The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-08-06

The Cycle of the Presbyterian church
will meet with Mrs. 0. L. Dornberg to-
morrow afternoon. Gentlemen invited
to o'clock lunch.
Mrs. r. E. Anderson of Hayward,
ILL.,, accompanied by two children, are
visiting with the formers parents, E.
A. Lyman and wife.
Miss Amelia Stinson, who has been
visiting with the family of DR.. Finn
during the past week, returned to st.
Barnabas hospital, Monday.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
gave social Oh the church lawn last
evening. The lawn was decorated with
Chinese lanterns. A large crowd was
present.
The wife of Capt. Thos. Mcmillan of
the Soldiers Home, who has been Sc
riously ill with inflammatory rheuma-
tism for several months past, is now
convalescing, and is allowed to leave
the bed at frequent intervals.
Mrs. P. G.. Noyes and four children
of DeSmet, S. D., have been visiting
with the family of Sheriff Mead during
the past week. Mrs. Seymour Adams
of Cottonwood was also visiting with
the sheriff7s family last week.
The Flandreau Indians defeated the
Marshall team in base ball game on
the latters grounds on Thursday of last
week. The score was IL to 10. Charlie
Goodthunder and another Indian from
the Lower Sioux Agency played with
the Flandreau team.
The w. G.. II. U. will hold it's annual
meeting for election of officers and SUI
perintendents next Thursday afternoon
at the Nj. E. church. Members whose
dues are in arrears will please bear in
mind that State dues must be forward
ed the same week, and are asked not to
wait for call from the secretary.
On Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
Miss HoIlister, physical culture teach
er will give talk in the Presbyterian
church on "Queens and Kings of Soci-
ety." Old and young are invited. The
Methodist and Presbyterian churches
have given up their prayer meeting for
that evening because they believe they
will, in Miss HOLSTERS address, enjoy
treat that is seldom to be had.
Hal Wing, the Chinese laundryman
of this city, makes a mistake in dealing
out laundry once in great while. He
made such mistake last week wherein
two elders had an exchange of shirts
One elder wore the shirt to church on
the following Sunday and the other
"eldern wore the shirt out hunting.
Hal was pleasant in his explanation of
the joke, saying that he had both the
shirts marked "elder" and that the
| mistake was an easy one to make.
A Cape May special contains the in
formation that the speeding trucks
adapted to the regular locomotive and
invented by William J. Holman of this
State, We're tested there last week and
as result a speed of nearly s. miles
| was attained Two hundred persons
| were on the train at the time of the
test. The engineer of the engine was
| Charles E. Risendorph, who was visit
ing H. B. Wolff of this city about three
| weeks ago. and whose wife is visiting
here at the present time. Mr.. Risen
dorph writes to Mr.. Wolff that the test
was success in every way and that
the inventor has big thing in the pat
ent as the trucks will and greatly to the
increased speed of all trains as fast as
they are adopted. The inventor expects
the truck to make 12O miles an hour.
The citizens of Minneapolis are aim
ing to make the coming spectacular
events, which will be put on during the
week commencing August 31st, some
thing SO immense that even royal SOW
ereigns could not but be filled with sur
prise and admiration could they be
present and witness the lavish wealth
and prodigality displayed. Mounted
ladies of the hypodrome, gentlemen
hypodrome riders, teams of the Roman
standard racers, four horse Roman char
lots and drivers, oriental beauties, cara
vans of floats and curiosities, gorgeous
fire dragons, fairy tales and nursery
rhymes, tableau cars, crystal band
chariots, Cinderella fairy coaches, Blue
Beard Santa Claus, Little Red Riding
Hood, Sinbad, the sailor, Mother Goose,
and fithfully producing to the smallest
detail all the pomp and insignia sur
rounding the rulers of all nations will
be carefully illustrated in most dazzling
phases.
#. A. Robinson of Veblin, South Da-
kota, was in the city with his brother
in-law, H. G.. Weatherstone of Beaver
Falls, last Wednesday evening. Mr..
Robinson lived at Beaver Falls from
| 1879 tn 1890 and WAS there durinU tho