The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-06-07

E. B. Hale is canvassing the coun-
try about Echo for life and accident
insurance.
VIM. O'Hara has gone to the north
ern part of the State to seek employ
ment.
Emil Schmahl and Horace Baldwin
shipped several carloads of hogs and
cattle to st. Paul last Tuesday.
Mrs. Chas. Brewster returned over
the Northwestern last Saturday night
from an extended trip through Lee
Sueuer county.
Thieves broke into the store of
Goetze & Kempton, at Morgan, last
Monday night, and took several boxes
of cigars, etc.
Gus. McGettrick left last Thursday
for an extended visit among friends
and relatives in Faribault and Le-
Sueur counties.
Prof. I. N. Tompkins, of the Nor
gau schools, had number of his pu-
pills up here taking State examine
tons, last week.
Rev. L. L. Hanscom spent last Sun
day in Echo, attending tent meeting
under the direction of Rev. Geo.
Lutz, of Wood Lake. Mr.. Hanscom
preached in the evening.
Supt. Race has been appointed by
State Supt. Prendergast to preside ov.
or the meeting of State Institute d.
rectors to occur at the Minnesota U
for three days during August.
Mrs. A.A. VanWinkle and youngest
daughter left for Marshall over the
St. Louis last Monday, to attend the
wedding of Mrs. VanWinkle's sister,
Miss Bertha Webster, to Benjamin
Leo Gates, which occurred there
Tuesday evening.
Asa P. Brooks came up from St..
Paul last week, the suspension of the
Evening Post having thrown him out
OF employment. He expects to return
to st. T'aul in month or two, proba-
bly, to report on the now-talked of re-
vived Evening News.
Mike Maher, living in Vesta town.
ship, was seriously hurt by wild COW
one day last week. Maher was about
to picket the cow for grazing when he
got tangled up in the rope in such a
manner that it brought him in contact
with post or two, nearly breaking a
limb.
Minneapolis Tribune: That Red
wood Falls man who bought pump
and stole the wherewithal to pay for
it from the till of the merchant who
sold it has the making of a Napoleon
of finance. It would be we'll to keep
an eye on him when business begins
to boom again.
Work is going on rapidly with the
new M. E. church. The old building
has been completely Quilted, and the
connection is being prepared with the
proposed new building, for which a
large quantity of timbers, brick and
lumber is already on the ground. It
is probable that the corner stone will
be laid with considerable of pomp
and ceremony.
The fats and leans had another
game of ball at the fair grounds last
Monday afternoon, resulting in the
leans winning by a score of 10 to -
Inasmuch as this is the first game
won by the leans, and the record now
stands 2 to l in favor of the fats, it is
probable that one or two more games
will be played to decide the cham.
pionship.
Editor j. A. johnson, the genial
editor of the New Ulm Review, was
in town for few hours last Thursday
It was his first visit to the little me-
troplis, and he was highly pleased
with the people and perfectly delight.
ed with the picturesque appearance
the city has at the present time. Mr.
johnson talked very little politics, in.
cidentally mentioning that Brown
county Republicans conceded that tc
Redwood county belonged the Re-
publican nominee for Senator this
year. While he had no interest with
the Democratic party he thought that
that party, too, should select Red
wood county man. and by doing SC
give Redwood county the first mem
Der of the Senate it has had since the
days of the late Hon. J. S. G.. Homer