The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06

Miss Halves has returned from her
studies at Owatonns.
Miss Lucy Post left last week for
the Argentine Republic and Uruguay,
where she goes on q missionary tour.
A dime concert will be given in the
Presbyterian church on Friday even
ing of next week. Local talent only
will take part in the concert.
Aug. Kaatz, living in the town of
Crook, Renville county, was burned to
death in the burning of his house one
day last week. His wife was badly
burned.
An item in the Castle Rock Center
items of the Dakota County Tribune
has it that A. Martin of Redwood
Falls was visiting relatives and friends
in that neighborhood last week.
Miss Margaret Stewart, daughter
of Donald Stewart of Redwood Falls
township, graduated with honors from
the elementary department of the
Winona Normal school last week.
At the Southwestern Minnesota
Editorial association meeting at Jack
son last week Miss Lizzie Bissell of
this city, teacher in the jackson public
schools, read several selections, with
unusual favorable impression made
on all of the newspaper men present.
A fishing party consisting of G. E.
Mckay, E. W. Beach, N. V. R Hunter,
Emil Kuenzli, E. D. French and
Frank E. Kenney left for the northern
lakes last Saturday for several days
outing and sport. Geo. L. Evans fol-
lowed the party on Monday.
The old settlers reunion will be held
at Hanley Falls, Mimi, June l4th,
1896, and for that occasion the M. &
st. L. railroad will sell tickets from
Redwood to Hanley Falls and return
for $l.15. Tickets on sale June 18th,
good returning until June 18th.
The kids about town played the
kids from the country two matched
games of base ball last Thursday
morning and afternoon. Both games
were contested for in a heated
manner, but the kids from the city
ultimately turned up winners, winning
the last game by just one score.
Messrs. Chas. Dickson, Chas. Bux-
ton, Chas. Luscher, X. E. Glassco and
Geo. French we're Eve Redwood boys
that played in the Olivia ball team
against the Montevideo club at Monte
video last Decoration Day. The com
posite Olivia team was defeated by
one score, the score standing to 9.
Mrs. E. M. Brooks of this city re.
ceived a card last week announcing
the marriage of her neice, Miss Eliza
beth Loring Waters to Mr.. Richard
Robert Quay, SON of Hon. Matt. Quay.
United States Senator of Pennsylvania,
at Sewickley, Pennsylvania. The
wedding is to occur Wednesday even
ing, June 18th.
The district meeting for the Tenth
district of the order of Good Templars
is being held in Leavenworth hall
Brown county. yesterday and to-day
Brown, Lincoln, Lyon and Redwood
| counties are entitled to representation
but owing to the Good Templar lodge
| at this place having disbanded long
since there is no delegate representa-.
tion present from here.
The extreme strong winds of last
week haye never been equalled previ
ously by wind in Redwood couuty
1t was supposed that grsin would not
be affected by them, burt the supposi
tion was premature. The soil was
torn up in corn fields SO that growing
corn was carried away 10y the wind
Some farmers have obliged to replant
their entire tracts while others have
given up the corn crop and sown the
land to flax.
Fred. V. Hotchkiss writes J. r.
Robinson & Co. from Hotch City,
Presho, county, South Dakota, to the
effect that his section of southern
Dakota is badly in need of rain.
Heretofore his postohice has been at
Oacomo, Lyon county, S. D. At the
| November election the people of his
district elected him to position similar
to delegate to congress in the South
Dakota legislature. Mr.. Hotchkiss
was named to look after the interests
of his section and was given all the