The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-07-04

Miss Jessie Waldron has returned
from Waverly, S. D., where she has
been teaching school for some time.
Mrs. Fremont G. Chapman, accom-
panied by her children, of Merriam
Park, is visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. E.
o. Chapman.
Mrs. in. Treadwell and two daugh-
ters of St. Peter we're the guests of
Capt. and Mrs. w. P. Huntington
during the past week.
A stone crossing succeeded the pine
crossing from Franks saloon corner
to Capt. Dunnington's Office on Mill
street during the early part of the
week.
A. L. Ingalls, and wife came down
from Waverly, S. D., last week, and
after spending few days with Mrs.
Ingalls, parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E.
Waldron, they left for Rochester on
visit to Mr.. Ingalls, relatives.
Harvesting began as early as last
Saturday when harvesters we're at work
in the rye and barley fields of Red
wood county. Dan McMasters went
into H. Wingett's rye field just across
the Redwood in the city limits last
Monday morning.
Geo. B. Tretbar of Lamberton, mem
Der of the Republican county commit
tee and popular druggist of that
town, drove over from Lamberton last
Sunday. Geo. says that there is q
streak of land seven miles south of
Redwood that evidently did not get
any rain because it is suffering terri
bly, from the drouth.
DR.. Parkyn ofthe Minnesota U gave
q hypnotic entertainment at the opera
house last Wednesday evening. Rev.
Geer of Montevideo, formerly of this
place, accompanied and assisted him.
There was a fair crowd out. Or. Par
kyn and the minister threaten to re-
turn to Redwood Falls about the mid
die of July.
Prof. Winchell says the gold fields
of Redwood county consist of twen-
ty-foot hole, a windlass and two buck
cts, says the Lac qui Parle Press. Of
course the professor is wrong. The
fields of Redwood county as we'll as
all the western part of the State are
gold fields. If the professor has any
doubts about it, let him come out this
way about four weeks hence.
If the present growth of population
among school children continues Red
wood Falls will be obliged to build
another schoolhouse in 1896. The
Board of Education has already been
called upon for more room than there
seems available in the present build.
ing and are now fitting up a room in
the basement for the labratory, the
labratory room having to give way tc
the enlargement of one OF the rooms
uear the high school room.
The interior of the dry goods depart.
ment of the Francois store has beer
entirely renovated and covered witt
new paper and tine counters with {
new coat Of paint, all the work of Hor'
ace Jones. In addition two of the
large plate glass windows. cracked by
the heat have been replaced by new
lights. One of the broken lights has
been recut into q window large enough
to take the place of the nine fights ir
Pitts Tenney's barber shop, and sole
to the latter institution for one-fourtl
of the value of the whole plate.
L. B. Lindsey, who has just re-
turned from trip into Redwood and
adjoining counties where he spent
several days travelling about the coun
try in the vicinity of Redwood Falls
Tracy and Lake Shetek, reports The
crop reports as highly aattering, fully
equal to Blue Earth county at it,
best, says the Mankato Free Press. A
large area of fax has been sown and
is of all stages of growth from an inch
in height to fields in full bloom. Wheat
and oats are heavy growth and of a
healthy appearance, and barley is es.
pecially fine, many fields promising a
yield of SO bushels per acre. More
than the usual amount of corn has
been planted, and looks we'll.
The milk receipts at Redwood
for the week ending Saturday has
been as follows: Monday 1888, Tues
day 1862, Wednesday 1858, Thurs
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