The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-11-29
Emil Schmahl disposed of q carload
,f sheen in St. Paul last Monday.


Of sheep in st. Paul last Monday.
Don't forget the dance to be given
by the band boys at the opera house
tonight.
Mrs. CIV. Ellison, of Evan, togeth-
er with her children, have been visit
ing with Mrs. j. w. Ferris during the
past week.
Wheat took jump and tumble
last week. It was as high as 81 in the
early part of the week, and dropped
to 48 on Friday.
Howard Webber, son of G. L. Web
Der, formerly of Walnut Grove, but
now of Hamline, had the feshy part
of his hand punctured by shot from
revolver recently.
Hon. John N. Jones was over from
Westline last Thursday, smiling over
the results of the recent elections all
over the country. Jas. Larson, of
Johnsonville, was with him.
Mrs. Chris. Kohlhase, daughter to
Emmanuel Otto, murdered in his
home near Morton, two weeks ago,
passed through this city last Thurs
day on her way home to Sleepy Eye.
Frank I. Gleason took Harry Nc
Lean to the Reform school at Red
Wing last Saturday, while Sheriff
Blethen and Deputy Kenney took
Harry Ives and John McIlreavie to the
Saltwater prison.
On last Friday night, while skating,
Orley Byington slipped into hole in
the ice on the mill pond, but was res
cued by other skaters. The young man
was badly frightened,an will be more
cautious in the future.
During his leisure hours here last
week Stenographer Eckstein was at
work on transcript of the evidence
in the Renville county seat contest.
Mr.. Eckstein transcribed in the neigh
borhood of one thousand folios.
Quite number of Redwoodites at
tended the production of Kathleen
Mavourneen by the Morton local dra-
matte club in that town last night. All
who attended say that the participants
Of the play played their part WE'LL
Richard Gerdes, of Morgan, will
probably enter Knudson's store at
Sleepy Eye, in the capacity of a clerk
during the next week. Mr.. Gerdes
was to have received clerkship in
the senate,providing Senator Peterson
was returned, but the two ends did not
meet.
Rev. j. Blackwell, of Sleepy Eye
and Rev. John Sinclair, of this city
exchanged pulpits last Sunday. Mr.
Blackwell conducted the service here
both morning and evening and was
greeted with good sized crowds. His
subject in the evening was the "Heal-
ing of the Leper by Christ"
The local banks have adopted the
plan of closing from II o'clock noon
to l p. m. Few banks outside of the
larger cities are in the habit of keep
ing open during the noon hour. Gen
orally, only clerk is left where this
is done, and it is in measure, an in.
vitation for some highwayman to clean
up the counter cash.
The Lamberton Leader states that
another vein of coal has been found
at the mine of M. Skoden, and thai
the coal is almost as good as Hooking
Valley. 1t also adds that Mr.. Kreigh
er, farmer living about four miles
south of that town, has found coal on
his farm, and has commenced pros
pecting. This mineral matter is get.
ting to be "cold' stuff.
Col. Frank Irish, the popular trav.
cling agent for the Northwestern Line
stopped off in the city long enough
last Friday to make an inquiry as tc
whether we had an election in this
town recently, and to inquire into the
development of the gold and coal
mines. Like Traffic Agent Weston
Col. Irish doesn't like to be taken fol-
a sucker" and he drops in to find out
the true state of things.
An item in the Globe of last Friday
says that Patrick Cosgrove, stock.
raiser living in Tracy, was robbed OF
victimized of $24O, by a young woman
of fairly attractive appearance named
Annie Lee,while in St. Paul last week
Cosgrove met the girl in one of the
saloons on St. Peter street. At that
time he carried the money in his belt