The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-03-29
THE CITY
SHORT TALES OF THE WEEK.

SHORT TALES OF THE WEEK.
School opens next Monday for the
spring term.
Seeding was slightly checked by the
storm of last Friday and Saturday.
Rev. John Sinclair spent portion
of last week in Sleepy Eye, assisting
in revival meetings in that town.
Miss Candee, a former Redwood
Falls teacher, is making vacation visit
here, a guest at Supt. Races.
H. G.. Schmahl was in Minneapolis
yesterday on business, and is said to
have listened to the eloquent McKin
ley last evening.
w. G. March, with the North Star
Boot & Shoe Co., was in the city last
Wednesday, attending the funeral of
the late John w. March, brother.
Editor G. F. Case, of the Marshall
Reporter, was in the city last Thurs
day, inspecting 40 or so barrels of oil
in the capacity of deputy state oil in
spector.
Capt. Thos. Mcmillan, Commander
of the Minnesota Soldiers Home came
up from Minnehaha last Wednesday,
attending the funeral of the late John
w. March, returning home on Thurs
day.
Burt Lyman was up from Hamline
on an Easter vacation last week, re-
turning Friday. Burt says that the
Redwood boys are all doing nicely at
the Midway seat of learning. He ex-
poets to spend two more years there.
The T. S. M. club, Of Morgan, sends
the GAZETTE editor very neat invita-
ton to be present at a reception given
la honor of Mr.. Halstead, at the home
of Miss Gerstmann Thursday evening
March %, 1894. We will be in Min
neapolis, girls.
A special train leaves Gilfllan Sid
ing next week Saturday afternoon
with 100 head of corn-fed steers from
the farm OF Hon. G. D. Gilfllan. The
cattle will be in charge of Supt. Geo.
Ruter, and will be taken to the Union
Stockyards, Chicago, where they will
be disposed of for the Liverpool mar
kets. The steers have been fattening
for several months, and will average
light weight of 1,4OO pounds.
The Redwood Falls delegation at
the Mckinley meeting last night was
composed of Frank Kenny, Erastus
D. French, John N. Jones, Charles C.
Chollar, Casper Blethen, w. R. Cas-
we'll, M. D. Martin, H. A. Baldwin, o.
w. Mcmillan, A. H. Anderson, Emil
Kuenzli and Julius A. Schmahl. Peace
and harmony is said to have prevailed
on the train which took them to Min
neapolis and St. Paul last Tuesday.
Editor Langum, of Preston, declines
to run for the legislature again on the
ground that he does not believe in
"hogging," whereupon Editor Schoon-
maker, of the Prison Mirror, remarks:
We don't blame you Bro. Langum one
bit; the same feeling creeps over us,
in regard to our own position; we too,
are ready to step down and "out" and
we amt particular whether the fellow
who takes our place is overstocked
with goodness or capabilities,either
J.V. McGettrick and C. c. Peck un-
loaded lot of driving horses few
days ago, together with several hand
some carriages, which they have been
selecting at Minneapolis with view
to opening livery stable at Redwood
Falls. They are both judges of horse
flesh and are we'll pleased with the
animals they brought with them. Nc
Gettrick's barn, south of the Com
mercial hotel, is being fitted up for
the new enterprise, which is already
in shape for business.