The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-12-03

Mrs. H. G. Hays of the Sleepy Eye
Dispatch was in the city over Tuesday,
the guest of Miss Charlotte Schmahl.
Mrs. Hays was attending to job OF
press work turned out for the Dispatch
on THE GAZETTE newspaper press.
w. A. Hadley, who was recently re-
lieved of the proprietorship of the Com
mercial, by legal means, states that he
will rent residence in this city, as
soon as he can find a suitable one, and
remain here during the winter, at
least.
The busy workers of the Methodist
society will hold session Friday after
noon with Mrs. J. HI. Bowers. Sub
ject for discussion, "Benevolence."
The meeting will open promptly at
two o'clock. Come with well stored
thoughts and nimble fingers. By order
of secretary.
The ST. Louis system abandoned the
daily freight train on the line west of
here last Saturday evening, the bust
ness not warranting the extra train.
The freight now goes east every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday evening
and west every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday morning.
Last Monday was another great hog
day for Redwood Falls. Seven or eight
hundred hogs were purchased by Emil
Schmahl, who turned them off on the
eastern hog markets on the Northwest
ern evening train. The price paid. was
high and the farmers were all satisfied
with the bank checks that they re-
ceived.
Granite Falls Tribune: Glad to see
the majority Of our exchanges loaded
with seasonable advertising. THE RED
WOOD GAZETTE is a sample, and if nc
railroads or telegraph lines ran into that
little city the paper alone would give
outsiders the impression that thrifty
set of business men live there and that
progressive city is located at the falls
Since Redwood county was organ
lied there have been 1884 first citizen
ship papers issued by the various clerks
of court. The second citizenship pa
pers issued amounted to only 425. The
amendment to the constitution recent
ly adopted by the people of this State
provides that in order to vote in this
State the voter must have his second
citizenship papers, or in other words
have resided in the United States fol
five or more years.
Deputy State Oil Inspector G.. F.
Case of Marshall, also the editor of the
Reporter of that town, came down on
the st. Louis freight last Monday ev'
ening, and spent the night and a part
of Tuesday in this city. He inspected
a couple of tanks of oil on the North
western tracks Tuesday morning, ano
left on the Northwestern for his home
in Marshall at 1885. Mr.. Case talked
politics to number of old friends here
and gave some interesting reminis
cences of his past political experienc y
in this State.
Elmer Everett returned home last
week. Since his departure from Red
wood Falls he has been roaming in the
south, principally in the State of Mis-
souri,, where he has been employed
nearly all of the time in cities and towns
of that State. He states that Claude
Kellam is still residing there and has 6
good position in one of the towns. Ell
mer thinks that the State is not the
best place to live in, all on account O.
the low prices paid for labor. In some
places the laborer has to be content or
stipend of so cents per day.
The wires between here and St. Paul
as well as nearly everywhere else il
the storm struck regions, were down
| when the operators attempted to ust
them Friday morning. The single wire
between here and Sleepy Eye was no
repaired for work until late that after
noon. East of Sleepy Eye only ont
wire was being used at ten o'clock or
the morning of that day. 1t is report
ed that in some places the wires were
SO heavily coated with ice that thu
weight of them broke down the poles
and that as soon as one pole went dow1
the weight on the adjacent poles became
SO heavy that they, too, were dragged
to the ground.
The Rev. w, H. Knowlton gives 8
supper upon Saturday evening, Dec
5th, to which ::he has invited all thu
young men communicates Of his par
ish. The occasion is to meet Hector
Baxter, Esq, of Minneapolis, Council
memberfor Minnesota of the Brother
hood of St.!Andrew, and a young man
known far land wide for his enthusi.
astic and efficient work among the
young men of the Episcopal church
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