The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-08-20
TIL e CITY.
SHORT ITEMS CAZETTED.

Miss Bertha Roberts returns next
Saturday from an extended visit with
relatives and friends in Wisconsin and
st. Paul and will commence work in
the millinery department of Francois
& Schmahl's store.
j. M. Huntington of this city has
been appointed an aide-de-camp to
Commander McCardy of the State G.
A. R. for the National encampment.
All aides will be mounted during the
parade of the National G. A. r. in st.
Paul.
Agent Poole of the st. Louis at Echo,
together with several friends, came
down from that town last Saturday ev-
ening and took the special ST. Louis for
the lake the next morning. The boys
came down and returned on their BIZ
cycles.
Mrs. Fred Koenig of Lamberton pur-
chased a monument from the Red
wood Falls marble works last week,
paying 1925 for the same. 1t will be
placed over the remains Of her late
husband in the cemetery east of LAM
berton.
In game of ball between the st.
Paul league team and the Winona am
ateur club at Winona last Thursday
the st. Paul team won by score of II
to 10. Charles Dickson, formerly Of
the Redwood club, pitched for the Wi
mona team.
Miss Hollister left last Friday for
Tracy where she expects to remain two
weeks for course in Physical Culture
training. Miss Hollister made many
friends during her brief stay in this
city and will receive most cordial well
come should she come this way again.
Among those who enjoyed the spe-
cial excursion to the lake Sunday were
Frank Birkenmeyer, G. w. George and
family, VIM. Hauck, Gus Theiring,
Chas. Dripps, Landlord Hadley of the
Commercial, Thos. Smith, John An
derson and P. H. Johnson, the latter
two farmers of Delhi township.
A. G.. Ochs and Mr.. Lehr of Spring
field, accompanied by their wives, were
in this city for few hours last Sunday.
They drove overland. The two gentle
men are connected with the brickyards
at Springfield and were bondsmen for
Frank Jaehn on the contracts taken by
that gentleman in this city some time
ago.
Col. James G. Blocker, the cowboy
and shepherd of the western plains, is
in the city, recreating. Col. Jim has
been working hard of late looking over
hides and pelts and other articles con-
nected with stock industries, and he
expects to be able to properly lasso a
Texas steer before getting down to
work again.
G. G. Whitney, in corresponding to
his home paper from St. Paul, states
that "Capt. Huntington of Redwood
Falls, who has been quiet in politics
for the past two years, come up to the
city this week and spent few days.
He is enthusiastic for the good of the
Republican party, and is alive to the
| interests of the campaign"
The contest for first place among the
railroads at New Ulm goes merrily on
According to the News the St. Louis
pile driver arrived there Thursday anC
began work for driving piles for the
new depot of that company on the fill
below what is known as German Park
The Northwestern is having a new
turn table put in and force of mel
are also at work grading the railroad
park grounds between the passenger
depot and South German park.
The st. Peter Journal of last week
gives an account Of ball game that oc
Cured in that town way back in 1865
Among the players were Alfred Wallin
now chief justice of the supreme court
Of North Dakota, formerly Of this place
and Judge Charles E. Flandrau, now
of ST. Paul. 1t appears that both gen.
tlemen were residing.in that city at
that time. Judge Wallin is accused OF
'playing superb third, never accept
ing chance that he could get out OF
the road Of"
A Granite Falls special says that the
5-year-old son of Section Boss Peter
Swenson came near losing his life there
Wednesday evening by falling beneath
a moving train. He was running along
the platform beside the train, when he