The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-02-14

Mrs. H.C. Ackmann entertained the
Ladies Guild yesterday afternoon.
Miss Thomas, of Illinois. niece
to Mrs. A. E. King, is visiting on Min
nesota avenue.
The village council of Morton has
passed an ordinance requiring all flu
ture buildings erected in the business
portion of that town to be of brick or
brick veneered.
An item in the Olivia Times states
that Charles Buxton, of Redwood
Falls, has rented John Miller's paint
shop and willopen up business in that
town during the first of the week.
Miss Belle Smith leaves over the
Northwestern tomorrow for Moreno,
CAL, where she has been called by
telegram announcing the serious i'll
ness of Mr.. Peter Smith, formerly
mayor of Redwood Falls.
The debate on the question ere
solved, that the salaries of county Of
fcers should be reduced at the Mar
tin school house last Friday night was
decided overwhelmingly in favor of
the reduction, although the negative
side had for it's champion, Andrew
Stewart, the Hoar of Redwood county
Populism.
Aid. w. R. Caswell, of this city, is
not very far from the Senatorial throne
in Washington. His cousin, Francis
B. Clarke, has just been elected Unit
cd States Senator from Wyoming to
fill an unexpired term, and on last
Thursday he appeared in Washington
and took the oath of office. Aid. Cas-
we'll, at present, has no Senatorial as
pirations.
The st. Peter Independent says
that Geo. w. Bunce has invented a
piece of mechanism whereby lids OF
boxes in cigar cases can be made to
stand straight up, or nearly so, when
the box is open, thereby making a
neat appearing case as we'll as great
or use of the same. It is a small in
vention, but the latter are the kind on
which patentees grow rich.
The GAZETTE is in receipt of a mini
allure cat Home" card from Miss Nc
Carthy. of Granite Falls, assisted by
the Misses Sullivan, Powers, Borde-
wick and Hattie S. Bordewick. The
function occurred last Friday evening,
and from the Granite Falls papers we
observe that Notwithstanding the
small size of the cards the party was
an exceedingly large affair.
The Morton Enterprise says that
the Minnesota Valley Historical soci.
ETY. has been Incorporated with Hon
cd. Gilfillan as President, RIB. Hen
ton, ST., as vice president, Il. ID. Z
Human as secretary and T. NJ. Keeft
as treasurer. Morton being the head
quarters. The shares are being solo
at 81 each and find ready sale il
Morton. The object of the society il
to collect facts and relics of the 1ndial
outbreak.
The sleeping car "Florence," form
! erly used by the Andrews Opera Co
in travelling over this country, ant
named after Miss Florence Andrews
was sold at sheriff's sale at 10 o'cloc
last Wednesday, in Mankato, to By
ron Hughes, attorney, who acted TO
the mortgages, Messrs. Clayton an
Watson, of Nora Springs, Iowa. OFT
Ringling, representing the great Gil
Gus septette, Ringing Bros, came al
the way from Baraboo, Wis.,, for tn
purpose of putting in a bid, but afte
he had made an examination of tn
car, and saw the narrow aisle whit
with the deepening snow which ha
blown in through the easements, tn
| upholstered births parody of VIVA
was at one time palace car on wheels
and a mixture of Blue Earth and Mic
ollet county soil on everything, b
concluded not to interfere in any man
ner whatever. The car is claimed t
be "hoodoo," and even "Pop" Sal
paugh said that he wouldn't ride
mile in it if it were built of solid golc
Messrs. Philbrick and Billingtor
special committee on the county jail
we're in session last Saturday, looking
up matters in connection with the jail
which is now almost ready to turn ov
or to the commissioners. The com
mittee found that the steel bunk
called for in the plans and specifica