The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-08-16

Frlnclpal 1Orr0nS lett tuesday fOl
his home in Freedom county.
j Miss Christine Sample is visiting
friends in Minneapolis and Lake
Crysta
| Miss Mary Treadwell, of St. Peter
is visiting with Miss Virginia Dun.
nington.
No more return cards will be print
ed on envelopes by the government
after Sept. 10th. Patronize home in
dustries is the watchword of the gov
eminent.
j. M. Thompson was down from
Belview last Monday, having in his
possession five figured check which
he proposed to offer as bonus for
getting the gold miners to locate their
crushing mill and smelling works at
Belview or Delhi.
Burton Crooks and Chas. Cooper, OF
Stewart, Iowa, the former brother OF
Chief of Police Crooks, of this city ARE
visiting with the latter, and will re-
main throughout the fall season. They
report the crops in Iowa very much
worse than in this section, everything
there being almost burnt to crisp.
Jos. Scharles left Tuesday morning
for New Ulm, where he goes to open
the new tailor shop recently purchased
in that city by Scharles & Engdahl
He will remain in that city continu.
ously for about a month, after which
Mr.. Engdahl will probably take care
of the business of the firm in tina,
town.
| Mrs. Wetteneau, of Minneapolis, is
in the city for the purpose of assum
ing charge of Hotel Francois, during
the absence of Mrs. G. A. Francois
who is soon to leave on an extended
visit among relatives in Northern In
diana aud Niagara Falls. Mrs. Wet
teneau has been in Redwood Falls be
fore. She has considerable experience
in the hotel business.
Sheriff Blethen returned from New
| Ulm last Saturday. He was following
up Ives, the forger. who is wanted by
the authorities to answer the charge
of passing forged check, on Georgt
w. Vaughn last week. Sheriff Bleth
en- traced the fellow to that town, from
which point he seems to have left thu
train and gone into the country. NJ
positive trace of him could be found
! While George Vaughn and friends
we're going to the gold mines early ir
the week they stopped to water thei1
horses, unhitching them from the bug
gy. The team became frightened anc
ran away separating and getting mixed
up in barb wire fence. They were
badly cut before they we're rescued
The team was a valuable one. It is
thought that the injuries will not be
permanent.
| Morton Enterprise: According tc
The GAZETTE, a car of coal was ship
ped from the Redwood coal mine to
Lacrosse, Wis. this week to be used
by the electric light plant at that
place. The Morton mine is also pro.
ducing fine quality of coal and
operations are being pushed to ascer.
tain the extent of the vein. Wouldn't
wonder if Morton and Redwood would
soon be known as the Twin coal cities
of the west, Julius.
Only Is Redwoodites availed them.
solved of the exceptional low excursion
rate to Lake Minnetonka and return
over the St. Louis, last Sunday. But
at Morton over $50 tickets were sold
and before the train reached Lake
Park the seven coaches we're filled tc
overlooking, and standing room was al
premium. The crowd was quiet,
orderly one, and the day was spent on
the shores of the lake, or on the deck
of the magnificent lake steamers. All
those who attended from here report
an exceptionally fine time.
The city council has recommended
the appointment of Judge Baldwin as
judge of the municipal court of this
city. Judge Baldwin has kindly con-
sented to act as such until the legisla.
ture cures that portion of the charte,
relative to the municipal court code
which can be knocked cut in the Su.
preme Court. He will merely act TO,
the purpose of enforcing the city or.
dinances, and will not assume the le.
gal umpirage over any civil actions
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