale writes tn,
d the doctor thinks the chances for n
II covery are about even. Should he SUI
i vive he will probably be badly cripple'