The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-08-01

Girl wanted. Apply at c. Fred.
Thompson's hardware store. Soft
F.E. Ring & Co. are selling Stark
A grain bags at Is cents and Amos
keags at Is cents. 48-4t
Miss Alice Bigham returned from
her visit among Sleepy Eye friends
last Saturday evening.
The Ladies Aid society of the NJ.
E. church will meet with Mrs. j. w.
Ferris Friday afternoon.
Kenney & Brewer report that they
have finished 1,40O photos during the
past two weeks. How is that for
hard times?
Emil Schmahl dressed over 20
spring chickens last Saturday even
ing and by eight o'clock every one of
the seventy we're sold and there we're
many calls for more.
John B. Schmid of Springfield,
Democratic candidate for Senator
from this district, together with his
brother and their wives, headed a
good sized delegation from Spring
field to the circus here last Tuesday.
A. G. Burmeister is charging his
mill by the addition of storage
room to go over the one story wing
erected on the south side some time
ago. The wing will be raised to the
same height as the other portion of
the mill.
Mrs. H. L. Martin of Rockford, ILL.,,
an aunt of NJ. D. Martin and Mrs. w.
B. King. and Miss Marion Martin,
daughter of General Freight Agent
Martin of the 500 road, Minneapolis,
and grandchild of Mrs. Martin, are
visiting in the city.
Rev. j. Sinclair will go to Redfeld,
S. D., on Monday next to unite in mar
riage on the following day Miss Daisy
Bent to Norman P. Nelson, of Chica-
go. He will also baptize three child
rem of couple whom he married five
years ago in Huron, the first knot he
tied in this country.
Emma Miller of the 5th grade of
the Emerson school, Minneapolis, con-
tributes the following to the students
items for prizes in the Minneapolis
Journal of last Saturday: A few
days ago Mr.. Donkey of Sleepy Eye,
lit his pipe and recklessly threw the
match away, not looking behind him
until he thought it was rather hot.
When he did look the sight he saw
scared him. A mass of flames was all
around him. He fought the fire until
his hands we're badly burned and his
clothes were on fire. The people
saved him by throwing water on
him and giving him something to
drink. They found that 80 loads of
their hay had been burned and SO
acres belonging to their neighbor
Mr.. Sommerfeld, had also been swept
away.
A bicycle contest occurred between
Geo. Kettlewell of this city and Jos
Simonton of Lacrosse on the race
course of the fair grounds last Mon.
day evening. The contest was divid
ed into two races, one for a mile anC
the other for half mile, the latter oc
curing first. The time was not very
good for the reason that the riders
preferred to trail up to near the finish
and then squirt. The contest was cas-,
for Kettlewell. At the start of tn
half mile race he trailed Simontol
around to the quarter when by an ex
traordinary squirt he shot ahead o
his man like sky rocket coming il
under the wire winner by half a fur
long, making the half mile in 80 sec
onds. A rest of ten minutes followe'
when the mile race was called. Ket
tlewell trailed Simonton around to tn
half when he bore down on the ped
ais, shot passed his competitor AM
came in under the wire winner by
quarter of mile. The time was 2:5(
Miss Horace Greeley Perry object
to women playing ball. A group o
the latter, known as the Boston Bloom
er club, appeared in that town on
day last week and played the young
sters of that town. Horace expatiate
on the novelty in this manner: Quit
a ripple of excitement was stirred VI
lastl Monday when the Bloomer bal
club composed of ladies was an
nounced for ball game with the Ju
venilos at the Driving Park The Ia