The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-06-28

New Tomatoes and Watermelons at
G. r. Tnnner's. 1t
Mrs. S. S. Drake was down from
Echo last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Ferris spent
last Sunday in Evan.
Capt. Burg's battery of three pieces,
with nineteen men and twelve horses
will give an artillery drill at Sleepy
Eye, July 4.
Robert C. Pugh and wife, of Hay
ward, Wis, the former son of Jas. A.
Pugh, of this place, arrived here last
Saturday evening, on a bridal visit to
the parents of the groom.
The G.. A. r. post, Cornet band and
ball club will 60 to Sleepy Eye on
the 4th. and you can do no better than
to swell the crowd and have a little
fun yourself.
The Redwood base ball club was re-
organized last Wednesday evening
with J. F. Rogers as manager and
Chas. Buxton captain. The players
are Dickson and Buxton, battery;
Glassco, first; French, I'd; Fisher, Sd;
Luscher, S.; Theiring, Drake and
Shoemaker, felders.
G.. A, r. posts, W. R. c., and Camp
of S. of v. from Lincoln, Lyon, Cot
tonwood, Watonwan, Brown. Red
wood and Renville counties will hold
their fourth annual encampment at
Sleepy Eye July 8, 4 and 5. A mag
nifcent celebration on the 4th. Special
trains from Redwood Falls.
There will be grand celebration in
Callery's grove, in the town of WALTON
July 4th. A. D. Stewart, the Peoples
Party champion, will deliver the adj
dress at 1880, after which those pres
ent will enjoy basket picnic. There
will be two games of base ball during
the day, one in the morning between
clubs representing New Avon and Red
wood Falls townships, and one in the
afternoon between the Sheridan nine
and another crack club. There will
be horse racing for purses, and in the
morning, before the speaking grand
calithumpian parade. The whole will
conclude with bowery dance in the
evening, with music by Davis band.
James Gallery, one of the promoters
of the celebration, states that good
time is guaranteed and that everybody
is welcome.
All of the household goods in the
old Exchange hotel were disposed of
by Auctioneer Frank Wolverton last
Saturday afternoon. The hotel build
ings, or an interest in them, had previ-
ously been purchased by "Vet." Davis,
and on Monday was commenced the
moving of them to the vacant lot at
the eastern terminus of Second, where
they will be arranged for hotel pur-
poses. The old buildings were land
mark on the site where they stood.
One portion was built in 1866 by Jas.
Mcmillan and in 1853 an addition was
built on the south of it. In 1873 an
other addition was. built on the west
side. The Exchange hotel passed
through long string of ownerships
from the builder down, There one.
Rscker, Gould. WEIGH, Tously, North
rup, Beard, Everett held forth cater
ing to the public. There in 1874, or
about that time, occurred the memora--
BILE fight oyer furniture between Gould
and WEIGH, both parties claiming that
it belonged to them, and one being in
possession of the hotel one day and
the other the next, friends of both
sides carrying arms for protection, un-
til the quarrel was finally adjusted
through the efforts of Maj. Powell.
There stopped the old government
stage coach, SO long driven by Thos.
Mcmillan, Newton Hester, Jud.
Winchester and other old timers. Ere
quently, in those early days. the Ex-
change hotel yard was full of prairie
schooners, on which were marked the
wild west phrases of those days. Some
were coming and some were going,the
owners all relating their wonderful
tales to each other there. The Ex-
change, under its various previous
names, has seen its days. With the
building of the county Jail on the site
which it is soon to leave, it will prac-
tically pass out of history, and old
settlers will cherish it in memory only