The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-02-25
Town news on second page.


A friend of A. D. Stewart informs
US that the latter was honored with al
assignment on the committee on Gre
dentials, at the st. Louis convention
Saturday of next week the regular
teachers meeting will be held at the
high school building, and the pro-
gramme heretofore referred to will be
in order.
The New Ulm band favored our cit
liens with free street concert Tues
day, and rendered some fine music
Other musicians have to rise early tc
beat the dutch at band music.
O. L. Dornberg has been having q
painful time with the muscular rheum-
atism, which has kept him an almost
helpless prisoner to his bed for fully
week. At this writing he appears tc
be gaining somewhat.
Miss Raymonds singing was rare
treat to the audience. She possesses
a voice of wonderful compass, strong,
clear and far-reaching. Her talent as
a vocalist has not been in the least ov-
er-rated- Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The subject of sermon deferred two
weeks ago will be taken up in the
Presbyterian church next Sunday fore
noon, "Can man be as good Chris
tan outside the church as inside it?
No." At the prayer meeting tonight
the topic will be, as there any word
from the Lord?"
Services in the Episcopal church
Sunday as follows: 1870 a. NJ, Morn
ing Prayer, Holy Eucharist, Baptism
and sermon; 1880 p. m, Evening
Prayer and sermon. These will be
the last services of the present pastor
as rector of the Parish. He takes
charge of the work in St. Paul Sunday,
March 9Th.
With the cutters running with wa
ter and the Redwood booming up
toward high water mark, it looked like
spring breakup Tuesday, but cooler
weather yesterday changed the aspect
OF affairs, Farmers say the soil will
be moist and in excellent condition for
seeding, if additional rains do not give
them too much of good thing.
If all the sincere admirers of Rev
S. B. Purves go to hear his farewell
remarks at the Episcopal chapel next
Sunday evening, the church will not
begin to be large enough to hold them.
Mr.. Purves commands the respect of
people of all denominations, and will
take away with him next week god
speed from the entire community.
Next Monday evening farewell re-
ception will be rendered the departing
rector, at the residence of G. w.
Everett.
Before returning to Mankato last
Saturday, Prof. McCleary left list of
the following books for students who
wish to ''study Words" as suggested
in the lecture of last Friday evening
The books may be procured from any
of our booksellers: Gilman's stories
from the dictionary, 40 cents; Swim
toms Rambles among words, rs cents;
French's On the Study of Words, Is
cents, paper; Richard Grant Whites
Words and their Uses, S1.75; Mat
thews' Words, their Uses and Abuses,
$500; Taylor's Words and Places,
81 90; Barclays Sermons, about $500;
Crabb's English Synonyms, about
Sl.5O. The Dictionaries.
A double wedding came off at the
Catholic church in Sheridan yester-
day. The contracting parties Wee
Paul Borte and Mary Rohlik, and
John Rohlik and Agnes Borte. The
Bortes are among the enterprising set
tiers of Granite Rock, and John Roll
tx and sister are residents of Vesta.
The happy event was followed by
wedding dinner at Borte's, and in the
evening the wedding guests repaired
to John Rohlik's and wound up the
days festivities with dance. Father
john Rohlik was expected ali the way
from Wisconsin to add his parental
blessing. Such affairs as these will in
due time make glad the vacant places
in the interior of Redwood county, land
all the bachelor homesteaders in that
locality should go and do likewise.
Upwards of hundred couple par
ticipated in the supper and ball given
by the United Workmen last Monday
evening, and the general testimony is
that they had good time. The lodge
rooms were we'll filled with ladies and
gentlemen of all ages attracted by the
social features of the evening, and lat
or on to the room below, where supper
good enough for any reasonable NOR
tai was spread for each relay of guests.
Estes presided over the oysters and
coffee and all the ct ceteras in the line
of flesh, fowl, rolls, and cake bore test
imony to the fact that the wives of the
United Workmen know how to pre-
what hungry workmen like to eat. The