The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-05-07

i Agent Daniels aud Attorney Brown
OF the Mccormick Harvesting ma
chine Co. we're up from Minneapolis
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Morton Enterprise states that
"Gop Case tarried with Landlord
Read of the Revere House, that town,
a couple of weeks ago, "and the last
seen of him he was walking down the
blackboard bill unpaid"
Joseph J. Windle, State agent for
the London & Liverpool & Globe In
surance Co., is in the city in the in
terest of his company in the suit
brought by Ex-President Beard of the
defunct Bank of Fairfax against the
; same.
julius Melges received his white
swan from the taxidermist Tuesday,
and the bird, VIM. Pfeiffer's
crane are occupying positions in the
window of the barber shop. They are
fine specimens of the bird life and
both are creditable to the taxidermists
who mounted them.
The sheriff of Cottonwood county
passed through here last week in
search of horse thief who stole
team OF horses from some resident of
that county. Jailer Ben. Robidou
thought that he could locate thief and
went to Morton for the purpose, but
failed in doing so.
: Mr.. Dickinson decided late last
week to accept the proposition of w.
S. Mckay for rental of the yellow
r front, just west of The GAZETTE build
ing, and his stock of general goods re-
Z Gently moved here from Henry, S. D.,
will soon be in shape in that store for
the inspection of patrons. The build
ing, 40 feet square, makes an excel
r lent store room.
Judge Belden of the Hennepin
} county district court instructed the
jury in the case of Lora M. Perkins vs..
the Security Mutual Life Insurance
} Go. to return a verdict for the COM
-. pany Tuesday afternoon. The case
} was one in which w. M. Todd figured
quite prominently as he had Mrs.
. Perkins arrested for the crime of kill
ing her sister. The Judge held that
fraud was resorted to in securing the
. policy. He gave Mrs. Perkins a Sc
} we're drubbing.
DR.. W. D. Finn and Mrs. Finn
were in New Orleans last week. DR..
Finn sent The GAZETTE copy of
! The Daily Item," containing a full
3 account of meeting of several thous-
> and citizens for the purpose of un-
. earthing election frauds and having
r John R. Pharr, the Republican
, nominee, declared elected Governor
, of the State. Mr.. Pharr was boldly
supported by all of the sugar planters
s of Louisiana and,regardless of frauds,
. came within 5000 votes of carrying
Q the State. Fraudulent voting to over
: that extent will be proved, it is claimed
Q The friends and relatives of Mr.
and Mrs. E. O. Chapman conspired to
f give them most delightful surprise
4 on the evening of May LIST, the occa-
= sion of their tenth anniversary. Rel
:. atives, children and grandchildren as,
Q sembled with kind greetings and a
/, merry clash and clatter of tinware,
: which made one of the grandchildren
t exclaim that ''if grandpa didn't get
charivareed ten years ago, he got it
Q tonight all right" Mrs. Chapman is
a native of Nova Scotia. During her
Q residence in this city she has made
: many friends who hold her in high es-
: TEEN. Mr. Chapman is native of
r New Brunswick, although nearly fifty
1 years of his life has been spent in the
: States. Next month dates quarter
/ of century's residence for him in
r this city.
An interesting coursing match oc-
8 Cured just east of town last Thurs
!, day evening, when the two hounds
. owned by Ronaldo Theiring and Hor-
ace Jones we're given their first pre-
9 liminary tests preparatory to entering
: the coursing contests to be held in
Q Minneapolis next week. A jack rabbit
Q had been captured for the occasion
i but the animal was SO badly fright
: ened or exhausted from confinement
p. that he was in no condition to run,
!. and as result, after the dogs were
8 muzzled and the chase opened they