The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-12-22
OF LOCAL INTEREST


lance will hold a convention in the
Martin school house on Saturday.
Dec. 81, for the purpose of electing
delegates to the State convention.
Miss Minnesota McBain passed
through Redwood last Saturday on
her way home to Sleepy Eye from
Minneapolis. She was the guest of
Miss Myrtle March while in town.
The annual meeting of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of the
town of Vail, will be held at the resi-
dence of Jas. Longbottom,in the town
of Vail, commencing at y o'clock
noon, Jan. 3, 1893.
r. H. Kempton sustained serious
loss in a fire at Morton, last Tuesday
morning. His building caught fire in
some manner and was nearly burned
to ground before the flames were ex-
tinguished. The loss will be several
thousand dollars, partly insured
The entertaining of the Ladies
Guild and the St. Agnes Guild of the
Episcopal church by Mesdames G. E.
Mckay and Till Tibbetts last We'd
nesday afternoon was social success,
all of the large number present pro-
nouncing it the most successful of the
season.
Casper Blethen, who will succeed
Charles W. Mead, as sheriff, January
|. arrived from the Southsido with
his family, Tuesday evening. and is
now settled in the Gray residence on
Ramsey Heights. Mr.. Blethen's re-
moval to Redwood was delayed on
account of the death of his mother
last week.
Charity Chapter, o. E. S.. at the
last regular meeting, elected the fol-
lowing annual officers: w. NJ, Mrs.
H. n. Bell; W. P, OIL. Dornberg: A.
NJ, Mrs. H. G. Schmahl; c., Mrs T
Tibbetts; A. c., Mrs. S. J. Race: Sec
rotary, Miss Mariau Everett: Treasur-
er. Andrew Birum.
The NJ. & St. L. has been having
the usual number of winter accidents
to It's employees. Mike O'Neill, a
brakeman running between Redwood
and Watertown had three fingers on
his right hand taken off while coupl-
ing cars near Clarkield last Saturday,
and Oh Monday John Meehan, brake
man had the first finger of his left
hand taken off above the knuckle.
The Chautauqua circle met last
Monday evening with Miss Hattie
Beecher. The circle meets next Mon
day evening with Mrs. Fletcher Skin
n II at 80 o'clock in the afternoon
The hour has been changed in order
not to interfere with the meetings to
be conducted by the Student Band
who will by that time. have begun
their work. Mrs. Skinner leads in
'Callias,' Miss Juliet Brooks in GreeI
History and Thomas Jones in United
States and Foreign Powers.
Chief Buechner, of the Fire depart
ment, Guy Warner and Henry Athey
saw Will Mckay enjoying an-uncalled
for bath Monday evening The gen.
tlemen were engaged in flooding Nc.
kay& Athey's rink. Will insisted on
holding the nozzle all alone. CHIEF
Buechner turned the water on full
force and in a second Will was being
rolled over the rink, trying to hold Oh
to the pipe. The water shot from
the latter and before the boys coulc
pick Will up he was thoroughly
drenched.
An Independent Order of Coco
Templars was partly organized by c
". Yorke, of Minneapolis. at Thomp
sons Hall Tuesday evening. with the
following officers: Chief Templar
Miss Eunice Melville; Vice Chic
Templar, A. B. Truesdell: secretar,
and lodge representative, J. T. Steg
ner: Financial Secretary. Will Tyler
Treasurer, Levi AIMS: Chaplain, W
J. johnson; Marshal, Frank Haryell
Guard, Miss Nettie Truesdell; o. G.
VIM. Fish; Deputy Marshall, Miss
Nettie Williams; Past Chief Templar
r. J. Tyler. Another meeting to per
feet the organization will be held mex
Tuesday evening.