The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-07-23

Miss Fannie Boynton of Hastings is
visiting with the family of H. A. Bald
win.
w. J. Swofer, Arson Evans Of Wal
nut Grove, Pat. Callaghan and M.
Bredvold of Shutdown called at The
GAZETTE office last Thursday.
Capt. VIM. P. Huntington left for
W1nona Tuesday for the purpose of con-
ferring with the architect on the new
Episcopal rectory, which is to be built
in this city.
+. Z. Patterson conducted the service
IN the Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning. Next Sunday Rev. Black
burn of Sleepy Eye will conduct the
service both morning and evening.
Ben Nelson, August Peterson, Victor
Peterson, and Messrs. Wing, Nelson
and Scoates Of Granite Falls, wheeled
into town last Sunday morning and
left for Renville on the afternoon of
that day.
James w. Marvin was over from
Johnsonville Tuesday. He reports
grain in that section looking exception
ally good-even better, he thinks, than
it does in the immediate proximity of
Redwood Falls.
Supt. F. c. Greene of the Renville
county schools was in the city Satur-
day afternoon, the guest of County
treasurer Lankard. The two were
schoolmates at Mankato. They spent
Sunday at the Lankard farm, west of
this city.
County Commissioner Arnold is ALL
thority for the statement that Editor
Harris of the Belview Independent is
to run that paper as an outspoken free
silver paper or organ of the Peoples
Party. He states that the action will
be the result of a meeting of number
of leading Peoples Party men in this
city Tuesday.
On Tuesday, E. D. French, by his at
torney, served notice on the publishers
of THE GAZETTE of an action for libel,
wherein French claims that his char
acter and reputation was injured to the
extent of 900 on account of the arti-
Gle published in this paper some time
since connecting his name with the
Dun Mercantile Agency. The case will
probably be an interesting one. The
evidence will be published in full in
this paper. J. H. Bowers and Baldwin,
Harriott & Patterson are the attorneys
for THE GAZETTE.
Quite large number of the school
officers of the different school boards of
Redwood county held a meeting with
Supt. Race at the court house last
Thursday afternoon. The object of the
meeting was to bring the school Off
GERS and the superintendentin closer re-
lations with each other as regarding
the subject of free text books, school
paraphernalia, and other matters of in
terest to those present. 1t was the first
meeting of the kind held Those pres
ent agreed to hold the second meeting
during the month of October, at which
the attendance will be larger.
1t is practically settled that the Iowa
Land and immigration Co. will estab-
lish an office here in few days. All
of the business men and the real estate
agents have practically complied with
the terms of D. Garlock, which requires
them to keep off from the men looking
for land through that company, and
binds the latter to send 1OOor more new
settlers every year for the next two
years. Mr.. Garlock was expected here
yesterday to complete the arrange
ments for opening the office. He pre-
ferred locating the office at Morgan but
G. G. Johnson and one or two other To-
cal parties prevailed upon him to stand
by the proposition made at the meet
ing of the board of trade some time
ago.
The Commercial Hotel will again be
thrown open to the public to-day. The
new landlord is w. w. Hadley of Fair
fax, who has conducted hotel in that
place for some time past. Mr.. Hadley
closed negotiations with s. E. Bailey
while'th latter was enroute for Mime
apolis last week. During the first of
this week the new proprietor was en-
gagged in shipping from Fairfax to this
place. When asked as to what rate
hotel he would run he stated that he
was undecided and was likely to run a
So per day house, although he might
take to the $3.50 per day plan. II have
leased the hotel for three MONTHS" he
said, "but if business is good, have
clause in the lease whereby can con-
tinue it almost indefinitely"
The st. Cloud Times says that upon
opening car of brick which was re-
ceived at the State reformatory recent
ly a couple of tramps were found inside