The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-06-14

Miss Mary Murset, of Gibbon, is Wis
iting Miss March.
The lot purchased for the city garb-
age is decided to the city for $50 and
not for $3.50, as originally stated.
Miss Larkin will spend the summer
at her home in Renville county, re-
turning to Redwood Falls to teach
school this fall.
George Drake was showing peas
taken from his garden last Monday.
They are fully matured and excellent
for edible purposes.
A. o. Nepil, of St. Paul, came down
from that city last Thursday, with a
view to getting a contract for putting
in a steam heating plant in the new
Jail and court house.
Carl Maasch and August Boehm,
two prominent Underwood farmers,
we're in town last Saturday. They re-
ported crops looking fairly we'll in
their neighborhood, but rain was need
ed badly.
w. R. Hodges, of the Sleepy Eye
Herald, was in the city last Thursday
Mr.. Hodges came as the chairman of
the Fourth of july committee on mu-
sic, with view to securing the servic-
es of the Redwood Falls band for the
Fourth at that place.
A memorial service will be held at
the opera hall next Sunday afternoon,
at 2 o'clock, to be conducted by the
Redwood Lodge, No. 68, I. o. O. F.
Rev. L. L. Hanscom will preach the
sermon, and the members of the
lodge, accompanied by members of
the sister fraternity, Daughters of
Rebekah, will attend in a body.
Members of these orders are request
ed to meet at Odd Fellows hall at l 80,
from which they will march to the
place of meeting. The public in gen.
eral is cordially invited.
Judge Olson is in clover down in
Sleepy Eye already. The New Ulm
Review suggests that he would be Just
the man for county attorney of Brown
county, and the Populistic Sleepy Eye
Herald thinks that man with such
ability as Mr.. Olsen has displayed in
the short time he has practiced is just
the man for county attorney. It adds
that "when at Redwood Falls he bust
ed the whole municipal court, the
Judge resigning and leaving the city
without any law or officials to execute
the laws and city ordinances"
There will be a grand Fourth oil
July celebration held at the grove oil
F. Mutzel, in the town of Sheridan
There will be all sorts of amusements
during the day, including ball game
in the afternoon. A bowery dance, to
gether with fireworks, will be the pro-
gramme during the night, the music
to be furnished by Welch's string
band. The young men, who have
charge of the celebration, are getting
it up regardless of expense, and mas
asmuch as there will probably be nc
other celebration in the vicinity large
crowd will be present.
As predicted in last weeks issue OF
this paper the commissioners decided
upon the Exchange hotel property as
the site of the new county Jail, paying
81 500 for the three lots, the present
owners to remove all buildings and
rubbish from the same. Just before
the site was selected the commission
ers wisely chose Mr.. E. P. Bassford,
of St. Paul, represented at the meet
ing by Mr.. Abbott, of that city, as
architect, adopting his plans with one
or two changes. The commissioners
will meet on June 18th to approve of
the deed and order work commenced
on the building.
VIM. Shafer, of Waterbury, was sent
to New Ulm for 80 days last week, by
Justice Holden, of Lamberton, on the
charge of wife-beating. Shafer was
drunk at the time. He struck his wife
on the head with a wash dish, accord
ing to the Leader,and afterwards took
his belt and gave her a fearful beating.
The son interfered and chased the
brute from home. He also beat his
l6- year old daughter in an outrageous
manner. Before Shafer was arrested
he returned to the house and drove
the family to neighbor's, threatening
IN shoot Thorn IF <hov ro%,,rnoI - A. =,