The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Redwood Gazette.
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1892.
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

building, next to Dickinson's bank
this week.
W. E. Pike and Leila NJ. Byram
both of this place, were married here
on the 18th.
E. P. Byram is building dwelling
for his own occupancy on the lot:
which he bought of Mrs. Hitchcock.
Married at Hotel Francois July
26th, by Rev. J. Sinclair, Samuel Nc,
Quillan to Mary Geser, both of Delhi
Lightning struck one of the large
cottonwood trees near G. w. Georges
residence, during the storm last Mon
day night.
Last Saturday was pretty good
day for binding Irvine sales with W
D. Martin. He reports orders for ov-
er four tons on that day alone.
c. w. Everett withdrew from the
firm of Gleason & Everett, real estate
and loans, last Friday. Mr.. Gleason
will continue the business the same as
before
Mayor Dickinson was one of the
first private patrons of the water
works, and had connections made
with the Second street main for the
benefit of his bank, last week.
A washout on the NJ. & st. L. R'y
below Excelsior was the cause of a &C.
lay of the mail from the east yester-
day for several hours, the $50 train
not arriving here until evening.
Marshall lost second game to
Granite Falls last weak, by the same
score as the first to z. Buxton,
Dixon and French of this place, and
Stewart of Tracy, played with the vic
torious nine.
This evening John S. Marsh Post
will hold all open camp fire at their
headquarters, and expect to be treated
to an address by Col. H. P. Grant,
who spoke here last February on the
Indian massacre.
Judge Bowers has been diligently
seeking for q girl for several weeks
past and on Tuesday found one at his
h ,me. The little lady is rather young
for general hcu ,ework, but bids fair to
till all requirements in time.
S. Pollard, who came to Redwood
Falls few months ago from Mcleod
county, lately bought the three lots
south of D. l.. Bigham's place, for
1878. He will build upon and occupy
the property as his homo.
Since the water works pumping en-
gine was started last week, the city is
in the enjoyment of ample water pres
sure for fire protection, although few
minor water mains remain to be place q
before the contract for the plant vii:
be finally completed.
Tho Redwood Falls library Will be
rc-opcncd to the public at Judge Bow
ers' ficcs, on Wednesday and Satur-
day afternoons, and on Saturday ev-
enings of each week. The manage
ment would urgently request that all
books now loaned out of the library
be returned.
A traveller from the southern part
of Minnesota remarked yesterday that
grain in this vicinity is looking much
better than at any point south or cast
of here that ne had been. We noticed
last week that grain this side of Sleepy
Eye looked better than at any point
east of there.
Two brothers named Hunziker in
the town of Lucas, Lyon county,
started home from the hay field to es-
cape thunder shower One of them
carried a steel hay fork over one
shoulder and escaped unhurt. The
other brother who had nothing in his
hands, was instantly killed by bolt
of lightning.
Rains during the past fortnight
have been decidedly too frequent to
suit farmers all over the state, but in
this vicinity no great damage has been
manifested as yet. Some indications
of rust and blight are noticed in low
places, however. 1t appears to be con-
coded. that the conditions for first
class harvest are not as favorable as
they were last year.
Rev. J. Sinclair has handed in let
ter addressed to "The minister of the
Presbyterian church" in which a man
from Hooperton, ILL.,, writes to say
that he and a few friends desire to
come down to Minnesota to do harvest
work if wages are good. The writer
warrants the applicants to be good
hands. Farmers in need of hired men
can have the address at this Office.
The ladies of the w. G. T. U. have
been disappo' nted in maintaining
their lunch rooms opposite the post
Office, on account of the sickness of
the lady whom they engaged to run
the enterprise. AS they have not been
able to find any one else, they decided
at their last meeting to relinquish the
rooms. They still hope to start per.
manent coffee and lunch counter in q
home of their own, at no very distant
date. Through the summer months
they will serve ice cream once or twice
week.
Probably few Gazette readers have
thought to identify the nominee fol