The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-08-22

The st. Peter Tribune remarks that
owing to the Episcopal pastor at Red
wood Falls being named Beer his
flock should not go thirsty.
Frank Waters made flying trip
to Madison Lake, where his family is
residing for the summer, last Wednes-
day, returning on Thursday evening.
The Hattie Putnam Co. was the at
traction at the opera house last Fri
day and Saturday evenings. On'Sat-
urday evening quite large crowd
was present. The company have only
one or two star attractions. The reci-
tation of Casey at the Bat" by Geo.
E. Mells called forth round of ap-
plause.
Miss Bertha VIM leaves for Mime
apolis this week. From Minneapolis
she will go to Boston, being one of
the large party going to that city to
attend the tri-ennial conclave of the
Knights Templar of the United
States. Miss VIM is guest of one
of the Sir Knights of Minneapolis and
is assured that she is in the best of
company.
Charles johnson of the Minnesota
Type Foundry came up from St. Paul
last Thursday and spent some time in
examining the folding and mailing
machines patented by James Aiken of
The GAZETTE with the view of having
the Minnesota Type Foundry manu-
facture and push the sale OF the same.
Mr.. johnson is one of the crack print
ing press experts in the west and
spent an hour or two putting The
GAZETTE presses back into their nor
NAL condition.
G. A. Gardner, the fellow who ad-
vertised for wife and who worked G.
Fred Thompson for a gun and $40
bill on a note to which Gardner had
probably forged the name of Thos.
Whittet, left grip at Matt. Offer
mans farm, where he worked for sew
eral days. Mr.. Offerman said that he
was a star worker and earned his
money we'll. While working for Mr..
Offerman he wrote several letters to
girl correspondents in Minneapolis
correspondents he got by advertising.
Marion johnson, living in Sheridan,
or, at Four Corners, was burning a
straw stack on his farm last Friday
evening just before the strong wind
blew up from the north. At the time
the stack was set afire the wind blew
from the south very mildly. When
the wind suddenly came up from the
north the fire got beyond control of
Mr.. johnson, jumping across some
blowing and burning small setting
of wheat and passing on to Hugh
McDougaps, where it burned a setting
of wheat belonging to that farmer. 1t
was extinguished before it got any
further.
Hon. James A. Compton, deputy
bank examiner of Minnesota, and sur
veyor general of the United States for
the district of Minnesota, was in the
city on Thursday and Friday of last
week making the usual examination
of the banks of the city. Mr.. Comp
ton was department commander of
the G.. A. r. of Minnesota at one time
and was also senator from Otter Tail
county in the 1879 sessions of the
Minnesota legislature. He is holding
the Office of surveyor-general of Min
nesota by reason of the Democrats
being in row over the particular
man whom Grover should appoint.
Mr.. Compton was much taken up
with Redwood Falls and the beauti-
full scenery surrounding the city.
The first century bicycle ride ever
made by a group of Redwood Falls
bicyclists in single day was made
last Sunday by Messrs. W.R. Caswell,
G. w. Dickinson, George Kettlewell
and Julius A. Schmahl. The ride
was to Marshall, Granite Falls and
back to Redwood Falls, distance of
about l2O miles, although the cyclic
meter on Mr.. Kettlewell's wheel reg
istered little over 118 miles. The
start was made at about 5 80 Sunday
morning, and with the exception of
about twenty miles the distance be-
tween here and Marshall was over the
"rockiest" road that bicycle has ev-
or travelled There was continual
DANGER of breaking or bending a ned.