The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-04

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free social in the parlors of the NJ. E.
church Friday evening, April 5. Ev-
erybody invited.
The joint legislative committee on
the Birch Coulie monument has recon-
mended that the monument be set
back q mile and half.
County Attorney Frank Clague
came over from Lamberton Monday to
attend to the prosecution in couple
of cases before Judge Fleischer.
Rev. II. Beers sermon at the Epis-
copal church last Sunday morning
was on the fire of last Friday, the
minister drawing various conclusions
on preparations for the future from
the same.
Misses Wyman and Ida Dineen,
teachers of our city schools, and Kate
Dineen high school pupil, drove to
Sanborn Saturday morning, where
they will spend their vacation at the
Dineen home.
Morton has decided to build new
school house to cost 1000. The old
structure that has been standing as an
excuse for school house in that town
will undoubtedly be put up at auction
and sold for barn or cattle shed.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis rail-
road will give grand potato rally at
Dawson, Mimi, on April 10th, 1895,
or next Wednesday. The company
will give free rides both ways and
farmers, business and professional
men are urged to take in the free
show and lecture. The train leaves
Morton at 10 a. M, Redwood at 1O:15,
Delhi at 1870, Belview at 1O:4G, Echo
at 1856 and Wood Lake at 11:10
After arriving at Dawson, S. H. Hall,
the largest potato grower and shipper
in the country will speak on the SUBJ
ject of potato raising and marketing.
The train will return at the close of
the meeting. 1nasmuch as everything
is free all famers that can possibly at
tend will do we'll to be at one of the
stations named and at the time named.
There is nothing to lose, and there
may be great deal to gain.
w. A. Hackley, ex-postmaster at
Sanborn, died on the evening of Sun
day, March "a, at the age of 68 years.
Lung fever was the cause. Mr.. Hack
ley enjoyed good health up to the
time of his attuck by that disease.
The funeral services we're held at the
NJ. E. church in that village, and were
conducted by Rev. Kemerer of Spring
field, large crowd, or all Sanborn and
vicinity attending. Mr.. Hackley was
one of the old settlers in that section
of the county and had great deal to
do with the townsite of Sanborn, He
came to Minnesota at an early age
and was rich in frontier experience.
He was appointed postmaster under
the Harrison administration and held
over for some time under the Cleve-
land administration. After he retired
he was notified that there was short
age in his accounts, which he immed-
lately made good pending an investi-
cation. About four months ago he
received notice that his original re-
ports were alright and the amount
turned over by him was returned
Viii le the report of the shortage in
jured Mr.. Hackiey's feelings the in
jury done was in a great measure
modified by the official government
report acknowledging that the postal
clerks were in error.
Rube Allyn, an eccentric humorist
imitator and all around entertainer
will hold forth at the opera house to
night, the entertainment commencing
Immediately after prayer meeting
The entertainment will be managed
by the ladies of Charity Chapter No
IS, Order of the Eastern Star, who
propose to make it a success. Mr.
Allyn has appeared in leading towns
and cities of the west and is working
eastwards. Of his entertainment in
Grand Forks the Daily Herald says
that it was novel one Zone who
has never heard Rube might be some
what skeptical as to his ability to en-
terrain an audience and hold their at
tentions as he did last evening, but
after hearing him such doubts woulo
be dispelled. With scarcely an inter
ruption he was in rapid succession 6
score of different Municipalities sc