The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-11

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day with Mrs. Halves and the boys.
A Nicollet item in the St. Peter
Herald says that Amanda Drake has
returned to her home in Redwood
Cashier H. A. Baldwin of the Red
wood County Bank left for St. Paul
last Saturday returning nome Tues
day.
= School has been suspended in the
Knapp district, with Miss Emily Will
son as teacher, on account of the
measles scare.
Mrs. A. w. Bager and son returned
from their to northern Iowa, where
they have been visiting Mrs. Bager's
father, last Monday.
Gus Thiering came over from
Springfield last Monday and will re-
main at the Northwestern depot dur
ing the absence of II. Lee Beecher.
VIM. Crouley and wife returned
home last Monday, Mr.. Crouley from
his trip to the Pacific coast where he
has spent the winter months since the
January election.
The Ladies Mite society and the
Young Ladies Cycle of the Presbyter-
ian church will give a social in the
church tomorrow friday evening.
Price of supper ten cents. Everybody
invited.
H. Lee Beecher, the popular agent
of the Northwestern railroad at this
station left last Monday for a week.
visit in Redfield and Huron, S. D., to
renew acquaintance with familiar and
handsome faces in those places.
S. j. G. Abbott, otherwise known as
Alphabetical Abbott, of St. Paul came
up from that city last Friday for the
purpose of assisting the insurance adj
justers in arriving at the total loss to
the Francois estate by reason of the
burnt buildings in the recent fire.
The enrolment of the different
grades of the public schools on the
first of the spring term was as follows:
High school 80, Eighth grade ~, Sew
enth grade "a, sixth grade 38, Fifth
grade Al, Fourth grade so, Third
grade 81, Second grade IS, Second
Primary grade IS, First Primary grade
40, a total of 1855.
Cards were received here last Mon
day announcing the marriage of Mr..
Archibald D. Mcintyre, formerly of
Redwood Falls, but now of San Fran
cisco, California, to Mrs. Anna E.
Partridge, wealthy and prominent
society lady of that city, on Wednes-
day, April Sd. Archie has had matri-
mony under consideration for long
time and he has finally braced up to
the occasion.
Sheriff Wichman of Renville county
came up from st. Peter last Monday
having in custody Starin and Rohrer,
who have been indicted by the Rem
vile county grand jury in connection
with the larceny of wheat and who
were on their way to Olivia for trial.
The sheriff took Dale, the embezzler,
who has been in the Redwood county
Jail, along with HIM to Olivia for trial.
A Washington special to the Dis
patch says that the department is con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of changing
the names of all postofices so that the
name will consist of only one word.
That is the prefixes are to be dropped,
and in the case of Redwood Falls the
word Falls will be dropped and the
postofice will be known as Redwood.
Inasmuch as the postoffice at North
Redwood is likely to be known as
Redwood" under this new ruling, it
is not likely that "Falls' will be
dropped from our postof6ce. In an
interview with Postmaster Laird the
latter stated that he had received nc
notice of the change and that it would
be impracticable to make the change
so far as this city is concerned where il
would be easy to make it in a town
like Granite Falls.
As stated in last week g issue of THE
GAZETTE, E. B. Hale and other wit
nesses in the case returned from Rose
bud, Oregon, where they had gone te
give evidence on part of the defense
in the murder case of VIM. Bachman
formerly of Renville county. In con.
versation with The GAZETTE reporter
Mr.. Hale stated that the evidence by
the Minnesota delegation was the on.
ly thing that saved Bachman from