The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-01-17

Mark Hale came up from st. Peter
last Friday to spend few weeks with
his parents.
Hon. G. D Gilfillan is representing
Redwood county in the Good Roads
convention in session in St. Paul this
week.
The Ladies Aid Society of the MI
church will not meet this week as an
nounced Sunday, owing to sickness in
the family.
The minstrel show will be repeated
at the opera house tomorrow night,
to be followed by the benefit ball to
Fred G. Gley.
Charity Chapter No. IS, O. E. S.
held special meeting last Tuesday
evening and conferred the degrees.
Another meeting will be held next
Wednesday evening.
Cashier H. A. Baldwin is in St.
Paul attending an annual meeting for
the State Bankers Association, of
which Herb is member. He will
watch the Senatorial chess board for
amusement only.
1t has been decided to locate the
Y. NJ. G. A. reading room IN King
Bros. building, in the store room oc-
cupied formerly by J. F. Skinner &
Co., King Bros donating the use of
the room. A committee has been ap-
pointed to receive and solicit sub
scriptions and arrange the room.
Last Friday was the stormiest day
of the present winter, up to date.
The wind blew at terrific rate, TAX
ing with it snow and dust, and forcing
the latter through every small crevice.
1t was bitter cold, also. Saturday
dawned clear, with cold weather, but
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday were bright, fair day.
The Hard Times social given by
the St. Agnes Guild at the Mcmillan
residence last night was a success, as
we'll as novel affair. Nearly all Of
the participants were attired in latter
ed rainments, and to the person most
poorly, or rather most grotesquely at
attired, prize was given. There was
a sharp competition for the place be-
tween Henry Lee Beecher and w. R.
Caswell at the time this paper went
to press, when the judges were still
celebrating over the winning party
The liabilities of Redwood county
are figured at $68,586.79. The est.
mated value of county property is
court house $40, 1000; jail property un:
finished, $7,O56, and the poor farm
$4,000. During the year 1894 there
were orders drawn on the poor funo
amounting to $2,93O.76, an overdraf'
on the fund of $413.O6. On Jan. !
1894, however, there was an overdraf
on the same fund of $724.89. The re
ceipts of the county treasurer during
the year were $142, 5O8.75, making ;
total balance on hand and receipts O
$169, 14495. The disbursement!
amounted to $146,8O5.15.
The Y. p. S. G. E. of the Presbyter
ian church will give public "Orang'
Social at the K. of P. hall on Friday
evening of next week, the 25th inst
Preparations are being made for al
elaborate affair, such as that whicl
the same society gave in the Thomp
son hall two years ago. The best tai
ent of the town will be brought int
requisition for music, vocal and in
strumental, recitations, and little nov
elites will be introduced, which vii
tend to make the evening a perfec
success. An invitation will be extend
ed to the general public and charg
of ten cents will be made.
/ Donald Stewart, who is taking al
active interest in the establishing of
cooperative creamery in this city
says that already SIS cows have beer
pledged for the enterprise, and that I
meeting will soon be called. 1t is tn
present intention to attempt to lease
the creamery in this city belonging t.
H. A. Holmes. Mr.. Stewart points t.
the prosperous condition of Georgt
Whittet, residing just west OF the city
as a proof that diversified farming il
the thing. Mr.. Whittet, he says is
making clear profit of $3.50 per day
during the winter, and this is increased
during the summer. This profit is re.
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