The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-06-23

Mrs. G. w. Everett next Thursday.
E. G. Bailey and his carpenters
have DR.. Lefingwell's house nearly
finished.
J.P. Cooper's new mansion looms
up large and handsome, and is being
reinforced by barn.
August Holt and Clara johnson, OF
Johnsonville, were pronounced man
and wife by Judge French, last Sat-
urday.
L. M. Pennington recently sold his
new house in Watson's addition to
Mrs. Mary Schumacher, of North Red
wood, who will occupy it. Considera-
ton, 500.
The Tracy Trumpet announces a
partial or entire change in the man
agement of that paper, to take effect
July LIST, but does not state the names
of the new owners.
C.L. Smith and Ignatius Donnelly
were billed for joint debate at Mar
shall last Tuesday evening. If they
did not furnish first-class entertain
ment, we miss our guess.
The building occupied by Louis
Goede again changed hands the past
week, VIM. Crouley selling to Bergen
Bros, at 1915. The Bergen Bros. will
occupy it for their store after the 4th.
An official communication was re-
ceived by Mr.. Houghmaster a few
days ago, stating that the proposed
G. A. R. campfire at Fort Ridgely,
which was projected for this month,
has been postponed until some time
next September, on account of the con-
tinued wet weather of late.
Pitts Tenney and w. S. Mckay
closed with an offer for the sale of the
lot and foundation adjoining VIM.
Crouley's new store, now building, on
Monday, through an agent of the
owner, and after rendering money for
the same were informed by mail that
T. E. Muligan had heen ahead of them
he having closed a bargain with the
owner, Mr.. Dodge, for the same prop
erty. A legal action may decide it.
While the accounts that come to us
of the cyclone that swept through a
number of the southern counties of
this state last week are distressing, it
is proper to congratulate the people
of Redwood county, that so far in its
known history it has escaped every
thing of this kind. Perhaps our turn
may come some day, but heretofore
these demonstrations have gone
around us.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: AS the 4th
of July is the great National holiday
and it is expected that all true Ameri-
cans will suspend business on that day,
the merchants of Sleepy Eye have re-
solved to close their places of business
the entire day in accordance with law.
The clerks are jubilant over the move
and this noble body which has re-
solved on Sun and air" are sure to
take the same.
No mention has been made hither-
to of the state land sale, which occurred
the week of the Minneapolis conyen-
ton, and was therefore overlooked.
Deputy Auditor Everett conducted
the sale, at which twelve tracts, of for
ty acres each, were bid off, and about
half as much more of forfeited tracts.
There was hardly enough unsold state
land in the county to make the sale
interesting.
At the district convention in the
Christian church, the programme as
,utlined in the last Gazette was main
ly followed. It was decided to employ
a district es an gel 8 soon, and to lold
district meeting here next December.
Among those in attenC ance from
abroad were President Pier, Prof.
Marshall and E. E. Holt, of Excelsior
College, L. Lane, state superintendent
Of missions, Ell Ter VanDolah, of Mo-
ton church, Perry Burch and wife, of
Olivia.
The telegraph brings the ne"s that
Mr.. John Stills, of Spring Valley,
went t. the Cook & Whitby circus at
that place and fell in with some gen.
tleman who gave him a chance to bet
his money on a "sure thing" Mr..
Sills is very accommodating man,
and 10 prove it he gave three hundred
and fifty dollars to one of the gentle
men to count. The custodian of his
money for the time being did not like
publicity, and he suddenly turned and
disappeared in the crowd. Mr.. Stills
is still looking for his money.
1t cannot be deemed at all surpris-
ing that the bright representatives of
Redwood Falls now attending at
Carleton College, are returning a good
account of themselves. Two of them
Miss Lizzie Bissell and her brother
Stanley took leading parts in the col
lege debates of commencement week,
and of the latter the Mortified News
says: "Mr. Bissell was the first to ap-
pear. His delivery was especially
good, his voice was pleasant, and his
gestures graceful and appropriate, and
he seemed to be as pleasing to the au-
dience as any one on the program"
The course of events is fast vindicat-
ing the position of our own Todd
"Barb-Wire Todd"-in the matter of
the object of his especial aversion. A
hardware man told us yesterday that
barb wire is rapidly going out of use,
as farmers are finding out that less
barbarous fences are just as effectual
and cheap and that aside from being
more humane, there is decided saw
ing when the risk of loss or injury of
stock from barb wire is counted. A
travelling dealer in hides told him that
the main reason that domestic hides
were quoted low in the markets, was