The Redwood gazette., 1895-02-07

j. J.. Byram left for st. Paul last
Monday to push Legislation favorable
to clerks of courts.
Geo. A. Webster, representing the
mercantile agency of r. G. Dun &
Co., has been in the city during the
past few days.
G. F. Case, of the Marshall Report
or. came down from his town yester-
day morning for the purpose of in
specting oil in the tank at this station.
He arrived in time to inspect tank
of gasoline in connection with kero-
sene.
The weather during the past week
has been the most severe during the
entire winter. There was no let up.
It commenced cold and it has contin-
ued cold ever since. with the thermom-
eter touching the 80 mark at certain
hours. Tuesday this cold weather was
joined by blizzard.
The ladies of St. Perpetua's Guild
of the E piscopal church at Morton,
will give concert and dancing party
at the hall in Morton this evening.
Prof. w. w. Ho!comb, of ST. Paul will
direct the same, and among the art
lists that will appear and are known
here are the Misses Maud Waters and
Flossie White, Messrs. R. G. Hinman,
S. w. Tredway, Chas. L. Double and
Henry Beckman.
President Bull and General Attorn-
ey Straus, of the Minneapolis & St.
Louis system, made a tour of inspec-
ton of the Watertown branch yester-
day. The two gentlemen were in their
private car, attached to a private loco
motive, and upon reaching the top of
the grade, west of North Redwood,
they cast a glance towards this city
and wondered why they we're mot in
it."
On Friday, Feb. %, 1895, there will
be held at Pipestone a competitive ex-
animation for the appointment to
West Point. It will be open to all
young men, bona fide residents of the
Second Congressional District, who
are not less than II, nor more than %
years old, and who are of sound body
and good character. Further particu-
lars may be had by addressing Con.
gresham McCleary at Washington.
A Lakeville special to the dailies
states that G. H. French was burned
to death in his store in that place or
last Saturday. French was at one
time partner with R. H. Kemptor
in general store at Morton. On The
morning above mentioned Mr.
French's store took fire, and after res
cuing his wife and little daughter
from the family apartments in tn
second story he went back after some
thing else and perished in the flames
| The North Side Teachers Associa
ton met in the High School room
Saturday, Feb. 2. The meeting op
ened with singing, after which Mis-
Margaret Larkin read a paper on tn
method of teaching arithmetic in tn
second year, illustrating with class
The lesson in school management wa
postponed until the March meeting
A paper on current events was rea'
by Prof. Norgard. The topics, ,Thorea1
and OReilly we're discussed by tn
teachers.
An aged lady named Comnick, liv
ing in Sibley county, near Arlington
was found wandering about the street
of St. Paul one night last week, AM
was taken to the station, where sh
told the following pitiful story, which
if true, the authorities of Sibley coun
ty should see to the matter. Sh
claimed to own 100 acres of land ,upo
which she allowed her son, who is maj
ried, to live and work the farm, he t
give her $500 a year cash and allo,
her to live with the family. She say
her daughter-in-law made life such
hell to her that she could not sta,
there. and had walked from the farr
to St. Paul, where she was found a
stated above.
During the year of 1894 there was
total of 1874 births and SO deaths i
Redwood county, against 296 birth
with 1l6 deaths for 1893. The birth
for 1894 follow: Belview 8, Lambel
ton village Is, Morgan %, Redwoo
Falls %, Sanborn 13, Walnut Grov
4, Brookville 20, Charlestown 20, Del