The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-07
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OF LOCAL INTEREST.


Thompson & Mead have well-tlled
carriage repository on Mill street now.
The band boys expect to get Prompt
er Holcomb for the dance on the 22d.
J. A. Johnson, the paper hanger, IS
fixing up French & Houghmaster S
office.
Steerage passage to Europe for
$3.50 is advertised at Dickinson $
bank.
The spring term of school opened
this week with seven departments I'M
der one roof.
The Dispatch notes that Engineer
Carrolrs family was blessed with a
baby son March 18th.
Peterson Bros. now deliver meats
purchased at the Mill street market
to any part of the town.
H.C. Ackmann has been remodeling
his shelving for crockery, to make
room for new consignments.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Me.
church will meet with Mrs. W. 5.
Clayson next Friday afternoon.
Architect Willard was in town yes
terdav making final inspection OF the
work on the new school building.
O. B. Turrells Delhi land, adver-
tised in the Gazette, has been sold to
q Mr.. Parker, Of Canada, at $50 per
acre.
Engineer Loweth has been called to
Tracy to establish grade for the
business part of the town, and sya-
tenn of sewerage also.
A series of evening services are be-
ing conducted at the Catholic church
this week, with sermons by an eloquent
missionary Of that faith.
President Tyson is going out to- day
to fix up the fair ground buildings,
which have been slightly knocked out
of plumb by recent wind storms.
Tho Delhi ball club is likely to put
up strong game is season, as 1t IS
said that they have engaged Treadway
and Geo. French for their battery.
Tuesday a representative OF the St
Paul Dispatch interviewed about two
doz,n republicans here on their pref
ercnces for governor, and found that
John Lind was in the lead, with G. S.
Ives good second.
Marshal Clayson has commenced
building on his corner lots opposite
Andrew BRUINS. He will have no
trouble in finding tenant, and thcr"
are suspicious abroad that he has one
secured in advance.
A. Bcnham was in town Wednesday
and reported land business booming
He sold 14OO acres of land north OF
here in two days of last week, and
found no trouble in getting a nea'
profit on all his sales.
Notice the advertisement elsewhere
for laborprs to work on the water
works. With the demand for farm
labor and for work in various lines il
town, it will be necessary to send east
ward for achievements before the
season is much farther advanced.
At meeting of the congregation o.
the Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning, after the usual service, it wa
decided by an almost unanimous vote
to request Rev. John Sinclair, whose
engagement with the congregation ha(
expired, to remain. We trust that Mr.
Sinclair will consent to do SO.
Members of the school board are be
ing urged to enforce the compulsor,
education law, and if our youngster
continue to absent themselves from
school and roam the street, some par
ent or guardian is liable to be mad
an example of one of these fine days
The law makes it the duty of member
of the board to enforce the attendanc
of children between the ages of eigh
and sixteen, and prescribes a fine Q
from SO to S25 for parents or guard
ans who neglect to send their childre
for not less than twelve weeks in tn
wear, six weeks of which shall be cor
secutive.
Political canvassers see and hes
some funny things sometimes, whe
they are out hunting without gu1
A couple of incidents of A. D. Stew
arts recent tour tickled that gentl'
man so much that he told frien'
and as they are of no political signi1
canoe, the Gazette will be pardone
for trying to tell them for the bene1
of it's readers Over in Renville coul
ty, after A. D. had stirred up the an
mails to the manifest delight of son
ofhis alliance auditors, one of them wi
betrayed strong leanings away fro
prohibition crowded to the front
the close and pressed our allan
champion to accept silver dolls
saying that his talk was worth that
him. AS Andrew strenuiously d
clined the proffered coin, his admir-
with rich milesian accent took no
of him and said, "By CORY, if ye wol
take my dollar, ye can take my daug
ter" Whether our bachelor reform
is going to decline the latter or nj
remains to be seen. At another tow
the alliance lecturer courteously {
fered to answer any questions viii
the audience had to offer, when wa
gish individual turned to some gi