The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-12
Miss Gessler leaves Thursday for

gone before her.
DR.. Ell. Halves visited with friends
in Mankato last Tuesday, returning
home Wednesday.
Police Judge French has been suf-
fering from a severe attack of pneu-
monia during the past week.
Sheriff Blethen was in New Ulm
Friday, placing Charles and Simons
in the Brown county jail to serve their
sentences.
An attempt will be made to have
Mrs. DR.. 1. Cole locate some of the
precious minerals said to be in the
bowels of the earth around here be-
fore she leaves the city.
j. j. Hammond, known as "Jakey"
hereabouts, and well-known here in
his boyhood days, has made applica-
ton to the village council of Belview
to sell intoxicating liquors.
M. B. VanKirk left for Mankato
last Tuesday, and will reside there in
the future, it being his intention to
spend but one week month in this
city. Mrs. VanKirk and child left for
that place last Saturday.
Window Reporter: That farmer
in Redwood county has discovered
that his chickens have been living on
gold quartz and has begun mining OPP
erations already. It has been said that
there is more gold in chickens than in
wheat.
The Second district examining
board of applicants for West Point
cadets held meeting at Marshall last
week and decided in favor of Herbert
E. Bradley, of Lewisburg, Lac qui
Parle county, for first, and Ezra S.
Wardell, of Tracy, as alternate. Red
wood county had no candidates pres
ent, we are informed.
C.>B} Westlake, travelling agent for
Hooker & Manley, Minneapolis, whole
sale cigars and tobaccos, accompanied
by his wife and two children, arrived
in Redwood last week, and they have
taken up their residence in one of DR..
Pease's houses. Mr.. Westlake has
been travelling for his house several
years, and has become so favorably
impressed with this city that he has
decided to make this his permanent
residence, leaving Minneapolis to do
so.
Will Charles plead guilty to the
charge of wife-beating before Judge
French last Thursday, and was SEN
fenced to ninety days confinement in
the New Ulm Jail. The charge of lar
eeny was dropped for the present, as
the attention of the grand jury can be
called to the same while Charles is do
ing time in New Ulm. The officers are
confident that they have enough evil
dence to convict him of the larceny of
sum of money from George circuit,
while the latter was sleeping in his
house in Watson's addition. If this
prosecution should fail he will have to
stand trial on the threats of taking
the lives of Peters ct al.
A rather smooth looking individual,
giving his name as J. w. Simon, was
sent to the New Ulm Jail by Judge
French last Thursday, for Jumping"
a board bill of $3.50 at the Com
mercial. Simon was at one time the
leading dispenser of mixed drinks ov-
er the most fashionable bar in St..
Paul, and later served them over the
Windsor bar and at Ernst Seeley's in
that city. He has been wandering
over Minnesota and South Dakota of
late, trying to take life easy, land prob
ably now and then doing trick at
cards for the expensive amusement of
some innocent ''guy." The latter he
could not find here, and being fnan-
cially embarrassed, was obliged to en-
ter the county boarding station at
New Ulm.
II have $4,000 that will invest in
Redwood Falls as soon as the Mime
apolis & St. Louis railroad is built
into your city, said one of the officials
of that road to a GAZETTE man during
the past week. eff the road is built
into Redwood Falls your population
will be doubled inside of twelve
months from the time the depot is
built, because the railroad eating
house and the freight division of the
road will undoubtedly be located
there. It is midway between Mime