The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-05-10


j Competent girl for Homework want
ed at III. M. Hitchcock's.
i Attorney Thos. E. Boylan, of Bird
Island, was in the city last Tuesday.
Potatoes sold at the rate of 81 20 per
bushel on our streets last Tuesday.
Expensive staple.
J. S. Turnitten and wife, of Kasota,
we're at the Commercial Tuesday, en-
route for Echo, to attend the funeral
of the latter's father.
Oscar Lonegren, deputy State Bank
Exa miner, spent Tuesday and We'd
nesday in this city examining into the
condition of local banks.
The north side track in the North
western yards at this place has been
str aightened out, and the stock yards
have all been placed under cover.
Mrs. E. G. Bailey leaves for Man
kato next Monday, and after visiting
relatives there for two weeks, will join
her husband at Grand Rapids, MINI.
The weekly crop report says that
seeding is all finished in Minnesota,
and all small grain early sown is we'll
up and the fields are looking excel
lent.
Jacob X. Rooms, of New Auburn,
Mimi, in renewing his subscription to
the GAZETTE, modestly states that "he
likes wide-awake paper like the GA
zErTE."
The young ladies of the NJ. E.
church, gave maple sugar social at
the church last night. Maple sugar
syrup and hot rolls were served and
delightful time is reported.
J. Pentony, brother to the Pen
tonys of the marble works of this city,
arrived from South Dakota, oyer the
Northwestern yesterday morning,
bringing with him his family and
household goods. He will settle in
Redwood county.
A jolly fishing party composed of
DR.. G.. r. Pease, R. D. White, George
French and j. F. Rogers starts for
Green Lake, Kandiyohi county, next
Tue sday, to be gone ten days, camp
ing out all the time. Fred Bager has
been engaged as cook for the tourists.
The filing of a kerosene stove with
gasoline by mistake, came near caus-
ing wicked blaze, in one of the bust
ness houses on Second, last Tuesday.
On lighting the stove the gasoline ex-
ploded, the flames spread rapidly, and
only the timely intervention of by
ISLANDERS saved catastrophe. Two of
the interested parties were completely
covered with black ashes.
At an adjourned meeting of the city
council Tuesday evening J.H. Bowers
was elected corporation attorney, and
Mayor Bell appointed committee
consisting of Aids. Mckay and Cas-
we'll to see about purchasing dump
ing grounds. The Redwood Falls
Telephone Co. was given an exclusive
franchise for period of 20 years to
erect its poles and string It's wires for
telephone purposes, the city to be al
lowed the use of ten telephones free
of charge. The right does not ex-
elude private telephones. A two-milf
road tax and two-mill personal tax
was levied for street and other pur-
poses. A stone gutter was ordered to
be placed in along the east side OF
!, | Washington avenue.
Lubbi H. Terhell, residing in Wat
, sons addition, died at his home last
: Tuesday morning, of dropsy and heart
, disease. The funeral was held from
the house yesterday afternoon, pas
tor of the German Lutheran church,
officiating. Mr.. Terhell was an old
settler of this section of the State.
: Born in Hanover, Germany, July 8,
| 1881, he resided in the Fatherland for
80 years, coming to this country in
1868, and settling in Green Garden,
2 Ill. Five years later he settled in
/ Beaver Falls, working ON farm near
there until 1877, when he moved to
{ Underwood, this county, where he
, carried on the business of farming
with marked degree of success, un-
til the fall of 1891. when he left the
farm in charge of his thrifty sons and
, together with his wife, moved to Red
wood Falls, taking up their residence
in the house where he passed away.
He leaves a wife and several children.