The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-01-31

s. E. Lankard was in from Vesta
last Tuesday.
Herman Schmahl left Monday for
St. Paul and Minneapolis, where he
went on business.
Cashier H. A. Baldwin, of the Red
wood County Bank, left for St. Paul
on Tuesday on banking business.
H. F. Buechner. who has been Wis
iting his sister at Clearmont, in the
eastern part of this State, returned
home last Saturday.
Miss Laura Brainerd, of Blooming
Prairie, daughter of Hon. John Brain
.rd, of that town, is visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. o. L. Dornberg.
Charles Gilfillan left Gilfillan Sid
ing last Saturday for St. Paul, where
he will spend the remainder of the
winter with his mother and sisters.
&C. Peck and wife returned from
Minneapolis last Thursday, they hav-
ing gone to the Sawdust City for the
purpose of attending the funeral over
the remains of Mrs. Peck's father.
The Chautauqua circle had very
profitable meeting at Mrs. Beecher's
on Monday evening. The Circle will
meet there again next Monday even
ing at $50, one hour earlier than
usual.
Mrs. G. T. Ward and Master Harry
Ward, Mrs. H. D. Baldwin and Miss
Inez Baldwin leave to-day for Cali
fornia, where they will spend the re-
mainder of the winter. They will Wis
it the various points of interest in that
State before returning.
Died, on Jan. %, 1895, at their
home in Alberta, Canada, Hector, only
child Of Hugh R. and Elsie A. Nc
Dougal, nee Pryor, after very pain
full illness of typhoid fever and in
flammation of the bowels, aged one
year, one month and % days.
Seventy-five assignments of mort
cages from the Fidelity Loan and
Trust Co., of Sioux City, to the Met
ropolitan Trust Co., of New York,
were received by Register Evans one
day last week. The mortgages rep
resent loans made by French &
Houghmaster during the past several
years.
The palace sleeping car Florence, y
once owned by the Andrews Opera
Co., when that concern was in its
glory, was sold under the hammer at
Mankato last Wednesday, to satisfy a
mortgage of only $500. Sleeping cars,
similar to the "Florence" cost, when
new, in the neighborhood OF &,OOO
The car was named after Miss Flor
ence Andrews.
All of the personal property in the
North Redwood Roller Mills was sold
under the hammer by Sheriff Blethen
last Monday. The -four, wheat, shorts,
bran, ETC., in the mill, coming under
the head, only brought $500, about
one-half of the real value. Flour sold
at the ridiculously low price of sc
cents per hundred, and in some in
stances shorts brought a higher price
The tank line of the Standard Oil
Go. will commence business Feb. LIST
The tanks have been placed in posi-
ton and proper connections have been
made with the oil house. The oil
wagon will be kept moving continual.
ly, and Agent j. w. Ferris mill have a
man to run it exclusively. He will
supply Delhi, Morgan, North Red
wood, Morton and Belyiew with il
Illuminating oils.
Wednesday night when Conducto,
Wiley's train approached the road
crossing about two miles this side OF
Marsha'e, Engineer Densil noticed a
man on the track, says the Tracy
Trumpet. The whistle was sounded
but the man did not pay any atten-
ton, and despite all efforts to stop the
train he was run down and killed. The
remains were put on train and taken
to Marshall. The victim was unknown
to any one on the train and we have
been unable to learn his name.
A house full of Redwood Falls mar
ried people had greatness thrust upon
them in novel and agreeable way
last Saturday evening, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Bowers. After
serving collation. that left nothing to
be desired in that line, the hostess
pinned a card to the back of each