The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-13
Rev. r. G. Crosse left for Red Wing

tuesday morning.
Yesterday was Lincoln's birthday
a legal holiday in Minnesota. The
public schools of this city we're closed
for the day.
Miss Virginia Huntington enter
tanned the members of St. Agnes
Guild yesterday afternoon and even
ing. Tea was served from six to eight
o'clock.
DR.. Sporting of Wood Lake was in
Redwood Falls last Friday and Satur-
day. DR.. Sporting has sold out his
practice at Wood Lake and is now en-
route for Chicago to take a post grad
uate course at Rush Medical college.
A veterinary surgeon named Peters
will locate in this city during the next
month or two. His headquarters will
be at Eyerett's livery stable. DR..
Peters is an old friend of DIR. K. J.
Mckenzie, who practiced here up to a
few months ago.
Maria Adams, who had John Stava
of Underwood arrested for seduction
last week, has now commenced suit
through her attorneys, Messrs. Bald
win, Harriott & Patterson, for $4,000
for seduction. w. J. Mcleod will
fight the prosecution.
The Populist party County Central
committee and all others interested
will hold a meeting at the Longbot-
tom school house next Saturday after
noon for the. purpose of discussing
and acting on several propositions to
establish Populist paper in Red
wood Falls.
Henry Chapman, an old Redwood
boy, was visiting with his uncle.
Squire E. O. Chapman and wife,
during the early part of last week
Henry was married during the latter
part of January, and his new compan-
ion was with him. Henry has worked
up the railroad ladder exceedingly
we'll and is now conductor on the
Northwestern railroad.
w. L. Abbott came up from St
Paul. where he is running a fine jot
printing Office, last Wednesday. Mr.
Abbott is negotiating for the putting
in of a newspaper plant in this city, tc
be run in the interests of either the
Democratic or Populist parties. It is
understood that he has already pur,
chased the outfit, which is said to be
up-to-date in every respect.
Max Knopff has retired from the
firm of Ring, Knopff & Co. of this
city. F. E. Ring and Dwight Bissel
are the remaining partners. The new
firm will be known as Ring & Co
Mr.. Knopff and wife will soon leave
for Winnebago City on visit to Mrs
Knopff's parents, after which they
will go into Pennsylvania and Vir
ginia, the original home of the
Knopffs.
st. Peter Herald: And so the Red
wood gold mines have failed to par
out and are to be abandoned. H. r
Owen the chief promoter has made
public this announcement. The pub
lie has believed this all along but the
wonderful stories published kept up 6
sort of an interest and made some
people think that perhaps there might
be gold there. The fever has at las,
gone down however, as the owners
and boomers declare that there is not
enough gold there to pay for working
the mines.
A fellow named W. F. Bechtel, do
ing business in $40 Guaranty Loan
Building, Minneapolis, is flooding the
mails to greater or less extent with
letters addressed to farmers, asking
them for statement of their indebt.
edness. A number of these letters
have been sent to farmers around this
city and one of them has been handed
to The GAZETTE. The questions are
certainly impertinent. What the OBJ
ject of Bechtel is cannot be plainly
seen. It is evident that there is some
scheme in the circular, however, and
we offer the advice not to have any
thing to do with the matter until YOU
know what the real intentions of the
author are.
Blanche Jackson, the only child of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. jackson, died at
her home in this city, about six o'clock
Saturday evening last. For years she
has been suffering from diabetes and
everything that medical skill could do