The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-04-16

! Miss Maud Waters attended the
Remenyi concert Tuesday evening
and wac the guest of Miss Charlotte
Schmahl.
The Campbelltown, Scotland, Cour-
Ter, of March 18th, contains the bio
graphical sketch of the late Archibald
Stewart, published in The GAZETTE
some time ago, with full credit to the
latter paper.
At the meeting of the Board OF Ed
ucation Monday evening a committee
was appointed to make arrangements
for the class day and graduation ex-
ercises. A voucher was ordered drawn
in payment for the blackboards re-
Gently put into the schoolhouse.
Attorney W. j. Mcleod left for
Olivia Monday. He is attorney in an
important real estate title case and
also an attorney for the defense in a
criminal action. Judge Bowers left
for Olivia, Tuesday and A. G. Dolliff
of Madigan & Dolliff, yesterday. Both
gentlemen are interested in one OF
more cases to come up at the April
term of court.
Assignee H. G.. Schmahl of the
Pratt millinery stock was to have an
assignee's sale at the store of Francois
& Schmahl to-day, tomorrow and
Saturday, but owing to the fact that
an additional supply of new styles of
millinery, ordered some time ago, not
having reached here the sale has been
postponed until the same days of next
week.
John Colder, V. S., of Sleepy Eye
a brother of Will Colder of this city,
has decided to pull up stakes at
Sleepy Eye and locate in this city
DR.. Colder will probably have the
front suite of rooms on the second
floor of Hotel Francois, formerly used
as the Office of that hotel. He will be
here in few days. DR.. Colder is a
graduate OF one of the leading veter-
mary colleges in the country.
A reception was rendered Rev. and
Mrs. M. H. Knowlton at the home oil
the parsonage on Wyoming street
last Saturday evening. The recep.
ton was on from eight to ten o'clock
Mr.. and Mrs. Knowlton and Miss
Knowlton we're assisted by Mrs. G. T
Ward. Light refreshments were
served. About 40 persons were
present, among the number being
Messrs. R. G. Crosse and John Sin
clair.
The drainage in some portions o.
this city is very bad, not owing to any
negligence on the part of the city
authorities, however. During the pas
winter water passing through culverts
was frozen, the result being that near
ly every culvert in the city was or i!
frozen up. Water has passed ove1
sidewalks and in some instances ha!
carried the latter several feet. In othe
cases it has found way down through
the sewer bitches dug last year ane
afterwards refilled on the suppositio1
, that they could not be penetrated OK
cept by digging.
} 1t rained every day or night during
; last week and this week started in
with similar weather prospect. The
sky is murky and heavy with occas
ional heavy fogs hanging over the
land. Everything is mud. Cellars
are being invaded by water and the
frost and ice and snow has succumbee
!: to the water king, famed by the soft
winds. There has been no seeding
done since the snow storm of severa
weeks ago. A few fields Of winter
rye in the country are rapidly push
ing to the front and make lovely car
pets of green. Grass in the lawns il
appearing rapidly and wild grass il
} also commencing to shoot. Geese ant
ducks are numerous and the reports
of guns can be heard on all sides. AL
} seems we'll, except perhaps, a few
kicks over the prospect of late seed
ing.
Steps are being taken to declare tn,
: Minnesota non-navigable above Car
YER. Carver is quite distance below
Mankato. The act, in case Congress
| adopts the same, will permit the con
, struction of stationary bridges acros
the river above Carver. During tn
t latter portion of the '7Os boats cam'
E l.