The Redwood gazette., 1895-08-29

George Houghmaster made a busi-
ness trip over in Renville county on
Tuesday.
=. A. Lyman, ST., is enjoying visit
from his niece Miss Mary Lyman of
Vermont.
Miss Addie Curtis of Marshall was
visiting with Mrs. A. A. VanWinkle
during the past week.
Miss Florence Carroll of Watertown
is the guest of Miss Winnie Warner
at Capt. w. P. Dunnington's.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Shaw, of Spring
Valley, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. W. j. Phillips, of Paxton.
Miss Lucy Woodward returned
from the east Saturday evening and
spent Sunday with Mrs. O. L. Dorm
berg, returning to her home at Wood
Lake on Monday.
st. Peter Journal: Redwood Falls
has population of only 1889. To
read about Redwood in the daily pa
pers, one gets an idea that it is town
of about ten thousand.
The Brainerd ball club, with several
members of the local aggregation, Wis
tied the gold mine on Thursday morn
ing.' They were shown through the
crushing and refining room.
The corrected census returns give
the city of Redwood Falls popula-
tion of 1859, or just II less than the
guess made by The GAZETTE, and an
increase of SO over the first report.
The first ward has population of 7S4
and the second ward of 8O5. The gain
was 35 per cent.
John Martin, living two miles north
west of Belview, makes a crop report
that is stunning" He had 100 acres
of oats that threshed machine measure
5000 bushels, but weighed $500
bushels. One hundred acres of wheat
threshed 1900 bushels and forty acres
of flax averaged II bushels per acre.
On the same latter tract last year Mr..
Martin did not raise enough flax for
seed this year.
Rev. James P. Pinkham of Mime.
apolis will preach temperance SER
mon in the Methodist church Sunday
evening. He will be accompanied by
the celebrated musicians the Rosser
family from Hutchinson. The novel
part of the service will be to see four
little girls play upon horns. There
will be no service at the Presbyterian
church in the evening, and will be af-
ter the manner of union service.
Mr.. Pinkham is we'll and favorably
known here and needs no introduce
ton.
Miss Martins musicale given under
the auspices of the Epworth League
last Friday evening was a complete
success from a financial as we'll as a
musical standpoint. Mesdames Coop
er, Philbrick, King, Stuart and Miss
Isham and Mr.. Terpening assisted
Miss Martin in the programme and
added greatly to the entertainment.
Miss Martins "Love's Sorrow" was a
peculiar, pathetic and touching vocal
rendition while in "Home, Sweet
Home," she carried her audience back
to old homes with a soft, sweet, mu-
sical voice that was sublime. Mr..
Terpening received hearty applause on
his cornet solo "Ione"
Our Todd, Wilbur NJ. Todd, form.
erly newspaper man of this town,
but now a special inspector of the FL
deity, Accident & Casualty Co., with
headquarters in St. Paul, signed the
complaint for the arrest of Lora L.
Perkins of Minneapolis for the mur-
dering of her twin sister, an account
of which will he found on another
page of this paper. Mr.. Todd's COM
pany was carrying $1,000 accident in
surance on the murdered woman and
after the accident and death occurred
Todd's detective faculties we're put to
work OH the case with the result that
sufficient evidence was found to war
rant Mrs. Perkins arrest and convic-
ton.
Henry Wolfer, warden of the Still
water penitentiary, has purchased the
320 acre tract of Philip Goodman ov-
or which there was so much trouble
about two years ago and which was
the commencement of the criminal ac-
tions against ex-County Attorney
M M Madipan Tt will ho ramom-