The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-12-20

Granite Falls local talent presented
aThe Deacon" q comedy, last week.
Matt and Madge Mccarthy took
prominent parts.
Hon G D. Gilfillan shipped two
carloads Of cattle and one Of hogs to
Chicago last Monday. Jos. Tyson, Of
this city, accompanied the stock.
The Prison Mirror records the pop
ulation Of the penitentiary at 535, an
unusually high number. Hard times
has had great deal to do with it.
Harry Bailey was down from Mar
shall last week. He says that he has
good clerkship with Olof PETERSON,
and that Ole is doing good business.
Will Tyler is now managing the ST..
James Plaindealer, Editor Foote being
engaged in the management of the
"Cattle Queen" who is on a lecturing
tour.
St. Paul Dispatch: If Julius
Schmahl continues to find gold in
large quantities at Redwood Falls,
Donnelly will be compelled to for
swear silver recommendation.
Rev. l.. L. Hanscom returned from
his crusade against wickedness in and
around Hampden, Iowa, last Saturday,
and conducted services at the Metho-
dist church both morning and evening
on Sunday.
j. H. Schumacher,the detective en-
ployed in the Otto murder case a
week or two after the murder, was
seen at the Salpaugh, Mankato, last
Saturday, presumably loaded with ev-
idence for the defense in the celebrat-
ed Stein Salpaugh case.
E. T. Critchett, of New Ulm, was
elected President of the Second dis
trict high school oratorical society at
Mankato, last week; j. l.. Torrens.
vice-president;..P rof. Searle, of Man
kato, secretary, and j. E. Gilman, OF
Winnebago City, treasurer.
School closes for the holidays to-
morrow afternoon, and the teachers
will return to their. homes on holi-
day visit. Nearly all of them will attend
the annual meeting of the State Teach.
ers Association in St. Paul on Dec. q
and 20. School will open for the win.
ter term on Jan. 9TH.
F. NJ. Isham returned last Satur.
day from a tour of invoicing of the
lumber yards of Laird-Norton & Co.
west Of Sleepy Eye, going as far west
as Watertown. Mr.. lsham predicts
that the present winter, if it becomes
at all severe, will be very hard on PEG
pie residing in the Dakotas.
Case, of the Marshall Reporter, ap
plies the arrow to some of his sub
scribers who have stopped their paper
without paying for the same. He cite.
the postal laws showing that it is {
crime to take paper from postof6ce
and later refuse the payment, or afte1
the subscription is delinquent. HI
proposes to make a test case ont O
one or two of his recently stopped de
linquent subscribers.
! A card received from a gentleman
at Delhi, Redwood county, says: "Wil
you please tell us where the Redwood
Falls gold mine is located, as we know
of no gold mine nearer than IA miles
Your article should have read Delhi
mines, and not Redwood Falls, as tn,
mine is only q miles from Delhi ant
eleven miles from Redwood" AL
right, gentlemen, Delhi it shall be. W.
knew all:the time that Redwood Fall'
didn't have anything. Those editor!
down there would just as leave lie a!
not Granite Fallt Journal.
An anti-horse thief association hal
been organized in Watonwan and 9th
or counties, and the St. James Journa
says that "a call has been issued for ,
similar organization in Martin county
and Cottonwood, as horse stealing il
those counties has been as frequent a.
here. If the counties in this immedi
ate vicinity also have organizations t.
catch thieves, and with a strong or
ganization at home, it would seen
that horse stealing might be rendered
an unsafe business. This is matter
of live interest to stock owners, anC
they should push the membership o.
their organization" A fellow who vii
steal horse at present prices, mus,
be hard up, indeed.