The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-04-30

A new member of The GAZETTE
staff arrived at the home of James
Aiken yesterday morning. It is a
girl, in good health and tipping ten
pound beam.
Donald Stewart took first place
among the local creamery patrons last
Monday when he unloaded LAS
pounds of milk at the creamery. The
milk was the sole product of his COWS.
Ex-senator John Day Smith of
Minneapolis, one of the most eloquent
speakers in that city, will deliver the
Decoration Day address in this city
May 3Oth. It is probable that Rev.
R. G. Crosse will deliver the Memorial
sermon.
Miss Matte Bigham is teaching
school in the Jensen district in the
town OF Kintire, school taught by
her tor several terms a number of
years ago. Her sister Alice is teach
ing school in Dist. 43 in the northeast
corner of Westline.
| A rough draft of plans for the new
Episcopal rectory in this city has been
received by the committee. The
draft shows beautiful building. The
committee is considering suggestions
as we'll as ways and means for the con-
struction of the building.
At the meeting of the Epworth Lea
que district convention at Luverne
Frank Ring was reelected President
OF the committee on social work for
the district. The delegates from this
city attempted to have the next con-
vention held here but they we're out
voted by three votes.
1t is reported here that E. D. French
and j. A. Beard have secured the right
to supply the village of jackson with
the new illuminant, acetyline, of which
they have recently secured the right
for Is or 20 Southern Minnesota coun-
ties. The two are working in the
Southwestern section of the State at
the present time.
On the evening Of April 18th the
residence of John A. Olson of John
sonville was damaged by fire. 1t was
insured in the Farmers Mutual of
Redwood Falls and the adjusting
committee has already adjusted the
loss at $40. D. Notion, who had sew
eral animals killed by lightning sew
eral weeks ago, allowed his insurance
to lapse. His is total loss.
The nickle in the slot machines
around town have had hard siege of
it during the last few days. The
sports have tumbled on to the fact
that bar lead hammered down to the
thickness of a nickel and then cut
with hollow punch to the size of a
nickel would do as we'll as nickel as
far as spinning the wheel is concerned.
1t only takes about five seconds to
make the substitutes. A good many
of them have been dropped into the
machines and won out various blocks
OF five cigars before the local hotel
proprietors or grocery men tumbled
on to the racket.
The South Bend Iron Works, manu-
facturers of the Oliver steel chilled
plows, has recovered possession of II
gang plows, 20 steel beam plows and
$500 worth of pillow extras of the in
solvent estate of Laird & Dornberg,
on application for an order for the
same made to Judge Webber by At
torney Mcleod, representing the
company. It appears that the COM
pany merely appoint agents and do
not sell the plows until their agents
dispose of them. When Laird. &
Dornberg assigned, they, as agents
for the company, had the plows and
extras above named, in their possess
sion. The goods we're not placed in
the list of assets, but Mr.. Dickinson,
as assignee, and to protect the credit
ors so far as possible, concluded to
take possession of the same until the
company asserted their rights. The
plows we're all shipped back to the
company last Wednesday evening.
H. L. Daniels was in the city last
Thursday and Friday, renewing a
large number of old acquaintance.
Mr.. Daniels expects to see the Mime
sofa river up to its old time height
some time in the future. He also
states that the sloughs and creeks
will be filled with water at the same