The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-01-23

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neapolis on business and official
trip.
/ Mrs. w. A. French was over from
Olivia for several days during the
past week.
Horace Baldwin returned Monday
from South st. Paul where he dis
posed of several car loads of sheep.
The Twin City Banjo and Mando-
lin club will furnish the music for
the leap year in this city tomorrow
night.
Springfield Advance: There is al
ready talk of England's annexing
Redwood county when she hears of
the rich gold fields there.
A. G. Ochs and VIM. Lehre of
Springfield were in the city last Fri
day and Saturday looking up business
matters in which they are interested.
Congressman Fletcher has intro
duced bill into the lower house of
Congress granting special pension
to Mrs. Carruthers, an aunt of Mrs.
G. R. Pease of this city, for services
rendered during the Indian outbreak
in this section, Mrs. Carruthers being
at that time located in or near Beaver
Falls, in Renville county.
Friday and Saturday we're excep-
tionally cold days. Sunday the wealth
er moderated, showing during the
morning. Monday and Tuesday the
weather was very warm, the first day
being smiled upon by clear sky and
the latter cloudy A good portion of
the snow that fell Sunday morning
melted away during those two days.
During the past week the two sa-
looms of G.. w. Vaughn and R. D.
White have been consolidated into
one at the old stand of R. D. White,
the saloon of Geo. w. Brown has
been removed to the building former
ly occupied by George brakes har-
ness shop, the harness shop having
been moved to the building just east
of H. @. Bakers feed store.
1t was reported to members of the
proposed Y. M. G. A. gymnasium
Tuesday morning that the matter of
opening up a club room was an as
sured fact, enough money having
been subscribed for the purpose. The
rooms will be over Kuenzli & Lusch-
er's grocery store on Washington av-
enue, and will embrace the main hall
and the reception room in use by DIR.
A. B. Halves.
Mrs. G. T. Ward gave farewell re-
ception to Rev. and Mrs. H. Beer at
her residence Tuesday evening. The
reception was from 8 to 10 o'clock,
, during which time large number OF
friends of the minister and wife, re.
CARELESS of church denomination
called and offered parting words. Mrs
: Ward served refreshments from the
start and the whole affair was con,
r Quoted in an up-to-date manner-that
r of calling, being refreshed and then
r departing without remaining during
!, the whole time allotted for the occa
( sion.
George Welch lost team of horses
l.. by drowning last Wednesday after
t noon. Ia the accident and ensuing
excitement Mr.. Welch narrowly es
}. capped losing his own life. 1t seem:
t that he was hauling a load of ice. HI
' was on the river at the time. JUS
: ahead of where his team had stopped
s was thin covering of ice over spo
r from which the original ice had beef
q removed. Mr.. WEIGH did not see it
J In attempting to get off onto tn
s highway he drove directly on the THU
}. ice. His horses had no more than Sc
= their feet on the same before the,
h went through. The water was yer,
g deep at the place and the horses wer
S drowned almost insanity. A portion
g of the wagon was also carried int,
Q the pool. It was Thursday befor
Q Mr.. Welch got the dead animals AM
Q all of his wagon except portion O
: the tongue out of the river.
At special meeting Of the cit,
q council held Saturday evening Aid
: Caswell announced that julius A
t Schmahl, who had been named at
previous meeting as alderman to sue
: ceed G. w. Mead, had declined
8 to fill the Office and he named O. w
b Mcmillan as his colleague from tn,
E SooonH Ward Tho nomination no